Chapter 1649
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Chapter 1649 Crazy Gongyang Wan
Compared to the chaotic Chang’an city, the imperial palace was unnaturally quiet.
Lin Qiye and Wu Quan stepped over a group of unconscious guards and entered the deathly silent palace. Except for the guards stationed near the palace walls, other palace residents seemed to be hiding indoors. Scattered candlelight emanated from the various palace buildings; tonight, those within the inner palace would certainly remain sleepless.
“With all that chaos outside, why are there still so many guards here?” Wu Quan frowned as he scanned the surroundings.
“These guards are the close protection for the emperor and the imperial family. Even if the sky were falling, they would have to defend the palace. After all, staying here allows them to use the terrain to their advantage against the rebels. If they rushed outside, it would be no different from suicide.
They are the last line of defense for this dynasty.”
Wu Quan raised an eyebrow. “So by knocking all these guards unconscious… does that make me a historical criminal who trampled the Western Han Dynasty’s final defense?”
“It was an emergency, and we don’t have credentials to enter the palace. I believe the emperor will understand.”
Wu Quan nodded, then suddenly seemed to realize something. “Brother Qiye, it seems to have quieted down outside.”
Lin Qiye looked back toward the palace walls. The previously noisy sounds of battle had disappeared, leaving only the rising sounds of wailing and crying. Surprise appeared in his eyes…
How much time had passed? Chloe had acted too quickly.
Just moments ago he was saying her physical strength wasn’t human-like… then she immediately went and eliminated thirty thousand troops in an instant. Tsk.
Lin Qiye’s gaze swept across the silent palaces around them, his expression becoming serious. The imperial palace was so vast—where should they look for Huo Qubing?
BOOM—!!
Just as Lin Qiye was pondering this, a thunderous sound came from the distance. Billowing smoke rose from somewhere in the palace, and even the ground beneath their feet trembled slightly.
Lin Qiye frowned and immediately rushed toward the source of the sound!
…
“Hmph, you people think you can kill me?”
From within the swirling dust, a figure in prisoner’s clothes slowly emerged. Gongyang Wan, with disheveled hair and wearing shackles, cast a disdainful glance at the figures lying on the ground.
“Fake… mon… ster…”
A fallen soldier with a blood-covered face stared wide-eyed at the female prisoner, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
But as a foot came down, his head was instantly crushed, blood splattering across the ground.
Gongyang Wan, her body soaked in blood, frowned and was about to leave when two figures swooped down from above!
“Gongyang Wan?”
“It’s you?” Seeing Lin Qiye, Gongyang Wan instinctively stepped back. She glanced at the corpses around her, her expression turning unpleasant.
“Let me be clear, I didn’t provoke them first. I was waiting here as the Marquis… as Huo Qubing instructed. These madmen suddenly started shouting about monsters and tried to kill me…
This was self-defense, not disobeying orders!”
Gongyang Wan appeared somewhat nervous, understandably so since Huo Qubing had planted the “Heart-Returning Insect” in her. If she were mistakenly thought to be killing people to escape, she would certainly die.
Lin Qiye didn’t answer. His gaze fell on the numerous corpses at Gongyang Wan’s feet. As a gentle breeze passed by, these corpses strangely melted into broken willow twigs, emitting a foul stench.
“K-system organisms?” Wu Quan frowned tightly, covering his nose in disgust.
Seeing Wu Quan’s reaction, Lin Qiye felt somewhat relieved.
“What is this?” A broken willow twig happened to be resting on Gongyang Wan’s ankle. Noticing the strange sensation, she looked down, confusion appearing between her brows.
“These are K-system organisms that fell to earth with that meteor…” Lin Qiye slowly explained, sharing all the information he knew.
When Lin Qiye finished speaking, Gongyang Wan raised an eyebrow and spoke with surprise:
“These are the powerful alien organisms you mentioned?”
Gongyang Wan didn’t seem repulsed by these disgusting-looking willow twigs. Instead, she actively reached down to pick up the twig at her feet and examined it closely. “Being able to freely transform into the appearance of others… sounds interesting.”
“The cognition of these counterfeits can be arbitrarily altered by that crimson star, so even they themselves…”
Lin Qiye continued to explain, but halfway through his sentence, Gongyang Wan opened her mouth and swallowed the broken willow twig in one gulp!
“??? What are you doing?!!” Seeing this outrageous act, Lin Qiye froze in shock, then rushed forward to grab Gongyang Wan’s mouth, trying to reach in and pull out the twig!
Beside them, Wu Quan opened his mouth in shock, seemingly connecting to some realization, his face turning ashen. His Adam’s apple bobbed several times before he couldn’t help but turn away and retch.
“Are you insane?!! This is a Cthulhu creature’s remains! Not a supernatural object! Swallowing it recklessly will cause disaster!!” Lin Qiye pinned down Gongyang Wan’s struggling hands, trying to extract the twig, but it had already fallen into her body and couldn’t be retrieved. He couldn’t help but curse!
Damn it!! After all his dealings with Cthulhu entities, he’d never seen anyone dare to directly swallow K-system creature remains!
These things carried traces of K-system contamination power—whispering voices, mental disorders, madness and confusion… Swallowing a K-system creature? How was that any different from suicide?
Gongyang Wan broke free from Lin Qiye’s grasp and stepped back, raising her head high. Beneath her disheveled black hair, her eyes shone brightly.
“Disaster? Hehe… I crawled out of a pile of corpses to begin with. How many times have I risked my life just to survive? Rather than being someone’s dog to command for a lifetime, why not take a gamble? If I can obtain their power, Huo Qubing will never control me again!”
Looking at the coldly laughing Gongyang Wan, Lin Qiye’s expression turned extremely grim. Just as he was about to say something, Gongyang Wan’s shoulder suddenly began to writhe!
BANG—!
With a muffled explosion, Gongyang Wan’s entire left arm burst open, blood splattering across the ground as a black willow twig extended from the stump.
Gongyang Wan groaned in pain while turning to look at where her left hand had been. At the end of the willow twig, a blister suddenly swelled up, and as a wrinkle-like crack appeared on its surface, an eerie eyeball slowly opened…
Seeing this, a sharp light flashed in Lin Qiye’s eyes. With one hand, he protected Wu Quan behind him; with the other, he gently raised the broken Ama-no-Murakumo sword, ready to strike.
However, after the willow twig occupied Gongyang Wan’s left arm, it didn’t continue to grow. Gongyang Wan’s groans gradually subsided, and pale-faced, she looked at the willow twig in confusion. The end of the twig raised up, bringing the eyeball before Gongyang Wan’s face, as if staring at her.
After a moment, the eyeball, like a part of Gongyang Wan’s body, slowly scanned the surroundings according to her will…
