Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

The wind was like a dull knife, hissing and cutting through my throat.

Rolling down from the green belt on the west side of the convention center, Xu Suyuan, like a bird with broken wings, stumbled and fell into the old alleys of the Eighth District of Chenxi City.

This is the shady side of the city, where the sunlight is fragmented by the towering buildings that are so close together.

Xu Suyuan leaned against a wall covered with graffiti, breathing heavily.

too tired.

The continuous high-intensity traversal, especially the return journey, and the forced activation of the etherealization and confinement techniques to kill Lin Zhenghua, almost drained the last bit of spiritual energy from her soul.

My vision began to darken intermittently, and the world around me looked like an overexposed old photograph, with an unreal grayish-white hue.

The sharp ringing in my ears sounded like thousands of cicadas chirping at the same time, almost drowning out the distant blaring sirens.

"Yuanyuan...you must live a good life..."

In a daze, her grandmother's kind, wrinkled face appeared on her retina once again.

"I'm alive... Grandma, I'm alive..."

Xu Suyuan bit her tongue, the salty, fishy taste of blood stimulating her already weakening nerves.

She forced herself to straighten up, dragging her legs as she moved deeper into the shadows.

Suddenly, she heard a different sound.

"Woof! Woof woof!"

That was the deep, fierce growl of a well-trained large dog when it spotted its prey.

Xu Suyuan turned around abruptly and, through the gap between the two buildings, saw several dark figures rapidly approaching from dozens of meters away.

Iron Hand was still leading the way.

He held three muscular Dobermans on leashes, their chains taut, their scarlet tongues drooling as they searched for her scent in the air like arrows released from a bow.

Behind Iron Hand, the team members were no longer holding short sticks, but rather strange guns that were long and tubular with a flared tip.

Net gun.

Moreover, they all changed into insulated protective suits, and even their faces were covered by tactical masks.

A slight buzzing sound came from above.

Xu Suyuan looked up and saw a small drone hovering above the alley entrance, its red indicator light like a cold, one-eyed stare fixedly at the area.

This time, it's not about "taking her back to do experiments".

This display of force was clearly telling her: regardless of life or death, she had to completely retrieve or... destroy this out-of-control "sample".

escape.

We must escape.

In her dazed state, Xu Suyuan escaped into a side road piled with old tires.

The terrain here becomes more open, but also more desolate.

This is an illegal vehicle dismantling yard located deep in an alley.

He was surrounded on three sides by a three-meter-high iron wall, leaving him nowhere to escape.

The barking of dogs behind us had closed to within fifty meters, and the footsteps were like a death knell.

Xu Suyuan rushed to the front of the tin fence and pressed her hands firmly against the cold, rough wall.

"Go through it... and then go through it again..."

She screamed frantically in her heart, trying to summon the power that had once turned her into a ghost.

However, the seed deep within her soul seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

Just as a faint, ethereal ripple appeared on her fingertips, a sharp pain, as if her brain were about to split open, surged from the depths of her brain.

"Buzz..."

The blurred ripples flickered for a moment, then vanished instantly.

Her fingers struck the metal sheet hard with a dull thud, her nail broke, and blood seeped out.

No more.

It's overdrawn.

This body has reached its limit; it cannot even penetrate by a single centimeter.

"Surround her!"

A sharp shout came from behind.

Xu Suyuan turned around and leaned against the iron wall.

Twenty meters away, at the entrance to the dismantling site, Iron Hand appeared with four fully armed team members.

The three Dobermans bared their teeth and let out chilling growls. If Iron Hand hadn't been holding onto the leash tightly, they would have already pounced on the weak prey and torn it to pieces.

Looking at the disheveled Xu Suyuan, Iron Hand's eyes showed no pity, only the coldness of someone completing a mission and a hint of savagery accumulated from previous failures.

He raised his hand and made a spreading gesture.

The four team members immediately spread out in a semi-circle, raising their net guns and tranquilizer guns simultaneously, the dark muzzles locking onto the swaying figure.

That's enough.

Xu Suyuan heard the sound of her own heartbeat, the ticking of a countdown to her death.

There is no road.

There were no more miracles.

But strangely, in this seemingly hopeless situation, a peculiar calm suddenly welled up from the depths of her heart.

She remembered the empty, desperate eyes of the girls in the laboratory, Lin Zhenghua's distorted, terrified face before he died, and her grandmother's warm smile.

At least... I didn't lose out.

The demon who created hell has already gone down there.

"call……"

Xu Suyuan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and her originally hunched body actually straightened up, albeit unsteadily.

She pulled out the two stun guns she had seized from her pocket—one from Li Wei and the other from the third brother.

Although the opponent was wearing protective clothing, and although the net gun would trap her before she could charge.

But she didn't want to surrender.

Even if it means death, I'll break a few of their teeth.

Her hands trembled, her thumbs pressed tightly against the red switch.

In those eyes that had already dimmed, the dark silver flames burned wildly once more.

That was the Seed of Soul sensing the host's resolute will to "perish together," and even at the cost of burning the brain, it began to frantically squeeze the last bit of potential from this body.

The final use of [Void Imprisonment].

Even if it causes blood vessels to burst, we must freeze the person at the front, and then... die together!

The night wind blew her blood-stained, disheveled hair, revealing her pale yet ferocious face.

The 22-year-old girl stood in the middle of the cemetery, filled with the smells of engine oil and rust, like a candle about to burn out, ready to detonate herself at the last moment and burn everyone who came near.

She laughed hoarsely at the approaching shadowy figure:

Come on.

Iron Hand frowned slightly as he looked at that smile, a strange chill rising in his heart.

This crazy woman is still going to resist?

"Net gun ready. Tranquilizer grenades ready." Iron Hand's voice was as cold as ice. "Don't kill him, the boss wants him alive. Fire!"

At the same time, he loosened his grip on the leash.

In that instant, time seemed to stretch out.

Three vicious dogs pounced out like black lightning.

The fingers of all four team members pulled the trigger.

Xu Suyuan's pupils suddenly contracted, preparing to face the final outcome.

However, at this critical moment...

A gray shadow, like a ghost, flashed out from the shadow of a pile of abandoned cars to the side and behind.