Chapter 755: Mission Complete
Colt was now extremely grateful for the decision he'd made, even though he could clearly feel that he was about to die.
At least before his death, he had protected his daughter.
This time, he had done what a father should do.
It wasn't until he was completely exhausted that Colt stopped swinging his fists and collapsed to the ground.
"Dad!"
The little girl hugged Colt tightly, her clothes soaked through with his boiling hot blood.
Lin Ye stabbed Ebert's corpse a few more times before walking over to Colt.
"Detective... sir... I entrust you... to take her away from here... I've already paid... the commission fee..."
Colt grabbed Lin Ye's pant leg and managed to say.
"I accept this commission."
With his power suppressed by whatever was inside the vertical pipe, Lin Ye was just an ordinary person now, unable to repair a body that was nothing but an empty shell.
"Thank you..."
Colt took one last look at his daughter before closing his eyes.
"Dad!"
The little girl cried as she hugged Colt tightly.
"Is there no way to save the big guy?"
Ephesus held onto her little sister, a sad expression on her face.
"...Not entirely hopeless."
Lin Ye tugged at his hair. Colt's condition inside was extremely bad, but as a clinical doctor who loved studying, he had some unique ideas.
"Really?!"
The little girl, still lying on Colt, looked up at Lin Ye, her voice excited.
"There's a treatment plan with a lot of risk. I wouldn't really recommend it."
Lin Ye wasn't confident he could save Colt either; he rarely did things he wasn't sure about.
"That's okay, I'm willing to take the risk!"
The little girl said immediately.
"Sigh... fine. You guys, bring that corpse over here."
Lin Ye pulled out the kitchen knife, walked over to Colt, and skillfully sliced open Colt's chest cavity.
"This corpse has very strong biological activity. I can use its flesh and blood to repair Colt's body and keep him alive. Once the influence in this area ends, I'll be able to completely fix Colt's body.
But there's a problem here. This corpse is far more terrifying than you think. I'm afraid that when he wakes up, it won't be Colt, but that bastard we killed. If that happens, I'll have to kill him all over again."
Lin Ye explained the surgical procedure to the others while using the kitchen knife to repair Colt's body.
"...That dangerous?"
The little girl watched Lin Ye's movements nervously.
"Mm. Even in a place like this, Colt isn't a match for a near-deity. So if he wakes up, it'll definitely be that idiot. The question now is just whether this place can return to normal in time."
As long as things returned to normal here, Lin Ye could open the Umbrella World and borrow power from other Planes.
Then he could deal with Ebert however he wanted, whether physically or mentally.
But if Colt couldn't hold on until then, Lin Ye wouldn't be able to save him either.
An hour later, Lin Ye finally sensed that red umbrella.
Colt remained unconscious the whole time, and Lin Ye had no idea what his condition was now.
Lin Ye grabbed the umbrella and opened the Umbrella World.
A blood-red sea appeared inside the red umbrella. Lin Ye manipulated his spiritual energy and repaired everyone's bodies.
After that, Lin Ye used Spiritual Parasite to parasitize Colt, invading his mental world.
Ebert was still processing Colt's Consciousness Entity. Since only part of his flesh and blood had been transplanted, the Ebert here was just a Consciousness Entity formed from a few spirit fragments, unable to fully occupy Colt's mental world.
Lin Ye used the Spiritual Parasite to devour Ebert's Consciousness Entity, then recalled the Spiritual Parasite.
"...I'm not dead?"
Colt opened his eyes. He only remembered fighting that monster again in the afterlife, and finally the monster was swallowed by some strange bug.
"Alright, we should get going too. Ask your questions when we're back. I hope Susie hasn't forgotten us, otherwise I'll have to send you all somewhere else."
Lin Ye held the umbrella and flew everyone out of the Giant Pipeline. He didn't look back. As he left the pipe, he once again felt the gaze of that thing.
It had been lying on top of the pipe the whole time, neither leaving nor approaching them.
As if it had always been there, in that pitch-black liquid.
Lin Ye led the others back the same way they'd come. The path was very quiet this time, and no one dared to come out and bother them, not even the radiation mutants.
Susie had forgotten them, but she still remembered her mission and opened the chasm door for them.
Lin Ye destroyed the Spatial Rift and demolished the base built underground in the Old City District.
Back on the surface, Lin Ye spread the Parasitism Network and cleaned up everyone connected to this incident.
"Commission over. I should be leaving now."
Lin Ye said goodbye to Colt and the others. The exploration mission was complete, and he could return to the Shelter anytime.
"Wait. This is the commission fee."
Ephesus handed a pitch-black gemstone to Lin Ye. When she'd woken up earlier, she'd felt something watching them from behind and had turned to look.
She didn't remember what had happened anymore, but when she came to, this gemstone was in her hand.
"I'll take it. Goodbye."
Lin Ye accepted the gemstone and ended this exploration mission.
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【Exploration Mission Complete】
【System Rating Increased】
【Unstable Zone Exploration Permission *1 Obtained】
【Exploration Chest *1 Obtained】
【Unstable Zone Exploration Chest *1 Obtained】
【Please draw today's card】
"My turn! Draw a card!"
The card face this time was a shark, with a red shark painted on it. The card dissipated, and a shark about the size of a child appeared in the center of the Shelter.
"...Do you need a fish tank?"
Lin Ye touched the shark's rough epidermis. He liked watching shark-related horror movies, except for the Sharknado and Mega Shark series.
Honestly, when he saw the shark only had one head, Lin Ye breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Glub."
The shark slapped the ground with its fin and jumped into Lin Ye's arms.
"Alright, but I need to process the loot first before I can get you food. I've learned recipes for cooking deep-sea creatures."
Lin Ye placed the shark on Little Black and started checking the loot he'd obtained from this exploration mission.
First, the exploration chest.
He opened the chest. Inside was a white card.
【Spatial Rift Card】
【Using this card creates a Spatial Rift connecting two Planes. If maintained and expanded, the two Planes may merge with each other (1/1)】
【Note: Only Planes of equal level will merge. If the gap between two Planes is too large, the weaker Plane may be destroyed】
"It can do that?"
Lin Ye put away the card that could destroy an entire Plane.