Chapter 139 – It Seems the Knocking Method Was Wrong

“Communications have become unstable now too, but I already called Father and the others earlier and confirmed that they’re all fine.” Jiang Yushi held her phone, her slender brows slightly furrowed, and said, “It’s just that they all urged me to hurry back to Jiangnan Group. I can only disappoint them for now.” She had not yet told Jiang Fusheng and the others about becoming a Mutant, but with Jiang Fusheng’s shrewdness, the moment he heard Jiang Yushi refuse, he immediately stopped forcing her and only told her to be careful.

“Also, stay close to that kid. He promised to protect you,” Jiang Fusheng had said in an extremely serious tone.

Of course, Jiang Yushi would not tell Su Lifeng this sentence.

Su Lifeng thought for a moment, then asked, “How many troops are currently guarding Jiangnan Group? If I remember correctly, the area where Jiangnan Group is located doesn’t seem to be in the same direction as the Quarantine Cordon they just announced. When Jiangnan Group was first built, it was kept far away from other industrial facilities because of its special nature.”

“I’m not very clear on that… There should be over a hundred stationed there long-term.” At this point, Jiang Yushi suddenly reacted and asked in surprise, “Lifeng, are you thinking of taking Jiangnan Group? That’s too risky! In terms of individual strength, you’re definitely stronger than all of them, but those weapons…”

“All right.” Seeing how nervous she looked, warmth could not help rising in Su Lifeng’s heart. He said, “It’s only an idea. Before I’ve considered it thoroughly, I won’t act rashly.”

In addition, Su Lifeng had another thought. If the things the army had put into production at Jiangnan Biomedical Group really had some effect against Xenospecies, he would definitely think of a way to get some. After all, he and Su Lian and the others were now considered to be between humanity and the Xenospecies, so they could not afford not to pay attention to this.

As for completely taking Jiangnan Group… perhaps because his personality had changed somewhat due to his experiences during this period, Su Lifeng actually held an attitude of “it might not be impossible” toward the appearance of this idea. But if the risk was too great, naturally it would not be worth doing.

Su Lifeng could vaguely guess some of the reasons why Lv Zifeng and the others had established Quarantine Zones while excluding Mutants. But this likewise did not matter much to him… Even if they welcomed Mutants to go there, Su Lifeng would not rashly go. This was not only a matter of distrust. After closing the Spatial Gate, Su Lifeng had developed an unprecedented hunger for even greater power.

Facing those High-class Xenospecies, he as an individual might not be able to play any role. Perhaps he would not even have the strength to fight them. Seeing those ordinary people scatter and flee, children crying for their parents, wives calling for their husbands, Su Lifeng made up his mind.

“I won’t let you become like that.”

For this, evolution was necessary. And if he joined the army, he would undoubtedly be restricted in this respect.

Knock, knock, knock!

A burst of knocking suddenly interrupted the atmosphere in the room. Cheng Xiaomei had just stood up when Su Lifeng stopped her. “Shh.”

The door being knocked on was on this floor, but this floor had long ago been disguised to look as if no one lived here. For such a long time, no one had come knocking. Why now?

Jiang Yushi and Su Lian also looked toward the door, then exchanged a glance and tacitly made no sound. Cheng Xiaomei also reacted at this moment and hurriedly stopped. Su Lifeng’s arm, which had blocked her, happened to touch her soft spot, making Cheng Xiaomei’s face immediately flush red again.

But who told her reaction just now to be so instinctive?

The knocking soon stopped, and calm returned.

However, after only two seconds, the same knocking sound actually came from upstairs.

“This…”

“I’ll go.” As Su Lifeng spoke, he climbed up the stairs.

After reaching the doorway, he glanced at the Cat’s Eye from a distance, then directly asked, “Who is it?”

“I’m Uncle Wang from the building next door…” An aged voice came from outside the door. “If you don’t believe me, take a look. I just wanted to ask whether you want to go to the Quarantine Cordon together.”

Su Lifeng thought for a moment, then abruptly pulled open the door.

A Black Thread indeed flashed past before his eyes. This Xenospecies that had occupied Uncle Wang’s body was extending its Black Thread in front of the Cat’s Eye, waiting for someone to carefully look out through the Cat’s Eye. Then it would pierce through the Cat’s Eye in one stroke and drill in through the other party’s eyeball, absorbing them through the door.

Seeing Su Lifeng suddenly open the door, this Xenospecies was clearly stunned. But immediately afterward, it reacted.

Yet just as it was about to attack, two pairs of Bone Wings abruptly appeared behind Su Lifeng, one side still continuously “burning.” As these red lines waved, the Xenospecies’s expression immediately changed.

“E-class? No… not only E-class. You have a very strong aura of a Wisdom Species on you!” The Xenospecies instinctively felt fear. To knock open a door and run into a powerful Mutant above E-class, was the way he knocked on doors wrong? But just as he wanted to retreat, a streak of red light had already flashed before his eyes.

“Bang!” Su Lifeng threw this Xenospecies onto the floor. His severe injuries had not yet fully recovered, but taking care of a Soldier Type that was not even F-class was still very easy.

“You originally followed Ren Xiaoying?” Su Lifeng stepped on the Xenospecies’s chest and asked. In the past, he had not had the habit of interrogating ordinary Soldier Types, because Xenospecies of this kind were all under the command of a Wisdom Species. Their understanding of humans was also inferior to Soldier Types above F-class, so there was not much point in conversation.

But the other party’s “lure-kill” method just now made Su Lifeng feel somewhat surprised.

“Heh…” The Xenospecies had just tried to sneer when Exoskeleton appeared over one of Su Lifeng’s fingers.

As this finger slowly pressed toward one of his eyes, the Xenospecies’s pupils immediately contracted.

A feeling of fear ten or a hundred times stronger than before was instantly born from within his true body. As the finger gradually approached, a Black Thread slowly drilled out from his eyeball. This Black Thread struggled desperately, but it uncontrollably moved closer toward Su Lifeng’s finger.

“Ah! I’ll talk, I’ll talk!” This Xenospecies finally could not help screaming. “Yes, I used to be a Soldier Type belonging to Ren Xiaoying’s Wisdom Species, but now she’s gone. There is no Wisdom Species commanding us anymore…”

“What happens to you after losing the Wisdom Species?” Su Lifeng asked.

“Evolution.”

“Besides evolution?”

Under Su Lifeng’s questioning, this Xenospecies rarely revealed a trace of confusion. “I don’t know. I was originally supposed to die for the Wisdom Species. Hunt for it, obey its words, become its energy…”

Suddenly, he glanced at Su Lifeng and abruptly opened his mouth. A huge mouth like a rat’s bit toward Su Lifeng. Su Lifeng did not even look at it. His finger had already pressed down.

The Xenospecies’s movements immediately stiffened. Right after that, starting from his completely deformed head, his skin dried and blackened bit by bit, as if scorched, and gradually spread across his entire body.

“After losing control, they instead gained individual mobility… But if they act separately like this, they’ll be easier to defeat one by one.” Su Lifeng glanced at the corpse and thought inwardly.