Chapter 87: Upon Reflection
A black shadow flew out from the gap in the Stone Gate, flying at high speed low to the ground. The Ushi-Oni with a humanoid-like appearance was flying at full speed, her pupils like abysses showing no emotion slanting back to gaze at the Stone Gate that was cracking open and bulging outward behind.
Li Yingqi was somewhat annoyed. Why did It wake up exactly at that moment? If It had woken one second later, or if her movements had been a bit faster, wouldn’t she have had a chance to stomp and shatter an Abnormal God’s head, thereby terminating Its life.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs; that opportunity had slipped away from right in front of her.
Then came a booming explosion. The massive Stone Gate was smashed into pieces by a Colossus, and the ferocious monster’s howl would make the entire Underground Space tremble.
Thump thump thump…
Intense shaking spread from Cuizhu City Underground, surging all the way to the Ground, shaking the buildings and also shaking the uneasy hearts of Cuizhu City citizens.
Today was extremely strange; there had been multiple earthquakes in one day. Cuizhu City clearly wasn’t a high-frequency earthquake zone, and it seemed only Cuizhu City had earthquakes. This was hard not to make observant people suspicious and uneasy.
This bizarre earthquake was as if saying that there was some strange thing in Cuizhu City’s Underground. And who knew how terrifying the thing that could shake an entire city would be?
With Cuizhu City Subway, Underground Tunnels, and other transportation facilities and routes successively suspending operations, more and more people began to realize that some unknown dangerous factor was hidden in Cuizhu City’s Underground.
Without any surprise, news media and the Internet surged with a large number of inquiries and discussions about this matter. Among them, the latest post in Weird Tales Tieba, “What’s really going on in Cuizhu City lately?”, saw a massive influx of netizens debating enthusiastically, with activity levels reaching an astonishing height never before seen in the Tieba.
Netizen from Xinlong City: I have relatives there. They say it’s like Doomsday has come 【Terror】.
Netizen from Cuizhu City: Replying to the upstairs, spreading rumors is illegal. It’s not that exaggerated. But it really is strange; every major event in Cuizhu City lately has been weird.
Netizen from Shenzhou City: @XXXX【Curiosity】, tell us about it 【Eating Melon】.
Netizen from Laitai City: Same.
Netizen from Youzhou City: +1!
Netizen from …: +10086!
Netizen from Cuizhu City: Actually, today’s multiple earthquakes and the shutdown of underground facilities can still be somewhat explained by natural science, but Teacher Haimofen’s new work concert a few days ago was really strange.
Netizen from overseas: @XXXX, I heard about it. Apparently, everyone who heard the new work concert fainted in the end.
Netizen from Youzhou City: Lol, is Teacher Hai the next music king MJ? Can classical music have this kind of destructive power on fans too? 【Laugh】
Netizen from Shenzhou City: Replying to upstairs, I heard about this too, but it’s actually a bit different from what you think. Because it wasn’t due to fans getting overly emotional; it seems because Teacher Haimofen’s new work was Forbidden Music… Now you can’t find any recordings or replays of the live stream online that day, precisely because those Forbidden Music have a huge mental impact on the human brain. That’s why everyone who heard the concert music that day fainted.
Other netizens: Holy shit? That’s so eerie.
Netizen from Cuizhu City: Let me tell you something even eerier. I heard it too, so just take it as fun. Apparently, all two thousand-plus on-site audience members that day became vegetative, and were sent to the hospital.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, especially since this was a gathering place for netizens enthusiastic about discussing weird anomaly events. When everyone heard this matter had such a shocking and eerie follow-up, the discussion got even more heated.
Soon, some netizens even started imagining connections, thinking that this frequent earthquakes in Cuizhu City might be related to that Hell Concert.
Netizens were tireless in their fun, and the silly netizens’ silly discussions gradually derailed the thread, diluting the weirdness and seriousness of the event for a time.
Until one netizen posted a screenshot from V-blog, instantly silencing all the thread’s netizens, as if the entire world had suddenly lost Internet connection and humans had all disappeared from the world.
Deathly silence. A fear brought by careful thought rushed into the minds of the thread’s netizens. For the timid, it was as if a devil was peeling back their scalps.
World Music Association: We will remember him. His talent is humanity’s treasure. #Reposted from @Haimofen Studio 【Picture】.
Picture content roughly: Haimofen Studio announces the news of Haimofen’s sudden death. New work concert tour forced to terminate.
Frequent earthquakes, Haimofen’s Forbidden Music, sudden fainting of live stream listeners, over two thousand on-site audience sent to hospital… Haimofen’s sudden passing… Could all this really have no intrinsic connection?
If there is, then what would it be?
Unknown terror like an itch suddenly crawling onto human skin. In a state where you can’t move, you can’t tell if it’s eerie cold wind, or untimely dripping cold sweat. Or perhaps, when you turn back to look at where the itch came from, you’ll find a dangerous sneaky venomous spider staring at you with its densely packed black eyes…
After luring the gigantic meat mountain into the spacious Underground Magic City, Li Yingqi once again pounced toward the formless meat mountain in Ushi-Oni’s combat stance. Her claws slashed across snake scales, the wind blades from her Wings sliced horizontally through the octopus’s Tentacles, and she even bit off an Eyeball from the meat mountain.
After a round of body expansion and enlargement, the Gluttonous Daughter’s already Complicated, hideous Body gained even more detailed depictions. Every creature It had once devoured manifested part of their features on Its Body. Some features were fused together, some chaotically separated. It was like a masterpiece created by a mad artist, the ultimate art composed of the darkest sneaky colors, the most exaggerated Pathological patterns, and the most insane delusional imagination Talent.
Facing such a Colossus, Li Yingqi was ultimately somewhat overwhelmed. Under the opponent’s repeated playful attacks, she gradually fell into defeat.
At the top of the meat mountain, a humanoid female body manifested in Ushi-Oni’s form. Seeing Li Yingqi’s increasingly weak and powerless attacks, the Gluttonous Daughter felt a mocking intent in Her heart. She deliberately stripped away the manifested female body in Ushi-Oni form, making it an Incarnation to tangle with Li Yingqi.
Li Yingqi tried to compete with the Gluttonous Daughter’s Ushi-Oni Incarnation, but still couldn’t match it.
After repeated injuries and repeated rapid healings, Li Yingqi felt her life’s spark slowly heading toward extinction.
Seeing Li Yingqi gasping weakly, unable to get up again, the Gluttonous Daughter grew bored. It extended part of Its Body, which was like a hand covering Li Yingqi’s body, leaving only her head exposed.
The Gluttonous Daughter’s “hand” was like melted jelly, tightly wrapping Li Yingqi’s body. Li Yingqi felt her body dissolving and fusing with the Gluttonous Daughter’s Body.
Li Yingqi felt her Consciousness gradually darkening, but her face showed no fear of death; instead, it revealed a Smile of relief and liberation.
“Da Jiang, I’m coming to see you.”
