Chapter 33: Chapter 31: Continue Killing

The intense white light left Zhou Diao’s vision blurry.

He vaguely made out a human figure materializing within the brilliant radiance.

The light was too dazzling for him to see clearly. The scene felt so divine that he couldn’t help but wonder if he was hallucinating before his death.

’Hearing Feng Ling’s voice has to be a hallucination, too. I must be so helpless, so desperate to change things, that my brain is producing this over-the-top, ridiculous response. There’s no way Feng Ling would appear draped in holy white light...’

Just then, Cao Hongyi lost his composure and screamed toward the light, "Feng Ling! Save Xiao Li!!!"

The cry made Zhou Diao’s ears ring.

He finally began to accept the truth: Feng Ling was really here.

Zhou Diao coughed up blood and mumbled weakly from atop Cao Hongyi’s back, "Fucking hell... It’s like the coming of the Holy Mother..."

...

Feng Ling slid down the slope to the bottom of the pit and shouted, "Keep the light steady!"

Up above, Huangfu Miaomiao held the large lamp high, a long, thick power cord trailing behind her. She struggled to reply, "B-b-b-but it’s hot..."

Feng Ling couldn’t hear her. The moment she reached the pit’s floor, she switched on a boombox, and deafening music instantly flooded the area!

—This was something Su Yuqing had requisitioned from a nearby resident’s home. Normally used for square dancing, its high volume and long-lasting battery made it perfect for dealing with the Pollution Bodies here.

The intense beat vibrated through the pit, and the powerful incandescent light illuminated every single Pollution Body!

The creatures, which relied on sound to navigate, froze for a moment. By the time they realized they had to flee, Feng Ling’s Bone Blade had already unfurled!

SWISH!

An extended neck was sliced in two!

SWISH!

A row of black lateral legs was cleanly severed!

A female soprano pushed the chorus to a high C as Feng Ling, wielding a battle-ax, smashed a set of mandibles!

Her figure was agile, her movements decisive. She nimbly leaped onto a Pollution Body’s carapace, her scythe bone blade carving a beautiful arc through the air, reaping the constantly stretching and retracting necks.

The music concealed her movements, the light illuminated her field of vision. Even with only one Bone Blade, in a wide-open space like this, she could unleash a massacre!

This was a slaughter.

A slaughter that was hers and hers alone!

In the distance, Qin Liang and the others were already dumbstruck, watching Feng Ling butcher more than a dozen Pollution Bodies. For a moment, they couldn’t tell who the real monster was in this nest.

Besides, could this be called killing?

Smashing mandibles, severing necks, hacking off legs, and leaving the massive insectoid bodies to writhe and struggle clumsily—this was death by a thousand cuts, wasn’t it?

The others couldn’t find the words to comment, only able to stare, dumbfounded, as it all unfolded before them.

Among the Pollution Bodies, there was one that was exceptionally large, lying quietly in a corner.

Its mandibles were broken and old, the muscles in its neck were slack, and even its lateral legs were shorter than those of the other Pollution Bodies. A large, thick, viscous mass clung to it from its carapace to its abdomen, as if it were carrying a pile of swollen, mushy Seaweed Mud.

Inside the "Seaweed Mud" was a corpse, and something could be seen faintly squirming within it.

Feng Ling walked over, ax in hand.

Huangfu Miaomiao shouted from her high vantage point, "Be careful!"

Right before Feng Ling’s eyes, the corpse in the "Seaweed Mud" had its chest cavity forced open and its skin torn apart, as a Pollution Body covered in bloody tendrils and slime crawled out—

It was in a state of newborn confusion. The two mandibles on its neck fumbled around until they touched the corpse’s head with its tangled, wet hair. It clamped down and ripped the head clean off the body.

The human head, now connected to the Pollution Body’s neck, opened and closed its mouth as if trying to speak. It had just uttered a single syllable when Feng Ling’s ax came down, and the young Pollution Body breathed its last.

Feng Ling continued forward.

Until she was just a step away from the special behemoth.

She was so close she could have reached out and touched the main culprit.

Everyone instinctively held their breath, staring at Feng Ling’s back without daring to blink, ready to witness the end of this operation—

Feng Ling thought quietly for a moment.

Then, she did nothing and walked away.

Everyone: "???"

They watched as she dragged the Pollution Body she had just killed off the ground, forcefully shoved it back into the "Seaweed Mud," and, not at all disgusted, even gave it a few pats to keep it from falling out.

Everyone: "??????????"

Feng Ling waved to Huangfu Miaomiao. "Get down here."

Huangfu Miaomiao quickly put down the large lamp and ran down the slope of the deep pit.

Nervous, she tripped halfway down and practically rolled to Feng Ling’s feet, getting her face covered in dirt.

Feng Ling pointed at the Pollution Bodies with their smashed mandibles and severed limbs and said to Huangfu Miaomiao, "Kill them all."

"Ah... Oh, oh..." Huangfu Miaomiao picked up her hammer and looked around hesitantly. "Er... um..."

Every single one was an A-level Pollution Body, an existence she wouldn’t even dare to dream of fighting. But now, they all lay helplessly before her, ready for the slaughter.

Huangfu Miaomiao gripped the hammer’s handle, her tongue dry. She licked her lips, feeling like none of this was real.

"You can take your time," Feng Ling said. "Wait until Deputy Captain Zhou has breathed his last, then kill the Pollution Bodies for points. The magnanimous people at the Inspection Bureau surely won’t hold it against you."

Huangfu Miaomiao: "!!!"

The Iron Hammer in her hands flew out in a hurry. Terrified that one blow wouldn’t be enough to kill the target, she panicked and smashed it several more times!

[You have killed an A-level Pollution Body (Pseudo). 200 points awarded.]

"200!" Huangfu Miaomiao looked back at Feng Ling in pleasant surprise. "I have 200 points!"

Feng Ling’s expression was calm. "Exchange them for recovery potions and take them over."

"Okay, okay, okay!" Huangfu Miaomiao nodded excitedly.

She immediately exchanged her points for three vials of recovery potion. She ran over and gave Zhou Diao two injections, then gave Xiao Li one. Xiao Li had also been injured while rescuing Zhou Diao.

"If the injuries are too severe, recovery will take a little longer than before," Huangfu Miaomiao advised them before hurriedly running back to the pit to continue hammering Pollution Bodies.

[You have killed an A-level Pollution Body (Pseudo). 210 points awarded.]

[You have killed an A-level Pollution Body (Pseudo). 220 points awarded.]

[You have killed an A-level Pollution Body (Pseudo). 180 points awarded.]

...

Message after message popped up, and Huangfu Miaomiao was gleefully busy.

Feng Ling wasn’t idle either. She repeatedly dragged the Pollution Bodies Huangfu Miaomiao killed back to the viscous, Seaweed Mud-like substance. In no time, the substance was packed with corpses.

The members of the Special Attack Team watched the two of them work, their feelings complicated.

’If the higher-ups saw this,’ Qin Liang thought, ’I can’t imagine what kind of storm it would kick up.’

He subconsciously touched his forehead, only to find it empty.

Only then did he remember that his headlamp and the attached micro-camera had been crushed by the bugs right after they entered the cave.

For some reason, he felt a sense of relief.

He turned to Zhou Diao and asked, "Deputy, what are our next orders?"

"Fall back and report," Zhou Diao said, cursing as he coughed up blood. "Damn it, a pair of freaks."

The team members all knew who he was cursing.

They looked at each other, an inexplicable urge to laugh rising up, but they all tacitly held it in.

They supported Zhou Diao and left the cave.

「Beneath the deep pit—」

Just as Feng Ling had predicted, new Pollution Bodies hatched from the corpses in the viscous substance.

She controlled her Bone Blade, KRAK KRAK, to chop off the Pollution Body’s mandibles, then turned her head to Huangfu Miaomiao and said, "Keep killing."

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