Chapter 24

Chapter 24

“What’s going on?”

It was Chen Jing. She sounded worried.

Under normal circumstances, the quality of sound via the earpiece was supreme. At this moment, however, it wasn’t so clear.

Under the red moon, almost all the fish were screaming and struggling. Their mouths were opening and closing dramatically, and their fins were slapping the ground frenziedly. It was total madness. Their voices had combined into a frightening force, hammering on Lu Xin’s ears and piercing into his brain like waves of needles.

The other three members of the investigation team gripped tightly onto their guns in fear. They kept on turning and looking around them, unable to respond to Chen Jing.

“The source of corruption...”

Lu Xin only managed to say those words in his haste.

“Quick...”

Chen Jing said at once as if she was hurriedly giving another order.

“Splash...”

At this very moment, a scarlet wave surged toward Lu Xin and the investigation team.

As if the wave had gained consciousness from the red moonlight, it swept up the screaming fish and stormed toward Lu Xin and the rest in the blink of an eye. At the same instant, all the fish exploded under the wave’s force. Shreds of flesh and blood were spewed all over the place.

Lu Xin and the other three investigators had hardly any time to react before being hit by the force head-on. They were thrown backward by over five meters and landed in the mud. Covered in fish scales and mud, they looked miserable.

That wasn’t the end yet. A few faint shadows flashed across the sky under the red moon.

In the next instant, the three investigators were suddenly hurled into the sky, struggling.

Everything in their hands, including the detectors, fell hard on the ground.

Chen Jing’s hasty voice came from the earpiece on the muddy floor. “Fall back. Now...”

...

It was an eerie and frightening sight to see the three fully armed soldiers being suddenly lifted into the sky.

The soldiers stationed in the far distance, responsible for guarding the barriers, watched with their eyes wide open.

Then, she ordered Lu Xin. “I order you to fall back immediately, Lu Xin. Everybody, fall back by 500 meters...”

“I can’t!”

Lu Xin interrupted her in a low voice.

Chen Jing couldn’t believe her ears. “What?”

Lu Xin said, “The three investigation soldiers have not been corrupted. They’re just been controlled, that’s all. Besides...”

He quickly turned to take a look. Stationed 1km away, the patrol troopers were petrified by the sight as the three men got carried into the sky and suddenly started shooting at their comrades. They were shocked and fearful.

Lu Xin lowered his voice. “They can’t escape!”

Chen Jing suddenly thought of something. “You...”

“I’ll take care of it!”

Lu Xin had made up his mind.

“It’s dangerous...”

As Chen Jing spoke, Lu Xin turned to look at his left.

His sister was squatting beside him, smiling. Her smile was twisted and ugly, yet somehow Lu Xin saw heartfelt happiness in it.

He nodded and suddenly ran out from behind his hiding place.

At that moment, the three investigation soldiers were slowly drifting toward Lu Xin under the invisible force because it was impossible to shoot him when he was hiding behind the muddy hill. As they were trying to look for a suitable angle, to their surprise, Lu Xin suddenly jumped out and dashed toward them head-on.

Controlled by the force, all three of them lifted their guns and aimed at him at once.

They couldn’t bear the sight and closed their eyes, but their fingers pulled the trigger nonetheless.

Bullets flew toward Lu Xin mercilessly.

But Lu Xin reached out to the side as he ran.

His sister was running beside him, reaching out as well.

Holding her small hand, Lu Xin’s figure suddenly faded.

It was as if he had become a ghost.