Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 177 – I’ll Be There Soon

The wind on the Sichuan-Tibet Plateau was still bone-chilling.

Lin Fan’s figure streaked through the air, an afterimage moving so fast her silhouette was nearly invisible.

After flying about two hundred kilometers from the Sichuan-Tibet Military Region, she slowed down, her gaze sweeping over the area below.

It was an abandoned industrial zone, filled with collapsed factory buildings and rusted steel frames. A few scattered Zombies wandered the streets.

Lin Fan landed on the rooftop of a relatively intact factory building.

She surveyed her surroundings, and only after confirming there were no other living creatures did she slowly remove Su Rou’s Skin.

The exquisitely delicate face of the fox-kin gradually vanished, replaced by long, silvery-white hair and eyes that swirled with a seven-colored rainbow light.

“Huu…”

Lin Fan let out a soft breath.

She looked down at her own slender arms, a faint smile gracing her lips.

Her own body still felt the most comfortable.

Although Su Rou’s Skin was useful, it was only Level 2, and it suppressed her physical attributes too much.

Now, she could finally relax.

Lin Fan opened her Storage Space and rummaged through it for a moment, quickly finding the outfit she had been longing for.

A black, tight-fitting leather top and pants, and knee-high, high-heeled leather boots.

This was the outfit she loved to wear when she was the original Lei Li.

The Lei Li of that time wasn’t like her current self, who barely sweated. When she wore this tight outfit back then, the stuffy, non-breathable feeling of trapped sweat made her feel uncomfortable all over.

But now, she had grown to like this sensation.

Tight, enveloping.

Lin Fan slipped on the clothes. The leather pants clung tightly to her long, straight legs, outlining their perfect curves.

The tight leather top wrapped her body snugly, yet it accentuated her figure in all the right places.

The high-heeled leather boots reflected a faint light, exuding a mature charm.

She raised a hand, gathered her silver hair, and tied it into a high ponytail.

“It’s been a while since I’ve worn this.”

Lin Fan murmured to herself, a trace of nostalgia flashing in her eyes.

Back then, she was just a weakling who had just obtained the system, struggling to survive in the apocalypse.

As Liu Ruyan at the time, she had looked at the incredibly powerful Lei Li in her high-heeled leather boots at the Wild Wolf Outdoor supply store.

That explosive outfit had completely ignited her desire.

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It had ignited her determination to become the queen of the apocalypse.

And now…

She was already a monster who could make twenty thousand Demonic Creatures commit suicide with a snap of her fingers.

Lin Fan shook her head, casting these messy thoughts from her mind.

She sat cross-legged on the edge of the factory rooftop, her consciousness sinking into her Storage Space.

The mountain-like pile of Crystals shimmered with a faint light within the space.

Thirteen thousand Level 1 Crystals.

Five thousand Level 2 Crystals.

Two thousand Level 3 Crystals.

Lin Fan’s finger traced a line in the air, and the data for the Crystals appeared in her mind one by one.

“Twenty thousand Crystals in total. Subtracting the ten thousand Level 1 Crystals for Hu Lie, I still have ten thousand left.”

“If I were to devour all these Crystals…”

Lin Fan calculated silently.

Based on her previous experience, the boost from Level 1 Crystals was already negligible; it took about a hundred of them to raise her physical attributes by a single point.

But Level 2 and Level 3 Crystals were different.

Ten Level 2 Crystals could raise it by one point.

One Level 3 Crystal could raise it by one point.

If she devoured all of these Crystals…

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Fan’s eyes.

“My physical attributes would increase by at least another five hundred points.”

Five hundred points.

This was no small number.

Her current body’s physical attribute score was 1508. If she added another five hundred, it would be over two thousand.

A physical attribute score of two thousand, combined with Advanced fire element control and advanced Mental Strength control…

A smile touched the corners of Lin Fan’s lips.

“At that point, even if another Level 6 Demonic Beast shows up, I could crush it with ease.”

But she quickly calmed herself down.

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Crystals were good, but they had more important uses.

It would be better to go to the Slave Market and buy more low-level female slaves to fuse into Skins. Perhaps she might encounter a pleasant surprise like she did with Su Rou.

Besides, she needed to save a portion for Zhou Ming, Ah Hu, and the others to help them increase their strength.

And Sun Jing.

That simple, sweet healing-type vice-captain. Although her combat power was lacking, her healing ability was truly strong.

If she could get her to consume a large number of Crystals, she might be able to break through to Level 5.

By then, the Magic City Base’s endurance would be raised to a whole new level.

“Forget it, I won’t think about this for now.”

Lin Fan shook her head, shifting her attention to another matter.

The Dragon Clan’s foundation.

Twenty thousand man-made Mutated Beasts sounded like a lot.

But if the one hundred and three Rifts around the world opened once every month…

And the larger Rifts, like the one in Magic City, released fifty thousand beasts a month.

That meant at least three million Mutated Beasts every month.

Over a year, that would be nearly forty million.

What the hell did that even mean?

Lin Fan’s brow furrowed.

She searched through Long Ningshuang’s memories but found no information regarding “Mutated Beast manufacturing.”

Long Ningshuang was just a member of a branch family of the Dragon Clan; she had no access to core secrets.

“Where in the world are these Mutated Beasts coming from?”

“No matter how big the Dragon Spirit Continent is, they can’t have that many creatures to experiment on, right?”

Lin Fan muttered to herself.

She recalled the scenes from Bai Lu’s memory.

The Federation’s “Human Evolution Project,” the enhancement serums, the radiation shockwave…

Everything pointed to a terrifying truth.

The Dragon Clan, or rather, some power from another world, had begun laying their plans as early as five years before the apocalypse broke out.

They had transmitted the formula for the enhancement serum to the Blue Star Federation through micro-Rifts.

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Then, five years later, they triggered the Spiritual power shockwave, turning 99.9% of the enhanced humans into Zombies.

All of this was premeditated.

But the question was…

What was their goal?

If they just wanted to invade Blue Star, couldn’t they have just sent a large army?

Why go to all this trouble, creating Zombies, creating Mutated Beasts, and even deploying them on a regular monthly schedule?

The more Lin Fan thought about it, the more it felt wrong.

“Unless…”

A cold glint flashed in her eyes.

“They’re not trying to destroy Blue Star, but to… raise Gu.”

Raising Gu.

The moment this term appeared in her mind, Lin Fan felt all the clues instantly connect.

The enhancement serum was to screen for the Chosen Ones.

The radiation shockwave was to create Zombies and Mutated Beasts.

The regular monthly deployment of Demonic Creatures was to provide a “whetstone” for the Chosen Ones.

And the Chosen Ones who survived the battles were the “finished products” the Dragon Clan wanted.

“So, did the higher-ups in the Federation know the truth from the very beginning?”

“Did they trade the lives of all humanity for a chance at their own evolution?”

Lin Fan took a deep breath.

Of course, this was just her initial conjecture; the truth remained a mystery.

Now was not the time to dwell on these things.

The Tidal wave of beasts in Magic City was about to begin, and she had to get there as soon as possible.

As for the Dragon Clan’s conspiracy…

Once she was strong enough, she would naturally root them out one by one.

Lin Fan stood up, her silvery-white hair fluttering in the wind.

She looked up to the east, in the direction of Magic City.

A distance of over four thousand kilometers. At her current speed, if she flew at full power, it would take about three hours.

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But the problem was…

She couldn’t fly at supersonic speeds the entire way.

Supersonic flight was fast, but the consumption of stamina and Mental Strength was also staggering.

If she exhausted her power on the way, what would she fight with when she got to Magic City?

“I have to control my pace.”

Lin Fan calculated silently.

“Flying at eighty percent speed, with two breaks in between, it should take about five hours.”

Five hours.

She should be able to make it before the Rift in Magic City opened.

Lin Fan took a deep breath, and a faint Mental Barrier materialized on the surface of her body.

The next second, she transformed into a silvery-white streak of light and shot into the sky.

Her silvery-white hair fluttered in the wind, and the tight leather pants clung to her straight legs, outlining the seductive curve of her hips.

Like a meteor, she streaked across the apocalyptic sky.

Destination: Magic City.

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Magic City Base.

Chu Chen stood before the glass window of the command room, a lollipop in his mouth and a deep frown on his face.

“Commander, a message has arrived from the Sichuan-Tibet Military Region.”

The communications officer’s voice rang out.

Chu Chen turned his head. “Speak.”

“Commander Chen Mo of the Sichuan-Tibet Military Region said… a lady asked me to pass on a message to you.”

Chu Chen’s eyes lit up. “What message?”

The communications officer swallowed, reciting the words with a hint of disbelief.

“She said…”

The communications officer paused, his voice trembling slightly.

“This old lady will be there soon.”