PDLP Chapter 38 is now connected.
Chapter 38 is now connected.
After the painful screams rang out, the entire pit shook as if an 8-magnitude earthquake had occurred there.
"Wow! Melos, look, doesn't this remind you of when the final boss appears in a video game? (?o ? o?)"
Earl grew increasingly excited as he watched the commotion, as if he had completely immersed himself in the role of the game's protagonist.
"Boom - boom -"
The enormous rumbling sound, accompanied by vibrations, created an increasingly urgent atmosphere.
"You'll know that it's so fear,
You will know how terrifying it is.
In reality, it's so fearless,
In fact, we are fearless when facing it.
You'll know that it's so fear,
You will know how terrifying it is.
In reality, it's so fearless,
In reality, however, we face it without fear.
You'll know that it's so fear,
You will know how terrifying it is.
In reality, it's so fearless,
In fact, we are fearless when facing it.
We are aa-at there.
We stand here,
We get in.
We ventured into the unknown.
Ayy ayy ayy.
……
......"
Suddenly, a piece of oppressive music started playing, further enhancing the atmosphere of the boss's arrival.
"Earl. ?_?"
Meros turned and rubbed his forehead, staring at Earl and calling his name.
"Uh... Hahahaha, I think this song is perfect for the current scene, so I couldn't help but play it. Besides, we're about to fight the boss, and it would be too awkward without some background music!"
Earl looked up at the sky and down at the ground, but dared not look at Meros.
"Earl—?_?"
Meros emphasized his words and called Earl's name again.
"Okay! Okay! I surrender. (?? . ??) I turned off the background music. On a side note! I really think this song is perfect for this scene, it's really oppressive. Let me recommend it to you, it's called 'Fearless,' it's the song I play every time I fight a boss!"
Earl raised his hand in surrender, and after turning off the background music, he muttered under his breath, unwillingly recommending his favorite songs to Meros.
"Stop fooling around, I'm going back to listen, something's come out."
Meros was truly helpless; taking care of Earl always felt like taking care of a child.
When they came to their senses, the shaking had stopped, and they discovered that a huge crack had appeared in the ground.
Meros opened the terminal, and a beam of light shone in, illuminating the outer edge of the crack.
"Well……"
A deep, loud sound came out, giving the impression of being woken up.
The next second, a giant hand reached out from the crack.
This hand resembles a human hand, but it's magnified many times over. It appears extremely thin, almost skin and bones. The skin should originally be yellow, but it's covered with numerous blemishes, large and small, obscuring most of the skin and making it difficult to determine its actual skin color.
The hand made a few grasping motions in the air, somewhat like someone trying to shield their eyes from a light when woken up by it. The annoyance of being disturbed from sleep was clearly reflected in the hand gestures.
"Ugh! Roar—o(▼皿▼メ;)o"
It's obvious that the owner of this hand is angry. And rightly so, anyone would be angry if they were woken up.
"Ouch! It hurts—"
His nerves weren't very sensitive to huge things, and it was only then that he felt the pain of being blocked.
"Rumble--"
The hand moved dramatically, gripping the edge of the crack, its five fingers exerting considerable force, as if it were trying to climb out.
Meros and Earl watched quietly from the sidelines, curious about what this thing was. Perhaps it was a case of skill breeds daring; if they didn't have the ability, they would definitely have considered nipping it in the bud before it even emerged.
Of course, that slime doesn't think that way; it might really be brainless.
After it saw the hand emerge, it frantically gnawed at the surrounding veins, trying to get out. Its eagerness was like that of a dog waiting for food, jumping around its owner.
This time it moved even faster than when it entered, quickly biting a hole in the blood vessel and then squeezing out.
"Paji——"
The slime suddenly fell from above to the ground, shattering into a large puddle of fine liquid.
“Gurgle, gurgle—”
All its liquid began to converge towards the center, quickly forming a complete, original slime.
"Holy crap! This thing actually has eyes! ヽ(；′Д｀)?"
Earl had been idly observing the slime, feeling like a child with a new and exciting pet, even if the pet was just chewing on food. Let alone after playing with it for so long, only now did he realize that the slime actually had eyes.
"what?"
Meros also came over to take a look. He didn't recognize the thing either, and he was actually quite curious, though not as bored as Earl.
At the very top of the newly reassembled slime, there were two raisin-sized black eyes. These two eyes were noticeable because, unlike a normal person whose sclera is black, the pupils were white, creating a contrast effect.
Its entire body is black, and it doesn't emit any strange light when it's still, making its small eyes the easiest to spot.
The slime looked at Meros and Earl with its beady eyes, then looked uninterested at the hand that was trying to pull it up.
"Shh-"
The slime immediately pounced on the withered hand and began to wriggle.
"Wow! Is this like it's eating at a buffet?! It eats everything! And it even grows teeth! (?｀?Д?′)!!"
Earl leaned closer to see how the slime was eating.
The slime wrapped around a withered finger, then began to secrete liquid, while sharp teeth sprouted from its sides as it frantically gnawed at it. Although it was black, it was actually more like jelly, so its body was clearly visible.
"Then you're part of its recipe too. →_→"
Meros glanced at it and then looked into the crack without interest.
Because the lights were never turned off, it was clear that the arm was connected to a large mass of writhing flesh.
Ten minutes passed, and the hand was still trying to pull itself out, but there was no significant change. The slime had even managed to gnaw off a small piece of a fingernail from the hand.
"Tsk, too slow."
Having already wasted almost a whole night, Meros couldn't wait any longer. He stood to the side for a moment, then spat out a dark ball of light from his mouth.
The ball of light swayed and slowly flew towards the crack.
"..."
Silently, the ball of light exploded upon contact with the wrist. There was no loud explosion or anything like that; it was all silent. The ball of light silently dissolved, creating a huge hole, along with the forearm, wrist, palm, and most of the fingers of the large hand, all of which dissolved without the slightest resistance, as easily as slicing tofu.
"Hey! You scared me! (￣□￣；) You should have said so next time you used that trick! That thing even swallows sound. If I hadn't been watching closely, it would have swallowed my charcoal whole! (ヾ????)"
Earl flew to Meros's side, with a black "balloon" floating beside him. Upon closer inspection, it became clear that he had once again wrapped the slime into a ball.
However, unlike before, when he rescued the slime, he also cut off the piece of his finger that was wrapped in slime, as if to feed it.
"You're really keeping it as a pet? You've even come up with a name for it?"
When Meros heard Earl's words, he looked at Earl with some surprise. Although he had always liked these strange things, this was the first time he had really wanted to raise one, and had even given it a name.
"Hehehe, it's true! This is the first time I've seen something that suits my taste perfectly. Most importantly, it looks really durable. It survived a fall from that height without any damage. If I raise it to adulthood, I can use it as a punching bag. ヾ(?°?°?)??"
Earl happily shared with Meros what he liked about the slime, much like someone showing off their pet.
"Who is it?! Ah! Come out here!"
The thing in the pit miraculously spoke human language, but unfortunately it sounded very angry and couldn't be communicated.
"Tsk, we can't communicate."
Meros was speechless.
"If someone breaks my hand, I'll become unable to communicate. (￣∠￣)?"
Earl muttered something under his breath.
"Ok?"
Meros looked at Earl.
"Ah! This thing is out! 0ДQ"
Earl quickly changed the subject; he didn't want to experience the consequences of angering Meros again, at least not in the short term.
However, at that moment, that thing did indeed appear.
His upper body was human-like, but deformed, twisted, and enormous. His lower body was a huge lump of flesh, with blood vessels connected to it, making it seem as if the entire nest was nourishing something.
"His appearance was probably also artificially modified; An Sanxi likely became a test subject by accident. And this thing is probably the finished product of that person's modification."
Meros looked at the monster, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust.
"Roar! You damned ants! I'll kill you all!"
The monster let out a tremendous roar, a combination of brutality and oppression.
"This thing looks familiar. Where have I seen it before?"
Moros felt he looked familiar, but because he didn't pay much attention to humans, he couldn't remember who he was. If Lin Xiyue were here, she would recognize him immediately—Liu Meng. Lin Xiyue had seen his wanted poster in Ling Jiu's possession, and he was also a high-ranking executive at that flying car company.
He now only retains his original head, still possessing the square face that should have been perfectly upright, but it's been squeezed into a large disc by fat, making him even fatter than when he was still human. If he weren't still active, one might mistake him for a gigantic corpse.
His quadruple chin, his eyes squeezed into slits, his large bulbous nose, and the huge mole next to his eyebrow make him unforgettable even to people with face blindness.
{For those who don't remember, you can go and look at chapter 23.}
"What?! A cat and a dog? And a black balloon? What are you things, and how did you get here?!"
It seems that Liu Meng still retains some human thoughts. He quickly regained his senses and discovered that there was no intelligent creature in front of him that he should have in common sense.
"Pah, this thing looks even more disgusting than the tumor on the outside."
Earl didn't want to pay any attention to him and spat out a mouthful of saliva as he complained.
"He's a modified piece of trash."
Meros couldn't recall where he had seen this thing before, but he cautiously took several photos of the monster.
"How dare you ignore me! I'll kill you all!!" (「▼皿▼)
Liu Meng flew into a rage, twisting his deformed body wildly, with only one upper arm remaining on one side and the other complete arm on the other.
"boom--"
The loud sound came from Liu Meng's intact arm striking Meros and Earl, accompanied by a large cloud of smoke. However, according to the theorem that smoke doesn't cause injury, Meros and Earl were certainly unharmed.
"Hey, this thing's angry! Hahaha, this is so funny!"
Earl started dangling around in front of Liu Meng like a cat toy.
"Damn it! He—Pah—"
Unable to swat the fly in front of him, Liu Meng spat at Earl in a fit of anger.
"????"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"You're disgusting! I'm going to kill you!"
"Meros, hold onto the charcoal for me!"
Earl accidentally got some on the tip of his tail, and he went completely mad.
He transformed directly into a vast wave, just like when Meros first saw it.
This is the form in which his clone can unleash its maximum power.
"Clatter, crash, crash -"
The sound of the waves grew louder and louder, and the waves became larger and larger. Soon, the entire wave had swept over the nest, and the highest point of the wave had touched the top of the nest.
"What?! What is this thing?!"
Looking at the scene before him, Liu Meng snapped out of his rage. But even if he hadn't, there was nothing he could do; he was clearly outmatched, and continuing the fight would only lead to his death.
"Help, help me! Yang Xilu, you bitch! Hurry, if something happens to me, you won't be able to escape either."
Liu Meng shouted towards the crack he had emerged from, pleading for help.
"Tsk, got it."
A woman's voice came from inside.
The next second, a portal opened in front of Liu Meng. Without thinking, he jumped inside, severing his connection to the entire lair in order to escape smoothly.
……