Chapter 167: Kill, Heaven’s Secret Lock!
Yan Liuxing was unknowingly taken away by Su Ning. The people around them, upon hearing that Su Ning was a medical worker, didn’t pay much attention.
Just like that, under the influence of Su Ning’s mind control, Yan Liuxing followed her away from the Sixth Shelter’s rescue zone.
Possibly due to the earlier unexpected events during surgery, the attention of the three captains was focused elsewhere, so no one noticed Su Ning and Yan Liuxing leaving in the direction away from the shelter.
Yan Liuxing, still under the influence, suddenly snapped back to his senses when the freezing wind outside hit his face.
“Where am I?”
He was confused. Why was he outside the shelter? Wasn’t his butt just burned by some mischievous pet creature?
How did he suddenly end up here?
“Hmm, looks like the skill effect has ended. But since we’re already here, no one can interrupt what’s about to happen.”
A cold female voice suddenly rang out, instantly drawing Yan Liuxing’s attention.
He looked at Su Ning, unsure of who she was, but his body immediately tensed up in alert.
Su Ning’s appearance made him realize that this person had silently brought him here with some unknown method—and clearly, not with good intentions. That made her an enemy.
His eyes narrowed. “Who are you? What do you want? How did you get me here?”
Despite his fear—because he had no idea how she managed to bring him here—Yan Liuxing tried to remain calm. This only proved her strength was not ordinary.
His heart was racing. Although Yan Liuxing had the [Parasitic Mutation] ability to create powerful creatures, his own combat strength was very weak. Physically, he was quite feeble.
As he questioned Su Ning, he was secretly trying to summon the monsters he had hidden in the dark.
These creatures were his trump card to deal with the woman in front of him.
Seeing his immediate wariness, Su Ning smiled faintly. “Only now you get cautious? Isn’t it a bit too late, Yan Liuxing?”
When she said his name, his pupils contracted violently. He immediately realized—he was exposed!
But his monsters weren’t nearby, leaving him in a very passive situation.
Cold sweat began to form on his forehead as he quickly thought of how to stall for time.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. What do you want? Are you the mastermind behind these monster attacks?” he asked, trying to confuse and delay her.
Meanwhile, he had already contacted his “children,” and they were rushing over. If he could just stall for a bit, the danger would pass.
No matter how strong Su Ning was, she couldn’t possibly handle an army of monsters!
“Forget it,” he thought, “I originally planned to ambush the Sixth Shelter and the rescue forces tonight. Now that my identity is exposed, I’ll have to act early! But how did I get exposed? How does this woman know my name?”
Yan Liuxing was full of doubts.
Su Ning casually twirled her hair. She could see that he was trying to buy time, but she had no intention of answering his questions.
There’s a saying: villains die because they talk too much. Many plans fail due to unnecessary chatter. Su Ning had no interest in risking everything to answer useless questions.
Why make things more difficult than they needed to be?
Without giving him any time to react, Su Ning activated her Medusa Bloodline ability.
Under Yan Liuxing’s shocked gaze, his body was instantly petrified.
Then Su Ning casually tossed the stone statue into Huahua’s gaping mouth.
After deactivating the petrification, the sound of flesh being chewed rang out. Huahua gulped down Yan Liuxing in just a few bites.
Su Ning: “Now that Huahua has devoured you, you and your brother can be reunited.”
Just like that, the man whom Mu Feiyu and the other captains considered a major threat died in Su Ning’s hands—without even making a sound.
As Su Ning prepared to dismiss Huahua, the creature suddenly spit out an object.
Su Ning looked at it and saw it was a necklace.
With Yan Liuxing’s death, the previously unreadable necklace finally revealed its identity.
[Item: Heaven’s Secret Lock]
Effect: Conceals all user information. Ignores all identification-type skills—no one can view the user’s data.
Description: A mysterious artifact from a higher-tier world.
Su Ning immediately understood why she couldn’t access Yan Liuxing’s data earlier.
“So it was this Heaven’s Secret Lock. What a powerful item!”
But she quickly came to another realization.
“If this is labeled as an artifact from a higher-tier world… maybe those other people I couldn’t scan also had similar items?”
This was something that still needed confirmation.
Meanwhile, due to Yan Liuxing’s death, all the monsters he created went out of control. The creatures that had been hiding near the Sixth Shelter suddenly revealed themselves.
This was immediately noticed by Zhang Fenghua and Tang Yuanbin.
A terrifying battle broke out!
Of course, Su Ning had no intention of getting involved. She had already obtained what she came for, and quietly disappeared into the crowd.
The only person who knew she had been there was Nan Sheng, who was still fully focused on performing surgery on those parasitized.
After leaving behind enough sedatives, Su Ning went straight home.
What happened at the Sixth Shelter wasn’t her concern. Having eliminated Yan Liuxing was already doing them a big favor—even though she only did it to obtain his powerful talent.
Still, it helped resolve a major crisis for the shelter.
Several days passed.
Although Mu Feiyu never found “Yan Liuxing,” after searching thoroughly and seeing no more traces of the man-eating creatures, they assumed he had fled the Sixth Shelter.
This was a relief for them.
The infected residents received treatment, and the Sixth Shelter—which had suffered structural damage from explosions—was quickly rebuilt with help from rescue teams from three other shelters. This mission was considered a success.
Things gradually began to return to normal.
Two Months Later—
As time passed, everyone noticed that ever since the return from the Endless Sea, no new Survival Instance had started.
People began discussing it on the communication channels:
[What’s going on?]
Normally, at most two weeks pass before a new Survival Game starts. It’s been almost two months now. Why hasn’t it started? My emergency food from the last instance is almost gone!
[Yeah, could it be because of the instance collapse last time? Maybe that’s why the system isn’t launching a new one yet?]
[That’s possible… But anyway, I’ve got two new pieces of news to share!]
