Chapter 119 – Displaying Combat Power

After running through a round of tests, Su Lifeng discovered that probably because the Xenospecies he had chosen were all F-class, and because their mutation abilities were all very strong, Su Lian and Jiang Yushi both showed astonishing results as soon as they absorbed them and evolved.

Su Lian’s speed had even reached a point that Su Lifeng, as one of the E-class Mutants, found somewhat troublesome. Her attack movements and her retreats could both be accelerated by changing how much those two little air sacs inflated. On top of that, she already had a foundation in martial arts, so she picked it up at a shocking pace. Before long, even Cheng Xiaomei asked to spar with her and learn from her.

As for sparring with Su Lifeng… after thinking about it for a moment, she immediately gave up in despair.

And Jiang Yushi…

Her evolution was somewhat extreme.

That pair of large wings was enough to support her in short-distance flight, but aside from that, she had no other mutation traits with any killing power.

So after the initial shock, Jiang Yushi also began to realize the problem. A little worried, she asked Su Lifeng, “Lifeng, am I not going to be much help to you?”

“No, you at least have a basic ability to escape now. But your stamina is lacking, so you won’t be able to fly very far, and you won’t be able to fly very high either. You need to pay special attention to that. It would be best to practice several more times and figure out the limits of each of your stats. If conditions allow, doing some exercise on your own will also help your stamina. As for combat strength… after a few more evolutions, we’ll know what your evolutionary potential really is,” Su Lifeng said.

He was not too worried about that issue. The defining trait of Xenospecies was that they evolved through constant devouring, and in order to devour other organisms, they had to evolve stronger combat ability. So Jiang Yushi’s future was only temporarily unknown. There was no need to be pessimistic.

On the contrary, Su Lifeng was more worried about another problem.

Starting today, there were four Mutants around him who needed to keep devouring Xenospecies or Mutants to evolve.

As for other organisms… most of the ones they could find would not be very effective for absorption. Su Lifeng had already discovered that the higher the evolutionary level of the Xenospecies or Mutants absorbed, the stronger the evolutionary effect obtained.

Since that was the case, of course it was most suitable to set their targets on them.

“But with four people, plus me… the true end of the world hasn’t even arrived yet, and I’m already worrying about the matter of ‘food.'” Su Lifeng had sighed more today than he had in all this time combined, but at the same time, a faint sense of stability finally settled in his heart.

On this day, when Ningnan was thrown into chaos and the entire country was in turmoil, the people he cared about, the people he was concerned for, finally all had the ability to protect themselves.

“I’ll practice properly. From now on, as soon as I see a Xenospecies, I’ll hurry up and fly. Once I train my body up, I might even be able to take you flying with me. I wonder what it feels like to fly even higher.” Watching Jiang Yushi turn her head with anticipation and smile at him like a blooming flower, something suddenly stirred in Su Lifeng’s heart.

Was it true that Ye Nannan had said Jiang Yushi liked him? But after all this time, hadn’t the two of them always just been friends?

“Um…”

Jiang Yushi glanced at Su Lifeng, then widened her eyes. “Hm? What is it?”

“Uh…”

“Why are you being so hesitant? That’s not like you. If something’s up, just say it,” Jiang Yushi said in surprise.

“I just wanted to ask… are you hungry?” As soon as the words left his mouth, Su Lifeng wanted to smack himself.

Why had that been what blurted out? And why, when he said it, had he felt the same kind of nervous tension as when he was doing an experiment and was about to separate out a nerve as fine as a strand of hair?

Then his hand would tremble, and the scalpel would sever the nerve…

Jiang Yushi stared at Su Lifeng for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing. “You’re the one who’s hungry, aren’t you? Don’t worry. Xiaomei and I bought groceries ages ago. We’ll cook for you as soon as we get back. Speaking of that, Su Lian said she wanted grilled wings, but frozen chicken wings stopped selling a long time ago. Anything left by now is probably zombie meat, right?”

The daughter of a corporate magnate looked, in that moment, like a real little homemaker…

“True. Asking now would be meaningless anyway. Do I really have the absolute strength to protect others now?” Su Lifeng thought again of the sinkhole he had seen in his Precognitive Vision, and his mood instantly grew heavy…

“What’s the situation?” Lv Zifeng asked, standing outside the building Su Lifeng had visited earlier that day.

Mayor Zhang Huazhu’s corpse lay in front of him, while Li Yao’s body was not far away.

He had met both of these men before, but he had never imagined their final meeting would happen like this.

“We’ve searched everywhere. There are quite a few Xenospecies corpses as well, so we suspect a team came in here, probably Mutants,” a team member reported as he came out of the building. “They killed this many Xenospecies in one go and caused serious damage to the surroundings. We’re guessing it had to be several very powerful Mutants.”

“Is that so…” Lv Zifeng nodded. Then he suddenly raised his gun and fired several more shots into Zhang Huazhu’s corpse.

The team member’s eyes went wide. “Captain Lv, what are you doing?”

Lv Zifeng panted hard a couple of times, then let out a long breath before gritting his teeth. “Because of him, over a hundred of our brothers died. Because of him, all our deployments were thrown into chaos… Forget it. No point talking about it. I couldn’t kill him with my own hands, and that rage has nowhere to go! Also, ask the brothers who set up the cordon. See if they can find out exactly which Mutants came in here.”

The team member glanced at the corpse, a flash of disgust passing through his eyes as well. Then he looked up and asked, “What about the civilians outside?”

Lv Zifeng looked at him, his expression suddenly turning a little strange. “That giant Xenospecies corpse is still here, right? How are they planning to transport it out?”

“By truck,” the team member said.

“Have it stop when it reaches the cordon, then let a few reporters get close. Once they see something like that, the people who think the Xenospecies might be able to help them should start seriously doubting their position, shouldn’t they?” Lv Zifeng said with a cold laugh.

“But that’s…” The team member froze.

“Against regulations, right? Hmph. Look at what time it is. Instead of waiting for them to hold meetings and debates, only to finally announce the truth after the next incident becomes impossible to hide, we might as well take the first step now and let the public understand our combat strength. Only when they have confidence in us will they avoid total collapse. If anything goes wrong, I’ll take responsibility,” Lv Zifeng said.

The team member’s lips moved as if he wanted to say something. In the end, he snapped his back straight, saluted, and answered loudly, “Yes, sir!”

“Wait…” Lv Zifeng suddenly stopped him again. After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice, “Transport our brothers’ remains out quietly from another direction. Keep the casualty numbers strictly confidential.”

The team member’s eyes immediately reddened. He bit his lip, then answered loudly once more, “Yes, sir!”