Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 59 – New Prey

The early morning sun pierced through the dust-covered glass, casting mottled patterns of light and shadow on the floor.

Lin Fan opened her eyes, feeling the surging power coursing through her body.

She stepped off the bed barefoot and walked to the wardrobe.

The body in the mirror, every line brimming with an explosive beauty.

Yesterday’s battle had made her realize that Lei Li’s original outfit, geared more for street fighting, was no longer a match for her current strength.

She needed an outfit that could maximize the advantages of this body.

She put on a black sports bra, which tightly outlined her stunning curves. On her flat abdomen, the lines of her obliques and abs were clearly visible.

She casually grabbed a short leather jacket and slipped it on, leaving the zipper open, exuding a hint of wildness.

For her lower body, she ditched the long pants entirely.

A pair of black leather hot pants barely covered her perky curves, leaving her two long, straight legs completely exposed.

She retrieved Liu Ruyan’s black thigh-high stockings from her Storage Space and slowly, deliberately pulled them up until the tops clung tightly to her thighs.

Finally, a pair of high-top combat boots.

Click.

The boots hit the floor. She faced the mirror, casually lifted a leg, and threw a swift high kick.

Whoosh!

The toe of her boot left a sharp afterimage in the air, and the force of the kick stirred the ends of her hair.

Very good.

This outfit could both maximize her body’s advantages and not hinder any extreme movements.

Sexiness was the deadliest weapon.

…

The second-floor cafeteria.

The moment Lin Fan pushed the door open, the clamor of the entire cafeteria was instantly snuffed out as if by an invisible hand.

Clang!

The crisp sound was a utensil someone had dropped on the floor.

Everyone froze, their gazes glued to her, unable to look away.

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Today’s Lei-jie was different from any other time.

That incredibly daring outfit, those straight legs wrapped in black stockings extending from beneath the leather shorts, the “clack, clack” of her high-top combat boots on the floor—every step seemed to land on everyone’s heart.

“My… my god…” A young man’s face flushed red, the bread in his hand forgotten.

“Lei… Lei-jie, good morning!” Xiao Wang was the first to react, stammering as he stood up.

The others, as if startled awake, scrambled to their feet as well, hanging their heads shyly, not daring to look at her again.

“Eat.”

Lin Fan walked to the head of the table and sat down. Her voice was cool, yet it held a strange magic that instantly calmed the crowd.

She picked up a piece of bread and began to eat slowly and methodically, completely ignoring the surrounding gazes that were a mixture of awe and infatuation.

Just then, the cafeteria door was violently thrown open.

“Lei-jie!” Ah Hu rushed in, his face anxious. He was panting heavily, clearly having run all the way up. “I found them! Those bastards from last night!”

Lin Fan wiped the corner of her mouth with a napkin, signaling for him to continue.

“They came from an industrial factory five kilometers away! I had someone confirm it. That stronghold is bigger than ours, with a full one hundred and fifty people!”

As soon as he said this, the recently eased atmosphere in the cafeteria tensed up again.

“One hundred and fifty… Isn’t that more than double our number?” Xiao Wang’s voice trembled, the color draining from his face.

“What’s there to panic about?” Lin Fan’s voice wasn’t loud, but it reached everyone’s ears clearly. “Just a disorganized mob. Continue.”

Ah Hu swallowed and went on, “Those scumbags never find their own supplies. They live by robbing other strongholds, stealing supplies, stealing women… They’re a bunch of animals!”

Bang!

Zhou Ming slammed a fist on the table, his teeth grinding audibly.

“People like that all deserve to die!”

Lin Fan glanced at him but said nothing.

Ah Hu continued his report, “Their public leader is a bald guy named Long Biao, but the one really in charge should be that speed-type Evolved being from yesterday! Everyone else calls him ‘Young Master Lin’!”

“That’s right.” Lin Fan nodded. She had figured that out long ago.

“But…” A look of satisfaction appeared on Ah Hu’s face. “After the beating you gave him yesterday, that kid is probably still lying there groaning. He definitely won’t dare to show his face again for a while!”

A few suppressed chuckles sounded in the cafeteria. Lin Fan’s overwhelming power from yesterday was their only source of confidence at this moment.

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“Perfect.”

Lin Fan stood up, her combat boots making a soft sound on the floor.

“We won’t wait for them to recover. We’ll go kill them now and wipe out their nest.”

“Huh?” Xiao Wang was so shocked he shot to his feet. “Lei-jie, we’re going now? There are only about sixty of us…”

“Is the number of people a problem?” Lin Fan retorted.

She walked to the window, looking out at the distant city ruins.

“A bunch of trash who only know how to rob. Even if there were a thousand of them, they’d still be trash.”

“But…” another team member named Xiao Li tried to argue.

“No buts.” Lin Fan’s voice was bone-chillingly cold. “This time, I want you to bring back all of their supplies.”

She paused, then added.

“Those willing to kneel and be our dogs can be considered for recruitment. Those who are unwilling…”

“Kill them all.”

The entire cafeteria fell deathly silent; you could hear a pin drop.

The undisguised, sharp killing intent made everyone feel a sense of suffocation.

This was their queen.

“Lei-jie is right!” Ah Hu was the first to break the silence, raising his arm and shouting. “It’s high time we cleaned up this trash!”

“That’s right! Let’s kill them! They almost got us yesterday!”

“With Lei-jie leading us, who cares if they have twice as many people!”

The crowd was stirred into a frenzy.

Lin Fan was very satisfied with this effect.

She didn’t need democracy, only absolute obedience.

“Very good.” She sat back down and began to issue orders.

“Ah Hu, you have half an hour. Take inventory of the weapons and ammunition. Bring all the automatic weapons.”

“Yes!”

“Xiao Wang, get the drone in the air immediately. I want the most accurate map of the enemy factory and a personnel distribution map. Report to me every five minutes.”

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“Roger!”

Her gaze finally landed on Zhou Ming.

“Zhou Ming, you’re in charge of logistics. Get the armored vehicle and all the operational combat vehicles ready for me.”

Zhou Ming nodded silently.

“Everyone, assemble downstairs in half an hour.”

Lin Fan stood up, her eyes sweeping across the excited faces.

“This time, I will lead the team personally.”

Watching the easily incited crowd, Lin Fan turned and walked out of the cafeteria.

The half-hour preparation time had begun.

Lin Fan didn’t return to her room but went straight to the armory on the seventh floor.

Ah Hu was leading his men, sweating profusely as they moved ammo crates. He immediately stopped when he saw Lin Fan enter.

“Lei-jie!”

Lin Fan didn’t speak. She walked straight to a rack of rifles and casually picked up a Type 95 assault rifle.

Holding the gun with one hand, she expertly removed the magazine with the other, checked the chamber, and pulled the bolt. The series of actions was as smooth as flowing water, so fast it was dazzling.

The few veterans in the armory who knew guns were all dumbfounded.

This… this wasn’t Lei-jie’s style from before.

The old Lei-jie preferred to use a knife.

Lin Fan reassembled the rifle and weighed it in her hand.

“Too light.” She casually tossed the gun back to Ah Hu.

She walked to a corner where a heavy machine gun, originally mounted on the armored vehicle, was placed.

She extended two fingers and effortlessly lifted the gun, which weighed over twenty kilograms, as if it were a toy.

“This one will do.”

A collective gasp echoed through the armory.

Leaving the armory, Lin Fan went to Xiao Wang’s temporary command room.

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Xiao Wang was nervously operating the drone, the screen displaying an overhead view of the industrial factory.

“Lei-jie!”

“Zoom in,” Lin Fan commanded.

The image zoomed in, clearly showing the situation inside and outside the factory.

Dozens of men were lazily gathered, smoking and playing cards. Several disheveled women were chained to a corner, numbly gnawing on blackened buns.

“These animals!” Xiao Wang gritted his teeth in anger.

Lin Fan’s expression didn’t change at all.

“Mark all their sentry posts, fire points, and personnel gathering areas.”

“Yes!”

“Where is that speed Evolved being?”

Xiao Wang maneuvered the drone in a circle, finally locating the target on the balcony of a two-story building.

Young Master Lin was shirtless, a woman kneeling behind him, carefully bandaging his shoulder.

He seemed to sense something and glanced up at the sky.

“Good, he’s still there.” Lin Fan’s voice was devoid of any emotion. “Mark this building as Target Number One.”

Half an hour later, downstairs at the Fragrant Hills International building.

An armored vehicle, like a steel behemoth, was parked at the very front, followed by three modified armed off-road vehicles, their engines emitting a low growl.

More than twenty fully armed team members were assembled, standing at attention in front of the vehicles, their faces a mixture of nervousness and excitement.

Lin Fan, in her high-top combat boots, walked step by step to the front of the armored vehicle.

She leaped up, landing silently on the roof of the vehicle, and looked down on everyone from above.

The black leather, the black stockings, reflected a cold, hard light under the wasteland sun.

She didn’t say any words of encouragement, only swept her cold gaze over each person.

“Remember, we are going to rob them.”

“Bring back everything you can carry.”

“Move out!”