Chapter 83
The Eternal Life Abyss’ small tentacles slapped angrily at the large tentacles wrapped around Si Chen.
The person in the fog paid it no attention.
Si Chen could feel the cold black mist pouring in from his mouth and nose.
He didn’t feel the slightest bit uncomfortable, he even felt rather good, ecstatic.
When hunting, the Eternal Life Abyss has the ability to release neurotoxins that induce relaxation in its prey.
Si Chen was paralyzed.
He couldn’t move. He felt like his soul was floating away. He was like a soft cloud, being molded by invisible hands into a shape the sculptor wanted.
“Uh…ugh…”
Si Chen was giving it all he’s got but he couldn’t fight against the embrace. The cries he spat out were faint and weak.
He appeared as though his neck was being stretched back, waiting to be killed; like he was taking on a kiss that was too heavy.
“Squeak!!!”
The Eternal Life Abyss grew so furious that it spit out fire.
After eating the Pseudo-Feathered Serpent God, it had gained the ability to control fire though it hadn’t used it much.
The crimson flames burned violently, igniting the black mist.
“Huh?”
The tone sounded somewhat puzzled.
The man in the mist grabbed the juvenile Eternal Life Abyss with his other hand.
He was going to pull out the creature from Si Chen’s body to take a look.
But he was met with an even bigger surprise. The prey he thought had lost all ability to resist suddenly rose up.
Si Chen held the burning hot admission ticket in his hand and stabbed at what he intuited was the part with the weakest defense, the wrist.
The black iron metal pierced into the soft skin.
Dark black blood spurted out and flooded onto the ground. There was so much blood and it’s ability to contaminate was simply shocking.
It seemed that this black mist was originally his diluted blood.
Pain and surprise made the man let go.
Si Chen felt the strength around his body loosen and he immediately freed himself from this shackle, retreating quickly back into the room.
He closed the door lightning quick.
The man outside had his head down, looking at the inside of his wrist.
There was an open wound there and the blood had yet to coagulate.
Incredible.
He was actually…injured?
**
“The work IDs will cause high-dimensional creatures to become restless at night.”
This wasn’t written on the test paper. Song Bai had intended to tell this to the candidates personally.
Think about it. A group of children finally arrived at the Khaos Manufacturing Institute after overcoming numerous obstacles only to find that they needed to go to back to the outermost area to find a work ID to gain access… Isn’t this scene very interesting?
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But due to an unforeseen event, Song Bai was unable to join them in the exam venue immediately.
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Not 19, not 91. He has lived for almost two hundred years.
Some would say he had one foot in the grave. Song Bai felt like he was already buried up to his neck.
The elderly need to recuperate.
If he were to enter rashly, he would most likely to be assimilated into this exam venue and lose his last bit of sanity.
Of the six children who entered the exam room, fiver were precious personages.
And the remaining one was, at present, the most satisfactory candidate to be Song Bai’s successor.
Song Bai got up early and opened his eyes. Armed with a cane, he headed downstairs for some crab soup dumplings. He then wandered slowly to the Senior Recreation Center, where the elderly often gathered together to play.
Everyone was surprised when they saw him come in.
“Xiao Song, didn’t you say you were going to the orphanage for an adoption? Why are you here again?”
Song Bai sighed, “My leg’s broken. It’s boring just staying at home, so I came here to see what you’re all up to. What game are we playing today?”
The old man gave wicked chuckle. “Chess. Never heard of it, right? My son brought me a board he got from outside. Here, I’ll teach you.”
As someone who has lived many many years, has a good memory, is incredibly rich and pretty much unmatched in the world, he could definitely do most anything.
Song Bai replied with a smile, “I know how to play.”
The old man’s face fell instantly. “So boring. Xiao Song, you’re still pretty young, why don’t you have a baby yourself?”
Song Bai picked up a white pawn and moved it one space on the board. “I’m impotent.”
The old man choked. “Don’t tell me you don’t have a few nephews within that family of yours? You should just raise one of them. At least, they’d be related to you by blood… Why bother raising orphans?”
Song Bai smiled. “Because I have very high requirements for my successor. I don’t have a very high opinion of those nephews.”
“How high?”
Bai Di lowered his eyes slightly. “Strong, compassionate, staunch, intelligent, talented and compatible. Someone who, even after knowing his weaknesses, still won’t compromise. He has to have the strength to turn danger into safety and the power to survive in desperate situations… If he can’t do this… , then he isn’t worthy of inheriting my legacy.”
The old man was momentarily stunned at hearing this. “Why don’t you just buy a scratch ticket? You’ve got a better chance of winning the lottery.”
White King thought for a while and said, “I’ve already picked my lottery ticket. I just haven’t scratched it yet.”
Hopefully, he won’t get a “Thank you for playing”.
**
Si Chen leaned against the wall, utterly exhausted.
The Eternal Life Abyss had already gone back in but he still felt a burning pain on his back.
After throwing away the work ID cards, the ruckus outside the door finally died down.
Si Chen covered his stomach. Just now, the Eternal Life Abyss had consumed a lot of energy and he was now a little hungry.
Fortunately, he’ll be able to eat grilled durian tomorrow.
Lin Jiali gulped down a tube of Level 7 gene medicine and successfully reduced the swelling.
She touched the small blisters that remained on her face, making it look like the surface of the moon.
“There are no proctors, let alone guardians, in this exam, are there?” Lin Jiali asked.
Worried that promising heirs might prematurely die, many of the Great Families arrange for guardians to follow their children into Space Folds.
There are actually very few lone wolves like Ji Chuyao.
Lin Jiali was being cultivated as an heir.
Though she wasn’t one to rely too much on her guardian like some others who were good-for-nothing trash, but having one and not having one are two completely different matters when it comes to the effect on one’s mentality.
That had truly been a life and death situation just now. The slightest change might have meant their complete annihilation.
But Song Bai hadn’t appeared.
Lin Jiali considered herself to not be an arrogant person.
But only at this moment did she realize that she truly did lack the proper amount of respect for death. She thought she wasn’t afraid of death, but in actuality, when faced with it, she couldn’t remain calm at all.
The Celestial Dragons in the Safe Zone always call entering the Disaster Zone or a Space Fold Area as entering an Instance.
But life is not a game and you don’t get to restart from a save point.
Si Chen: “Obviously, there isn’t.”
Lin Jiali lowered her head, took out a spool of white bandage and began bandaging her wounds.
As her body had swelled, she became ravenous.
Lin Jiali, despite her many years, has never known the feeling of starvation.
And so, she took a bite off her arm.
She forcefully tore off a piece of meat from her arm and swallowed it down into her stomach.
At that moment, Lin Jiali couldn’t even feel pain. Rather, she felt waves of warmth pulsating from her stomach, encouraging her to keep eating.
If the black mist hadn’t dissipated when it did, she would have eaten her entire arm.
The most horrible thing about it was that after taking that bite, Lin Jiali found that her test paper answered one of the questions on its own.
——What does Child of God Number 5 like to eat?
——Their own flesh.
What an absolutely fucked up question.
Si Chen remained slumped in the corner for several minutes before his violently beating heart slowed down.
There was some pain on his waist.
Si Chen lifted up his shirt and took a look. He found a clear set of fingerprints on his waist.
The voice of the person who held his waist sounded male.
The marks left by the other party on his body were thin and long. It obviously wasn’t made by a normal human.
After the matter was resolved, Chen Zhizhou didn’t say a word. After taking a few pills, he curled up at the end of the bed.
A layer of white-gold scales grew on his skin, much like the scales of the fat-headed snake Si Chen had eaten.
Feeling Si Chen lying next to him, Chen Zhizhou leaned his head over and whispered, “There’s gene medicine for you on the bedside. I’m about to shed my skin. It only takes a minute or two for a healthy snake to shed its skin. I’m big so it will probably take more than half an hour. I’ll shed my skin while you sleep. Have you ever seen a snake shed? If you wake up and find that I look a bit scary… don’t worry too much.”
His eyes had turned bluish-white.
This was Chen Zhizhou’s method of self-healing when his body suffers irreversible damage; he shed his skin to replace his original body.
Although it consumes a lot of energy, its effectiveness is second only to a Phoenix resurrection.
After molting, he will fall into a weakened state.
If it weren’t for today’s incident, he originally planned to shed his skin after leaving this instance.
But White King hadn’t shown up and it made him realize that no one knew the real situation behind this instance.
Generally speaking, the longer you stay in a Space Fold, the more dangerous it is.
The practical exam will last for 14 days. The period of weakness caused by molting lasts for 2 days. Chen Zhizhou will still have enough time to answer the test questions afterwards.
The mutations on his body was too severe. If left unchecked, there may be unintended consequences.
Si Chen responded, “Okay.”
The rest of the night was uneventful.
The three of them slept until dawn.
Although his body was still extremely tired, Si Chen nevertheless woke up at exactly six o’clock the next morning. This was a habit he had developed over the years.
It was already light out.
A white snake’s tail was pressing heavily on his body.
The snake’s tail was very long and stretched all the way to the ground. The snake’s tail was covered with a layer of dried skin that had already separated.
The skin that had been shed from his hand was grayish-black.
Chen Zhizhou’s contaminated arm had recovered.
This snake slough smelled a little good, like onion-flavored crackers.
Si Chen tore open a piece curiously and the dried snake skin made a crisp sound like a biscuit breaking.
He fed this piece to the Eternal Life Abyss
Because it was too hungry, the Eternal Life Abyss ignored Si Chen holding it back to stop; it lay down next to Chen Zhizhou and took a few bites.
The tip of Chen Zhizhou’s tail trembled and he slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes had gone back to inky black. His voice was slightly hoarse. “You can eat it. My family often uses my dried snake skin for medicine. But be gentle.”
The newly grown skin was still very delicate and cannot bear the stress.
Chen Zhizhou didn’t know that the Eternal Life Abyss was acting independently. He thought Si Chen was the one who wanted it.
Si Chen let go of his hold on the Eternal Life Abyss. “I’m sorry. I’ll be gentle.”
The slight movement from their bed also woke up the ever-vigilant Lin Jiali.
She took out a lady’s cigarette from her pocket and walked to the door. “I understand, I get it. I’ll go and wait for you outside…After what we’ve been through last night, we’re now friends for life. Even if you have an affair, I will never tell on you to Ji Chuyao.”
She was half joking but also half sincere.
She’d seen it plenty of times; people who have wild desperate sex in the Space Fold and then pretend not to even recognize each other once they make it out.
However, the moment she opened the door, the cigarette between Lin Jiali’s fingers fell to the ground.
“…What the fuck.”
She was so shocked, she couldn’t help shouting.
The containment bag was just outside the door, but that wasn’t what had caught her attention.
It was the sun. There was a crack on the surface of the sun above their heads, a crack that revealed the white, dilated pupil inside.
That wasn’t the sun. It was an eye.
And it was awake, looking unknowingly down at the world.
Wow, it’s so awesome
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WTF covers it for starters… so weird… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣❤️
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