After checking the shower facilities in the guest room, Jiang Shuyin took a shower. Her hair, which had been de-oiled, became fluffy and soft again. Wearing a bathrobe, she washed her clothes and hung them on the rack in the bathroom to dry under a heat lamp.

There was a sofa in the guest room that could be used as a bed. The darkness outside was fog. Because of Qingwu, Jiang Shuyin had a certain fondness for the fog. Her absent-minded eyes stared out the window.

If those eyes weren't unfocused, Xie Yin would have mistaken her for looking at him.

The word "liking" had been swirling in his mind ever since Nova mentioned it, and doubt began to build up when he saw her.

Where does this goodwill come from?

Why aren't you replying to his messages anymore?

Inside, Jiang Shuyin snapped out of her daze and sent Xie Yin a message: How are you and Heimei doing?

A flash of light appeared in the black fog. The soundproofing of the floor-to-ceiling windows was quite good. Jiang Shuyin stared at the bracelet and neither heard nor saw anything.

Xie Yin looked at her, trying to catch every emotional fluctuation on her face.

Xie Yin: Thankfully, I've completed my mission.

Rank B is a team mission, while Rank A is a solo mission. Crystal cores and crystal chips are plentiful in Novana, and Xie Yin casually picked up some, which was enough to handle many missions.

Jiang Shuyin was somewhat disappointed; she could have accomplished it too.

I wonder if Xie Yin will think she's holding him back. If she can't finish tomorrow, she should talk to Xie Yin about it as soon as possible, so as not to hinder his progress.

Jiang Shuyin: If I don't finish by tomorrow, you should go do other tasks first.

Xie Yin: Okay.

Jiang Shuyin forced a smile, closed her eyes, and leaned back on the sofa, her mind wandering, but she tried to deceive herself and refused to show any sadness.

Xie Yin was like a poor student who had just gotten the answer to the last problem; he knew the result but couldn't write out the process.

That night, Heimei insisted on going inside, and Xie Yin wouldn't stop the child from getting close to her mother, so he asked Qingwu to open the window.

Heimei nestled happily in her mother's arms, while Qingwu took the opportunity to slip out and let his father take him to play.

As dawn broke and the first rays of sunlight shone on the sofa, Jiang Shuyin was awakened by the sunlight. She got up and saw that it was only 7:30. She went back to the bathroom, changed into her clean clothes, and went downstairs to get food from the car. Nothing in the car had been touched, and Xie Yin had not returned.

While sitting in the car eating half a chocolate, Elsa came over to her: "Did you find anything? Did you run into the God of Death yesterday? He actually came back and told us that there was an intelligent mutant inside, very powerful, and we don't know if he's still alive."

Jiang Shuyin lowered her eyes: "The seventh floor wasn't damaged. I took a shower inside. I didn't encounter anyone yesterday, but I did run into that monster. It had the intelligence of at least a three-year-old and couldn't beat me, so it ran away."

Elsa looked at her in surprise: "You must be really good, right? Let's team up. There's strength in numbers. My wind-type ability can increase the movement speed of my teammates, and my azure lightning ability is especially effective against monsters."

Chen Weilan rarely spoke, and Jiang Shuyin felt that he seemed to only care about Elsa; a person's eyes don't lie.

But Elsa seems to be... deliberately keeping him hanging on, maybe because Chen Weilan isn't strong enough, making her feel insecure.

But that was none of her business. In order not to expose her secret, she didn't even want to walk with Xie Yin.

"No, my partner said he wants to test my ability to work alone."

Elsa's eyes widened: "So arrogant? Is your partner that powerful?"

Chen Weilan shifted her gaze from Elsa and quickly glanced at Jiang Shuyin.

Jiang Shuyin nodded: "He's pretty impressive, so he looks down on everyone weaker than him. I feel like if I don't get stronger, I'll be a burden."

Elsa lowered her head and thought for a while, then fell silent.

After filling her stomach, Jiang Shuyin locked the car door and went to the 110-story building next to Xie Yin, with Elsa watching her from afar behind her.

The Kyushu Building was previously rented by Fortune 500 companies and China's top 500 companies. The people inside were the elite of the elite. However, such companies often suffer from severe involution. Even when the apocalypse came, they still had to work. So, during the period when the seawater flooded the coastal cities, top talents were parachuted in, causing them to feel a panic more severe than the disaster itself—unemployment.

The fear of losing one's job and defaulting on payments keeps people burdened with mortgages, car loans, and other debts on their toes. As a result, when the monster invasion broke out, everyone was still engrossed in their work, and even when their necks were bitten by the monsters and bled, their eyes didn't leave the computer screens, and they reached out to touch the liquid that was flowing down their necks.

The red stuff was blood, and a hideous monster was clinging to its neck. Before anyone could scream, the office area descended into chaos.

The secretary also forcibly ordered the employees to be quiet and sent the helpless interns to deal with the situation first: "Whoever can solve it will be promoted to a permanent position immediately."

The bitten employee went largely unnoticed. His clear vision blurred, and his consciousness gradually crumbled. In that moment, he thought about what would happen to his parents, whether his wife could take care of the children, whether the company could provide compensation, and whether this counted as a work-related injury.

When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. His head was smashed by the intern with a stick, and his brains spilled all over the ground.

Cheers erupted as the monsters in the office area were defeated, and the interns were safe. The two interns had defeated two monsters and were promoted to full-time employees.

But with the monsters surging, they resumed working from home. When Jiang Shuyin was sweeping the buildings, she saw a ridiculous scene: a mutant was sitting in front of a computer, its sharp claws poking holes in the keyboard. Its posture was very upright, suggesting it must have been a high-ranking white-collar worker in its previous life.

Jiang Shu led the mutant around to her, but the mutant didn't spare a single glance.

I'm typing away at the keyboard with all my might.

This made Jiang Shuyin feel embarrassed to make a move, since the other person hadn't bothered her at all.

Just then, the mutant looked up, as if asking, 'Why aren't you working?'

Jiang Shuyin switched to a different weapon, a stun gun she had taken from the security room while sweeping the building. She had it on her back, waiting for the mutant's next move.

The mutants were furious that they had confirmed Jiang Shuyin was indeed slacking off and openly slacking off.

Its eyes turned bloodshot and red, and it made a sharp cry as it rushed over, launching a sonic attack. Jiang Shu was initially worried but then overjoyed.

What worries him is that he will go deaf, but what pleases him is that this mutant must have a crystal core.

One force can overcome ten techniques; the mutant fell to the ground before he could withstand three moves from Jiang Shuyin.

The next action resembled cracking a walnut. Jiang Shu put a plastic bag over her hand and rummaged through the walnut, finally finding a light blue crystal kernel.

It has no visible flaws or cracks, and is as smooth and delicate as a gemstone, as clear as lake water.

Jiang Shu admired the photo for a while, took a picture with her wristband, and immediately sent a message to Xie Yin after submitting the task.

Jiang Shuyin: I've finished my mission. I'm going to rest in the car for a while. Do you want to come?

Xie Yin quickly replied: I'm in the car, I brought you some food.

Jiang Shuyin looked at the message and chuckled. A double joy was mixed with her laughter. As she walked down the empty corridor, her careful footsteps that had come here became light and energetic.

On the bracelet, Xie Yin, as his partner, received a team mission with a maximum of ten members. The objective was to kill ten mutants. Currently, only six teams nationwide had accepted this mission.

Apart from Xie Yin, the other five teams are all official elite teams belonging to the five major powers of East, West, South, North, and Central.