Corpse Weapon-Poison Scorpion!

"The video was deleted again! How come any videos about the anomalous always get deleted? Bai Xuan, do you think there's some conspiracy behind this?" Zhao Fan said angrily.

"Didn't the Investigation Bureau already issue a statement?" Bai Xuan replied. "To protect the personal safety of Investigators, ordinary citizens are prohibited from posting any live footage related to anomalous calamities. Content of this nature can only be released uniformly by the official authorities."

"Is that so?"

"Otherwise?"

"Then it's fine."

Time flew by to noon.

After eating lunch, Bai Xuan went to the rooftop of the teaching building alone to tinker with his World Book.

This persona... I'll equip it directly.

Bai Xuan thought for a moment and directly equipped [White Dove] for himself. Compared to a legend, he needed this persona more right now.

[Do you want to add the persona "White Dove" to yourself?]

Yes.

[Persona "White Dove" has been added for you!]

Just as the prompt tone fell, a trace of snowy-white micro-light rapidly flashed across Bai Xuan's pupils.

The next second, he clearly perceived that his senses had undergone an obvious change, becoming more sensitive overall, especially in the realm of his sense of smell.

Subsequently, Bai Xuan's attention shifted to the Corpse Ghoul weapon.

Twelve hours had passed since the forging began, and his Corpse Ghoul weapon had already been crafted.

From the image displayed by the World Book, that weapon looked similar to a long whip, adorned with a dark purple spike at the top, which was currently emitting a cold and piercing glint.

[Venom Scorpion (Green): A weapon made from the kagune of a ghoul. It can attach itself to the user and can perform attacks and defenses according to the user's will. The tip of the Venom Scorpion comes attached with a special toxin, which can temporarily render the deceased unable to move.]

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"Render the deceased unable to move?"

Bai Xuan stared at the functional description of the Corpse Ghoul weapon, deep in thought.

Venom Scorpion's toxin is useless against the living... yet it's only effective against deceased units?

But compared to Venom Scorpion's toxin, Bai Xuan cared more about its method of use.

Could it also be installed on his butt to be controlled at will, just like Xu Yan?

Ahem!

Installing it on his butt was better forgotten; it felt somewhat bizarre, and he wasn't as perverted as Xu Yan.

However... he had to test it out immediately!

After confirming that there was no one around, Bai Xuan released the Venom Scorpion from the World Book.

The Venom Scorpion attached itself to his back shoulder, and as his thoughts stirred, it flexibly made the corresponding movements.

That feeling was just like growing a third arm.

But after all, he had just acquired this power, and Bai Xuan's control was still very unfamiliar; if he wasn't careful...

Hiss!

Bai Xuan frowned, his gaze falling on the back of his hand—a thin bloodstain had already been scratched there by the spike.

He shook his head and said with a smile, "Sure enough, you still have to be a bit careful when you first get your hands on it!"

When his words fell, he immediately headed to the school infirmary to briefly treat the wound.

After bandaging the wound, Bai Xuan returned to the classroom. As soon as he sat down, Zhao Fan ran over and asked, "Bai Xuan, it's Friday today. Are you going to the KTV after school? I called Old Zhao and A-Meng."

"Forget it. I don't even sing whenever I go." Bai Xuan shook his head and resolutely refused.

"Really not going?" Zhao Fan refused to give up, lowered his voice, and tempted him, "Old Zhao specially called two female classmates along, and the dates are already set!"

"Next time."

"You guy! How are you going to find a girlfriend if you don't socialize?"

"It's all up to fate."

On the other side, inside the Ninghang City Public Security Bureau.

Bai Yu was handling official business at her office workstation when Liu Qian suddenly ran toward her with a hurried tone, "Bad news! Bai Yu! Something major has happened!"

"What's wrong?" Bai Yu stopped what she was doing.

"Do you remember that series of missing person cases in Ninghang City recently?" Liu Qian asked while panting.

"Yeah." Bai Yu nodded. "Didn't they say it might be related to that woman from last night?"

"Old Zhao and the others went to investigate that woman named Xu Yan, and it turned out she only arrived in Ninghang City a few days ago!" Liu Qian hurriedly explained.

"It wasn't her?" Bai Yu's delicate brows furrowed slightly, sinking into contemplation.

"This matter might be related to her, but the real culprit of the missing person cases is definitely someone else! And there's also a suspicious point—that Xu Yan only targets young females, and the leftover severed limbs after committing the crimes are discarded casually without any processing at all," Liu Qian added. "But what about the previous missing person cases? Not even a single trace was left behind!"

"..." Bai Yu fell into silence.

In this world full of anomalies, let alone dozens of people vanishing into thin air, even if hundreds of people disappeared mysteriously without finding any clues, it wasn't impossible to happen.

Just at this moment, a hurried shout suddenly came from the other end of the office area: "Found them! Old Zhao and the others tracked along Xu Yan's movement trajectory over the past few days and found the corpses of the missing persons! Right in a private hospital in Gongshu District!"

"Team Two, Team Three, Team Four!"

"Rush to the scene immediately!"

"Yes!"

After school, Bai Xuan didn't delay for a second and hurried home.

He just wanted to go find Xilin, but before he even entered the room, he suddenly heard a burst of retching sounds coming from Bai Yu's room.

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With doubt in his heart, Bai Xuan immediately walked toward Bai Yu's room.

Pushing open the door, he happened to see her standing in front of the washbasin, retching dryly with a rather poor complexion.

He quickly handed over a tissue and asked with concern, "Sis Yu, what happened?"

"Ran into some disgusting things while executing a mission today." Bai Yu took the tissue, wiped the corner of her mouth, and replied.

"How disgusting was it?" Bai Xuan subconciously pursued the question.

"It was just... seeing a bunch of corpses... No, can you stop asking! Do you want me to lose my appetite for dinner tonight?" Bai Yu rolled her eyes at him as she spoke. "Get lost, get lost, get lost!"

"Fine. My bad." Bai Xuan quickly kept his mouth shut. Just as he was about to close the door, he remembered something, turned his head, and asked, "Right, what do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it."

"Plain noodles in soup will do. I can't eat anything else."

"Okay."

As soon as the dialogue ended, Bai Xuan first turned around and returned to his own room.

As soon as he pushed open the door, he saw Xilin sitting cross-legged on the floor, quietly reading a manga—To Love-Ru.

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Bai Xuan raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised that Xilin actually liked this type of manga.

When dinnertime arrived, Bai Yu's state clearly still hadn't recovered. She didn't eat a few bites of the noodles in her bowl, frowning and dry-retching every now and then.

In the end, she simply poured the remaining half-bowl of noodles into Bai Xuan's bowl. "Forget it, I really can't eat anymore. Don't waste food."

"..."

Bai Xuan narrowed his eyes, then spoke up to ask, "What on earth is the situation? You didn't have this kind of reaction when you first joined the Public Security Bureau, right?"

"This time it's a matter of principle," Bai Yu replied. "I psychologically cannot accept it."

"So?" Bai Xuan pursued.

"Illegal experiments," Bai Yu replied. "We found some of the missing persons' corpses in a private hospital in Gongshu District. Someone is using those corpses to conduct illegal experiments."

"Illegal experiments?"

"Alright, you're a student, don't ask too much about these things." Bai Yu raised her hand and tapped Bai Xuan between the brows, then said, "I'm going to sleep first. I have a mission at dawn."

"Oh, oh."

After finishing dinner, Bai Xuan returned to his room.

He first gave Xilin two bottles of milk, then opened the world task interface.

Compared to yesterday, the tasks on the map had undergone subtle changes.

Soon, one of the tasks attracted his gaze:

[World Task: Zombie Disaster]
[Task Difficulty: F]
[Task Location: Huaguo, Ninghang City, Gongshu District, near Lanshan Hospital]
[Task Description: Dozens of zombies are about to be awakened. Deal with them. (0/20)]
[Task Prompt: Beware of the Zombie Virus!]
[Task Rewards: ?]

"Zombies? Is this related to that case Sis Yu mentioned?"

Bai Xuan narrowed his eyes. After contemplating for a moment, he decided to avenge Bai Yu!