radicalducati Page 27
Page 27
In the brief moments of his desperate escape, a thought, like a slippery venomous snake, instinctively burrowed into his terrified mind, strangely bringing a twisted, self-deceptive comfort:
We've suffered such heavy losses... even I'm reduced to this wretched state... so what about that lowly R-district resident who dared to defy me...?
The imagined thought that the other party had already vanished without a trace, absurdly, provided him with a tiny, insignificant yet crucial "psychological advantage" amidst extreme fear, like grasping at a straw when drowning:
At least I'm still alive! I can still fucking crawl! He doesn't even have a chance to crawl anymore!
This insignificant, morbid sense of superiority became the only mental motivation that kept him crawling away to escape.
……
On the other side, in a corridor filled with bloated, humanoid monsters, a cute boy strolled leisurely...
"OK, brothers! Everyone, look at me!"
Two flashlight-shaped "Pleasant Monkey King Eyes - Counterfeit" were clipped to his waist, their eyes emitting beams of light!
A dozen or so monsters, one after another, opened their eyes from their large wounds in various locations as his beaming eyes swept across the corridor!
Like puppets bound by invisible ropes, they all materialized in unison, and then... due to the momentum of their charge towards their prey being forcibly "paused" by the beam of light, they all knelt and crawled on the ground before the boy! They remained motionless under the beam of light shooting from Li Pu's eyes!
It was as if they were kneeling in worship of a god!
"All eyes are on me!"
[Shooting level 0 activated]
boom!boom!boom!boom!
The Walther PPK, a small pistol with extremely low recoil, instantly sent bullets into the pupils of several monsters, obliterating them!
"All eyes are on me!"
[Fighting Level 1 activated]
*Sizzle!* The dagger in his other hand plunged into the monster's pupil, deftly scattering the yellow.
"Don't be afraid, this group of people are typical examples of people who flaunt their repression!"
[Skill: Firm Perception lv.0 activated.]
[“Extremely low probability” assessment successful! Human in a state of “severe repression”! Target cognition anchoring complete!]
In an instant, the monsters, having regained their human senses, screamed in agony!
[The "Mental Barrier" team aura is activated, shielding against the current mental contamination.]
Holding a knife in his left hand and a gun in his right, he did both without delay, picking off the monsters one by one like "harvesting leeks."
The gun in his hand was no longer the Colt Python, but the Walther PPK that the White Queen had thoughtfully prepared for him.
This pistol is lightweight and has low recoil, perfectly matching his small stature, so there's no need to worry about wrist dislocation.
But Lip still preferred the Colt Python, which would dislocate its shoulder if fired.
boom! boom! boom! ! !
I easily finished harvesting this whole batch of chives.
[Obtained new item 'Distorted Soul' x17.]
Another prop whose purpose is unknown.
"Let's go, there are no more monsters here, let's get to the next level as soon as possible."
He's only on the thirtieth floor now, which is quite far from the tenth floor, so he wants to take the elevator.
After taking a couple of steps, he seemed to remember something, turned around to look at the ladies behind him who were standing there dumbfounded, practically becoming part of the background, and added helplessly:
"By the way, next time you encounter a bunch of small fry, come lend a hand. It's very simple, just find the eye and poke it."
Ada Wong and Lily Black were shocked, exchanged glances, and hesitated to speak.
Their gazes were uncontrollably drawn to the floating, real-time leaderboard in the corner of their field of vision.
On the list, the names of Lip and Tifa are rising at an almost absurd and completely illogical speed! Like a runaway dark horse, they have left Ruby and her group far behind in the blink of an eye.
Even for them, with their vast experience and knowledge, a perplexing question simultaneously popped into their minds:
Faced with an S-class contaminated mutant...
Is it... really that simple? That easy? That smooth?!
The whole process was as smooth as eating and drinking; there was no shouting, no struggle, and not even a trace of unnecessary tension.
Is he really on vacation?
"Wow—!!!" The little girl's eyes widened like saucers, her face flushed with excitement, and she clapped her hands frantically. "Big brother! You're so, so amazing!!!"
But 2B next to the little girl remained motionless; her cold core processor had already issued an overload warning!
The database within his body was frantically comparing the power levels of this world with the boy's performance.
"Data anomaly... Her analysis module is almost completely frozen. The target elimination efficiency exceeds the normal module's estimate by 782%, the operational accuracy deviation is less than 0.1%, and the energy consumption... is almost zero? This completely violates the physical laws and combat database accumulated in this world! The strength displayed by the boy is simply... an indefinable 'abnormality'!"
But one thing is certain!
The little one has the highest chance of survival if he's with him!
"........."
Tifa... This beautiful fighter, who had already clenched her fists and entered a state of readiness for a fight to the death when the monster appeared, was now completely petrified.
A tremendous sense of absurdity and shame roared through her mind...
It seems I owe that little bastard another life!
How am I ever going to pay this back?!
Li Pu took a few steps forward, but when he noticed that there was no movement behind him, he stopped and looked back in surprise.
"Let's go? What are you all standing there for? Don't be shy," the cute boy turned slightly, casually tossing his chin towards the deep, unknown corridor ahead, which was filled with an even stronger sense of pollution. He grinned, revealing an incredibly sincere, even slightly dazzling, smile under the spotlight.
"Don't be shy... make yourself at home!"
The author says:
Author's note: Please vote for me, please keep reading, please do everything you can! (crying emoji)
Chapter Twenty-Five: Da da da di da da, I can't get there!
"Ha...haha...hahaha!"
Deep in the corridor, the maniacal laughter of the mutated madwoman still echoed, lashing Ruby's nerves.
He didn't know how long he had been crawling on the cold ground.
I had neither the strength nor the courage to stand up.
Fear overwhelmed all reason and training, completely degenerating into the most primitive survival instinct-driven crawling.
Each time he struggled, he would experience a sharp pain in his lungs, and blood would uncontrollably gush out.
He made intermittent sounds from his throat, like a broken bellows drawing air or a dying wild beast: "Hah...hah...splatter..." Thick blood and filth splattered onto the ground with each breath.
Their bodies were as heavy as a mass of rotting flesh constantly losing its life force, crawling forward painfully and slowly in a filth mixture of the blood, vomit, and dust of the cannon fodder.
sacrifice!
He almost sacrificed half of his cannon fodder to barely escape the pursuit of that strange-eyed woman by cutting off his own arm!
This...this could never be an anomaly that should exist in a mere Class C contaminated area!
Ruby, a rank 7 elite operator from the prestigious Ironclad family, along with a large number of rank 9 rats of varying strengths, should be able to easily sweep away even the final boss of a rank C contaminated area!
But the woman I just met.
I'm afraid even the legendary A-class and S-class mutants are nothing more than this, right?
It took a long time to recover; lying on the ground felt like an eternity before I finally managed to muster a little strength.
Finally, he trembled and struggled to sit up, his body hunched over like a boiled shrimp, breathing heavily, a metallic taste rising in his throat.
Just then, the bearded retainer, who had been huddled in the corner and was also in poor condition but had barely recovered, immediately scrambled over. Ignoring his own lingering pain and filth, he rushed to Ruby's side with an almost servile eagerness, his knees almost scraping against the bloodstains on the ground.
"Deacon, how are you?!"
He frantically rummaged through his blood-stained pockets, finally pulling out a crumpled water bottle. He carefully unscrewed it and offered it to Ruby's lips with a fawning tone: "Butler! Quick, have some water to calm down!"
Rather than a loyal servant saving his master, it's more like a frightened wild dog desperately trying to show loyalty in the face of a powerful beast in exchange for a chance to survive.
In a fit of impotent rage, Ruby grabbed the bearded man by the collar!
"Those damn bastards up there!! Wasn't it agreed that this crappy place was only C-grade?!?!"
"What the hell is this?! What the hell is this thing?!"
His arms trembled violently from the exertion, and his voice, sharp and piercing with extreme anger and fear, sounded like each word was squeezed out from between his teeth, carrying a metallic taste of blood:
"Look at us! Look at what we've become!!"
"A blessing from the heavens?! We haven't even touched a shadow of it!!!"
"Look at me! I'm almost... almost turning into a pile of rotten flesh waiting to be licked clean by monsters!!!"
"Da da da di da da! I can't get there!" The bearded man panicked when questioned.
Ruby had only one thought in her mind.
I need to find someone! I have to get myself out of here! Something's definitely wrong!
"Sir! Calm down! Don't get sick from anger!" The bearded man's face was bruised and blue from being strangled, and his voice was like a broken gong, yet he still managed to squeeze out a fawning tone, "Look...we, we're still breathing! This, this is already a blessing from heaven!"
The other lackeys, who had barely managed to regain their composure, immediately seized upon the topic of "survival is victory" and chimed in with their voices trembling:
"Yes, Steward, we are still alive. Isn't that proof of your strength as the strongest seventh-tier cultivator?"
"Yes! I survived only because I followed you!"
"Yes, yes, yes! We're actually doing well! You have no idea, the other families in the previous rounds, right there in the corridor we just passed, they were all... all... all dead. They suffered much more than us!"
"That's right, Steward! This place is too eerie! I heard that an entire seventh-tier squad was scattered on another level before, suffering heavy losses. They probably didn't even last as long as we did!"
These words, like a filthy swamp, strangely allowed Ruby's extremely fearful heart to grasp a twisted "driftwood"—a despicable "relative superiority" built on the premise that others are in worse situations.
In that instant, a face, like a ghost, automatically jumped into Ruby's chaotic mind—that brat from Zone R.
That brat who dared to disrespect me and refuse me.
Li Pu's image became the representative of the garbage category in his mind.
He made a strange, hoarse sound in his throat, like a nervous whisper, or perhaps he was speaking to the bearded man:
"Ha...hehe...yes..."
"We...we can climb out...but what about all that garbage?!"
"Even the dregs... they've probably been digested to the point of being completely digested, leaving not a trace!!"
But then, fate once again seized him by the throat!
Just ahead, around that corner of the corridor shrouded in thick blood mist and dust!
Several figures appeared without warning!
Ruby's cloudy pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints! His heart nearly stopped! He was instantly deprived of his breath!
It's him!
That damn brat from the R district!!!
But that's not the scariest part—
What truly terrified Ruby and caused those lackeys to let out inhuman, shrill screams was the thing that followed that brat!
That...that was the very culprit who had just slaughtered him and his team like ants, chasing them relentlessly until they were utterly routed!
That insane, wicked woman with eyeballs growing out of her body!!!
Do not!
To be more precise—!
That indescribable eyeball monster was now crawling in the most terrifying way possible!