The homeless man walked while lifting his cloak. His entire body was made of ice, with only his neck and above being the flesh that humans should have. Inside his nearly transparent body, a heart was beating.

Bai Ling gathered the blood light in her palm and threw a punch, penetrating the man's body in an instant. She gripped tightly and crushed his heart.

"I told you not to come near me."

The man's eyes were filled with shock. He couldn't understand how Bai Ling's small body could unleash such power.

Just then, something unexpected happened.

A person wearing a mask and protective suit jumped down from the rooftop. He held a notebook, recording and murmuring.

"Subject 925, infection status 90 percent, confirmed dead."

Then he turned to look at Bai Ling, putting away his notebook. He slowly took out two scalpels from behind and charged toward Bai Ling.

The two began fighting instantly. From Bai Ling's perspective, the man's speed was incredibly fast, but fortunately, her Blood Eyes could see his movements clearly. However, her body seemed unable to keep up. As Bai Ling's wounds increased and the blood on the ground grew thicker, her speed began to increase.

The man sensed something was wrong and stepped back, taking out his notebook. It was a pitch-black notebook, and he continuously wrote text on it with a quill pen.

"Suspected Blood Witch descendant, preliminarily identified as a juvenile."

The man kept dodging Bai Ling's attacks while writing various data in his notebook.

"Speed D, destructive power B, female..."

As he wrote down more and more information, Bai Ling felt as if something in the void was staring at her. When it reached a certain threshold, the notebook suddenly opened a mouth and spat out a blood-stained rope.

The man frowned as he looked at the rope in his hand.

"You want me to hit her with this?"

"Is this for real?"

It couldn't be that all the information he wrote was wrong, and it was telling him to hang himself.

Knowing he couldn't win, the man backflipped away, striking a pose. Wearing a protective suit, he looked strangely comical.

"I'm leaving not because I can't beat you. Next time we meet, you'd better have bought a coffin already. Oh right, you anomalies can't even use coffins."

"Who are you? Did you cause this incident? You're clearly human—why did you create these anomalies? What for?"

The man didn't answer and slowly disappeared into the night.

"Don't be a coward, running away!"

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A man wearing a black top hat with a black wing was holding a glass of red wine, occasionally taking small sips.

Hearing faint footsteps, the man gently put down his wine glass.

"How did it go?"

"Sir, everything is in order. In just a few more days, our plan can begin!"

"Very good. Among the newcomers, I have high hopes for you. Be careful these days, I have to go abroad..."

"Humans sin, God punishes."

The man pounded his chest forcefully.

"Humans sin, God punishes!"

The man in the protective suit echoed.

They both wore necklaces around their necks—small, delicate golden skulls.

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Sneaking back to her bedroom, Bai Ling tiptoed, not daring to make the slightest sound.

'Please, I really hope my sister doesn't see me like this.'

Tonight she had killed more than a dozen infected, causing her to lose too much blood. She felt dizzy and had no choice but to hurry home and lie down.

Chewing on red pills she'd gotten from Chi Xiaoyu, eating D-grade infection cores she had hunted, and scrolling through videos on her phone, the girl lay on the bed with her legs swinging back and forth.

The girl sometimes sat up straight, sometimes held up her phone and watched with her head tilted back. The video content also changed—from male models that she would swipe away as soon as she saw them, to occasionally thinking they weren't bad, and finally to continuously scrolling through male models.

"Wait, what am I watching?"

"Aaaah, I'm going crazy."

Bai Ling quickly exited the video app and started playing a game. Seeing her teammate's unbelievable moves, she angrily opened her microphone.

"This, this isn't right..."

"No, how could I normally think about whether this is right or not?"

"I'm done."

Bai Ling went back to the forum where she had posted before. Her previous post about how anomalies could become human had already received thousands of likes. This time, she posted another one:

-How to maintain your original personality after gender transformation?

First reply:

-OMG, bro, I remember you. You're the one who talked about anomalies becoming human!

Second reply:

-Could it be that you actually went and possessed someone?

Third reply:

-Anyway, let's see your legs first?

Bai Ling held her forehead.

-Why is 'show your legs' everywhere?

While the girl was still immersed in her night world, little did she know that a figure had silently approached her from behind. Maomao suddenly pounced on Bai Ling and nuzzled her face.

"Master, you're finally back meow. Save me, master. There's a devil, there's a devil here meow!"

Seeing Maomao's sad eyes, Bai Ling patted her head and patiently asked.

"What's wrong?"

"Your sister, she fed me cat food, so much cat food meow!"

"Cat girl? Where did she find a cat girl to feed you..."

"It's cat food, not cat girl meow."

"She doesn't know you're an anomaly and can't eat that. It's okay, don't worry about it."

Maomao revealed a grieving expression, looking at Bai Ling pitifully.

"You're hopeless. Here, have a few of these!"

Bai Ling took out several infection cores and fed them to Maomao.

"Thank you, master, meow. I want to be your little cat for life!"

"Good kitty, good kitty."

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Morning. Lin Bai opened his eyes. In his arms was something soft and fragrant. Hmm, it should be Maomao.

"Maomao, it's almost dawn, you should change back..."

Lin Bai called out drowsily.

"Meow?"

Maomao had already turned back into a cat and was lying on the floor...

Lin Bai heard the cat and became a bit more alert. He slowly opened his eyes, and in front of him was... a girl's face. She had long silver hair and was staring at him as he slept.

"Su Wanying? What are you doing here?"

"Good morning, baby."

"Wait, when did you come?"

Could his identity as Bai Ling have been exposed?

"I just arrived not long ago, baby."

"How did you find me?"

"It's strange. I tried to find your home before but couldn't locate it no matter what. Last night when I checked again, I suddenly found it. So I came to see you early this morning. Baby, are you happy to see me?"

"It's still a bit too sudden. I'm not ready..."

"That's okay, I'm ready. Come on, right now."

The girl hurriedly took off her skirt...

"No, I didn't mean that kind of ready. I meant I'm not ready to be your boyfriend..."

"Oh, you like that kind of thing? Let's quickly transition from boyfriend to fiancé to husband, and then we can have deeper communication~"

"?"

"I came here having done the foreplay already. Don't believe me? Feel for yourself?"

Su Wanying pulled Lin Bai's hand toward herself, but Lin Bai had never experienced such a situation before. Frightened, he quickly withdrew his hand and ran out of the room.

Su Wanying watched Lin Bai run away and smiled.

"Teasing him is quite fun."

'Actually, I came to see who this so-called sister of yours really is.'