Chapter 217 Hunter's Trap
Outside the alienated area, the wilderness is still wilderness, and the radioactive dust blowing on your face awakens familiar memories.
Xinnaya took a deep breath, and when the radioactive dust pressed into her lungs, she suddenly realized: her current state was exactly like the air humans breathe in their hometown.
"Pfft." A humane playfulness emerged on her face, and she looked back at the "alienated" ancient ruins with a half-smile.
Alienation...abnormalization, originally a definition of humanity. It often refers to the mutation of human areas, objects, and humanity itself caused by strange objects or anomalies, abnormal areas, or the "domain" of a superior.
But ever since Chen Xiao'er came out of nowhere with her superpowers, this word has often been used to describe abnormalities.
They were originally abnormal, but were twisted by Chen Xiao'er into a human-like appearance, and now they are changing towards humans from the inside out.
Even me.
She covered her chest, a feeling of loss mixed with a completely opposite feeling of fullness surging in her core.
Was it Zero or you who alienated me? It's both, cunning human.
Gurgle.
Her mimicked stomach and core vibrated simultaneously, reminding her that it was time to eat.
The Devil Hunter's diet is very wide. She could eat anything. Even radioactive dust is rich in the "trace elements" she needs.
In fact, not long ago, Xinaya often lay in the depths of the abyss and was too lazy to surface.
It always opened a large feeding area, letting the energy flames burn continuously within a certain range, waiting to devour any passing anomalies. Only occasionally would it target more powerful entities, looking for an opportunity to consume their projections.
But ever since she met Chen Xiao'er, she has not returned to the second floor except to recuperate. Now, even breathing in a high concentration of radioactive dust can make her feel "homesick". It's ridiculous.
Sinaya moved her fingers lazily, feeling the flexibility of this organ.
Should I use it to catch some prey? Forget it, I don't want to.
She couldn't imagine herself crawling on all fours across the wasteland, struggling to catch a small anomalous creature. As for using human firearms... that felt like another kind of humiliation.
She thought about the way her fellow tribesmen held their pistols and shook her head in disdain: Too ugly.
Sinaya closed her eyes and let the energy flame flow along her fingertips, carefully bypassing the territory of the Newborn Snake and extending to the outer areas.
She sought out rifts in the abyss, where dissipated energy and abyssal creatures flowed to the surface. A clever hunter only needed to secure a large rift, open their "mouth" toward the wellhead, and they could easily devour their fill.
Rustle, rustle.
The energy flames continued to spread, quickly tracing the outlines of many objects, and with a slight contraction, they melted all of these blurry objects. Only a few nimble ones escaped, and it was too lazy to chase them.
Abyss creatures, abyss creatures, humans, abyss creatures...a somewhat familiar fluctuation.
Xinnaya suddenly opened her eyes, and the next second she flashed behind the familiar wave, pressing down with her fingers in the void, suppressing the thing tightly.
It was a human, a human woman.
The devil raised her eyebrows slightly. In her eyes, this human had some similarities with Chen Xiao'er: young, long-haired, female, and more importantly, the sense of familiarity in the fluctuations was also related to Chen Xiao'er.
The soul fluctuations of the two of them were very different, but this person must have appeared in front of her with Chen Xiao'er at some point.
Xinnaya thought for a second but couldn't remember anything. She didn't bother to dwell on it anymore and just assumed he was Chen Xiao'er's henchman.
The devil's fingertips traced upwards, and the invisible energy field instantly dispersed.
She looked down at the humans on the ground and smiled contemptuously: "Tell me, what interesting tricks is Chen Xiao'er playing now?"
.......
A boot stepped in front of my eyes, almost trampling on my face.
The poisonous spider shrank back reflexively, but its fingers gripped the sand tightly.
【Chen Xiao'e】
If she hadn't heard this name, she would probably have been frightened by the devil's questioning and shaken out everything in her head, but as soon as she heard this name, her brain inexplicably calmed down.
Think...Humanity is a thinking reed.
Poison Spider had also read books from old times. She forced herself to mix something useful into her chaotic thoughts, even if it was a famous quote.
She actually didn't know why things had come to this point.
Ever since she was brought back to Taoli College by the church, her "free and beautiful" life has been completely gone.
He first worked as a low-level school worker, and then was demoted for making mistakes.
His brief escape and attempt to "atone for his sins" failed to fool the church, and he was subsequently used as material and cannon fodder in the ritual of power...
It's terrible, it's really terrible.
And—and here’s why I finally “escaped” from the church.
She has been "favored" by the gods more than once. The first time was by the Spider Mother who died early, and the second time was by Him whose true name is unspeakable, who manipulates "toxins".
Obviously, the mere thought of "Him" would make the Poison Spider tremble uncontrollably. However, in the despair of being oppressed by the Devil Hunter, she suddenly stopped trembling.
Wait, I have a genius idea.
After so many broken jars, the spider finally decided not to "offer loyalty" anymore because she had no loyalty at all, and every person she offered "loyalty" to did not bring her any good luck.
So why can't I use Him to take out the demon hunters? It doesn't make sense that I would be the only one to become someone else's prey.
The venomous spider felt the venom surging within its spirit body. These toxins, now unconnected to it, naturally couldn't reach the power level. Even elite students couldn't handle this level, let alone use it against a powerful demon hunter.
But as long as there are toxins in my body, I can make up a pretty good lie.
She fell to the ground pitifully, crying, "Oh my God! We unfortunate creatures are all filled with poison!"
Of course, the devil couldn't hide this. Xinnaya could easily detect the green liquid inside her body with just a glance. "Oh? Was it Chen Xiao'er who did it? Is she going to betray the church?"
Uh, the poisonous spider suddenly laughed: Why does this devil keep talking about Chen Xiao'er? I am not familiar with her, how can I make up a story!
Just as she was about to make up a reason to frame Chen Xiao'er, her natural cunning saved her life.
Although the power and poison infused by "that existence" could shield her inner thoughts from perception, if she lied in front of the devil, she might be exposed.
The venomous spider lowered its eyes and whispered, "Yes, it's like this. There's a modified rift over there that can inject toxins into humans, allowing them to spread later... This involves power, and a small shrimp like me is not worthy of understanding the inside story."
If the church's experts in charge of interrogation were to come, they would surely notice that these words omitted the subject and were vague.
However, the devil did not try to identify the traps of human language and cognition. She just judged from the fluctuations and details that the person in front of her was telling the truth.
Hearing that [power is involved], Xinnaya immediately stopped and touched the heart of the poisonous spider spirit.
Her body quickly transformed into a burning flame, making a resonant sound in space: "Okay, take me there, I want to see that rift."
"Yes." The poisonous spider lowered its head respectfully, with excitement flashing in its eyes.
Damn devil, damn creature from the abyss... You'd better die together!
.......
To Xinnaya's surprise, judging from the Devil Hunter's mobility, this rift was too close to the ruins and was actually just a few miles outside the city.
"Is this it?" She glanced at the venomous spider suspiciously. Forgetting the power level, the nearby abyssal radiation hadn't changed at all, so where did the rift come from?
"Yes, it's here. It's very hidden!" The poisonous spider hurriedly ran more than ten meters, then lay on the ground and used his hands to test the sand on the ground.
Xinnaya watched coldly as the human fumbled around here and there, crawling dozens of meters in just a few minutes.
Just as she was about to draw the flames to pull the human back, the poisonous spider suddenly let out a joyful scream: "Found it!"
She put her hand into a patch of quicksand, and the surrounding sand kept flowing away as her palm moved, and soon an oval hole appeared.
The entrance of the cave radiates strong energy fluctuations, creating a strange attraction.
It really is a rift, and the energy inside is of very high quality!
Sinaya couldn't help but slide her body, and the deep purple light source probed into the cave entrance, immersing her "stomach" in the cool ocean current.
hey-hey.
A pale smile appeared on the poisonous spider's face. She didn't even count to "1" before the purple light was sucked into the cave entrance with a crackling sound as if a power outage occurred!
"Hahahahaha." The woman's body was covered in wounds, her legs awkwardly mired in the quicksand. But at this moment, she lifted her long hair and laughed wildly in the wind, "You've fallen into my trap, hahaha! Let's both lose! What goes around comes around~ It's finally your turn, huh?"
Sand.
A pair of sharp claws stretched out from the quicksand, and the devil grabbed the poisonous spider's legs in the spreading suction and dragged her into the abyss.
......
The "demonstrators" dispersed obediently, and they quickly found the students in Class A and successfully joined up with them.
Miluo took advantage of Chen Xiao'er's snack sharing to open her laptop and connect to the monitoring center's screen. She seemed to be observing the movements of all surveillance areas indiscriminately, but in reality, she was searching for the trajectory of the deep purple light.
"Oh, she runs really fast."
It’s very fast indeed.
Miroku scrolled through the archived photos and could see that the devil hunter was on the prowl.
The last photo shows her back in human form, talking to someone off-screen. Interestingly, the person off-screen was not captured in the photo.
"Given the surveillance center's behavioral logic and Guanghui's personality resemblance, there's no reason not to follow up and film him."
Milo frowned slightly: The energy level of the Devil Hunter is far lower than that of Glory, and it should not have the special power to affect the monitoring center and the Eye of God.
“So the problem lies with the person on the other side.”
How can you be sure it's human?
【"intuition."】
?
"A lover's intuition."
The word "lover" is not for a devil like you! Milo patted the goose bumps on his arms, closed his laptop and stood up.
She already had a rough plan, and who could be better than Chen Xiao'er to track the tracks hidden by super powers?
"And if that guy sees Chen Xiao'er, he'll definitely chase after her like a dog, wagging his tail."
agree.
Milo walked towards his classmates, maintaining his usual slightly serious expression without even pretending. "Xiao'er, I have some clues about the poisoning incident."
"Okay?" Chen Xiao'er turned around holding an empty plastic bag, her nose just pointing at the communicator that the teacher handed over.
The screen displayed a map of the entire scenic area, with a large area of land near the suburbs marked in red.
"Come, think about it carefully." The professor smiled and patiently instructs, just as he did in class. "The toxic substance or radiation source must have spread from outside into the city, affecting a large number of residents within a single day. If this were to happen, what would be the most reasonable way to do it?"
Chen Xiao'er stared at the screen with sparkling eyes: The teacher is amazing, he was able to confirm so much information just by making a few phone calls and searching the Internet for a while!
If a piece of poison or radiation source can spread rapidly, it must be added to something that is very convenient for spreading.
For example...water source?
She thought hard for a moment and then asked tentatively, "Waterworks?"
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