Chapter 139: Hunger {ii}
The more Malin scratched at her rashes, the clearer her mind became.
The unbearable hunger gradually faded.
She slowly woke from the haze and looked around the carriage again.
Her pupils dilated.
"Ugh..."
"The carriage?"
"What carriage?"
There was no train carriage in front of her.
Instead, a long, flesh-colored passage stretched into the distance.
It looked like the inside of a gigantic blood vessel.
But there was no blood flowing through it.
The flesh-covered walls were coated in thick, yellowish grease.
The greasy substance dripped down like mucus, continuously falling onto everyone’s faces.
Under their feet was an equally thick layer of muddy grease.
Gulp.
The flesh passage emitted a strange, almost satisfying sound, as though some enormous creature were feeding.
Then the surrounding flesh walls suddenly opened.
Tiny, densely packed pores appeared across the surface.
Puff... puff...
Waves of yellow mist poured from them.
A rancid odor instantly filled the passage.
It was similar to the disgusting smell left in one’s mouth after vomiting as a child.
Malin’s face turned pale.
"Where on earth is this?"
The foul odor spreading through the fleshy passage was almost suffocating.
Malin panicked.
She stumbled through the mucus, desperately trying to retreat.
She no longer remembered anything about her previous identity or the national team.
At this moment, she was like a helpless young girl, instinctively looking around for safety.
Then she turned her head.
Her mouth twitched.
Her beloved Shen Yu was lying in the thick layer of grease.
He was continuously opening his mouth and eating the foul-smelling mucus as though he had completely lost his mind.
His stomach had swollen like that of a pregnant woman.
Veins visibly pulsed across his abdomen.
It looked as though his stomach could burst at any moment.
But even so—
Shen Yu continued eating.
"Mmm... delicious."
The live-stream barrage exploded.
Wild Boar Peppa: Did you think Shen Yu could survive until now? He’s saving others, but he’s also saving himself!
Wild Boar Peppa: Earlier, he refused to leave the station because he was tempted by Shen Yu’s beauty. Now she’s saving Shen Yu again because she still can’t resist that beauty!
Wild Boar Peppa: Does this count as tit for tat?
Northeast Rain: No problem.
Spider Detective: But why did the previous section of the train enter a freezing tunnel while this section is filled with grease?
The comments continued flooding across the screen.
Meanwhile, Shen Yu reached for the door handle.
He had barely opened it when—
A huge human figure suddenly blocked his way.
"Hehehe..."
"Hehehehe..."
"I’ve been waiting for you for a long time."
Shen Yu’s eyes widened.
There was no connecting carriage behind the door.
Instead, another enormous flesh-colored tunnel stretched ahead.
And at the very center of that tunnel—
Gene Benua was standing there.
His seven heads extended from his neck like snakes.
They twisted and coiled around his body.
The seven heads floated through the air like severed heads.
They continuously licked the surrounding pus.
Their faces were covered in dense, swollen oil-filled pimples.
Their toad-like features bubbled grotesquely as they stared directly at Shen Yu.
"What the hell?"
"How could you be here?"
"Come here!"
Thud!
Before Shen Yu could react, all seven heads shot forward simultaneously.
They lunged toward his face.
"Crap!"
Shen Yu instinctively raised his arms to protect his face.
Bang!
The impact sent him crashing into the thick layer of grease.
Gene Benua immediately rushed toward the fallen Shen Yu.
"I told you."
"None of you will survive."
"None of you will survive!"
Puff! Puff! Puff!
The seven heads plunged into the grease.
Their oil-filled pimples continued swelling.
They looked as though they were about to burst and release pus everywhere.
"Golden Hero!"
Buzz!
In the rear section of the carriage, a door was suddenly torn open.
Menloa appeared.
Malin stood behind him, her gaze completely clear.
"Shen Yu."
"We agreed."
"I will protect you."
Buzz!
In an instant, golden light descended upon Menloa and Gene Benua.
Space rippled.
The two figures suddenly vanished.
Shen Yu slowly crawled out of the grease.
His face was extremely pale.
He didn’t feel relieved about surviving.
Instead, his expression became increasingly grim.
Is this entire section of the carriage another blood vessel?
What about the next section?
And the section after that?
He had no idea how to escape.
The only thing he knew was—
If Menloa couldn’t hold on, all four of them would eventually be buried beneath the grease.
Then—
"The train is about to exit the tunnel."
"Please pay attention."
"The train is about to exit the tunnel."
Under the fleshy ceiling, an LED light flickered.
Suddenly—
Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!
The pores covering the flesh walls suddenly began spewing enormous amounts of grease.
The grease covering the ground had already reached knee level.
Now it rapidly rose higher.
"Crap!"
"Crap!"
In just a moment, Shen Yu’s legs and hips were submerged.
He became completely stuck.
He couldn’t move.
This isn’t water.
It’s thick grease.
It’s like a swamp.
There was almost no way to move through it.
And the yellow grease continued rising.
It slowly crept toward his chest.
"Damn it."
"Damn it!"
The farther we travel through the tunnel, the more grease is being secreted.
What the hell is the principle behind this?
Shen Yu couldn’t understand it.
He looked toward the narrow, elongated flesh wall ahead.
His steps had become impossibly heavy.
If the path ahead is still made of flesh...
There’s no way I’ll survive if the grease keeps rising.
But if I don’t move forward, how are we supposed to survive?
"Puff... puff..."
Meanwhile, Menloa had cut open Bill’s stomach.
He was preparing to crawl toward Shen Yu.
Bill’s consciousness gradually returned.
He opened his eyes.
The moment he saw the strange scene inside the carriage, shock appeared on his face.
After hesitating for a moment, his eyes landed on Menloa.
A grin slowly appeared.
"Golden Hero."
Buzz!
Two beams of golden light enveloped Bill and Menloa.
The two figures immediately disappeared into the thick fleshy passage.
"Damn."
Shen Yu stared at the place where they had vanished.
Only then did he realize what Bill had done.
Bill had also understood that there was no ordinary way out of this place.
Under normal circumstances, if someone possessed Golden Hero and could bring another person into a separate space, whom would they choose?
Of course—
Malin.
Even if Bill was foolish, he couldn’t possibly protect Shen Yu in this situation.
So...
Does Bill think Malin is more valuable?
Can he see everyone’s talent levels?
Puff! Puff! Puff!
The grease continued rising.
Shen Yu’s lower abdomen felt cold.
Strangely, as the grease submerged his body up toward his neck, his thoughts didn’t become more chaotic.
They became clearer.
The closer he got to death—
The more clearly he seemed to understand something.
Then what is my superpower?
Is it related to flirting?
He remembered what Lucian had said.
"My greatest strength is not the ability, but flirting."
Flirting with whom?
The memories of the past one or two hours echoed through Shen Yu’s mind.
The only thing he could clearly remember was Malin’s dependence on him.
Her obsession with him.
And then—
Sandy.
Could it be...?
Is my ability really related to flirting with girls?
As Shen Yu sank deeper into thought, his breathing became increasingly difficult.
The grease had already reached his jaw.
Then his gaze suddenly shifted toward the rear of the carriage.
That place...
It seemed strangely familiar.
Have I done something there before?
He tried to remember.
When he first boarded the train, there had been a section at the rear of the carriage that was cut off.
Wait.
Cut off?
At the same time, inside the United Nations live-stream room, the barrage had already exploded.
"Wow! Can Shen Yu survive this?"
"He’s completely surrounded now!"
"How can he possibly survive?"
"This level seems like a guaranteed death unless someone has a spatial-type talent."
"How can he get out?"
The barrage once again began declaring Shen Yu’s death.
Meanwhile, inside the Iron Tower Country live stream, the atmosphere was completely different.
"I miss you so much, Arctic Triumph."
"Do you see this?"
"This is Lord Malin!"
"Without doing anything, she has already become the most important person!"
"Is the Iron Tower tilted?"
"No wonder it’s an SSS-level talent!"
"Because of her luck, Bill will definitely choose to protect Lord Malin."
"No matter what happens, Lord Malin will be safe."
Iron Tower’s Little Bread: Awesome!
"Truly invincible!"
"This talent seems to be enchanted by Shen Yu."
"But every time that enchantment appears, it also seems to push Shen Yu into an even more dangerous situation."
"So what exactly is being enchanted?"
"Is it luck that has been enchanted?"
"Or is it the enchantment that’s being played by luck?"
The barrage continued scrolling.
Inside the fleshy tunnel, however, the grease had already reached Shen Yu’s neck.
And the answer to his talent...
Seemed to be hidden somewhere in the memories he had almost completely forgotten.