Today's update~

XG 165 - If Wong Xue Guo turns bad

Nana's gaze narrowed as she saw the shadow become larger in size, allowing it to have an easier time 'swallowing' more zombies. The process of sucking out the zombies became even quicker, giving off the feeling of a hungry beast.

"Xue Guo! You must stop!" Nana yelled over the loud alarm, but Wong Xue Guo's consciousness had sunk deep inside her sea of consciousness again.

Without control, her shadow recklessly spread every surface that had the energy to be swallowed and even returned back inside the base again to swallow the zombies that had entered.

"Oh my God, thank you-" A guard that was saved from the zombies by the shadow does not even have much time to be relieved when the shadow suddenly attacks him.

"Wake her up! She's attacking us!" Smoker yelled and shoot at the shadow, and proved that bullets could not hurt a non-physical thing even if it was no longer an ordinary shadow.

Nana clicked her tongue and reached out to grab Wong Xue Guo's shoulder to shake her awake. "Stop! You are hurting people!"

Wong Xue Guo turned her head to Nana, her pitch-black eyes and sclera looked straight into her eyes, just as Nana suddenly feel her energy start to drop rapidly. Alarmed, Nana quickly pulled her hands away, only for wisps of shadow clinging onto her wrist, following her.

Knowing it would be bad for her if this continues, she took a deep breath and send a punch at Wong Xue Guo's solar plexus. "I will try to restrain my strength, but you need to snap out of it!"

The surprised Smoker that never expected his girlfriend would dare to punch the little miss. No matter what she had done, she was still a kid! That thought no longer mattered when he saw that Nana staggered after punching Wong Xue Guo. What worried him was her unexplained pale complexion and heavy breath.

There was no way Nana would react that emotionally for punching someone, or even reacting that way as if a single punch had taken a great toll on her.

As soon as the punch landed, Smoker saw that the ferocious shadow suddenly curled inward with a sharp spasm, just like the reflex of someone getting hit. If the shadow has a vocal box, it would likely be screeching in pain by now. It quickly swims back to its owner, wrapping around her form protectively.

The good thing from this was that the darkness in Wong Xue Guo's eyes receded, her white sclera returning along with her mind.

Hands trembling, Wong Xue Guo stretched her hands to Nana but did not close the distance, afraid that she might accidentally absorb her energy again. She feel even better than in her top-form days, brimming with energy that could crush a mountain, but her heart was as stifling as a sealed vacuum bag.

During her 'hands-free' mode, she could still vaguely know what was going on around her. She could hear Nana telling her to stop, but she paid no mind to it, seeing as there was nothing wrong in using her ability to stop the zombies and getting stronger at the same time to stop the Lord from overtaking her body.

But she had foolishly disregarded the risk that she might accidentally absorb living people's energy. She could have accidentally killed someone from her recklessness. The thought of it sent shivers all over her body, and her trembling got worse.

Some may think it was alright to take 'useless' people's energy to strengthen themselves, as they would be 'contributing' to the fighters that could take on the monsters.

Wong Xue Guo does not want to be one of those bastards that sacrificed their morality.

Her shadow finally relaxed after sensing its owner's state and went back to its original shadow form, mimicking its owner's outline on the ground.

"I'm sorry..." Wong Xue Guo's whisper reached Nana's ears.

"It's an accident. With more training, you won't make such a mistake again." Luckily, it was light exhaustion, not reaching the worst state that Nana had experienced before. Nana ignored Wong Xue Guo's flinch when she reached out to touch her head.

Marvelled by Nana's disregard for her safety by daringly touching her, she was careful not to use her ability, and the gentle head pat helped to calm down her trembling.

"Nana, thank you."

Nana's punch had stopped her from committing murder over innocent people, as well as cleanly breaking the connection between her and the Lord. But she does not know if the previous connection had now created a door, where either party could now open it if they put in a bit more effort.

Just the thought of it had her shivering in fear.

"What the heck is that?" Someone murmured as a crane drove towards the zombies inside their base compound.

Controlled by the crane was a steel ball, which was then swung towards the large group of zombies. It was unknown how they would have such a thing in their base, which was a laboratory and not a construction site!

"Shit! Run!"

The large demolition ball was swinging around recklessly, attacking both enemy and their allies. It was so reckless and dangerous that it crushed a part of a perfectly fine fence, angering the leader of the lookout team.

"Bee!" The captain roared in anger. "He's supposed to attack the enemy, not damage the property!"

"Isn't that why we don't want to use it in the first place?" The soft-spoken guy said. They had to use it now that the number of zombies was too large for ability users and guns to handle.

Even the beanie hat guard agreed. "I'm ready with the grenade."

"Shit!" The captain cursed heatedly but knew that they really need to use everything to defend their base. Their base consists of intelligent researchers working their best to find a cure for this disease. One dead scientist would slow down the research.

They could not count on foreign countries to search for a cure when their state could possibly be worse than theirs. They must not give up on any hope to end this nightmare.

"Do everything we can to stop those monsters!"

The beanie hat guard grinned at their leader's words. "Gotcha."

As Musihada Laboratory was a highly guarded place, it was normal to have CCTV installed at every corner. There were also cameras installed at the front gates, and Chin Chun was one of the people that was currently watching from behind the cameras. With the current environment, they had to save electricity so they turned off the CCTV and had their guards patrol around the base instead.

Now was a special occasion and they turned on the CCTV again.

The captured image was shaking, with the zombies tirelessly colliding with the walls.

"Miss Wong's ability is rather worrisome," Director Choi commented. "Very useful in eliminating the zombies, but also pose danger to us."

"That won't be a danger anymore once she learned how to control her ability well," Chin Chun said without worry.

Director Choi refrained from speaking out his true thoughts. While it was certainly less dangerous once she learned how to control her ability, what about her personality? No one can be sure she would not be tempted to harm people. It was especially worrying with who her parents were, even if she grow up to be a much better person than them.

Charles Wong was restrained by Suzie Yap, who was also equally restrained by her husband. Both of them love their daughter very much and even contributed a lot just to search for a way to prevent the 'Death day' of Wong Xue Guo. They certainly would not let the mastermind of the world apocalypse go scot-free if they want their daughter to be safe.

If Wong Xue Guo turns bad, her parents would definitely stand behind her.

"Director Choi, my Godsister is a kind person," Chin Chun suddenly commented.

Gotten caught, Director Choi coughed embarrassedly. "That she is. A very good girl."