Help me up.

Xia Shuang's voice was hoarse.

Qin Tan quickly helped the other person up and felt the other person leaning directly against her.

Cough cough!

With her lungs trembling violently, Xia Shuang coughed up a mouthful of blood, her face turning even paler.

"Don't tell them."

Xia Shuang gave instructions to Qin Tan.

"Them" refers to the remaining members of the third team.

"Captain, you..."

She nodded, but hesitated to speak.

"Yes, just as you guessed, I have an old injury that hasn't fully healed."

Xia Shuang smiled faintly, not wanting to bring up the past.

Qin Tan's guess was confirmed.

After gaining control of the Reaper's Scythe, she gained a certain understanding of S-class combat power.

As an S-class superhuman, Xia Shuang's performance was somewhat undeserved.

If it's an old injury, then it's understandable.

But a new problem arose.

What kind of enemy could have so severely injured Xia Shuang that she hasn't fully recovered yet?

Qin Tan's wandering thoughts returned as Xia Shuang recounted her story.

"If I'm not mistaken, the person who entered here is the painter."

"You were right when you said that the painter had mastered an idea that could elevate forbidden things."

"The Abyss Church created chaos in this incident so that the extraordinary world could no longer remain hidden."

Once ordinary people become aware of how dangerous the world they live in is, chaos and war will naturally follow.

It can't be hidden.

Qin Tan thought to herself.

Extraordinary events have occurred in many places in Wangcheng this time.

Even if Li Mingshu is incredibly powerful, he cannot guarantee that every "participant" will be found and their memories rewritten.

If there are any omissions, it's only a matter of time before they are completely exposed.

"As for the Torch Society, they probably learned about the Abyss Church's plan earlier than we did, and then took this opportunity to launch a surprise attack here and take away these two items."

"We speculate that the previous oil painting incidents were a kind of ritual for upgrading."

"Perhaps the next time I see the Lost Gallery, it will be an S-class forbidden item."

Despite the seemingly nonchalant tone, Qin Tan sensed an impending tension.

The most terrifying thing is the tension before the storm.

"Cough cough!"

Xia Shuang coughed a few more times.

Qin Tan heard the voices of Lin Zhisui and others coming from above.

Xia Shuang straightened up, and even her complexion had recovered somewhat.

Qin Tan, who had witnessed everything, remained silent.

"Captain, are you alright?"

Lin Zhisui's appearance was also not kept clean.

The trench coat that looked particularly flamboyant on him was torn into strips.

There were still bloodstains on his handsome face.

He looked like a beggar.

He didn't care, but he was startled by Xia Shuang's condition and quickly called for Ye Jingjing.

"They're here, they're here."

Ye Jingjing was brought down by Uncle Shui. White light flashed in the second basement level, and Xia Shuang's wounds were healing.

"Okay, it's alright now."

Even though my skin returned to normal, the deep-seated weakness I felt hadn't disappeared.

Qin Tan's eyes flickered.

It seems that even Ye Jingjing's healing abilities are ineffective against the captain's old injuries.

All the team members were present, and Qin Tan deactivated the perfect resonance.

She held the princess and stroked her hair.

In her "dulled" senses, Xia Shuang was perfectly normal.

Things were stolen from the first and second floors, and the matter needed to be reported, so Xia Shuang went to handle it.

Qin Tan and the rest of the team were finishing up.

Some survivors learned after questioning that the perpetrators were members of the Abyss Church.

They didn't see anyone from the Firewood Society from beginning to end.

Indeed, Dawn's assessment that the Fire Spirit Society was more dangerous than the Abyss Church was reasonable.

"Look!"

Qin Tan was registering the death when he heard Manny's exclamation.

The other person was holding a cell phone and had a serious expression.

The group gathered around and discovered it was a popular video on a video streaming platform.

The video has been uploaded for a while now and it's become incredibly popular, with tons of people discussing it below.

And the content...

This is the scene of Qin Tan supporting the second team.

Because of the distance, Qin Tan's appearance was blurry, but those who knew him well could recognize him.

In the scene, Qin Tan, holding a giant black scythe, descends from the sky while carrying his sister in one arm.

The shadows spread across the ground, reaping the lives of the spiders.

"So handsome!"

Lin Zhisui's tone was sour.

He, a grown man, was actually captivated by a woman's good looks.

"Let me show you the comments."

Manny slapped Lin Zhisui on the head.

"My God, is this some kind of movie being filmed? The special effects are amazing."

"Bullshit, this is obviously true. There were no cameras, and the woman jumped from a building dozens of stories high without any safety measures."

"It's true, I'm in this building, I saw it."

"And what are those things? Spiders? Are there spiders that big?"

"A monster."

"Has the world changed?"

"Heh, foolish humans, this is the real world."

"There really are people with extraordinary abilities. Those must be the extraordinary beings."

"Wow, that's cool."

“I know, those are Li Mingshu’s men.”

"Spiritual energy is reviving, strange phenomena are descending, the end of the world is coming, and humanity is about to be wiped out."

"Don't talk nonsense, or they might erase your memory. Don't ask me how I know, I'm running away."

...

Various opinions filled my vision.

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