Chapter 531 - 525: Mind Control

Though terrified, Xu Yu still forced herself to speak up, cowering as she protested, "How could you beat a child like that? You’re an adult, and she’s just a little girl! How can you stoop to her level? It’s not like she did it on purpose."

Song Kexin was so infuriated by the woman that she almost laughed.

’Not on purpose? After going to all the trouble of dragging Yueyue down from upstairs, and dragging her all this way? If that wasn’t on purpose, then what is?’

"You can shut your mouth too, you Holy Mother bitch. It’s easy for you to talk when you’re not the one affected."

"If something actually happened that harmed your own interests, I guarantee you’d be screaming louder than anyone."

Xu Yu’s face turned shades of red and pale with anger. Just as she was about to retort, several people rushed into the entrance of the blackened generator room.

Leading them was the very person she dreaded most: Xie Ning!

’How did Xie Ning get here so fast? Speak of the devil...’

Lin Yiyi, who had been screaming and shouting, couldn’t help but shrink back and immediately fell silent upon seeing Xie Ning.

Xie Ning’s cold gaze swept over the three restrained people in the room, and she immediately understood the situation.

Without wasting words, she walked straight over to Cres and asked about the current situation.

"Yueyue should be inside this cocoon, but I can’t establish a spiritual connection with her right now."

"Yueyue, Yueyue!" Song Youxuan rushed forward frantically, circling the cocoon. The more she looked, the more her heart pounded with fear.

The outside of the cocoon was completely scorched black.

’Is my Yueyue really going to be okay locked inside that?’

She looked pleadingly at Cres and Xie Ning.

Cres quickly nodded to reassure her. "She’s really okay, ma’am. I can feel it. Yueyue’s vital signs are strong, her heartbeat is normal. She’s definitely fine."

"Besides, Yueyue isn’t unconscious; she should be awake. It’s probably the Wood Element Ability that’s blocking some of my spiritual power."

Song Youxuan breathed a small sigh of relief, but she still wasn’t completely at ease.

’The scorched-black wooden cocoon might be able to block the raging flames, but can it block out the smoke?’

’Will my daughter choke on the smoke?’

Song Youxuan’s mind was in turmoil, but she still had great faith in Cres’s judgment.

’If Cres says my daughter is fine, then she must be fine.’

Song You’ai also stood to the side, comforting her. "Youxuan, don’t worry. Yueyue has fortune on her side."

Gu Chen stepped forward and gave them a slight nod. "We’ve had people scout the surrounding area. Nothing unusual."

"How is Yueyue now?"

"She’s in the wooden cocoon."

Although Lin Yiyi was afraid, she couldn’t help but laugh gleefully.

"Don’t get your hopes up. It’s burned to that state, how could she possibly still be alive? Su Xiyue is definitely dead. You can just wait to collect her body."

"Lin Yiyi, shut your mouth!"

Zhuang Lei was both anxious and furious.

’Does she have to keep running her mouth at a time like this?’

’Is she trying to get herself killed? And she’s so impatient that she has to drag him and Xu Yu down to hell with her?’

"Don’t worry. If anyone is going to die here, you will definitely be the first."

Xie Ning turned and glanced at her.

In an instant, her spiritual power invaded the depths of Lin Yiyi’s mind. The girl’s eyes flew wide as she let out a painful, shrill scream.

Although Xu Yu didn’t know what was happening, seeing Lin Yiyi’s agonized expression, she knew it couldn’t be anything good.

She wanted to beg for mercy but was afraid of drawing the fire onto herself, so she chose to keep her mouth shut.

Xie Ning’s spiritual power rampaged through Lin Yiyi’s mind for a moment before she coldly withdrew it.

A mocking smile touched her lips, and her gaze, sharp as a blade, pinned Lin Yiyi in place. "Speak. Why did you do it?"

Lin Yiyi’s head was throbbing with pain. Her mouth opened, and she began to answer Xie Ning’s question against her will.

’How can this be? Why can’t I control my own mouth??’

She stared at Xie Ning in terror, but her mouth moved completely on its own, honestly revealing her innermost secrets.

"I just can’t stand how Su Xiyue is always in my face, going on and on about how wonderful her family is. It was like that before the apocalypse, and it’s still like that now. What’s so great about her? Isn’t she just lucky to have been born into the right family?"

"She’s just a normal person, yet after the apocalypse, she gets to live the good life with the Starfire Team. When you get down to it, isn’t it all just because she was born into the right family?"

"And me? I have nothing. I have to rely on myself for everything!"

"I used to get better grades than her, and after the apocalypse, my talent is better than hers. I could beat her in everything. But in the end, I’m still worse off than her in every way. Do you think I want this? I want a powerful family to back me up too, you know!"

"Why wouldn’t Starfire accept me? My talent is obviously so high, I’m a special Beast Taming Superpower User! With just a little training, I could have soared to new heights! Why didn’t you accept me? On what grounds did you reject me? I’m better than Su Xiyue in every single way. Your Starfire Team is just nepotistic."

"I didn’t originally plan to harm her on this trip. Who told her to be so stupid and pathetic, showing up right in front of me?"

"She brought it on herself. She forced my hand."

"If the Starfire Team had just accepted me from the beginning, would I have given her such a hard time? Of course not!"

Lin Yiyi grew more and more agitated as she spoke, the words flowing more easily until she was finally shouting, "I’m not the one who harmed her! When you get down to it, the one who harmed her was her own sister, Xie Ning."

"If Xie Ning had just accepted me without a fuss from the start and trained me properly, none of this would have ever happened today."

Everyone present exchanged glances, utterly defeated by the little girl’s bizarre logic.

Xie Ning withdrew her spiritual power and watched her with a cold, indifferent gaze.

The next second, several metal spikes shot out from behind the girl without any warning.

The ruthless piercing went straight through Lin Yiyi’s chest and back, instantly puncturing her heart.

Lin Yiyi had been standing next to a discarded electrical box.

The terrifying power of a Sixth-rank Gold Ability User lay in their ability to alter the form of any metal, to manipulate, pierce, and fold it at will. Any metal could become a weapon in her hands, so this sudden attack didn’t come as a complete shock to everyone.

Xu Yu, who had been sitting on the side as quiet as a mouse, saw this and couldn’t help but let out a high-pitched scream, "AHHHH! You... you killed Yiyi?"

’Unbelievable! Xie Ning actually killed someone!!!’

"You cruel, cold-hearted, vicious, merciless woman! You actually attacked a child! Have you no shame? Why did you kill her? What right do you have to kill her?"

"Everything she said was just words spoken in anger! Why would you take a child seriously? Look how old she is, and how old you are! How can you have so little self-control?"

"Who do you think you are, the judge and executioner? Killing people at the drop of a hat."