Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 139

Chapter 139

Qi Lingwu led them in a different direction.

Everything seemed normal along the way. Just like before, they found nothing.

His Supernatural Ability covered the surrounding area as he remained constantly vigilant.

The more normal this place appeared, the more it indicated that something was wrong. He pushed his alertness to the maximum, yet he still felt something was off, even if he couldn’t pinpoint the anomaly.

Hao Jingye also sensed that something was amiss.

He pressed close to Yu Feng and lowered his voice. “There should be quite a few Aberrants in Shi City. Some are rushing here from the C9 Shelter, and other Aberrants might have already arrived before then. Why is it so quiet?”

Shi City was a ghost town. Aside from the previous Scientific Research Team, they were the only ones there.

If there truly were Aberrants, it should be impossible not to notice them.

Furthermore, where exactly had the missing Scientific Research Team gone?

Yu Feng didn’t know either and could only shake his head.

Just then, Qi Lingwu, who was leading the way, suddenly came to a halt. The others jerked their heads forward, their pupils shrinking in disbelief.

They saw Ke Jiaxue and Liu Yue locked in combat while Zhang Kun lay on the ground, his breathing weak.

Dr. Zhao and the others had already stopped breathing, and the ground was covered in blood. Captain Zhuo was fighting another stranger; the opponent possessed immense strength, and Captain Zhuo was already on the verge of collapse.

Ke Jiaxue was also reaching her limit.

“What’s going on?” Li Wanyun frowned.

Ke Jiaxue looked frantic. “Help me, quick! Liu Yue turned into an Aberrant! Zhang Kun is dying, save him-”

As she spoke, Ke Jiaxue was scorched by Liu Yue’s flames.

She had already drained her Supernatural Ability and could only watch helplessly as she caught fire. She collapsed to the ground, rolling in agony with a contorted expression.

Liu Yue gasped for breath. “No, they’re the ones who are Aberrants!”

His eyes were wide with urgency. “They killed Dr. Zhao and injured Zhang Kun! There’s something wrong with Ke Jiaxue!”

Ke Jiaxue screamed, “No! Don’t believe him! Save Zhang Kun quickly! You can’t let the Fragments burst out! Fragments can easily turn people into Aberrants. Academician Cheng and Liu Yue were both affected… Argh!”

She broke down from the pain, rolling desperately on the ground.

Li Wanyun pulled out a fire extinguisher and ran over. Regardless of who was at fault, she had to put out the fire first!

Zhang Kun was drawing his last breaths. Hao Jingye hurried toward him. “Save him first. No matter who’s the problem, we have to save Zhang Kun. He’s in terrible shape.”

Song Linwei was bewildered. “What on earth is happening? Who’s the one with the problem?”

Captain Zhuo and the stranger were still fighting. The stranger was likely an Aberrant, so Yu Feng stepped forward to help.

The situation was a chaotic mess.

It was impossible to tell whether Ke Jiaxue or Liu Yue was the one who had turned into an Aberrant.

Qi Lingwu felt something was wrong. Activating his Supernatural Ability to its full extent, he shouted coldly:

“Get back! All of them are the problem!”

At the same time, Shan Hua leaped onto his shoulder and let out a sharp cry: “Meow!”

This warning came just in time. The few people who had already moved closer skidded to a halt.

Simultaneously, the “Zhang Kun” lying on the ground lunged at Hao Jingye, while “Ke Jiaxue” and “Liu Yue” pounced on Li Wanyun together. The “Captain Zhuo” and the stranger who had been fighting both turned to attack Yu Feng.

The change happened too fast, but thanks to Qi Lingwu’s warning, they weren’t caught in the trap.

Hao Jingye had no combat capability and was the slowest runner. Since he hadn’t reached “Zhang Kun” yet, it would take time for the opponent to reach him to attack.

*Bang!*

That window of time was more than enough for Qi Lingwu to make the kill.

Li Wanyun was capable of handling the fake Ke Jiaxue and fake Liu Yue on her own. Yu Feng had only recently awakened, and while his strength was much lower, he had no problem defending himself.

Qi Lingwu dealt with them one by one.

The “people” who were killed did not fall to the ground; instead, they vanished into thin air.

Li Wanyun gasped for air, overcome by a wave of lingering fear.

They were strong, and these fakes were no match for them in a fair fight. However, they had been completely unprepared just moments ago. Had they gotten any closer, the enemy likely would have used the element of surprise to kill them.
Who could have imagined that both sides of the confrontation were actually traps?

Li Wanyun turned around. “Oh my god, that scared me to death. Neither of them was real. Luckily, Qi Dui reacted-”

Her voice cut off abruptly. There was no one behind her; Qi Lingwu and the others had all vanished.

*

Sheng An murmured, “An Illusion Realm?”

No wonder they couldn’t find anyone else after entering Shi City. They had likely been trapped in an Illusion Realm from the moment they stepped inside. The Scientific Research Team and Zhang Kun’s group had been hidden away by the illusion.

And the Aberrants orchestrating all of this were also hidden by the illusion.

Yes, Aberrants-plural.

Qi Lingwu’s King’s Anchor was exceptionally powerful. Even for Aberrants infected before the apocalypse, it was extremely difficult to deceive his King’s Anchor. Therefore, at least two or more Supernatural Abilities had to be at work here.

Among them, at least one was a high-order Superpower Aberrant that had appeared before the apocalypse.

“This is even more troublesome than I thought…” She looked back at the corpses littering the ground, her gaze calm despite knowing they were fakes. “You separated us. It seems this Illusion Realm is designed to trap rather than attack. Its lethality isn’t high, so do you plan to pick us off one by one?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, several figures emerged from the darkness ahead.

They stared at her, their eyes gleaming with bloodlust.

Sheng An wasn’t surprised in the least.

Individually, these Aberrants weren’t strong. However, separating the group and using superior numbers to defeat them one by one within the Illusion Realm was the most effective strategy.

But for her and her team, as long as the location of the Scientific Research Team remained unknown, the only way to reach the truth was to step into the trap.

Since she didn’t have a Supernatural Ability yet, were these creatures targeting her first?

Or were there enough Aberrants to strike all of them simultaneously?

She slowly raised her hands.

Her right hand drew a custom-made gun from her waist, while her left pulled a knife from the sheath on her calf. She held the blade across her chest in a defensive stance, and then, as the Aberrants lunged, she charged forward.

Meanwhile.

At the Jing City Core Shelter.

Wan Yuan stood before Elder Zhang, his face full of anxiety. “After Sister Sheng and the others entered Shi City, we lost all contact. These are the images captured from the air-there’s nothing in Shi City! Not a single person was caught on camera!”

Wu Buyu was a high-order Mutant. With his speed and the coordination of a Wind Ability User, they had traveled faster than the two fighter jets and the following support teams.

Yet, after they landed, every single one of them had disappeared!

The Magnetic Field had not yet recovered, so very few helicopters and fighter jets could fly. Their flight speeds were heavily restricted, and the captured footage was blurred by Interference.

But even as blurry as it was, one thing was certain: there was no one in Shi City.

How could there be no one?

Where was the Scientific Research Team? Where were Sister Sheng and the others who went in after them?

Elder Zhang remained silent for a long time before speaking in a hoarse voice. “Do not allow anyone else to enter Shi City. Keep the two planes from getting too close, but maintain real-time monitoring. Report any discoveries immediately.”

After a pause, he added, “Issue an order: no matter what they find or see, they are not to open fire lightly. Trust Sheng An. Since she dared to lead people in, she will definitely be able to handle this crisis.”

Since the start of the apocalypse, the effectiveness of powerful, destructive weapons had been steadily diminishing.

Magnetic Field effects, Radar Interference, and all sorts of bizarre Supernatural Ability influences plagued them. Planes in the sky could be pulled down, and crashes occurred frequently due to Magnetic Field Turmoil. Nothing could be seen clearly on the ground, let alone bombed…

It seemed that from the moment Superpower Users appeared, this world had become their battlefield.

As a leader, he had to maintain absolute faith in Sheng An and the soldiers on the mission, leaving the battlefield to them.

Those in the rear would focus on guarding the rear.

*Bee-woooo-*

The Core Shelter’s Alarm Siren suddenly blared.