novelden Chapter 24 The Rotten Moon Swamp
Chapter 24 The Rotten Moon Swamp
Su Su didn't speak, but simply put down the oil tank, her cool eyes sweeping over the pipeline network below that was being rapidly "activated".
The entire factory resembled a giant stomach secreting digestive juices, with its crisscrossing pipes acting as its intestines, constantly writhing and spraying deadly corrosive fluids.
"Let's go." Su Su's voice remained calm, but her eyes were serious.
The two ran wildly from the top of the factory building toward the factory gate.
Fortunately, the factory buildings were all connected, so it was like walking on flat ground for the two sequencers.
Just then, heavy footsteps and roars came from the factory area!
"It's Tashan!"
The two exchanged a glance and immediately moved in the direction from which the sound came.
Su Su was one step ahead, while Xu Si followed behind carrying the oil drum.
Reaching the top of the factory, they looked down through the broken skylight and saw that Tashan was engaged in a fierce battle!
His massive body was covered with a thick, rock-like carapace—the defensive capabilities of the Stoneborn sequence, which appeared to have been fully activated. Tashan had never been forced to this point before.
But at this moment, the shell is being constantly eroded by the gelatinous corrosive liquid sprayed from all directions, making a hissing sound and emitting puffs of white smoke.
Tashan roared, swinging his fists, which were as big as millstones, and scattered some slime-like monsters that had emerged from the broken pipes and were formed from viscous corrosive liquid, but it had no effect whatsoever.
But after the monsters were scattered, they quickly reformed themselves in the liquid on the ground, becoming virtually immortal.
What's more troublesome is that a thick layer of corrosive liquid has accumulated on the entire factory floor, and Tashan's clothes have long been completely destroyed!
However, the corrosive liquid was temporarily unable to harm him, and it had no effect on Tashan's body when poured on him.
"This big oaf!" Su Su scolded playfully, but the emotion in her heart was genuine.
This big guy must have discovered the abnormality in the factory and came to rescue them out of concern for their safety, just as he went to search for Xu Si out of concern for his safety.
"Brother Shan! Let's go!" Xu Si shouted down, his sharp eyes scanning the area as he looked for a way to get down and meet them.
Faced with such a thorny and bizarre situation, none of the three of them had any good solutions.
If Xiao Luo were to awaken his psychic powers and gain control over them, it might have miraculous effects, but right now it's all just wishful thinking.
Upon hearing the shout, Tashan's spirits lifted, and he punched away the two corrosive monsters that were rushing towards him. The immense force even cracked the ground.
"It's good that you're alright!" Seeing that the two people on the roof were both there, Tashan felt relieved.
Ignoring where the door was, he charged straight at it, covering his head.
Wherever he bumps into, that's where the door is.
"Let's go too!" Xu Si said to Su Su.
However, the strange creature that had just been entangled with Tashan below the factory had obviously also discovered the two people on the roof.
Below the factory, the pool of viscous corrosive liquid surged violently as if it had a mind of its own. Several tentacles formed from gelatinous substance suddenly emerged from the breach, like leeches that had smelled blood, and lashed out rapidly toward the two people on the roof!
Like a shepherd's whip.
"Watch out!" Su Su shouted, her body moving like lightning. She slid to the side to avoid the tentacles, while her iron fist slammed down with a whooshing sound!
"Bang!"
The tentacles shattered instantly, turning into a spray of slime that flew everywhere. Fortunately, the factory roof blocked the flow, otherwise the two of them would have suffered a lot.
More tentacles are being flung at the roof from all directions, corroding the corrugated steel sheets and making a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound.
The entire roof was shaking violently and was on the verge of collapse; it clearly wouldn't hold for much longer.
Xu Si and Su Su moved around on the roof, but there were fewer and fewer places for them to stand. They had to watch out for their footing and also be wary of the slime attack.
"You go first!"
Xu Si tossed the fuel tank to Su Su, gripped the "Blade of Judgment" tightly with both hands, his eyes blazing with blood-red light, and activated the "Star Eye" at full power, trying to find the strange energy core or weakness.
However, what came into view was a chaotic, viscous, and constantly flowing mass of energy, with no fixed core at all. The scattered energy points sometimes converged and flowed, and sometimes dispersed without a trace.
"No weakness found! Retreat!"
Xu Si swung his sword and severed two tentacles that were trying to wrap around his ankles. The blade made a hissing sound when it came into contact with the corrosive liquid. Fortunately, the "Blade of Judgment" had been upgraded by Tongzi Ge and was not immediately corroded.
Su Su nodded, and the two stopped fighting and ran along the rooftop towards the factory's perimeter.
Behind them, large sections of the roof collapsed under the corrosive liquid, and more tentacles and gelatinous monsters surged out like a tide, relentlessly pursuing them.
The entire factory seemed to come alive, transforming into a gigantic, malevolent life form, intent on consuming all intruders.
"Brother Shan, provide backup!" Ta Shan had already rushed to the barbed wire fence at the edge of the factory.
Xu Si roared; he had no choice but to shout.
Because there was a large open space between the factory and the administration building with nowhere to stand, and that space was now completely covered by slime, the factory where the two of them were located was now surrounded by a sea of slime.
Strange things kept appearing in front of and behind me.
"Here they come!" Tashan shouted as he turned around.
At the same time, a huge block of cement was lifted from the ground and thrown towards where the two were standing.
They cleared away all the eerie things there, but it was quickly covered in slime.
More and more strange things are appearing in the slime.
Even if Tashan came, he couldn't save them without cleaning them up. After all, they're not stones; if they get stuck in the slime, they'll either die or be severely injured.
"System, how many purification points are needed to upgrade the gasoline to the point where it can damage the supernatural?"
Upgradeable items found: Rotten Moon Swamp slime, gasoline
The upgrade target is: Unpredictable damage - Rotten Moon Swamp.
[Required purification points: 300]
[Upgrade?]
"upgrade"
"Damn it, give him the big one!"
He can just throw away over a hundred liters of gasoline, can't he?
He had never been this disheveled before, not even during the time in the canyon.
A ruthless glint flashed in Xu Si's eyes. He sliced open the huge fuel tank containing over a hundred liters of gasoline and then poured it all downstairs in a bizarre manner, wielding corrosive liquid.
Then he discovered a very important problem: he didn't have a lighter.
"Lighter!"
He had no choice but to ask for it, but looking at Su Su's eyes as if she were looking at an idiot, he knew that this little girl probably didn't smoke.
He felt like Constantine was lying in the cockpit, surrounded by a tidal wave of zombies, holding his last cigarette but unable to light it.
Who knows what it feels like when a lighter won't light?
At this moment, Xu Si's intelligence has taken the lead.
Without hesitation, he cut a piece off Su Su's school uniform, wiped it in the oil drum, and with a sizzling sound, the sparks from the large cleaver instantly ignited the small piece of school uniform.