Commander Ye knew well the principle that a thousand-mile dike can collapse from an ant hole. While he focused on the main battlefield, someone needed to keep an eye on the rats lurking in the gutters.
The Nameless Unit—a secret combat force born alongside the Ability Unit—was now carrying out its first full-scale mission since its establishment.
Mission codename: [Cat and Mouse]
Song Liangpeng, who possessed the physique of an Evil Spirit Slayer, and her lover Mu Panxia had already become elites within the Nameless Unit. This time, they were responsible for the cleanup operation in Quanzhou.
During the vampire incident, the two had acquired a physique similar to that of vampires, and with Xue Ji’s recommendation, they were able to further their training at the Tribunal.
Clad in steel armor, one wielded a heavy cross as violently as a wild beast. The other possessed unmatched martial arts, nimble as if flying.
The deputy leader of the Hand of the Secret God was brought to justice by the two of them, and now their target was the leader who had been hiding until this day.
Using the latest stealth technology, the two walked through the streets of the Quanzhou shelter zone.
Most people had already taken refuge in underground shelters; only a few had no choice but to come out for various reasons.
No need to guess—just from the worry written all over their faces, one could tell they were looking for someone.
But there were also those who had fled the shelters because of a rumor and had temporarily settled outside.
Similar to Song Liangpeng’s parents back then, they had been bewitched by this organization’s mysterious communications and began walking step by step along the path the other side had preset.
And the organization had intercepted this secret communication.
Supernatural communication achieved through psychic powers on the mystical side—Xue Ji had already cracked it back when she was at the Demon Capital Ability University.
Now these communications were completely monitored.
Interestingly, the victim they were tracking this time was actually their high school alumnus—He Zhixin, who had awakened the A-rank ability “Indestructible Diamond Body.”
“Wasn’t this guy locked up for helping vampires infiltrate A City?” Mu Panxia asked, puzzled.
Song Liangpeng explained, “He was imprisoned in the Anomaly Prison in Quanzhou. Since he contributed during the sea monster invasion, he was temporarily permitted to go out and participate in physical labor in the shelter zone.”
After years of not seeing each other, even if he wasn’t someone worth remembering, it still inevitably stirred some feelings.
He Zhixin was now cowering and submissive.
If he accidentally bumped into someone while walking, before the other person could even say anything, he would hurriedly apologize and run off with his head down, leaving the other person unable to even get a word in.
“Would someone like this really still get involved with those people?”
“Nothing’s impossible. Those guys love to exploit weaknesses.”
The two followed the target into an alley and watched as he laboriously pried open a manhole cover, pinched his nose, and climbed in.
To avoid alerting the enemy, they used micro-drones to follow into the sewer.
He Zhixin walked haltingly through the complex sewer network, broke through several walls, and explored toward the abandoned area at the very rear of the frontline battlefield.
“Hiding in a place like this—those people really aren’t afraid of dying.”
Mu Panxia was baffled by this bordering on madness behavior. The intensity of the fighting on the front lines had caused the former city infrastructure to completely collapse, and most of the underground pipes had caved in.
As the drones went deeper, the insane cultists hiding underground were finally confirmed.
Corpses—countless mutilated corpses piled up like mountains in this underground world, both sea beasts and humans.
The person atop the mountain of corpses was the long-wanted archbishop of the Hand of the Secret God. His lower half had already merged with the corpse mountain, and his entire state was extremely eerie.
“Is this a Chimera Fusion Ritual?” Song Liangpeng frowned.
“Something seems to have gone wrong,” Mu Panxia observed.
“He fused too many corpses at once. His consciousness should have dissipated by now.”
The evil god these cultists believed in did exist, but they no longer dared to lay hands on Blue Star as it was now. They could only indirectly influence the world through their believers.
“My Lord—why have you forsaken us!” The leader’s voice was mixed with the disgusting gurgling of mucus.
“Why does someone borrow your name, yet you remain unmoved!!” His voice alternated between ancient and young.
Borrowing the name, forsaking the believers…
The two of them extracted the key information, and their pupils couldn’t help but tremble.
That pitch-black sun—was it not the evil god that the Hand of the Secret God worshipped? Then who exactly was He?
He Zhixin, who had remained silent all along, finally spoke. A pitch-black serpent-shaped dagger slowly took form in his hand.
“You know too much!”
The serpent dagger sank into the leader’s forehead. The leader stared blankly, eyes wide.
Before his consciousness completely vanished, a black and a white figure suddenly appeared in his mind.
“It’s, it’s you!!! You bastards who ruined our plans…”
Bang—his head burst like a balloon. The long-wanted leader of the Hand of the Secret God died just like that, inexplicably.
And the drones were affected by a mysterious force and completely destroyed.
In the end, they rescued He Zhixin. After they left, the cavern completely collapsed.
The situation had far exceeded the two’s imagination. Helpless, they could only report their mission experience.
But the terminal had already automatically submitted a report.
[Subjugation successful. The leader of the Hand of the Secret God is dead.]
There were even pictures—as if they were pawns being manipulated at someone’s whim.
Mu Panxia couldn’t help but feel a chill down her spine.
Song Liangpeng’s eyes were vacant, already doubting life itself.
At the same time, in a space of pure blackness, Lilith smiled as she observed the reactions of the two Nameless ones, barely managing to restrain the urge to tease them a little more.
…
Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean.
A blue light streaked through the darkness of the deep sea like a meteor.
Xue Ji came to this place alone. She was going to bring Eva back.
After contracting with the Goddess of Fate, Clotho, her eyes could see farther.
She could sense that Eva was suffering. On the surface, in order to maintain the situation, she had forced herself to stay calm—but now that calm had almost completely disappeared.
“Eva, I’m coming. Just wait a little longer.”
Xue Ji accelerated again. A glowing barrier appeared before her.
“Get out of my way!”
The power brought by Age-of-Gods magic made her actions more direct, and she rarely began considering using sheer force to crush her obstacles.
The glowing barrier was pierced. Xue Ji saw a magnificent underwater palace.
The palace formed concentric rings around a tall tower, and at the center of the tallest tower, a crystal radiating brilliant light illuminated the entire space.
[Holy Maiden of Fate, I am the Ocean’s Will, Tethys. Why do you trespass into my temple?]
The cold goddess holding a golden trident stepped on whirlpools, slowly descending from the tower.
“Is this who you mean?” A sickly, twisted smile suddenly appeared on that cold face.
Eva appeared in a dark golden radiance, her body wrapped in black threads, her eyes vacant.
She rubbed Eva’s head, and Eva’s body couldn’t stop trembling when her hand touched her.
“Heh heh, little Eva, kill your former master.”
As soon as the words left her mouth, the hand Tethys used to touch Eva was severed by a distorted space.
Xue Ji’s eyes were now more dangerous than Tethys’s. This was the possessiveness hidden deep within her soul—the same possessiveness that had once caused Ling Xiaoxiao such immense pain.
Eva, wrapped in killing intent, charged at Xue Ji.
Faced with such a threat, Xue Ji merely wore a sickly smile as she looked at Eva, opening her arms and speaking gently: “Eva, come here.”
