Chu Yang leaped down from the large pit with Yang Yan and the others, fleeing to the lower floors. The fishmen quickly followed, surrounding them again.
As their pace slowed, a figure suddenly blocked their path. Cloaked in a black raincoat, the familiar silhouette made Chu Yang tense—this was the same fishman who had hunted him at the school.
"It's you!" Chu Yang recognized him instantly.
Rain poured outside as Li Yuan stood by the entrance, joined by a raven that swooped down.
"Friendly reminder—hurry up. They can’t hold on much longer over there."
"Understood."
Pulling off his hood, Li Yuan charged forward while the fishmen launched their assault. Chu Yang steadied himself, only for Yang Yan to grab his arm.
"Chu Yang… can you keep going?"
Covered in wounds, surviving the fishmen's relentless attacks was already miraculous.
"I… think so!"
At worst, he still had two 'Deep Sea Breath' items from the game. He could heal himself twice if needed.
With that, Chu Yang stomped the ground and lunged.
He flashed before Li Yuan, fist raised—but Li Yuan countered with a knee strike to his chest! Two fishmen flanked Chu Yang, claws slashing his abdomen.
Thud!
Chu Yang's eyes widened as Li Yuan seized his head and smashed it into the floor.
Crash!
Once.
Crash!
Twice.
Crash!
Three times.
Blood splattered as Li Yuan pounded Chu Yang's skull against the cracking concrete, overwhelming him completely. Moments later, Chu Yang lay motionless.
Li Yuan tossed the body into the air, claws piercing through Chu Yang's chest.
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Squelch!
After shredding his heart and internal organs, Li Yuan flung the corpse aside, blood dripping from his claws. The remaining fishmen swarmed Yang Yan and the unconscious officer, slaughtering them swiftly.
"Mission complete."
Bang!
A gunshot rang out. Li Yuan tilted his head as a bullet grazed his cheek, scales tearing open—but the wound healed instantly.
Click-clack!
Spotlights flooded the area as police surrounded the building.
"Everyone inside, freeze! Hands on your heads, drop your weapons!"
Li Yuan frowned, noticing the locator device clutched in Yang Yan's dead hand.
Troublesome.
He tried to retreat, but bullets ripped through his limbs.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Blood sprayed as Li Yuan collapsed.
"Damn it—destroy this place!"
Li Yuan unleashed an eerie, whale-like screech. The sonic wave made everyone shudder.
"Shoot him no—!"
Boom!!!
The second floor collapsed, debris sealing Nanyan Building's entrance. Fishmen swarmed in, whisking Li Yuan away.
"To the Queen."
By the time police breached the building, Li Yuan had vanished.
"Too late…"
All seventeen officers in the raiding party were dead.
Meanwhile, atop Nanyan Building, the Queen berated Li Yuan.
"I must be insane to work with you! You turned my home into a seafood market and blew holes through two floors! Who’s paying for repairs?!"
"And that woman—she saw everything! She shouldn’t have left alive! Now the police are at my doorstep!"
Fuming, she dialed a number. "Get these cops off my property. Erase all records of today’s events."
"...Understood." A weak male voice replied.
As fishmen dug bullets from Li Yuan's flesh, he growled, "I eliminated all targets. Cleanup is your job."
"My job?!" the Queen snapped. "You turned my home into a demolition site!"
Nearby, the raven-turned-girl slumped on the sofa, sighing.
"Ugh… working with you two is exhausting. Oh, and someone’s still alive."
"Alive? Who?"
Li Yuan roared, his sonic pulse sweeping the building. Beneath the rubble, a heartbeat echoed.
Thump. Thump.
"A fishman’s pulse… but altered. Like a half-breed?"
"Who cares?" The raven girl dialed another number. "Just fix it. He’s already with the police."
"You mean… Subject 003?"
Rain drenched the streets as Wang Haonan walked under an umbrella. His phone buzzed.
"Cleanup duty? Got it."
He vanished—yet rainwater continued sliding around an invisible umbrella-shaped void...
