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"I just wonder... are there any righteous organizations similar to the Radiant Society of Division 004?"

Fan Xiao rested his chin on one hand, a number of thoughts flashing through his mind.

The white-haired girl sitting next to him imitated his posture, also using a delicate white hand to lift her smooth chin—this was one of the instructions she had been given, that is, to learn from her master at all times and strive to become smarter as soon as possible.

On the other side, Fan Xiao thought for a while and then suddenly stood up.

Upon seeing this, the white-haired girl quickly stood up as well.

Fan Xiao glanced at her, then turned his gaze to the crawling creature at his feet and murmured, "Don't follow me. Go somewhere else and devour more monsters. Try to gather all the flesh and blood of the monsters in this world."

As soon as he finished speaking, the crawling creatures disintegrated and transformed into spider-shaped creatures, scattering into the vast area behind them.

A crisis that could sweep across the entire world was unfolding silently, unknown to anyone.

With their feet no longer supporting them, Fan Xiao and the white-haired girl began to freefall.

At this moment, a pair of small wings sprouted from Fan Xiao's back, and he landed steadily on the ground.

Seeing this, the white-haired girl immediately followed suit, sprouting a pair of blood-red wings from her back. She flapped them a few times and landed on the ground in a fairly elegant manner.

As an artificial life form created by Fan Xiao by separating a large amount of flesh and blood, she is naturally different from the previous reptilian creatures and possesses more abilities and characteristics of her master's "Flesh and Blood Ancestor" spiritual energy.

Rapid self-healing, imbuing flesh and blood with consciousness to unleash distorted pollution, manipulating body shape changes to create weapons, growing wings to fly, controlling a target's body through touch... these are all considered basic characteristics.

"Master, where are we going now?"

Al asked.

Asking questions proactively, recording the answers, and continuously gaining wisdom and growth—this is the "learning characteristic" that Fan Xiao bestowed upon her.

“Let’s go check out the human towns,” Fan Xiao replied. “The stick is pointing there, and we should be able to find our target there, barring any unforeseen circumstances.”

After speaking, he looked down at his body, pondered for a few seconds, and began to activate his spiritual energy, causing his body to expand and grow, quickly transforming into a muscular man who was 195 cm tall.

With a change of clothes and the addition of companions, there's no need to worry about immediately arousing her suspicion and wariness when encountering her junior sister again.

This would make it easier for him to investigate his junior sister's relevant information and formulate corresponding strategies and plans.

Fan Xiao looked down at his new body again, and lightly punched his fist. Feeling his strong and powerful physique, he showed a satisfied expression.

*Pfft*—A crack appeared on the top of his head, and a pair of wolf ears suddenly sprang out.

"I'll pretend to be an Ajin player this time."

Van Helsing touched his ears, carefully examining their shape and texture. Finding nothing amiss, he said to Al-chan, who was traveling with him, "Now, I am the monster hunter, Van Helsing. Don't get me wrong."

"Yes, Master."

"Call me Lord Van Helsing."

"Yes, Lord Van Helsing."

The white-haired girl replied expressionlessly.

Two figures, one tall and one short, gradually approached the human settlement ahead.

During the journey, Fan Xiao took out his "travel camera" and took a picture of the surroundings for future reference.

It wasn't that he sensed a battle was about to break out and prepared escape plans in advance—it was simply that "travel cameras" didn't have the concept of film rolls or usage counts, so he might as well use it as a real travel camera to record every little detail of his journey.

Click—Fan Xiao took a picture of the well-behaved white-haired girl, then put the camera away.

The two focused on their journey and soon arrived at an abandoned urban area.

The human settlements are located behind vast stretches of abandoned urban areas, seemingly built on the ruins of a former civilization's city.

Fan Xiao observed the surrounding environment and judged from the ruins and damaged buildings that the previous level of civilization here should have been quite high.

Bang! Suddenly, the wall on the first floor of a nearby building shattered, and a gigantic monster pounced fiercely on Fan Xiao and the white-haired girl.

The monster has a streamlined body, like a leopard, and is very fast. However, its exposed sharp teeth, sharp claws, and thick tail covered with spikes make it look somewhat incongruous, and can only be described as a "monster".

Faced with the overwhelming fierce aura, Fan Xiao did not move.

Beside him, the white-haired girl glanced at the monster, and then one of the small wings on her back suddenly extended and lengthened, its tip moving rapidly to touch the head of the attacking monster.

Upon being touched, the monster's flesh and blood were taken over, and it remained frozen in place, unable to move.

"The big leopard."

The white-haired girl withstood the intense kinetic energy impact and murmured something softly.

“It just looks like a leopard,” Fan Xiao corrected. “It’s a mixture of at least five genes… Strange, such a monster shouldn’t exist in a place so close to human settlements.”

He thought about the reason... uh, it seems to be his fault?

He hadn't really suppressed his aura when he had the reptiles devouring monsters.

Many of the monsters he encountered along his path kept their distance from him out of instinctive fear.

It's estimated that quite a few have fled to this deserted city.

A sharp, tearing sound rang out.

On the wings that the white-haired girl extended, the skin and flesh tore open, revealing eyes.

These eyes met the leopard monster's gaze, causing the latter's flesh to writhe and mutate, starting from its eyeballs...

“Disable the powers granted by consciousness for now,” Vanshaw cautioned. “We need to disguise ourselves now.”

"Yes, Lord Van Helsing."

The white-haired girl immediately carried out the order, stopping the mutation and pollution, and directly transformed her extended wings into blades, cleaving the leopard monster in two.

Fan Xiao glanced at the monster's corpse, but quickly lost interest and looked away.

The genes in these monsters are different from those of demi-humans and cannibalistic players after evolution, so they have little value for reference or simulation.

To collect genetic information and load a combat module into Al-chan, it's best to target the player.

A loud rumble sounded not far away.

Fan Xiao turned his gaze in the direction of the sound and saw three humans running towards him, followed by seven or eight monsters that were roaring and lunging at them.

Monsters that fail to evolve share similar characteristics with cannibalistic players—because their bodies are mixed with too many alien genes, they crave human flesh and instinctively hope to return to their original state by absorbing human genes.

Genetic mutation and sanity collapse actually mean death. Their remaining minds are in chaos and they can never go back to normal, but their instinct to prey on humans remains.

Soon, the three fleeing individuals rushed straight towards Fan Xiao and the white-haired girl, seemingly intending to drag them into the fray as well.

A fierce roar erupted, growing ever closer.

Seeing this, the white-haired girl lightly leaped over the three running people and jumped into the monster horde.

Her two wings on her back extended and expanded rapidly, like an angel spreading her wings completely. The wings transformed into sharp blades, slaying all the attacking monsters.

Normally, given the agility of these monsters, she wouldn't have been able to do it so easily—because contact allows her to seize control of their flesh and blood, and this ability gives her a huge advantage when facing flesh-and-blood creatures.

After finishing her work, the white-haired girl jumped slightly and returned to Fan Xiao's side.

“Lord Van Helsing,” she pointed to the three panting men and asked, “should they be killed?”

This guy, with an incredibly cute appearance, said incredibly terrifying things... The woman with the high ponytail who was leading the three twitched slightly at the corner of her eye, and fear appeared in her eyes.

At this moment, Fan Xiao waved to the white-haired girl, and then looked at the three people who had lured the monster over.

The team consisted of two men and one woman. Judging from their positions, the woman with the high ponytail dominated the group, while the other two men were a tall and thin man and a man with glasses who had a quiet demeanor.

Fan Xiaochao and the other two grinned and said, "You three weren't very kind just now."

“Um… we saw what happened when your companion made his move, so…”

The woman with the high ponytail stepped forward and said, "I think these monsters are nothing to you and your companions, so... I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"Help? Ha, that wasn't the attitude of someone asking for help." Fan Xiao stared at them and said, "That was attracting monsters, wasn't it? Tell me... how should I punish you?"

"We can give you all our contribution points!" the woman with the high ponytail said rapidly. "We just hope you can send us back to Base A9!"

"A9 base?"

Fan Xiao glanced into the distance, seemingly passing through a large area of ​​desolate city, and saw the very back.

He quickly looked away and asked, "Is that human settlement ahead the A9 base?"

"You don't know...?" The woman with the high ponytail was a little surprised, but she still answered honestly, "That's the A9 base, one of the ten bases."

"I came from another base, so it's normal that I don't know."

Fan Xiao shrugged: "I won't accept your contribution points. In return, you have to answer some questions for me."

"Thank you, thank you!"

The woman with the high ponytail quickly thanked her.

The bet was right!

Fortunately, they encountered a kind-hearted person, otherwise they would be in danger today.

The group of five approached the A9 base.

Fan Xiao assigned Al-chan to take on the protection duties, and then asked the three of them as they walked, "You're all ordinary people, right? Why did you leave the base on your own? Aren't you afraid of being caught up in the crisis of random dungeons? Oh, by the way, you should understand the concepts of players and evolution games, right?"

Upon hearing this, the three exchanged glances, their faces revealing deep fatigue and numbness.

Finally, the woman with the high ponytail sighed and replied, "This... Lord Van Helsing, we know about the players and the evolution game. As for why we came out... you may not know, but the A9 base is not so friendly to us ordinary people and most low-level players."

"To stay in the base, we need to pay contribution points every day. We can only go out to some ruins of human civilization to search for supplies, transport them back, and exchange them for contribution points to ensure the most basic living conditions."

"There are very few job opportunities inside the base. Some stable jobs are sold for exorbitant prices... Those of us without money can only try our luck outside."

Just then, a monster's mournful howl rang out.

Al-chan dismembered another monster.

The woman with the high ponytail looked on with a hint of fear and quickly looked away, continuing, "This area of ​​the desolate city has always been very safe. People who go out only need to worry about the dangers of random dungeons; they rarely encounter monsters."

"Even if we unfortunately encounter monsters, they are all relatively weak in size and strength. Ordinary people can handle them by working together."

"I don't know what happened today, such a powerful monster suddenly appeared..."

"..." Fan Xiao: "Maybe the monster today has something wrong with its brain."

As he spoke, he activated his psionic powers, projecting his gaze onto the corpses of some monsters, imbuing these lifeless bodies with new consciousness, and giving them the order to wipe out all the monsters within the desolate city.

After all, it was his fault, so he has to take responsibility.

At the same time, he added the command "avoid other players if you encounter them".

He needs to conceal his identity now. If he uses the distortion recklessly, his junior sister, who is nowhere to be found, might easily see through his disguise.

He wasn't the only player to have experienced the "Caesar's True King Catastrophe," and the aberration ability is quite easy to identify.

Fan Xiao quickly got back to the main topic: "From what you've said... A9 base really is a base with no human touch. What about the other nine bases?"

"I am not very sure."

The woman with the high ponytail shook her head and said, "I have heard that Base A1 is very prosperous and has the largest population among the nine bases."

"Didn't you guys think about going to Base A1?" Fan Xiao then asked.

"Too far!"

The woman with the high ponytail sighed, "I heard that the A9 base and the A1 base are more than 2,000 kilometers apart. We don't have the skills of the players, and we have to cross the wilderness full of monsters to get to the A1 base... This is almost an impossible task for us ordinary people."

"Even E-level players wouldn't dare to do something like this rashly."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiao quietly compared the strength of the monster and the E-level player in his mind, and did not refute the statement.

Without powerful items, E-rank players will have a tough time facing hordes of monsters, and once surrounded, they can only wait to die.

Even D-level players might encounter setbacks.

He couldn't help but recall the scene when he participated in the selection instance, facing only four gene monsters, and had to activate his talent and rely on the little angel to turn the tide...

"So, without realizing it, I've become this strong. A global crisis is nothing to me now..."

Fan Xiao felt a mix of emotions.

Chapter 453 The Despair-Inducing A9 Base

After calming himself down a bit, Fan Xiao inquired about the interactions between the various bases.

As a result, all three of them, including the one with the high ponytail, shook their heads, saying they had never seen any exchanges or transactions between the bases, or perhaps... they just didn't know.

"So, how was your base established?" Fan Xiao asked. "You should know that, right?"