"Okay, we’ve already started preparations on our end. Let us know again when you’re on your way, confirm the specific ti, and we’ll open the door for you here."
A slightly magnetic female voice ca through the intercom, echoing in the night.
"Alright, I’ll contact you later." Standing on the rooftop, He Ao nodded slightly, cut off the communication, and put the intercom capable of crossing anomalies back into his pocket.
His gaze shifted, looking downward. The gunfire outside gradually quieted down. One by one, the attackers were swiftly captured under the siege of the Abnormal Association and the Federal Bureau of Investigation rushing to the scene.
His eyes followed the crowd, silently watching the Federation Bureau vehicles that had filled the streets below.
"Why do I feel like that building over there doesn’t really welco us?" Sui, sitting on He Ao’s shoulder, swayed her head and spoke slowly.
"Yeah, ’it’ doesn’t want us to see ’it,’" He Ao gazed at the building hidden among the dense forest, "if we were to go inside, probably we wouldn’t see anything. ’It’ only reveals part of itself in a hunting situation."
"It hides from us?" Sui asked, puzzled.
"Yes." He Ao nodded lightly.
"Then what are the rope and that house? Anomalies?" Sui was sowhat confused.
"Perhaps," He Ao mused thoughtfully, "or maybe a twisted remnant left by an Angel."
If a performance needed an audience, the most significant ’audience’ in this city, without a doubt, would be that ’Angel.’
The drifting wind brushed the trees of the quiet buildings, carrying the rustle of green fragnts that remained even in winter.
"Those people seem to have been caught, huh?" Sui gazed down at the captured individuals with her head lowered. "And those big guys who entered the courtyard, I think I heard them ntion the Future Building?"
"Yeah," He Ao nodded gently, speaking calmly, "they might have been participants in the Future Tower incident back in the day."
The casually dressed man and his subordinates, along with several other groups, were confidants of the Wilens Bishop, who aided the bishop during the Future Building incident, using anomalies to ’blow up’ the tower as primary perpetrators.
The headquarters files of the Anomaly Sect naturally had no information on them, but the Wilens Bishop was well aware of their hiding places and escape habits.
However, He Ao actually did nothing much. He just found these people still on the run, stirred their emotions, gave them a bit of ’inspiration,’ and led them to this street.
He Ao’s gaze dropped, as if seeing through the leaves to the hidden wooden buildings beyond.
He had co here beforehand and sensed that there was no one inside the building.
Under normal circumstances, whether it’s Levi or the Legion Commander of Dawn City, they all have so confidants around them; their living spaces usually have attendants or staff present.
Yet, this residence had no one living in it, even the security zones were demarcated away from residential areas, which often ant it was dangerous for ’outsiders.’
But He Ao couldn’t sense any ’danger,’ as this building wasn’t willing to show him its ’true’ form.
So he orchestrated this ’performance.’
’Inviting’ the building to join his drama, becoming both an actor and an audience.
The crowded police cars below finally started to clear, and the electronic barriers were lifted.
The bustling crowd and streets gradually returned to normal, and only then did this ’drama’ conclude entirely.
He Ao lowered his head, took out the Secret Silver Test Tube filled with green liquid from his arms, and drank it all at once.
The fierce pollution rolled in his mind, the surging power instantly flowed down his throat into his body, then spread to his limbs and bones, quickly resolving and dissolving.
[He Ao (Loren)]
[Authority Level: Advanced Player]
[Physical Fitness: 1761562 (11527)]
[Skills: Talent Sequence 272: Super mory (A-level) (Abnormal), Basic Firearms Mastery (Soul part), Talent Sequence 144: Miracle Scholar (B-level) (Rejection) (Not usable), Mysterious Academic Introduction]
[chanical Modification: None]
[Martial Arts: Qi Refinent and Spirit Transformation (B-level) (Partially usable)]
[Character Skills: Qi Refinent and Spirit Transformation (B-level), Talent Sequence 189: Planner (B-level)]
The ritual was completed and had an especially good effect.
He Ao felt the power of the Secret dicine quickly lting and dissipating within his body, mastering the ’Planner’ Talent Sequence at a rapid pace.
As he predicted, his consistent habits were exceptionally compatible with this Talent Sequence’s power, further accelerating his mastery of it.
Soon, he nearly fully mastered this Talent Sequence.
The ’Planner’ path, in a way, was indeed one of the most compatible routes for him and the reason why he chose it.
However, there was indeed a slight anomaly-derived pollution in this Secret dicine, disturbing his soul and invading his body.
This pollution did not greatly affect him, but he could vaguely sense that the abnormal pollution didn’t seem to have such strong ’rejection.’
Suppressing those turbulent polluting forces, his gaze shifted downward, scanning the ’character skills’ on his personal attribute panel.
His body held a B-level Talent Sequence and B-level Martial Arts, coupled with the A-level Super mory in his mind.
At this mont, his state closely resembled his true form.
Only lacking the part of his body transford into an Angel by Super mory, reducing the conflict between the body’s Talent Sequence and the soul’s Talent Sequence.
Yet, it was roughly similar.
Of course, there was sothing else within this body, that intangible ’anomaly’ power that had enveloped He Ao’s body from the beginning.
Not only the restoration power from Sui affecting He Ao’s body, but also so kind of invisible force, seemingly from the immutable house ’assimilation,’ or perhaps from a deeper power source.
That abnormal power could resonate with the anomaly-laden pollution in the ’Planner’ Secret dicine, even gradually rging.
Initially, these forces secured the foundation of He Ao’s body, enabling it to endure even a significantly weakened yet extraordinarily powerful soul.
Now, however, this force beca the most ’unstable’ power within his body.
Whether He Ao tried to further unleash the power of Super mory or use the Planner’s Talent Sequence power, the force would disturb the balance of He Ao’s power, pushing him towards madness.
This was the reason why after reaching C-level and even B-level, He Ao’s use of Super mory power still resulted in noticeable flesh changes and an inclination towards madness.
Nonetheless, this made He Ao’s body more resemble his true form at this mont.
Only, the stability issue in his true form was not from an anomaly, an external energy, but from the transformation by Super mory on his body, leading to the rejection of the ’Miracle Scholar’ Talent Sequence within him.
Admittedly, compared to his true form, the condition of this body was evidently more ’unstable,’ where any aggressive high-level power could cause the body to collapse, veering into madness.
He Ao quickly suppressed the surging power within his body. At this mont, he didn’t have the energy to deal with it.
He reached out and took the walkie-talkie from his pocket, placing it near his mouth, "I’m Loren. According to the previous arrangent, I’ll be there soon. It’ll take about half an hour to reach the Association headquarters."
"Okay, we’ll open the inner gate in 45 minutes," a gentle and magnetic female voice sounded again, "Please contact us promptly if there’s any change in your schedule."
"Alright." He Ao nodded slightly, ready to cut off the communication.
"Zzz—zzz—" At that mont, a sharp electrical noise suddenly emanated from the walkie-talkie, seemingly due to so interference, and He Ao paused, not cutting off the communication imdiately.
Soon after, a hoarse and sowhat weak voice ca from the other side of the walkie-talkie, "Run—don’t co—"
The communication was then directly cut off.
"Denon?!" He Ao instantly recognized the source of the voice.
He imdiately dialed back.
"Zzzzzz—"
But this ti, the response from the other side of the walkie-talkie was only the sharp electrical noise.
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Dawn City
The twilight light of dusk spilled in the tranquil corridors of the ancient building, on the old-style telephone that sat on a desk.
Ring-ring-ring—
Accompanied by the sowhat hoarse and noisy ringing of the telephone, a figure walked over to it, picked up the handset of the desk phone, and connected the call,
"Hello, this is Cedar Villa."
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Vilensis
The twilight’s glow crossed the street as He Ao carried Vestara’s Spear and held a feather dagger in his hand.
He raised his head to glance at the dim glow of the Firmant, gently cutting his finger.
As the blood flowed out, the surrounding buildings and architecture crumbled in an instant, and the towering Stele and the endless wilderness appeared before him once again.
He Ao stepped forward, crossing the Stele, swiftly advancing while fiddling with the ’frequency’ on the walkie-talkie in his hand.
The walkie-talkie continuously emitted crackling sounds, with no one seeming to speak on any of the frequencies.
Since he heard the ’warning,’ the walkie-talkie hadn’t connected with anyone else, but luckily it was now around dusk, allowing him to follow normal entry rules to enter this Dusk Wilderness.
The entry rules hadn’t changed, indicating that the anomaly’s current state should still be stable.
His actions were swift, quickly traversing the wilderness, the mountains, crossing the undulating roots of the World Tree.
Soon, he arrived at the Spring of Wisdom.
This ti, he didn’t linger at the Spring of Wisdom but bypassed it directly, entering the mist behind it.
Soon, a series of ancient palace-like buildings appeared in his field of view.
This was the headquarters of the Anomaly Sect, recently controlled by the Abnormal Association.
In theory, many people should be stationed here, but now it was deserted.
Many parts of the palace had collapsed; so due to the previous attack by the Abnormal Association, others had very fresh fractures, clearly recently damaged.
The ground was scattered with twisted corpses, so resembling the wolf packs with hair from the mountains, others were indistinct shadow creatures.
Others wore Abnormal Association uniforms or were dressed like mbers of the Anomaly Sect.
After the Abnormal Association occupied the palace, many of the Anomaly Sect mbers who were originally captured were detained here.
It seed they had ’broken out,’ but even with just these mbers of the Anomaly Sect, they weren’t enough to stir up much trouble. With Denon and the personnel stationed at the palace, even if they all escaped, they should be controllable.
However, judging by the situation here, the Abnormal Association seed to be caught off guard and suppressed. Did other forces get involved?
Not many corpses were left, suggesting they ran away.
"Another remnant?! Prepare to die."
Just as He Ao was contemplating, a figure suddenly charged out from a corner on one side, holding a slender scimitar, aiming at He Ao’s head.
He Ao didn’t lift his head, directly reaching out, firmly gripping the attacker’s neck, and with a sudden force, the twisted flesh under his skin quickly squird.
Soone had released prisoners and launched an attack on the Abnormal Association?
He released his grip, dropping the attacker with a broken neck onto the ground, swiftly processing the ’mory’ he had just obtained in his mind, then turned to run north.
According to the attacker’s mory, Denon was injured and led the Abnormal Association mbers to run north. This attacker, known for being ruthless, stayed to ’finish off’ the survivors on the battlefield.
Calculating the ti, this ’attack’ was initiated not long after He Ao left.
He Ao moved swiftly, quickly heading north, where the Courtyard Giant Snake’s reflection existed, which was also the exit from this wilderness.
Who had injured Denon?
The mory He Ao had just read only contained information about Denon being injured; the source of the mory hadn’t seen the injured Denon.
Given Denon’s cautious nature, anyone able to injure Denon would either have to be a close assistant or friend or be absolutely more powerful than Denon.
And seeing that Denon interfered with the walkie-talkie to send a ssage telling He Ao to run, the opponent’s power likely far exceeded Denon’s.
If Denon could open the gate and leave, he would have done so already, and he would have contacted He Ao outside first thing.
His lack of contact with He Ao could only an that he’s likely still trapped in this wilderness, and considering the opponent seed to want to ’lure’ He Ao into the wilderness, it’s feared that the exit might also be controlled by the opponent.
The wilderness around him retreated swiftly like fleeting shadows, and He Ao raised his head, looking forward.
Vaguely, a gigantic black serpent gradually materialized in his field of view.
That was the reflection of the Courtyard Giant Snake.
Underneath this snake’s reflection were only so tiny figures, and almost reaching He Ao’s sight were dense ’wolves’ packed together.
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