Armored off-road vehicles raced through New York City,
Qi Yuan rolled down the window and leaned his arm on the frame, glancing out.
What he saw was a place temporarily abandoned by local government and law enforcers, where various crimes were unfolding.
The supermarket doors were wide open, with scattered goods on the ground. A few men with snake-skin bags and steel rods swaggeringly walked out, only to bump into a group of cultists.
The hooligans, who thought they could make a name for themselves in the chaos of the city, were instantly swallowed up by the cultists and became their new accomplices.
A group of teenagers, looking like students, unfortunately witnessed this scene and fled in panic. During their escape, a few weak females and males were pushed by their companions towards the cultists.
There were also people with grief-stricken and desperate expressions, waving sheets to attract a large group of cultists, then setting the entire house on fire and shouting, "Let's die together, you cultists!"
The room filled with natural gas exploded instantly, and countless limbs and flesh were buried under the concrete and steel.
Wu Zhenhua sighed, "It's too tragic."
He recalled the near-disastrous incident of wiping out an SS-Level Monster, which almost turned Shen City into a similar state. Fortunately, Director Yu had kept a secret move.
This so-called Dark Nine Seats had kept him in the dark, but it was a blessing for the public.
Upon entering New York City, Qi Yuan activated his telepathic abilities to guard against sneak attacks.
Wu Zhenhua's thoughts caught Qi Yuan's attention; he actually believed in the existence of the Dark Nine Seats?!
He had thought all Nine Seats were as transparent as Bai Li.
After a moment's thought, Qi Yuan understood.
Director Yu would certainly want to mix truth with falsehood, never revealing the existence of the Dark Nine Seats to anyone.
What?
You think spreading rumors about the Dark Nine Seats is to protect the visible Nine Seats?
That's because you're on the second level, while we use these absurd rumors to cover up the Dark Nine Seats, actually standing on the fifth level.
The public relations personnel of the Duty Bureau used such gossip to fill in the gaps from the past, indeed deceiving most people.
But discerning individuals could see through it. If there really were Dark Nine Seats, why would they have been trapped in the domain for so long? Two SS-level superhumans working together were far stronger than a group of S-level superhumans, there was no reason to keep it hidden until the last moment.
Wu Zhenhua clearly wasn't among the discerning, so it was normal for him not to know.
"Captain Qi, Smith has sent intelligence that large connections have appeared in the slums,"
Xue Shizong summarized after browsing through the key intelligence marked by the analysts.
Qi Yuan leaned forward to look at the screen, quickly scanning the highlighted parts.
The map marked the recent changes and fall of New York City, along with information about their kills of cultists, Corpse-eating worker bees sucking large amounts of blood, and more.
From the vast amount of information, Qi Yuan extracted two important pieces of intelligence.
One was that the divine messenger, who transmitted the divine edict, was a half-human, half-snake monster, and the other was that the goddess had many subordinate gods.
"The SS-Level Monster is the Corpse-Eating Queen Bee, the subordinate gods should be its offspring, and the snake woman is its subordinate,"
Qi Yuan shared his speculation.
Xue Shizong nodded slightly in affirmation from the front seat.
"Another Corpse-Eating Queen Bee, is it easy for this monster to reach SS-level? Should we go back to clean up all the Corpse-Eating Queen Bees in our country?"
Wu Zhenhua leaned close to the screen, the dense text making his head ache, and he muttered.
"Another?"
Qi Yuan noticed Wu Zhenhua's wording and looked at him.
Wu Zhenhua confirmed, "Yes, the one in Shen City was also a Corpse-Eating Queen Bee."
Upon hearing this, both Xue Shizong and Qi Yuan looked at Wu Zhenhua with complex expressions.
Alas, so young and already senile...
One of them was urgently recalled, knowing the monster had a transformative ability, and rushed to Shen City to risk his life entering the domain to save the S-level superhumans from transformation; while Qi Yuan had only dealt with the monster's subordinates, who retreated and escaped extremely quickly, never seeing what the monster looked like.
Thus, neither of them had thought of the monster in Shen City earlier.
Previously, Qi Yuan was a bit puzzled about how it sold out its teammates and retreated so decisively. Later, through learning and sensing his own abilities, he realized that a complete ability domain represented an SS-level superhuman.
One was an SS-level superhuman with strong destructive power, the other a weapons dealer monster. In the absence of sufficient weapons, retreating and selling out was the most normal thing to do.
Wait...
Qi Yuan noticed something he had overlooked.
Logically, since he had disrupted the Corpse-Eating Queen Bee's ascension, with its formidable strength, it certainly wouldn't be scared out of its wits and should be full of murderous intent towards him.
And it also "clearly" knew Qi Yuan's abilities—the divine domain and the Light-based superpower.
So why didn't I get a superpower experience card?
Qi Yuan suddenly panicked.
All along, whenever he sensed murderous intent, Qi Yuan would directly eliminate the source. Never giving a second chance to prevent accidents or them going after his family.
Could it be that he could only get an experience card once from a single creature?
Ouch—!
He sucked in a breath, his heart pounding violently, feeling the long-forgotten sensation of sitting on pins and needles.
Then this cleanup mission is doomed?!
But Qi Yuan quickly calmed down.
There were many influencing factors, such as distance issues, or it really was scared out of its wits, or he hadn't actively sought it out, etc.
Just now, his mind heated up and almost forgot about the spider monster that had given him N skills in one go. The reason couldn't be that he could only get one from a single creature.
He was fortunate to have such a superpower and continuously encounter higher-level monsters. Even if the process was a bit dramatic, he still succeeded in achieving his goals. But also because of this, his goals became higher and higher, overlooking some details.
Having successfully upgraded to the present, he considered himself calm and collected, but in essence, he was still a hotheaded young man.
After discovering the problem, the next step was to solve it.
Qi Yuan leaned back, closed his eyes, and spread his telepathic abilities outward.
In his perception, the telepathic waves spread like ripples, extending outward, one meter... ten meters... a hundred meters... a thousand meters...
Voices of anger, panic, madness, despair, and resignation flooded in from all directions, like endless murmurs in his ears.
Countless pieces of information filled his mind, and Qi Yuan felt his head was about to explode. He was infected by the despairing and panicked emotions, his mood instantly plummeting.
Despite being prepared, he was still somewhat disturbed.
Qi Yuan gritted his teeth and did not retract his telepathic abilities, skillfully blocking out one voice after another, screening out all non-monster voices.
As he continued to operate, with the endless murmurs gone, his telepathic abilities spread outward again. When it reached several thousand meters, Qi Yuan felt that if he extended it by another meter, he would consume a lot, so he stopped.