Even hybrid monsters have their day

Chapter 271 I know you're not

"It's nothing," he said coldly, devoid of any emotion. "Give the order to have the things delivered immediately, and as quickly as possible."

Although he didn't know what he was talking about, Du Jie quickly replied, "Yes."

"By the way, how is he?"

Du Jie's face stiffened. "He's not dead yet."

Upon hearing his words, Qiu Pi clenched his fists tightly.

Qiu Pi visited Geng Miaowan in the hospital a day later. As soon as he saw her, he said, "I've been busy with work at the company these past few days and haven't had a chance to see you. Are you feeling better?"

Geng Miaowan already knew from Xu Ruwen that Qiu Pi had saved her that night, and that she was now staying in his private hospital. She had been seriously injured and unconscious for eight days. She also knew that the attack on them was very likely the work of the Silver Alliance.

However, none of that mattered to her. What mattered most was that Xu Ruwen told her that Luan Hao had left her body and disappeared without a trace. When she first heard this news, she was completely incredulous. However, denying it didn't mean it hadn't happened. She sensed her body and found it empty, her sea of ​​consciousness devoid of anyone, and the purple mist that always floated beside the demon core was gone.

Presumably, after she was seriously injured, the spiritual energy in her body disappeared, and she could no longer hold him.

Although his departure didn't cause her any physical harm, it left her feeling a sudden sense of loss. She kept wondering why he left without a word. Thinking about how he hadn't even tried to save her when she was near death, she figured he must be truly angry with her. She had originally planned to apologize properly and try to make amends after saving Peng Yuxian, but now that opportunity was gone.

For some reason, the thought of this made her feel a little sad.

"What's wrong?" Qiu Pi asked with concern when he saw that she didn't look well, his face always bearing that gentle smile.

Geng Miaowan snapped out of her reverie and let out a barely audible sigh. She knew there was no point in dwelling on it, and she knew even more that if he didn't come looking for her, she might never see him again.

"It's nothing," she replied indifferently, her spirits clearly low. "I just feel that things happened so suddenly, it was a bit unexpected."

After saying that, she looked at Qiu Pi seriously and said to him solemnly, "Thank you for saving me. If it weren't for you, I might have died there."

Qiu Pi smiled gently, poured her a glass of water, and sat down on a chair beside her. "You are my guest, so if anything happens to you here, I will be held responsible."

"Thank you." Besides thank you, she really didn't know what else to say. Geng Miaowan took the water, looking down at the glass. The water swirled in the glass, a thin layer sliding down the side. "Why are there so many vampires in the suburbs?"

Qiu Pi's smile faltered for a moment, then turned serious, and he said with unusual solemnity, "Now that things have come to this, I can no longer hide it from you."

Geng Miaowan sat leaning against the hospital bed, her complexion still not very good, but she appeared calm.

"As I said before, our situation is due to an infection caused by a failure to properly store the virus. However, I didn't tell you exactly how many humans were infected."

"How many?" she asked.

“Many…” His gaze also stretched into the distance, “Like me, Peng Yuxian, and a few others, we are relatively complete mutants, our bodies have almost perfectly accepted the virus. So we can control our bodies, even our thirst for blood. But it’s different for others. The lower the level, the less control they have over their bodies, and the less they can control their thirst for blood.”

Qiu Pi paused for a moment, then continued as if he had made up his mind, "Regarding that infection incident, although the company quickly isolated the infected humans, quite a few Level 1 and even Level 2 infected individuals still escaped. They roamed various cities, hunting humans, sucking their blood, spreading the virus, and creating those inhuman Level 2 mutants. The suburbs are their favorite gathering place, which is the main reason why I asked you to come to the city with me when I met you outside that time."

"What does that have to do with the Silver Alliance?"

"Later, an organization called the Silver Alliance suddenly appeared in the civilian population. They frantically searched for infected people wandering in cities or suburbs and gathered them all together. No one knows exactly how many vampires and level-3 mutants they have gathered, nor does anyone know what their purpose is. However, the recent frequent attacks on humans by large numbers of level-3 mutants are probably related to them. I received intelligence that the Silver Alliance used those infected people to create many level-3 and level-4 vampires, and even level-5 mutants. I think they must be planning something big."

"But I have never seen any media reports about this kind of incident."

"That's because the government was afraid that if this matter were reported, it would cause panic and social unrest. So they kept suppressing the media from reporting on it and ordered me to secretly work on developing antidotes and antiviral drugs."

So that's how it is. If that's the case, it must be a highly confidential matter. "Why are you telling me this?"

Qiu Pi looked at her, took the empty cup from her hand and placed it on the table beside her. "I told you this so that you would stay away from that kid Peng Yuxian in the future and not have any contact with him again. You were lucky this time, I just happened to run into him while I was investigating things over there. Otherwise... I really can't imagine it. I don't want you to suffer like this again."

"Why are you being so nice to me?" Geng Miaowan looked at him, her beautiful eyes full of confusion. "We...we've only met by chance."

"I don't know either. Maybe it's because when I saw you, I felt like I saw someone of my own kind."

"You...you knew?" A hint of panic flashed in Geng Miaowan's eyes, and she quickly looked away. "I...I didn't..."

Her hands clenched nervously under the covers. How could she forget that her body was different from ordinary people's? After so many days in the hospital, unless the doctors were blind, they must have known about her special body.

So, what would Qiu Pi do? She discovered that although her body was slowly recovering since she was rescued, she couldn't gather her spiritual energy for some reason. With her current condition, she probably couldn't escape very far. An unease began to creep into her heart.

“I know,” Qiu Pi smiled slightly, placing his long, slender hand on the blanket, which happened to cover her hand. He cupped his hand around hers and held it through the blanket. “I know you’re not a monster.”

These words struck her like a thunderbolt, leaving her completely stunned.

He knew she wasn't a monster...

He clearly said he knew she wasn't a monster, but to her it sounded as if he knew she was. Could it be her imagination? (To be continued.)