Chapter 314 Big Kite

She suddenly realized that calling such things intelligent was giving them too much credit.

This bunch didn’t even have brains alongside their creator—if the original host had switched to an ordinary person without any abilities, those replicants would probably crash to the ground before they even took their first breath in the air.

“What’s wrong, Xinyan?” Noticing her gaze, Ling Mo, who had just finished explaining the situation to Tang Tang, couldn’t help but ask.

Xia Xinyan pointed out the window: “Our replicants… have appeared.”

Just as she was speaking, the two replicants that had fallen to the ground finally recovered. However, instead of coming to attack the three in the building, they got up and ran quickly outside the residential community.

Ling Mo instinctively frowned: “Where are they going?”

“Probably to deal with someone else,” Xia Xinyan’s expression turned serious. “It seems they do have some intelligence. The replicants’ deceptive ability only works against non-original targets.”

Moreover, they might even draw hate towards the original.

Ling Mo seemed to have realized this too and immediately asked, “Should we chase them?”

“No need,” Xia Xinyan shook her head. “As long as we destroy the Source of Invasion, it doesn’t matter if the remaining replicants don’t disappear. They can’t hop around.”

Dealing with the replicants, in some sense, was just a waste of time; as long as the Source of Invasion existed, replicants would keep appearing.

Tang Tang, who was oblivious to the truth, looked a bit confused: “Replicants? Source of Invasion? What are those?”

“Let’s talk while walking.” Xia Xinyan had no intention of lingering on here and headed straight down from the building.

Ling Mo kindly explained to her: “What caused this situation in the area is the Source of Invasion located in the center of the affected area. As long as we can destroy the Source of Invasion, this area will return to normal.”

After a pause, he continued: “Those replicants should be influenced by this area. They probably randomly find targets to mimic their appearance and abilities… Were you at home the entire time after things went south?”

“Yeah.” Tang Tang nodded. “I was sleeping at the time and woke up to noises outside, then discovered the power was out. I couldn’t contact anyone… there were also sudden screams from outside… I was scared something terrible had happened, so I locked all the doors and windows.”

Despite the recent series of invasion incidents occurring in quick succession, there was somewhat of a time gap, and with the internet’s speed, news about any major incident spread rapidly. Given that possible invasion events had recently been a hot topic of discussion among the public, once something like this actually happened, it would cause a swift explosion on the internet.

Tang Tang had seen related news before going to bed, so she connected the dots and realized the current unexpected situation was related to the invasion events. In this case, it made more sense to stay at home and observe the follow-up developments.

It’s likely that those early screams were from people cluelessly trying to check out the situation and ended up in big trouble.

In a way, it served as a warning to those who stayed indoors. That’s why when Xia Xinyan and Ling Mo entered the area, it was so quiet; people stayed at home, leaving fewer opportunities for those replicants to find targets.

Xia Xinyan felt a bit relieved that the replicants couldn’t enter homes and that this incident happened at night; otherwise, this situation would likely have had a much larger impact.

Tang Tang was located not far from the center of the influence, merely two streets away. On the way there, Ling Mo contacted Fatty and the others. According to Fatty, they had also encountered a few unreasonable lunatics on their way, but they took care of all of them. Now they were approaching the center area and had begun searching for the Source of Invasion. He also asked Ling Mo for a description of the Source of Invasion.

Ling Mo replied that he didn’t know.

Because Xia Xinyan didn’t know either.

The Source of Invasion didn’t have a single form. Its appearance was like those demons that were wild and free-loving; it could take any shape—though not too hard to find, often the more erratic ones would stand out from their surroundings. So as long as they found something that looked off at the scene, smashing it would solve the problem.

There had to be something they could break.

Moreover, it’s worth mentioning that the Source of Invasion wasn’t completely mindless; it could take evasive actions to protect itself. The closer these hostile individuals got to the Source of Invasion, the greater the hostility and attack desires from the monsters in the affected area would become.

So if they felt an abrupt increase in battle intensity, it meant they weren’t heading in the wrong direction.

Ling Mo explained all this to Fatty, but before he could finish, he suddenly heard Fatty’s shout: “Hey! You guys have already made it over?! Old Ling! Over here!”

In the next moment, Fatty hung up.

Ling Mo and Tang Tang instinctively looked around. The street was deserted; not a soul was present, not even a single monster could be seen.

“…Who did he see?” Ling Mo sensed something was off.

Xia Xinyan slightly pursed her lips: “He probably ran into our replicants.”

As her words fell, a sudden explosion erupted not far ahead!

It startled Tang Tang: “Wow! What happened?!”

Ling Mo immediately shielded Xia Xinyan and, upon realizing the incident wasn’t nearby, rushed toward it: “It could be Fatty and the others! Let’s go check it out!”

Xia Xinyan paused for a moment, then turned to Tang Tang: “Sorry.”

Before Tang Tang could respond, she swiftly scooped her up, lifted her feet, and chased after Ling Mo ahead.

Tang Tang instinctively clutched her: “Ahhh, please don’t drop me!”

Xia Xinyan remained silent.

She suddenly felt Ling Mo was a bit… dense.

Knowing full well that Tang Tang couldn’t keep up with them, this was such a great chance to bond with a girl… and he didn’t hesitate at all to give it up.

Well, although she understood Ling Mo was likely trying to maintain distance from other girls after getting a girlfriend like her… she actually didn’t mind…

At that moment, Ling Mo, who was running ahead, seemed to realize something; he quickly turned around and returned to Xia Xinyan’s side: “Let me take care of Tang Tang. I can handle her.”

Xia Xinyan raised an eyebrow: “Okay.”

Was this guy getting the hang of things?

…But why did she feel slightly annoyed again?

Tang Tang didn’t notice this point and just thought she was causing them a bit of trouble: “Actually, I can walk by myself… if you guys are in a hurry, you can let me…”

“No need.” Ling Mo stepped right in front of her, then a myriad of white threads appeared around her, swiftly manifesting into a steel kite that bound her tightly—two missiles even hung under its wings.

Then, the kite’s rear thrusters suddenly activated, launching her into the sky amidst Tang Tang’s startled yells.

Ling Mo held onto the kite’s string made of metal, looking at Xia Xinyan: “All good now; no need to worry about losing her. Let’s go.”

Xia Xinyan: “……”