Chapter 99 Dangerous Operations

Chapter 99: Chapter 99 Dangerous OperationsShe was like a string taut to breaking.

"You’re in a bad state," Xu Huo said pointedly.

Stimulated by his calmness, Wu Qiuyi’s eyes reddened as she said, "A month ago, I was just an ordinary office worker, with a harmonious family and a happy life. Now, my family, my boyfriend, all dead! All of them!"

"Condolences."

"Condolences?" Wu Qiuyi laughed bitterly in extreme anger, swinging her fist at Xu Huo. He caught her fist with one hand, grabbed her other hand, and pressed her firmly against the glass case.

"Do you still want to live?" Xu Huo asked from behind her.

"Everyone I cared about is dead. What’s the point of me living?!" Wu Qiuyi struggled furiously.

"Then why didn’t you die?" Xu Huo said indifferently. "If you really couldn’t go on living, you would have killed yourself when you found your boyfriend’s body."

"You wanted to live, that’s why you’re still here."

"There are many ways to live, and no one has the right to interfere with you or others."

"We’re just strangers who’ve met by chance, with no obligation to comfort you."

Wu Qiuyi let out a laugh, "So realistic, huh? Only a short way into evolution, and already lacking the most basic human empathy."

Xu Huo let go of her and stepped back, "If you’re looking for empathy, you’ve come to the wrong place."

"Right," Wu Qiuyi turned to look at him, "A game like Dimensional Rift suits people like you perfectly, only cold-blooded and ruthless people thrive in a slaughter game!"

"Say whatever you want," Xu Huo said as he pushed the door open to leave, just as Gu Yu and the others returned with cookies.

When they saw Wu Qiuyi with her reddened eyes, as if she had just cried, they immediately pulled her aside, looking at Xu Huo suspiciously, "Did you take advantage of her?"

"I have the least respect for men who bully women, Xu Huo, if that’s the kind of man you are, then everything I said about us being allies is null and void!"

Xu Huo looked at them steadily for a few seconds, "I should have gone over to the gas station."

"It’s nothing; I just remembered my boyfriend," Wu Qiuyi hurried to explain.

The three of them resolved their previous animosity and amiably shared the food.

Xu Huo climbed up to the rooftop of a nearby building, alone.

Looking over the entire town, the most prominent clock was the one on top of the mayor’s office building. That clock must be the 20001st timepiece, Master Niese’s final work.

Its time was perfectly aligned with the black gemstone watch.

Did these two specially calibrated watches hold some special significance?

Just as Xu Huo was considering revisiting the mayor’s office for further investigation, a sharp siren suddenly wailed from the direction of the east gate. Whipping around, he saw a cloud of dust rising from the woods, followed by a scream!

It was Nian Hong’an!

In an instant, players scattered around converged on different rooftops, all heading toward the east gate. However, as they reached the edge of town, a body flew out of the woods and landed squarely in front of them!

Nian Hong’an was unrecognizable, his head twisted twice and hung slack over his back, several puncture wounds where fingers had penetrated his shoulders and throat, and one arm had vanished into thin air. He was broken at the waist like a popsicle, his heels touching his shoulder blades!

Sounds of metal twisting came incessantly from the woods, and without looking, it was clear that the alien had emerged. At this moment, the players couldn’t care less about the horrific death of Nian Hong’an and turned to flee toward the town.

"Stick to the plan!" Xu Huo shouted.

"I’m not doing this, you go if you want, I’m going to hide!" Wang Chaoqing, terrified out of his wits, ran off in another direction.

Xu Huo moved closer to Shen Yi, "That thing’s busy tearing apart the car, we still have time if we split up. We only stand a chance if we lure it into the town. Are you in or not?"

"I’m in!" Shen Yi gritted his teeth, "I’ll take the lead!"

Having said that, he leaped onto another building and frantically began ringing the string of bells hung on a carpet.

The twisting sound stopped, and a white shadow bolted out of the forest, moving so fast it was nearly impossible to discern its shape!

What was even more terrifying was that after it entered the town, its speed did not decrease in the slightest; using its robust physique, it continuously crashed through walls and windows, heading straight for the sound of the bells, the noises from the dolls scattered on the ground did nothing to distract it!

Xu Huo was on the rooftop, watching as it charged through five or six buildings to reach the street where the trap was set. As soon as it pounced on the carpet, he raised a lighter and shouted, "Ignite!"

The gasoline-soaked carpet erupted into flames, and the alien, though devoid of reason but still instinctive, tore off the burning fabric in seconds and leaped up without any assistance, reaching the third floor rooftop and lunging at Xu Huo!

The Crimson Sword was already in hand, and as the diminutive alien rushed toward him, Xu Huo swung the sword with all his might!

Given the distance between them, coupled with the alien’s own speed, this strike was supposed to be unavoidable. But no one expected that it would sense the danger, drive its toes into the ground, and forcibly change direction, evading the frontal assault and attacking from the side!

The alien’s ferocious face rapidly enlarged in Xu Huo’s field of vision, and the moment he raised his shield, he was knocked off the building by the impact, with the alien following him down!

"Bang! Bang!" With two gunshots, a green bullet and a black bullet exploded on the alien’s face and chest. Gu Yu stood on the opposite rooftop and yelled, "Pull him up quick!"

Shen Yi threw a grappling rope, latched onto Xu Huo’s waist, and hauled him up, while the alien landed on the ground below.

Watching it tear the melted flesh off its face without any sign of pain, with little blood flowing from the blast hole in its chest, Xu Huo hit the ground running, pulling Shen Yi and Gu Yu along with him.

Having run only a few meters, the spot where they had been standing suddenly exploded, bricks and stones flying as the small-statured alien burst through the wall, charging straight at their backs!

"Die!"

Gu Yu fired several shots in rapid succession, all missing the target, while the grappling rope thrown by Shen Yi was grabbed by the alien and yanked back. In a flash, he was lifted off the ground like a kite, unable to counter the force of inertia even as he released his grip on the rope at the last second!

As he was about to embrace the alien head-on, Xu Huo threw a guitar string around his neck and yanked him backward. With his body tilting forward and then snapping back, Shen Yi narrowly avoided the alien’s claw.

At that moment, Shen Xin charged forward, screaming "Panda Strike," and like a cannonball, he slammed the alien into the walls of two buildings away!

The state of the alien smashed into the building was unclear, Shen Xin quickly picked up the grappling rope, "Run, run! That alien is vicious!"

The four of them hurried to another building, realizing the trap had been ineffective. Xu Huo had to improvise, "Lead the alien over there, we still have gasoline left, douse it on him!"

"What if it doesn’t work?" Gu Yu asked anxiously, "We were lucky to get away unscathed just now!"

"I’ll draw its attention!" Wu Qiuyi appeared a few dozen meters away, pulling the closest string of bells to her, "If it doesn’t work, you guys ring the bells elsewhere, and we’ll find a way to lead it to the gas station!"

"First, lead it onto the main street!" Xu Huo changed his course, "You stay and help Wu Qiuyi. If it doesn’t work the first time, don’t waste time, use the bells to bring it here!"