Chapter 617: What Are These Things
"It's all your fault, it's all your fault!"
"If only you could have gotten here sooner, if only you..."
"Boom!"
Iron Lion couldn't understand a word the person in front of him was saying, so he simply punched their head into oblivion.
He didn't even know this guy. What was he babbling about?
And all that incomprehensible nonsense.
If only Yezi were here, he'd definitely understand.
But this thing was way too weak.
Iron Lion muttered to himself.
He turned and walked out of the room.
As he exited, his massive frame caught the already cracked doorframe, splintering it even more.
There were other rooms in this corridor.
Maybe one of them would have a worthy opponent for a real fight.
...
The Pink-haired Girl hadn't encountered much resistance either.
With a swing of the Fire Dragon Sword, a blazing dragon erupted, incinerating the thing in front of her into a pile of black ash.
She fell into thought.
This feeling... it wasn't an Anomaly?
But it wasn't human either!
She'd never encountered anything like this before.
If it were an Anomaly, it would have all the traits of a person.
If it were a person, it carried the aura of an Anomaly, albeit faintly.
Having spent so much time with Chen Ye, the Pink-haired Girl had been infected by his cautious nature.
She knew that even the weakest Anomaly required full vigilance.
Which was why she had gone overboard with her attack.
She had originally intended to take it alive...
But with so many rooms here, maybe there were survivors in others?
The Pink-haired Girl stepped out of the room, staring at the long, pitch-black corridor.
Two choices lay before her.
One: continue investigating other rooms.
Two: find Chen Ye and regroup, sticking to the plan to avoid being picked off one by one. A bit cowardly, maybe, but safe.
She tried to think like Chen Ye.
In the end, she decided to check out the other rooms.
Given her current strength.
As long as she was careful, it should be fine.
She approached the second room.
The door was sealed tight, as if it hadn't been opened in ages.
But the aura emanating from within.
Was stronger than the mad woman from before.
There was something in there.
And closer to the inner rooms, there seemed to be more.
They were likely even stronger.
She just didn't know if they were human or Anomaly.
Standing there, she drew her sword, planning to slice the door open with one strike.
A flash of fire, and she swung tentatively.
Yet the wooden door before her didn't budge an inch.
Surprised, she was about to put more force into a second strike.
"Hey, Xixi, are you there?"
A familiar voice came from the fire door's direction. It was Chen Ye!
The Pink-haired Girl turned to see Chen Ye poking his head out from behind the fire door, looking just like a thief.
Seeing her safe.
They regrouped, and she told him what she'd encountered.
Just as she'd expected, Chen Ye had no intention of continuing to explore the hotel. Instead, he wanted to gather the other team members first.
This place was really strange!
And what were those things, anyway?
She'd never seen anything like them!
Chen Ye desperately needed more information to guide his next move.
"Xu Lina and Gong Yong are too weak."
"These things—I don't know if they're human or Anomaly—but they're easy for us to deal with!"
"They're probably a problem for them!"
"Let's gather everyone first, figure out what's going on here before making a move!"
"Sharpening the axe won't delay the woodcutting!"
Even though it was a bit troublesome.
Sun Xixi still thought it was the right call.
You couldn't be too careful when dealing with Anomalies.
After all, you only had one life.
They continued down.
It seemed that after killing that Anomaly.
The fire door in the hallway could now be opened.
This building seemed to have a strange kind of energy and rule.
In the fifth-floor corridor.
Ding Dong stared at her left hand.
The person from before hadn't been strong.
She'd dispatched them with just a bit of a struggle.
But the feeling of killing them made Ding Dong think this wasn't an Anomaly, but a living, breathing person.
This was a person.
A person who had lived here for a very, very long time.
She had struggled so hard to survive.
Just to wait for someone to come and save her.
In this environment, alone, she had endured countless dawns and sunsets, waiting for a savior.
She had finally been found.
But in the end, the one who found her was the one who killed her.
Ding Dong couldn't quite bear it.
The words the dying woman had said—"If only you could have come sooner, if only you could have come sooner..."
These words were like needles, stabbing into Ding Dong's heart.
Making her feel terrible.
"Hey, Sister Ding Dong, let's go!"
Chen Ye's voice rang out...
Ding Dong looked up, recognizing the direction. It was Chen Ye and Sun Xixi.
They were standing there...
Clearly, they could leave now.
But the joy of escape didn't dispel the faint ache in Ding Dong's heart.
It was like a thorn that remained.
These Anomalies weren't strong.
But they were emotionally devastating.
"Sister Ding Dong, what's wrong?"
Sun Xixi noticed her distress.
Ding Dong shook her head. "It's nothing. We can leave now. Let's go!"
Chen Ye shot Ding Dong a glance and added, "This is just the outskirts of Xi City. Be careful—what comes next will be much tougher than what's here."
Ding Dong nodded, acknowledging his point.
But she was distracted.
Next came Iron Lion, Xu Lina, and Dantai Bie.
That chatterbox had been running his mouth non-stop before.
But when Chen Ye found him, he was unusually silent.
When they found Iron Lion, he was still smashing through other doors.
Like he was determined to settle the score with whatever was inside.
The noise of his pounding echoed through the entire floor.
Chen Ye half-wondered if Iron Lion would have torn the place apart if they hadn't shown up.
Xu Lina wasn't in great shape either.
She had clearly been through a fierce fight.
What was easy for Chen Ye and the others was still a real problem for her.
But she was oddly excited.
As if the battle had helped her discover her own worth.
They finally reached the first floor.
The situation here was distinctly different from the other floors.
Gong Yong stood with his head down in front of a woman who was on all fours.
Though his face was hidden, it was clear his emotions were being affected.
The woman kept speaking words of blame.
But her tongue extended from her mouth.
It was at least two meters long, like a snake.
The tip of the tongue hovered just a few centimeters from the back of Gong Yong's neck, ready to pierce through with a single push.
Chen Ye gave Xu Lina a subtle nod.
Though she was exhausted, she couldn't defy Chen Ye's command.
In a flash, she charged forward.
With him there to back her up, Xu Lina would be safe.
This fight ended quickly for Xu Lina.
When she pressed her gun to the woman's head, Gong Yong still hadn't snapped out of it.
The woman's face twisted with venom, but when her eyes met Chen Ye's, they turned to fear. Seeing the Pink-haired Girl.
As if sensing her overwhelming presence, she quickly lowered her gaze.
Finally, her expression shifted to one of delicate fragility, pleading as she looked at Gong Yong.
Chen Ye understood.
This Anomaly might not be strong, but it had a knack for manipulating hearts.
If it had run into someone like Chen Hao, with her saintly personality.
Even if Chen Hao was a Sequence 4 Mid Sequence superhuman.
She'd probably have fallen for it.
Lucky for him, Chen Ye was a natural saint-killer.
These Anomalies were just unlucky to have run into someone like him.