Two anomalies, the living dead

"Flutter--"

Cao An coughed up a mouthful of black blood. His chest was covered in a black patch that was rotting. It was poison; the girl's special ability was poison.

A delicate Phalaenopsis orchid sprouts from rotten flesh filled with toxins, its flower stalk long and its blossoms abundant, pure white and flawless—a rare and exquisite specimen.

The girl exclaimed in delight, "These flowers are so beautiful!"

She gently harvested the flower branches, reluctant to let go of them.

As she removed the flower stem to use as a petri dish for the flower, Cao An convulsed, and within a minute, he collapsed to the ground with his eyes open.

He collapsed to the ground, and in the last second before his consciousness faded, he saw Ye Jiang in the alley, and saw her casually repairing his slightly torn sleeve.

The legendary Healer's healing methods included repairing inanimate objects.

She... really is Ye Jiang.

Cao An died with his eyes wide open.

Witnessing Cao An's death, the girl blinked and bit her lip. "Ah, he's dead."

She kicked the fallen corpse to make sure the human she had just called "brother" was dead.

It was definitely dead, completely dead.

The girl muttered softly, "What should I do? What should I do? I ruined Mom's dinner."

"But the best dinner is also the best compost, and I like it too, I can't resist."

"What should we do? What should we do?"

"It's okay, it's okay, Mom won't be angry. She's so kind, she won't be angry."

"Mom will never get angry."

The girl seemed to have convinced herself, and she finally smiled happily, admiring the flowers in her hand in the light at the alley entrance.

"Wow, the flowers are so beautiful!"

In the alley, Ye Jiang silently looked at the corpse on the ground, then at the girl admiring the flowers, and fell silent.

"Give me the flowers." Rong Yin's voice came from the side.

Ye Jiang looked at him, and after a while, took out a bunch of violets from her pocket. Rong Yin took it, raised his hand, and the bouquet shot like an arrow towards the girl at the alley entrance. The girl tilted her head slightly, and the bouquet was deeply embedded in the alley wall.

Rong Yin looked at the girl coldly, while the girl simply smiled, "Brother, sister, don't you like my flowers?"

Chapter 149 Two Abnormal Cases: The Living Dead.

A man carrying a gun and wearing a bomb suit spotted his target in an alley. He rushed forward, crouched down to confirm, and found the target was dead, the body still warm.

He cautiously looked around, skillfully searching the area, but found no suspicious individuals lingering there. His expression turned serious as he took out a walkie-talkie from his uniform. Soon after, the mayor arrived with other uniformed officers.

"He's dead."

"This doesn't seem like normal methods."

"... A superhuman?"

"Is the prophecy made by this ' Savior ' true? If so, how true is it? Is humanity doomed?"

"... What's wrong with this world? Why does it suddenly feel so unfamiliar?"

The mayor stared at the corpse on the ground, muttering to herself. A hint of bewilderment about the future appeared on her face—the normal helplessness of an ordinary human being suddenly plunged into an unknown fog. But the bewilderment and helplessness only lingered on the woman's face for a few seconds before being replaced by determination, composure, and resilience.

Sweeping away all the useless gloom, the mayor spoke softly but acted efficiently. She turned and gave an order to the armed special police officers beside her.

"Make a phone call, contact... that place," the mayor said.

Above the alley, Ye Jiang donned an invisibility suit to evade the humans' search. Standing brazenly atop the wall, she silently watched the humans below make phone calls. The flower-selling girl had already departed, carrying her harvested, vibrant blossoms and humming a song as she walked away. Ye Jiang didn't stop her; she had no reason to.

Ye Jiang didn't leave on her own, for no other reason than that her little goal Cao An, had suddenly died, and she didn't know where to go or what to do. She felt a bit lost in this time and space.

Unlike Ye Jiang, Ming Chun Ming Chun a clear goal of finding her younger sister in this time and space, Ye Jiang entered the Watch Mountain Range in pursuit of her memories and was then transported to this time and space.

There should be Ye Jiang's lost memories in this space-time, because she felt her own energy particles when time reversed. But memories are abstract things, unlike the person Ming Chun is looking for. In this vast world, among all living beings, she doesn't know where to begin digging.

Because she didn't know where to go or what to do next, Ye Jiang stayed behind. When Ri Lei came looking for her, she didn't want to get into trouble, so she used her invisibility to jump onto the wall.

Rong Yin was also beside Ye Jiang. This monster was always good at making his presence barely noticeable, but in order to avoid any mishaps, Ye Jiang also made him invisible.

Ye Jiang had no intention of getting involved in how the humans below disposed of Cao An's body. The humans seemed to be treating the Cao An incident as a major secret, and were heavily guarded. But for Ye Jiang, who was in such a favorable position, she could even eavesdrop casually, letting the information go in one ear and out the other, mostly lost in thought.

Someone else is coming down the alley; their voice precedes their arrival.

"Why did you call me here in such a hurry? To collect a human's corpse? Huh? Do I have to deal with this kind of thing now? I seem to remember that our lousy unit was originally established for a very simple purpose. We shouldn't be cramming all sorts of random things into our place, right?" With a grumble, a woman walked into the alley. She had short hair, delicate features, and an unconventional demeanor. She was Yan Ran, who had come back from the dead.

Yan Ran has arrived.

Recognizing the voice, Ye Jiang's eyelashes fluttered as her gaze was drawn to the human, just as it had been when she first saw him.

The mayor gave an apologetic look. The call she had just made was to Yan Ran. She explained, "This isn't an ordinary human being, nor is it an ordinary death. After much consideration, I've decided that your place is the most suitable to handle his case."

Yan Ran asked casually, having just entered the alley and not yet seeing the corpse on the ground, "What's so unusual about it?"

The mayor did not immediately state his position. Instead, he made sure that the alley was cleared by the armed police he had brought before cautiously speaking, "The deceased had made a phone call to the public service hotline before his death, claiming to be a person with supernatural abilities, saying that humanity was doomed and that he was our ' Savior '."

Yan Ran couldn't hold back and burst into laughter. "How come that great Savior is lying here, all cold?"

Has he been watching too many movies and TV shows and gone mad? A superhuman Savior?!

The mayor didn't laugh, "He was killed."

After the mayor finished speaking, Yan Ran walked closer and saw the corpse on the ground. The moment she saw the corpse, she fell silent.

The corpse on the ground didn't look like it had died by normal means. A large hole had been torn open in his chest, the wound black and rotting, yet his face was as rosy as a living person's. Moreover, something seemed to remain inside the hole in his chest, like...

It looks like the stump of a plant root or stem?

It's not a rootstock that was inserted; it grew out of there.

Yan Ran sensed that this was no ordinary situation.

She paused for several seconds before speaking again, "How were you killed?"

"By another superhuman," the mayor said, his expression grave.

Yan Ran paused.

The atmosphere was strange.

After a long pause, the mayor slowly finished her sentence, saying, "... I was just guessing."

Yan Ran didn't respond. This topic was too extraordinary, completely shattering human understanding, yet... it was extremely convincing. That's what the corpse in front of her said.

Superpowered individuals, superpowered individuals...

Do people with superpowers really exist in this world?

Yan Ran remained silent. She squatted down and carefully examined the corpse on the ground, noticing the remaining plant stems on its chest. At this moment, the shady aura she usually exuded completely disappeared.

Looking at her like this, the mayor suddenly called out, "Yan Ran."

The mayor called Yan Ran by her given name. They were acquaintances, having graduated from the same school and were close friends.

The mayor said earnestly, "I'm entrusting this matter to you because I trust you, and I believe you are the most suitable person to handle it."

Yan Ran didn't look up. The mayor looked at the top of her head. "There's one more thing. In that convenient phone call he made before he passed away, Mr. Savior said some things that you might find interesting."

"Would I be interested? What did he say?"

He said—he predicted that in a year, humanity would be corrupted by an unknown Pollution, becoming bloodthirsty and cruel, killing their own kind, and humanity would perish.

Yan Ran slowly raised her head.

The two old classmates looked at each other silently.

Yan Ran raised the corners of her mouth, but there was no smile in her eyes.

"Senior sister, you're right, this is indeed the most suitable job for me." She gritted her teeth and said, "I'll take this corpse."

She accepted the body, which also meant she was responsible for uncovering everything behind it—about the superhumans, and about the prophecy.

"I need some assistance from you," Yan Ran said.

The mayor said, "Of course, anytime."

On the wall, Ye Jiang watched as the two humans completed some kind of handover. Meanwhile, the mayor ordered Cao An's body to be collected and secretly escorted away from the alley. Afterwards, Yan Ran made a phone call, summoning her colleague, Sister Xiu, and the middle-aged man. They got into their car and left, accompanied by the armed forces that had been lurking nearby. After they left, the mayor also departed with the remaining armed forces. The alley returned to silence.

Half an hour later, Yan Ran and her group had driven far away from the alley. The whole journey had gone smoothly, and the three people in the car breathed a sigh of relief.

"Looks like there's no ambush," Yan Ran said, glancing outside the car.

atmosphere

The atmosphere eased slightly, and Pang Wen, the middle-aged man in the front passenger seat, chuckled, now having the energy to tease, "Weren't you saying you wanted a vacation? We'd already finished work at the central square and were heading back, so why did you turn back to pick up another job?"