Killing ShowCh18 - Underground Palace

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The group of people walked in the direction of the gate. But just after a few steps, Xia Tian stopped abruptly.

If they were carrying weapons, you would have probably heard the sound of drawing swords out of their sheaths at this moment, or even better, you would hear a bunch of bullets being loaded or the sound of an energy gun being activated, but now there was only unarmed silence.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

In the darkness, a hideous and mutated face appeared, with its neck stretched greedily forward, sticking out a long tongue.

“Fuck!” Xia Tian cursed. 2rWqHa

Several other people followed, cursing a few words. But after getting a better look, they discovered that it was an ancient statue with a human face, with a greedy and sinister expression, and a lifelike appearance. When trapped in the dark, it was truly a scene from horror movies.

They bypassed it carefully. Even if they knew it was just a statue, they still felt uncomfortable.

However, along the way, there were many such statues like this at regular intervals, with some intact, and life-like. Xia Tian didn’t want to know what the organizers had in store for this event. But he was afraid that even if he tried, he wouldn’t be able to figure it out.

Bai Jingan said, “Introduce the profession.”

“Sniper,” someone said.

“Network logistician,” said a self-deprecating voice.

“I’m also a sniper.”

The result was a total of two fighters, four snipers, one network logistician, and one mechanic, with only Bai Jingan for tactical planning, and Xicheng said mockingly, “Not too shabby.” pYrLEC

They continued on, and before long, they left the area where the underground water flowed, and the sewer widened.

It didn’t look like a sewer anymore. The stone was no longer so rugged; it was obviously chiseled and repaired. And the ceiling was higher, like an ancient underground corridor that had never seen light before.

The moss, with a cold, greenish glow and a tinge of red, glistened in damp places.

These items were props created by the Gene Studio commissioned by the TV station for the development of the underground plot some years ago. In places where there was a lot of red moss, the level of horror in the entire area would rise by one level and become truly dangerous. The props could always accurately reflect the developmental direction of the plot. 7Ssh 3

As they continued to move forward, the scene became more and more weird, and they seemed to have completely entered the ancient building under the castle.

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Xia Tian looked up at the statues standing in front of him, each five or six meters tall, with distorted figures, and thin arms propping up the roof like an arch.

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Several people stopped at the same time and stared at it.

“Maybe we are on the wrong path,” Fang Youtian said in a pleading tone, “Can we not go in?”

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“I understand. This, indeed, doesn’t look like a path to survival,” Xia Tian said.

“Let’s put it this way,” said Bai Jingan, “The door was built like this for us to enter.” VKzSP

After a few moments of silent mourning in front of this horrific scene, they resigned themselves to their fate and walked in.

They soon walked completely into an underground palace.

The surrounding space became wider and more statues and decorations appeared. The place had been abandoned for a long time, and a small part of the castle had temporarily been converted into a sewer. But the building itself was even more massive, spreading deeper and wider into the darkness, and what was hidden in its depths was unknown.

The only redeeming feature was that they found a few ancient bones in the corner, though in reality, they were not really ancient. Scattered next to them were several spears, made of bone. Uju13Z

No one wanted to know exactly what kind of bones they were, but at least they could replace the bloody and poor quality ones in their hands.

They desperately needed weapons. Everyone felt it, and as they continued on, there was a scent of rotting flesh, blood and wild animals in the air, which was too thick to ignore when passing through certain areas.

Xicheng scratched the plantain leaves above his arm—said to have been tattooed when he first arrived in the Upper City. At that time, he had felt drawn to the botanical leaf. Later, he regretted not having tattooed a rarer one—and said, “There must be something else here.”

“It’s not small,” Xia Tian said. 2SCXcO

A few people next to him gave their approval. Anyone who had lived in the Lower City could smell it, the smell of predatory creatures, hunting in the dark.

They moved forward cautiously, the formation almost forming naturally.

Xia Tian was in the forefront, with Bai Jingan behind him. This action was natural. In a team-based Killing Show, a similar situation would quickly form. You would naturally start to walk next to someone and get used to turning your head to see him.

The surrounding area had taken a shape similar to that of an ancient pagan God’s palace, vast and empty, eroded by the tide, the shimmer of moss lining the underground architecture like a dream. 8tXBQ2

The only thing worth mentioning was that they found two other slightly decayed corpses in a corner. Judging from their clothes, they were the castle soldiers, but they had been dead for a while.

They didn’t know if it was related to the “Eternal Punishment”, but their weapon could finally be upgraded—there were two rusty swords beside the corpses.

In view of the fact that there were two fighters in the team, the swords belonged to Xia Tian and Xicheng respectively. Xia Tian thought that this thing would break if cut into something harder, but there was no time to be picky about it, since the others were still in the bone spear era.

They were in great need of weapons now. The light here was strange. The light from the glittering moss was scattered in patches, making the darkness darker and causing poor vision. It was a good place for sneak attacks. mY42lK

In Xia Tian’s view, what they entered was a huge trap, a good hunting ground for dark creatures. And they were the meal for these creatures.

It was no doubt a large Easter Egg.

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They were walking through a walkway when the incident happened.

The walkway was nearly six meters wide, with exquisitely carved stone pillars on both sides. The style was unlike an underground building; some installations were obviously for letting in some light. sdaYZm

Xia Tian looked at the surrounding stone statues. They were elegantly dressed, which didn’t match their greedy and distorted faces. Exquisite earrings could occasionally be seen on their monster-like pointed ears.

It was as if the statues had originally been something brighter and more elegant, but one day they suddenly became malicious, with monsters growing out of them and their slender arms and legs becoming deformed and sickly.

This must be some kind of in-depth setting. Xia Tian thought that the artwork of the Upper City was professional and hence it wouldn’t have needless carving.

He wanted to say something, but then decided against it. His mind was still full of the bloody scene on the altar just now, and the omnipresent but invisible camera made him nervous, as if he was naked, being studied by a group of people with knives and forks. pSjg53

If the first two rounds were a melee, by the third round, Xia Tian clearly realized that the people behind the scenes would kill the players one by one using exquisite and extreme methods.

The real killer was neither their opponents nor the cyborgs. Rather it was the camera.

That was when they came across that thing.

At that time, they were walking through a corridor, where there were statues of the Evil God everywhere, as if they would crawl out of their bases in the dark and pounce on the people to eat them. RkzVT

The thing had apparently been hiding in the dark for a while, observing them.

When they got closer, it suddenly jumped out from behind a crumbling wall, as fast as lightning, with a clear goal, and rushed to the left side at Xie Cao who was slightly out of formation.

Xie Cao reacted very quickly, swiftly jumping to the side, but he was still a step too late. It missed his throat, but bit through his right shoulder and slammed into his body hard.

He fell to the ground with a scream, and blood spurted out. His shoulder was dislocated, and the thing dragged him toward the darkness. yOc8Mr

Xia Tian, who was right next to Xie Cao, took his sword and slashed at its head even without seeing what it was.

In the midst of the chaos, he felt the sword hit the bone. Xia Tian slashed down, and the blunt sword cut with difficulty, but in an instant, he felt a change of touch at the edge of the blade—

Xia Tian jerked back and plunged the sword into that place.

Somehow, the creature—he didn’t know what it was—let out a scream and twisted its body frantically, but the sword broke in the next second. PjvCpK

Xia Tian fell to the ground, still holding the broken sword in one hand. The thing loosened its mouth, and wailed like a baby before retreating into the darkness.

Xia Tian tugged at the back of Xie Cao’s and dragged him back, but the moment he saw him, he realized that he wasn’t going to make it; it was hopeless.

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Xia Tian released his grip, leaving a long trail of blood in front of him. Someone ran over to check Xie Cao’s injury. In these few seconds, the sniper’s right arm had been yanked off almost in its entirety.

It looked like the end of the sneak attack, but something was definitely wrong—there was a smell in the air… NqAGWg

Then everyone froze in place, staring somewhere in the darkness.

The monster hadn’t escaped, but was crouching on the side of the corridor.

They finally saw what it looked like. It was a pale white giant with wrinkled skin, covered with sparse fur and filth. It was about two meters tall. Its eyes were a dirty dark red, and one of them had a broken sword inserted in it. It was crouching there like a human.

Most of the people in the crowd recognized this thing at once. CnulrT

A mutant rat, hairless… and about three times bigger than the ones in the Lower City.

During the Zone N Massacre, Xia Tian had seen this variant—some were still wandering in the sewers now; they were really a thousand-year calamity—and he thought it was the last time.

But apparently, ugly, crazy, and deadly stuff had a market everywhere.

They stared at this thing. Their weapons were so pathetic that it was simply beyond description. Xie Cao was still screaming, and the air was full of blood. The air was warm and humid, but everyone was chilled to the bones. Wjykc9

It squatted there like a deformed human body, twisting in the game of hell. In the next second, it charged forward again, as fast as lightning, which was completely out of proportion to the size of its body.

This time it rushed to Xicheng. Xia Tian grabbed his broken sword and was about to rush over when he heard Bai Jingan’s voice.

“Xia Tian,” he said, his voice a little tight.

Xia Tian turned his head. SPvs3I

The mutant rat swept past him, bringing a fishy smell with it, and at the same time, Xicheng’s long sword pierced completely into the mutant rat’s nose, and the sword broke off just like his—what a fucking quality!

It wailed, and rolled halfway before returning to the darkness, but Xia Tian couldn’t care less. He opened his eyes wide at the thing poking its head down from the ceiling.

The thing with its countless feet silently crawled out of the darkness, and he couldn’t see its length. It was a bit like a variant of a centipede. It was really… fucking long…

“Uh, Xicheng?” Xia Tian said. pDLVJR

Xicheng finally drove away the mutant rat, which could be considered a major victory—it was impossible to kill it with this kind of sword. He then turned his head and also saw that thing crawling on the ceiling.

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