Under the huge head, there was indeed a cut-like wound that seemed to have existed for a long time. There was some rot around it, and the liquid flowing out was no longer blue blood, but black.
Lin Li didn't expect that Squidward's weakness would appear in front of him so easily.
He even continued to injure himself, exacerbating injuries elsewhere.
[Warm reminder 3: Early copies are less dangerous. 】
Lin Li suddenly remembered this sentence.
It seems so.
In the plot of the fantasy world, even if you really make a mistake, such as being hacked to death by Mr. Krabs in the cellar, the person who dies is just your false self.
On the contrary, I will wake up earlier and know the true face of this world earlier.
And the BOSS behind all the absurdity doesn't actually have much ill will towards him. He is just a poor guy who was polluted by the environment and driven to madness.
In his current state, Lin Li even suspected that even if he didn't have to take action, Squidward would die of his own madness soon.
Then the condition of [pushing back the curtain on this ridiculous story] has been fulfilled.
So the system gave itself the first dungeon world that looked like the underworld, but was actually a yin and a yang? Under the protection of the [Unscientific Diving Suit], even if my operations are stretched, I can still clear this dungeon?
Don't think about these anymore, wait until it's over and think about it again. The dull crashing sound still keeps ringing in front of you, the water mixed with mud mist gradually fills the air, and the visibility of the line of sight becomes lower again.
Lin Li squatted down and groped the nearby soil with his hands, trying to find a handy weapon.
He found a thick, hard, cylindrical object.
Pulling it out of the soil and wiping away the soil, the true appearance of the object appeared before your eyes.
A steel rod.
Lin Li: "..."
It looks familiar, and I always feel very friendly.
Isn't this the one that has been with me for a long time?
I didn’t expect this thing to be brought from the fantasy world to reality.
Although it is steel, after the soil faded away, it may have been sunk in this soil for too long. The outer protective layer has been penetrated, and it is filled with dense rust spots.
To re-introduce: a steel rod with tetanus magical damage.
Going against the direction of the water flow, Lin Li cautiously approached the back of Brother Squidward's head.
"Eat you...Mr. Lin Li..." The low and sad murmurs came from Squidward's unknown location, shaking the entire seabed.
After getting closer, they discovered that the wound on the back of Brother Squidward's head was huge, as thick and long as Lin Li's arm, and an unknown black liquid was constantly overflowing from it.
The lingering starfish underneath, after being drenched in this black liquid, curled up into a ball of flesh and no longer opened up.
"I'm here to honor your promise, Squidward."
Holding the steel rod tightly with both hands, he aimed at the position of the wound that was constantly changing with Squidward's movements. Finding the right moment, Lin Li used all his strength to plunge the steel rod into the wound on the back of Squidward's head.
"ah--"
Squidward's heart-rending shouts rang out from the bottom of the sea. His huge body kept shaking and trembling. The octopus tentacles seemed to straighten for a moment due to excessive pain, and then flapped around meaninglessly.
One blow was not enough. Lin Li was about to continue to hit him, but several huge tentacles hit his position and sent him flying to the bottom of the sea.
Squidward seemed to have discovered the source of the pain. He rushed forward and rolled up Lin Li's body with his tentacles. He stared at Lin Li with one of his huge eyes, and then used one hand to fasten Lin Li's goggles. superior.
The densely packed teeth kept biting the glass, making harsh noises.
"Brother Squidward! I'm here to... kill you!" His sight was blocked, but knowing that Brother Squidward was looking at him, Lin Li roared loudly while trying to cut off the tentacle with his hand.
The teeth in front of him stopped squirming, and then slowly retreated. Seeing the dim sky again, Squidward was still staring at him, the dark sewage eroding his vertical pupils in his eye sockets.
"Mr. Lin Li, you lost your things."
The huge tentacles rolled up a steel rod that was tiny compared to the tentacles and handed it tremblingly into Lin Li's hand.
"I felt like I was going to die just now, and I knew you would be able to do it." Brother Squidward seemed to have regained his brief clarity, with a relaxed smile in his voice.
"I don't know how to kill myself, but you can do it easily. As expected of you, Mr. Lin Li."
[I want to die so much. It’s hard for me to die, but if you stuff firecrackers like yours into my stomach, I might die. 】
That was not the starfish's monologue, it was also Squidward's monologue, because the starfish is the octopus.
He couldn't see the back of his head, so he didn't know that his back was his fatal weakness.
"It's starting to hurt again. Please, Mr. Lin Li."
Brother Squidward gently put Lin Li back on the ground, returned to his original position, and hit the ground hard with his head.
The dull sound of impact continued to echo on the seabed.
Lin Li was not killing Brother Squidward, but Brother Squidward and Lin Li were killing the octopus in front of him.
Lin Li remained silent, walked to his original position, and waved again.
"Pfft-tsk-"
When the stick came down, a large amount of black liquid spurted out. Worried about the corrosive effect, Lin Li took a few steps back.
Squidward's body first fell into stiffness as before, but then instead of going crazy after being stimulated, it became like a deflated rubber ball. All the tentacles lost their support and fell down weakly.
He continued to mutilate himself, and his head, which appeared to be in disrepair, finally fell weakly, his face turned sideways, and stuck to the dirty soil.
The entire seabed suddenly fell into silence.
There were only the sounds of starfish climbing and Lin Li's cautious footsteps.
Squidward's vertical pupils moved slowly following Lin Li's movements.
"Can you pierce my eyes? It's so uncomfortable to look at you like this." After Lin Li looked at him, he said with a very relaxed voice and a smile.
The black liquid in Squidward's eyes flowed downwards with gravity, blocking half of the pupils.
"I thought these were the whites of your eyes." Lin Li nodded and pierced Squidward's eyes with a steel rod. Watching the liquid overflow, the eyes gradually became dry.
"You said it was the whites of your eyes, how could these be the black ones?"
"That's right, it's my problem."
"I have remembered my memory as an octopus. Mr. Lin Li, do you want to hear it?" His voice was very relaxed.
"All ears."
"This place actually used to be a clean body of water, but I don't know why, but there are more and more garbage, and it slowly turned into this."
Squidward began to talk about his past as if he was reminiscing.
"Other creatures gradually died. Only Starfish and I mutated here and became the only two living creatures. Of course, that was before you sank here."
"Starfish eat garbage. I eat starfish. By the way, Mr. Lin Li, don't taste them out of curiosity. They are really terrible. They taste the same as when you eat a burger from the Krusty Krab King."
"No, thanks for the reminder." Lin Li nodded, being a good listener.
"It was so bad, so disgusting, but I couldn't escape from here, so I gradually collapsed until I discovered that I could enter the world in my mind - maybe that was actually the first time I went crazy."
"So I created a beautiful seabed, a happy Bikini Castle."
"I let my body remember the instinct of eating, and I ran to this spiritual world, forgetting everything about reality, living as Squidward, and enjoying the beauty of Squidward."
"I perfected this world so that each of them can have their own character and characteristics - Spongebob is my favorite character, so I made him the protagonist of the whole story so that he can be happy every day of."
"This world makes me feel very happy. I am so happy. Although I have a straight face, I am really happy."
"But the happiness is about to end, Mr. Lin Li, I am really going to die."
"Yeah." Lin Li nodded.
"It's great that I can die right away." Squidward sighed with a smile, "I forgot about this place. When I left Bikini Castle and saw and recalled this real world, I didn't have a second to remember it. I don't want to die, I just want to stay in Bikini Castle, in my cabin, playing my recorder and watching their happiness.
It's a pity, I can't go back. "
"Um."
"I still have countless plots in my mind that could be developed, but unfortunately I don't have the chance to dream them up."
"it's a pity."
"In those plots, there is often no plot for me. Even if there is, most of the time I am the one being teased. There is no good ending in the end because I feel that I am not worthy."
"Actually, you're worthy, Squidward, you're a great artist."
"There used to be a recorder on this seabed, but unfortunately it's still buried in the soil. But it's useless to find it. I can't play it to you in my current state."
Squidward said with a smile as blue blood began to flow from his body.
"It's a shame for me too."
"I really want to see Spongebob again, but no matter what I do, I can't go back to my world. The story is really over."
"..."
"Isn't it said that there is a saying of "reflection"? Why don't I have it? So why can't I go back? That's not right. The fact that I can still speak clearly now proves this."
"..."
"Good night, my only true friend, Mr. Lin Li." Squidward closed his eyes and murmured softly.
"..."
"Good night, my longed for friend, Spongebob. Even though you don't exist at all, haha." After closing his eyes, Squidward chuckled and said again.
"Please wait a moment, Brother Squidward." Lin Li, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke and responded softly.
"What's wrong? I'm so sleepy. I want to sleep, Mr. Lin Li."
"You can say good night to him in person."
"who?"
"The friend you long for, the real Spongebob Squarepants." Lin Li turned his head and looked at the empty, dark water around him.
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