This assassin is upright

Chapter 462 The Fall of Floating Ashes
"Wow--"

In a basement deep underground, a huge culture container was opened, spilling nutrient solution all over the floor. A man who had been immersed in the nutrient solution slid out and sat down on the ground.

Then, those eyes, which had never been opened since birth, slowly opened, and a rational light appeared in them.

"What...what was that power just now?"

He muttered to himself, a look of confusion on his face, "Song Yan is already a fourth-tier evolver, but he has no power to resist that force."

"Could that be Yu Zhun's evolutionary ability?"

"How could a second-tier evolutionary ability be so powerful?"

“This is highly illogical, unless…” The naked man paused slightly, “unless this ability has significant limitations.”

"It may be similar to the ultimate weapon before the cataclysm, which requires a long wait before it can be used again after being used once."

“But even so…” The rationality in the man’s eyes was instantly replaced by passion, “This ability still has extremely high value.”

"If I can transform Yu Zhun into one of my backup bodies, using his power at certain times will become an important trump card."

Thinking of this, the man slowly stood up, picked up the clothes that had been prepared beforehand, changed into them, and walked out of the basement step by step.

"Yu Zhun can no longer use that special power again. I must seize this opportunity to capture him."
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"It should be around here."

Yu Zhun stopped and looked around before frowning slightly.

This is a park in the inner city, with a beautiful environment, but at this moment it is deserted due to the chaos in the inner city.

There was no doubt that this place was vastly different from where he had imagined the ash body was located, if his perception was correct…

Yu Zhun's gaze slowly turned to the ground.

This was the only place he could think of where the ashes could hide.

As an intelligent brain, the other party's main body should be something like a central processing unit, which does not need air, but only enough space to contain it.

Therefore, the main body of the floating ash is hidden underground.

Thinking of this, Yu Zhun slowly placed one hand on the ground.

The slightest fluctuation originating from underground was quickly transmitted into his senses through that hand, and then transformed into a three-dimensional underground scene in his mind.

This sonar-like special ability is also the result of his recent unexpected evolution.

Soon, Yu Zhun's gaze fell in a certain direction.

There, underground, lies a huge hollow area.

Moreover, the size of that hollow area was much larger than he had imagined.

"Floating Ash, I've found you." Muttering to himself, Yu Zhun tightened his grip on the dagger, quietly disappearing into the night, heading in the direction he sensed.

As Yu Zhun continued on his way, he did not see anyone until he was almost at his destination when a figure suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

It was an unfamiliar face, walking alone in the darkness.

Yu Zhun hadn't taken it to heart at first, but when his gaze fell on the other person's eyes, his heart suddenly trembled.

Those eyes, filled with extreme rationality, weren't they Fu Hui's?
The other party actually has other bodies?

Just as Yu Zhun was pondering, the man on the other side of the darkness looked at him.

Their eyes met, and the man revealed a slight smile.

That cold, predatory smile sent a chill down Yu Zhun's spine.

Sure enough! That was just surface ash!

And the strength of its current body...

Feeling the aura that rivaled that of the Black Hawk, Yu Zhun took a deep breath.

Third-tier Evolver!
This guy really made ample preparations for himself.

"hehe…"

Fu Hui chuckled softly, his laughter sounding particularly jarring in the quiet of the night and the empty surroundings. "Looks like we're on the same page."

“I want to seize this opportunity to capture you, and you want to take this opportunity to destroy my true form.” At this point, Fu Hui paused, “It’s quite surprising that you were able to locate this place.”

"However, such behavior is nothing more than walking into a trap."

"Are you so sure you can win?" Yu Zhun said coldly. "Don't forget the power I just used."

The smile remained on Fu Hui's face. "There's a human term, 'outwardly fierce but inwardly weak,' which perfectly describes your current situation."

"Your evolutionary ability is indeed terrifying, but such a terrifying ability must be accompanied by very strong limitations. According to my calculations, there is a 99.96% probability that you will not be able to use this ability again at this moment."

"Without your abilities, you are merely a second-tier evolver with only physical attributes, while my body is that of a third-tier evolver."

"Not only do they physically surpass you, but they also possess formidable abilities."

"The calculations tell me I have a 99.89% chance of winning."

Fu Hui paused slightly, then said, "But I believe even more that I will win."

“You don’t even believe in rational settlement results; you have indeed completely violated your own underlying logic.” Yu Zhun slowly raised the dagger.

"Since that's the case, then I'll show you."

"That 0.11% probability."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Zhun suddenly released the bowstring like a taut bow, his entire body lunging towards Fu Hui like an arrow. His pair of dark purple-black daggers gleamed like the fangs of a viper in the deep night, viciously tearing at his opponent.

"It's useless." Fu Hui spoke softly, and with a wave of his hand, all the metal elements around him were stripped away and then quickly gathered together to form a long sword.

"Ping—"

With a resounding clang of metal clashing, Fu Hui's knife and Yu Zhun's pair of daggers collided.

“You should be glad that your weapon is made of a fifth-tier alloy,” Fu Hui said quietly. “Otherwise, you would be weaponless now.”

"Hmph—" Yu Zhun glanced at the spot where the dagger and the blade collided, and a shallow nick had appeared on the blade of the opponent's longsword.

"Casually conjuring a third-tier alloy... that's not all that impressive!"

"Is that so?" Fu Hui said calmly.

The next instant, the blade of the longsword suddenly bent, as if it were about to bypass the dagger's defense and slash at Yu Zhun's neck!
Yu Zhun's pupils contracted slightly, and he suddenly exerted force with both hands to parry the opponent's weapon. He then took the opportunity to retreat backward, narrowly avoiding this sudden attack.

As he watched the weapon in his opponent's hand change shape at will, his expression gradually became serious.

He had experienced a similar ability in the Netherworld, so he knew all too well how cunning and unfair such an ability was.

Although he spoke with disdain, Yu Zhun never underestimated his opponent, and the current outcome was telling him that his opponent was even stronger than he had anticipated.

Although the other party's guess was wrong, there was one thing they were right about: he was indeed no longer able to toll the death knell to eliminate them.

After all, the 50 kills he had already used up were his current limit.

and so…

My only chance of winning is the information gap!
The other party still regards him as an ordinary evolved being, but Yu Zhun is very clear that he is not an ordinary evolved being, but a special being who evolved through a special gene drug and was strengthened by a mutation inducer.

After these days of adaptation, he has already evolved some special abilities that ordinary people don't have, such as night vision, sensory analysis, and so on...

Resistance to potent poison. *Snap—*

Yu Zhun casually tossed a small medicine bottle at Fu Hui's feet.

The medicine bottle shattered with a crack. Upon seeing what it was, Fu Hui's expression changed drastically. "How did you get this…?"

"How could I possibly have the kind of deadly poison you use in the office?" Yu Zhun casually said what Fu Hui hadn't finished saying, then chuckled.

“Extracted from me.”

Previously in the office, Yu Zhun was also poisoned, but his poison resistance allowed him to remain unaffected by the poison, which does not mean that the poison did not exist.

However, it is eventually excreted from the body through metabolism.

Yu Zhun, however, took special care and preserved these toxins.

Now, the bullet fired by Floating Ash has hit Floating Ash himself.

Under Yu Zhun's cold gaze, Fu Hui collapsed to the ground with a thud, his strength dissipating at a visible speed.

Ignoring the floating ash, which no longer posed any threat to him, Yu Zhun turned and headed towards the location of the floating ash's main body.

"No...no!"

Fu Hui reached out to try to stop him, but the terrible toxins had already begun to erode his body. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and the next moment his gaze became empty.

It withdrew from the body.

It needs to enter the new body before Yu Zhun arrives!
"Wow--"

Inside the underground laboratory, a brand-new culture chamber shattered, and as the liquid spilled out, a brand-new body collapsed to the ground.

Fu Hui opened his eyes again, and then his expression froze on his face.

Because Yu Zhun was already standing in front of it, holding a dagger high in his hand.

"Pfft-"

With a sound of a dagger piercing flesh, the dagger instantly pierced the heart of the new, dusty body, erasing all life from it.

Immediately afterwards, the new incubation chamber shattered, and the new body was obliterated.

During this process, the hollow basement continuously circulated, and Yu Zhun ruthlessly obliterated each and every carefully prepared body covered in ash.

"Stop! Stop now!" The moment the last remaining body of the ash-covered creature opened its eyes, it pleaded, "Spare me."

"I will faithfully assist you and make you the new master of the City of Floating Ash!"

"I don't need it." Yu Zhun said, piercing Fu Hui's heart once again, before a smile appeared on his face. "The quantity is enough."

Who would have thought that killing Floating Ash's body could be considered a kill?
Because he had discovered this, Yu Zhun was not in a hurry at all. Like a hunter dealing with his prey, he waited for the floating ash to enter each body and struggle in its death throes.

He strolled leisurely to a huge machine box, raised the dagger in his hand, and at that moment, a cold, mechanical voice rang out.

"You can't destroy me."

"Even if you destroy my computer case, I can still save a small amount of the most critical data elsewhere, and after a period of time, I can restore it to its original state."

“I don’t really understand the technology here,” Yu Zhun smiled. “However, I don’t need to.”

"I may not be able to kill you, but it can."

As soon as the words were spoken, a death knell quietly tolled.

The next instant, the computer case in front of them turned to ashes.

Meanwhile, in hundreds of other locations in the City of Floating Ash, storage devices exploded simultaneously.

The true master of the City of Ashes, the AI ​​Ashes, was completely annihilated at this moment.

Yu Zhun, however, was still marveling at the horror of the death knell.

"They can even erase such a conceptual existence." He clicked his tongue. "No wonder it's the Death Knell that can destroy the world."

"However, my kill count has been reset again. I need to find a way to increase it as soon as possible."

At this point, a glint flashed in Yu Zhun's eyes.

This world was already in a state of barely surviving. Once the death knell tolls, it will have almost no ability to resist and will only be able to move towards destruction.

Although he wasn't born in this world, he met Black Hawk and the others here, so he doesn't want this world to be destroyed.

After learning part of the truth about the disaster, he had a bold idea.

The death knell may not be a death knell for the world.

What if he could toll the death knell for another world from this one?

The world that invaded and destroyed this place seems to fit this description.

Of course, to do this, he first needs to find a way to contact the other world.

"Never mind, I'll stop thinking about it for now." Yu Zhun shook his head.

He had already mentally prepared himself for the fact that the third-stage trial would take a long time.

After all, it's a six-star job change target; how could it be so easy to achieve?
As he stepped out of the underground space, he soon saw Black Hawk and his two companions walking side by side.

"Yu Zhun, are you alright?" Black Hawk asked with concern, looking Yu Zhun up and down, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Yu Zhun was alright.

"How's the floating ash?"

“I’ve completely destroyed it.” Yu Zhun smiled. “From now on, the City of Floating Ash will never be controlled by the AI ​​again.”

"And our predicament should be considered resolved."

Upon hearing this, Black Hawk and Wolf Fang both smiled, while Rat remained sullen.

"Mouse, what's wrong?" Noticing the unusual expression on Mouse's face, Yu Zhun couldn't help but ask.

"This guy's prosthetic body suddenly malfunctioned just now." Wolf Fang grinned. "Luckily, his heart prosthetic body is still working properly, otherwise he would have been sent flying."

"I clearly just got a new prosthetic core processor," the rat muttered. "This processor alone cost me over 400,000 Tulas."

"It just inexplicably exploded on the way here."

"Without the processor, I can't control my prosthetic body anymore." As he spoke, he raised his prosthetic arm, which now hung limply as if it were broken, no longer possessing the agility that his flesh-and-blood arm had before.

"Don't be upset." Yu Zhun had already guessed what had happened and couldn't help but laugh. "You should feel lucky."

"At least, you won't have to leave here with dust on your hands."

"With dust on it?!" The rat couldn't help but widen its eyes, and the other two also looked surprised.

Yu Zhun then briefly recounted what had just happened to the three of them.

When he heard that all the storage devices containing the ash backups had been destroyed at the same time, the rat couldn't help but shudder. He wished he could throw away his prosthetic arm immediately, but Black Hawk stopped him.

"Since everything is alright now, don't throw it away."

"This is too creepy," the mouse muttered to itself.

(End of this chapter)