Chapter 127: Chapter 127: Polluted Humans

The Hunter stopped beside the slanted lamppost, glanced at the sky behind Su Changxing, and said:

“Hmm, it’s over there, but we’ll just head south from the front.”

Su Changxing slightly lowered his head to prevent the other from directly seeing his face and growing suspicious, slowed his pace, and then asked:

“So, our people have already gathered around?”

The night wind wasn’t strong, causing Su Changxing’s coat to float sideways with a chill, like a spike gently sliding over the skin.

“Yes, indeed.”

The Hunter furrowed his brows, sensing how oblivious the other seemed. His eyes carried a hint of contemplation, gauging that Su Changxing was probably someone who had been around here before.

Su Changxing’s expression remained unchanged, his muscles suddenly tensed, the blade slightly lifted, as a gleam of cold light slashed through the night wind.

“Which one are you…”

The Hunter was about to say something when his expression suddenly froze; a clean blade pierced through his chest at the heart’s location.

So fast.

He had no time to react.

Su Changxing pulled out the steel saber, dragging out the blood which dripped to the ground, and the Hunter followed, collapsing to the ground.

The steel saber was a new replacement, very sharp with the modular set, cutting without any resistance.

“Seems like you guys haven’t encountered such things before; your vigilance is very weak.”

He looked at the crystal gradually forming in the Hunter’s chest, muttering to himself.

From what this Hunter said, there seemed to be other Hunters nearby, and they appeared to be pursuing someone.

Most likely, they were from the Security Bureau.

Su Changxing picked up the crystal from the Hunter’s chest and threw his corpse into the nearby bushes, then turned and ran south along the street.

If he proceeded in the direction the Hunter came from, he would likely encounter other Hunters.

The most cautious approach would be to hide somewhere nearby, but Su Changxing had other ideas. He now had fifteen Extraordinary Crystals; with just five more Hunters down, he could get a promotion.

A little over ten minutes later, near an intersection, Su Changxing unexpectedly saw two familiar figures running from another street ahead: it was that bald man and the dwarf.

They were sprinting along the street as if trying to escape.

Su Changxing’s pupils constricted. He distinctly remembered the bald man, previously known as the “Tailor,” had been dismembered, yet here he was, appearing fine, with all limbs intact.

This was very eerie, a person who should be dead came back to life.

Su Changxing did not reveal himself, hiding between abandoned cars to observe the situation, then saw that two others were following them, with halos on their bodies—they were Hunters.

One Hunter was a swift one, the other a Striver, both faster than the bald man and the dwarf.

The swift one’s ability leaned towards speed; when about ten meters away from the bald man, his speed suddenly increased. With several leaps, he closed the distance and swung an axe towards the bald man’s back.

He was very fast; the bald man sensed it but his body couldn’t keep up, and he was struck right on.

“Ah~”

With a scream, the bald man fell to the ground as expected, blood splattering around, pierced through by the axe’s immense force.

“Haha, what’s the point of running? Just a futile struggle.”

The swift one laughed heartily, swinging the axe again towards Zhang Daxi, feeling no pressure against these two bugs.

Su Changxing was nearby, about to draw his bowstring but halted, watching as the bald man suddenly climbed up from the ground, raising his weapon to strike at the swift one’s back, blood flowing like a reverse stream back into his body.

“Watch out from behind.”

The Hunter at the rear noticed the bald man’s abnormal movement and called out a warning.

At the same time, Zhang Daxi raised the pickaxe and attacked the swift one, his arm muscles bulging, eyes emitting a faint blue light.

In a moment, the situation reversed, with the killing intent fully revealed.

Evidently, the bald man and his companion had pre-arranged this trap.

The swift one guessed that the bald man had some special ability, so he wasn’t too surprised. He swung the axe again, aiming at the bald man.

This time, he targeted the bald man’s head, thinking there’s no way he could move after his brain gets cleaved; even a zombie can’t do that.

Xu Chu’s sweat glowed with a red hue in his eyes; facing the axe, he neither dodged nor used his weapon to block, instead stretching out his left hand to fend off the blow, as his other hand wielded a weapon striking back heedlessly.

The swift one didn’t intend to clash head-on with the bald man. He suddenly halted his attack, twisted his body into an odd posture, deftly dodging the bald man’s attack, and simultaneously turned to raise the axe to block the dwarf’s strike.

Zhang Daxi smiled, mustering all his strength as he swung the pickaxe at the opponent. This was exactly as he and the bald man planned; his speed accelerated during the swing, fully exhilarating his superpower, gathering all his might.

The swift one looked baffled, the power from the dwarf was beyond his expectations since the dwarf hadn’t used his full strength until this crucial moment.

The pickaxe bore down the axe, slamming into the swift one’s chest, causing blood and bone to splatter.

At this moment, another Hunter also approached behind the bald man, raising a blade to strike at his neck.

The bald man, perhaps stunned by his injuries, stood motionless without reacting, while Zhang Daxi was exhausted, unable to help.

“Whoosh~”

An arrow zipped through the darkness, piercing the Hunter’s temple, blood drawing a line in the air, slicing through as the Hunter collapsed sideways.

An arrow?

The Hunter’s face filled with confusion, utterly unaware of the arrow’s trajectory.

The bald man glanced back at the Hunter on the ground, before suddenly toppling down, the blood around him still flowing, like some living entity.

How strange.

Su Changxing steadied himself, reminding silently that in this world, anything was perfectly normal.

Zhang Daxi panted heavily; he had expended most of his energy to incapacitate this Hunter. Looking at the other fallen Hunter, he was secretly relieved that someone had come to their aid, for in their current state, it would be impossible to handle a second Hunter.

Soon, he noticed the arrow feather protruding from the Hunter’s head, instantly recalling the youth they met before.

Su Changxing swiftly approached the two from behind the vehicles, observing the grounded bald man, as “True Knowledge” information kept flashing.

[Polluted Human: Severely injured, disoriented, his body seems to be undergoing some transformation, occupied by some unknown entity, enabling rapid recovery.]

Not an Extraordinary.

Polluted Human?

What is this, Su Changxing wondered, estimating that the bald man must have encountered something extraordinary.

Su Changxing stepped in front of the two, speaking calmly, “Baldy, weren’t you supposed to be dead? How have you come back to life?”

The bald man turned his head towards him, weakly saying, “Mind your own business, I was born with this gift, I’m immortal…”

Zhang Daxi kicked him, interrupting, “Thank you for your help.”

Xu Chu’s sweat caused the wound on his chest to rapidly heal as the blood flowed back, and his mental state slightly improved, cursing grumpily,

“These monsters are probably the real humans of this world; they’re truly abnormal, like they’ve all been pumped with adrenaline, damn it.”

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