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The team on the first floor had no problem dealing with a "magician." Xiao Pei went up to the second floor, where the situation was similar to the first floor, and the same was true for the third floor. As she went up, she saw dozens of superhumans forming eight teams, occupying floors 1 through 8, and fighting simultaneously.

What force is Domination this team, Domination all the superhumans?

Xiao Pei was absolutely certain.

Is it being controlled by a monster?

Has it been made?

Logically, most superhumans shouldn't know the monster is in the broadcasting building, but the monster itself does. Putting it all together, it seems like that insidious monster deliberately lured all the superhumans in the city to use its lair as a stage for a new game.

Xiao Pei's plan was abandoned when she encountered the investigation team from the Ability Control Bureau on the 8th floor. Her team members greeted her briefly, their minds clear, but for some reason, they seemed to have suddenly been injected with adrenaline, single-mindedly determined to take down the anomaly in the building. The team members were stronger than civilian ability users, and through cooperation, they quickly defeated the "administrator" on the 8th floor.

They only knocked him unconscious; they didn't kill him.

Based on this, Xiao Pei judged that the superhumans were not controlled by the monster "Writer". From the moment they entered the city, "Writer" showed killing, malice, and manipulation of people's hearts. If it were really "Writer's" game, the superhumans should have fought to the death with the abnormal beings in the building, killing each other. That is "Writer's" style.

The way the superhumans dealt with the anomalies in the building had a gentle kindness to it, so it definitely wasn't.

If not, then what's going on?

Xiao Pei had too many questions.

She grabbed the team members who had finished fighting and asked them what had happened. The conscious team members deliberately avoided and evaded this question, repeatedly using the phrase "we need to resolve the trouble" when asked.

Xiao Pei was filled with doubt and uncertainty, and she joined the battle despite her own confusion.

Victories came one after another, and the superhumans kept attacking upwards. Fortunately, the monster "Writer" had not set up any "the higher you go, the stronger the superhuman becomes" setup. After everyone conquered the 28th floor and most teams had fought three rounds, the superhumans' superpowers were almost exhausted. They stopped and happily left the building before dispersing.

The superhumans retreated just as they had come. Xiao Pei stood at the window on the 28th floor, watching them leave, her heart filled with complex emotions.

Xiao Pei didn't continue upwards but started going downwards. The anomalies that had fainted on various floors gradually returned to their original forms as she went downstairs. It seemed that the monster's control over the anomalies in the building was not strong; they would recover once they were unconscious. Presumably, even for the monster, quantity could not guarantee quality.

The characters in the outfits are all superhumans with the Blood Moon symbol, and many of them are carrying work badges from the Ability Control Bureau, clearly investigators sent in previous years to investigate the "Writer".

Xiao Pei moved all the recovered superhumans out of the building and into a building far from the center. After she finished cleaning up, drenched in sweat, she noticed that the Waiter had left long ago.

Xiao Pei didn't return to the base; instead, she waited for the superhumans to regain consciousness. After they woke up, Xiao Pei heard many stories. She settled them in and had her colleagues from the Ability Control Bureau manage them. This arrangement was a bit rough, but she simply didn't have any spare manpower at the moment, so she had to leave it at that for the time being. After finishing all this, she hurriedly returned to the base. As soon as she got back, she immediately grabbed the team members and questioned them carefully. It turned out that the team members had lost their memories of the building assault!

The same applies to the other superhumans in the base!

Doubts grew stronger in Xiao Pei's mind. The next day, all the city's supernatural beings rushed to the central building again for a second assault...

While the superhumans were enthusiastically launching their second assault on the building, Ye Jiang didn't go to watch. She lay sprawled in the base, listless and lacking energy. She had been experiencing these symptoms since yesterday; at first, she thought it was low blood sugar, but as the symptoms persisted, she realized it wasn't.

Dragging her weary body out of the room, she found Nurse Nurse among the base's crowd. She asked if she was sick, and the Nurse examined her and diagnosed, "You're not sick; it seems to be a reaction to the depletion of your powers."

The Nurse thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps you overused your supernatural abilities while treating someone earlier."

Ye Jiang didn't understand, and said with drooping eyelids, "Maybe."

It's quite strange, though; her reaction to the exhaustion seems to come later than others.

The power consumed can only be recovered by oneself, and the speed of recovery varies from person to person. The Nurse had no other way but to tell her to rest more. Ye Jiang listened to the advice, got up and went back to her room. When she got up, she noticed something: the little girl who had been held by the Nurse was not by the Nurse's side. She had thought that the little girl was born in the Nurse's arms. She didn't know if the little girl was too dependent on the Nurse or if the Nurse needed the child especially.

The Nurse noticed her gaze and her eyes flickered. "Xiaotong was called away to play by the children at the base."

Xiaotong was the girl's name. Because she had been in the Nurse's arms the whole time, she seemed to be just a symbol for the Nurse. Her name wasn't necessary. Ye Jiang only learned the child's name at this moment.

The Nurse said, "She's timid and a bit shy, so she needs to interact more with people her own age. When other children come to call her, I let her go play."

Ye Jiang said "Oh," indicating her agreement.

In fact, the Nurse had realized this before, but the girl was a tool she had specifically sought out. A tool wasn't worth her consideration; as long as it was useful in her hands, that was enough. As for why she's letting go now?

The Nurse rubbed her fingers together, lost in thought.

When Ye Jiang returned to the house, she heard a burst of laughter. Several children from the base were playing hide-and-seek in the nearby ruins, their laughter dispelling some of the gloom Sky over the city. Ye Jiang met a pair of eyes. A little girl had just crawled out of the ruins, her face covered in dust, making her look like a little kitten. She saw Ye Jiang Ye Jiang, paused slightly, and then gave her a bright, innocent smile.

"What beautiful, clear eyes! The pupils are bright and clear, large and sparkling," Ye Jiang thought as she left.

As soon as Ye Jiang returned to her room, many people came to find her with their meager food. They came without speaking or disturbing her, quietly entering, placing the food down, and then quietly leaving. Before long, the broken table in the room was piled high with all kinds of food. Ye Jiang looked at the food for a long time.

The assault on the building went smoothly again that day. Just like the first day, after returning from the assault, the superhuman's memories disappeared. Because of this, the people at the base were unaware that the humans were already fighting the monsters and had achieved some success.

On this day, the human forces reached the 61st floor of the broadcasting center, with 26 floors remaining. If the city's superhumans provide further assistance tomorrow, and things go smoothly, the human forces will reach the top floor.

Top floor, monster.

As night fell, the captain of the Ability Control Bureau found it difficult to sleep.

Stepping out of the room, Xiao Pei saw the superhuman on night watch yawning repeatedly, exhausted from the day's exertion.

"Captain Xiao."

"Go and rest, I'll keep watch."

"Hmm? I can."

"I'll do it."

With the superhumans driven away, Xiao Pei plopped down on the ruins, gazing up at the starless, dark night sky. A faint firelight illuminated her cold, hard profile—after the "Avengers" incident, the base had gone out to search for fuel to ensure it always had a glimmer of light.

Ye Jiang had slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night. She walked out of her room and saw the captain of the Ability Control Bureau sitting on the pile of ruins, looking melancholy. Such a tall man, when no one was around, his back, which was always straight, was slightly bent, as if he was being weighed down by something.

Ye Jiang walked over. "Chatting, 110 yuan per hour."

The head of the Ability Control Bureau didn't move an inch, gazing at the sky. Only at this moment did she regain some of the languidness she displayed in the small restaurant. She said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Waiter, you're more suited to be the boss than I am."

Captain Xiao refused to take her order, Ye Jiang, unable to earn any money, still walked onto the ruins. Xiao Pei glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, and Ye Jiang sat down on her own.

Why aren't you asleep?

Xiao Pei asked.

Ye Jiang rubbed the sharp cement corners of the rubble under her foot, saying, "I can't sleep."

silence.

quite a while--

"Me too," Xiao Pei said, her voice slightly hoarse from the night's dew, "I have too many questions I can't find answers to."

"For example?"

"... You must have seen it that day, the city's superhumans were attacking the building like they were on steroids," Xiao Pei said. "I don't know if there's a conspiracy involved."

A question mark appeared above Ye Jiang's head. So the superhumans weren't mobilized by Captain Xiao to storm the building? If not, then who did it?

"Tomorrow is the last day. If we get through it safely, that's fine. But I'm afraid... something unexpected might happen," Xiao Pei murmured. "I sense that there's an incredibly powerful being lurking in this city. She's the one who's driving these superhumans. I don't pray to gods, but at this moment, I really hope she's a god on our side."

Ye Jiang: "..."

She stared at her former boss, and Xiao Pei, feeling uncomfortable under her gaze, clicked her tongue and turned to glare at her. "What kind of look is that?"

Ye Jiang truthfully replied, "Boss, you're a bit sentimental. This is the first time I've seen that."

Xiao Pei: "."

Her face flushed red, and she turned her face away.

The night breeze blew, but the heat on the face of the head of the Ability Control Bureau lingered. After a long while, she spoke again, but only let out a long, long sigh.

Tomorrow will probably be the day the answer is revealed. Is the hidden one a god or a deadly demon? Is it good intentions or a conspiracy? When the superhumans reach the final level, the result should be revealed.

In fact, only two superhumans in the base were unaffected: one was myself, and the other was...

Xiao Pei looked to the side.

This person must be A-Rank ability user like myself, which is why I wasn't controlled.

A minor commotion broke out at the base in the distance. A child suddenly developed a fever, and the adults with the child were asking the base manager for fever-reducing medication. Xiao Pei watched for a while and recognized the woman as the one who had come to the city with Ye Jiang. She seemed to be a Nurse, and due to the nature of her profession, she had provided a lot of help to the base in the few days since her arrival.