Chapter 86: Parched With Thirst
Bang bang bang!
Yu Lianyun and the poker-faced He Jia’an continuously fired their guns, repelling and killing the Anomalies that assaulted them along the way.
They were neither Maggot People nor Blood people; they were another kin under the Gluttonous Daughter, Tentacle Heads, possessing excellent disguise abilities. They usually had complete human bodies, merely replacing the head of the parasitized person and fully inheriting the memories of the replaced head’s person.
Compared to Maggot People and Blood people, encountering them head-on posed a much lower danger level, because they still used human bodies after all, with their physical mobility purely relying on the physical fitness of the parasitized body. As long as their human bodies were destroyed, if the Tentacle Head could not promptly replace with a healthy body, they would head toward death just like humans.
Thus, when Yu Lianyun and He Jia’an encountered these Tentacle Heads, they did not face any terribly dangerous threats. Relative to today’s encounters, their existence only added frustration to their hearts without adding even a bit more fear to their inner selves.
Looking at those Tentacle Heads dressed in Mystic Investigator uniforms, Yu Lianyun and He Jia’an both felt somewhat unsettled in their hearts.
They could not discern when these Mystic Investigators had been parasitized. If it was just recently, then these Mystic Investigators who had come to rescue and rendezvous with them were too pitiful. But if they had been parasitized long ago, then how many people in Cuizhu City were no longer human?
The thought of the Card House Conglomerate being related to the Evolution Paradise Organization made them even more uneasy at heart.
Assuming that Abnormal organizations like Evolution Paradise, which deeply infiltrated human society, were not isolated cases, then based on the vast land and massive population ratio of the Shenzhou Region, how many Anomalies disguised as humans were silently hiding in this human society just like today? Each harboring ulterior motives with impure intentions, it was truly hard to gauge their good and evil.
“Suddenly feeling a bit worried. Will Yingqi’s plan go smoothly?” Yu Lianyun thought to herself.
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After a brief moment of astonishment, Haimofen came back to his senses. Looking at the Gluttonous Daughter gradually reverting to the qipao woman form, he calmly said, “It seems your real body in the real world suddenly suffered harm, and it was an effective strike.”
“Damn… damn humans.” The Gluttonous Daughter was filled with reluctance. She felt she had been deceived; everything experienced today was a trap meticulously set by humans to deal with her.
What the Gluttonous Daughter found hard to believe was that there were actually humans in this world who could harm her flesh and blood.
Haimofen quietly watched the other party. Although he was confident in keeping the Gluttonous Daughter here, he was currently holding an important concert. He had already made one mistake earlier due to the Gluttonous Daughter’s song interference when she transformed into a Mermaid. Continuing to fight her would be somewhat not worth the loss.
Abnormal Gods might not care about honors and such, but Haimofen cared a lot. For him, completing a nearly flawless performance was his lifelong pursuit.
“So, death or leave—have you made your choice?” Haimofen asked again.
Hearing Haimofen’s words, the Gluttonous Daughter weighed the pros and cons, gritted her teeth, and said, “Fine, I’ll leave.”
Haimofen smiled and nodded, closed his eyes, and continued playing the violin. The Gluttonous Daughter felt a pulling sensation. She no longer resisted but followed the direction of the pull. Her vision went dark, and her consciousness was then drawn into the vortex…
At the same time, Xin Junmao, who was being chased by a qipao woman with a devilish figure but also a “devilish” face, suddenly witnessed with his own eyes during a glance back Miss Zhao disappearing on the spot.
Xin Junmao halted his steps, looking back at the empty corridor in astonishment and confusion. He mustered his courage and walked back, but saw no trace of Miss Zhao. She had really left…
“If she left this dream-like world, did she return to the real world?” Xin Junmao couldn’t help but think. “If so, doesn’t that mean she can manipulate my body at will?”
Xin Junmao only felt a shiver with fear. He now also wanted to leave Haimofen’s dream and return to reality, but looking around his current surroundings, he no longer knew where he was. He was lost in a maze-like dream corridor.
This was not an ordinary dream. Xin Junmao had tried using pain and death to wake himself, but there was no sign of waking up. Instead, injury and suicide only made him feel a wave of fatigue.
“What to do… Do I have to wait for Haimofen to finish the concert? By then, wouldn’t I be done for?” Xin Junmao felt anxious inside and could only steel himself to turn back.
If he couldn’t find the way out, at least let him return to the performance hall…
Li Yingqi flapped her wings and claws, cutting and tearing the massive flesh tumor in front of her. She had a feeling like dissecting a pregnant woman’s belly, but she was not a doctor; instead, she was like an impulsive pervert murderer.
This mad association not only did not make Li Yingqi feel uncomfortable but also made her feel it fitting, inexplicably becoming even calmer.
A gaunt, curled-up Female Body Monster slid out from the flesh tumor. Her body had many biological pipes directly connected to the flesh tumor, somewhat like the umbilical cords of newborns to the mother body, probably the medium through which the Female Body Monster absorbed nutrients from the flesh tumor.
Seeing the Gluttonous Daughter finally revealed, Li Yingqi immediately raised her bird foot and furiously stomped down toward the Gluttonous Daughter’s head.
But the next moment, Li Yingqi felt pain in her ankle. Fixing her gaze, she saw that the Female Body Monster had at some point opened her mouth, her head becoming enormous, the mouth seemingly able to encompass everything. The blood basin mouth directly swallowed her claws into the mouth, then countless dental sockets grew in the Female Body Monster’s mouth, sharp teeth grinding and wearing down her entire bird foot.
Li Yingqi decisively severed her still-connected bird foot, flapped her wings and soared high. The effect of the Death Return Pill she had once taken came into play at this moment. Even though she had now transformed into an Ushi-Oni, her severed limb was still regenerating at an astonishingly high speed.
The Female Body Monster chewed on the bone fragments and flesh and blood while standing straight up from the ground. Her twisted, emaciated body gradually became plump and rounded, and finally, the skin part even bulged to manifest the appearance of a qipao.
The Gluttonous Daughter turned her head 180 degrees, looking toward the Ushi-Oni that had just sneak-attacked her. Her stunning face split open scarlet lips, revealing two rows of jagged tusks like wild boar mouths, sneering, “Didn’t expect there to be such a being. I haven’t eaten one yet. The taste is really good. Since you’ve delivered yourself to my door, don’t run.”
With that, the Gluttonous Daughter’s body suddenly expanded and twisted, flesh wings surging out all over her body. On the bare wings, protrusions and cysts of various sizes sprouted like bamboo shoots after rain, like grapes. Then, Ushi-Oni’s characteristic black-edged white feathers grew from the “grapes,” with the bell holders swaying like wind chimes, and her beautiful head also transformed into the terrifying face of an Ushi-Oni.
The Gluttonous Daughter let out a long cry, her hollow large eyes gazing at Li Yingqi, who had regrown her clawed feet. Saliva dripped continuously from the corners of her mouth, as if starving and parched.
There are two more updates today, stay calm and wait.
