CHAPTER 78: CHAPTER 78: ASSASSINATION

Su Changxing leaned against the door, trying his best to minimize his presence, slowing his breathing and blood flow.

He realized that someone could arrive at any moment.

Very dangerous.

He had slept for four or five hours, and judging by the blood coagulation, this person had died within the past two hours and had been dissected and killed while he was asleep.

The crematorium was located in a corner and had been abandoned.

Thus, he had not been discovered earlier.

There were survivors of this world in Shield Company, and the number was unknown; this place was likely very dangerous.

But that monster had already awakened, and Su Changxing had no way to retreat.

While Su Changxing was still deep in thought, two footsteps came from the corridor, a man and a woman.

"The Saint Heir is still very irritable; you get some food, and I’ll check on the Saint Heir’s condition."

"Hmm, be careful, as someone was eaten by the Saint Heir before."

"No worries, I’m just having a look, not going down."

One person walked away while the other approached the dissection room.

The footsteps outside gradually drew nearer, becoming clearer, and the approaching person muttered, "Only the right leg left, I wonder if it’s enough, there should be some ingredients remaining."

The voice was soft; the newcomer was a woman.

The light in the room changed, orange light from outside illuminated the rusty iron frame and the bloody corpse.

This was firelight.

The woman held a kerosene lamp or something for illumination.

Su Changxing saw a large and slender shadow cast on the mottled walls as she lightly moved toward the dissection table, reaching for the iron frame, causing a sound of metal clashing as she picked up pliers and a knife.

The sound of flesh being cut echoed in the room, accompanied by the woman’s heavy breathing.

She seemed very excited.

Su Changxing crouched slightly, holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, quietly nocking the dark arrow onto the bow, drawing it back silently.

This was the terrifying aspect of the Shadow Bow; it made no sound even when drawn, made from unknown materials or special techniques.

This was a bow for killing, a bow for killing in the dark, a weapon for killers and assassins.

Su Changxing angled his body halfway out from behind the door, fully drawing the bowstring, aiming at the head with long black hair.

The woman noticed nothing, still fully focused on operating the tools for amputation, unaware of death quietly approaching.

"Puchi~"

With the sound of an arrow piercing flesh, a dark arrow struck the back of her head, penetrating her forehead.

Her body stiffened, then fell onto the corpse she was amputating, not even uttering a scream.

It was a relatively good-looking woman, not completely dead, staring at Su Changxing, her bright red lips opening and closing as if pleading for mercy.

Su Changxing deftly pulled out the arrow, drawing out a large amount of dark red blood, and her body twitched violently before going lifeless.

A kill notification popped up on his phone.

[Killed a human (Half Extraordinary), gained 100 points]

"Half Extraordinary? What does that mean?"

Then, he noticed that the progression log had changed.

[Maintain good spirit, +1 Mysteriousness]

[You were injured, completed poor sleep, -5 Mysteriousness]

[You successfully completed an assassination, +10 Mysteriousness]

[Dreamer: 169/500]

Assassination?

"Does this also increase Mysteriousness?"

Su Changxing was a bit stunned, unable to grasp the principle behind it. It was understandable for Dreamers to gain Mysteriousness by sleeping, but gaining Mysteriousness through assassination was intriguing.

Nonetheless, having an additional way to gain Mysteriousness was always good.

From various indications, going from Tier Nine to Tier Eight for the Extraordinary represented a qualitative change. Tier Nine Extraordinary individuals were not much different from ordinary people, and in certain situations, they could even be counter-killed.

The little boy at the police station and the Giant Infant in the sewer were likely Tier Eight.

Su Changxing estimated that more people would come here, surveying the surroundings to hide the corpse.

There was a cabinet against the room wall, seemingly big enough for the body.

But just as he prepared to move it, he heard footsteps again in the corridor. He quickly placed the body on a dissection table further inside, disguising it as a dissected corpse.

This way, at first glance, it looked no different from the other dissected corpses, as the room was already filled with bloodstains and a strong smell of blood.

The newcomer probably wouldn’t immediately notice anything unusual.

Su Changxing extinguished the kerosene lamp on the stand, sidestepping to hide behind the door, readying the bloodstained arrow on the bow.

A man holding a Giant Axe reached the entrance of the dissection room, crudely shouting, "Stupid bitch, what are you dawdling for?"

Then he noticed no one inside, the kerosene lamp was extinguished on the dissection table, and he cursed, "Where are you? Damn it, where did you die? Truly fearless, daring to slack off while getting food."

The man strode into the dissection room, unaware that his companion was dead, as he never imagined anyone else would be here.

Su Changxing silently drew the bowstring, aiming at his head, and released just as the man reached to light the kerosene lamp.

The man’s body stiffened, mechanically turning his head to find a young man with a bow smiling at him.

Su Changxing looked at the corpse slumped on the dissection table and mocked, "Extraordinary they say, but in reality, still mortal."

Su Changxing pondered for a moment, placing this man’s body on the innermost dissection table, stowing his weapon in the nearby cabinet, then continued hiding behind the door.

The disappearance of personnel for a short time wouldn’t raise alarms from the other side, and within this unnoticed window, he had to reduce their numbers as much as possible.

Moreover, the first person who noticed the woman didn’t come back should return to check.

As expected, after a dozen minutes, heavy footsteps, hurried, echoed again in the corridor.

The same person from before.

"Isn’t it ready yet? Why so slow?"

"Hmm, where is everyone?"

The newcomer found the dissection room dim, saw the extinguished kerosene lamp on the stand, looked puzzled, and slowly walked in.

When this man reached the stand to inspect, Su Changxing suddenly leapt out, punching him on the back of the head, covering his mouth, knocking him to the ground, pinning his knee to his chest.

Receiving a heavy blow to the head, the man was instantly dazed, trying to break free only to find the other’s strength surprisingly large, restraining him completely.

The next moment, Su Changxing punched him in the stomach, paralyzing him completely, thrusting a short sword through his hands, pinning him to the wooden cabinet.

The intense pain drenched the man in cold sweat; he wanted to struggle but could not move. After a dozen seconds, he calmed down, looking at Su Changxing in terror.