Chapter 316: Watching the Video

Chapter 316: Chapter 316: Watching the Video

"Impossible! I saw him get stabbed through the chest by an Alien Species with my own eyes! There’s no way he could have survived an injury like that!" He Xingluo was extremely agitated. "And another Special Attack Team member! He was smashed to pieces by a piano—he’s dead, too! Everyone’s dead!!!"

A medic continued to placate her. "You’re seriously injured and haven’t fully recovered. Some of your memories might not match what actually happened, and you might even be experiencing delusions and hallucinations. What you need to do now is calm down, rest well, and get better as soon as possible. Don’t let the sacrifices of the dead be in vain."

He Xingluo burst into tears, her emotions in a state of complete collapse.

Huangfu Miaomiao thought He Xingluo’s crying was pitiful and gently tugged on the corner of Feng Ling’s sleeve, but Feng Ling didn’t react at all, nor did she offer a single word of comfort.

A nurse acted fast, giving He Xingluo an injection of sedative. He Xingluo finally quieted down and drifted into an unconscious sleep.

The Doctor explained to Feng Ling apologetically, "We had no choice. If we’d let her keep struggling, her newly stitched wounds would have torn open."

Feng Ling’s lips curved slightly into a standard, polite smile. "I understand. Please, carry on. I’m going to check on the other injured team members."

The Doctor said, "The Special Attack Team members’ injuries weren’t serious. They went back to their rooms after being bandaged up. After the whole ordeal last night, they’re definitely not awake yet. You’ll probably have to wait until the lunch break to see them."

Feng Ling gave the Doctor a deep look. "Yes, what you say makes a lot of sense."

With that, she turned and left the hospital room.

The staff member assigned to her hurried to catch up. Seeing Feng Ling walk straight toward the elevators, he couldn’t help but feel a little nervous and asked, "A-Are you going to see Captain Bai?"

Feng Ling pressed the down button for the elevator and said flatly, "Isn’t Captain Bai busy? I won’t disturb her."

She stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for the eighth floor.

The staff member thought she had pressed the wrong one and quickly said, "The eighth floor is the Cyber Security Technology Department."

Feng Ling said, "Correct. Captain Bai gave me an authorization code earlier to retrieve a file on the eighth floor."

The staff member gave an awkward laugh. "Oh, I see..."

Feng Ling paid him little mind. Everyone in the Inspection Bureau was covering for Bai Lu; she wouldn’t get a straight answer out of them.

When the elevator reached the eighth floor, Feng Ling casually stopped a programmer and asked him to find her a computer. She wanted to see the video footage from when Bai Shuang’s incident occurred.

’Bai Lu must have a Card that can reanimate corpses,’ Feng Ling analyzed. ’Opportunities to obtain new Cards often arise during operations to kill Alien Species. The reason the Alien Species were targeting Bai Lu was likely related to this Card.’

’Feng Ling had encountered Gu Insect Masters before. She could tell that the Star Association had a particular fondness for Control System Cards.’

The programmer booted up a computer, asked Feng Ling for the authorization code, and after entering it, pulled up the video from the day of the incident.

The videos were divided into two folders, one for Bai Shuang’s perspective and one for Bai Lu’s.

Feng Ling opened Bai Shuang’s folder first.

The folder contained over twenty videos, totaling more than ten hours of footage. Basically, aside from when she was washing up or sleeping, the camera was always recording.

Feng Ling opened the last video directly.

In the video, she saw Bai Lu, as well as Fan Ze and a few other team members. They were rushing to a location in response to a citizen’s report.

Feng Ling skipped ahead and saw the Inspectors in the video confronting seven or eight suspects—

The two sisters coordinated with incredible synergy, first freezing their targets with frost, then unleashing Ice Cones to either pierce their chests or impale their throats.

’Feng Ling guessed that Bai Shuang and Bai Lu’s skin could probably emit some kind of substance that generated cold air. That must be why they wore skirts on missions—to maximize the amount of skin exposed to the air.’

This deadly technique, accompanied by the constantly swirling frost, presented a strange sort of beauty in the video.

Vast sheets of frost spread across the screen, and Ice Cones flew forward like spikes. Fine particles of ice and snow glittered in the night, and every wave of their sleeves and skirts brought a more intense chill.

After killing the fourth target, Bai Shuang stopped and said, "Bai Lu, these people don’t seem like Alien Species! They don’t have any Card Abilities!"

Bai Lu’s figure appeared in the frame. As she fought, her long skirt bloomed like a waltz, and her voice was as clear and crisp as ice. "They’re like zombies. Unkillable."

"They seem to be controlled. Could this be related to the dismemberment case?" Bai Shuang said. "Let’s leave one alive to question!"

The words had barely left her mouth when a scream came from off-screen.

Bai Shuang immediately spun around, the camera swiveling with her. The man who had just been killed was coming back to life. Just as Bai Lu had said, he was lunging at a nearby Special Attack Team member like a zombie!

Bai Shuang sprinted over and released a blast of cold air, freezing the man in place in seconds!

However, the controlled man was absolutely frenzied, biting down on the Special Attack Team member and refusing to let go!

Bai Shuang intensified the cold air. As the man struggled, his body actually tore apart. His legs remained frozen in place, but his upper body hung from the Special Attack Team member, his teeth piercing flesh and rupturing blood vessels. Blood gushed out!

The Special Attack Team member screamed repeatedly, struggling desperately, but the half-torso hanging off him was like a parasite that he couldn’t shake off!

Bai Shuang was horrified by the scene. She then discovered that the other corpses on the ground were also coming back to life. They rose with twisted limbs, some pouncing on the Special Attack Team members, others on her!

At that moment, Bai Lu rushed over and joined Bai Shuang in fighting off the resurrected corpses.

Bai Shuang said anxiously, "We can freeze them, but after a while, the ice will melt and the freezing effect will weaken. We have to find the Alien Species controlling the corpses! Otherwise, we’ll never be able to kill them!"

"The controller must be nearby!" Bai Lu said.

Bai Shuang’s gaze swept around quickly. "Ahead! There’s a figure in the woods up ahead, I see it!"

As soon as she said this, the surrounding corpses immediately reacted! As if worried they would go after the controller, the mutilated bodies swarmed them from all directions!

"You go after it! I’ll hold off these corpses!" Bai Shuang said to Bai Lu.

Bai Lu decisively charged toward the woods ahead and disappeared from the camera’s view.

’Watching this, Feng Ling had a bad feeling. The file said that Bai Shuang died from her severe injuries after killing the Alien Species. The video was nearing its end; it seemed an accident was about to happen.’

Just as she was thinking this, the video feed shook violently! Then, the camera slowly panned around. Bai Shuang turned to look behind her, and a very small child appeared in the frame!

It was only two or three years old, and it was tearing its way out of a corpse’s flesh. The child stood before Bai Shuang, covered in blood, its pitch-black eyes fixed on her.

Bai Shuang didn’t move.

After a moment, the camera began to slowly tilt upward. Then, with a THUD, Bai Shuang fell to the ground. The camera faced the sky, which was swallowed by darkness. A few seconds later, the entire screen was covered in frost.

Feng Ling didn’t even see what kind of injury Bai Shuang had sustained before the video of the attack ended.