Using the MC system to pretend spiritual revival

Chapter 186 The Mysterious Messenger
"Shh~ Don't make a sound before attacking! Otherwise you won't catch the rabbit!"

When she said this, her expression behind the fox-tail mask was very serious, as if what she had just said made perfect sense.

"This is what Brother Xiaochuan taught me. Since I learned it, I've never failed to catch a rabbit!"

As if to make her words more certain and irrefutable, she continued in a serious tone and a clear voice, adding a sentence.

Upon hearing this, Yue Yi suddenly took a step back, only then recovering from the intimidating aura that the other party had just exuded.

Behind the mask, he glanced warily at the organization member in front of him, whose appearance was extremely deceptive.

Not daring to say anything more, he could only nod and agree with what the other person said.

After doing this, the oppressive aura pressing down on him suddenly dissipated.

"Right! How could you possibly know more about hunting than me? You've never even caught a rabbit!"

After saying that, she ignored everyone else and turned her head back, maintaining that strange posture as she stared intently down below.

Yue Yi, watching from the side, was furious but helpless. In terms of combat strength, even the three of them combined might not be able to defeat this person.

"Ugh…"

Thinking this through, Yue Yi sighed inwardly and ultimately had no choice but to give up.

The fox tail, who was in charge of the fighting, refused to obey orders. In order to prevent trouble for the head of the family, the three of them had no choice but to work even harder.

Thus, the rooftop of this shopping mall fell silent once again.

I don’t know how much time passed.

Suddenly, a burst of fire, louder than usual, erupted from the top of the defensive line not far away.

Yue Yi, who had been silent all along, suddenly raised his head, sensing that something was wrong.

And almost immediately thereafter.

The communicator on her waist suddenly rang.

With a bad feeling, she immediately took off the communicator and connected the call.

A sudden burst of noise came from the receiver.

After a series of loud crashes, clear words were finally heard.

"Yi! Come quick, call Foxtail! A huge horde of those green-haired zombies has appeared! The defenses are about to crumble, we need backup!"

The call had barely been made when, before she could ask anything, the communication was abruptly cut off.

Clearly, the situation has become quite urgent.

Yue Yi, who also realized this, wore an anxious expression.

However, he glanced at the little girl lying motionless not far away.

In the end, he could only grit his teeth, pick up the weapon beside him, and quickly run towards the stairs.

Then, amidst a series of footsteps, they gradually disappeared into the distance.

The fox tail, lying on the small blanket, naturally heard the commotion.

Its ears twitched, but it didn't do anything else, not even bothering to glance back.

...

at this time.

The defense line not far downstairs.

On a small terrace on the second floor, Yue Yi, still damp from the rain, hurried over.

Here, there were two other people of different build, but both wearing antique-style fish-scale armor and patterned masks.

"Yue Yi? Why are you alone?"

As soon as they approached, the other two heard the footsteps, turned around, and greeted each other in an unusually familiar manner.

However, upon seeing that there was no one behind him and the expression on the tall man's face behind his mask, he frowned and asked with some confusion.

"...Sigh, let's not talk about that now. How's the situation now?"

Yue Yi bypassed the two men and went to the terrace to look down at the situation below.

The meaning wasn't explicitly stated, but the other two people beside them exchanged glances and understood what was going on.

Although they had little contact and only a brief collaboration, they had already noticed the problem with the people who came with them.

Not normal.

So the two of them didn't say anything more, ignoring the previous question and talking about the current situation, their tone becoming serious.

"Center C just made an attempt to intercept it once, and the situation is temporarily stabilized."

As he spoke, Yue Ding, who was slightly taller and wore armor and carried a sword, raised his hand and pointed to the defensive line below, which had been pushed forward quite a bit.

"These green-haired zombies had appeared sporadically before."

"The defensive line has a geographical advantage, using high ground to attack low ground, and has many deployment positions. Once it is breached in a short time, it will be quickly sniped."

"But just 10 minutes ago, perhaps we made too much noise and attracted more zombies."

"Among them, zombies with green hair and unusually hard bodies began to appear in large numbers, and soon they advanced to within 50 meters of the weak points of the firepower."

"But I have quickly called up replacements to fill the gaps."

"We had enough ammunition and grenades, so we managed to hold out. Some who rushed close were shot down by C."

As he recounted the story, pointing to Yue Yi, it became apparent that the number of guns deployed along the defensive line had increased significantly.

Originally, two rounds of substitutes were made to cope with the high intensity of fire, but now they have obviously been filled in the open positions.

This greatly increased the density of firepower, but also sacrificed sustainability.

Yue Yi, who was in charge of overall coordination in the team, couldn't help but frown deeply.

Her gaze shifted again, and she saw the dense horde of corpses along the enemy's defensive line.

Among them were ordinary zombies who were emaciated, but more were black-haired and green-haired zombies who survived the intense barrage of fire.

The dense hail of bullets rained down, creating a flurry of sparks; only repeated firing could cause any damage.

Obviously, even if the ammunition supply holds up, the personnel's energy will decline over time.

At that point, with a distance of less than 50 meters, there simply wouldn't be enough time to react or respond.

The defenses may seem stable for now, but in reality, they could collapse with just a small mistake.

Realizing this, she couldn't sit still any longer. Her eyes darted around, searching for a way out of the predicament.

Soon, her gaze fell upon a sturdy iron tower that was still standing stubbornly not far from the horde of corpses.

Judging from its shape and height, it resembles the support remnants of some kind of signal tower or billboard.

With a glint in his eyes, a plan quickly took shape.

Without further hesitation, he turned his head and looked at the two of them seriously.

"Now, we must break the deadlock as soon as possible before things get worse."

"I already have a plan. Have someone bring some explosives. Keep an eye on the situation and be ready to intercept at any time."

His tone was serious and earnest, and the two people beside him also became solemn upon hearing it.

Without asking any further questions, he directly called over the person waiting nearby and had him fetch two packets of explosives and place them aside.

Seeing that everything was ready, Yue Yi stepped onto the railing and turned to look at the two of them.

The next moment, as her body lowered, her entire being began to twist and change.

The outstretched arms quickly elongated and thinned, forming a wide, semi-transparent membrane that connected to the armpits, much like some kind of wings.

The head shrinks, a slender tail extends from the lumbar vertebrae, and the rest of the body begins to degenerate rapidly.

In a few breaths, a bat-like monster with wingspans several meters wide appeared on the railing.

Its long, flat eyes glanced at the two of them.

next moment.

It then twisted its body, grabbed the explosives beside it, and flew out into the pouring rain outside the window.

However, neither Bing nor Ding showed any surprise or doubt about all these changes.

Yue Yi is the only member of the team with awakened demonic beast bloodline, but his direct combat strength is not outstanding.

However, his flying ability, coupled with his excellent command and coordination skills, led him to become the leader of this team.

Just now, we didn't know what the other party was planning to do, but now we see them carrying explosives and rushing towards the iron tower, which is now just a base in the clouds.

The two, Bing and Ding, roughly guessed each other's thoughts.

This is indeed a key to breaking the deadlock.

Yue Yi began to act, and the two dared not delay.

They quickly found a favorable position and kept a close eye on the movement of the ever-growing horde of zombies below.

To prevent any accidents from happening due to a momentary noise.

Meanwhile, Yue Yi, transformed into a demon, had already flown to the vicinity of the tall iron tower with the prepared explosives.

His surging blood and energy as a cultivator also attracted the zombies below, who chased after him upstream.

This disrupted the formation of the zombie squad.

However, this effect was certainly not what she had hoped for after taking the risk.

She stood still for a while.

Once the zombies had gathered enough, they threw down the pre-placed explosives and then quickly flapped their wings to climb upwards.

next moment.

"boom--!!"

The moment the explosives touched a zombie's head, the impact triggered the internal fuse.

For an instant.

The enormous impact spread.

Then, the sparks and shrapnel scattered rapidly in all directions.

This even dried out a rainless area during the heavy rain.

Large numbers of weaker zombies were thrown around by the blast, while stronger zombies were also blown over, their bones broken and torn apart.

But that's not the main point.

Because the location was chosen in advance, the explosion destroyed the last bit of stability of the sturdy, towering, and shaky iron tower.

The entire metal pillar slowly tilted towards the horde of corpses, then, with a series of mournful metallic clangs, the last two bolts snapped, and it collapsed with a deafening crash. "Bang!!!"

With a loud crash, countless zombies within a radius of tens of meters were struck on the head by this blow.

The terrifying weight, along with the force of the collapse, slammed them directly into the ground.

After this half-person-high metal pillar crashed to the ground, it indirectly created an obstacle that was difficult for the zombies to overcome.

This directly slowed down the advance of the zombie horde.

Soon, this tactic began to show results.

The zombies in front were quickly torn to pieces and fell to the ground under the doubled firepower.

This interception slowed down the subsequent zombies, splitting the horde into two groups.

Suddenly, the pressure on the entire defensive line eased.

Do it all.

Yue Yi, the flying monster that had taken off beforehand to avoid the blast wave, flapped its wings and splashed in the rain before landing back on the balcony.

Its body quickly shrank back to human form, and it jumped down from the railing.

"How's it going?"

As soon as she landed, she took the mask that her subordinate handed her again and put it on.

The cover concealed her delicate features, which, though lacking expression and appearing stiff.

"The defense has improved significantly! Just now, we have pushed the zombie horde back down, and the defensive pressure has dropped dramatically."

"Given this trend, we will soon be able to withdraw some of the injured and exhausted personnel and replace them."

"We've almost reached the halfway point of the defense time set by the patriarch. At this rate, we can most likely retreat with minimal losses!"

You could hear the excitement in his voice just by listening to it; after all, according to the original plan, this operation was going to be a life-or-death situation.

Now that they can return home unharmed and receive a reward from their clan, how could they not be excited?

Just as the three of them relaxed and started chatting and laughing.

Suddenly, a series of sparse sounds came from somewhere in the room.

Yue Ding, who was standing nearby, was taken aback and turned around to look at him with a puzzled expression.

Just then, a hoarse, grating voice, like the sound of scraping glass, suddenly came from behind them.

"Hehe... Everyone seems to be in high spirits. It looks like you all did a great job with the mission~"

Then, under the watchful eyes of several people...

A tall, slender figure in black robes, almost touching the ceiling of the room, slowly emerged from the shadows.

When the light came on and everyone could see clearly, a face that was also wearing a mask slowly lifted up.

For a moment, neither side made a move.

It was Yue Ding who turned around and noticed it first, frowning and shouting sternly.

"Who are you? How do you have our masks!"

This question also voiced the common doubts of the three.

Although the masks of the Face Organization are simple in form, they actually have hidden identification marks on them.

The mask worn on the other person's face was indeed that of someone from the organization.

Members of the organization all know each other and can identify each other by the markings on their masks.

But the other person was wearing something they had never seen before.

Various doubts and speculations surfaced in the minds of the three, and their mood grew increasingly heavy.

They looked at each other and communicated.

They then moved their feet, subtly surrounding the mysterious person who had suddenly appeared.

"Don't be so nervous, I'm part of the organization too..."

"...I've just been hiding my identity and only contacting the Yue family head. It's normal that you don't know me."

"I have come here today with the latest orders from Patriarch Yue."

After saying that, he moved forward another step.

The three people hesitated after hearing this, unsure of what to do.

They exchanged a glance, and it was Yue Yi, who was in charge of the operation, who stepped forward.

"Stop, don't move."

"We cannot verify your authenticity at this time!"

“If you are truly the person in contact with the head of the family, you should know that in order to avoid being tracked, the head of the family is currently keeping his whereabouts secret and had already cut off contact before the plan was set off. We have no way to verify this.”

"You say you came on orders, but do you have any token?"

As he spoke, Yue Yi cautiously made hand gestures behind his back.

The two people behind him who noticed this silently raised the magical artifacts in their hands.

It seemed as if they would immediately kill the other party if they couldn't produce a token.

The tall, thin man in black robes, however, showed no sign of nervousness upon witnessing this scene.

He continued to approach slowly, reaching into the layers of black robes and rummaging around.

"Of course there are, you see..."

As they drew nearer, the last word fell.

The figure in black robes also approached within 10 steps, under the wary gazes of the three.

The hand that had been inside the clothes was pulled out, and in its palm was a palm-sized, antique-looking token.

Everyone stared in surprise upon closer inspection.

The man in black stood still, holding the token horizontally and moving it slowly so that all three could clearly see the words on it.

"This is... a decree from the Yue family patriarch?!"

With just one glance, Yue Yi recognized the origin of the token the other party was holding up.

On the brownish-red token, a large traditional Chinese character "岳" was engraved in the center, surrounded by various patterns of soldiers and horses.

Within the family, because of his quick wit and intelligence, he was nurtured from a young age and had the most exposure to various things among the three.

He understood the significance of this token to the Yue family—it had been passed down for seven hundred years, inherited from the founding patriarch, and was the only one of its kind in the world.

Upon seeing the patriarch's decree, most of her doubts immediately vanished.

Yue Yi raised his hand to signal Bing and Ding to stop fighting, and then stepped forward.

"I'll believe you for now..."

"...What new instructions did the patriarch give you?"

As he spoke, his gaze behind the mask remained fixed on the other person's every move as he approached.

Although the other party had produced a family head's token that did not appear to be fake, the sudden appearance of such a stranger still raised too many questions.

When he walked up to the other person, he took the token.

The mysterious man remained completely still, behaving himself as if he were merely a messenger.

Now Yue Yi let down his guard and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

"I'm truly sorry, but the current situation allows for extreme caution. We're doing this to ensure the mission proceeds smoothly, and we hope you understand..."

As he spoke, he raised both hands in a gesture of respect, his words sincere and earnest.

"Please inform us, messenger, what instructions has the patriarch issued?"

The tall, thin man in black robes holding the token was wearing a mask, so his expression was unreadable.

His gaze swept over the three of them, but he still spoke in that harsh voice, unhurriedly.

"Hmm... an instruction...?"

"...The Yue family head told me to tell you that you can leave now, abandon your defenses, and let the zombies into the city..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yue Yi, who was bowing with his hands clasped in front of him, suddenly straightened up, his eyes wide with astonishment.

In a flash, her mind raced, a flicker of panic crossed her eyes, and she opened her mouth as if to shout a warning to the others.

Before he could react, a hand with gleaming fingernails suddenly loomed larger in his line of sight.

"Pfft-!"

"Uh-huh!"

A short, sharp cry of pain.

next moment.

Her entire head, along with the specially made mask, was pierced through by a hand covered in scales.

"pat..."

The pinkish-white brain tissue was brought out and scattered on the ground along with the blood-stained token.

His entire body convulsed for a moment before he stopped breathing.

And all of this happened too suddenly.

Only then did Bing and Ding, who were standing at a distance, suddenly realize what had happened.

"Second?!"

They roared and charged forward, drawing their weapons.

"Die to me!!"

But one figure was faster than them. A pink figure, accompanied by a cold light, smashed through a nearby window and entered the room.

next moment.

Before the others could even see clearly, he charged straight at the black-robed man whose hand was still stuck in Yue Yi's head.

"Qiang——!"

A flash of cold light flashed.

In an instant, the tall, thin man in black robes was sliced ​​in two by a sharp, languid waist. Amidst the flying debris and shadows, a pink twin tail floated up.

"Ugh! You stinky thing! You stink just like that sewer rat!"

(End of this chapter)