This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!-Chapter 196 - Crisis of Trust

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: Crisis of Trust

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: Crisis of Trust

Near the Rumi Hotel.

A few survivors emerged from a small supermarket, cradling paper shopping bags in their arms.

Inside were filled with large bottles of mineral water, milk, instant food, bread, and biscuits for supplies.

This city, or perhaps this world, although it appeared lifeless, the food, precious metals and jewelry, as well as various valuables in the shops, were all perfectly preserved.

Diana could tell that Ying Baiyi was withholding information about this world, and of course, she could also see that Chen Ke did not trust Ying Baiyi.

Just from the abandoned cars littering the streets and the sandbags piled up at the subway exits, it was clear that the situation was not as simple as Ying Baiyi had explained.

If it was a Mirror World, why did the streets bear signs of immense chaos erupting?

But the contradiction lay in the fact that for a city that had experienced turmoil, it was in some ways too clean.

There was no County Police cordon, no military vehicles on the streets, not a single soul throughout the city, and if a serious incident of Spiritual Energy had occurred, there would have been at least one Administration Bureau vehicle in sight.

Moreover, the nearby convenience stores and shopping centers showed no signs of looting.

On the tables of restaurants, there were meals left halfway through, as though abandoned.

Everything presented to Diana felt as if people’s daily lives were happening when suddenly, something occurred that abruptly halted any action in progress.

Just as teeth touched food, at the very moment, the accelerator was pressed, and the like.

“What exactly happened…” Diana took a deep breath, looking up at the darkening sky, her brow furrowing slightly.

She urged everyone to hurry back to the hotel. These civilians had not received professional combat training, nor had they any experience dealing with those bizarre entities, so it was best if they never even had to pull a trigger.

The store where Diana and others collected food faced the Rumi Hotel across the street. As she led the group towards the hotel, she could see Ying Baiyi looking at them from a window on the fifth floor.

Not many had ventured out to seek food, and time was short, so the supplies brought back were limited.

Ying Baiyi came down to the lobby to help, and although he did not agree with searching for medicine and food so late, it was undeniable that the food greatly boosted morale.

Four large bags of bread and biscuits seemed like a dream to feed more than fifty people, but optimistically, it was more than enough to get through one night.

Diana had a representative from each room come to the lobby, where they prioritized distributing food to children, the injured, women, and the elderly.

The men generously said they could handle a night of hunger, and some physically strong women were also willing to give more of their food to the elderly.

After the subway crash and their fall into the Otherworld, these people had a rare, somewhat warm moment.

Once they received their food, everyone quietly and orderly climbed the stairs, and by then, the sky had turned dark.

“Is it dark already?” Ying Baiyi asked.

Diana nodded, the last of the sunset clouds in the west dimmed away, and the moon took over the next 12 hours.

And Chen Ke and Sam had not yet returned.

She wasn’t close to Chen Ke, but she thought the guy wasn’t bad, and big-headed soldier Sam, who was the type to stand up in the face of danger. If the two of them were to die out there, it would be a pity.

“Let’s ask them to close the windows and turn off all the lights. I’ll start from the sixth floor, and you start from the first floor, okay?” Ying Baiyi asked.

“Is that all you wanted to say?” Diana was taken aback.

She had thought Ying Baiyi would ask about Chen Ke and Sam, but he didn’t seem to place them high in his concerns.

“Otherwise?” Ying Baiyi was puzzled.

“Chen Ke and Sam, they haven’t come back yet.” Diana spoke gravely.

Ying Baiyi looked around, then patted his thighs, signaling regret.

“Ying Baiyi…” Diana was somewhat angry.

“Listen, Diana, I understand what you mean, but this is impossible,” Ying Baiyi shook his head.

He knew Diana wanted him to go out and find them.

“Ying Baiyi… You are an FPI Level 9 agent, the highest rank in the field operations team, usually only bestowed upon those who have made exceptional contributions during a spiritual energy crisis,” Diana said with a cold stare.

“Yes, yes, I know, agents promoted to Level 9 have fought those monsters over 10,000 times, they have O2 clearance to the database…” Ying Baiyi shook his head as he spoke.

“I’m not asking you to recite the agent clearance handbook, what I mean is, there are no Administration Bureau agents like you,” Diana said.

“That’s because they have never faced real desperation,” Ying Baiyi said with a smile.

“Don’t overestimate yourself. I might not have such high clearance, but I would never stand by and do nothing while watching someone die,” Diana said, furious.

Ying Baiyi looked at Diana, his face flushed red, and finally, unable to restrain himself, he began to shout hysterically.

“It was me! I was the one who rescued them! It was me!”

His roar echoed throughout the hall, his voice laden with long-suppressed frustration and rage.

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“It was me who led them here! I’m the one who’s kept them alive for months! The one who abandoned them wasn’t me! It was Ji…” Ying Baiyi shouted, stopping mid-sentence as he suddenly realized something and deflated.

Diana looked at Ying Baiyi, waiting for him to finish.

Ying Baiyi appeared embarrassed, unable to say a word, and could only look at Diana while gasping for breath.

“What? What were you going to say at the end?” Diana asked.

“Nothing… It’s not important,” Ying Baiyi said noncommittally, turning to head upstairs.

Diana grabbed Ying Baiyi’s shoulder, determined to get to the bottom of this.

“You’ve been holding out for a few months? Ying Baiyi, tell me what the hell this place is!” Diana shouted.

“You don’t need to know, Diana, you really don’t, because that’s not what matters. Our ultimate goal is to leave this place, right?” Ying Baiyi replied.

“No, it’s important because right now I can’t trust you at all!” Diana drew her Luger revolver and pointed it at Ying Baiyi’s forehead.

“This is loaded with .357 Magnum bullets. You are not Superman, and the Holy Relics’ summons aren’t that quick. Whether I pull the trigger depends entirely on whether you answer my question,” Diana said sternly.

“Do you really want to do this? Diana? Is this what an Administration Bureau agent would do?” Ying Baiyi asked with a smile, slowly raising his hands.

“No, this is what I would do because I can barely believe you’re human anymore, don’t fucking push me, Ying Baiyi!” Diana said.

“If that’s what you want, then try it, without me, you’ll all be dead. I’m not joking,” Ying Baiyi said with a laugh.

Meanwhile.

Chen Ke was trying to stabilize Sam’s emotions as a dark tide was surging towards them. Chen Ke saw a white van nearby, quickly opened the door, pushed Sam inside, then entered the driver’s seat, covered in red dust.

Ying Baiyi had warned against driving here, as it could attract strange creatures. But now, with strange creatures everywhere, there wasn’t much choice.

“Sam, shoot them, I’ll drive,” Chen Ke fumbled for the ignition under the steering wheel, luckily finding the key in place.

“Shoot them, shoot them…” Sam was panting, psyching himself up, chambering a round in his M14 and ejecting a bullet with the pull of the bolt.

The gun was already chambered, pulling the bolt again would only eject the round from the chamber.

“Sam!” Chen Ke shouted.

Sam paused, looking blankly at Chen Ke.

“We’re on the battlefield now, soldier!” Chen Ke bellowed.

“Yes, sir! RUA!” Sam clenched his teeth and roared.

The black creatures in the sky dived towards the white van. Chen Ke put the vehicle in reverse and floored the gas pedal, the van slipping back like a bar of soap slipping from hands.