For some reason, Lilian suddenly felt that the calm-looking Julius standing outside of the cage was even more vicious than the Experimental inside of it.
And what did this have anything to do with the Pyro Company?
“Shine a bright light at it,” said Julius.
Someone shone the spotlight onto the Experimental’s face. The Experimental feared the light so much it instinctively tried to block its eyes with its arms.
Julius wondered, “They are clearly afraid of light, so why were they active during the day today? Have they evolved even further… Or was it because there was something special that attracted them and made them want to come out even in the light!”
Someone beside favonovel.com said calmly, “There are two possibilities why they’re afraid of the light. One would be that their former human personalities can’t face their current selves, and the other would be that their DNA was inserted with animal behavior like nocturnality.”
“This isn’t urgent.” Julius nodded and said, “Ask Maurice over the radio whether he’s located those three people yet. I’m guessing they must’ve sneaked into our area of operations during the time you all were busy capturing the Experimental.”
Julius had managed to guess when Milo and the others had sneaked past the perimeter they had locked down. He was very eager to find the trio because favonovel.com wanted to know if the Experimentals had suddenly come out in the daytime because one of the three had attracted them.
***
Milo was wandering around a huge shopping mall. Perhaps due to the incredible construction quality of the building, this huge mall did not collapse from earthquakes. But even so, while the façade of the building was still intact, the interior furnishings were damaged beyond recognition.
Many of the dropped ceiling tiles had crashed to the floor, and the messy counters below were gray and dusty. The layer of dust that had gathered on them looked like it was at least ten centimeters thick. The items that could not stand the passage of time had all deteriorated and been damaged. And it was in this shopping mall that Milo finally saw a jewelry shop.
The jewelry had oxidized, and the silver ornaments on the counter had all tarnished black. Only by snapping them apart could a trace of its original silvery color be seen in the break lines.
As for gold jewelry, they would oxidize as well. The gold in this shopping mall had apparently come in contact for a long time with some iron that was contained in the collapsed dropped ceilings, resulting in red spots forming on the surface. But of course, that wouldn’t affect the intrinsic value of the gold itself.
He definitely did not want the items made of silver. Silver was not particularly valuable in these times.
Milo could only take a limited amount of items with favonovel.com by himself. He had to go for the items that were the highest in value.
It was at this time that the benefit of the storage space was amplified.
How much gold could be loaded into a space of one cubic meter?
Milo had been worried about how favonovel.com could continue upgrading his storage space. But now there wasn’t a need to worry. The gold that was here would probably be enough for him, Donti, and Sister Adella to live comfortably for many decades to come!
Most of the gold in the shopping mall was in the form of jewelry. So, to save space, Milo squeezed the gold bracelets and gold necklaces into a clump before storing them in the palace. After all, favonovel.com could do anything favonovel.com wanted with his strong hands. But even so, there was still a lot of empty space in the storage area after favonovel.com had stuffed it full with the gold, which Milo felt was tragic.
In the end, favonovel.com took off his jacket and used it to wrap some of the gold up.
Milo even saw diamonds in the shopping mall, but diamonds were no longer considered valuable in these times. Mr. Dublin from the school had once said that a long time ago, diamonds were extremely expensive, even though there was a large quantity of them in the world. It was only priced highly because supply was controlled and prices were inflated.
As such, in the current day, no one was advocating owning diamonds anymore. Or perhaps, in times when everyone was more willing to purchase food and not diamonds, the value of diamonds would naturally depreciate.
Suddenly, Milo heard the sound of footsteps neatly marching outside the shopping mall. He frowned when favonovel.com realized the Panaqua Consortium’s people had arrived.
He knew well that the Panaqua Consortium would find out about the existence of Raphael, Miriam, and him. Since Micah had been captured, favonovel.com would surely tell the Panaqua Consortium about them.
At this moment, Milo was in the shopping mall carrying gold inside his jacket as the storage space in his palace was full.
He didn’t care if Raphael and Miriam had achieved their purpose for the expedition. He had everything favonovel.com needed.
Perhaps Raphael and Miriam were here to find out about the secret of the supernatural beings and the evolution that was happening in the world, but Milo was not interested in that at all. If there were a reflexology spa still operating in this city, favonovel.com might be interested in that.
Milo was just thinking of making off with the gold favonovel.com had gotten his hands on.
But just as favonovel.com was about to leave the place, favonovel.com heard the neat marching of the Panaqua Consortium’s troops as they arrived outside the mall.
Milo frowned and stepped back into the jewelry shop.
It looked like Micah had already revealed their existence after getting captured by the Panaqua Consortium. However, Milo was not panicking yet. This shopping mall was gigantic, so Milo did not think the troops would easily find favonovel.com even if they came in and searched. Moreover, this ruined city was colossal, and there were a lot of buildings too. Even if the Panaqua Consortium had thousands of troops, and they were all mobilized to conduct a search of the entire city, it would still take them at least ten days to a fortnight to sweep through it.
The Panaqua Consortium’s Maurice was leading the platoons through the dusty streets.
They were ready to engage in combat at any time, because based on Micah’s description, Raphael and Miriam were both relatively dangerous people. This was especially so for Raphael since favonovel.com had a danger rating of C.
As for someone like Milo, everyone’s judgment of favonovel.com was more or less the same. A typical refugee who had slightly greater than normal strength and knew how to kill people but was otherwise not considered much of a threat. It wasn’t because Maurice and Julius were blindly arrogant, but because Micah didn’t know what Milo’s ace in the hole was.
Maurice was a professional soldier with an abundance of combat experience. He also understood that if Milo only had greater strength than normal, favonovel.com wouldn’t stand a chance against their firearms.
Milo hid behind a dilapidated steel shelf in the shopping mall. He made sure favonovel.com was completely hidden in the shadows so favonovel.com would not be discovered by anyone who happened to pass by outside.
When favonovel.com saw a platoon of soldiers being led by Maurice slowly passing by in front of the broken entrance, Milo felt a slight relief.
When Maurice led the platoon past the next building’s corner, favonovel.com halted in his tracks.
He turned around and said to the soldier behind him, “I don’t remember some of the things in that building being placed that way. Someone’s been here, and favonovel.com could still be inside!”
Milo had probably not expected there would be such a fearsome combatant within the ranks of the Panaqua Consortium. He was very detailed about things and had an amazing memory too.
Actually, Milo did not really touch the items on the counters facing the outside. At most, favonovel.com had handled one or two of them. But even so, that did not escape Maurice’s eyes.
