Chapter 239: 72 So That’s How It Is (5K)_3

Gerard then heard Bai Wei “tsk” in his mind.

“So that’s how it is.”

Before Gerard could even ask “How is which way,” Bai Wei spoke again, “They’ve been awakened too, this is… a trap.”

…Awakened?

Bai Wei offered no explanation but instead shared the vision from his left eye with him.

And then Gerard saw that all members of the New Chaser Association, at this very moment, lifted the carts and began sprinting crazily toward the position of the great bridge.

The reason for the term “sprinting crazily” was that at this point, they no longer resembled humans at all, just like the two guys Gerard had beheaded earlier, these people’s limbs had now become extremely bizarre.

That movement, that posture, indeed as Bai Wei said,

was like awakened monsters.

They were now only a few hundred meters away from the steel bridge.

At this pace, Gerard simply couldn’t intercept them.

“There are Devil Knights on the bridge,” Gerard said gravely, “They should stop these guys.”

“You’re thinking too much,” Bai Wei said, “Why would they need to go over the bridge?”

Gerard was slightly stunned: “What?”

“Humans need bridges to cross rivers,” Bai Wei said indifferently, “Look, are they still human?”

Finally, Gerard snapped back to reality, once again relying on Bai Wei’s shared vision to look at those people.

Only then did he realize that the direction of their frenzied sprint was not toward the bridge.

But toward the river.

Just as Bai Wei had said, only humans need a bridge to cross rivers, but monsters do not.

“Furthermore, we previously thought that those corpse blocks were just tools to obscure vision,” Bai Wei slowly said, “but actually that’s not the case, they are also important cargo, no less significant than my tongue or that Purification Source Crystal.”

“…What do you mean?” Gerard grew even more uneasy.

“Those Divine Remnants from the Abyss are what the new deity uses to increase its power,” Bai Wei said, “It intends to devour these flesh and blood directly to become stronger, so as… to completely kill Lyra and fulfill the final coming, what the New Chaser Association calls rebirth.”

Gerard’s body stiffened.

Bai Wei had made himself very clear, and he understood it all, every bit of it.

It all formed a chain of events.

Countless times they thought they had seen the truth, yet they did not realize it was only a part deliberately exposed by the other party.

Even Bai Wei hadn’t seen it coming; by the time he reacted, it was already too late.

Those more than ten groups of people rushed towards the river simultaneously; Gerard, even if he grew four legs now, couldn’t possibly stop them all in time.

Once they crossed the river, it would be even less likely to stop them.

The Devil’s Army was the last line of defense.

Now, it had been breached.

…Was this Bishop Oliver’s doing?

Upon seeing in his vision the countless numbers, like wild beasts charging toward the riverbanks, Gerard stumbled, the massive mental turmoil nearly preventing him from even standing.

But at that moment, Bai Wei chuckled, “Don’t panic, it’s not the worst time yet.”

Upon hearing this, Gerard immediately grasped the hilt of the Chainsaw Sword tightly, bracing himself from collapsing.

Bai Wei’s unhurried tone, it was like a stimulant to him.

“Do you have any other plan?” Gerard asked, “Right now, we can only stop one person at most.”

“One person is enough.”

Gerard seemed to understand something then and took a deep breath before stating, “My body can still hold on, release the power of the eye.”

“There’s no need.” Bai Wei’s pupils flickered, then he shifted his gaze to the throat of one of the sprinting people, then chuckled, “I can still find my own tongue.”

…

On the other side of the river, Fourth District.

Hogney stood on the lightless bank, quietly watching the awakened Fifth Zone opposite the river.

He knew that when that sound had risen, the plan had been successful.

What followed next was unstoppable.

Even Gerard with that eye couldn’t stop it.

When a string of plops came from the river, Hogney’s lips curled slightly.

After a few breaths, a number of bizarre shadows, holding Corpse Blocks, crawled out of the river and then stood silently by Hogney’s side.

One, two, three.

Hogney silently counted.

When no new figures emerged from the water, his smile grew thicker.

“To have lost only one group, two people,” Hogney said with a chuckle, “The Knight of Night Star, Visa’s eye… is nothing more than this, right?”

He turned his head to look at the others.

But no one could answer him, most just stood there vacantly, their eyes as dead as a corpse.

This was also why they never took off their masks.

Hogney slowly ambled over to one group, using his fingers to pry open the remnants they were carrying.

Within the remnants was a Purification Source Crystal.

“Very good.”

He nodded in satisfaction.

Then he walked over to another person.

“Open your mouth.”

The person slowly opened their mouth.

Revealing the tongue within.

“Perfect!” Hogney excitedly slapped the stupefied face, “Or rather, even better! Hahaha!”

And then, without waiting for any response, he left, laughing loudly.

He did not see the monster cock its head to the side.

Revealing a sinister smile.