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Chapter 100 Large-scale Mysterious Shopping Mall (4)

Before the words were finished, the fingers that were gripping the holly's wrist suddenly lost all strength, and slumped down.

The last glimmer of light in her wide-open eyes went out completely.

Holly remained bent over, her fingers quickly probing towards the girl's carotid artery.

A few seconds later, she raised her head, met the gazes of Xin and An Jing, shook her head heavily, and said in a dry voice, "She's not breathing."

An Jing slowly squatted down, reached out his hand, and with a slight, almost imperceptible tremor, gently closed the girl's unseeing eyes.

The moment she touched the girl's cold skin, she felt that her tightly clenched left hand seemed to be holding something.

An Jing carefully pried open the stiff fingers, revealing a movie ticket completely soaked in thick blood with curled edges.

The blurry handwriting indicated that the screening time was 3 PM yesterday.

“She remained conscious throughout,” Youlong said, having appeared unnoticed and standing behind An Jing. His voice was low and suppressed. “Watching herself being devoured piece by piece. The Mysterious Ones don’t usually do things this slowly; they’re deliberately torturing her.”

He emphasized the last two words, which carried a chilling coldness.

Immediately afterwards, Youlong's face turned so gloomy it could drip water, and his sharp gaze swept across the deathly silent shopping mall.

An Jing stood up and instinctively clutched the blood-stained movie ticket in her hand.

Why does she hate so much?
What could have happened to make her abandon all hope of survival, leaving only endless hatred?

The thick, pungent smell of blood weighed heavily on everyone's lungs.

The mangled corpse of the girl on the ground, and her dying words, "I hate so much," filled with boundless hatred, felt like cold, leaden blocks shoved into everyone's chests.

A suffocating sense of despair and deathly silence filled the air.

Apart from their own heavy breathing and heartbeats, the entire shopping mall was like a giant tomb; there was no sound of any living thing to be heard, nor any sign of any eerie activity.

This abnormal, utter silence was even more unsettling than the horrific scene that had just unfolded.

“Something’s not right…” Youlong frowned, his voice low, breaking the chilling silence.

The screen of the magnetic field detector in his hand flickered with a faint red light, and the pointer bounced up and down in the C-level region, but it could not lock onto a clear and stable source.

"The people here are gone, the mystery is gone, but the energy field is still fluctuating."

He raised his head, his sharp gaze sweeping across the dimly lit, blood-stained east passage: "Head east, keep watch."

The group moved again, with Xin still at the very front, his body taut.

With each step, the soles of the boots made a slight hissing sound in the sticky pool of blood, amplified infinitely in the deathly silence, pounding on everyone's taut nerves.

The emergency lights had long been turned off, and only the beam of the tactical flashlight cut through the limited space in the darkness. Wherever the light reached, there were shocking scarlet marks and severed limbs.

Darkness, like a viscous liquid, enveloped them and concealed unknown dangers. In this environment, any sneak attack from the darkness would be fatal.

However, An Jing was in the team.

Just as they were about to step onto the blood-stained elevator leading to the second-floor east section, An Jing suddenly looked up, a glint of light flashing in the depths of his pupils.

Her X-ray vision pierced the darkness, and in her eyes, the still, blood-stained upper section of the escalator was not empty; an irregularly shaped object covered in grayish-brown feathers, almost blending into its surroundings, was lying there.

It resembled a pile of carelessly discarded, worn-out feather dusters, lifeless, yet within her supernatural vision, it clearly outlined a strange shape and a weak point at its core—a slightly pulsating mass radiating a dangerous, dark red light.

"You Xin!" An Jing shouted almost instinctively, grabbing You Xin's tactical vest shoulder strap and pulling him back forcefully, without even having time to say any more warnings.

Just as An Jing reached out, the battle-hardened You Xin sensed the strong danger signal conveyed in her movements! Without the slightest hesitation, You Xin slammed both palms onto the ground on either side and shouted, "Rise!"

hum!
A thick earthen wall suddenly rose from the ground, blocking the entire escalator entrance.

However, the earthen wall rose at a noticeably slower pace than before, and after completing the action, Xin's body swayed almost imperceptibly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"What's wrong?" An Jing immediately noticed her unusual behavior and asked in a low voice.

Earth Wall is a defensive skill, so it shouldn't be this difficult to use now.

"It's nothing..." You Xin gasped for breath, her voice strained and strained.

"This godforsaken place! It's all steel skeletons, the concrete layers are too thin! My power needs to penetrate the metal skeleton to manipulate the earth element deeper inside, which consumes far more energy! And..."

She gritted her teeth, staring at the sturdy earthen wall before her, then glanced warily at the load-bearing structure above her. "I have to be careful to control my strength, afraid of using too much force and collapsing this ceiling! I'm so constrained!"

Yunji, standing nearby, immediately nodded in agreement, his face grim: "My wind is the same! In this enclosed space with walls on all sides, airflow can't be used at all! Forcibly compressing the wind greatly reduces its speed and cutting power!"

He glanced at Youlong, "Only the captain's fire is generated out of thin air and is unaffected by this damned environment."

Youlong nodded solemnly, his gaze fixed on the earthen wall blocking his view.

at this time.

call out!call out!call out!
A series of sharp, rapid sounds, like a torrential downpour hitting banana leaves, suddenly rang out. The sounds were short, high-frequency, and extremely penetrating, pounding hard on everyone's eardrums and hearts!

An Jing's pupils contracted instantly.

In her X-ray vision, on the other side of the earthen wall, the eerie mass disguised as a pile of tattered feathers suddenly came to life. The countless feathers covering its body instantly straightened and detached, like steel needles fired from a crossbow, shooting towards her with astonishing power and speed, accompanied by a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air!

The tip of each feather gleamed with a cold, metallic sheen, embedding itself firmly into the thick earthen wall! The wall trembled violently, its surface instantly covered with countless white impact points and spiderweb-like cracks!
In just a few seconds, near the top, several exceptionally sharp feathers had even pierced through the wall, revealing their tips that gleamed with a cold light!
"It's feathers!" An Jing spoke quickly, her voice tense yet calm. "A mysterious creature covered in feathers is lying on the escalator! Its attack method is to shoot feathers with great force! Its weak point is in the lower right part of its body." She quickly relayed all the key information she had seen to her teammates.

Youlong and Youxin exchanged a glance. Both were experienced warriors, and they instantly reached a tacit understanding.

　Chapter 100! It's not too much to beg for monthly votes at this point, right? (whispering) QAQ
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