Under the cover of night, a layer of dark clouds rolled across the sky, blocking the slightly cold moonlight and causing the entire ground to fall into darkness.
“I’m already at the gate of the community,” Jian Xie said calmly.
He held his phone and looked up at the gate again to confirm that the name of the community in front of him matched the address he remembered.
This was a relatively famous villa area. The class president’s family background was actually similar to that of the people in the class but was just a bit low-key in his daily life.
The class monitor had invited class officers to his home several times, including Jian Xie, but he refused every time due to time conflicts and other reasons. Fortunately, he had not forgotten the address, otherwise he would not know where to find him now.
He didn’t know what the other party’s current situation was.
As the phone was still pressed against her ear, his warm cheek felt cold.
“Don’t mess around before I arrive!” On the other end of the phone, Cheng Li reminded, “Be sure to wait until I get there!”
One could tell from Cheng Li’s tone that he was frowning, and that he was really nervous right now.
It was because Jian Xie was alone right now, had no intention of waiting for him to arrive, and had the potential to single-handedly take on A-level or higher monsters.
……
It happened very suddenly, just half an hour ago.
After the class president unexpectedly hung up the call, Jian Xie got a busy tone when he called again.
Out of keen intuition, Jian Xie thought about it for a moment and contacted Cheng Li directly.
Cheng Li, who was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, was a little confused but was awakened by the other party’s straightforward words of “I seem to have discovered a monster”. After asking a few more questions in disbelief, he was still not quite sure if what Jian Xie said was correct.
After all, from his brief description, this monster could be capable of disguise, or even manipulation.
——Then it has to be at least A-level.
Since it was A-level, why did the “Eye” not give any advance warning or release a mission?
That was unlikely.
One should know that the “Eye” was the top instrument of the supernatural management department, and its insight value has reached S-level which exceeded the limit that humans were capable of. Having such a high insight meant that it had a strong ability to capture monsters, and it was impossible for any monster to hide from its eyes.
No matter how powerful Jian Xie was, he was at most a B-level investigator.
Why was that?
It was because there were only seven A-level investigators and only three Special A-level investigators.
For the Supernatural Management Bureau, talents with high sensitivity were extremely scarce. Each of them was held in the palm of their hand like a giant panda and would only take action when there was a special mission. The A-level investigator Yu Jinghe who went on a mission with him last time had been temporarily borrowed by their investigation department at that time.
If Jian Xie was B-leve, it would already be a rare surprise.
As if sensing his suspicion, Jian Xie had said indifferently, “You can believe it or not, but I need to know how to kill monsters.”
“…………”
These words had made him roll off the sofa, sit up straight, and wake up instantly.
To be honest, Cheng Li was only in his twenties this year.
But ever since he met Jian Xie, he felt like he had become thirty years old in just a few days.
Noticing that Jian Xie on the other end of the phone didn’t respond, he warned with concern, “I know you’re worried about your classmate, but if you haven’t received systematic training, no matter how high your insight is, without props, you won’t be able to defeat even a C-level monster when you encounter danger!”
Jian Xie looked at the entrance of the community and said “hmm” expressionlessly. It couldn’t be known whether he agreed with the sentence “worried about your classmate” or the second half of the sentence “without props” which caused one to be uneasy.
Judging from his voice on the phone alone, Jian Xie might just be described as a well-behaved and obedient student.
But on the other end of the phone, his expression was very cold and his eyes were narrowed. When he tucked his black hair behind his ears, there was an extra bit of bad vibe which came out of nowhere.
His long, fine black hair always covered down to his earlobes, but when Jian Xie pinned his hair aside to reveal his ear bones, traces of ear bone stud holes could be seen—for some reason, they still hadn’t healed despite having been empty for almost a year.
Honestly speaking, Jian Xie has never been a good student.
As for intimidating fellow classmates, feeling fed up with school bullying, and not liking to be talked to, these were not faked.
Back in his former high school, fighting was a common occurrence for him, but he changed his behavior due to the decline in his physical fitness after the car accident.
“Is there any precedent for killing monsters without props?”
Hearing this, Cheng Li choked and the corners of his mouth twitched.
“Wait, aren’t you scared?” He said with difficulty, “Although I know you’ve faced an A-level monster, but this…”
“Because there are people who are more scared than me.” Jian Xie avoided the important point and said something trivial.
He selectively concealed the fact that he was not afraid. Although his way of thinking has become strange, he still knew what a normal person was.
Besides, he has seen not only an A-level but also a Special A-level monster.
Apologies for being frank, but Dr. Li, a timid little octopus, has already broken Jian Xie’s horror filter for Special A-level monsters. He really didn’t understand what was so scary about them.
He didn’t know what Cheng Li was thinking about, but when the other spoke again, his voice had become several shades softer.
“I’ll be there in twenty minutes at most. Wait for me, okay?”
Jian Xie discovered that there were security guards on duty in this kind of villa area, and one had to swipe a card to enter. Although it was getting late at night and the security guards in the duty booth looked listless, it was obviously not reliable to sneak in directly through the main gate.
Then, he turned his gaze to the not-too-high wall, which was surrounded by ornamental stones that could be used as stepping stones.
On the other end of the phone, Cheng Li had no idea what Jian Xie was thinking.
His voice paused before he continued slowly and solemnly, “As for your question… there is no precedent for killing monsters without props.”
This was true.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a cruel death rate for investigators of B-level and above.
When a monster possessed reason, it was very likely to choose a war of attrition and would only actually attack after the investigators have exhausted their props, just like a cat playing with a mouse.
As for ordinary people, they were eaten without even going through this process.
“I see.” Jian Xie said, “I’ll be careful.”
After he said this and without waiting for Cheng Li’s protest, he hung up the phone, put it in his pocket and zipped it up.
After carefully observing the wall, Jian Xie reached out and pulled up the hood of his jacket, then zipped it up, covering the lower half of his face.
He didn’t want his face to be captured by the surveillance camera.
[Do you need help?] As if sensing what he wanted to do, It’s tone was full of interest. A shadow had already leaned over his shoulder. [I’d be happy to help.]
“Hurry.” Jian Xie raised his hand and urged.
He was not shy at all and gave orders directly.
Then, the youth looked around furtively, like a kitten alertly observing the environment.
In fact, he could have flipped over in two or three steps in the past, but now that his body was burdened by another existence, it made him unable to carry anything with his shoulders or hands. He has to gasp for air after climbing to the 17th floor. He was also forced to give up fighting.
Although regarding the latter point, it was also his choice to keep a low profile…
But since this situation was caused by the other party, then it was only reasonable for him, the victim, to make some demands, right?
It was impossible to just kill him directly.
[……]
It was not an illusion, he was becoming more and more rude to It.
If it was any other living creature other than him, It would’ve wiped out its existence from this world the moment the other uttered the first word. Jian Xie himself did not seem to realize that he had privileges, but had a subconscious desire to become more and more demanding and arrogant.
In the darkness, It uttered a muffled laughter.
It wasn’t known if he was simply amused or just happy because he was being trusted.
Jian Xie was confused by It’s attitude.
[Go directly through the main entrance.] It told Jian Xie after a while, [They won’t see you.]
Jian Xie, who had just stretched out his hand to climb over the wall and was halfway on the stones: “…”
ok.1Written exactly as in the raws.
He decisively withdrew his hand, jumped down, and was caught by a ball of black mist that had been waiting there.
It would have been easy to sprain one’s ankle at such a height, but thanks to It’s seemingly unintentional help, Jian Xie landed steadily without even a sway.
He walked towards the gate.
Just as Jian Xie approached the community, he heard a few “plop” sounds, and the decorative lights on the gate of the community went out in an instant. But not only that, in Jian Xie’s sight, a black wave centered on his soles rushed towards all the buildings in front of him.
The community was originally brightly lit, but in an instant they went out one by one. As the street lights continued to go out, the entire community fell into absolute darkness.
Even the moonlight only illuminated the path in front of Jian Xie, as if only because it had this right could its light retain vitality.
A similar situation had happened in Jian Xie’s room before.
However, the scope was far from being so large and exaggerated such as at this moment, he didn’t even know where the end was.
It seemed that if It wanted, It could even cover the entire city and the entire world in such gloomy darkness, placing them under It’s absolute control.
“……”
For the first time, Jian Xie realized so clearly what level of unknown existence was hidden in his body.
…It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call this guy an evil god.
Even though Jian Xie had only been exposed to that world for a short time and had only read some of the information given to him by Cheng Li, he could conclude that having such frightening strength was by no means a monster anymore.
And such a terrifying god, who could share a body with him, was merely playing some harmless jokes on him…
It was incredible.
Jian Xie seemed to be thinking about something. He then asked, “Why did you revive me? Pick me?”
[You chose me.]
This completely ambiguous answer seemed to be just a subconscious correction, which made Jian Xie frown.
[I think it’s time to eat again.]
Without further explanation, It’s lazy voice sounded, and It’s shadow formed a vague human figure, which once again placed itself behind Jian Xie. “The two that you ate before cannot sustain the needs of your body after resurrection.”
Jian Xie immediately understood what It meant.
Oh, no wonder his body was so weak, it turned out it wasn’t because of It’s possession—
Wait a minute.
Jian Xie’s body suddenly paused, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he pointed at himself. “…I ate them?”
[You absorb them unconsciously and exchange them for your own strength.] It’s attitude was careless. After a slight pause, the words It said were terrifying, [I think, it’s the human instinct to eat?]
“……”
No wonder before the B-level monster centipede appeared, the monsters he saw would not approach him on their own initiative. It was because they were afraid of being eaten.
“So, the two previous monsters, I…?”
[Ate them.]
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Jian Xie: Good guy
