Chapter 469: Chapter 465: Parasitic Alien Species

At her words, everyone in the vehicle fell silent, holding their breath in an instant.

Qu Lanping, separated by an air barrier, shouted in humiliation and anger, "Captain Xie, what are you doing?"

"We’re all comrades on this mission together. At a time like this, you’re pointing your weapon at your own people?"

"How are you so sure she’s human?"

"Huh?" The few female team members sitting around Ma Yu glanced nervously at the motionless woman by the window.

Ma Yu appeared calm on the surface, but inside, a storm was already raging.

"What are you?" Xie Ning sized her up. "We’ll find out in another minute."

Ma Yu’s heart leaped violently. She had just started to stand when a Metal Knife suddenly appeared, pressing against her throat.

The blade glinted with a dark golden sheen, its flash almost blinding.

Liu Fen, sitting next to Ma Yu, was on the verge of tears.

She asked in a trembling voice, "B-Boss Xie, c-can I... change seats?"

’I’m seriously about to pee my pants!’

’I can’t even follow the speed at which Xie Ning drew her knife.’

’Even if I trained for eighty years, I’d never even come close to Boss Xie’s level...’

She was terrified.

Xie Ning glanced down at the girl who was about to cry, then shifted her position with a blank expression.

Liu Fen quickly ducked her head, scurried away, and squeezed into the very back row, as far away as possible.

No matter how calm Ma Yu tried to be, she still felt a sliver of fear with the blade pressed to her throat.

’Xie Ning wouldn’t actually attack me here, would she?’

’Even if she doesn’t care about her reputation, she has to consider the consequences.’

’Attacking a teammate without any warning—won’t that cause a public outrage?’

’And what did she mean by what she just said?’

’Why wait another minute?’

Just then, Xie Ning received feedback in her mind from Little Spider’s scan.

"Abnormal aura detected in the person ahead. Does the host wish to initiate a higher-level system check? This will take five to fifteen minutes."

Xie Ning frowned slightly.

’So one minute isn’t enough to get the specific details.’

"Initiate."

"System 00009250 detected on the target. Does the host wish to block it?"

"Of course!"

"System blocking in progress. Countdown: Five, four, three, two, one..."

After Little Spider went silent, Xie Ning looked at Ma Yu again. "Back then, you had no superpower. My fire should have left your entire body... injured."

"Even if you were lucky enough to survive the fall from the third floor, it’s impossible for you to be completely unscathed like you are now."

Ma Yu stared back at her with a fearless expression, but deep in her mind, she was frantically calling out to System 00009250.

However, after calling it once, twice, three times, the system gave no response.

Ma Yu’s heart sank. She knew this was bad.

"What did you do?"

"What did I do?" Xie Ning smiled at her.

"You have a system from the X Realm, too."

"Of course." Xie Ning didn’t deny it, raising her wrist to show her binding bracelet. "Everyone on this vehicle has one. You all knew that, didn’t you?"

"No, I’m not talking about this low-level binding bracelet. I’m talking about... you know what I’m talking about."

"What is it that I’m supposed to know?" Xie Ning watched her calmly, a trace of disdain on her face. "You still haven’t answered my question."

"The third floor. The burns. How do you explain them?"

"Stop being so conceited." Ma Yu clenched her fists, glaring coldly at Xie Ning and speaking word by word, "You think you’re the only capable person in the whole world?"

"If you can awaken a superpower, why can’t others?"

"The moment I fell from the third floor, thanks to you, I awakened a Fire Ability on the spot."

"So those burns meant nothing to me!"

"I’m a Fire Ability User! What good would that fire do against me? Heh. Look at you, you selfish monster."

"You had already awakened your Space Ability back then, but you hid it from everyone!"

"If it weren’t for your selfishness, would we have ended up in that situation?"

Xie Ning stared at her intently. "My fault?"

"Of course it’s your fault!" Ma Yu ignored the Metal Knife at her throat and roared, "If you had just told us you’d awakened your power, then all those students... they could have survived!"

Xie Ning almost laughed out loud. "The person who could push her best friend of over ten years out the door to be zombie fodder is now suddenly playing the saint, sympathizing with classmates whose names she doesn’t even know?"

"I honestly don’t know whether to say your acting is terrible, or if your entire being just... reeks of falsehood."

"Ma Yu, I don’t think I’ve ever wronged you, have I?"

"You lived with your grandmother in West City since you were little. Seeing how it was just the old and the young, my mom, to be honest, helped you two out a lot."

"As long as I had food to eat, you did too. From elementary school through high school and college, search your heart and tell me, how have I ever wronged you?"

Real tears welled up in Ma Yu’s eyes. "You think I wanted to? I was just trying to save myself! Who... who knew you had already awakened a superpower? We saw you had a high fever and thought you were turning."

"You’re always so self-righteous, always hiding things and never saying anything! If you don’t tell us, how are we supposed to know?" Ma Yu shrieked.

Xie Ning nodded slightly, withdrew her knife, and gave a faint smile. "Right. Self-preservation. I really have no reason to blame you."

"What’s wrong with saving yourself? No one’s life is more precious than your own."

"You’re right." Xie Ning took a small step back, her expression suddenly turning grim as she turned and walked away.

Everyone stared dumbfounded at her retreating back, not understanding why Captain Xie would withdraw her knife and walk away after the conversation had reached such a point.

"Target subject identified as a parasitic Alien Species."

"As the name suggests, the parasitic Alien Species is a new development from the X Realm, a third type of organism that exists between Superpower Evolved People and ordinary humans."

"Parasitic Alien Species contain a parasite source within their bodies. Host Ningning, you must be careful. If you kill the Alien Species here, the parasite source will burst out of the body, and everyone in this vehicle will likely be in danger."

"The nature of the parasite source varies. The source within some Alien Species is extremely powerful, capable of almost completely controlling the host body. The one before you, Host Ningning, is an example where the parasite source has overpowered the original host."

"If the parasite source goes on an abnormal rampage, the host body must be controlled immediately, or it will cause mass casualties."

"Did it sense your presence?" Xie Ning took a deep breath as she hurried off the vehicle, asking urgently. "I mean, that... parasite source thing."

"It shouldn’t have. I’ve been inside the host’s Space, connected only to your mind. The parasite source couldn’t possibly detect my existence."

Xie Ning took another deep breath, tapped her binding bracelet, and walked straight toward the back.

"Gu Chen, come quick."

When Gu Chen received the two words from his girlfriend, his expression immediately turned serious.

He had a premonition that something was wrong.

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