Standing still, Qiuqiu suddenly spoke. His unfocused eyes looked past Yu An and fixed on Xie Chiyuan.
Xie Chiyuan caught that look in his eyes, and his expression suddenly turned serious.
"Yu An, step back!"
Xie Chiyuan shielded Yu An behind him, drew his bone blade, and assumed a defensive stance.
And Qiuqiu, who called out Xie Chiyuan's name, after fixing her gaze on Xie Chiyuan, murmured softly in a hoarse voice—
"Target confirmed."
As these words were spoken, the A10 mutant began its targeted hunting.
The enormous wings shattered the walls on both sides of the corridor with their flapping, and strong air currents surged in the cramped space, making it difficult for Yu An to open her eyes.
He closed his eyes and heard the sound of bone blades colliding with wings.
"Xie Chiyuan, don't hit him!"
Yu An knew how terrifying the bone blade was, and he didn't want his little chick to have its wings cut off again.
But the reality is that there's no way around it; the smaller the space, the better the A10's targeted hunting capabilities.
In such a small space, during the fierce fight, plaster was falling from the walls and ceiling with a whooshing sound. Feeling the floor tremble, Xia Tianwu, swirling his wine glass, narrowed his eyes.
A moment later.
A10 jumped downstairs, and with him came Xie Chiyuan and a large number of counterfeit A10s.
A single A10 hunts by targeting, but when countless A10s hunt by targeting simultaneously, it becomes a new form of hunting: group hunting.
The group hunted, their target being Xie Chiyuan.
Xia Tianwu sat in the room, watching Xie Chiyuan land safely, and A10, which had already surrounded him, and a smile appeared on his lips.
But the smile didn't last long, because a call came in from Base 1 in the East District.
The phone number belonged to Zhai Man, but the person who called it did not.
"Xia Tianwu, what happened in the lab?" A cold, emotionless question rang out on the phone.
Even though Xia Tian believed he had a trump card, he still couldn't muster any momentum under the invisible pressure from the owner of that voice.
He pursed his lips, forcing his tone to sound calm: "Xie Chiyuan found this place. He destroyed some of the newly formed mutants in the lab."
“I have awakened A10, Xie Chiyuan will never leave S City alive.”
Xia Tian gave no guarantee, but the person on the other end of the phone didn't buy it. As the leader of all aberrations, A01's oppressive aura was still suffocating even from a thousand miles away.
"Xia Tianwu, you shouldn't have made such a foolish oversight."
Xia Tian paused for a few seconds before reminding him, "A01, we're collaborators. I'll find a way to make up for tonight's losses, but you don't need to—"
Before Xia Tianwu could finish speaking, A01 gave a short laugh, a mocking and contemptuous laugh.
The person on the other end of the phone, A01, sounded as if they had heard a ridiculous joke.
He asked Xia Tianwu sarcastically, "You want to be my equal collaborator... Xia Tianwu, is it because I allowed you to use my flesh and blood in the experiment that you have such an absurd illusion?"
Summer's expression froze.
A01's tone was amused, but his eyes were cold. He didn't say much about the cooperation, but instead gave Xia Tianwu orders.
"Keep Xie Chiyuan here, no matter the cost."
Xie Chiyuan is the biggest threat to the mutants, but A01 originally didn't want to get serious with him so soon.
Summer's face was always ashen when she didn't hang up the phone.
Damn A01.
Sure enough, these high-order aberrations were so arrogant that he found them repulsive. In the eyes of these high-order aberrations, there was never any equality.
But for now, he has no choice but to continue cooperating despite his reluctance.
He wanted to create a new world, and in this respect, he aligned with A01's goals.
At this moment, in the East District.
Zhai Man looked at the man sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, hesitated for a moment, and then walked over.
"Didn't we say that we weren't in a hurry to get rid of Xie Chiyuan?"
"He's in the way of me."
The two exchanged a few words, then fell silent.
Zhai Man watched as he made another call. There was no human voice on the other end, only a hoarse voice, as if his vocal cords had been broken.
He knew that the man in front of him was truly angry.
The chances of Xie Chiyuan leaving S City safely this time are extremely slim. The mutants, and all the zombies in the city, are targeting Xie Chiyuan tonight.
Zhai Man looked at the man who had finished arranging everything, and at the man's cold and sharp eyes. He didn't ask any serious questions, nor did he want to find out what the man was thinking.
He simply asked casually, "Why not use the original mimicry? Didn't you say it would be more comfortable that way?"
The man said calmly, "You will be afraid."
Zhai Man: "..."
Zhai Man turned his face away and didn't say anything.
On the other side.
Yu An stared blankly at the bunch of chirping birds and Xie Chiyuan climbing down the rope, and he was a little dumbfounded.
"Flame, can we jump down?" He clung to the window, but even with his excellent eyesight, he couldn't find Xie Chiyuan's figure amidst the layers of encirclement.
Flame shook its head: "My power is fire, not flight."
If they want to get down, they either need to use a rope, or they need to honestly walk down the stairs and see if there's still a way out through the door.
Upon hearing this, Yu An immediately looked for a rope.
Before the rope could be found, a small butterfly flew by.
It was a little butterfly that flew out of A10's pocket. It left Little Eight and Little Nine below and came up to take its eldest brother with it.
Yu An stared at the tiny butterfly, no bigger than his palm, and fell into an eerie silence. With his weight, sitting on it would be overloading him.
"Big brother, come here."
The little butterfly suddenly changed its form, transforming back into a human, only now sporting a pair of beautiful butterfly wings. The handsome young man carried Yu An down, leaving behind only the flames that no one cared about.
The flames naturally recognized that the butterfly was a mutant.
She was somewhat surprised by the relationship between Yu An and Butterfly. She had guessed Yu An's identity, but she hadn't expected him to be called "Big Brother".
During the descent.
Yu An didn't have time to look at his cub's mature form. He quickly asked, "What's wrong with Qiu Qiu now? He doesn't recognize us anymore."
After briefly recounting how she found Chiu Chiu, Little Butterfly concluded, "Big Brother, given Chiu Chiu's current state, we can only forcibly take him away first and then slowly wake him up."
After landing, Yu An glanced upstairs.
He was quick-witted and immediately ordered, "Sixth Brother, call Eighth Brother and Ninth Brother, and go capture Xia Tianwu. Be careful, there are definitely other mutants around him."
Yu An had already thought of Xia Tianwu.
Even with the addition of flames, he alone might not be able to subdue Xia Tianwu, who was protected by the mutant. He preferred to watch over Qiu Qiu himself rather than Xia Tianwu.
The last time at sea, Chiu Chiu recognized him.
Little Butterfly listened to his eldest brother the most. After receiving the instructions, he called the other two cubs and set off to do his work.
Downstairs, Xie Chiyuan was engaged in combat with a group of A10s.
The A10's targeted hunting is highly effective. Furthermore, the counterfeit A10s are no less formidable; this group of "A10s" was a shocking sight for Xie Chiyuan.
If this "replication" proceeds on a large scale, the number of mutants will inevitably proliferate. More than just proliferate, such powerful mutants will pose a serious threat to human survival.
Yu An didn't think as much as Xie Chiyuan. After seeing Xie Chiyuan gradually losing ground, he rushed over in a flash.
"Stop hitting!"
Yu An opened his arms like a mother hen protecting her chicks. He hesitated slightly between Qiu Qiu and Xie Chiyuan, then chose Xie Chiyuan.
There's nothing we can do.
It seems like Qiuqiu hasn't suffered any losses yet. It's a bit unreasonable for him to stand in front of Qiuqiu and tell Xie Chiyuan, who was being beaten, to stop hitting him.
"Chirp chirp, it's big brother."
At this point, Yu An didn't have time to think about how to cover up his identity. He stood in front of Xie Chiyuan, staring intently at his precious Qiu.
Qiu, who had been the most ruthless towards Xie Chiyuan, suddenly slowed down.
Yu An's eyes crinkled into a smile as she looked at Xie Chiyuan and said, "Chiu Chiu won't hit you anymore!"
Xie Chiyuan: "..."
Xie Chiyuan's eyelids twitched. Before he could speak, the other chirps attacked again.
Yu An quickly dodged aside, instantly distancing herself: "The one who hit you was an imposter, not my Chu!"
Chapter 71
A group of imposter chicks attacked simultaneously, putting considerable pressure on Xie Chiyuan. These chicks possessed A10-level targeted hunting abilities, and their target was him.
Baby Qiu, who was being stared at by Yu An, looked at Xie Chiyuan again after a brief moment of distraction.
Yu Anxin felt a tightness in his chest. He also realized that no matter what kind of bird it was, it wouldn't attack him, but would only attack Xie Chiyuan.
"Xie Chiyuan, I'll help you!"
Yu An couldn't bear to see his chicks get beaten, but he also didn't want to see Xie Chiyuan get beaten. He changed direction and plunged directly into the chick group.
Yu An showed no mercy to the imposters. But he soon discovered that the dagger he was using was not very effective against them.
"An'an, use this."
Xie Chiyuan threw the bone blade he was holding over, swapped it for a military knife, and continued to entangle with them.