Alien Species Invasion? I Kill Them Back.

Chapter 49: Chapter 47: She Will Become Strong

Zhou Diao’s outstretched hand froze. He didn’t dare move a muscle.

What Feng Ling said was truly terrifying. He would rather have heard "or else you’ll die" than hear her say she would give birth to him!

"I’m serious..." Zhou Diao took a deep breath, staring wide-eyed at Feng Ling. "Don’t tell me you’ve already turned into a Pollution Body?"

’Who else would have such a freaky Skill?!’

Feng Ling frowned slightly and flicked her wrist again. The two Cards flashed like streaks of silver light, instantly returning to her wrist and forming a bracelet.

"This is an advanced ability of the Nest, called Nesting," Feng Ling said. "I’m still figuring out the specifics of how to use it. For now, I can only confirm one thing: after Nesting is complete, the nest can convert flesh and blood into new life. The more energy the nest contains, the stronger the life-form it creates will be."

She glanced at Zhou Diao, gently stirring the wonton soup in her bowl. "I don’t want the life-forms I create to have poor physical stats," she continued, "so I want to accumulate as much energy for the nest as possible."

Zhou Diao: "..."

’Just say what you need to say. Why did you have to glance at me?’

’Are you calling me out?’

DING—

The doorbell rang.

Huangfu Miaomiao dutifully went to the door, stood on her tiptoes, and peered through the peephole.

After confirming the person outside wasn’t an Alien Species, she gave Feng Ling a hand signal for "all clear," then opened the door and took the takeout Feng Ling had ordered from the delivery guy.

Feng Ling had ordered so much food that the delivery guy had to make several trips to bring it all.

It would also take a considerable amount of time to eat all this food.

As Feng Ling ate, she silently sensed her nests—

When she was Nesting, she needed Cards. She had intentionally chosen a Spider Card that seemed highly compatible with the Nest, and a bird-type Card that seemed very incompatible.

She made this choice because she wanted to know if the success rate of the Nest’s creations was related to a Card’s compatibility.

She hadn’t gotten a result from that experiment yet, but she had discovered another issue:

—The nest built with the unknown bird-type Card was almost full of energy.

—The nest built with the Spider Card as its base was only a little over half full of stored energy.

’Why is that?’

’Is it because the different compatibility levels lead to different energy absorption speeds?’

’Or is it because the Spider Card is a High-level Card, so it requires more energy?’

While Feng Ling was pondering this, Zhou Diao asked her, "Besides Nesting, what other abilities do your Cards have? Can they heal teammates?"

She snapped out of it, glanced up at Zhou Diao, and then went back to eating.

"My Card’s genes have mutated. I don’t have any healing-type abilities."

"Tsk, the research institute would definitely be very interested in you. A completely unknown evolutionary path," Zhou Diao remarked with a sigh.

He wanted to tease Feng Ling a bit more, but as the words came to his lips, he felt the matter should be treated seriously. After all, an unknown evolutionary path meant that Feng Ling’s risk of digesting Cards in the future would be much higher than others’.

"Why don’t you just join the Inspection Bureau? Let that group of old geezers at the research institute help you figure things out," Zhou Diao said, rubbing his chin. "I was originally against you joining the Inspection Bureau, but your current situation is genuinely dangerous."

Feng Ling picked up her soup bowl, took a few sips of wonton soup, and then started opening the container for her chicken-leg rice.

"Why were you against me joining the Inspection Bureau?" she asked casually. "Are the benefits not good?"

Zhou Diao frowned. "It’s a huge pain. You have to file a report for everything you do, there are weekly meetings, and..."

He paused, glanced over his shoulder at the three Special Attack Team members in the living room, then turned back and lowered his voice to Feng Ling. "And besides, I’m from Qingjiang."

"...Huh?" Feng Ling blinked.

Zhou Diao shot her a disdainful glare. "Don’t you get it? I said I’m a Qingjiang local. Of course I’m going to look out for my hometown. ’Focus on the bigger picture’—I don’t give a damn about all that bullshit. All I know is that if I get transferred, Qingjiang City will be left with no one. If you join the Inspection Bureau, you’ll definitely be transferred too."

Feng Ling said, "But if your superiors want to transfer you, you have to obey, right?"

"They won’t transfer me, hehe~" Zhou Diao mysteriously pulled a flat, stainless steel flask from his jacket. "I have this."

Feng Ling tilted her head and studied the flask for a moment, but she couldn’t see anything special about it.

"What’s that thing for?"

"The secret is... not to be too well-behaved~" Zhou Diao said with the knowing tone of a seasoned veteran, chuckling. "I’ve already had five drunk driving incidents and three incidents of destroying public property. When headquarters wants to transfer people, they’ll definitely prioritize the well-behaved Inspectors. Me? I’m perfectly safe."

Feng Ling couldn’t help but laugh.

She had thought Zhou Diao was the "all brawn and no brains" type, but it turned out he had quite a few tricks up his sleeve.

"Feng Ling..." Zhou Diao tucked the flask back into his jacket, his smile vanishing as he asked her seriously, "Will you go back to your hometown someday?"

Feng Ling thought for a moment. "...I probably won’t."

She didn’t have many fond memories of that place.

"That’s great," Zhou Diao grinned. "Just stay here in Qingjiang with me!"

Feng Ling raised an eyebrow at his words. "I’m a hidden boss, you know. Your Old Su would love nothing more than to kick me out of Qingjiang City."

Zhou Diao flashed his bright canine teeth. "You just have to get stronger. So strong that no Alien Species would dare to come to Qingjiang!"

Feng Ling smiled, picked up a chicken leg, and took a big bite.

’I will get stronger.’

’Strong enough that those people will never again dare to see me as a weak, easy target.’

...

「The next morning」

Feng Ling went to the Qingjiang No. 1 Bridge as planned.

The bridge had pedestrian walkways for sightseeing on both sides.

She, Huangfu Miaomiao, Zhou Diao, and the three Special Attack Team members walked from one end of the bridge to the other.

They walked back and forth twice, but the trail of clues seemed to have gone cold here.

From the bridge, Feng Ling could see the Ferris wheel in the distance, but she couldn’t figure out where "Snake Month" and "Heavenly Fire" were.

It was already the end of May. There was no shade on the bridge, and as time passed, the temperature climbed steadily.

Zhou Diao was sweating profusely. "Everything about Qingjiang is great, except it’s just too hot... It’s only May, and the temperature today is at least 34 degrees... I’m about to get heatstroke!"

Huangfu Miaomiao nodded in agreement, already too baked by the sun to want to speak.

Feng Ling gazed at the distant Ferris wheel, thinking: ’Why are there no more clues?’

’After finding the frog in the top hat, she found the White Bird.’

’Following that pattern, when she found the White Bird, she should have discovered the clue to the next riddle. But why can’t I still see Snake Month and Heavenly Fire?’

Feng Ling paced back and forth on the bridge’s surface, wondering, ’Could it be because I haven’t solved the meaning of those two words, "drooling kiss"?’

’Yes...’

’That must be the reason.’

’She found the "frog in the top hat," and only when the frog "rushed to the clouds"—that is, reached the highest point of the Ferris wheel—did she discover the "White Bird."’

’That means she can only get the clue to the third riddle when the frog "drools and kisses" the White Bird.’

Feng Ling frowned, her face grim. Her gaze swept across the river’s surface, and she spotted a ferry crossing the water.

"Come on, let’s go to the pier."

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