Why was he able to enter the Lighthouse base so smoothly from the Southern base?
Why were all his tasks so successful? It was as if an unseen hand was constantly helping him clear all obstacles in his path.
Chu Yu had a vague feeling that someone was helping him, but he never knew who it was.
He had suspected Qin Chuan before.
But after multiple tests, he dismissed the thought.
Qin Chuan was simply not interested in his undercover mission because he had his own justice to pursue.
It wasn't until he revealed his cards to Xu An and the others and was released from prison that he learned the Southern base had indeed sent only him as an undercover agent.
However, there wasn't much information to report back from the Lighthouse.
This was because he held no official position at the Lighthouse.
And as the man in front of him said, the factions within the Lighthouse were very complex.
Many people held such thoughts.
This was why Xu An wanted to win the competition to gain some voice within the Lighthouse.
Chu Yu looked at the man, his guard lowered slightly.
"Then who has been preventing the Lighthouse from returning to the surface?"
The middle-aged man looked at Chu Yu, "Whoever can gain the most benefit from it, of course, is the one who doesn't want the Lighthouse to return to the surface."
Although the middle-aged man did not explain clearly, he had given Chu Yu enough of a hint.
Whoever could gain the most benefit was the one causing trouble behind the scenes.
Once Chu Yu understood, he looked at the man calmly.
"Why are you helping me?"
The man smiled, "I told you, I'm old, and I want to return to my roots. If you must ask for a reason, then consider it homesickness."
In fact, this reason was very far-fetched, especially coming from the mouth of the man with countless privileges.
Chu Yu instinctively did not want to believe it.
But the longing and nostalgia in the man's eyes did not seem to be faked.
The sunlight broke through the Lighthouse's defenses, enveloping the man from head to toe in a halo, the colorful light illuminating his figure brilliantly.
At that moment.
Chu Yu felt as if he saw two words on the man.
Hope.
Not just the hope of surviving.
But even more so, the hope for humanity's survival.
Just like this dappled sunlight.
No matter where you are.
The sun can break through the darkness and cover you.
...
On the competition grounds.
As everyone was at a stalemate, Su Xiao sensed movement ahead.
In the temporary makeshift wild team behind her, the argument about point distribution and monster ownership was still ongoing.
Su Xiao looked at the people behind her with extreme impatience, her expression cold, and her voice icy, "Shut the hell up, all of you!"
Upon hearing Su Xiao's words, the previously argumentative scene instantly fell silent.
After all, no one dared to defy Su Xiao.
Just a day prior.
Someone had begun to question Su Xiao's autocracy, but that man hadn't even reached Su Xiao.
The entire person was struck by lightning, his body convulsing uncontrollably.
That man didn't even have time to beg for mercy before he was struck dead by the lightning power emanating from Su Xiao.
Until the man was reduced to a charred husk, the people around who were still unconvinced by Su Xiao looked at the horrifying scene, stunned into silence.
And Su Xiao at that time coldly looked at the remaining people.
Her expression was as stern as ever.
"Now, does anyone else have any objections?"
This question was like the pronouncement of a death sentence.
It was as if Su Xiao wasn't asking if anyone had objections, but rather if they still wanted to live.
Of course.
Anyone who could reach this point was not foolish.
Hearing Su Xiao's blatant threat, everyone naturally understood her meaning.
"I have no interest in what you have in your hands, but don't think you can get any benefits from me either. If you follow me, don't have too many opinions, or you can leave now, and no one will stop you."
"However, if you want to follow me and still expect to gain any advantages from me, then we go our separate ways. I won't make things difficult for you, and you shouldn't think that being numerous will give you any advantage over me. You've all seen my abilities. Don't harbor any侥幸心态, killing all of you would be as simple as lifting a finger for me."
Since Su Xiao unexpectedly awakened her abilities, perhaps due to awakening them in a panic while fleeing, her personality seemed to have changed.
The current Su Xiao would kill without hesitation if provoked, unlike before when she would find a reason. Now, Su Xiao couldn't even be bothered to find a reason, acting entirely on impulse.
While gaining power, Su Xiao also seemed to have lost some of her sanity.
After escaping the safe house, Su Xiao herself couldn't recall how many people she had killed along the way.
"Su Xiao, we've been lingering here for many days. Shouldn't we move forward? The beasts here have been almost completely hunted by us." A man, seeing Su Xiao's displeased expression, but being the one pushed forward, had to brace himself and speak these words.
Su Xiao looked at the man coldly without speaking.
The man broke out in a cold sweat under her gaze.
"Su... Su Xiao?"
The man looked at Su Xiao, not knowing why, but despite her saying nothing, the killing intent radiating from Su Xiao made it impossible for the man to stop his body from trembling.
"Since when did my affairs become your place to decide?"
After speaking, Su Xiao ignored the man and turned to look into the distance. Just now, she had sensed an unusual power.
However, that power appeared and vanished in an instant.
For some reason, the awakened ability within Su Xiao seemed to be summoning her.
Drawing her towards the direction where the power appeared.
But the power disappeared too quickly, so Su Xiao was currently unsure of the direction it had ultimately vanished.
Su Xiao was not the only one who felt this.
Xu An and Zhou Haimei both looked towards a certain location.
At this moment, apart from the unconscious Liu Chang, Hong Ying also looked in the direction of the power.
It seemed that any awakened ability user, whether awakened congenitally or modified postnatally, was being drawn by a mysterious force.