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

Jiang Mian smoothed her slightly messy hair from sleeping.

That thing seems to affect not only the physical body, but also the mind.

Even something as powerful as [Incineration] leaves a small amount of pollution after burning, requiring a second burning to clean it completely.

Given her current skill level, this situation is unlikely to occur unless the opponent's level is far higher than hers and their sequence is also not low.

Jiang Mian recalled the form of that thing in his dream. Was it really the [Blood Tai Sui]?

Not like.

That characteristic... is closer to the calamity of the [chaos] path, with lurking shadows and disordered flesh, possessing both important characteristics.

For example, Sequence 49, [Crimson Touch], is a lump of flesh and blood without a fixed shape.

Core abilities, however, evolve in different directions depending on the surrounding environment, and then solidify, resulting in diverse individual forms.

Some will grow shells, some will grow sharp spikes...

In short, it can be summed up in one word: chaos.

In Jiang Mian's view, what happened last night was just a hodgepodge of unknown origin and random cobbling together.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore."

She shook her head, temporarily abandoning her thoughts, got up, put on her slippers, and prepared to wash up.

Knowing that this thing exists, I need to be even more careful in the future and never drink any potions of unknown origin.

Who knows what's mixed in there?

……

Half an hour later, at the No. 3 maintenance area of ​​the East City Wall.

This location is at the base of the city wall, next to a small exit that can only allow two large trucks to pass at the same time.

When Jiang Mian arrived, eight teams had already been assembled.

There are three teams belonging to the East City Wall, all of whom are familiar faces. One team is Shen Qiuyu's group, and the other team is Xiong Yu's team, which they had met before.

As for the others, they came from other defense zones.

Normally, manpower is always in short supply because people need to take turns guarding various outposts.

It's quite rare that so many people were able to be separated this time.

The rest of the team had already arrived, and Jiang Mian moved lightly, naturally blending into the group.

Once everyone was present, Qin Wu nodded and began to briefly explain the mission.

Just as she had received the information last night, the supplies would be transported in batches on the return trip, just like the imperial court's disaster relief grain.

A small batch was transported back, but most of it still had to be shipped south and handed over to Base City No. 145.

The situation there is similar to that in the city, both involving infected individuals, but it seems to be more serious, with an unexpectedly large number of cases, and they even need to borrow some people.

Therefore, the higher-ups directly combined the support and transportation tasks.

Since Jiang Mian and her team were still in trainee status, they were not assigned to dangerous missions for the time being. Instead, the three teams from the East City Wall were responsible for transporting this batch back.

"That's about it. Is everything clear?"

Qin Wu rubbed the thermos in his hand.

"Understood!"

The group responded in unison.

"Great! Very energetic!"

He waved his hand, signaling everyone to relax and do one more check.

Jiang Mian touched her bag.

She didn't bring the surrogate skin out; there was no need.

In any case, those two will definitely make a move.

In this fog, silently tossing them to death would not be difficult for her.

However, to ensure everything went smoothly, she still brought the special communication device given to her by Number Four, the Talk Box.

These unusual alien remains arose because electronic devices could not function properly in the fog.

It's only a two-star quality item, yet it uses materials from both the [Sound Follower] and [Earth Listener] calamities.

The combined effect results in a communication range of only two kilometers, and it requires contact with the ground to function.

Considering that it can still be used in the fog, this thing is worth twice as much as a regular two-star alien artifact.

Jiang Mian planned to make good use of this little thing.

Where no one was looking, she quietly took out the communication box, which looked like a skull the size of a quail egg.

Holding it in his hand, Jiang Mian quietly tossed it under the car.

The "water" in the surrounding air quickly condensed, enveloping the communication box without making a sound.

Then, the water flowed out like tentacles, sticking the thing to the bottom of the car.

The whole process was completed in one go, without making a sound.

As soon as Jiang Mian straightened up, a hand patted her shoulder.

"Mianmian!"

"Alas!"

Jiang Mian pretended to be frightened, turned around and saw that it was Lin Xiaoyue, breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest.

They had only known each other for a week, and spent most of their time together in the dormitory at night. Lin Xiaoyue was always very enthusiastic, and I don't know when it started, but I started calling her that.

Although Jiang Mian was somewhat resistant, she reluctantly accepted it.

"Why such a big reaction? Did you do something wrong?"

Seeing her like this, Lin Xiaoyue found it rather cute and teased her.

"Xiaoyue, why did you suddenly scare me..."

"No, you're just too engrossed in your own world."

From her perspective, Jiang Mian had just been sitting alone to the side with his back to her, as if he was organizing the things in his bag.

"Is there...?"

Lin Xiaoyue waved her hand, moved slightly closer to Jiang Mian, glanced in the direction of Xiong Yu's team, and lowered her voice to say:

"Mianmian, I have something to tell you."

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Mian followed her gaze and saw that the group was checking their equipment, and everything seemed to be normal.

"It's the one to the left of the Bears, the one who's pretty tall and has slightly curly hair."

"Since we started gathering, I've noticed that he keeps glancing in our direction, or more precisely... he's looking at Qiu Yu."

Ok?

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mian subtly sized up the man.

He had an ordinary appearance, was around thirty years old, and had probably just reached the second rank recently; his aura was somewhat weak.

He was helping the other members of the squad organize their equipment, and he seemed perfectly normal.

"Xiaoyue, could it be... you're mistaken? Maybe you just can't help but glance at Qiuyu because she's pretty?"

Even so, Jiang Mian remained somewhat wary.

The person gave her a feeling... that seemed normal, but intuitively there was something strange about him.

How to put it... it's like something that looks very human but isn't human, mimicking human expressions and movements perfectly.

She knew very well that the mutual aid society had only sent three people, including herself, on this mission.

What's going on with this person?

"My intuition has always been very strong!"

Lin Xiaoyue puffed out her chest and said confidently:

"If you ask me—"

Jiang Mian tilted her head back, blinked, and looked completely innocent.

"That guy is definitely thinking dirty thoughts!"

"what?"

……

On the other side, Xiong Yu's team.

"Ahua? Are you ready? Get in the car! We're about to leave!"

Xiong Yu called out towards the target the two had been discussing.

"Alright, alright, Captain Bear, I'm coming."

Ahua packed up his equipment and then walked to the back seat.

However, before closing the car door, he inadvertently glanced at Shen Qiuyu's back not far away.

"It smells so good..."