Chapter 1037: Blood Clan

"Vampires?" Looking at the two men feeding in the alley, Anna was reminded of the Blood Clan crew members on Charles' ship—Chief Engineer Audric and Ship Doctor Linda.

Anna thought that she would be surprised to see vampires on the surface world, but her heart wasn't shaken even in the slightest at all. It wasn't exactly strange, as Anna had looked through Charles' memories before.

The members of the Blood Clan in the Subterranean Sea originated from a female vampire progenitor, Lilith, and she had descended into the seascape along with the first-generation Foundation.

Since Lilith was originally from the surface world, it wasn't strange that there were vampires on the surface world.

A distinct hissing noise filled the air. Anna was extremely familiar with the human body, so she instantly deduced that the prostitute's veins would soon run out of blood, as evidenced by the hissing noises. In other words, the two vampires would soon be done with their meal.

Anna stared deeply at the two vampires and was then reminded of the Foundation site that she had been looking for in this city.

An idea popped up in her mind. Since these vampires were daring enough to kill people in this city, they had to be aware of the IMF's coverage of the city.

Otherwise, the IMF's mobile task forces would have dealt with them long ago.

The two vampires tossed the shriveled corpse to the ground. Then, they took out a used syringe and injected the contents into the prostitute before transforming into bats and leaving.

They had successfully made it look like the woman had died from a drug overdose.

Having made up her mind, Anna chased after them while maintaining a certain distance away. The two vampires flew as bats while Anna ran after them. It was exhausting, but the two vampires weren't too fast, so she quickly caught up.

The chase lasted more than ten minutes and ended when the two bats landed on a manhole. The bats dove swiftly into the manhole, which spun twice before rapidly falling back into place.

So they're living underground?

Anna looked at that ordinary manhole. Since there were vampires in the sewers beneath the manhole, Anna couldn't just walk over and show herself to them.

Regardless of whether there were IMF moles among the Blood Clan members, it would be too dangerous for her to venture deep behind their lines without any preparations or plans.

In addition, if even one of them was aware of 315's appearance, it would only be a matter of hours before the IMF discovered the fact that she was still alive.

I need to find a way that will let me meet and talk to them without them finding out my true identity.

Anna pondered for quite a while inside a wall before the corners of her lips curled up slightly. She had just come up with a great way.

The fast-asleep Gao Zhiming was shaken awake by Anna. He rubbed his groggy eyes and yawned.

"What's wrong, Big Sis?" Gao Zhiming asked before shifting to the right side of the big bed, giving Anna some space to lie down.

"Wake up. I need your help with something," Anna said. Then, she picked up Gao Zhiming and jumped out the window.

The cold winds outside blasted Gao Zhiming awake. "Where are we going, Big Sis?"

Instead of replying, Anna took out several rolls of black tape and began changing Gao Zhiming's appearance. She first stuffed more than ten ping pong balls around Gao Zhiming's neck, and then she wrapped them with layers of black tape.

Gao Zhiming soon transformed into a tiny mummy wrapped entirely in black tape; the bulging "tumors" on his neck made his bizarre appearance look even more bizarre.

Gao Zhiming cast a confused gaze at Anna using his one and only exposed eye.

Anna saw that and explained, "I'm about to meet with some friends, but it's not convenient for me to show myself, so I need you to act as my mouthpiece."

Hearing that, Gao Zhiming pointed at his taped-up mouth, seemingly saying that there was no way he could become a mouthpiece when he couldn't speak at all.

"You don't have to talk. I just need you to stand and pretend like you're the one talking," Anna said.

Gao Zhiming nodded quietly at the explanation.

Anna smiled and gave Gao Zhiming's taped-up mouth a light peck before picking him up and walking toward the manhole from earlier.

Gao Zhiming lifted open the manhole with great difficulty, revealing a pitch-black abyss that seemed to extend indefinitely. Sensing his big sister tapping the soles of his feet from within the ground, Gao Zhiming's nervous heart was assuaged slightly, and he slowly climbed his way down using the ladder.

The underground sewers were massive; the main tunnel was at least five meters wide, while there were sizable access tunnels that branched out from the main tunnel.

The conspicuous glow-in-the-dark graffiti on both sides of the tunnel served as Gao Zhiming's guiding lines. The graffiti consisted of cartoon bats as well as colorful swear words, and there were so many of them that they seemed to pervade every inch of the walls.

Gao Zhiming slowly walked forward while covered in bandages from head to toe, and Anna followed closely behind him from within the ground beneath him. Gao Zhiming was now her body double, and Anna came up with this way after much pondering.

Since she couldn't show herself, then why would she do that?

Even if the IMF had moles among the Blood Clan members, how could a child with a deformed neck wrapped entirely in black tape possibly be connected to the extremely dangerous but dead 315?

In addition, it wasn't exactly strange for another bizarre entity to appear when there were so many anomalous organizations on the surface world. Anna realized that it was a great way, and if it worked well, then she'd use it for the long term.

Gao Zhiming's footsteps sounded conspicuous and loud within the desolate and deathly silent sewers; Gao Zhiming was walking in a way that made it seem like he was afraid that no one would hear him walking.

Soon, two shadows quietly appeared behind him. Their crimson eyes stood out amidst the pitch-black tunnel.

"I need to speak with your leader." A soft female voice echoed from the cell phone behind Gao Zhiming's bandages. The two Blood Clan members were stunned. The bizarre-looking child before them actually had a feminine voice.

The two vampires looked at each other. Moments later, one of them stepped forward and bared his fangs at Gao Zhiming.

Gao Zhiming's pupils shrank to their smallest in fear, but before he could instinctively step backward, flames suddenly erupted from beneath the vampire's feet, engulfing him in an instant.

The sight was, of course, the result of Anna's handiwork. She had to send a lick of corrosive flames into the bottom of her target's foot, and she could engulf them with those flames without anyone noticing it.

The remaining Blood Clan member was shocked, and his pale face revealed panic.

"I need to speak with your leader." Anna repeated. Finally, her words were effective. The vampire nodded slightly and turned around to lead the way for Gao Zhiming.

They stuck to the left until a huge hole in the wall appeared.

Gao Zhiming walked into the hole and found a three-story villa painted black. The marks around the top of the villa told Anna that part of the villa was above ground.

Upon walking before the villa, Gao Zhiming saw a group of people with faces as pale as the Blood Clan member in front of him. It seemed that they had heard the news and had gathered to "welcome" him.