Alien Species Invasion? I Kill Them Back.

Chapter 38: Chapter 36: Ye Zheng

The news from Jiangkou City caused a sensation across the internet.

The scale of the underground cavern shocked countless people, sparking massive discussions among netizens.

For example, a pit this huge must have taken a long time to dig. Why did no one notice the excavation process?

Also, where was the earth that was dug out from the cavern? Did all that soil and rock just vanish into thin air?

The residential buildings above the cavern were certainly no longer suitable for living. No one could be sure if the ground would collapse as a result. How would so many residents be relocated? And how should the local government address the future safety hazards?

The internet was abuzz with noisy, widespread debate, but the Alien Species Safety Inspection Bureau remained silent.

Yunhai City, Alien Supervision Branch—

A young woman in a white blouse and black slim-fit trousers hurried through the hallway, stopping before an office door and raising her hand to knock.

BANG BANG BANG!

She knocked urgently and, without waiting for a response, forced the door open and went inside.

"Ma’am! I request a transfer back to Qingjiang City!"

SLAP!

Ye Zheng slapped her application form down on the desk.

Seated at the desk was a middle-aged woman in a beige skirt suit. Seeing Ye Zheng barge in, she calmly and unhurriedly took off her glasses and said, "Every Inspector’s transfer order is issued by the main bureau. Even I can’t change the outcome."

The defiant energy Ye Zheng had mustered instantly drained away, her expression turning pleading. "Ms. Mei, please, just help me. If you just sign my application, the main bureau might consider transferring me back!"

Mei Junyu picked up the application from the desk, glanced at it, and then gently set it back down.

"Is this because of the news about the chasm in Jiangkou City?" Mei Junyu asked.

Ye Zheng closed her eyes and nodded. "The number of Alien Species cases in Qingjiang City has been rising too quickly lately. Jiangkou is so close to Qingjiang City, and Zhou Diao can’t handle it all on his own!"

"Perhaps you should learn to trust your partner. From what I can see, he completed this mission very well," Mei Junyu said coolly. "The Pollution Body was successfully eliminated, and six Cards were confiscated."

"That was just a stroke of luck! Besides, Zhou Diao was injured, which means the mission didn’t go smoothly!" Ye Zheng said anxiously. "I’ve been transferred here to Yunhai City for so long and haven’t handled a single Alien Species case! They don’t need me here at all. I should be back in Qingjiang!"

Mei Junyu remained calm. "I understand how you feel, but you need to realize that where you’re needed isn’t for you to decide based on your subjective feelings. It’s up to your superiors."

"Ms. Mei!"

Ye Zheng wanted to argue further, but Mei Junyu opened a drawer, took out a file, and placed it on the desk.

"Take a look at this," Mei Junyu said.

Ye Zheng frowned and picked it up. After reading for just a moment, her expression grew grave. "This is... data on the Maze?"

"Correct." Mei Junyu nodded. "This is the latest data on the Maze, just sent over from the research institute. The Maze’s pollution is spreading. A single chasm in Jiangkou City has you in a panic, but you’re unaware that a crisis tens, even hundreds of times more severe is right here beside us. Ye Zheng, you need to have a broader perspective."

Ye Zheng fell silent, then asked, "When do we move out?"

"This operation will be extremely dangerous. The higher-ups are still deciding on the personnel." Mei Junyu looked up at Ye Zheng. "However, I can tell you this much: you’re on the shortlist, and as one of the main assault team members."

Ye Zheng drew in a breath and bit her lip. She said, "Ms. Mei, I withdraw my application. But I’d like to request one day of leave before the operation to go back to Qingjiang City."

Mei Junyu looked at her intently.

After a moment, she nodded. "Alright. I approve."

...

...

「Qingjiang City.」

After returning home, Feng Ling slept like a log straight through to noon the next day, completely messing up her biological clock.

If it weren’t for the unbearable hunger, Feng Ling felt she could have slept even longer.

She left her comfortable bed and habitually went to the kitchen to forage for food. The moment she stepped out of her bedroom, she saw Huangfu Miaomiao’s face, a mask of sorrow, grievance, anxiety, helplessness, and bewilderment.

Feng Ling couldn’t help but chuckle.

The instant Feng Ling chuckled, Huangfu Miaomiao, who was in the living room, immediately looked over, her expression growing even more desperate!

"Something terrible has happened!" Huangfu Miaomiao looked at her, on the verge of a breakdown.

"What is it?" Feng Ling asked, walking over.

Huangfu Miaomiao pointed at a virtual screen invisible to Feng Ling, looking utterly devastated. "After the system announced you leveled up, tons of people on the forums started discussing how to kill you."

"So how are they planning to kill me?" Feng Ling was quite interested.

"Stop smiling, this really isn’t a joke." Huangfu Miaomiao opened the most popular thread. "They’ve figured out all the Nest’s characteristics and Skills, and they’re analyzing your weaknesses, boo hoo hoo..."

Feng Ling picked up a nearby tablet and handed it to Huangfu Miaomiao. "Transcribe the content exactly as it is. I want to see your forums too. Oh, right, what do you want to eat? I’m ordering takeout."

Huangfu Miaomiao took the tablet with a tearful expression. "I’ll eat anything..."

"Then I’ll just order a bit of everything," Feng Ling said, opening a food delivery app and starting to study it seriously.

Huangfu Miaomiao looked helplessly at Feng Ling, thinking: ’How does she do it? How can she be both interested and completely unconcerned that people want to kill her?’

Feng Ling was completely focused on ordering takeout.

—Her nesting ability was very special. First, she needed to use Cards to build the foundation. Then, she had to accumulate a large amount of energy within the Nest. Finally, she had to select suitable bones and flesh. Not a single step could go wrong to successfully birth a new life.

Therefore, after nesting twice in a row, the energy in Feng Ling’s body was rapidly absorbed by the Nest, almost draining her to death from weakness.

Even after absorbing all her energy, the Nest had not finished developing, which just showed how difficult it was to birth a new life.

Feng Ling decided not to go anywhere for the next few days. She would just stay home and eat nonstop.

She would keep eating until her Nest was complete.

She ordered barbecue, pizza, hamburgers, sushi, spaghetti bolognese, lamb skewers, crawfish, braised duck necks, sweet zongzi, malatang, bread, cake, milk tea, all kinds of fruit, and a pile of chocolate bars.

It was hard to imagine how happy she would be once all that food arrived.

"Oh no!" Huangfu Miaomiao suddenly cried out in alarm.

Feng Ling looked up and asked, "What’s wrong?"

Huangfu Miaomiao replied, her face full of panic, "Someone on the forums just exposed your location!"

"Exposed my location?" Feng Ling looked puzzled.

"Yes! I was recording these replies when I suddenly saw a new one that said the hidden Boss is in Qingjiang City!" Huangfu Miaomiao asked anxiously, "What do we do now? A lot of players will definitely come to Qingjiang City looking for you!"

Feng Ling was also momentarily stunned.

’Who could know I’m in Qingjiang? Is there a traitor for the Alien Species inside the Inspection Bureau?’

’...No, that’s not right. If there were a traitor in the Inspection Bureau, they wouldn’t just reveal that the hidden Boss is in Qingjiang. They would have provided more detailed information, like the operation in Jiangkou City I just participated in.’

’So, who would only know I’m in Qingjiang, but not that I was involved in the Jiangkou City operation?’

Feng Ling actually recalled just such a person.

The woman who controlled the Vampire Worms.

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