"Quick, seal off the scene! We absolutely cannot let the newly emerged Anomaly King escape!"
"Yes, sir."
"Call headquarters for backup."
Chi Xiaoyu carried the Li father and son to the ambulance, staring blankly at the pillar of red light.
"Was that really the same ditzy anomaly from earlier?"
A man wearing a black coat and holding a cane walked over and looked at Chi Xiaoyu.
"Good work."
"It was nothing, Director. What do we do next?"
"No matter what, we absolutely cannot let the Anomaly King escape. If an Anomaly King reaches the city center, the consequences would be unimaginable..."
At this moment in the room, Bai Ling slowly regained consciousness. The red light on her body gradually receded. In her hand was the man's shattered head.
Feeling the sensation in her hand, Bai Ling hurriedly threw the head away.
"Ew, how disgusting."
After the man died, a crystal-clear black C-grade anomalous crystal formed. Bai Ling walked over, picked it up, and examined it in her hand. It smelled even better than the D-grade one!
This time, the girl didn't hesitate and ate the crystal, feeling an incomparable pleasure.
"If this continues, I'll be ruined."
After eating her fill, Bai Ling observed the situation outside through her blood eyes in the darkness.
'Why are there so many people?'
Just as Bai Ling was about to walk out, she had second thoughts.
'Could they be here to capture me?'
No matter how Bai Ling called out, the woman from before no longer responded.
'Damn it, they're about to come in. What should I do?'
Outside, the Mutation Investigation Bureau agents were holding various weapons. A huge fireball blasted open the door, and a red-haired man was the first to rush in.
Just then, a red light flashed, and Bai Ling, using the not yet fully receded Anomaly King level power, rushed toward the sky.
"Don't let her escape! Quick, chase after her!"
The director leaning on the cane extended his right hand toward the flying Bai Ling and clenched it.
"Want to leave? Not so easy!"
The surrounding space began to contract, and Bai Ling was blocked by an invisible air wall.
Seeing that she couldn't fly out no matter what, Bai Ling released layers of blood-colored light. Waves of ripples shook, and the people rushing around all fell to the ground. Bai Ling dove into a distant lake.
"Damn, she got away."
A captain who arrived at the lakeside gritted his teeth as he looked at the calm lake surface.
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In a certain hotel.
"Little miss, what are you cosplaying as? But without an ID card, I can't give you a room."
"Big sis, my ID card was stolen. If it's really impossible, I'll pay extra!"
"Alipay received 500 yuan," an electronic voice sounded.
"Hehe, well then, I'll reluctantly help you get a room."
The owner said happily.
Bai Ling was soaking wet, but fortunately, her phone hadn't been damaged by water! She walked into the bathroom.
Bai Ling looked at herself in the mirror—snow-white hair, eyes slightly glowing red. Better take a bath first. Taking off her clothes, seeing a female body for the first time, Bai Ling's cheeks couldn't help but turn slightly red.
'Oh! So this is what it looks like.'
Looking at her pink, soft fat, Bai Ling couldn't resist squeezing it once, then her gaze slowly moved downward. The moment she saw that part, Bai Ling quickly turned her head away and covered her eyes.
'No, this is too much.'
Bai Ling, not very used to washing her long hair, sighed.
'So it's this troublesome for girls to wash their hair.'
Wrapped in a white towel, the girl looked at herself in the mirror and praised:
"I'm really pretty."
Curled up in bed, Bai Ling was frantically searching on her phone for everything related to anomalies. Where there's a will, there's a way—she found a chat group called "Anomaly Chat Group."
Without hesitation, she applied to join.
-Welcome, new member.
-Hey, newcomer, show us your legs?
-Yes, yes, everyone who joins our group has to post leg photos.
-Um, are there any anomalies in the group? I need some help. What should I do after becoming an anomaly?
-There are no anomalies, but there are plenty of anomaly hunters.
-What? I just became an anomaly recently and I've been starving. I'm about to die. It's urgent.
-If you're hungry, come to uncle, uncle will treat you to your favorite bullets.
-?
Bai Ling exited the chat interface and sighed.
'What kind of group did I join? Isn't this supposed to be an Anomaly Chat Group?'
Just then, someone with a black cat avatar privately messaged Bai Ling.
-Are you really an anomaly?
-No.
-I'll assume you are. Let me tell you, if you want to survive, you can scare people or eat other anomalous entities.
-Ah, really? Thank you then.
-You really are one? Send me your location?
-I'd rather not.
-Just send it, I'm also an anomaly, really.
-I don't believe you.
Bai Ling put down her phone and lay on the bed, looking outside the window.
What had she experienced these past few days? She was only 18, and her lil bro had disappeared before she could experience it. But experiencing a girl's joy didn't seem so bad either?
No, give me back my lil bro!
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At this time, outside the city, two roommates riding yellow bikes met after circling the city with sweat all over their foreheads.
"I couldn't find anything on my end, and there's no news from big bro Lin either."
"No choice, let's go around once more."
Morning. As a ray of sunlight slowly rose, Bai Ling's body gradually grew back to 1.8 meters. Slowly opening his eyes, feeling the familiar sensation, Lin Bai touched below—my Lil bro had really returned!
Just then, the phone rang.
"Big bro Lin, Li Mingzhe is fine. He's in the hospital."
"Yeah, we wasted the whole night looking for him."
"Come quickly, big bro Lin."
Walking out of the hotel, the receptionist looked at Lin Bai in confusion. Wait, I remember it was a girl who checked in yesterday.
"Driver, to the City Center Hospital."
"Sure thing."
"Driver, let me tell you a ghost story?"
"Go ahead."
"One day, I went home after work and lay in bed but couldn't fall asleep. At four in the morning, there was a scratching sound from under the bed. I looked down to check and only saw a pair of eyes staring at me—it was actually my own face!"
The driver suddenly trembled, then gripped the steering wheel and smiled.
"Not very scary."
"Hehe."
Lin Bai felt a wave of satisfaction. He wasn't as hungry now. It seemed to really work!
City Center Hospital.
Li Mingzhe was lying weakly in bed, while Wu Le and Xiao Yang were playing games beside him.
Lin Bai quietly approached and suddenly put his hands on their shoulders.
Xiao Yang was so scared he almost dropped his phone, while Wu Le had no reaction and just smiled.
"Big bro Lin, you finally came."
"Big bro Lin, don't appear so suddenly next time."
"Is Li Mingzhe alright?"
Li Mingzhe looked at Lin Bai and nodded.
"Just some trouble at home, nothing serious. But what about you guys? Not going to class again, really planning to fail?"
"Heh, what's there to worry about? We'll just take makeup exams together. Don't you guys try to excel without us!"
The four looked at each other and smiled.
Just then, Chi Xiaoyu walked over with a box and placed it on Li Mingzhe's bedside table.
"These are supplements from the school. Wishing you a speedy recovery."
"Thank you."
"Um, Lin Bai, come with me for a moment."
"Oh."
Following Chi Xiaoyu out of the ward, they arrived at a medical room. Chi Xiaoyu took out a device and scanned Lin Bai several times. The device didn't change and emitted a green light.
"Good, you haven't been contaminated."
"Contaminated?"
"Li Mingzhe was contaminated and won't recover quickly. What I just gave him was a suppressant."
"What happens if you get contaminated?"
"You could become an infected, like those miners. But the source of contamination is already dead, so generally there shouldn't be any problems. This type of anomaly is a contamination-type anomaly, very troublesome."
"Um, can I join the Mutation Investigation Bureau?"
"Hmm?"
Chi Xiaoyu looked at Lin Bai in confusion.
"This isn't like you. Why?"
"I don't want to see my brother bro like that and be helpless." (I can also find other anomalies through the Mutation Investigation Bureau!)
"If you insist, then of course you can. From now on, you're my subordinate."
Chi Xiaoyu took out a set of keys and handed them to Lin Bai.
"This room is on the second floor across from the school. You'll live there from now on. I'll send you some equipment later. You'll report directly to me."
Lin Bai nodded and took the keys.
They even provide housing for new recruits? If I'd known, I would have joined earlier.
"If there's nothing else, go back to class. Oh, and that thing I gave you, have you used it?"
"Ah? Oh, not yet."
Lin Bai scratched his head.
Mainly because he couldn't use it these past few days—he had been in a girl's body the whole time. How could he use that cup?
"Hmph!"
Chi Xiaoyu walked away, not too happy.