Chapter 80: The Source of Mutation.

Xiao Fen’s dinner in this new Trial World was both sumptuous and simple.

Substantial dark bread, rich tomato soup, plus mimosa salad; when his Stamina was exhausted to the limit and his hunger was extreme, being able to eat these things was enough to make Xiao Fen feel incredibly fortunate.

This was not about worshipping foreign things, but simply that Xiao Fen desperately needed a good dinner, and now was the time for him to enjoy it.

On the other side of the dining table, Ilyenko, who had come specifically for that decaying Source of Mutation, was the owner of this food.

He brought boxes of food into Sabova’s office, turning this place into a temporary banquet hall.

Except for the vodka that should have appeared at the banquet, the dinner here was enough to make any post-nuclear war Commoner feel happy.

Sabova watched Xiao Fen wolfing down his food, handed him a glass of milk, then turned to look at Ilyenko and asked, “Did you move all the inventory out? This isn’t a good thing.”

Ilyenko lit a roughly made cigarette and said in a low voice, “If we can hold out for more than 48 hours, the military behind us will send people here to try to open the passage to Bofu Castle. By then, the supplies brought by those troops will be enough to guarantee everything. If we can’t hold out for 48 hours, heh.”

The bearded man blew out the smoke from his mouth, looking at the soldiers and security team members devouring food on the other side, with an indescribable look in his eyes.

Xiao Fen remained silent for a while; he certainly understood what lay behind the sentence Ilyenko had not finished just now. If they could not hold out for 48 hours, this city might be submerged by those Monsters, and by then, no matter how many supplies were stored, it would be meaningless.

“Are you sure it’s 48 hours?”

Sabova suddenly asked, “Did the military give you any hints?”

“They are gathering manpower. I heard that in this direction, several cities have been attacked to varying degrees, but Bofu Castle was the city that lost contact the fastest. Therefore, the higher-ups believe that attacking Bofu Castle requires more soldiers and heavy weapons. All of this needs enough time; at least 24 hours for them to allocate all the necessary manpower. Then, the first wave of troops needs another 24 hours to reach the 33rd Komsomolsk.”

“From when do we start counting the 48 hours? Now? Or tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow morning at 0 o’clock. From that time on, if we hold on for 48 hours, we might be able to welcome a glorious dawn.”

Sabova turned her head to glance at Xiao Fen and whispered, “Perhaps we will sink forever in darkness.”

Xiao Fen raised his head, smiled, and said, “You can’t say that. To be precise, your direction is wrong. If we just passively defend, there will never be a future. The correct approach is to find the black hand behind the creation of these Sources of Mutation and get rid of him. The one who will truly sink forever in darkness is him, not us.”

Sabova looked up at Xiao Fen and said, “I can understand your anger at seeing these Sources of Mutation and guessing the prototypes of those basement mutant monsters, but this anger cannot replace reason. You don’t know where the other Sources of Mutation are, nor do you know where that black hand is. Even if you want to get rid of him…”

“I can,” Xiao Fen interrupted Sabova. He looked at her and said firmly, “Believe me, I can smell the scent of those disgusting guys. No matter where they are, let me have a good rest. Tomorrow, I will take you to clean out those guys one by one.”

Sabova laughed, turned her head to look at Ilyenko, and asked, “What do you think?”

Ilyenko shrugged and said, “For the defense of this city, having one more person or one less person doesn’t make much difference. If you two can really find the origin of those Sources of Mutation, it is also a good thing for us. However, I can’t provide more help—at most a few guns and some bullets. As for manpower, I cannot provide support.”

Sabova nodded and said, “According to the emergency regulations, as long as the parliament passes the state of emergency tomorrow, the command of the security team will be transferred to the military. By then, I will have nothing to worry about. Two people are enough.”

Ilyenko nodded, watched Xiao Fen finish eating, and the commander of the city garrison stood up, clapped his hands vigorously, and said loudly, “You little brats, your happy time ends here. Everyone, from now on, enter level one alert status. If you find anything abnormal, no need to report or warn, kill on sight.”

“But the city parliament hasn’t passed the state of emergency yet. Doing this seems to be exceeding our authority.”

A mid-level officer of the security team suddenly shouted. He glanced at Sabova and continued, “Without the authorization of the city parliament, I will not participate in this emergency lockdown.”

Xiao Fen swept his gaze over that officer, vaguely saw a half-smiling expression on Sabova’s face, and asked in a low voice, “Is that guy the main character in the motion to impeach you?”

“Main character? Without those rich kids in the city parliament backing him, do you think he would dare to challenge my authority? Those guys in the city parliament can’t command the garrison, so they’ve always wanted to control the security team. If they don’t drive me from this position, their plan will never succeed.”

“What’s his name?”

“Tsizedovsky. Why, do you have any ideas?”

Xiao Fen shrugged and said, “Ideas? No, I don’t have any ideas. I always only have actions. For those ugly guys, talking to them is a waste of time. Making them lie on the ground and eat shit is the greatest praise for them.”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Fen rose from behind the table, stepped hard on the chair, and then rushed onto the tabletop, crushing two pieces of dark bread. In the next step, he had already stepped onto another table.

While everyone was still stunned, Xiao Fen had already charged in front of Tsizedovsky. He stepped on and flattened the silver wine flask of this “driver,” looked down at the other party, and said in a low voice, “Lick it clean.”

Tsizedovsky froze for a moment and growled in a low voice, “What are you saying? You hillbilly, go back to your shelter. This city doesn’t need you…”

The “driver’s” speech was interrupted by a mouthful of phlegm. Xiao Fen suddenly spat at this seemingly dignified security officer. Caught off guard, Tsizedovsky was spat in the face, and some even flowed into his mouth while he was speaking.

Tsizedovsky was furious and reached out to draw his gun, but how would Xiao Fen give him such a chance?

With a “bang,” Xiao Fen raised his foot and kicked, hitting Tsizedovsky squarely in the chin and sending the security officer flying. In that instant, the “driver’s” face was covered in blood and phlegm, looking utterly miserable.