Chapter 179 - Food

Song Qixi let out an exhilarated gasp as he stopped himself from laughing out victoriously. The looks on the other investors' faces were so golden that Song Qixi could kiss Chu Youlan if she was around. Ruan Jin's companion… this bubbly girl… was more powerful than most Kings in the Hall! The submission forms only spoke of a greater ghost, but he had to see it in his own eyes! Her power… amazing!

However, Wu Zhong clawed at his hand behind his back. The readings all over spiked, and it did breach into the King territory of power. It's just that… he had been studying ghosts his entire life. Something was extremely wrong in these readings! He then hummed angrily. "No."

"No?" Song Qixi reined back his sarcastic remarks so hard that his smile twitched. "What do you mean?"

"That girl is just a transcending greater ghost. Ghost Kings wouldn't have to deal with problematic power bursts just to kill a greater ghost. Her power is indeed amazing, but she hasn't broken through the King rank just yet. Moreover… she… didn't seem to be relying on her host's body. Sudden bursts like that should affect her host." Wu Zhong's eyes then widened. "Could it be that…?"

"A servant." Tang Zhenluo and Fan Meiling spoke in unison. The woman then grabbed the railing in front of the viewing deck of the Control Room, issuing orders. "Quick, activate the vents to absorb residual particles!" She then chuckled. "We need to find the master of that servant ghost. If she's already fit to receive that kind power when she's just a greater ghost, then its master would be awfully—"

Wait, something's wrong…

Tang Zhenluo only scoffed. "Continue with your tests to have a proof for yourself, but I'm very sure that the master should be the same demon plaguing our Treatment Hall. Take a look at the ghost King in front of 4-28's cell. It hadn't moved as if it knew it didn't have to save Ruan Jin at all. There must be communications between them..." He then slid his eyes towards Song Qixi. "Ruan Jin is, after all, 4-28's friend."

Bang! Fan Meiling struck at the railing with her fist, but she was smiling widely. The kind of excitement in her eyes was something none of them had seen before. She didn't bother questioning Tang Zhenluo's hypothesis as she was also aware of 4-28's character. Moreover, his case was based on his murder spree, resulting in fifteen deaths… just to save his friends from those bullying young masters.

Of course, he would gift his friend protection now that he was no longer around them!

Also, what were servant ghosts? They were very rare as only the truly vindictive and powerful Kings would share their power among weaker ghosts to harvest the dead for them. Since 4-28 had a demon in him, it could be true that a demon like the child was strong enough to grant power to greater ghosts—enough to make them breach into the King-rank kind of full power.

She then turned to Song Qixi. "Sergeant Song! You're really a fallen angel, aren't you? Not only did you give me such a very perfect candidate for Red Justice, but you also gave me a servant and its master to play with!"

"O-Of course, I must do my best to provide you even it's just for my entertainment." Song Qixi chuckled with his feigned smugness. However, after hearing that the greater ghost was a servant, it suddenly plunged his mood into darkness. Did that mean that Liu Xiaodan had control over this little girl? That would be bothersome if Project Hades had eyes on the other projects.

Even Wu Zhong was feeling strange. He could only let things be for now. The greater ghost might be strong, but it didn't mean that Abbadon couldn't kill her. It would be their priority to get rid of that treasure in secret.

"Ah! What is she doing?!" One of the operators gasped loudly even if she didn't mean it. The weight of the gazes made her shudder, and she turned to her bosses. "M-Mo Xingli is killing her colleagues!"

"So blatantly?!" Song Qixi twitched. He remembered that he had told Chu Youlan to never skip that part in the orientation. However, he was shocked when one of them was not scared of losing her pay. Then again, when he looked over her screen, Song Qixi couldn't help but be fearful. Mo Xingli… Mo Xingli was just ten years old!

Wu Zhong then frowned; they were not accepting minors. "Whose medium is she?" He eyed the investors, but Fan Meiling answered for them: "We picked her up from an orphanage. Judge Wen said that, since we're interested in Liu Xiaodan, we might as well take her off of the orphanage's hands."

Tang Zhenluo gritted his teeth. "At this rate, RS Noah would suffer the same toll as RS Moses on the first day. We might need to lock up that girl as well."

"Xiaodan is moving..." Yun He murmured, to Tang Zhenluo's intrigue, as he saw the curled woman swiftly moved out of the camera's view. However, the operator keeping an eye on him couldn't find where it went. She then called out: "I lost visual on 4-28's spawned King!"

"I lost visual on Abbadon!"

"Qiao Shan is heading towards Mo Xingli's direction!" The operator watching the Qiao princess was horrified. The princess must have heard the screams and went to help. However, she didn't have an idea what was waiting for her there. Soon, a cacophony of reports flooded in as the companions started to react to the bloodshed wafting through the air. Mo Xingli seemed to have started chaos among the ghosts.

"Xiaodan's headed to that girl!" Yun He spotted the flashing image of the curled woman through the shadows, and it was along the corridor Mo Xingli was in. One of the operators then reported as well: "Abbadon just arrived at the sixth floor! He's also heading towards Mo Xingli's position!"

Wu Zhong then took a deep breath. "Let's see how this is going to play." 'Qiao Shan, Qiao Shan, you better get yourself out of there if you don't want to get caught up in the fray.'

…

Hop kept on warning Qiao Shan about the direction she's taking. However, Qiao Shan needed to make sure if no one needed saving. She continued to run towards the place, only to stop abruptly when she saw the scene from afar. Three bodies were already mangled, and Mo Xingli was sitting on the pile she made. 

The little girl then eyed her direction. "Oh? Someone heard their screams? I thought I was being discreet."

"You need to stop. They have cameras around. They know what you're doing." Qiao Shan began to walk slowly towards her while catching her breath. "Give the bodies to me. Stop killing, Xingli."

"Tch, who are you to command me?" The girl's face contorted before she stood up from where she was sitting. From the side came out a figure of four mangled bodies squashed all together around the abdomen. It was also larger than a normal human, crawling around with the arms of the mangled bodies. The heads dangled, but the jaws were wide open, and the eyes were hollowed.

Qiao Shan took a deep breath, Hop stepping out to protect her master. She then heard the bodies scream: "Food!"