Sixty kilometers from C9.
It was a stretch of urban ruins, littered with collapsed houses and swirling smoke and dust. Fires still burned in many places, making it look as though a war had swept through.
The ground was scorched black, and thick smoke billowed.
Behind a collapsed wall stood three people. They waited quietly, as though they could not smell the smoke.
One of them, a middle-aged woman, frowned. "Where are the others?"
A man in his twenties shook his head. "Could they have been killed already? Those Superpower People from the Special Affairs Office might have reached the C9 Shelter."
The other middle-aged man sneered. "If they're dead, they're dead. That just means they weren't good enough."
The younger man argued, "Qiu, don't underestimate those people from the Special Affairs Office. And don't forget what happened in Stone City. Three high-tier Otherkind, all killed. Any of us would die if we ran into them."
He was deeply wary of those people from the Special Affairs Office.
Qiu drew a deep breath and stopped arguing. However strong he thought himself, he knew perfectly well that he was nowhere near the three who had died.
The woman gritted her teeth. "We're not waiting anymore. Take the energy sources and leave, or we might not get away!"
Qiu could not hold his tongue after all. He curled his lip. "Don't we still have your concealment Superpower? No matter how strong they are, they can't possibly find us..."
He licked his lips, bloodlust in his eyes. "We were so busy stealing energy sources today that we barely killed anyone."
These three were no ordinary humans!
They were Otherkind!
"Once we're stronger, we'll have all the time we want to kill people. Right now, move." The woman started walking.
She was smart, and