Alien Species Invasion? I Kill Them Back.

Chapter 21: Chapter 19: Pollution Body

Just then, Feng Ling said to Huangfu Miaomiao, "See if there are any Alien Species in this group."

Everyone’s nerves tensed. They all stood frozen in place. Even Zhou Diao couldn’t help but cast an inquisitive glance at the teammates behind him.

Although he firmly believed there couldn’t be a "traitor" in the Inspection Bureau, he couldn’t suppress the thought: ’...What if?’

Fortunately, Huangfu Miaomiao quickly shook her head.

Everyone let out a collective sigh of relief.

Huangfu Miaomiao pointed at them one by one. "Regular citizen, regular citizen, regular citizen..."

When she pointed to Zhou Diao, she quickly retracted her finger and hid behind Feng Ling. "Elite mob."

Zhou Diao’s eyebrows shot up at her words, and some of his pent-up frustration finally dissipated. "Ha! So that’s how you Alien Species classify humans. You can tell I’m an elite. No wonder you’re so scared."

Feng Ling asked Huangfu Miaomiao, "How many points do you get for killing an elite mob?"

Huangfu Miaomiao replied, "The points vary depending on the difficulty of the kill, but it’s usually between 200 and 500."

Feng Ling was satisfied. She looked at Zhou Diao and said, "I’m 3,000 points."

Zhou Diao’s pupils shrank in disbelief!

"Impossible!!! How could you possibly be worth—"

"Enough!" Su Yuqing’s voice rose from the video call. "Don’t forget your mission in Jiangkou City."

Zhou Diao’s shock turned to anger. "Old Su, could your favoritism be any more obvious? She hasn’t even joined the Inspection Bureau, and you’re already kissing up to the new recruit and kicking the veteran aside?!"

Su Yuqing ignored him and asked Feng Ling, "Feng Ling, what brings you to Jiangkou City?"

"Someone on the Alien Star forum was looking for help killing an Alien Species, so I came to check it out." Feng Ling paused, then added, "I’m just looking. If there really is an Alien Species, I’ll call the police."

Su Yuqing: "..."

Zhou Diao sneered, "Playing the law-abiding citizen, are we!"

A member of the Special Attack Team leaned in and whispered something to Zhou Diao.

Zhou Diao’s brow furrowed. He glanced sideways at Feng Ling and muttered, "How is it her...?"

He took out his phone to check something, then looked back at Feng Ling and asked uncertainly, "Are you Dou Sha from the group chat?"

Feng Ling froze for a moment, then asked back, "You’re in Super Strong Chao’s group too?"

"I’m not," Zhou Diao said, lifting his chin proudly. "I’m way too busy to be joining this group and that group. I’m taking the place of one of the members to go into the tunnel and see what’s going on."

Su Yuqing said over the call, "Feng Ling, we’ve been tracking a group of Alien Species recently, but all the leads go cold in Jiangkou City. It’s like they’ve mysteriously vanished here. Jiangkou City doesn’t have its own Alien Supervision Branch yet, so all cases related to Alien Species fall under the jurisdiction of Qingjiang City. Since you’ve run into Zhou Diao, you two can work together and watch each other’s backs. Zhou Diao’s Card is very powerful."

Feng Ling didn’t say anything.

She was thinking.

’Since we’re both on the human side, watching each other’s backs shouldn’t be a problem. But I suspect this so-called cooperation will just devolve into me being bossed around.’

Feng Ling hated getting tangled up in messy interpersonal relationships.

Su Yuqing spoke again. "According to regulations, when the Inspection Bureau discovers an Alien Species, it must be reported to the main headquarters. Even if the Alien Species shows no aggressive behavior, it must undergo a series of tests at the Bureau so that professionals can assess its threat level. However, your situation is special. This time, I can temporarily suppress the report to avoid unnecessary trouble and misunderstandings."

’He’s doing me a favor.’

Feng Ling thought for a moment, then nodded and replied, "I’ll do my best to cooperate with him."

On the other end of the video call, Su Yuqing relaxed a little. "Zhou Diao, explain the operational plan to Feng Ling. As soon as the suspect sends their location, notify me immediately. I’ll pull up the nearby surveillance footage and assist your investigation remotely."

"Got it." Although Zhou Diao looked sour, he still agreed.

The video call finally ended.

Zhou Diao retracted his two Beast Claws, which were completely out of proportion with a human body, and lazily returned to the van to catch up on sleep, showing no intention of explaining the situation.

Feng Ling and Huangfu Miaomiao also returned to the cargo truck.

However, one of the Special Attack Team members came over to Feng Ling, his eyes filled with admiration, and asked, "Can I add you as a friend?"

Feng Ling: "?"

"Ah... I mean, we need to add you to the group chat," the team member said. Despite being tall and muscular, he spoke shyly. "We have a dedicated group for our operation team where we share information."

’Seems like you need to join a group chat for everything these days.’

Feng Ling took out her phone, scanned the code, added him as a friend, and soon received an invitation to the group chat.

She joined the group and saw that it also had exactly six members. Su Yuqing was the group admin.

Everyone’s group nickname was their real name, so Feng Ling changed hers to her real name as well.

[Qin Liang: Map.dnf]

[Qin Liang: Ms. Ling, please take a look at the map to familiarize yourself with it. Our tech guys used phone signals to determine the suspect’s approximate location is in this area. We haven’t found the tunnel entrance yet.]

[Zhou Diao: How old is she that you’re in such a hurry to call her ’Ms.’?]

Qin Liang didn’t reply.

No one else in the group replied either.

The chat went silent.

Feng Ling opened the map Qin Liang had sent. It was a floor plan of a shopping mall, and she could even view the internal structure of each floor. The tech guys had really gone to great lengths.

"Would there be a tunnel in a shopping mall?" Huangfu Miaomiao asked, confused.

Feng Ling replied, "Not under normal circumstances."

As for abnormal circumstances, well, that was anyone’s guess.

...

The night was both long and short.

While they were resting in their vehicles, a few more people arrived at the train station, all of whom had been notified by Super Strong Chao.

They were stopped and questioned by Zhou Diao’s team. After learning about the dangers of the mission, they all voluntarily backed out, allowing Zhou Diao’s team members to take their places and continue the operation.

Huangfu Miaomiao watched them with envy. "They all backed out. Maybe we should..."

Her gaze met Feng Ling’s unreadable, half-smiling eyes, and she immediately shrank back and fell silent.

Feng Ling remarked with a sigh, "With your level of courage, how did you ever manage to save up 16 points?"

Huangfu Miaomiao defended herself in a small voice, "Not all the missions are dangerous..."

"Mm, so what kind of missions do you usually do?" Feng Ling asked.

"There are a lot of lifestyle-type missions, like... uh, finding a way to get from the easternmost part of the city to the westernmost, or climbing the tallest nearby building, or learning how to operate a type of vehicle..." Huangfu Miaomiao sighed with some regret. "Unfortunately, these missions don’t give many points. Killing monsters gives the most."

"Killing monsters?" Feng Ling laughed. "You mean killing people?"

Her laugh gave Huangfu Miaomiao goosebumps.

Huangfu Miaomiao hastily explained, "N-No, that’s not it. The ’kill monster’ missions are usually about killing Pollution Bodies."

Pollution Bodies—the failures of genetic fusion.

Feng Ling had read a bit about them in the information Huangfu Miaomiao provided. All creatures that possessed a Card would end up with one of two outcomes: evolution or pollution.

And the path to evolution was inevitably fraught with the constant risk of pollution.

"Players who go around killing people on the streets, if they aren’t psychopaths, have most likely become Pollution Bodies... Pollution Bodies are bloodthirsty, brutal, and completely devoid of reason." Huangfu Miaomiao said in a very, very soft voice, "When it comes to eliminating Pollution Bodies, we players are actually on the same side as you humans... Huh?"

Feng Ling was listening to Huangfu Miaomiao ramble on when she suddenly heard her voice trail off with a questioning inflection.

"What is it?" Feng Ling asked.

Huangfu Miaomiao stared blankly ahead. "...System notification. A Pollution Body has been detected nearby."

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