After leaving Shanhu Vi District, the two hurried toward the nearby Nanshan Residential District.


    Before they could reach the residential district, they encountered a group of zombies blocking the road, led by a Giant w Zombie.


    Although Su Han had ughtered throughout the night, the noise and the radiance of the Lamp Tree equally attracted the nearby monsters.


    Clearing the core area, but having monsters scattered around wasn''t something unusual.


    "Roar"


    The Giant w Zombie lunged at them, followed by more than thirty other zombies.


    Bai Qn, calm andposed, summoned the Book of Blood Spirit in her hand, and the Demon Eye Spider Woman appeared in front of her, charging towards the Giant w Zombie like a shadow.


    The speed of the Demon Eye Spider Woman was incredibly fast. Suddenly, the Demon Eye on her forehead lit up, its scarlet light flickering. The roaring Giant w Zombie''s movements abruptly stiffened, along with the zombies watching it, as if they were frozen stiff.


    "Swoosh, swoosh"


    The Spider Thorns shot out from the wrists of the Demon Eye Spider Woman. In a few breaths, shadows flew out, and with a ''puchi'' sound, they brutally prated the Giant w Zombie''s head.


    The zombies behind the Giant w Zombie couldn''t resist either; their heads were prated by the Spider Thorns and then copsed to the ground.


    While charging forward quickly and shooting Spider Thorns, she had killed half of the group of zombies in an instant.


    "Roar"


    As the impact of the Demon Eye faded, the zombies roared again, but the Demon Eye Spider Woman had already reached them. Her sharp ws swept across their necks, effortlessly breaking their spines and dropping their heads to the ground.


    In just over ten seconds, the remaining zombies were all dead.


    "The effect of the Demon Eye''s Mental Shock seems quite brief,"


    Su Han said slowly as he looked toward Bai Qn.


    However, Bai Qn''s expression remained calm as she responded, "It''s due to ack of practice. Sometimes, a split second is enough in truebat."


    Her words were indeed not false; after all, a moment of distraction could give the enemy a chance tounch a deadly attack.


    "Su Han, summon your Scorpion Spider Demon and try its suppressive effect. There''s nobody else around here."


    Su Han chuckled, slightly surprised by Bai Qn''s straightforward approach, nodded, and said, "Alright."


    The Book of Blood Spirit shed, and the Scorpion Spider Demon appeared on the street, its terrifying figure over six meters tall,paring to the Demon Eye Spider Woman like a hill to a mound.


    Bai Qn''s brow slightly furrowed: "It''s suppressed, by at least thirty percent, let me try something."


    As a Contractor, she could clearly feel the oppressive aura the Scorpion Spider Demon cast over the Demon Eye Spider Woman as soon as it appeared.


    Su Han nodded slightly, and Bai Qn immediatelymanded the Demon Eye Spider Woman to attack.


    The Demon Eye Spider Woman bent its spider legs and leaped forward, raising its hands and shooting Spider Thorns.


    Although its speed was still swift, it was significantly slowerpared to its previous shadow-like flicker, now slowed by at least thirty percent. The shot Spider Thorns were swept aside by the tail of the Scorpion Spider Demon.


    The Demon Eye suddenly lit up, its red light shing, but at the next moment, the Scorpion Spider Demon roared, and the Demon Eye Spider Woman instinctively stiffened, causing its lit-up Demon Eye to dim immediately.


    The motion stopped abruptly, and Bai Qn didn''t continue controlling the attack.


    She shook her head, smiled, and said, "It''s not just a thirty percent suppression. At least forty percent of her strength is suppressed. She can''t perform fully, even with focused control. But, our hypothesis should be correct."


    From her perspective, the suppression on the Demon Eye Spider Woman didn''t seem to bother her much; in fact, she was pleased to confirm this thought, not just as an experimental advance.


    "If we periodically extract some blood from both your Angel Envoys to make injectable solutions, split into 1 to 3 phases, it won''t be long before everyone''s strength improves by a notch, and most importantly, they will all be suppressed."


    Su Han''s eyes flickered slightly. Bai Qn''s idea was undoubtedly correct, but something still felt... odd to him.


    After all, she too was one of those under control.


    But Su Han was not one to waver; he naturally agreed to her approach, "We''ll do as you said, but let''s include one more thing: part of the camp that is to be contracted canter contract the Tree-born Worms."


    Bai Qn looked surprised, then instantly understood Su Han''s method and smiled, "If we use the Tree-born Worms as a foundation to induce mutation and evolution, that would truly create a n."


    From the initial bloodline toter enhancements, alle from Su Han''s Angel Envoys; with such suppression, there was no thinking about opposing him.


    Moreover, this wasn''t necessarily a bad thing. Having stable Angel Envoy manpower, stable enhancement routes meant that the camp could steadily producebat personnel, and their quality was assured.


    She appeared thoughtful and said, "I''ll go back and try to induce the Tree-born Worms to see if I can work out a stable path, but you''ll have to match someone who has a contract with the Tree-born Worms..."


    Before she could finish, Bai Qn shook her head and said, "It''s not quite appropriate. I''ll handle it myself. I still have one contract slot left."


    She suddenly remembered this matter; although it was to strengthen the Angel Envoys, the insides of it were to enhance the control over the camp, and it wouldn''t be good for too many people to know about this.


    For the majority of people, knowing the result was sufficient; they didn''t need to understand the process.


    She decided it would be safest for her to handle it during this period.At the thought, her beautiful eyes slightly moved, and she nced at Su Han. If it were him, he should be able to ascend to a higher step earlier than those monsters.


    "No need."


    However, Su Han''s response left her with an astonished expression, "Why?"


    "Keep your second Contract slot for contracting the Ancient Worm Tree''s creature."


    Bai Qn''s approach surprised Su Han, but he immediately dismissed this secretive approach and behavior, akin to submitting an oath of allegiance.


    "Secrecy can''t be maintained forever, and such a path of enhancement simply requires choosing sides."


    Su Han spoke calmly, aware that with so many intelligent people around, those studying the injectors would eventually discover the rtionship between bloodlines and suppression, something that couldn''t be hidden.


    On the contrary, what he needed was to publicly choose sides and loyalty.


    By choosing to contract Angel Envoy and follow the bloodline injector''s path of enhancement, it was natural to be a member of his faction. What he needed was loyalty.


    y both sides, and you''ll just end up beingpletely eliminated, that''s all.


    "My Ancient Worm Tree breeds a creature that is higher than the Tree-born Worm. You contract that one."


    Su Han smiled, jokingly said, "Using that, the suppression power should be stronger."


    "That would be perfect for submitting an oath of allegiance and picking the right side, right?"


    Bai Qn''s lips curled up as she spoke, "However... this allows for a change in adjustment methods. If most of them are creatures belonging to your Angel Envoys, then I might try designing injectors for corresponding levels."


    Different strength injectors correspond to different stages of Angel Envoy, advancing step by step, also suppressingyer byyer, with the hierarchy bing more severe, and Su Han standing at the highest position.


    "First, let''s find Old Zhu."


    Su Han rode with Bai Qn on the back of the Scorpion Spider Demon, as the Demon Eye Spider Woman was obviously not built for carrying people.


    The two headed directly to Nanshan Residential District, encountering wandering monsters along the way, but all were killed by the Demon Eye Spider Woman following closely beside the Scorpion Spider Demon.


    The range of the Spider Thorn was further than expected, effective within about three hundred meters, with a speedparable to a regr bullet.


    The rapidly regenerating bone spurs were not self-healing, but clearly had simr characteristics.


    Thus, their journey was extremely fast, and it didn''t take long before they arrived at Nanshan Residential District.


    Several transport trucks were parked on the street, and Zhao Yimin was leading people in guarding them. Upon hearing the noise, he had already aimed his hand crossbow at the foggy area.


    Seeing the Scorpion Spider Demon rush out of the fog, he finally rxed; he recognized it as the boss''s Angel Envoy.


    "Boss."


    Zhao Yimin came up to greet them, and as Su Han and Bai Qn got down, he asked, "Where''s Old Zhu? Are the things almost ready?"


    "The search for the items is almost done, but we encountered something bizarre."


    Zhao Yimin''s expression was grave. Su Han''s eyes sharpened as he asked, "What happened?"


    "The entire residential district, the whole street, not a single person, all empty, only some scattered monsters roaming."


    "Isn''t it quitemon to find no one when you guys search for supplies?"


    Bai Qn was somewhat puzzled, but Su Han''s brow was already furrowed because he had clearly sensedst night while cleaning up monsters that there should have been living people nearby.


    Some floors had obvious signs of activity, but now Zhao Yimin was saying there were no living people.


    Zhao Yimin hesitated slightly, then said in a low voice, "There are no signs of life, all the people are gone—it''s normal, but there are signs of people having lived in several ces, yet the supplies are still there, and the people are missing."


    "Tap, tap, tap"


    Footsteps sounded as Zhu Xiong hurried over, apanied by Guo Gang, his expression grave, "Su Han, I was just about to send someone to look for you."


    "What''s going on?"


    "The people are missing, and they might have left by themselves. One household even had just opened a can of food, not yet finished."


    The can of food was new, just opened not long ago, next to it were a pot for boiling water and an open bag of rice.


    Everything indicated that there were people here, and very recently, but now there was not a single person in sight, making the situation quite eerie.


    Zhu Xiong looked at Su Han and asked, "What should we do?"


    Su Han pondered. Last night, when he was killing monsters, he hadn''t encountered such a strange situation. If there had been any, he would''ve noticed itst night.


    So the most likely scenario was that something strange had been drawn here.


    "Zhao Yimin, take people and move the supplies back first."


    "Understood."


    "Old Zhu, Old Guo, leave ten good men with me to handle this."


    The Nanshan Residential District wasn''t far from Shanhu Vi, and this situation couldn''t be ignored; otherwise, it would turn into a disaster sooner orter.


    His mind made up, he immediately summoned the Ancient Worm Tree, and the Tree-born Worms along with their roots, took root underground, rapidly spreading out to the surroundings.