Lin Niannian was currently exerting all her strength to "run," but her movements were awkward, and her speed could barely be considered a normal walk.
The bullet was lodged in her leg bone. Every time she stepped on that leg, the bullet head would grind against the bone, bringing a heart-piercing agony.
But Lin Niannian couldn't attend to the pain right now. Her heart was filled only with anxiety and regret.
She had clearly mentioned the Gravediggers to Xiao Lin. She clearly knew those people were a hidden danger!
But having lived under Mr. Lan's protection for so long, used to peaceful days, she had assumed the other party wouldn't dare to make a move, so she had only mentioned it in passing!
If she hadn't been so naive, so foolish, how could things have developed to this extent? How could Xiao Lin have fallen into danger?
Lin Niannian struggled to run faster. Blood gushed from the bullet hole, flowing down her leg in a crimson line.
Bang!
A crisp, clean gunshot came from behind, originating from the direction of the institute.
Lin Niannian instantly froze in place, tears surging out.
Liang Yuan and his group wouldn't fire randomly, nor was there a need to shoot. This gunshot meant... Xiao Lin had likely met with disaster! Those madmen perhaps never intended to let them go from the very beginning!
Lin Niannian covered her mouth, forcing herself not to cry, and hurried to take action.
She didn't continue forward. Instead, she stumbled into an abandoned hut nearby and hid in the corner.
Then she drew her dagger, pointing it at her own throat.
She knew that after Xiao Lin's death, those Gravediggers would definitely come to capture her, using her as a hostage to check Lan Shiyu's revenge. But she would absolutely not give them the chance.
Lin Niannian grit her teeth. As long as she was discovered, she would commit suicide immediately. Mr. Lan would definitely avenge them!
Her chest heaved violently, her body trembling uncontrollably.
But just then, another gunshot rang out.
A gunshot?
Why?
More gunshots followed one after another, becoming continuous.
She faintly heard people shouting. Someone seemed to be yelling: "Parahuman! He is a Parahuman!"
In front of the institute, panic was spreading. But it wasn't Xiao Lin who was panicking; it was the Gravediggers.
Because Xiao Lin had risen and tackled Xiao Yu, one hand tightly strangling her neck, the other hand raising the long blade that had just pierced his chest.
Xiao Yu's face was purple, struggling desperately, but her strength was clearly fading.
She never dreamed that a person with a long blade through their abdomen could still move. What was even more terrifying was that there was no wound on his abdomen at all!
"Don't kill me... Wait, don't kill me. I'm a girl too, you can't..." she said with difficulty, her eyes full of painful tears.
Xiao Lin remained completely unmoved. He raised the long blade and stabbed it viciously into her mouth. With a hiss, her nape was pierced, and blood spread across the ground.
"Shoot! Shoot him dead!" Liang Yuan shouted loudly.
All the Gravediggers holding guns pulled the triggers toward Xiao Lin. Dense gunfire exploded in the night sky.
But those bullets hitting Xiao Lin had absolutely no effect.
They weren't deflected, nor did they pass through. Xiao Lin's body showed obvious feedback from being hit.
But it was completely ineffective!
This was definitely not a physical or mental superpower. It was more like... some kind of more bizarre state.
Xiao Lin pulled the long blade from the ground and stood up in the dense hail of bullets, quickly charging toward the nearest burly man holding a shotgun.
"Fuck!" The burly man cursed loudly, but instead of retreating, he stepped forward, pressing the shotgun against Xiao Lin's head and pulling the trigger!
Bang!
The shotgun bullet hit Xiao Lin at zero range. Xiao Lin's head snapped back.
But it only snapped back, and he immediately righted it. There wasn't a single scratch on his face.
The burly man stood there in terror, at a loss.
The next moment, Xiao Lin chopped the blade down on top of his head. Blood flowed down his forehead, and the burly man instantly collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
The shooting at Xiao Lin continued. Someone screamed in terror: "Why won't he die! Why!!"
"Monster! He is a monster!"
Xiao Lin paid no heed to this panic. He picked up the shotgun and turned toward the nearest tall, thin young man.
He pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The young man's body instantly became a mess of flesh and blood. He collapsed on the ground, wailing. He wasn't completely dead yet, but he wouldn't survive.
Xiao Lin swung the gun barrel toward another person.
Pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The skull was shattered.
It was completely a one-sided slaughter. No one could hurt him, no one could stop him.
When he had killed the fifth person, Xiao Lin turned the gun barrel toward Liang Yuan.
Liang Yuan did not retreat. Instead, he let out a roar, and his pupils suddenly radiated a blood-red light.
This light was similar to the blue light Xiao Lin had seen on mental Parahumans.
He was also a superpowered individual.
Liang Yuan lowered his body, kicked off the ground fiercely, and pounced toward Xiao Lin like a swift beast.
Bang! Xiao Lin pulled the trigger facing him. The shotgun pellets poured out, hitting Liang Yuan almost entirely, but they didn't injure him. Only some debris fell off.
His skin seemed to have turned into some kind of hard stone!
Xiao Lin didn't have time to fire a second shot. The barrel of the shotgun was gripped by Liang Yuan, and the metal barrel of the firearm immediately dented.
Xiao Lin without hesitation let go, smashing a heavy punch onto Liang Yuan's face. But this attack instead caused his fist immense pain.
Before he could even be surprised, Liang Yuan lifted his leg and side-kicked Xiao Lin on the shoulder. The terrifyingly powerful force instantly sent Xiao Lin soaring into the air, flipping his entire body onto the ground.
If he weren't currently unable to be injured, he would have likely suffered broken bones long ago.
But the next instant, Liang Yuan snatched the long blade and fiercely pierced Xiao Lin's heart, pinning him deadly to the ground.
"I thought you had some ability. Turns out you're just average," Liang Yuan said, pressing his knee against his abdomen. The immense strength left Xiao Lin with no way to struggle.
Subsequently, he drew his sidearm, aimed at Xiao Lin's forehead, and pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Continuous close-range shots, every single one hitting Xiao Lin's head.
Liang Yuan's expression was nearly manic. He fired until the gun was empty, then threw the sidearm away, smashing down with fist after fist!
"Won't die? Won't die? I don't believe you really can't die!"
He suddenly laughed maniacally.
"Not dying is good too!I can do whatever I want! Let's see if you die or not!"
But Xiao Lin knew very clearly. He wasn't immortal; he just couldn't be injured.
There was a strange core inside his body. It was a pure black sphere, lightless, static, dark.
When he was attacked, the core would suffer "loss." At this moment, under Liang Yuan's nearly frantic assault, it was being constantly consumed.
But just then, Xiao Lin sensed the existence of another core.
It was smaller, weaker, located somewhere several kilometers away from him. He seemed to have been there before.