Vol 2 Sn Book 2 Chapter 13 (2/2)

Bai Ze seemed very composed, her countenance inscrutable. She closed the door and extended both of her arms, as if she was reaching for something. Two blades appeared in her hands. The left one, taller than herself, she held in front of her horizontally, projecting a cold, metallic glare into the eyes of onlookers. She dragged the other one behind her, leaving a trail of sparks and an unbroken series of clinking as its tip grazed the surface of the road.

“I’ll keep them busy. I might not be able to kill the big one, but making him stay…” The corners of Bai Ze’s lips curled into a half-smile, and her scarlet hair-tie fell down in two pieces. Her long hair billowed in the still air of the night. “I’ll leave Ning Village to you.”

“Go!” Bai Ze cried out, and, without waiting for an answer from Li Yiming, the patrol car made for the opposite side of the bridge, slipping right by the chimeric creature.

The monster had also felt the menace from Bai Ze and slowly a.s.sumed a prowling position as it dropped its arms to the ground as the car went by it, without doing anything to stop the vehicle. Li Yiming turned his head to look back to throw one last deep look at the small figure with two swords in her hands as the patrol car drove away. The Dragondog pounced on Bai Ze, but was met with a blow from both hands by her.

Clack! Clack!

The two blades clashed with the monster’s fangs in midair.

“Qianqian, that boy doesn’t want to cooperate.” Xiao Hei panted as he stepped onto the broken corpses of a Dragondog, his bionic arm coated in a thick layer of blood and minced flesh.

“You’re the one who insisted on bringing that mythical beast along. I told you that whoever that could control such a beast would be beyond our reach. Oh well, we’ve made preparations for them in the first place.” Zeng Qian answered him in a cold voice. “Are you alright?”

“I’m fine, but the Dragondogs are quickly reacting to us, and the plague has spread out through the entire city by now.” Xiao Hei waved his hand, and the over-sized mechanical extension of his arm quickly shrunk into a bracelet. “What about your side?”

“Everything’s going well. We’ve killed all the dogs in the village before proceeding. Things are calm.”

“What about Shui’er?”

“She contacted me a few times, I didn’t answer her.” Zeng Qian pulled at her hair nervously and threw an alarmed look at Zhi Wen and Zhi Wu standing in the distance.

“We can’t hide it from her forever, she’ll know sooner or later.” Xiao Hei’s answered in a frustrated voice.

“The later the better. Come here as quickly as possible. It’s almost time.”

“I’ll be there right away. Stay put for the moment.” Xiao Hei waved his hand again, and a backpack appeared behind him. He pulled on a level, and he was propelled into the sky with a blazing trail behind him: a jetpack.

Fang Shui’er lowered the bow she held and examined the corpse of the Dragondog nailed to the wall by her arrows with a severe countenance. ‘What happened? Is this Li Yiming’s doing? I can’t get into contact with Qianqian, Xiao Hei, Zhi Wen and Zhi Wu. What happened to them?’ Fang Shui’er looked in the direction of Ning Village, clenched her teeth and departed in its direction. Her silhouette vanished in the darkness in the distance after a few light hops between the buildings.

The patrol car continued its journey on the gloomy road as the quiet forest around it thickened. Both Li Yiming and Liu Meng stayed in silence, still yet to recover from the sight of Bai Ze earlier. “If, I’m saying if, we get out of this alive, you owe me an explanation.” Liu Meng said calmly without moving her eyes away from the road.

“Can you stay in the car?” Li Yiming did not dare to look at Liu Meng in the eyes, and instead faced the front of the road.

“Do you think that I’ll be safer in the car?” Liu Meng retorted.

“Ugh…” Li Yiming sighed. “We’re almost here, turn off the headlights.”

As the car drove into the village at a slow speed, Liu Meng extinguished the lights and Li Yiming tightened his grip on his weapon. “Something’s wrong.” The two exchanged a glance in the darkness as the car progressed inward.

It was simply too quiet. Although it was nearly midnight, with the exception of the noise of the road light whistling as it was battered by the wind, not a single sound was heard.

“Look!” Liu Meng stopped the car and pointed at a house. It was the one rented out to Bai Ze during the filming. Someone laid at the entrance in a pool of blood.

Li Yiming descended and walked towards to the person. It was the corpse of the owner of the house, a middle-aged woman.

“Gunshot wound…” Li Yiming frowned.

“Look inside…” Liu Meng covered her mouth with her hand and pointed at the door.

‘Corpses… Corpses everywhere.’ This was the only thing in Li Yiming’s mind. A terrible thought suddenly occurred to him, and he dashed into the neighboring houses to check.The entire village had been ma.s.sacred.

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