The Cubs Can’t Possibly Be This Well-Behaved! – CH141

Chapter 141

At Base 24, apart from the eastern direction where the purifying barrier converted the blood mist into spiritual energy, the other three directions were inundated with waves of blood mist rolling in.

In less than a minute, the entire Base 24 was engulfed by the blood mist, and piercing alarms blared throughout the base.

“Detected unidentified lifeforms surrounding the Nursery Facility. Action teams, proceed immediately to provide support!”

On the screen before Su Ci, a map of Base 24 was displayed. Apart from the most prominent areas—the Plantation and the Nursery Facility—the entire map had turned red, with the color deepening rapidly.

Around the Nursery Facility, glowing dots appeared one after another. Each dot represented a type of monster, and they were nearly encircling the entire facility.

Su Ci’s lips pressed into a tight line.

The force of rules that protected humanity’s base had already been on the verge of collapse. Now that it had completely dissipated, the blood mist returned to the human bases on this prison-like planet.

And these monsters surrounding the Nursery Facility—they were clearly here for A-Yan!

Su Ci looked at A-Yan again.

A-Yan was slowly floating in mid-air, his body fully restored to an adult form. However, the platinum glow around him had not dissipated.

With the restrictions lifted, Su Ci finally saw A-Yan’s true nature.

He was the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao—specifically, the Spirit of the Rules!

As memories of their time together surfaced in Su Ci’s mind, all the peculiarities he had noticed now made sense.

A-Yan, as the Spirit of the Rules, instinctively understood what conditions plants needed for optimal and rapid growth. Such knowledge was innate to him, as it was embedded in the rules themselves.

The diminishing strength of the protective rules around humanity’s bases now became clear to Su Ci.

He recalled when he first encountered A-Yan.

A-Yan had been a small, fragile figure squatting in the corridor, his spiritual body weak to the point of near-disintegration. His gaze had been hollow and lifeless, his vitality faint, ready to fade at any moment.

If Su Ci hadn’t nourished him with soul energy, and if he hadn’t found heirs for the old civilization to slightly strengthen the rules of the world, A-Yan might have ceased to exist entirely.

With the Spirit of the Rules in such a weakened state, how could the protective power of the rules remain strong?

Though A-Yan had regained some of his strength, his amnesia meant he hadn’t been continuously reinforcing the rules’ power. Thus, the collapse of the protective barrier was inevitable.

The final straw that broke the barrier…

The foundation of this rule-based shield seemed tied to A-Yan’s juvenile state. Once the base’s AI revealed this truth, the rules failed, and the barrier created by the rule-based power vanished alongside it.

It was too late to dwell on regrets. The priority was finding a way to remedy the situation.

Su Ci looked outside the Nursery Facility.

Monsters had already climbed over the metal fences and appeared atop the greenhouse. As they prepared to destroy it, Su Ci flicked his hand, sending a shimmering light onto the fragile walls of the greenhouse.

The light spread rapidly across the greenhouse’s walls, forming a glowing spiritual shield. The monsters’ attacks struck the shield but dissipated harmlessly.

Outside the Nursery Facility, the team led by Xun Xiaoyu, stationed nearby, had arrived and engaged the monsters driven by resentful energy.

Curiously, these monsters showed no interest in the team members’ flesh and blood. They ignored Xun Xiaoyu’s group and kept attacking the Nursery Facility, as though something inside was drawing them.

At this moment, Su Ci’s communicator buzzed.

[Yan Ping]: Caretaker Su, we’re on our way. Is the Nursery Facility alright?

Su Ci replied with a brief “It’s fine” and turned to look at the startled younglings.

“Su Su, what’s happening?”

The Crimson Flame Tiger stepped forward, glancing at Su Ci and then at the boy still floating in mid-air, radiating platinum light.

The boy, seemingly 18 or 19 years old, had handsome features and a tall, lean build. Though it was the first time Ran Lie had seen his true appearance, he immediately recognized him—

This was Brother A-Yan!

Among all the younglings present, only Lu Li seemed aware that A-Yan hadn’t always looked this way.

“Monsters are invading the base. I’ll deal with it. You stay here and keep an eye on A-Yan.”

After saying this, Su Ci vanished.

The younglings exchanged uneasy glances. Though the sight of the blood mist and the monsters’ roars outside made their hearts quiver, none of them backed down at this critical moment.

They stood protectively around A-Yan, keeping a close eye on the battle.

However, with the walls and the blood mist obstructing their view, they couldn’t see much.

“Xiao Zhi, Xiao Zhi, we want to see the battle outside!” Lang Ze suddenly had an idea and quickly called out to the base AI. The AI, ever cooperative, responded immediately.

The screen once again displayed the map of Base 24. This time, in addition to the red dots representing the monsters, there were also white dots indicating the operations team members, as well as…

“Xiao Zhi, is that little gold dot Su Su?” Lu Jiao asked.

“Correct,” the base AI replied.

The younglings let out a collective “Wow!” because the map showed that the red dots representing monsters were numerous—several times more than the white dots, densely packed.

However, as the golden dot moved, the red dots were rapidly disappearing.

Wherever the golden dot passed, not only did the monster dots vanish, but the blood mist was also being dispersed.

At this moment, the screen split into two, showing real-time footage of the battle outside. For the first time, the younglings witnessed what the fighting looked like.

The first to arrive was Xun Xiaoyu’s team of six. Initially, they had only received orders to investigate, but they hadn’t expected the number of monsters in the blood mist to keep increasing.

The further they advanced, the more dangerous the monsters became.

Strangely, however, the monsters ignored them. Even when they attempted to attack, the monsters merely flung them aside without continuing to engage.

The monsters seemed utterly fixated on attacking the Nursery Facility. Efforts to lure the creatures away or eliminate them one by one proved futile.

So, could the monsters’ target be… the greenery inside the Nursery Facility?

Otherwise, Xun Xiaoyu couldn’t understand why they would attack the facility. Even stranger, how was it that the facility’s greenhouse still stood unharmed despite such a ferocious assault?

She clearly remembered the greenhouse material was fragile!

As Xun Xiaoyu launched another attack on the monsters and was once again ignored, she heard her teammate exclaim in alarm.

Thinking her teammate was in danger, she immediately pulled out the garlic spray and aimed it in the direction of the sound.

The spray was a newly developed product from the plantation, reportedly more effective than its first version. Xun Xiaoyu hadn’t tested it yet, but at this moment, it was worth a shot.

As soon as the spray spread, the surrounding blood mist was driven back, instantly improving visibility. She also heard two heavy thuds nearby.

Following the sounds, she saw the two monsters that had previously ignored her lying motionless on the ground!

This 2.0 version garlic spray might smell terrible, but it was incredibly effective!

Overjoyed, Xun Xiaoyu quickly recorded the moment, intending to report back to the plantation after the battle.

Only then did she have a chance to check on the teammate who had exclaimed earlier. His face was still filled with shock as she asked, “Qin Lai, what happened?”

“Look at the map!”

At her teammate’s prompt, Xun Xiaoyu opened the map and promptly let out an exclamation herself.

On the map, the red dots representing the monsters were disappearing rapidly, and Xun Xiaoyu was amazed.

“Who’s this golden dot? How can they be so powerful? Is it Captain Yan? Or Yun Zixu from Base 26?”

Then, Xun Xiaoyu saw the answer with her own eyes—

From the blood mist emerged a figure clad in a gray-blue uniform, striding forward with a steady pace. With each swing of his hands, another monster vanished.

The light emanating from his hands bore a striking resemblance to Gu Qingchen’s purification technique, but it was far denser and far more powerful!

Xun Xiaoyu watched in disbelief as the young man walked past her.

What on earth was happening?

Had Caretaker Su awakened as a Purifier?

As she watched him, with his stoic expression, methodically eliminating one terrifying monster after another, a thought flashed through her mind: This is way too cool!

So Purifiers could fight like this too?

Su Ci advanced step by step, and the monsters that had been drawn by A-Yan’s presence were conveniently clustered together, saving him the trouble of hunting them down individually.

In one go, he purified dozens of monsters, among which were some lingering heroic spirits. These spirits merged into the earth beneath Su Ci’s feet, expanding the boundary of the Nursery Facility’s purified land.

The monsters that entered the purified zone emitted anguished cries as the resentment fueling them was purified. Yet, undeterred, they continued advancing toward the Nursery Facility.

Yan Ping and his team finally arrived, along with reinforcements from Base 26’s action squad.

What greeted them was the sight of the young man’s overwhelming display of power. Despite his seemingly lean and fragile frame, none of them could now underestimate him based on his appearance.

Yun Zixu stood dumbfounded, momentarily forgetting why he had come.

After returning from the riverbank last time, Yan Ping had warned him not to underestimate this “simple caretaker.”

Moreover, when Yun Zixu had returned to his quarters and discovered all his recorded footage deleted and received a warning from the base AI, he had grown wary of any further investigations near the riverbank.

Though he had wanted to visit the Nursery Facility many times since then to meet this caretaker, he never found the opportunity.

Now, seeing this shocking scene during their reunion, he could only mutter in awe, “He really is a big deal…”

Su Ci, however, paid no attention to the arriving humans, nor did he bother to hide his abilities any longer.

But just as he focused on clearing out the monsters, his expression suddenly shifted. A foreboding feeling arose within him, and in an instant, he vanished.

*

In the Greenery Area.

The light surrounding A-Yan had dimmed significantly. Above him, an ominous crack had appeared in the air, inexplicably opening into the void.

From the crack emerged a swirling mass of blood mist, wrapping itself tightly around A-Yan and dragging him toward the rift.

“Brother A-Yan!”

Lang Ze was the first to react. He jumped up and grabbed A-Yan’s ankle, but instead of pulling him back, Lang Ze was dragged toward the crack as well.

Fortunately, Xue Wei reached out in time and grabbed his wolf tail.