Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 274: Chapter 128: The Obsession with Cheese

”Since we both need to find a house, why not do it together?”

Cheese sat in the driver’s seat of a scrapped SUV, her warm-colored scarf hiding the wound on her neck, making her appear delicate and charming.

The sulky sorrow on her face had vanished, replaced with a friendly smile. There seemed to be some emotion in her eyes.

But her words momentarily baffled Li Yelai.

Were they going together to the division to find a house?

Or together...

Li Yelai unconsciously recalled the scene where Cheese, her face flushed, was wearing a white bathrobe and slumped half-leaning on the sofa.

At that time, Cheese had an injured arm and asked him to help her change her clothes. This made both of their hearts beat rapidly...

In fact, Cheese often talked frivolously, but she hadn’t been in any romantic relationships.

If any genuinely intimate actions had occurred, her face would turn redder than an apple.

At that time, if Li Yelai had really done something, he probably would have lost this good friend completely.

Adding to that, Li Yelai had a clear self-awareness and thought this was just another one of Cheese’s flirty teases. It must be about going together to the division to find a house.

Thinking this, Li Yelai took a deep breath, dispelled the images that had formed in his mind, and said, ”I was just about to go to the division to ask if there are any vacant family apartments available. Shall we go together?”

’It makes sense, his sister has difficulties interacting with other people,’ Cheese thought. The light in her eyes dimmed, and she responded softly, ”Let’s go then.”

Afterward, the two walked along the shattered highway, chatting as they went.

Passing by were either construction crews or combat personnel, and occasionally they would see some Spiritual Ability Users.

The reconstruction of Giant City and the clearing of the residual Insect Swarm were underway simultaneously, and it was uncertain when Giant City would be restored.

”Since your house was destroyed, where is Xiao Yan currently staying?” Cheese asked.

”In a confidential area in the New District, where there are people who can take care of her. Once I find a house, I’ll bring her back...” Li Yelai responded.

Although Li Yunyan had become a Spiritual Ability User, the effects of the curse still prevented her from living a normal life.

Currently, she was staying with a ’nun,’ a Spirit Extinguisher. It must be said, the nun had been a great help. Otherwise, Li Yelai wouldn’t feel secure leaving Li Yunyan alone anywhere. But as a Spirit Extinguisher, the ’nun’s’ identity was highly confidential. Even most team leaders were unaware of her existence.

The Doll might know, but they likely hadn’t met.

Li Yelai couldn’t say much more.

”I get it~~ a secret mission.” Cheese didn’t ask further but said, ”In order to deal with the Disaster Fog, the existence of human Spiritual Ability Users has been exposed to the public, and Giant City will gradually inform the public about the Spiritual Ability Users. At the same time, we should be prepared not to let the Ember Church take advantage of this.”

Li Yelai nodded. Before the onset of the Disaster Fog, most people in Giant City thought of Spiritual Ability Users as urban myths.

Just like Li Yelai, before encountering the Skin Strippers, he wasn’t aware of these supernatural beings.

Most of the population had never left Giant City in their entire lives.

Their understanding of the Disaster Fog resembled a special Catastrophe targeting humans.

But those Scavengers who often left Giant City knew more, though under the surveillance of Giant City, they all tacitly concealed everything.

After all, this was not something worth promoting widely. It would rather cause some kind of panic.

Now, with the arrival of the Disaster Fog and the Slaughter Insect Swarm devouring everything, at least for those survivors who were engulfed in the Disaster Fog, the existence of the Spiritual Ability Users had been exposed.

The official task now was to gradually make them understand this existence.

This risk was actually significant, Spiritual Ability Users.

From the outside world’s perspective, especially in the eyes of ordinary people, what kind of powerful force is this?

In the blood battles with the Insect Swarm, people had seen the formidable and special abilities of the Spiritual Ability Users.

Especially the high-level Spiritual Ability Users, such as Yang Chen, charging at supersonic speeds against the Forbidden Army Insect; Lie Yang, transforming into the mythological Golden Crow; Sword Madman, wielding his sword to slay thousands of demons!

For many, this was a fatally attractive power.

So how many of the now surviving million civilians would want to become Spiritual Ability Users?

And how many of them would genuinely possess the Spiritual Talent?

What about those without the Spiritual Talent who still wished to become Spiritual Ability Users?

If they felt envy or dissatisfaction, it would invite the corruption of the Ember Church!

The Ember Church would simply need to offer some high-risk Catalysts to make those desiring power flock to them.

Some people who had faced injustices or disasters would go to any lengths to become Spiritual Ability Users.

Imagine an ordinary person crushed by power—if they could obtain extraordinary powers, even with a high probability of death, they would still grasp at this chance for life.

Moreover, within the Church, becoming a Spiritual Ability User meant they could demand everything from the believers, further fueling this trend.

Just what Li Yelai knew was sufficient; there were cases of people who, in order to become Spiritual Ability Users, for a highly dangerous Catalyst, offered their daughters and all their possessions.

Because by becoming Spiritual Ability Users, they could gain the respect and resources of countless believers in the Church.

This was a life-and-death gamble, Chen Xiaodao managed to turn twenty points into twenty million.

They believed they could do it too.

However, the vast majority lost the gamble, becoming Sufferers, continuing to endanger Giant City.

This was also why officials hesitated to openly disclose the existence of Spiritual Ability Users.

There would always be people thirsting for power, and the Ember Church would surely seize this opportunity to corrupt more people, thus making inside Giant City even more dangerous.