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"That's too long."

"Two and a half hours? By the time your Guardian gets here, those aberrant bugs will have eaten us alive."

Yu Xian knew perfectly well that he had exposed his identity in front of Nora. Once her Guardian arrived, the others might be fine, but he would probably be in danger.

Besides, only a little over ten minutes had passed since the aberrant bugs had revealed themselves, yet students from many classes had already been completely wiped out.

If the aberrant bugs concentrated their forces and attacked, he was confident he could jump out a window and escape with one or two people. The rest, however, would probably all die.

"Old Zhang, you and those male students come over and hold the door. I'll see if I can make a weapon." Yu Xian looked at the wire mesh and spoke after a moment's thought.

If he rolled the wire mesh up tightly enough, perhaps he could use it as a club.

"I have weapons!"

Nora hurriedly spoke up.

As she spoke, she revealed the bracelet on her wrist. The next moment, a red pistol appeared out of thin air.

"Spatial equipment?"

All the students stared at Nora in surprise.

Although they had read introductions to spatial equipment online, this was the first time any of them had seen the real thing.

"What other weapons do you have?"

Yu Xian took the pistol and tried aiming it into the distance before handing it back to Nora and asking casually.

There were only a few dozen bullets in the pistol. He had never used a gun before, and even if he fired every last bullet, he might not be able to kill a single aberrant bug.

Nora fell silent for a moment before taking out a half-meter-long dagger. "This is a silver knife. It isn't especially sharp, but it's very effective against vampires. Be careful with it."

"A silver knife?" Yu Xian took the blade with a faintly amused smile.

Nora immediately lowered her head, her face reddening. She knew Yu Xian had definitely guessed something.

"Thanks. This knife came at exactly the right time!"

Yu Xian said nothing more. Besides, the knife truly had arrived at the perfect moment.

Then, under everyone's dumbfounded gazes, he squeezed the dagger into a silver ball the size of a shot put. He opened his mouth, took a bite, and smiled. "Perfect. I was hungry."

"..."

Nora looked up at Yu Xian as though she were seeing some unbelievable monster.

Unafraid of sunlight and treating silver as food—was he still a vampire?

Could Rocky and the others have made a mistake?

This was far too absurd.

After Yu Xian absorbed all the silver, he felt warmth spread throughout his body. All five of his senses had been enhanced. Any movement within several hundred meters, no matter how slight, was crystal clear to him.

Then he took a deep breath, and his body swiftly turned black.

"Yu Xian?" Zhang Shou cried out despite himself when he saw this.

"Don't worry. I'm fine—better than ever," Yu Xian said.

In everyone else's eyes, he was pitch-black. This was mainly because he had used Silver Blood to enhance his ability to absorb light. Before, although he could absorb light, the absorption had not been perfect, so some light was still reflected and others could see him.

Now, however, he had used Silver Blood to strengthen his body's ability to absorb light, causing his body to reflect no light at all.

As everyone knew, when an object reflected no light, it emitted no photons that could be detected by the human eye. It became what was known as a "perfect black body."

Yu Xian was now in that state.

People could still see him during the day, but at night, no one would likely be able to spot him standing in the darkness.

Furthermore, in this state, his stamina recovered extremely quickly. Even injuries healed in the blink of an eye, because there was simply far too much "food."

"I'm going downstairs to deal with those aberrant bugs. Stay here and don't go anywhere!"

After getting used to this state, Yu Xian gave everyone a slight smile before turning and leaving.

After Yu Xian went downstairs, Chen Ling asked curiously, "Yu Xian definitely ate a Forbidden Fruit. What do you think his ability is?"

"Student Yu Xian probably didn't eat a Forbidden Fruit. Those who become supernatural beings through Forbidden Fruits start at Eagle rank. He wouldn't need to go through so much trouble to deal with the aberrant bugs in the school," Nora could not help saying.

Since Forbidden Fruits had appeared, many lucky people had gained all kinds of abilities through them.

Different systems had their own unique ranks, realms, and power classifications, creating a chaotic mess. In the end, dozens of the strongest supernatural beings held a meeting and established a unified ranking system.

It was: Bug, Ant, Bee, Sparrow, Snake, Eagle, Wolf, Tiger, Dragon, God.

Bug rank was the lowest, while God rank was the highest.

Even Bugs, the lowest rank, possessed the strength to easily slaughter ordinary people.

But as one big shot had put it, "Don't think having a little power means you can do whatever you want!"

Bug rank.

It was actually meant to remind those who had just gained supernatural powers.

In the eyes of stronger people, you were still nothing more than an insect!

"Then what rank is Salted Fish now?" Zhang Shou asked Nora curiously.

Nora thought for a moment and guessed, "Probably upper Bug rank or lower Ant rank. Do you think... could he be a vampire?"

"A vampire? Hahahaha, how could that be possible? He isn't afraid of light and even loves eating silver. How could he be a vampire?" Everyone burst into laughter.

Nora wanted to argue, but she could not find any reason to do so herself.

Not being afraid of light could still be explained by him being a Daywalker.

But not being afraid of silver?

Could Yu Xian have some kind of Silver Eater talent too?

But they should not forget that if Yu Xian had truly become a vampire using her blood, only a few days had passed. It was impossible for him to possess a second talent.

Furthermore, Yu Xian also had the ability to turn his entire body black.

That made three abilities.

No matter how she thought about it, it really did not seem possible that he was a vampire.

The more Nora thought about it, the more convinced she became that Rocky and the others had made a mistake in their investigation.

Yu Xian had also spent a large sum of money, but perhaps he had used it elsewhere—such as buying silver for food?

The vampire clan had driven silver's price up to nearly that of gold, so Yu Xian spending a lot of money could be explained that way too.

Nora felt that she needed to have a serious talk with Rocky and the others later.

They could not wrongly accuse Yu Xian.

Downstairs.

Yu Xian walked along the sixth-floor corridor, his fingers dancing as though he were playing the piano. Three aberrant bugs were instantly cut into pieces.

Although not all the blood in his body had transformed into Silver Blood, at least forty percent of it had become Silver Blood.

With sufficient Silver Blood, he could release incomparably sharp silver threads.

These silver threads were not pure silver, but a special metal formed from a mixture of his blood and silver. They were soft, yet also sharp and tough.

Most importantly, the silver threads could move according to his will. They could easily slice through classroom walls or steel, as though cutting tofu.

At this moment, more and more aberrant bugs emerged from classrooms throughout the building, but before they could approach, Yu Xian killed them with his silver threads.

An aberrant bug parasitizing a teacher emerged and witnessed the scene. Fear appeared in its eyes, and it immediately roared, "Everyone, get out here! There's an enemy! Kill him!!!"

The aberrant bugs in several classrooms behind it rushed out. Upon seeing Yu Xian, they immediately charged with loud roars. With a thought from Yu Xian, a silver thread shot from his finger and swept across them. Every charging aberrant bug was cut in half at the waist, collapsing in two pieces.

Yu Xian looked toward the end of the corridor. The Chinese teacher who had shouted earlier had already vanished.

As expected, the aberrant bugs parasitizing teachers were craftier than those parasitizing students.

At that moment, the sound of artillery fire came from afar. Silver City's authorities had clearly not been completely wiped out. They had finally reacted and begun their counterattack.