"Tell me, what is your purpose?"
Mo Mo lifted her foot, her white sneaker stomping hard on a tattered shadow. The shadow, like some kind of gel, was crushed and burst open under Mo Mo's force, like a puddle of mud.
"Ahhhhh!!!" The shadow let out a painful wail, but its body was bound by nearly transparent threads, unable to do anything but be stepped on, enduring the pain of its body being crushed.
"You can't do this to me!"
He roared, "According to international law, the Overworlder Covenant, and the Seven Kings Treaty, you have no right to abuse me with lynching!"
Mo Mo lifted her head, her deep blue eyes cold. "Heh, you know about these, huh? Someone taught you, right?"
Then, the girl lifted her slender, long leg, accumulated a bit of power, and delivered a clean, crisp spinning kick, directly turning the part of the shadow called its head into a chrysanthemum.
Mo Mo turned her head, looking innocently at Ji Yue beside her. "Did you see me abuse him with lynching?"
Ji Yue shook her head sincerely. "No, I didn't."
"I just saw a set of flashy combos that I once saw in King of Fighters."
"That's it."
Mo Mo's tone grew lighter and colder. "Treaty protection? Not qualified?"
She retorted, "Do you think you're protected by the treaty?"
"A mongrel who hasn't even met the Black King."
"I don't know how you managed to get the Black King's blessing and become a Transcenders, but I've run out of patience."
The sole of her shoe, covered in mud and gravel, stepped on the shadow's face, grinding it hard. Mo Mo once again summoned countless transparent threads from her fingers.
Ji Yue watched from the side, her face excited. "Wow, it's here! Mo Mo Jiang's signature move!"
"Alaya Consciousness!"
The threads summoned from hands used to explore the world, if conditions allowed, could "capture" any existence.
Of course, Mo Mo's current ability stage had only reached the second stage, Transformation, and she could only capture some information that she could perceive.
Now, Mo Mo was going to thoroughly stir his brain.
"Of course, I don't know what kind of side effects will occur if I forcibly use my ability on your brain."
"Nor do I care."
"No, you can't do this, you can't do this!!!"
The translucent Alaya Consciousness, amidst the shadow's terrified screams, directly plunged into his brain, like tentacles, searching through the folds of the brain. Soon, intermittent information was synchronously perceived by Mo Mo.
"Fingers...sacrifice...great plan...Black King...bones..."
Finding the knowledge she wanted in someone's brain was like picking a few red beans out of a basin of green beans. Mo Mo had to concentrate fully.
Ji Yue was her guard.
"Death and tyranny..." As her thoughts continued to search, Mo Mo gradually got into the groove. She seemed to have found the most crucial information, and just as she wanted to delve deeper...
She saw a red moon.
A crimson moon.
It hung lonely in the lightless night, so scarlet, so restless, so...
Crazy.
The moonlight, pure red, eroded Mo Mo's threads through the shadow's memory, until it dyed the slender transparency a terminal crimson.
It was laughing wildly.
"Ding—"
The Alaya Consciousness was actively severed by Mo Mo. She retreated several steps, the influence of that crimson moon still echoing in her brain.
Along with the insane laughter.
"Are you okay, my Mo Mo Jiang!" Ji Yue quickly supported Mo Mo. "Do you want water? Or my lap pillow?"
"Get away, I'm fine..."
Mo Mo shook her head, looking at the corpse in front of her, and sighed. "Silenced, huh? It seems these five Darkborn People are likely cannon fodder, and there's some other entity behind them."
"Report it, just say I found keywords like fingers, sacrifice, death and tyranny, and red moon in the killer's memory."
"Oh, and don't mention how you found them."
"Alright." Ji Yue skillfully began to write it down. "Suddenly, five smuggled Darkborn People appeared. And this is just what's been discovered on the surface. I can't even imagine how many there are secretly."
"What exactly are customs doing? Isn't this just increasing our workload?"
Transcenders means someone who has exceeded boundaries.
So, what kind of boundary is this?
Naturally, it's the boundary of "ordinary people."
Normal Transcenderss usually awaken under immense pressure, or through various accidental and unusual events.
For example, gaining the gaze of an Outer God.
They will acquire abilities that are essentially Blood Source, and everyone's Blood Source reflects their own origin.
Abilities have side effects.
Simply put, the stronger the ability, the less human one becomes.
The more prone to madness.
Therefore, their duty is to strictly control Transcenderss.
Although they themselves can also go mad.
However, the above is just the natural way Transcenderss are produced.
There are also unnatural ways.
That is, by consuming the bodily fluids of a High-Tier Being.
For example, the seven monsters mentioned earlier, including the Black King, their bodily fluids can forcibly turn ordinary people into Transcenderss.
Sounds convenient, so what's the price?
It's that the scope of your ability awakening, and your physique, will become similar to the existence of the fluid's owner.
And, your upper limit will be locked.
This is what is called a clan.
Normal clan members, after drinking the bodily fluid, will meet their clan's king in their minds.
To express submission.
Occasionally, a few inferior individuals will resell inferior bodily fluids to inferior people.
These are irregular methods, not recognized by the King, and while they don't see the King, the risk of losing control is even greater.
They are no longer human at all.
This guy in front of them was an irregular, incredibly weak and stupid, being used as cannon fodder without even knowing it.
Indeed, taking drugs affects intelligence.
"Let's go, that's enough for now."
Mo Mo looked at the dark sky. "Soon, it will be completely dark."
"Killing one should deter the remaining four, making them afraid to act rashly."
"Let other suitable Transcenderss handle the night patrol."
Night was not suitable for the performance of Alaya Consciousness.
It was too dark.
"Mmm, Mo Mo Jiang, don't push yourself too hard. If you go mad, the losses caused would be much greater than theirs."
Mo Mo: "..."
She was a bit speechless. "Can you say something nice?"
"I wouldn't go mad even if you did."
"Hehe, Mo Mo Jiang, you can't say nice things either..." Ji Yue laughed a bit lewdly. Her phone vibrated, she opened it and glanced at it, her expression changing.
"Mo Mo Jiang," she said, "the situation has changed. The killers."
"It seems there are only three left."
...
Mo Bai's house.
Although she didn't know who killed the extra one, Mo Mo, who was going home for dinner anyway, stopped and looked at the several large pits in her own yard, falling into contemplation.
"Hmm..."
Did her brother plant potato landmines behind her back?
And why were all the vegetables she planted gone? This field looked like it had been bombed by a Creeper.
Feeling a vague unease in her heart, Mo Mo hurried forward. When she saw the collapsed large hole in the wall, her expression changed.
"Brother? Brother!"
"Where are you, Brother!"
The girl ran into the house, full of panic and anxiety, her pure white hair fluttering behind her. Then, the first thing she saw was Mo Bai, crouched in the living room, mixing gunpowder.
Mo Mo: "?"
Seeing that her brother was fine, the girl relaxed, her panic turning into confusion. She stared suspiciously at her brother, who had a hole in his head.
Mo Mo: "Stare—"
"Brother, what are you...doing?"
"Oh, little sis, let me tell you something, but don't be scared."
Mo Bai stopped what he was doing, his face sincere. "Well, I mean, I grew potato landmines."
"Do you believe me?"
Mo Mo: "..."
She turned around, looked at the obvious explosion craters in the yard, then turned back, looked at the flammable and explosive raw materials in Mo Bai's hand, and nodded expressionlessly: "I believe you."
"I believe you very much."