N-A-A Chapter 33 Good Treasure!
Chapter 33 Good Treasure!
Follow the squad's original marching formation.
Yu Jing was in the last position, behind Qing Gui, with a distance of two meters between them.
If the former makes any discoveries or has anything urgent to say, they should just say so; there's no need to sneak away.
"Ash may have encountered a hidden mechanism or an accident; we need to rejoin him as soon as possible."
Qing Gui recalled the events of the journey and was certain that Yu Jing hadn't given her any warning before disappearing. He looked at the black hand before him, and as the bluish-gray lines were about to spread to his eye sockets, he paused briefly, then drew a dagger from his waist and said in a muffled voice,
"In his current condition, he won't live to return to the border area."
The meaning is clear: give the perpetrators a quick death!
Yu Jing has now disappeared, and in order to successfully complete the assessment, we must find him.
Black Hand's physical condition has deteriorated to such a degree that it is clear he is unlikely to regain his ability to move.
They couldn't possibly carry a dying person to find someone.
Reality isn't a romance drama, not to mention that they were just a temporary team, so there was no question of them sharing life and death.
Giving up rest time and risking following the Black Hand was already the greatest act of kindness.
"Wait, let me try again... Bro, hey, wake up, wake up now!"
Faced with the Blue Demon's resolute stance, the mercenary, who appeared to have years of experience as a mercenary, seemed indecisive, shaking his obviously delirious black hand in an attempt to wake him up.
Perhaps his shaking had an effect, or perhaps the mastermind got annoyed by the shaking and wanted to retaliate.
For a fleeting moment, his unfocused pupils sharpened again, and he abruptly reached out and shoved the mercenary in front of him away.
The next second, a thick, dark blue tentacle swept down from the shadows above the bookshelf, crashing down on the spot where the mercenary had just been crouching, shattering the ancient books and scrolls on the ground into dust.
Before the two could react, the tentacles, having missed their initial attack, swept towards the blue demon beside them. The ends curled into hooks, and the suckers inside writhed and spewed out viscous liquid, attempting to drag the blue demon away.
Without a doubt, the alien monster lurking in the shadows, having failed in its sneak attack using the Black Hand technique, was enraged!
Fortunately, the Blue Demon was prepared. He leaned back and dodged the tentacles, then decisively turned and retreated, shouting,
"Don't fight it here. Split up and go find the Ashes first!"
Whether it's the bookshelf maze that drains their energy, the exotic script that erodes their sanity, or the tentacle before them, in the eyes of the Blue Demon, they are all just means for the monster to delay them. Staying here will only turn them into madmen like the Black Hand sooner or later.
Perhaps we should split up for now and find Yu Jing, a capable and versatile individual; that might change things.
However, just as the Green Demon and the mercenaries were forced to scatter, Yu Jing's side also encountered tentacles.
However, his situation was completely different from the other two.
He stood between two rows of bookshelves, surrounded by long, thin tendrils extending from the ancient books and scrolls containing obscure content. These tendrils pieced together terrifying faces before Yu Jing, whispering secrets.
I glanced at the status page of the Torch Watch; my sanity was dropping rapidly, almost falling below the safety line of 80.
In the past, Yu Jing would have run away upon seeing this scene, but now he did the opposite, treating it like a tourist attraction, completely ignoring these terrifying phenomena, and simply striding forward.
Once surrounded by tentacles, a triumphant smile appeared on his lips. Suddenly, he pulled out the Crystal of Resentment from his pocket and held it in front of him.
A faint purple light spread out.
These tentacles instantly dispelled the eerie black aura, which it completely banished.
"Hey, sweetheart, tell me which way to go next?"
As he spoke, he raised the Crystal of Resentment and waved it from side to side. When he noticed that it emitted a light when it was facing the road on the right, he immediately sped up and ran over there.
This is why Yu Jing suddenly left the team.
He had indeed been following Qinggui the whole time, but the moment he turned a corner around a bookshelf, he suddenly lost sight of the other three people and no one responded when he called out to them.
I initially thought I was being targeted by a monster from another world lurking in the shadows, but later I discovered that it was the Crystal of Resentment that was helping me.
It just goes to show that good people do get good rewards.
The resentment crystals that Yu Jing obtained in exchange for helping the imprisoned people break free unexpectedly came in handy so soon.
This rare item originally housed the vengeful spirits and massive amounts of negative emotions of those imprisoned, and wanted to use Yu Jing, the intruder, to complete his revenge. Now, upon discovering the methods left behind by that guy in the library, it immediately reacted.
First, she helped Yu Jing escape the bookshelf maze, preventing him from wandering around aimlessly with others and wasting his energy. Then, she dispelled the illusions that were eroding his reason and stabilized Yu Jing's sanity.
Now, relying on his past memories, he has pinpointed the true core of this library.
Unfortunately, the Blue Demon and the others were still trapped in the trap, and the Crystal of Resentment could not completely dispel the maze without eliminating the monsters. Bringing him out was already the limit.
Yu Jing had no choice but to give up on meeting up with them and instead ventured into the core area alone.
Guided by the Crystal of Resentment, Yu Jing ran through the bookshelves, unloading ordinary bullets from his revolver as he went.
Only four silver bullets remain for the special attack against negative energy monsters.
Originally planned to be used against heavily armored skeletons, but now that's not an option.
If the sources of the various strange occurrences within the library cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, the continued decline in the condition of the Blue Demon and the mercenaries will only create a greater burden for subsequent operations.
The fact that the Explorers' Headquarters specifically organized four people to participate in this assessment is enough to prove that the Heavy Armor Skeleton's strength is extraordinary.
Yu Jing wasn't arrogant enough to abandon his teammates and go on a one-on-one fight.
Of course, it's not time to think about anything else yet; clearing this library is the most important thing right now.
As Yu Jing walked past several rows of bookshelves, he could clearly feel that the density of the bookshelves was gradually decreasing and the gaps between them were widening, indicating that he was about to leave the book collection area.
At the same time, he noticed that a large number of scrolls were being hung on bookshelves or books were being haphazardly piled up after being read.
Although it looks messy, it undoubtedly proves that someone conducted some kind of research here not long ago.
Yu Jing couldn't understand the contents of the book, but when he passed by the scroll, he found that it was covered with structural diagrams of various strange creatures.
Wild boar-men with manes, goat-headed men covered in spores, squid-men that look like giant squids but have multiple human arms... it's practically a terrifying version of "Animal World".
Even a brief glimpse of these terrifying alien creatures' anatomical diagrams still caused Yu Jing considerable mental shock. He had no choice but to try to shift his attention and force himself to focus his gaze on the gradually emerging core area ahead.
The crystal of resentment flickered incessantly.
Yu Jing finally stepped into the open space surrounded by numerous bookshelves.
The next second, what came into view was a scene like hell.