Gao Wu: After transforming into a soft girl, I became a calamity?

Jiang Mian remembered that the core ability of a bone manipulator was to manipulate corpses whose level did not exceed that of themselves.

As long as they have bones and their abilities are not too different, they can be used by them.

They do not merge with these remains, but are used as temporary bodies, manipulating the body's movements through skeletal limbs, and can also borrow some of the remains' abilities during combat.

Therefore, they will not exhaust their existing bodies until they find a more suitable one.

Upon closer reflection, this mechanism would indeed be troublesome if it weren't for the limitations of its own strength.

If it could manipulate sequences far exceeding its own, that would be terrifying.

However, if a person with this disease awakens this ability, they can only manipulate their own bones and cannot unleash its full power. It is normal for them to be easily defeated by other people with this disease.

However... since some of the infected here have already begun to transform into calamities, there must be many more in other places as well.

Perhaps the shelter has already sealed off the surrounding area?

"Hurry up and get it done."

Thinking of this, Jiang Mian stopped watching the battle and instead leaped into the air. The surrounding breeze naturally lifted her body, allowing her to land lightly on the ground.

"!"

Ah Qiang's body, which was controlled by the bone manipulator, stopped in its tracks and slowly turned its head, its pale head staring intently at Jiang Mian.

Jiang Mian's lips curled slightly as he removed the wind aura that shielded his aura.

Its eyes suddenly turned green, its jaw opened wide, and it stuck out its long tongue to lick its... chin. The liquid dripping from the tip of its tongue onto the ground was either rainwater or saliva.

"It smells so good! It smells so good!"

Without hesitation, it rushed straight towards Jiangmian.

"You brainless idiot."

Jiang Mian scoffed, without even moving a step.

Of the calamities beyond sequence 100, only those on the Nightmare path possess a certain level of intelligence; the others act primarily on instinct and have no intelligence whatsoever.

Just as it entered Jiang Mian's locked range, a wisp of orange-gold flame suddenly appeared on its controllable body.

Immediately afterwards, the flames shot up and engulfed the entire "person".

Rainwater evaporates instantly when it hits it, turning into white mist.

Jiang Mian did not use [Gale] to enhance the flames, but the burning effect of [Fierce Flame] was still remarkable, and it was not affected by the rain at all.

Realizing the danger, the head twisted and pulled itself out.

He decisively detached himself from the body he had just acquired, and using only his eight skeletal limbs, he moved quickly across the ground, instinctively moving away from Jiang Mian, the source of danger.

However, it was too late.

Once Jiang Mian's flame is ignited, it will continue to burn until all the "firewood" is exhausted, unless she herself extinguishes it.

It seemed to feel some pain, roaring and rolling on the ground, but the flames on its head, like a persistent carbuncle, continued to burn quietly and grew stronger.

Jiang Mian glanced at the bone-manipulating master who was howling and thinking that this thing was quite resilient; she used to kill it instantly.

Perhaps it's because... this thing is already close to the third tier after complete transformation?

The headless corpse had been completely burned to ashes. Because it had just died, the feedback was quite good, equivalent to a normal level two corpse.

She didn't finish him off, but instead walked down the street. The fire was already lit, and it was only a matter of time before she killed him.

Behind Jiang Mian, the corpses on the ground were quickly set ablaze, turning into a sea of ​​fire in an instant.

There were actually some survivors, but after seeing Ah Qiang get "killed," his surviving underlings all ran away.

After all, everyone came here to survive. The fights are over, the bodies have been looted, the leader is gone, so be it. We can just find another one. Why risk our lives...

A moment later, the flames slowly dissipated, the scorching heat in the air was cooled by the rain, and the corpses lying scattered on the ground had disappeared without a trace.

Jiang Mian lowered her head, gently placing her hand on her chest, next to her heart, where the core of the calamity was emitting a faint warmth.

She was half full after just that one round of harvesting.

Now, Jiang Mian's appetite is different from before. Although a second-tier food can last for about three days, it is far from reaching the upper limit of her storage capacity.

The remains of those diseased individuals, along with the bone manipulator who died somewhere unknown, have pushed her remaining progress back by three-fifths.

Just a little bit more.

"Phew~ Keep going!"

Jiang Mian cheered herself up. Once she reached the third rank, who in the city could threaten her?

Even if you're at the fourth rank, you can't catch her!

However, Jiang Mian constantly reminded himself not to become arrogant. The order that the authorities had maintained in the fog for more than a hundred years was definitely not that simple!

If I were to be discovered in my own "apocalypse," I'd probably be in big trouble.

Having just witnessed a patient lose control, Jiang Mian became even more determined not to reveal his identity, at least not before he was free of the inhibitors!

If she were to turn into a calamity, who knows what she would become?

With this thought in mind, Jiang Mian once again concealed his presence and disappeared into the rain. This time, his direction was... further west, towards the Black Killer's base.

……

Near the factory, there was a cluster of dilapidated bungalows.

It looks unremarkable, but the inside is a completely different story.

The interior decoration is completely different from the dilapidated exterior; it is quite exquisite, and even the chandelier on the ceiling is quite stylish.

"Feed? Boss?"

In the office on the second floor, a simply dressed middle-aged man answered the phone.

His name is Chen Gong, and he is the leader of this Black Killing gang.

Even before the riots began, he and his men had been stationed there, presenting themselves as legitimate businesses. Only after everyone else had left did they become bolder in their actions.

Others may not know, but he understands it perfectly well.

This area will be cleared out sooner or later, so he does his best in everything he does, just in order to have a chance to settle down somewhere else.

"Yes, it's me."

The voice on the other end was clearly processed; it was impossible to tell whether the original voice was male or female.

"How's the investigation going?"

"this……"

Chen Gong hesitated for a moment before reporting to his superior:

"Boss, Liu Mu did go to the target's house, but he never came out again. He was nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead."

"There's no reason why a near-Tier 3 [Ranger] could ambush a Tier 1 [Eye of the Storm] and get killed instead..."

"I don't care about that."

The voice on the other end of the phone was full of impatience and interrupted him directly.

"I'm spending so much money to solve the problem."

"Your people can't even handle a little girl who's only recently awakened, and you can't even figure out why you failed. What use are you?"

Clearly, he was very dissatisfied with Chen Gong's answer.

"Boss, could you give us a little more time? We... we can try again?"

Although Chen Gong was furious, he still spoke respectfully.

The reason is simple: the other party holds the opportunity to leave Base City 144 openly and legitimately, which is what he wants most right now.

In this situation, either the target itself is problematic, or there is someone protecting it... It's really tricky, but the situation is urgent now, so we can only bite the bullet and keep going.