Stillness born of silence

Who exactly created this cage? Who turned them into caged creatures?

It started to "rain" from the Sky, with papers falling like rain, covering the entire city.

People picked up the paper; it had words written on it, a story about the Blood Knight.

So the people of the city learned why the Blood Knight had slaughtered them, and what his motives were. It was a little hard to tell whether the Blood Knight 'Blood Knight story had reflected reality, or whether someone in reality had recorded the Blood Knight's story. It seemed more like the former, because the words in the story that created the atmosphere—flames, scorching sun, lava, and the like—had materialized in reality: the murderous anomalies they encountered. It all seemed like someone had used their abilities to materialize the story into reality.

In fact, regardless of the reason, this sudden "rain" is unsettling and makes one wonder if there is someone hiding in the city who controls everything.

Perhaps it was that person who set up the barrier, trapping them in the cage.

That person was extremely powerful, and filled with malice.

Chapter 48 Silence Comes from Stillness

revenge

The person...

Xiao Pei clutched the paper. Her colleague from the Ability Control Bureau had been shackled by the story, turning into a killing machine and dying mysteriously. Xiao Pei speculated that her death was inextricably linked to some monster.

The monster "Writer" possesses the ability to bring stories to life and further develop them.

This is the first time the monster "Writer" has demonstrated this ability.

Why does the monster "Writer" have the title of Writer? It's because the body he inhabited belonged to a famous Writer of suspense novels. This Writer committed over a dozen murders in search of inspiration and committed suicide before being caught. Later, the monster appeared.

The characteristics of the monster "Writer's " abilities seem to be somewhat related to those of suspense Writer themselves. Is this a coincidence?

Xiao Pei, her eyes filled with darkness, unable to forgive the monster's actions.

A noise came from outside. Xiao Pei hurried out and saw that the "paper rain" was still falling, fluttering down. The people in the base within the "paper rain" seemed to have guessed something from the stories on the papers. They were restless with fear, their hearts unsettled. As soon as Xiao Pei Xiao Pei stepped out, someone asked her sadly:

"Captain Xiao, is there... something even more powerful than the Blood Knight in this city?"

The person asking the question murmured, "Are we not going to leave alive?"

Xiao Pei couldn't bring herself to tell anyone about the monster; it was too horrifying for the world to bear.

We've run into a little trouble.

Xiao Pei said that this sentence threw everyone at the base into chaos, causing widespread panic.

"But since the Disaster Day, not a single day has passed without trouble for us humans. For three hundred years, the Polluted have been powerful while we have been weak, yet..." Xiao Pei stared at the crowd and said loudly, "Humanity has never been defeated!"

The phrase "never defeated" brought everyone in the base to a standstill. They looked at the captain of the Ability Control Bureau in front of them. She stood straight, her gaze piercing, her figure as sturdy as a poplar in the desert. The people in the base were invigorated by her presence.

After a while.

"Oh oh oh!"

The cries of protest rose, and the fear receded, for the Ability Control Bureau was there; the Ability Control Bureau was the world's eternal shield.

The people at the base couldn't see the worry in Xiao Pei's eyes, nor would Xiao Pei let them. Concealing the complex emotions in her eyes, she instructed everyone, "Don't just stand around, let's tidy up these papers first; they're annoying to look at."

Everyone at the base followed the instructions and got to work.

The "paper rain" lasted for about half an hour. The people at the base collected the papers and piled them up. Ye Jiang was also picking them up, and the little girl, who had temporarily recovered, followed the Nurse and picked them up as well. She picked up a paper and handed it to the Nurse, looking up at Nurse expectantly. After receiving praise from the Nurse, she shyly ran away and picked up another paper...

After collecting all the paper, everyone sat around the pile of waste paper. As it gradually got dark, they lit a fire to use as free fuel, and chatted around the only light source.

"Regarding the story of the Blood Knight... if my beloved became Polluted, I couldn't possibly go mad and kill indiscriminately for it, but I might also find it impossible to bring myself to kill it."

"You can't think like that. Which Polluted in this world wasn't once someone's dearest loved one? The person you love died the moment they became Polluted. The one still moving around is the first outcast to use you as a guinea pig! Don't pity them, don't be soft-hearted!"

"I know, I just... can't change my feelings that quickly."

"I understand you. I haven't experienced anything like this myself, but just thinking about it is painful."

Two different viewpoints collided around the fire; there was no right or wrong, just the normal reflection of emotional beings.

"Hey Nurse, tell me, if you were in this situation, would you be so tormented that you couldn't make a decision?"

Beside the campfire, a woman from the base asked the Nurse sitting next to her a question. The Nurse, with her superior appearance and holding a child, was easily accepted by the people in the base, especially the older women, who had a particularly good impression of her.

But no one in the base knew her name. She integrated so smoothly that she never introduced herself, yet no one found it strange; it was as if they automatically ignored it.

Ye Jiang sat not far from the Nurse, lost in thought. The weapon she had just acquired had vanished with the collapse of the Blood Knight's armor, leaving her hands empty and feeling a little uncomfortable. Hearing this, she looked over. The Nurse, who had been silent all along, turned her head slightly. The firelight flickered on her beautiful face, and her eyes reflected the light. For a moment, Ye Jiang felt that this face was somewhat familiar.

It looks a bit like my own face in the mirror.

It's not about appearance, but a lack of emotion.

But a smile quickly bloomed on the Nurse's face, instantly dispelling any hint of indifference. Nurse smiled and replied to the person beside her, "Me? I hadn't thought about that."

She said, "I don't seem to have that problem."

Those around her were surprised. "Don't Nurse have family, friends, or anyone they love?"

The Nurse just smiled.

She doesn't have this kind of trouble because killing is no burden for her. Not to mention that someone who was once close to her has become Polluted, even if the other person is still human and hasn't become Polluted, she can still kill them without hesitation.

Those around her misunderstood, their eyes filled with pity. The Nurse's smile deepened; she loved humans.

Her unrequited love was quite amusing. Suddenly, a pair of tiny hands embraced her; the little girl in her arms hugged her back. Children in this world are exceptionally precocious; even a girl not yet four years old understood the adults' conversation and then gave the monster a hug.

The Nurse's smile faltered for a moment. She lowered her head, and the little girl looked up at her with her clear, innocent eyes.

Nurse:"..."

She looked away.

Ye Jiang was lost in thought when she realized that the Nurse used to look at her quite often, but now she did so less frequently.

The Nurse seemed to have her gaze drawn to something else.

Ye Jiang rested at the base for two days. After two days, she left the base to take care of her own business in this city—finding her ideal big house.

She didn't see Xiao Pei when she left. The captain of the Ability Control Bureau and her three team members were always busy and often not at the base. The city had been calm for the past two days. There were no more Blood Knight and no more anomalies. Since that strange rain of paper, the city had returned to peace. The most dangerous thing was that external forces and organizations would have conflicts over resources. With such peace, she wondered what Xiao Pei and her team members were busy with.

Speaking of friction between organizations, there were also frictions between organizations in the city in the previous two weeks, but far less than in the last two days. This was because a certain exceptionally powerful entity had just begun to emerge, causing unrest among people outside. Secondly, the Ability Control Bureau outside had increased its investment and tightened its control over the routes to City S, resulting in fewer and fewer people entering the city each day. Even guarding the road entrances, they couldn't plunder anything, and supplies became even more scarce.

Ye Jiang didn't know what Xiao Pei was busy with or what was happening outside the base. She walked out of the base and looked around, her gaze settling on a tall building with a blue glass curtain wall in the distance.

like.

When she saw that tall building, those two words immediately came to mind.

City S was once a large and developed city, and there were actually several other high-rise buildings like this in the city, but Ye Jiang took a liking to this one at first glance; it suited her taste perfectly.

Ye Jiang's eyes lit up, and she walked towards the tall building.

She walked to a street and suddenly stopped.

She stood on the empty street, paused, and turned around.

The moment she turned around, the scattered stones on the street, the overturned vending machine by the roadside, and the broken lamppost trembled and slowly flew into the air to stop, like an army poised to attack. Then, they all shot towards Ye Jiang at the same time. Ye Jiang remained still and disappeared a second before the attack was about to hit her and turn her into a beehive. No, that's not right. Instead, she flashed to another place.

She arrived at the street corner.

The mind manipulator, hiding behind the street corner, realized his target was gone. His eyes darted rapidly across the street, searching—no, no, not here either! Where did it go?!

He felt a faint breath on his back. He froze, then turned around abruptly. The person he was looking for was right behind him, his face expressionless, his eyes staring at him with a blank stare.

Scare!

The mind manipulator leaped away, simultaneously controlling a steel bar to shoot towards Ye Jiang. Ye Jiang gently gripped the steel bar, which carried a murderous aura, and lifted her eyelids to look at the superhuman in front of her.

"What are you doing?"

She asked, her voice flat and slightly cold.

The mind manipulator watched as the steel bar he had shot was caught, his face twitched violently, and his eyes became more cautious as he searched for a weakness in Ye Jiang. But what he found was that this person was full of weaknesses!

The mind manipulator was shocked. How could someone so full of openings not have been hit at all by his sneak attack!

The mind manipulator paused the attack and attempted to negotiate. "Leave the food you're carrying!"

Ye Jiang: "..."

She had her last apple with her, but of course she wouldn't give it away.