Invasion - Chapter 114
Chapter 114
Lin Yuan quickly recovered from her unconscious state. She hadn't truly fainted, so of course, she couldn't pretend for too long.
The bottom level of the White Tower was in chaos, residents running around, bewildered, and sentinels searching for the traitor.
Lin Yuan saw panicked faces everywhere.
Most of these people lived in the White Tower.
This was a place protected by the Holy Light, a safe, stable, and beautiful sanctuary.
Living here for a long time could even make one forget the true face of this cruel world.
Deceive themselves into thinking that there was no killing or bloodshed in the world, no guns or ammunition, no man-eating monsters, no terrifying contaminated zones. No one starving, deprived of the chance to live.
The sudden explosion had ripped away the veil covering the ugliness of the world.
Even if just for a short time, it startled these people living in a daze, making them look around in panic, for a moment, they didn’t even know what to do.
Everyone was talking about it, the story becoming more and more exaggerated.
"I heard that there are many rebels."
"How many of them came? Hundreds? No, no, no, definitely thousands, they say rebels even stormed the palace.”
"Why are there such terrifying people? Doing such terrifying things?”
"They're all lowly commoners, starving, desperate, they dare to do anything."
"Just because they can't get enough to eat? Then why don't they go to the contaminated zones? Clearly, as long as they’re willing to go to the contaminated zones, they can earn imperial coins. They’re truly a bunch of greedy bastards."
"Have they caught anyone? I heard there are still rebels inside the tower.”
"What are the Sentinels doing? This is so unsettling."
"So scary, I hope it’ll be over soon.”
Lin Yuan moved through the talking crowd.
Since she was very young, she knew that most of the time, humans’ joys and sorrows couldn't be shared.
Even when she had been an emotionless monster, even though she had tentacles, could touch and hear others' emotions, their voices, she had found it difficult to understand their feelings.
Seeing the hungry look in the eyes of the child holding an apple, seeing the tears falling from the eyes of the dead warrior,
She hadn’t understood what longing was, or pain.
Only because she had never felt it herself.
"It seems like they found one on a certain floor, they’re searching."
"They’ll definitely be caught in the end, those reckless lunatics."
"Sinners who defile the sanctity of the White Tower, they’ll definitely be executed."
Lin Yuan heard these voices, and subconsciously quickened her pace.
She didn't know why she was wandering aimlessly through the crowd.
She only knew that there was a slight anxiety in her heart.
The mental bodies spread underground, searching for any clues in every corner, hearing all sorts of news.
A few sentinels were talking.
"He got away again. That guy’s too cunning.”
"He’s been hit, he’s injured, he can’t hide for much longer."
"Are you sure he’s still nearby?"
"So many of us sentinels, our five senses enhanced, we’ve been searching for so long, let alone a living person, we would have found even a fly."
"He’s very familiar with the White Tower, could he be one of us?"
"Whoever he is, this person angered Her Majesty, even the Commander was reprimanded, he’ll have a bad time."
"Stop complaining, keep searching, this is a direct order from Her Majesty, we have to find him no matter what."
"I heard Her Majesty will personally interrogate him after he’s caught."
"Then he'll be very pitiful."
"He probably doesn't know the terrors of the White Tower yet."
Lin Yuan followed the direction those sentinels were going.
Along the way, she saw Commander Luther directing the sentinels from afar. The commander had some inexplicable marks on his chin, his expression grim, as he stood there, arranging and deploying troops.
The sentinels around him all looked strong and capable, their mental bodies either overlords of the sky or kings of the jungle, fierce and powerful, the strongest warriors of the Special Operations Unit.
When Luther saw Lin Yuan, he seemed like he wanted to come over and greet her.
Just then, a barrage of gunshots came from afar.
Luther raised a hand, and all the sentinels instantly rushed towards where the sounds came from. Hawks, tigers, wolves, cheetahs, a fierce and majestic force.
Only, the gunshots only lasted for a while, before quickly stopping.
Commotions like this had happened several times in different locations. But the sentinels were still coming and going, they clearly hadn’t caught that person yet.
It was hard to imagine how someone could hold out for so long in this situation without being captured.
The surrounding crowd was in a state of panic, rushing downwards.
Lin Yuan stared in that direction, a sense of anxiety churning in her heart.
Find that sentinel, find him now, before everyone else.
Countless faces hurried past. Lin Yuan, moving against the flow of people, many images appearing in her mind.
In the crimson egg’s lair, Ni Ji’s face as he rushed towards her, injured.
In the dark, damp underground city, that warrior, lighting the way, covered in blood, fighting his way to her…
It seemed that many times, she was the one doing dangerous things, making Ni Ji come looking for her.
At those times, Lin Yuan hadn’t quite understood why the sentinel had been so anxious, his emotions filled with such intense unease and anger.
At this moment, she suddenly understood a little.
Strange, when was it that the blood-covered Ni Ji in the underground city, under the orange-red firelight, had charged into the abyss, rushing to her? Why couldn't she remember?
In any case, having seen the Queen's methods of torturing Ji Xuan and those other sentinels, she couldn't let him experience that kind of thing as well.
【Has anyone sensed Little Fish’s mental fluctuations?】
【No, he’s hidden himself very well.】
【I seemed to have detected a faint trace before, but it quickly disappeared.】
【The Queen is also looking for him, I can feel that terrifying gaze sweeping past, again and again.】
【We’re more familiar with Little Fish than she is, we should be the ones to find him first.】
【Where are you, Little Fish?】
Lin Yuan had many tentacles, and they were a part of her, a manifestation of her various subconscious personalities. They were, most of the time, more sensitive, lively, better at exploring the world and capturing subtle emotions than she was.
All the tentacles were looking for Ni Ji.
Countless faces, countless noisy voices, filled with complex and intense emotions surrounded her.
At that moment, without any prompting from the tentacles, Lin Yuan suddenly turned around.
From very far away, past the countless hurrying pedestrians, the noisy voices, in a very dark, very inconspicuous corner,
Lin Yuan saw that sentinel.
He was completely hidden in the darkness, only a small part of his face visible. Like a wounded beast, he stood there, watching her, risking great danger.
The moment Lin Yuan suddenly turned around, he quickly retreated, hiding back into the darkness.
As fast as a phantom.
But it was too late, Lin Yuan had found him.
Lin Yuan pushed through the crowd and ran towards him.
Along the way, a few people and sentinels looked over at her because of her speed, but those people quickly showed confused looks, forgetting this little interlude, and continued doing what they were doing.
The tentacles were at full power, highly efficient, clearing all distractions, concealing all traces.
Helping Lin Yuan catch that killer whale.
Thanks for the chapter!
ReplyDeleteThe queen's favourite way of attacking is to induce the bonding state? Ji Xuan's brother was punished by that (though she might not have done it personally) and Ji Xuan himself also experienced it.
She’s so cruel
DeleteI hope the queen dies a slow and painful death
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