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Chapter 11 Has he lost his mind?
An Jing did not respond to the system immediately.

She just stood there quietly, pretending to be thinking, as if she were caught in a moment of silence and hesitation.

The system stopped speaking, as if it knew she needed time to process the information, or perhaps... it genuinely believed its "suggestion" had worked.

The silence lasted for about seven or eight seconds.

Then, An Jing suddenly let out a soft "tsk".

She seemed to smile, but the smile was as cold as ice, and then she slowly spoke:
"Are you out of your mind?"

system:"……"

"What are you saying? You want me to kill the Lamplighter?" Her voice was barely audible, but her tone was like a knife. "Do you think I could do something like that?"

The system attempts to explain: "I'm just offering a possible approach."

"Shut up." She sneered, her eyes darkening. "Next time you offer advice, use your brain first."

"I survived alone, and all the Lamplighters are dead. Do you think those people outside are all dead? Do you think they won't be able to find me? Won't they find anything unusual about me? Even 001 could see that I was unusually calm. Do you think the others will let me go?"

"Do you think the organization that holds the lamps is a kindergarten? So easily fooled?"

“Moreover,” she said, her voice heavy and stern, “they didn’t harm me, they even saved me. Even if they had doubts, they couldn’t help but observe.”

"You want me to kill them?" She was speechless. "What do you take me for? An antisocial person? You shouldn't have the heart to harm others, but you can't be without the heart to guard against others. System, don't you realize that I'm a recent high school graduate?"

The air was deathly still.

The system has been completely muted.

As if realizing that he had stepped on a landmine, and perhaps also realizing that An Jing's anger at this moment was not an ordinary emotional fluctuation, but an emotional outburst that was extremely suppressed yet forced to be released.

An Jing herself fell silent, took a deep breath, and adjusted her heart rate.

Once the anger subsided, exhaustion washed over her; her brow furrowed slightly, and her temples throbbed with pain.

Ahead, 001 raised his hand to look at his wristwatch, then glanced at the communication device filled with static, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

Thirty minutes have passed.

The signal has still not been restored.

The communication noise continued to flicker irregularly, sometimes weak and sometimes strong, as if the aftershocks of some kind of forced interference were still at work.

"This creature is really cunning," 001 whispered.

He wasn't saying this to anyone in particular; it sounded more like he was talking to himself.

012, standing beside him, looked at him and asked, "Captain, what do we need to do now?"

001 did not answer immediately.

He closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again, his gaze still fixed on the silent villa.

"No rush," he said in a deep voice.

"Let's wait and see. We'll have to wait until he gets anxious and makes a mistake before we can figure things out. He will get anxious."

012 nodded, while 001 remained standing, his gaze no longer fixed on the villa, but instead subtly sweeping towards An Jing.

She stood a little distance away, still keeping her head down and silent, like a quiet and introverted student, tired but strong.

But his gaze towards her showed no tenderness whatsoever.

It's not that I don't have doubts.

Rather, it's excessive suspicion.

At eighteen, fresh out of college, he entered a mysterious magnetic field for the first time, and all his classmates died on the spot.

She was the only one who survived.

Moreover, since being found, he has remained calm in his speech and behavior, with no abnormalities or contamination in his mind, and his reactions have been just right and "normal".

If this isn't even worth questioning, then he might as well quit and become a food delivery driver.

more importantly.

Upon entering the magnetic field, he received an internal instruction.

"This operation is not only about investigating magnetic field anomalies, but more importantly, about the origin, which is related to the secrets of the mysterious magnetic field and the reasons for its formation."

"We have determined that the anomaly of this magnetic field is extremely high, and it has several common characteristics of 'primordial events'."

"If you don't find any generated items at the scene, it means that the Primal Source is very likely still in this magnetic field. Because items won't generate where the Primal Source is."

At the time, 001 thought it was too far-fetched.

But now, their men have searched the entire villa, and there isn't a single prop. Not even a trace.

What does that mean?
001 lowered her eyes and gently tapped the watch case with her fingertips.

This means that the origin is still hidden within the magnetic field.

Or it might be hidden on someone.

And that person…

His gaze slowly fell on that figure.

She was backlit, her eyes were empty, and she looked tired, timid, and dull, as if she didn't understand anything.

Unfortunately, no matter how well they pretended, they couldn't hide the calmness that shouldn't belong to a "survivor".

He had noticed it a long time ago.

Her first reaction upon seeing the team was not to "collapse and cry for help" or to "feel grateful and exhausted," but rather to instinctively observe the division of labor among the team members.

Instead of asking in alarm whether the magnetic field would dissipate, she intentionally kept her distance from her teammates.

She showed no signs of mental disorder.

There wasn't even a trace of the "guilt after witnessing a classmate's death."

So weird.

001 narrowed his eyes.

He wasn't in a hurry to expose her.

They're all in the same boat right now; none of them can get out.

The outside is full of their people too.

It's bad to alert the enemy.

He will keep an eye on her.

At that moment, a communication device in the distance suddenly flashed, and a brief spike in noise signal appeared, lasting only one second.

012 immediately turned around: "Captain, the communication at the edge of the magnetic field is showing interference fluctuations, which seems to be a probing activity."

001's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he lowered his voice, saying, "It's starting to get anxious."

Then he whispered sharply, "Watch out, it might be about to strike."

Although his voice wasn't loud, it fell like a hammer in the eerily quiet countryside.

An Jing also tensed up instantly.

His fingers instinctively gripped his cuff, and his gaze suddenly swept towards the deathly silent villa gate.

If that mysterious creature is truly certain that the system is on it... what will it do?
Devour her?
Tear her apart and forcefully pull out the system?
The system has said it "can't hear" it, it can only guess. But given the current situation, how long can the system's cover-up last?
As her thoughts raced, she suddenly froze.

The air seemed to suddenly turn cold.

It's not the kind of coldness you feel when the wind blows across your skin.

Instead, it was the icy sensation that surged up from my spine.

She suddenly held her breath, and out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that she wasn't the only one; several other lantern bearers around her had also subconsciously turned their heads slightly, their eyes becoming alert and suppressed.

Being targeted.

It's not just ordinary "hostility" or "lockdown".

It was an extremely ominous gaze, like that of a wild beast staring at its prey.

Its source is invisible and its location cannot be determined, yet it truly exists.

Like a pair of eyes, they are among the crowd, hidden in some shadow, behind some window, in some corner, coldly and quietly watching everyone, especially…

she was.

An Jing clenched her back teeth tightly.

She didn't know if that "gaze" was really on her, but she could feel the "spying" coming from behind getting closer and closer, like some kind of ghost was getting close to the edge of her skin, licking and sensing the "foreign object" inside her body.

It is confirming.

The system's voice was so low it was almost inaudible: "It's not sure if I'm with you yet, but it sensed my residual energy."

(End of this chapter)