"Left... already left?"<br><br>On the distant building, all the observers stared blankly at the display screens. The anticipated intense conflict didn't happen and the three strategies they had prepared were unused. That was clearly a standard {First-Class Mind Disruption Area}, undoubtedly a potent {Mind-Shifter}. Their encounter was supposed to be a great chance to stimulate and test each other. With this opportunity, they could locate the main {Pollutant Origin} in the café and precisely eliminate it. They could also truly assess the potential of {Observer No.13}, deciding whether to recruit him or eliminate him too.<br><br>Yet in the end, they only saw {Observer No.13} enter the {pollution source} and then walk back out. There was not a hint of anomaly...<br><br>The staff in the field instinctively looked towards the short-haired woman leading them. She too showed a moment of doubt, then resolutely commanded, "Continue monitoring, and promptly create a fourth response plan!"<br><br>...<br><br>Little {Luke Sin} trotted away from the coffee house, moving briskly towards the subway, eager to get back. He too was unsure of what he'd seen in the café. However, he finally understood what his sister specifically ran over to warn him about. There was a monster!<br><br>Although after the {Blood Moon Phenomenon}, the world had transformed drastically, the wilderness roamed with countless madmen. Nevertheless, those madmen were still humans, while what he had just seen definitely was not "human!"<br><br>He wanted no part of it; he only wished to run.<br><br>The subway station was desolate, with just an old security guard dozing in the duty room. {Luke Sin} sat on a bench, finally relaxing a little. Turning his head to look around, his sister's figure wasn't nearby, so he couldn't ask her what exactly it was. He could only wait until he got home to inquire.<br><br>{Luke Sin} had always known his "family" knows something.<br><br>"Shhh..."<br><br>Suddenly, there came the sound of shoes scraping against the ground. {Luke Sin} looked up and saw someone entering the subway station. It was once empty, but more people were now entering, donned in various attires, all in a rush. They came quickly into the station, but rather than heading onto the platform to wait for the train, they spread around swiftly. Realizing something was wrong, {Luke Sin} abruptly looked up, recognizing them from the old man in a worn sweater.<br><br>They were the very people from that café.<br><br>{Luke Sin} shivered with shock, rising up swiftly, only to see a figure revealed behind these people. It was the café waiter, still wearing that kind and gentle smile, though under the light, it looked somewhat eerie. He held a cup—the very cup of coffee {Luke Sin} had left behind. Then, showing an ever-broadening grin, he said softly and slowly, "Your coffee remains untasted."<br><br>...<br><br>{Luke Sin} felt a chill in his heart, hastily getting up, intending to leave. But as he moved, the people around him also followed suit, blocking his path. Those who were moments ago cozy and idyllic in the café, now appeared unusually eerie, almost like sleepwalkers. They didn't make extra movements, and from their pupils, {Luke Sin}'s reflection couldn't be seen. They just moved forward monotonously, closing in little by little, forming a human cage, making it impossible for {Luke Sin} to advance.<br><br>The smile on the café waiter's face widened as he raised the coffee slightly, nodding at {Luke Sin}.<br><br>{Luke Sin} felt awkward and a bit panicked, "I don't have money, can't afford it..."<br><br>The café waiter's smile turned more grotesque, and suddenly, an eye—or perhaps an egg—encased in the coffee, popped out, traced a black arc, and flew toward {Luke Sin}'s mouth. Alarmed, {Luke Sin} fiercely shoved forward.<br><br>Young and strong, he knocked over two or three men immediately, trying to break through and escape. But the café patrons moved with him, reaching out with stiff arms to grab him. So many arms, so many people—like tripwires—made it impossible to evade.<br><br>{Luke Sin}'s struggles lessened; they had pinned him down, with some even trying to pry open his mouth.<br><br>...<br><br>"What is happening?"<br><br>In that observation office, the short-haired woman frowned, "He behaves like an ordinary person."<br><br>"Perhaps he is yet to master his abilities," remarked a staff member beside her. "Should we request intervention to conclude this test?"<br><br>Watching {Luke Sin} nearly submerged by the crowd, the short-haired woman slowly nodded, looking towards the next room where a doll sat quietly holding an umbrella.<br><br>"Wait…"<br><br>But just then, a staff member suddenly shouted, catching everyone's attention to the intense fluctuations on the psychic detection instrument before him.<br><br>...<br><br>At this moment, as {Luke Sin} was forcibly held down and his mouth pried open, he heard a faint giggle.<br><br>"Hehe!"<br><br>His gaze shifted, and there was his sister, hanging upside down from a sign, clutching a teddy bear, swaying gently.<br><br>"Help me…"<br><br>Barely able to speak with his mouth held open, {Luke Sin} let out a muffled plea.<br><br>"You ignore me, always pretend not to see me outside, never talking to me…"<br><br>Swaying in mid-air, his little sister said with grievance.<br><br>"Help, sis…"<br><br>Eyeing the "eye" edging closer, {Luke Sin}, in despair, cried out.<br><br>"Well, you better promise to buy me the best toys…" his sister giggled again, the mischievous glint in her pupils brightened unusually.<br><br>"No money!"<br><br>{Luke Sin} lashed out, leaning forward, yelling loudly.<br><br>At this moment, the eye now perched at {Luke Sin}'s lips, the pupil rolled in line with his face, constricting slightly as if showing a smile, suddenly leaped forward. Simultaneously, the people's hands squeezed harder, forcing {Luke Sin}'s mouth wide open. Helpless like a prisoner, he watched that thing approach his mouth bit by bit. Despair loomed!<br><br>Yet just then, a cold little hand unexpectedly gripped {Luke Sin}'s palm.<br><br>His sister had jumped down!<br><br>...<br><br>"Whoosh!" Suddenly, in the eyes of others, {Luke Sin}'s body transformed into a slick creature. Firmly held, his arms twisted back, mouth forcibly opened, and suddenly, he changed peculiarly, arms twisting again, swiveled at an impossible angle, then a swift corkscrew helped him escape several gripping arms. Taking the chance, he freed his mouth from those gripping hands, dodged aside, letting the "eye" fly above his head.<br><br>In an instant, he broke free with odd, eerie movements, squeezing through the crowd.<br><br>Packed full of people around him, charging at him, seemingly inescapable.<br><br>But now {Luke Sin}'s form turned uncannily elusive, slipping between people seemingly incomprehensibly.<br><br>...<br><br>"Precision Flesh Artisanry… Spider Type!"<br><br>Meanwhile, in the building not far away, staff had spotted {Luke Sin}'s escape on the surveillance footage, agape in astonishment. On one of the intricate display screens, they saw {Luke Sin} previously bound, now almost being forced into a "pollution" by a monster. Yet at this crucial juncture, his body turned deftly agile, breaking free from restraints.<br><br>Faced with countless monsters in the subway station, he maneuvered through like nobody’s business,—his agility unparalleled, even able to create impossible angles, maneuvering as though the café's "people" were squeezing him in, yet executing unbelievable dives, avoiding, even climbing vertically on walls without any equipment.<br><br>"What's the percentage?"<br><br>"We can't determine yet, at this speed, a preliminary estimate is over 50%!"<br><br>"Does that mean his initial potential almost matches 'Gecko'?"<br><br>Building staff were in awe, excitedly watching the monitors as he quickly headed for the exit.<br><br>"Not good!"<br><br>Suddenly someone noticed a change and yelled out.<br><br>...<br><br>In the subway, grabbing his sister's hand, {Luke Sin} spied a path through, making a bid to flee.<br><br>But the café server standing outside the crowd, watching his strange nimbleness, sported an eerie smile that deepened, growing eerier, appearing stiff, solidified, transforming into an empty shell. Suddenly he released seven or eight enormous tentacles from behind.<br><br>Each tentacle, thick as barrels, lined with inverted bone spikes, and eyes flickered unsettlingly.<br><br>"Swish" "Swish" "Swish"<br><br>The tentacles quickly lunged at {Luke Sin}.<br><br>Running along the wall, {Luke Sin} suddenly saw mud flowers explode nearby, debris everywhere.<br><br>The thorough station rocked intensely under this barrage, appearing about to collapse. However, no matter how fast and fearsome the spawned tentacles were, {Luke Sin} retained an unfathomable grace, dodging them effortlessly, sometimes tilting his body, sometimes twisting in seemingly illogical postures, avoiding tentacles one by one, seeming almost to dance amid the tentacle barrage, leaping over walls and ceilings.<br><br>Within mere seconds, he scaled tens of meters, nearing the exit.<br><br>...<br><br>Seeing this, the short-haired woman in the observation point took a deep breath, turning to another girl in the room.<br><br>"Prepare to wrap it up!"<br><br>Expressionless, the girl stood up, slowly unfurled the parasol in her hand.<br><br>"Wait…"<br><br>But again, a staff member at the screen yelled in astonishment, "Look…"<br><br>Everyone in the office turned around, witnessing {Luke Sin} in the subway, already evading tentacles, nearly out of the station, but his body halted slightly, instead of escaping, hanging upside down on the station ceiling, slowly turning around, beckoning provocatively.<br><br>The short-haired woman gasped, "What's he doing?"<br><br>"He's provoking them?"<br><br>"…"<br><br>"How is this happening?"<br><br>The atmosphere in the observation point tensed, staff exchanged puzzled glances.<br><br>Upon {Luke Sin} displaying Spider Type ability, they prepared for final clean-up, knowing the dreadful speed of Spider Type. Here, the café {Pollutant Origin} couldn’t capture him, or anywhere in this world able to restrain a Spider Type user was rare.<br><br>But, unexpected was the Spider Type, instead of escaping…<br><br>He turned provocatively!<br><br>What kind of person, facing those monsters, wouldn’t flee immediatetly but, turn back, goadingly provoke?<br><br>...<br><br>"Sister, what are you doing?"<br><br>At this moment, even {Luke Sin} shouted incredulously.<br><br>The exit lay behind him, one step would let him escape, but his sister firmly held him back.<br><br>Sister pouted, "What are you doing?"<br><br>{Luke Sin} anxiously replied, "Running, haven't you seen the monster?"<br><br>"Why fear so much, brother?"<br><br>She laughed softly, gesturing teasingly at the café server.<br><br>Beneath tangles of messy hair, her eyes gleamed exceptionally bright, "It's him who should fear you, not the other way around…")
