61: Chapter 61 Horrifying Scenes from Surveillance Cameras

If he threw away this phone, would he still be able to contact Future Tang Zheng?

Chu Xuan wasn't sure.

This was precisely one of the reasons why he hadn't discarded the phone even though he knew there was a high probability the authorities had already tracked his location.

But if he kept the phone, what if the authorities found him while he was sleeping?

Chu Xuan pondered; after a moment, his gaze fixed on the words "ordinary person" in the text message, and he immediately thought of a way to have the best of both worlds.

At the same time, he secretly praised himself for not giving up the phone easily just because he suspected the authorities had located him.

"Hmm... I sense them; there seem to be quite a few little guys nearby," the Phantom Demon's prompt appeared.

Chu Xuan's heart stirred. He followed the vague sensation and looked around, eventually settling on the direction of the small hillside from earlier.

"Behind this is the Small Commodities Market. The foot traffic is huge every day; perhaps many Strange Creaturess are lurking there..." Chu Xuan identified the location and then quickly ran toward it.

With 10 points in his agility attribute, his speed was like a gust of wind as he swiftly moved through the woods and headed straight up the hillside.

And almost shortly after he left...

...the place was filled with shadows. Over a dozen people were approaching quickly from three directions across the lawn, and several black sedans were parked at the park's trail entrances.

"He actually ran? Could he have discovered us in advance?"

These people looked up and saw that he had already reached the middle of the hillside; only a faint glimpse of his back could be seen flickering through the trees.

"This... such incredible speed!"

The pursuers stopped one after another, their eyes filled with shock.

"His position is moving rapidly; this is physical fitness similar to a Night Watcher's. He wants to run to the hilltop... No! His target is the Small Commodities Market on the other side of the hill. Go intercept him immediately!"

A young man in a suit holding a tablet stood by a sedan at the park's trail entrance, commanding through his headset: "The target will arrive at the Small Commodities Market within five minutes. Team Three and Team Four, drive to Market Entrances 1 and 2 immediately and prepare for interception! Even if you can't stop him, you must stay glued to him!"

"Copy that!"

"Copy that!"

Replies sounded one after another in the headset. Immediately after, the two sedans at the intersection roared to life, leaving behind a cloud of dust as they vanished from the spot.

"Hmm? Why are there so many people down there... are they looking for me?" Having reached the top of the hill, Chu Xuan glanced down, his brow furrowing deeply, before continuing to run down the other side.

Back at the park, before long, an off-road vehicle parked arrogantly in the middle of the road. Tao Jiajia slammed the door open, jumped down from the passenger seat, and approached with aggressive Aura steps:

"What happened? Did he get away?"

The young man in the suit wearing the headset straightened his chest and said loudly, "Reporting to Captain Tao! Based on the target's trajectory, he intends to head to the Small Commodities Market to evade capture using the dense crowds. Even if he makes a Breakthrough and enters the market, as long as we seal all entrances and exits, strictly inspect everyone coming and going, and then mobilize enough law enforcement to conduct a search, he definitely won't escape!"

"Hua Jun, you're still the one whose work puts me at ease." Tao Jiajia's expression softened slightly.

"It's just..." Hua Jun's expression was slightly hesitant.

"Just what?" Tao Jiajia's face immediately fell.

"Doing this might cause some negative repercussions. After all, the daily foot traffic in this market is enormous, and many are students from the nearby University Town..."

Before Hua Jun could finish, Tao Jiajia waved her hand to interrupt, saying confidently, "It's fine. Just do it your way. I'll take responsibility for all consequences. Also..."

At this point, Tao Jiajia took the tablet from Hua Jun's hand, swiped a few times on the satellite map, and pointed, saying, "Arrange for Special Service Personnel to deploy snipers at these high vantage points outside the market."

"This... won't that kill him?"

"Just don't hit his vitals. He's not an ordinary person; he's thick-skinned. Leaving him with a single breath is enough. Anyway, with the treatment methods of the Night Watchers and the Research Department, he won't die!" Tao Jiajia said indifferently.

"A whole dormitory building, over a thousand people dead! Even Qin Qing is barely clinging to life. He's just an ordinary student, so why is he perfectly fine? Don't you find it abnormal? Clearly, in the surveillance footage, he was covered in blood and walking sluggishly, yet he didn't even go to a hospital. Not only has his body completely recovered, but he also mysteriously gained parents and siblings..."

A cold smile suddenly appeared on Tao Jiajia's face. "There is definitely something wrong with this Chu Xuan!"

Hua Jun thought for a moment and still reminded her, "Could he be a Transcendent who gained unique abilities? Just like that Tang Zheng—he was clearly dying from excessive blood loss and shock, yet less than ten minutes after a blood transfusion, he was full of life! And we just received news that Tang Zheng's Original Blood has undergone preliminary testing by the Research Department, which found it contains a large amount of Active Factors. It seems even more active than the blood of those Night Watchers. If we..."

Before he could finish, he saw someone approaching and immediately shut his mouth.

"Captain Tao!"

A capable-looking middle-aged woman walked over quickly, carrying a laptop. "This is the surveillance video our people just retrieved. Please take a look."

Tao Jiajia nodded slightly.

What was playing in the video was everything Chu Xuan experienced after entering that family of four. Except for the bedroom, which wasn't captured, the living room and kitchen were all recorded.

This, of course, included the mother bringing out plates of bloody raw meat and placing them on the dining table, while Chu Xuan actually feasted on them as if tasting a worldly delicacy.

The other four sat around him.

The middle-aged man kept turning a block of wood over and over, a goofy expression on his face, claiming it was a Transformer.

The woman held a bowl of crimson liquid, yet said it was a bowl of pork rib soup.

The young woman held a blood-stained textbook, babbling words that no one present could understand.

The young boy giggled like an innocent child.

Chu Xuan's face was brimming with a happy smile, and tears of emotion flowed down.

In the face of such a strange and terrifying scene, Chu Xuan hadn't noticed anything wrong at the time. But watching it through this video, everyone present felt the surrounding air grow a few degrees colder, a bone-chilling sensation washing over them.