Boom!
A giant with three heads, rotting skin and flesh, emitting a strong foul odor, softly collapsed to the ground, fine sand flowing from its seven orifices.
“Huh…”
Charles hovered midair, exhaling deeply, then waved his fingers in a series of rhythmic motions, as if a symphony conductor wielding a baton.
Whoosh!
Bricks and stones from the ruins floated automatically, as if lifted by an invisible force. The earth parted, revealing a door.
“Finally made it here!”
Charles waved his hands, and the alloy door automatically slid open, revealing a pitch-black passage.
“This was only a backup air vent, never expected it to be occupied by a level-three monster…”
Dark Sand looked somewhat disheveled, “Thankfully you distracted it, otherwise my internal sand explosion might not have been fatal!”
“No matter what, now that we’re here, we’re one step closer to completing the mission!”
As Charles spoke, a worried expression appeared on his face.
“What’s wrong?”
His subordinates asked in unison.
“Nothing much, just feels… too smooth!”
Charles frankly said, “The Lord’s Space shouldn’t be this generous to us!”
As an old hand who had been repeatedly tricked by the Lord’s Space, this was definitely accumulated from bitter experience.
“This is considered smooth?”
Other team members looked at the city full of monsters and the corpse of the level-three beast lying on the ground, exchanging wordless glances.
…
“This time I’ll go down with Dark Sand, Giant, and Wind Eye. The rest of you stay above on guard!”
After a brief reconnaissance, Charles immediately assigned the task, “Intelligent monsters have territorial concepts. They probably don’t know yet that these three monsters are dead. For a short time, there shouldn’t be any major problems. What you need to face are just scattered zombies and mutated beasts. Your primary mission is to stay hidden. Our retreat depends on you!”
“Don’t worry, chief!”
A burly man holding a machine gun grinned naively, “We’ll set up a fire blockade and fortify this place like a fortress!”
“Good, let’s move out!”
Charles touched his forehead, “Hurry up. I don’t know why, but I have a bad feeling!”
…
The tunnel connected to the old ventilation ducts, many places still had traps and railings, making it impassable for humans, but it was no obstacle for Charles and his team.
As they moved downward, Wind Eye suddenly changed expression.
He was the previous scout, who had exchanged for the specialty of mental scanning, acting as the team’s eyes and ears.
“The situation below is very strange, it seems like a battle has occurred!”
Wind Eye closed his eyes.
“What?”
Charles waved his hand, the ventilation duct exploded open, and their figures rushed out.
Before their eyes lay a laboratory, but it had already turned into a battlefield. Several researchers, clearly not monsters, had been brutally dismembered, blood splattered everywhere.
“The traces are very fresh, not much earlier than us!”
Wind Eye closed his eyes again and pointed in another direction, “There… there’s still vibration. The battle probably hasn’t ended yet!”
“Let’s go!”
Charles’s voice was low.
No one wanted to see the mission fail for no reason, especially in such a baffling way.
Along the way, they saw more sights—several clearly guards were lying dead, dying a tragic death.
Further down the passage were numerous corpses of mutated monsters.
“This monster…”
Dark Sand looked at a huge creature entangled in vines, “Its energy signature is also level-three, probably bred and controlled by the research institute for guarding purposes. It actually died here too, so the intruder must be extremely powerful…”
“But this method…”
Charles’s expression first showed confusion, then turned into bitter laughter, “I’ve seen this before! Don’t you find it familiar?”
“Huh?”
Dark Sand, upon hearing his hint, carefully examined the monster’s corpse, “It seems to have been drained of bodily fluids instantly… this kind of death… Blood Queen?!”
“Blood Queen Lolita? The leader of the Dark Blood Association, a space expert ranked alongside the chief?”
Giant exclaimed in a strange tone, “Why would she be here?”
“Obviously, this is all the work of the Cycle Space!”
Charles chuckled bitterly, “I knew the mission wouldn’t go this smoothly. Comrades, this time it’s not an exploration mission, but a faction confrontation mission! We against the Dark Blood Association!”
In his heart, he thought back to the scene when he first came to this mission world as a newbie.
Lolita was there too. He still remembered the woman’s obsessive gaze. Indeed, she seemed to want to resurrect someone extremely important, and from the beginning, she was extremely determined. Charles had a premonition back then that this woman would become extraordinary in the future.
Indeed, the Lord’s Space is not a place suitable for ordinary people. Lolita, as an obsessive, thrived and developed smoothly, becoming a strong cycle participant known for her ruthless and crazy actions, earning the nickname “Blood Queen.”
“Really… I don’t want to be your enemy, Lolita!”
Charles silently sighed but did not stop his steps, arriving in front of the last great door.
Creak!
The door silently swung open, revealing a vast laboratory inside. A golden carnivorous plant the size of a hill extended countless vines, now all broken, bleeding like an animal.
Standing on the flower of the carnivorous plant was a woman dressed in a bright red dress—Lolita!
“Finally… we meet again!”
Charles sighed deeply.
“Indeed, and again in this mission world, it really gives me a sense of fate!”
Lolita raised a hideous severed head in her hand, “Unfortunately… you’re too late. This is Sax, he’s already dead, and the antidote is now in my possession!”
“But… your mission isn’t successful yet! Because you’re just temporarily holding it, not yet completely out of danger!”
Dark Sand already rasped out, “Chief! She’s alone!”
Although Lolita’s reputation as the Blood Queen was intimidating, she was only slightly inferior to Charles.
With them, it seemed more likely that their side would win!
They couldn’t afford the punishment for mission failure.
“Lolita… sorry!”
Charles hovered midair, his entire body surrounded by what seemed like a whirlwind, “I must consider myself and my team members! Please put down the antidote. Perhaps we can discuss a solution acceptable to both sides!”
“There is no solution at all!”
Lolita combed her hair, appearing quite charming, “Since the day I entered the Lord’s Space, I knew I had no way back.”
“Blood… Festival!”
She murmured, and powerful energy surged forth, dyeing the entire space blood red.
“Defense!”
Charles raised his hands, and invisible psychic barriers, like copper walls and iron fortifications, firmly blocked the tide of blood.
“It’s finally begun!”
Dark Sand’s face showed excitement, “Sandstorm!”
Whoosh!
A layer of black sand appeared, like black snakes rolling toward Lolita.
“No!”
Charles barely had time to shout before Lolita seemed to teleport to Dark Sand’s side. Her jade-like palm gently patted, causing a large amount of sand to collapse instantly. Then with a lift, she grabbed Dark Sand by the neck and raised her, “How young and ignorant, thinking we Kings are just ordinary cycle participants…”
“Little girl, don’t be afraid. Let your big sister show you some love!”
Lolita laughed sweetly, her words wrapped in honey, but her actions were chilling.
Her lips slightly moved, and Dark Sand’s face showed extreme terror. A large amount of blood surged to her head, her blood vessels bulged, looking as if they would burst at any moment.
Giant roared furiously, his body expanding, rushing forward like a wild bear. Wind Eye raised his pistol, but Charles was faster. The invisible psychic hand reached Lolita’s side in an instant.
“It’s useless!”
A layer of blood light appeared around Lolita, “My Blood Barrier, after absorbing all the monsters in the research institute, has been strengthened to its peak, just a little short of S-level. Charles! You’re too soft-hearted. You won’t be my match!”
Obviously, Charles had to consider the life of Dark Sand in Lolita’s hands and couldn’t fight at full strength, giving Lolita many opportunities.
“Sand… sandification!”
At this moment, Dark Sand in her hands struggled to utter a word.
“Hmm?”
With a slightly surprised look, Lolita watched Dark Sand’s entire body transform into a pile of sand, flowing through her fingers, then reassembling next to Charles into Dark Sand’s form, though her face was pale.
“Body sandification ability? This doesn’t seem like something a level-two cycle participant should have. Did you use some kind of life-saving item?”
Lolita smiled lightly, “But… do you think my Blood Siphon is that simple?”
As she spoke, she played with a drop of bright red blood bead as clear as agate between her fingers, then suddenly clenched her fist.
Bang!
As the blood bead shattered, Dark Sand’s expression also changed, clutching her heart and collapsing.
“You’re still too narrow-minded about blood. Thinking that turning into sand could escape? In reality, blood is a part of your life. As long as you’re alive, even if your body becomes elemental, you can still be siphoned and targeted…”
Lolita sighed softly, then looked at Charles.
At this moment, Charles was holding Dark Sand’s body, his face full of regret, mixed with a trace of determination, “Lolita! You’ve gone too far!”
Bang! Bang!
Around his body, numerous carnivorous plant vines exploded, turning into endless powder, as if space itself was breaking apart.
“Good, Charles, you’ve finally used your full strength!”
Lolita excitedly licked her red lips, “Today, let’s see who between you and me is stronger?”
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