Dean followed the red chain back to the previous fork in the road and entered the untrodden right passage.
The four women followed behind them, the bloody scene of piled monster corpses repeating themselves in their minds like a nightmare.
The ordinary life of the past ten years was turned upside down today, and the powerful impact made them completely speechless and quiet to the point of depression.
I walked like this for a quarter of an hour, tired, scared, and extremely torturous.
Dean suddenly broke the silence, "There is something."
He walked up the low steps on the left side of the passage and came to a wall. He used his flashlight to illuminate several vertical pipes, as well as the unique lamp holders and glass covers on the pipes.
"Emergency gas lamp, turn it on!" Maeve shouted excitedly.
Dean immediately lit the gas lamp, and a bright yellow flame lit up in the lampshade. Then he rotated the gas pipe under Maeve's guidance. The flame turned into a stable and strong blue, suppressing the weak light of the flashlight.
Through the flames, the four women could clearly see each other's hair, which was wet with sweat, their bald faces covered in dust and dirt, and their looks as miserable as a drowned rat. A certain emotion that had been suppressed to the extreme suddenly burst out in reverse.
"Pfft!"
Maeve pointed at the black girl with dried snot hanging under her nose and laughed, "Harry, are you going back to your ancestors? You smell worse than a football player who has been training for a day!"
Harry glared at her flat chest and smiled disdainfully, "How can you be any better? Your clothes are soaked and you can't see the slightest trace of a woman's curves. You don't need to change your gender to be brothers with the male god of your dreams!"
"Shut up, bitch, or you'll be killed by the Toad Man!"
"Are they willing to give up? My charm transcends species!" The black girl shook her huge "breast muscles", then raised her big butt and patted it twice, "They will definitely kill this girl with ribs first!"
"Crossing species? From chimpanzee to toad man?"
"Fake Squid!"
As the two bickered, the previously tense and terrifying atmosphere suddenly disappeared.
Luna had other thoughts again. She turned her hazel eyes and suddenly pounced on the man who was watching the show quietly. She clamped her legs around his waist.
"You saved everyone's lives, I want to thank you very much!"
The moist red lips kissed his mouth hard, a deep kiss, and the red hair slapped his face, exuding a faint smell of perfume and sweat.
When Julie next to her saw this, she hugged his arm and put her face against his shoulder.
"Sorry, we were frightened by monsters just now..." At this time, Harley and Maeve suddenly ended their spat and apologized sincerely to Dean, "Please forgive our poor and ignorant performance. God witnesses, we will definitely do it next Obey the order, and as long as we can get out, we will do our best to repay you and thank you!"
Maeve nodded hastily.
"No need to apologize, just obey the command." Dean shook his head and smiled, and took off Luna, who was like a dog-skin plaster. He could also see that the women just wanted to take a chance to release their fears, and seeing them like this With his lively appearance, Dean couldn't help but think back to his friends in Nevada State High School.
As long as they don't mess around and hold them back, Dean is willing to provide protection within his ability.
"By the way, are you thirsty?"
Dean pretended to reach into his arms and took out a bottle of drinking water, took a big sip himself, handed it to Julie next to him, and then passed it to Luna...
The four women drank a few sips eagerly but with restraint. In the end, most of the remaining bottle returned to Dean's hand without asking about the origin of the bottle of water.
"Dean, you are not an ordinary person, are you?" Maeve watched the man stuff the bottle of water into his pocket like magic, and couldn't help but say,
"I am the toad-man nemesis. Okay, stop talking and rest quietly for a quarter of an hour."
Under the illumination of gas lights, everyone's fear slowly subsided and they continued to move forward.
…
The terrain is getting lower and lower, and there are many forks in the road. This huge underground base reveals the nature of the maze.
If you choose the wrong path, you will be trapped there forever.
But Dean always followed the red chain and stepped down several rusty metal steps. The surrounding building structure changed slightly. In addition to the horizontal water pipes on the ceiling, there were additional sloping pipes that could accommodate one person. The pipeline is so dark that even from a God’s perspective, it’s not clear where it leads.
At a certain moment, Dean paused and suddenly saw a strange wall not far away. This wall was not like the previous metal and concrete structures, but was made of transparent glass. The back of the glass was filled with turbid and red water. , forming a huge aquarium, reflecting light red sparkling waves under the illumination of gas lamps.
"Be careful, there's a monster in the water!" Harley growled and covered her mouth. The women took a step back and saw a toad man floating slowly out of the depths of the aquarium.
It was floating like a corpse with its eyes closed, its swollen, wrinkled ugly face pressed against the other side of the glass wall, every wrinkle, wart-like protrusion and jagged, pointy rotten teeth on the face. They are all clearly displayed in the eyes of everyone, making them look even uglier.
What's even more eye-catching is that there is a thigh suspended in front of the monster's chest. The lower half has been chewed clean to reveal the white bones. The upper half has swollen, turned white, and wrinkled. It is not known how long it has been soaked!
The women gasped, while Dean touched his chin and looked at the system with interest. The progress was 37%, "This guy is actually sleeping in the water."
"It's normal," Maeve boldly approached the aquarium and touched it, lowering her voice. "Toads are originally amphibians. These humanoid monsters have toad genes in their bodies, so they can naturally live in water."
Luna pulled out her M1911 and aimed it at the huge head through the glass wall, "Toads are quite docile, why did this monster attack us?"
"Tame? Toads are carnivores, and living in such a claustrophobic underground, there is obviously a lack of meat and the need to hunt..." Julie recalled what the bearded old man said in the video and looked straight at the thigh that was starting to rot and deteriorate. He analyzed calmly, "It treats us as prey and food for training actual combat capabilities."
Dean nodded, which would also explain why Gracie's group of retired Marines took people abducted to the abandoned factory at fixed times - they were feeding the toad people.
The progress jumped to 40%!
"But I remember that in the video, in addition to calling us prey, the old man also called us mother. What does that mean?" Maeve pushed her wet black hair behind her fair neck, and slowly glanced at the four people with her twinkling eyes. companion,
Anyone who can get into Purdue University is certainly not an idiot. The women couldn't help but swallow their saliva as their minds turned.
"Don't think so wildly, it's impossible. There is reproductive isolation between monsters and humans." Harley shook her head, "That old man was just trying to scare us!"
"Sisters, just thinking about that possibility makes me feel worse than death. If we are accidentally caught by the toad people," Luna checked the bullets in the pistol and said in a heavy tone, "we'd better commit suicide!"
suicide--
As soon as Luna said this word, the "corpse" floating in the aquarium suddenly opened a pair of scarlet eyeballs and looked straight at the five people.
Then, like a shark that was going crazy with hunger and suddenly smelled the smell of blood, it swung its limbs wildly in the water and knocked on the glass wall, making loud banging noises.
The women were so frightened that they backed away.
Dean calmly held down Luna's trigger finger and blinked at the monster behind the glass wall.
Click——
Invisible thoughts surge.
Its neck instantly rotated 360 degrees to the right and returned to its original position, then stopped struggling, and its huge body slowly floated above the water.
There was a moment of dead silence in the air.
Everyone stared at the suddenly dead toad man before they could react, and then there was another dull sound of footsteps in the distant passage, faintly accompanied by human sobbing.
"Are there other humans down here?" A trace of surprise flashed in Dean's eyes, and he led a few people in pursuit in the direction of the sound.
In the darkness deep in the corridor, a panting man helped a woman with handicapped legs to run away. The two of them were wearing couple's outfits with a black upper body and blue lower body. They looked to be in their twenties.
But they are too slow.
Behind them, a toad man running wildly with arms and legs suddenly puffed up his cheeks, opened his mouth and spat out a silent black line forward. The black line crossed the air like an arrow from a string and hit the man in the back.
ah!
The man screamed and fell to the ground and rolled. The venom instantly soaked into the black T-shirt around his waist, corroding his skin and flesh until white smoke smelling like barbecue was emitted.
The woman running for her life on the right lost the support of her companions and fell forward immediately. A row of blood scabs were scratched on the side of her face by the hard ground. The toad man who had just spit out the poison kicked his legs on the ground and crossed ten meters like lightning. pressed down on her.
boom!
Gunshots buzz!
The toad man who was flying in the air seemed to have hit a wall of air. The humanoid body suddenly lost kinetic energy and fell to the ground with a thud. The blood-filled vertical pupils lost their energy.
.
44 The Magnum penetrated from its half-open mouth into the back of its head, and black blood and brain matter sputtered out of the hole.
The terrifying monster turned into a cold corpse. The woman lying on the ground was stunned for a moment, her hands and feet squirmed, and she crawled like crazy towards the man who was wailing less and less far away.
…
Dean did not stop, holding the M1900, quickly moved forward past the couple, raised the muzzle of the gun, and casually pulled the trigger against several pipes hanging from the ceiling.
Bang bang bang!
The three bullets made three half-moons and turned into the pipe from bottom to top. Then three toad men wearing camouflage military uniforms slid to the ground, all with bloody holes on their foreheads.
Proficiency +2*4, shooting lv4 (8/500)
…
Dean blew into the muzzle of the M1900, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
In the past, to hit the high-speed moving toad man, it required telekinesis and several shots to kill the target.
But now, with the precision feature, Dean does not need to desperately aim at the target, nor does he need to shake his wrist. As long as he senses the target, and then pulls the trigger, the fired bullet will automatically track and kill him with a headshot.
This kind of shooting skill has surpassed that of the previous Death Eater, and it can hit every target within the range.
Under precision.
Unless the opponent's speed exceeds that of the bullet, or the steel and iron bones can block the bullet's attack, there is no way to escape.
The only pity is that after upgrading, Dean's efficiency in acquiring proficiency has been greatly reduced again.
…
Dean and Luna came to the woman's side. The man in front of her was simply miserable. Within seconds, a large bloody hole appeared in his waist from the venom sprayed by the toad man. The broken bones and missing internal organs were clearly visible.
He was lying in a pool of blood, his glaring eyes filled with fear, unwillingness and a different kind of tenderness.
The woman knelt on the ground, gently caressed his handsome face, and called "Chris" and "Chris" hysterically, but received no response.
Luna and the four women showed sympathy and intolerance on their faces, but Dean asked bluntly,
"Are you a couple attending a party at an abandoned factory tonight?"
The woman kneeling on the ground choked and closed her eyes for her boyfriend. Tears and blood slid down her cheeks and chin as she nodded, and fell to the ground.
Dean then asked, "How did you get in?"
A hint of crying came from the woman's nose, and an expression of gritted teeth appeared on her face, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Dean's expression changed, "Is the leader of that group of perverts a white man about fifty years old, height...weight...who calls himself a technician?"
"You know him?!"
The woman looked over with straight eyes, burning hatred in her eyes.
"He is a demon who specializes in kidnapping innocent people and throwing them into underground bases to be killed by these monsters. We are also victims, but I was lucky enough to carry a weapon with me and kill some monsters." Dean said for a moment, thoughtfully. .
Now it seems that it was because he killed Gracie's group who were supposed to "deliver goods" and failed to meet the contact "technician" at the agreed time.
So the other party kidnapped a group of people again around eight o'clock in the evening and threw them into the underground passage from another secret entrance.
Dean asked, "You two are not the only ones who were thrown in, where are the rest?"
The woman sobbed twice and glanced at the toad man next to her with hatred and fear.
"All gone. The claws and teeth of these monsters are sharper than chainsaws. They can tear people apart with just a touch! I saw with my own eyes Howell's heart was taken out by a claw, and Rick was killed by three monsters with their teeth. Bitten in half, Irene and Daisy were kidnapped, and they don’t know whether they are alive or dead. There is no way we can resist these monsters!"
"Wow, Chris is gone too, I'm the only one left."
hiss--
Luna and the four of them exchanged looks.
Under Dean's killing spree, they couldn't help but have the illusion in their hearts that toad people were not much better than ordinary people.
But now, the woman's description brought them back to reality and deepened their understanding that normal people had almost no chance of surviving when faced with toad people.
So it's not that the toad people are too weak, but that the man in front of them is too powerful and protects them too well!
"My condolences, ma'am."
"Call me Joan..."
Dean said, "We're leaving, you can follow if you want."
"I'm not going anywhere, I want to stay with Chris." The woman held her dead boyfriend's head in her arms, gently wiped away the blood and dust on his face like she was caring for a treasure, and kissed him gently on the forehead. .
"Madam, listen to me, we are deeply sorry for what happened to you, but you can't stay, those monsters will kill you!" Julie stamped her foot and tugged on her arm anxiously, "Come with us, Chris also hopes you live well."
Maeve gritted her teeth and pulled on her other arm.
"You know, at Faraye's party tonight, just three hours ago, he just proposed to me, and I agreed to him." Qiong broke away slightly, showed everyone the ring on her left hand, and spoke at the corner of her mouth Grinning a happy smile, "After putting on the ring, I made a life-and-death contract with him. He didn't abandon me before, so how could I bear to abandon him?"
"I only have one request..." Joan's face flashed with sad tears, and she looked at Dean pleadingly, "Can you give me a gun?"
Dean hesitated for two seconds, took out another spare M1911 from his arms and handed it to the woman. At the same time, he opened a mental barrier to protect all his companions.
"Will it work?"
"Well, I'm very grateful." The woman picked up the gun, with a hint of sparkle in her eyes, "I will always pray for you, and wish you success in killing these disgusting monsters and perverted technicians, and escape from 'hell' safely! "
Dean nodded and turned around decisively to continue tracking the red chain.
The women hesitated for a moment and trotted after him, but they couldn't get far.
boom!
A crisp gunshot came from behind, shaking the souls of several people and stopping unconsciously.
Dean looked at the darkness ahead and sighed,
"Chris, Joan, hope you can meet in Limbo."
…
Not long after continuing forward, a large amount of fresh blood appeared around the passage, and there was still a hot fishy smell. It should belong to the people who were attacked before, but most of the corpses and meat were missing. I don’t know what the toad people took. place.
Not far from the bloodstain, they found a second room.
(End of chapter)
