Chapter 78
What Number 13 liked the most was playing in the mud.
Si Chen didn’t think that meant that the Eternal Life Abyss was Child of God Number 13. It has been with Si Chen since it was an infant and no matter how you looked at it, it was still a child who had yet to fully mature.
As for he himself…even if he died here, jumping off the city wall, he would never like playing in the mud.
Based on the background information provided, Si Chen speculated that the Child of God Number 13 was a biologically transformed Evolutionary who had been implanted with the Eternal Life Abyss.
Moreover, since Number 13 was capable of preventing high-dimensional invasions, he obviously hadn’t been weak. And yet, someone like him still died by Kuafu’s hands.
There was not much time left for the Eternal Life Abyss.
When the three minutes were up, Si Chen fished it out of the mud without hesitation.
He had made a point of wearing two layers of gloves.
Though the Eternal Life Abyss seemed reluctant to leave, it didn’t struggle too much. It looked particularly docile in Si Chen’s hands.
Because it hadn’t been washed yet, Si Chen was unwilling to let it go back in his body.
Before midnight, he entered the Kuafu Science and Technology City and got into the nearest house.
The door here was actually unlocked.
The room was very small, like a coffin. You could cover the entire space in just two strides. Looking at a residential building across, all the rooms appeared standardized.
The bed was an iron bed welded to the ground, with no regard for the comfort of the occupant. On the door was small window for ventilation.
Si Chen leaned over and took a look. There was also a window on one side.
A single bed, a wardrobe and a desk. There were no chairs, but there was a bookshelf attached to the wall. This was the accommodation provided by the city for the majority of its marginalized residents. The total area was no more than two square meters.
Si Chen was exceedingly familiar with this cramped setup but he didn’t miss it much.
He followed the instructions on the test paper and placed the admission ticket on the door before closing it.
The black nameplate was like a magnet and it firmly attached to the center of the door.
Assuming that Song Bai’s purpose wasn’t to deceive the candidates and lead them to their deaths then the reminders on the test paper should be quite important.
Si Chen was new here and didn’t want to challenge the rules yet.
A few minutes later, the time on his phone reached midnight.
Outside the window, the last trace of light disappeared. There was no moon and it was deathly silent outside.
Si Chen shivered. Without heating, it would be a very cold night.
He put his bag on the bed, took out the Teru Teru Bouzu and a torch lamp from his backpack. He placed them on the table.
The torch lamp was a product developed by Eight Directions Technology and was very practical. It is said that it was inspired by a certain pixel game civilization.
In that high-dimensional world, all objects exist in the form of pixels. You could even see the health bars of the high-dimensional creatures.
This kind of strange and rare high-dimensional world is difficult to come across but there are often some unexpected surprises.
The light from the torch lamp wasn’t very bright and it could only illuminate a radius of a about a meter. But the lamp was only about the size of a lipstick and its base was magnetic and could be attached to metal objects.
The Eternal Life Abyss poked its head out of his pocket. “Squeak?”
It couldn’t understand why mom wouldn’t let it go back into his body.
It was too cold outside and the Eternal Life Abyss was shivering from the cold.
Si Chen sat on the bed, took out a wet tissue and wiped its little tentacles clean one by one. The clean white paper towel quickly became dirty.
He originally thought those bumps on the surface of the Eternal Life Abyss’ tentacles were tumors but when he squeezed them, a black viscous liquid came out, accompanied by a pungent fishy sea smell.
It stained Si Chen’s hands.
The Eternal Life Abyss was very embarrassed and hid this tentacle under his other tentacles, shrinking into a ball.
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Si Chen whispered, “It’s okay.”
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Judging from the timbre, it was indeed Chu Dongliu.
Si Chen turned to look at the Teru Teru Bouzu on the table.
The doll was crying.
So, Si Chen just sat quietly on the bed without moving. He even took out his gun and held it tightly in his hand.
The banging on the door gradually became more and more impatient. “Something’s chasing me! Help me, let me in – Si Chen! There are high-dimensional creatures out here at night! There are experimental subjects everywhere in the city…! I managed to escape them!”
Probably seeing that Si Chen really had no intention of opening the door, Chu Dongliu stopped talking.
Then came a tooth-jarring scratching sound coming from outside the door, like fingernails scrapping across a blackboard.
Si Chen suddenly realized that Chu Dongliu was picking at the admission ticket he had left outside the door.
The test paper didn’t say what the consequences would be for losing your admission ticket but it definitely can’t be good.
Si Chen decided that he couldn’t just sit still and wait for death. This black nameplate wasn’t just a protective talisman in this world; it was also his admission ticket for the postgraduate entrance exam!
He cursed inwardly and prepared to open the door to give the person outside a good beating.
However, at this moment, the Eternal Life Abyss’ tentacles wrapped tightly around Si Chen’s fingertips.
The Eternal Life Abyss, who had been in such high spirits just now, had become extremely quiet, its body trembling slightly.
Obviously, there was something outside the door that scared even the Eternal Life Abyss.
Scared it so that it didn’t even dare to speak out.
Si Chen was stunned and slowly sat back down.
The sound of a dog barking came from the other end of the passageway.
Si Chen pressed his face against the window. Even with his prosthetic eye activated, he still couldn’t see anything.
The room was like a pocket dimension, separated from the outside.
Chu Dongliu’s scream resounded from outside the door. Then came the barking followed by Chu Dongliu’s wail and the teeth-jarring sounds of wet chewing.
Although it was clear that the person outside the door was most likely not Chu Dongliu, the fabricated scene was so realistic it still brought a heaviness to Si Chen’s spirit.
Ten minutes later, silence once again reigned outside.
…
…
Chu Dongliu encountered the same thing later in the night.
He was sitting on the bed playing on a game console when he soon noticed footsteps running down the passageway.
The man seemed to be running for his life, gasping audibly. There was obviously more than one living being outside.
The chasing footsteps sounded messy.
Chu Dongliu had received special training and could recognize that the being running in front had two legs and the creature running behind had four legs and there were two of them.
He continued playing Tetris. He didn’t even raise his eyes.
Someone showing up outside could only mean two things.
One, whoever it was, was a little stupid and didn’t follow the reminders on the test paper. Anyone with an IQ this low wasn’t worth saving.
Or two, the person had done as he’d been told but an accident occurred, causing the nameplate to malfunction. In this case, he would be in danger if he went to help.
Chu Dongliu didn’t have much sympathy in him.
After all, everyone was a competitor in this postgraduate entrance exam. Only the one who comes out on top, gets the coveted spot. Now was not the time to be nice.
No one came to this exam with the intention of being eliminated.
There was a violent crash outside, like someone had been knocked down.
Then at that moment, Chu Dongliu heard Si Chen’s suppressed cries.
…
Damn it, why did the idiot outside have to be my sister-in-law?!
The Teru Teru Bouzu on the bed was crying its eyes out.
Chu Dongliu hesitated for a moment then put his hand on the door handle.
In truth, Ji Chuyao hadn’t asked Chu Dongliu to look out for Si Chen. He hadn’t even introduced Si Chen to anyone.
Ji Chuyao understood that Si Chen didn’t need such looking after.
Moreover, Chu Dongliu was still his first cousin, the youngest son of his mother’s younger brother.
Even if Ji Chuyao had turned his elbow outward, he would be embarrassed to make it so blatantly obvious.
But Chu Dongliu did know Si Chen.
Ji Chuyao had made it a point to steer clear of any trouble for more than two decades. And yet, the first scandal to involve him was so explosive that it was near impossible not to know about it even if one didn’t want to know.
What’s more, Ji Chuyao, like him, had chosen a lover with a very different status.
Chu Dongliu decided to just take a look.
He was almost at the Fifth Step and he held some confident in his own strength.
Just for a second. Even if there are high-dimensional creatures outside, would they be enough to kill him?
He opened the door a crack.
The sounds outside instantly disappeared. Thick black mist poured into the room like a flood.
Chu Dongliu’s expression changed drastically. He pushed with all his might, trying to get the door to close.
But he failed.
The heavy metal door pressed against several abnormally pale fingers.
Chu Dongliu activated his energy core, violet light lit up on his palms.
He took hold of these fingers and broke them. Thick white smoke rose from where they touched, as if they were grilling meat over a large fire.
Finally, a crisp pops came from white jade-like fingers.
“……Hehe.”
The person outside the door was laughing, seeming to find this whole thing amusing.
It was like a nasty adult who watched on happily as a child rolled across the floor, throwing a tantrum.
But it still let go.
Chu Dongliu finally managed to close the door. Cold sweat covered his entire back.
Inside the room, the black mist had reached his knees.
Chu Dongliu looked at his burned palms, a look of annoyance across his face. “…That was careless.”
The black mist was so cold that his legs were almost numb.
Chu Dongliu stepped onto the bed, lowered his head and noticed something strange about his body.
His artificial skin, which had been soaked in the black mist, had turned black. His muscles had shrunk like sun-dried jerky.
Disgusting tumors had sprouted on the surface of the black skin, bulging like scrambled egg dropped in steaming hot oil.
Clearly, he’d been contaminated.
Contamination is a very common concept in chaotic civilizations. It is divided into mental contamination and physical contamination. Mental contamination can cause people to have high fevers, vomit, go crazy and even go brain dead. Physical contamination is also called mutations, much like the product of drinking too much nuclear wastewater.
But practice has proven that the occasional contamination is good for evolution. What’s more, contamination is reversible.
Therefore, Chu Dongliu was not particularly panicked.
He took out a tube of Level 6 Repair Fluid from his bag and sprayed it on his leg.
The numb calf was suddenly submerged in burning pain.
But even then, the contaminated calf did not return to normal. The tumors on it have sprouted blood vessels and were squirming as if they were alive.
Chu Dongliu took out a knife and cut off the tumor hanging on his leg.
The severe pain made his vision go dark.
Black viscous blood flowed from the wound.
He had just barely managed to get the mutation under control, but Chu Dongliu’s dark skin did not recover.
Chu Dongliu gasped. “What a powerful source of contamination… Does White King really mean to kill the Families’ successors as a sacrifice?”
**
For the rest of the night, it became noticeably quiet outside.
Si Chen closed his eyes and took a nap.
Although an Evolutionary’s need for sleep gradually decreases, even Song Bai cannot avoid sleeping completely.
He was woken up by a sound.
The barely audible singing drifted in from outside. It sounded so pleasant to the ear, like it was echoing in an empty valley.
Si Chen looked at the time, 3:27.
He had slept for less than an hour.
It was the Singer…
The Singer is a high-dimensional creature, number 321. With an unknown form and the ability to kill people with its voice. Si Chen had once met one underwater.
Si Chen turned off the torch light to prevent the light from attracting attention from outside.
The singing became louder and louder and Si Chen covered his ears with his hands. All around him, it was extremely cold.
He felt as if his soul had taken on a physical form and was being exposed to the wind and snow. He was about to freeze to death.
He subconsciously used fire control.
Purple flames flickered at his fingertips, bringing a little warmth.
The singing approached and then gradually went farther away.
Although most of what “Chu Dongliu” had said was to trick him into opening the door, one thing was probably true.
At night, there will be many high-dimensional creatures wandering around in this Space Fold.
At 4 o’clock, the coldness in the air disappeared.
A hazy white light lit up outside the window.
Si Chen stood by the window and watched the blood-red sun jump out of the horizon.
The tepid sunlight dispelled the dark fog.
The first night of the practical exam was over.
Yeah, don’t open the door… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️😳
the fingers on the door 😭
You are in the trap
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