The spectator mother's hopes and the spectator high above

As she was lost in thought, Zou Dongrong received a list, unfolded it, and began reading the names: "The list for this Guard is as follows: Wu Le, Guard He Shan, Guard Xue Yuan, Guard Zhao Qi..."

As Zou Dongrong read out the names, the tense townspeople suddenly froze, looking up in disbelief. What? The Guard? How could it be the Guard?

The Guard has never participated in hunting activities.

The so-called hunting activity was actually a recreational game specially organized by the Guard. There was no honor involved, only amusement and being amused, and the Guard were always just spectators in the stands.

As Zou Dongrong read the names aloud, he observed their expressions, a cryptic smile playing on his lips. He continued reading, eight names in a row, all from the Guard. The townspeople were puzzled. Zou Dongrong calmly folded the paper and said, "This concludes the list of the hunting teams for this trip... Oh, and we've also been fortunate enough to have a powerful helper for this hunt—it's this one!"

The Guard spread out in a V-shape, revealing a person standing behind them with a youthful face, a tall and straight figure, and wearing the training uniform of the Ability Control Bureau.

"Yes, this is him, the new generation genius of the Ability Control Bureau, our town's visitor— Ming Xia!"

Ming Xia ignored the captain of the Guard's words. She simply looked silently at the crowd below, pondering the reason why the townspeople looked so fearful about a hunting event.

Outside the crowd, Ye Jiang raised her eyes, a hint of surprise in her expression.

Zou Dongrong didn't seem to mind the geniuses from the Ability Control Bureau not supporting him. A shadow crossed his eyes, which he quickly concealed, and he continued in a gentle, loud voice, "I have another important announcement to make: the prophet foretold that the Polluted is about to appear! No, it's already here, right here among us!"

Zou Dongrong's gaze swept far into the crowd.

Click.

Ye Jiang took a bite of the apple, and at the same time, there was a sound coming from her pocket.

Um?

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a thin, transparent sheet. The sheet shattered upon contact with air, and suddenly, Pollution enveloped her and rapidly dispersed outwards!

"Pollution..."

"It's Pollution..."

The crowd became agitated and discovered the Pollution.

On the high platform, Zou Dongrong revealed a triumphant smile. He shouted, "It's here! The Polluted!"

As he shouted, several Guard whose names were called leaped down from the platform. Zou Dongrong looked at Ming Xia, Ming Xia frowned slightly and followed him.

Ming Xia was much faster than the Guard; she quickly located the source of the Pollution and sped towards it. Closer, closer, she saw it...

She froze.

Ye Jiang was examining the torn fragments on her hand and the suddenly spreading Pollution when she suddenly realized she was being watched, by many people. She slowly looked up and saw the townspeople staring at her in a daze, as well as her long-unseen student Ming Xia, who was followed by a menacing Guard.

Ye Jiang raised her hand as if to take a bite of the apple, but then put it down again.

Something suddenly dawned on her.

She realized that this hunting expedition was targeting...

It looks like her.

Standing on a high platform in the distance, Zou Dongrong shouted, "Attack! Kill the Polluted!"

Ming Xia was shocked; it was unbelievable.

Polluted?

She glanced at Ye Jiang ahead, then at the "hunting team" behind her.

"Teacher, it really is you." She said to Ye Jiang, "I saw the Eagle Man outside the town. So you were in Shuiling Town."

teacher?

The "hunting team" paled. The outsider actually knew the Ability Control Bureau; she was actually the teacher of this genius from the Ability Control Bureau!

and--

Wait a minute, shouldn't the outsider be in a transformed state?! It clearly says above that she should have two non-human tentacles!

The Guard were thrown into disarray.

Ming Xia walked up to Ye Jiang Ye Jiang, and together they faced the Guard. Her face was grim, and she demanded in a resounding voice, "Guard, I want to know, what exactly are you hunting for in your Shuiling Town's hunting activities all this time?!"

Chapter 97: The Spectator A Mother's Hopes and the Spectators High Above.

A hush fell over the scene. A single question ripped open the wounds of this remote yet prosperous town, revealing the foul-smelling pus beneath.

Ming Xia sensed something. This genius from the Ability Control Bureau had only recently graduated and hadn't yet encountered much of the ugliness of human nature. At this moment, she was so shocked by her own conjecture that she lost her balance. Her chest trembled, aggravating her unhealed internal injuries, and she almost coughed up a cough, which she forcibly suppressed.

She looked at the Guard, shocked and furious.

However, something unexpected happened to Ming Xia. Upon hearing this question, the first to show their distress were not the officers she was questioning, but the townspeople. Their eyes darted away, and their faces turned deathly pale. Ming Xia's pupils trembled. Could it be...?

Weren't the townspeople being misled by the Guard?

Weren't the townspeople supposed to be unaware of the situation?

Ming Xia stared blankly, mouth agape, unable to utter a sound. What on earth had happened in this small town?

She dared not think too deeply about it.

From the distant high platform, Zou Dongrong, who could only vaguely see the situation, noticed something was wrong: why hadn't they made a move yet?

His eyebrows twitched, and a subordinate with enhanced senses immediately stepped forward and whispered what he had seen and heard to his leader. As Zou Dongrong listened, the gentleness on his face vanished, replaced by a somber expression.

The plan had unexpectedly changed!

It turns out that the outsider and the genius from the Ability Control Bureau were old acquaintances, and the outsider's transformation had also disappeared!

How could this be?

Zou Dongrong exuded a gloomy and somber aura, and his subordinates dared not linger near him, shrinking back in fear. Zou Dongrong had no time to pay them any attention, staring straight into the distance. A few seconds later, he suddenly leaped into the center of the crowd. The townspeople scattered in panic at the sight. A member of the Guard with superpowers activated his earth-based ability at the opportune moment, and a high platform rose from the ground, upon which Zou Dongrong landed.

Zou Dongrong stopped, and this time, he saw the situation Qingqing with his own eyes.

Hearing the commotion, Ming Xia looked over and met the gaze of the person on the platform across the crowd.

Her lips twitched a few times, and she raised her voice to demand a definite answer from the leader regarding what exactly was being hunted in the Shuiling Town hunt. She had been waiting for a reply and wanted to get a definitive answer from him!

Zou Dongrong is high above others, and even now he does not relinquish his position.

He and the visitor from the Ability Control Bureau, who also held executive power, locked a somber gaze. Suddenly, the somber expression vanished, replaced by a smile, "What are we hunting? Didn't you guess already?"

He gave me the answer.

"Humans, of course," he said casually, then paused as if savoring the moment, and chuckled, "Hunting Polluted is nowhere near as fun as hunting your own kind."

interesting.

For fun.

This town is too remote, too isolated, and too boring, so you need to find your own fun.

For example, a show of infighting.

The Guard includes Hao Ping, whose ability is shapeshifting; he can easily turn a normal person into an alien. The Guard also has a master craftsman who can collect air Pollution and turn it into props.

As we all know, the free Pollution in the air and the Pollution emitted by Polluted are different. The former is more stable, while the latter is direct and violent. Therefore, it is not enough to just collect the Pollution in the air. Special methods are needed to stimulate it so that it can become more like the Pollution emitted by Polluted. There is such a capable person in the Guard. He has perfectly achieved this and can also control the stimulation time.

It can create both aliens and Pollution —isn't that a godsend?

So Zou Dongrong invented this fun game.

Zou Dongrong looked around at the pale-faced townspeople below and sincerely praised them, "I..."

"Thank you so much, townspeople, for your continued participation. It was truly a lot of fun!"

Upon hearing this, the townspeople turned even paler, and their blood ran cold.

Ming Xia was shocked by his rudeness and glared at him angrily. "You!"

Despite being glared at by another A-Rank ability user, Zou Dongrong remained calm. It was as if he had broken free from some kind of restraint from the very beginning, becoming very frank, frank to the point of being a little strange.

Ye Jiang held the apple but forgot to eat it, her deep eyes fixed calmly on the person on the high platform.

Suddenly, a glimmer of light appeared in her eyes, reflecting a pink shadow.

She saw Little Pink, the octopus Polluted that had disappeared from her room, silently tearing open space and appearing above Zou Dongrong's head.

It occupies that special spot, floating in the air like a spectator.

Apart from Ye Jiang, no one else could break the spatial rules to see it.

Zou Dongrong himself was unaware that he was confronting Ming Xia, and he seemed to disregard the child. During the confrontation, he glanced at Ye Jiang Ye Jiang beside him, stared at her, and a hint of hatred flashed in his eyes.

He feigned his anger, casually smoothed his sleeves, and, appearing impeccably dressed, spoke in his usual hypocritical tone, "Guest from outside, I welcome you to our town, but there's something you've done poorly."

He showed some displeasure, then changed his tone and reprimanded, "Guest, you've already come to our Shuiling Town, why can't you do as the locals do?"

He resented Ye Jiang, this outsider, for not following his plan and obediently becoming the "Polluted" to be hunted.

Ye Jiang: "."

Zou Dongrong looked at her and chuckled softly.

Actually, their Guard was preparing for a hunting event. Because they were rushing to make Pollution props, there were occasional spills of Pollution. That's why when Ye Jiang mentioned to the Guard that she felt there was Pollution in the town when they first met, the Guard found it funny, because that Pollution was actually caused by them.

The original hunting activity was not related to outsiders and was prepared for the townspeople, but the outsiders were too much of an eyesore, so they were included in this hunting activity.