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Night once again descended upon the city, the lights blooming in a dazzling display, shimmering in response to one another. The long-lost warmth seemed to ignite the night sky.
The ginkgo leaves could no longer withstand the frost's pressure, falling onto the winter ground, but as soon as they embraced the earth, they were crushed beneath a person's foot. With a "crack," they shattered.
It couldn't be said to be a person; it was merely a creature that resembled one. Virgil stood alone in this rare clearing of the forest, gazing at the distant city. She had been watching for over an hour.
Behind her, those Soulless Zombies had nothing to do, standing still and entering a state of dormancy. From a distance, they looked like dense little stone pillars standing in the forest.
Virgil glanced back at them and sighed softly. "If it were them, that would be nice..."
Virgil lowered her head, looking at the decayed and broken neural pathways within her body. Her neural pathways appeared more active than those of living beings under the influence of chaotic power, with energy flowing throughout her body. From afar, she looked like someone charging up, surrounded by flickering gray-white flames.
She felt both unfortunate and fortunate. Virgil's misfortune stemmed from regretting her response to the Time-Space King's summons, returning to this planet that no longer belonged to her and becoming a monster that could not be seen by others. But since she was here, she might as well do something. Fortunately, she had gained the power to destroy this world she despised. At least in this regard, she was successful, even managing to deceive the Chaos Crystals' assessment.
"Wow—"
A confused roar pulled Virgil back to reality. She turned around to find one of her Soulless Zombies either waking up or never having slept at all, standing behind her with its body hunched and head tilted as if asking why she wasn't sleeping.
Although it was a Soulless Zombie, Virgil had endowed them with some emotional capacity in her design—otherwise, they wouldn't even listen to their own commands; what good would that do in battle?
"I'll sleep in a bit," Virgil said.
She knew it was already late; dawn would break in just a few hours.
The zombie hesitated for a moment before returning to its companions and standing still again.
Seeing it go back to sleep, Virgil continued to gaze toward the city.
The Celestial Warriors' investigation into that murder case was indeed caused by Virgil herself. To resurrect Soulless Zombies as her military force, she had gone to that graveyard. While casting her spell, Virgil's keen eyes caught a glint of light from a lens—thus capturing the Caretaker. To avoid exposing herself to humans, killing him was her only choice.
As for why she left behind an eyeball at the scene, one would have to ask why Virgil chose to gouge out the Caretaker's eye in the first place. Perhaps she truly detested being photographed by humans.
However, one thing was perplexing—Virgil did not choose to destroy the Caretaker's phone but intentionally left it on the ground before heading to the next graveyard with her newly resurrected minion.
Was she trying to warn humanity? It made no sense; just this hollowed-out grave and the missing Caretaker were enough to terrify people for quite some time. If Virgil did not show herself to explain, it could become an unsolved mystery in human history.
Yet, Virgil did not want to play such tricks; she left evidence of being photographed because she knew there was a tailing nuisance behind her—Miao Chengmin.
Ever since Virgil left the Spirit Corps group, Miao Chengmin had been searching for traces of her across the country, hoping to stop her before she expanded her influence. But with such vast territory, where could Miao Chengmin find Virgil? He discovered that Virgil's arrival at this graveyard was purely coincidental.
Or rather, it was luck that guided Miao Chengmin here.
Virgil wandered through the forest like a runaway child, believing she could succeed—resurrecting zombies and rebuilding the planet so that the entire universe would know her name.
Though she did not possess Chaos Crystals, the power granted to her for resurrecting Soulless Zombies was sufficient for her spells.
This was Virgil's first step in expanding her influence; leaving evidence served a purpose similar to humans marking their visit somewhere. She estimated that Miao Chengmin would arrive before human police did; thus she left behind the phone—Virgil wanted Miao Chengmin to know: you can do nothing; you can only watch me succeed.
However, Virgil miscalculated because ultimately it was human police who arrived first.
Of course, Virgil didn't just leave this one piece of evidence; she also intentionally left behind a Soulless Zombie as if showcasing her achievements to Miao Chengmin. Unfortunately, he never got to see it—George discovered it instead and leaned in for a closer look before Xiao Kuang and Blue Face Hero ended its existence.
Reflecting on her experiences over the past month, Virgil felt as though every day had been spent either at graveyards or on her way to them. Now, although she hadn't counted how many Soulless Zombies she had amassed as chips against humanity, intuition told her it was time.
Virgil had long decided that she didn't need to resurrect too many zombies; firstly because it was inconvenient for action and secondly because she could resurrect those humans who had been killed as cannon fodder. Harvesting while recycling—what a wonderful thing!
Unknowingly, distant dawn had already torn through darkness and pierced through gloom into the world below. Virgil feared not gazing directly at the Sun; her virtual pupils slowly lifted with the morning light as she quietly concealed all thoughts within her heart.
Ambiguous between good and evil might be the most accurate evaluation of Virgil. In life, she was a hero among her kin; in death, however, she became an enemy of all humanity.
She missed it too—the family members, homeland, and world of yesteryear—but alas, all were destroyed by human nature.
"Don't think about it anymore, Virgil," she murmured to herself. "Wait until the Sun rises thirty degrees east-south; then set off with your minions."
She sat down against a tree trunk and wrapped her arms around her legs.
"I'll just sleep for a bit... just for a bit..."
Virgil tilted his head and fell into a deep sleep.
"Ring ring ring..."
"Get up, lazy pig! If you sleep any longer, I’ll wash you... ring ring ring... get up, lazy pig..."
Ma Yihan's pure and charming voice began to echo in the room, again and again. Liu Xuan turned over, his brain struggling for a long time before finally making an extremely difficult decision—Liu Xuan stretched his arm out from the warm blanket, bidding farewell to his cozy home. Battling the biting cold air, risking frostbite and the danger of freezing, he tremblingly placed his palm on the metal alarm clock cover. Ignoring the icy invasion, he pressed down on the button with all his might—“Click,” the alarm clock was finally silenced.
Liu Xuan immediately withdrew his hand at lightning speed, burying himself back under the covers to recover the massive warmth he had just expended—this was the tiny bit of warmth he had accumulated all night.
"Ugh... I don't want to get up..."
Liu Xuan knew it was already eight o'clock—he had set the alarm for eight.
"Buzz," his phone vibrated once.
"Spam text, ignore it," Liu Xuan thought.
"Buzz."
"Charity text, ignore it," Liu Xuan remained motionless.
"Buzz."
"I have no money... why do they keep sending me scam texts?" Liu Xuan tried to convince himself.
"Buzz."
"An Xiaotian must be urging me to get up..."
"Buzz buzz."
"..."
"Buzz."
"Oh come on, spare me! Ma Yihan—"
Liu Xuan opened his eyes, rolled over in his blanket to the edge of the bed, and picked up his charging phone.
Sure enough, Ma Yihan knew he got up at eight and sent him a good morning message right on time, along with a few voice messages.
Liu Xuan clicked on the first voice message.
"Get up, get up, little rascal."
Liu Xuan couldn't help but smile as he continued listening to the voice messages.
"Do you know what day it is today? Today is Christmas Eve! You must eat an apple; it's a must!"
"Wishing you... peace and safety every day!"
"I don't mean anything else, but please send my regards to An Xiaotian too; I haven't seen him in a while."
Liu Xuan listened quietly.
"Hey, do you know about Peace One Yuan?"
"Oh dear, silly boy, I knew you wouldn't understand. Let me tell you. Simply put, one peace equals one yuan; count how many peace messages I've sent you! Hehe, hurry up and give me some or I'll report you and block you!"
"You're such a joker..." Liu Xuan said while sitting up and getting dressed, glancing at his phone.
"I'm just kidding! Haha, I wouldn't dare. Hmm, Christmas Eve would be great if you could celebrate with me. I'll see if I can come over then. Hanhhan loves you~"
The voice message ended. Liu Xuan deliberately chose not to reply and set his phone aside while he brushed his teeth and washed his face.
"Buzz."
After washing his face, his phone rang again. Liu Xuan had already thought about how to tease this little cutie who pretended to be angry; he stifled a laugh and eagerly opened his phone.
In Ma Yihan's information box, there were still the same few voice messages, but Qin Weishan had a new message. Liu Xuan's face immediately darkened as he gently poked at Qin Weishan's message with his finger.
"Are you there?" Qin Weishan asked.
"Yeah, I'm here."
After replying to Qin Weishan's message, Liu Xuan had a rough idea of what to do next. He put down his phone and rubbed his eyes.
"Buzz."
"It must be calling us for a meeting, Nars," Liu Xuan said to Nars.
"You ignore me, huh? I'll beat you!" Ma Yihan's message suddenly popped up.
"A meeting?" Nars teased Liu Xuan.
"Uh..."
Liu Xuan was momentarily speechless, then quickly replied to Ma Yihan, "Nope, just thinking about your white stockings from yesterday and got lost in thought."
"The next line is definitely going to be 'old pervert,' believe it?" Liu Xuan joked with Nars.
"I think Weishan will respond quickly," Nars said.
"Well, your upper lip and lower lip need an intimate date," Liu Xuan rolled his eyes.
"I'm not even using my lips to talk," Nars thought to himself.
"Buzz."
"Just watch, see how I tease her," Liu Xuan said.
"Come to the command room for a meeting at ten this morning," Weishan sent a message.
Liu Xuan was instantly frozen in shock.
"Go ahead and tease her." If Nars had another body right now, he would probably be laughing uncontrollably.
"Hmph, what? Want to touch? Old pervert, no touching, hehe." After a while, Ma Yihan finally replied.
"Alright, I admit I'm feeling insecure," Liu Xuan stood up and said, "Let's go tell them the news we got yesterday; the interception operation is about to begin."
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