Becoming a White-Haired Witch in a World Full of Anomalies

Chapter 78 : Exquisite Gems

Su Wanying brought everyone to a villa."Such a big villa meow."

The cats entered the villa and began patrolling their territory, walking through every corner of the rooms.

After settling everyone, Su Wanying prepared to leave.

"You all rest here first. I still have something to do outside."

"Wait."

Bai Ling grabbed her wrist.

"What's wrong?"

"Are you going to look for Lin Bai?"

"Yes, I'm worried about him."

Hearing that Su Wanying was going back to E City, into danger, the girl seemed to make some kind of decision. After taking a deep breath, she explained:

"Actually, I am Lin Bai."

"What?"

Su Wanying was first puzzled, then doubtful, then suddenly understood. Bai Ling also saw the changes in her expression.

【What did she suddenly understand?】

"If you are Lin Bai, then suddenly I understand the answers to many questions."

"Ah? Answers to what questions?"

"I can't say, but you really hid it from me for a long time, Bai Ling."

"We haven't known each other very long."

"Is that so? Maybe." The girl suddenly hugged Bai Ling, and only reluctantly separated after a long time.

"What, what do we do next? Go to A City's Anomaly Investigation Bureau?"

"Unfortunately, the Investigation Bureau has fallen."

"Ah?"

"B Company is now in power."

"B Company, what's that?"

"Ostensibly, B Company is the most powerful company besides A Company. They possess a core technology called Energy Storage that can store various things, including but not limited to attacks, energy, and objects."

"That is to say, just by storing one's thousand punches and releasing them all at once, the power would be very astonishing. Even an ordinary person's attacks could easily kill B-grade anomalies. Of course, I'm just giving you an example - generally no ordinary person could store so many attacks."

"Core technology?"

"Explaining might be somewhat troublesome. I'll tell you slowly later. Look at that barrier outside - that's energy they saved through Energy Storage."

Bai Ling walked to the balcony to observe the barrier enveloping the city. That golden light was so dazzling in this dark night.

"By the way, do you know what's up with that eye in the sky?"

"Don't know. Currently feel no threat, and we can't possibly run up to the sky to look. Let's just pretend it doesn't exist."

"Next is our two-person time. Right, Bai Ling?"

"What time?"

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E City

"Help!"

An explosion-head man was running frantically on the road with a loli beside him. Behind them, a black monster with countless eyes and several meters of thin legs was constantly chasing them.

The monster would peck down with its beak to attack them whenever it got close enough.

"Think of something! Why did so many anomalies suddenly appear in the city, and phones don't work either."

"I have no way either. You expect me, a delicate little loli, to beat it?"

Just then, swarms of insects surrounded them and frantically devoured that monster, killing it shortly.

"Bug Anomaly big brother, finally found you."

Explosion Head slid to his knees at light speed to thank him, like meeting a long-lost father.

"Are you alright?"

"Thanks to you, we're fine."

"We'd better leave here quickly. I saw a huge whale in the city - should be an S-grade anomaly. It's cleaning up survivors in this city."

"Whale, is it the whale I'm thinking of, the kind from water?"

"Follow me. I just detected a human team."

"What kind of team?"

"After the mutation occurred, the city's population dropped sharply. Now only one in ten remains. That team is well-equipped, doesn't look like ordinary people."

"Is that so?"

The three walked on streets full of black mist and anomalies. Fortunately, teammate Bug Anomaly was very capable, otherwise just the two of them would have died countless times already.

Just then, they heard sounds - grand and vast. A huge whale suddenly appeared nearby, flying straight toward them!

"Not good, it's starting to target us!"

"Wow, there really are whales flying in the sky!"

"Good heavens, so big. How do we fight this?"

"Stop staring, why aren't you running?" Ye Luo, who had already run far, called back.

"Damn, wait for me!"

Though the whale wasn't fast, it approached everyone in a straight line. Nothing could stop it. Just as they were about to be caught, Bug Anomaly suddenly stopped. He had been using insects to detect the surroundings.

"Quick, hide."

The three quickly hid in nearby ruins. When the whale was less than a hundred meters from them, a neat team suddenly appeared before their eyes. They wore uniform blue clothes, equipped with excellent gear, all with a logo on their bodies - the letter "i".

"Captain, target spotted."

"Squad in position."

"Fire guidance missile."

A team member stepped forward and fired a gas-spraying guidance missile. Surrounding anomalies including the whale all moved toward this location because the mist from the guidance missile was full of high-grade anomaly core scent.

"Target has entered range."

"Wait a bit more."

Just as the whale was extremely close, the man at the front of the team suddenly leaped up toward the whale. He held a spear with three protrusions at the front and a red gem embedded in the center. The man forcefully thrust the spear into the whale's head then fell down. The whale let out a cry of pain. The red gem emitted red light throughout the whale's body, then the man shouted:

"Fire!"

Other team members pulled out uniform standard weapons and launched attacks. Those weapons all had gems embedded on top. Different gems had different effects - blue gems fired bullets creating ice frost, green gems made the whale's skin rot.

The whale wanted to resist but the red gem on its head kept emitting light to resist its power. Its head grew countless pustules after being attacked by green gem rays, and froze piece by piece after blue gem attacks. Soon it lost vitality.

This whale hunting operation lasted only dozens of minutes. An S-grade anomaly was eliminated just like that.

"Target eliminated."

"Well done. Next, spread out and eliminate other anomalies in the city."

"Roger."

The three hiding in nearby ruins whispered:

"So strong."

"What kind of equipment is that?"

"Have you heard of core technology?"

"What's that?"

"If I remember correctly, they're i Company employees, mastering the core technology of Exquisite Gems."

"I see."

"Should we follow them?"

"No, they might not take us with them."

"What do we do next?"

"I know of an Anomaly Investigation Bureau teleportation array."

"There's such a thing?"