Dominion's End

Dominion's End V4Extra: Ominous Number

Dominion's End Volume 4: Battle for Lan City

Original novel in Chinese by: 御 我 (Yu Wo)

Extra 1: Ominous Number—translated by Miaka_Mei (proofread by EvlNabiki & Trespasserby; C/E edited by lucathia)

"Ah Yan! Run! Take Xiao Ya and run!"

There was a crying woman in front of him with tears streaming down her face and a little child held in her embrace. Upon hearing his words, she was about to turn around and run, but her eyes suddenly widened. Throwing the child to the side, she rushed over and knocked him away. A mournful, shrill scream sounded, until her body suddenly shook violently—a hand pierced out of her body through her heart, and the scream stopped.

Ah Yan...

"Daddy—"

Turning around, he saw his daughter running toward him. But a monster was pouncing on her from behind, and she ran up to him as fast as possible. Barely in time, he moved her under him to protect her, but it was a waste of effort, as his body was also pierced. Pressed to the floor, unable to move, he helplessly watched as the girl was dragged away by another monster and torn into, never to cry again.

His heart was already dead. After that, there was only numbing unconsciousness.

Looks like everybody here is dead...

Huh? It seems like this one is still breathing. Oh, so it wasn't a fatal wound. Take these two back. Perfect, see if there are any differences between the fatally and non-fatally wounded transforming into monsters.

Register the dead one as 012. The one that's still alive is 013.

There was nothing sadder than a withered heart. Upon waking up, 013 passed his days in a muddled-headed daze. In the beginning, there were all kinds of experiments, which were unbearable even for aberrants. His body was cut over and over again, and getting burnt and frozen were common occurrences. But no matter how much it hurt, no pain hurt more than the numbness of his heart. So, he simply bore them. Moreover, his complete lack of response caused him to lose experimental value. He spent most of his time in a deep slumber inside the circular cylinder.

013 looked coldly upon the researchers who were coming and going. They were opening their mouths and making all kinds of complicated sounds. After listening for a long time, he suddenly came to a realization that this was "talking" and gradually understood more of what they were saying. But he kept quiet, instinctively knowing that he shouldn't attract too much attention.

That was until a strange voice transmitted into his mind. He looked at the other party—a very tall guy. 013 felt that this guy was very resentful, and was on the verge of going on a rampage. He could even feel the guy's killing intent toward the person in front of him.

Don't attack. Things will get worse.

The guy suddenly stiffened, lowered his head, and looked everywhere for the source of the voice.

"Why is 042 suddenly not moving?" Puzzled, the researcher in front circled around 042 to examine him.

"Don't get too close to him!" The other one hurriedly pulled him back, all the way to a great distance before finally breathing a sigh of relief. "This guy's strength is very high, and he evolves every day, so you can't take it easy."

Keep going. Don't stop there.

013 remained indifferent, as the tall guy walked further and further away.