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She looked up at the ceiling, watching the Remnant Beasts squirming in place, as Emerald Sparrow slowly, once again, spread her hands.

However, this time she wasn't using her magic to manipulate the enchanted armor to kill these monsters but allowing the Magic Silk to flow among them, scraping by, as if looking for something.

As expected, her actions elicited a response. With the silk stirring among the group of Remnant Beasts, more and more unidentified objects started to fall from the air, landing on the ground with a crisp sound.

Emerald Sparrow stepped forward, and after confirming one by one, she found that these were all various personal belongings of humans: identity tags, glasses, watches, cell phones, ballpoint pens, and so on.

What was more surprising was that, aside from the damage caused by falling from a great height, these objects were all exceptionally well-preserved.

Emerald Sparrow stared at the items on the ground for a long time without a word.

— "Why don't you do it?"

A voice came from behind her.

"I can't kill them," Emerald Sparrow replied.

"But they are Remnant Beasts," the voice continued to question.

The question carried a certain straightforward bewilderment, as if it genuinely sought an answer from Emerald Sparrow, and along with this question, Emerald Sparrow became aware of a shadow under her feet. Discover exclusive content at empire

A shadow much longer than her own, completely covering her shadow.

"They are Remnant Beasts, but they are also not Remnant Beasts."

Emerald Sparrow did not turn around but continued to look at the personal items on the ground, her voice low:

"They were supposed to be... human."

Her answer plunged the one behind her, who had asked the question, into silence.

This was the conclusion Emerald Sparrow had ultimately reached: those Remnant Beasts on the ceiling were human. In fact, a considerable number of them were once staff members of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau in Fangting City.

The Abnormal Strategy Bureau in Bai'an City was the same. The tragedy in that office was not caused by an external enemy; rather, it was because... someone among them had turned into a Remnant Beast.

An employee who was hiding in the office turned into a Remnant Beast and attacked the other unsuspecting colleagues, leading to that tragedy.

She should have thought of it sooner.

Black Ash Dawn had mastered a technique known as "Beast Entrails," which allowed humans to gain the power of Remnant Beasts, even to control the Beasts. Then, this technology could certainly have other applications.

For instance... turning ordinary people into Remnant Beasts.

However, this technology must not be as perfect as their "Beast Entrails"; it's impossible to retain the user's will like Beast Entrails, let alone revert to being human after use.

Emerald Sparrow could feel that those creatures above her head were just crudely stitched together.

Combining humans and Remnant Beasts into one, like zombies, lacking both consciousness and fighting ability.

Even calling them Remnant Beasts was a stretch, because their frail bodies and magic power were simply incapable of supporting combat like true Remnant Beasts; they were even inferior to the lowest tier, the egg phase.

The things on the ceiling, at this very moment, were just a group of pitiable "monsters."

"But now, they are Remnant Beasts."

The voice behind Emerald Sparrow said, "If we don't kill them, they will eventually take the first step in hunting out of hunger. As they begin devouring living things and acquiring more magic power, they will also start to grow stronger and then become a real threat."

"But they are human," Emerald Sparrow muttered, "Innocent humans."

"They are monsters, monsters that must be eliminated."

The voice behind Emerald Sparrow declared, "We no longer have the capability to revert them back to their original form; their human side has been completely stitched with the Remnant Beast, and these parts will later become nutrients for their transformation into true Remnant Beasts."

"I know,"

Emerald Sparrow spoke calmly, but her hands slowly clenched tighter: "I... know."

"You promised me, 'no matter what kind of Remnant Beast, you could eliminate it.'"

The voice continued, slowly approaching Emerald Sparrow: "Now is the time to fulfill that promise. These things are not human anymore, just monsters."

— "Senior."