The setting sun's afterglow painted the clouds at the end of the horizon with a magnificent and beautiful color, while handing over the land of the city to the night.

In the distance, a crow circled in the low sky, adding a touch of desolation to the deserted street.

Starry Lin stopped in her tracks.

For a moment, she felt as if someone was watching her.

The girl looked around suspiciously. The streets leading to other intersections, the electric poles, the roadside trees, and the areas under the walls...every place covered by the shadows of dusk seemed to have something hidden there.

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But she knew very well that there was no one nearby.

Starry Lin could "smell" the scent of life, the scent of humans, the scent of ordinary animals, and even the scent of anomalies...as long as she summoned Little An.

But that gaze was real. It didn't come from any direction, but it seemed to come from a more distant place; yet its presence was very close to her.

The most crucial thing was that this gaze didn't make Starry Lin feel in danger. It contained a sense of curiosity rather than malice.

Starry Lin shook her head, no longer hesitating. The world around her was sucked into the edge of a black hole - if someone could see this scene, they would find that the light around the girl seemed to distort for a moment like an illusion.

When she decisively summoned the power from another world, that gaze disappeared.

Starry Lin was still adapting to the power she possessed.

Her "pet" was becoming larger and larger, and at the same time, the burden it gave her would become heavier. Sometimes, she even felt a sense of "losing control"; and if Little An needed to devour prey, it would consume even more energy.

Therefore, from summoning Little An every time, to using the intangible turbid flow substance anytime and anywhere, she was constantly finding ways to reduce her own pressure and extend her control time.

The girl let out a sigh.

Her gaze fell on the hospital in the distance.

"Sure enough, it's in that place...I can already smell the scent."

Starry Lin muttered to herself, a faint smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

*

Jinjiang City Second People's Hospital, inpatient building.

Hospitals are places for saving lives and providing medical care, and have played an indispensable role in social life since ancient times; but for ordinary people, it is not a comfortable place.

The smell of disinfectant, the hurried footsteps of nurses and doctors, people sitting in wheelchairs or lying on stretchers, people queuing in front of the expert clinic, the lobby is always noisy day and night; and inside the inpatient building, although the environment is quieter, at night, lying on the white bed stained with yellow spots, you can always faintly hear the cries and sobbing sounds that seem to come from nowhere...it seems like just an illusion.

This is the boundary between life and death, the place where countless living beings have struggled.

At this moment, the sky gradually darkened. The dim yellow streetlights in the distance could only illuminate the road and the vehicles coming in and out of the hospital, but they couldn't illuminate the swaying tree shadows.

Therefore, the incandescent lights near the counter and the stairs turned on, but the corridors where patients were staying remained dim.

This is to take care of the sleeping environment of the patients. Of course, the lights in the rooms can be turned on.

The corridor was deep, like an endless circular corridor. A figure wearing a hood walked out of the door of the emergency exit, cautiously glanced at the surveillance camera above his head.

He remained silent, walked along the wall, and quietly moved to a nearby corner whenever he saw medical staff approaching, until they left.

Actually, he didn't need to hide, because he knew he wasn't here to do anything bad, he just wanted to see the situation. Moreover, not many nurses would pass by here at this time. But to avoid trouble, he subconsciously didn't want to be seen by others.

The person in the hood soon arrived near the target ward.

The room was not lit, and several people stood outside the door, some sitting on plastic chairs, some standing. They occasionally chatted a few words, but most of the time, they were silent, and the atmosphere was heavy.

The person in the hood stood in the blind spot of their sight, leaning against the wall, carefully listening to their conversation.

"I heard from the doctor that Mingjun might...sigh, it's difficult, really difficult."

"But he was perfectly fine, how could this happen..."

The middle-aged woman couldn't continue her words and let out a low sob.

"Our family is all healthy, it's not a hereditary disease."

"Could it be...he was beaten? Mingjun always hangs out with those idle people. I've told him several times, but this child never listens. Maybe he was beaten..."

"No...it's not that. He did suffer some minor injuries, but the doctor said it has nothing to do with his coma."

"Then was he hit by a car? I heard he fainted under the overpass."

"No, it's not that. The doctor said it's not a physical injury."

"Do you believe everything the doctor says?"

"What do you suggest we do then?"

"I think we should go to the temple and pray to the Bodhisattva. I heard the one in the east of the city is particularly effective...and your grandmother, didn't she say she met a former divine doctor in the mahjong parlor?"

"You believe what the old lady says..."

"We have to give it a try!"

The woman kept talking, while the man beside her sighed with a worried expression.

And in contrast, the person under the hood had a smile on his face.

"Indeed, only I can maintain myself...those two are completely insane."

He lowered his head and looked at his hand that reached out from his sleeve.

Under the rough skin, faintly visible were several black threads that were different from ordinary people, pulsating like blood vessels.

"Does this mean I have been chosen?"

He wondered.For him, this was not a question, but an answer, a confident and unquestionable answer.

He was, of course, the chosen one. Otherwise, why would his companions end up so tragically possessed, while he not only managed to stay conscious, but even gained power beyond ordinary people?

"It's just a bit regrettable that I didn't smell the scent of my kind. According to my own thoughts," he patted his stomach, "if I could eat it, I might become stronger... Was it taken by someone else first?"

He recalled what happened at school today.

From that moment, he had made it clear that he was not the only one in this world with Transcendent abilities.

Although a bit disappointed, it was largely within his expectations.

He was still full of confidence in his future, but for now, he couldn't act recklessly. Instead, he needed to accumulate power in secret.

He glanced at the ward again, making sure he didn't smell the scent of his kind there. After confirming the place was dead and silent, he left without hesitation.

The thought of "visiting his friend" had never crossed his mind.

Because to him, Yan Mingjun was not a friend at all. He had always looked down on that fool; let alone now, he was a Transcendent with power beyond the ordinary and a bright future. Naturally, he wouldn't care about a piece of dead meat.

Now, he didn't even need to consider ordinary people...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but break into a run.

His speed was indeed far beyond ordinary people, and his posture was extremely strange: his hands were in front, his body arched, and as he ran, he became quadrupedal, like a beast running and hunting on the grassland.

In the surveillance camera, his figure was like a phantom, starting from one end of the dim corridor and quickly disappearing at the other end.

Ahead was a window wall made of floor-to-ceiling glass, all transparent, twinkling faintly in the night. The bottom was all locked, only the top was opened for ventilation.

He didn't stop, but used his momentum to shoot up the slippery tile wall, kicked with both feet, leaped up, jumped out of the window, and flew into the embrace of the moonlight.

Without any practice, the whole set of actions was completed in one go, all thanks to his amazing physical explosiveness and reflex speed. This was the change brought to him by the "bug" that had merged with his body.

He spun in the air, the breeze brushed his hair, the moonlight fell on his face, time slowed down for him, everything looked so beautiful... Was this the feeling of having superhuman power?

His mood completely relaxed, full of joy and happiness, as if his body had become lighter; he passed through the window, fell down from the height of three floors, but still landed steadily, after landing on the meadow, he rolled forward—

Just then, he suddenly froze.

From the bushes in front, a figure emerged.

The other party was backlit by the moonlight, and his face was unclear. But from the calm and composed pace, he quickly understood: the other party was coming for him!

Who is it? Someone like me?

"Who are you?!"

He shouted angrily, at the same time crouching on all fours, staring at the other party warily.

"I'm here to watch the monkey show." The other party approached him leisurely, replying, "The jump just now was good, I can give it a ten; this crouching position is also good, it would be even better if you could kneel."

The voice of this person came from afar, sounding like a young woman, and very familiar...

His brain hadn't fully processed it when he heard the other party speak again.

"By the way, Shi Hui, I just came from that direction. I heard that Yan Mingjun is going to be a vegetable for the rest of his life. As his friend, don't you feel sad at all?"

"You know my name?! No, you are—"

Because her tone and the cold feeling from the past were completely different, Shi Hui didn't react until then.

"It's really unfair that we were all possessed by monsters together, some people have to lie in bed for the rest of their lives, while others can jump around here performing acrobatics."

The long-haired girl who walked out of the darkness showed a row of white teeth, grinned at him.

"—Don't you agree?"