The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 471: New Mother of Chongdu (asking for monthly ticket)

The moment the secret door burst open, a smelly smell of foul mucus blew towards us along with a fishy breeze.

The twisted shadow did not pounce vertically, but instead swooped up from under the feet with its limbs dislocated at a weird angle - this damn secret door had the entrance and mechanism built into the wall, but the actual passage was designed to tilt downward, which was simply an inhumane design.

"careful!"

"Get out of the way—damn it!"

Although the noise of the secret door opening made everyone nearby aware of the sudden attack, when everyone wanted to rescue, they found that it was too late.

That monster is too fast!
Moreover, the attack launched from under this completely undetectable secret door is too tricky to be defended against!
Everyone could only scream in their hearts that something was wrong while watching Xu Shu being hit on the head by the monster.

Among them, Yan Huoxing felt a black screen before his eyes. He caught a glimpse of Xie Xiaochan not far away and turned pale with fear: "It's over, it's over. Even a strong person like the Guidao can't escape this disaster. The next one will be me..."

As everyone was looking on in shock, confusion, or fear, a crisp sound of metal collision rang out in the empty house, dispelling their anxiety and panic.

"Ding!"

"Ding Ding Ding!"

The sharp claws collided with Xu Shu's eyebrows, causing sparks to fly.

It failed to penetrate Xu Shu's "Jingwei" armor, leaving only some white scratches on the surface of his skin!
"Forehead?"

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

This sudden and sudden change in the situation made everyone stunned.

By the time they reacted, they saw those steel-like claws breaking inch by inch in front of Xu Shu's forehead like paper cutter blades under the powerful impact, and then exploded in all directions accompanied by a circle of visible air waves, flying backwards like sharp arrows.

"Fuck."

"Flash!"

The pupils of the people who rushed over shrank, and they hurriedly dodged, stopped, and fled in all directions to avoid this unexpected disaster.

Fortunately, the speed of these claw fragments was not too fast, and everyone was very agile, so basically no one suffered any actual harm and successfully avoided a round of impact.

These fragments immediately penetrated into the ceiling, the ground, the iron door and other places, completely sinking into them while corroding the surroundings. It can be seen that the destructive power of this thing is not to be underestimated.

Only Yan Shan was the most unlucky. Although he followed Xu Shu very closely like Gu Yueming, it was still not close enough - Gu Yueming was almost sticking to Xu Shu's back so he was not affected at all, but Yan Shan, who was less than three meters away, was in a miserable situation.

He was neither far enough nor close enough, and it was obvious that he would not be able to avoid them all, as dozens of places on his body were covered.

Seeing that Xu Shu seemed to be able to withstand the frontal attack without any problem, Yan Shan simply made up his mind at the critical moment. He only avoided the most important parts such as the forehead and heart, and then used all his strength to resist with his body.

As a "dragon elephant", he also possesses talents such as "thick skin", "iron bones" and "copper skin", and is also good at taking a beating.

But the result was that the dozen or so nail fragments that were not avoided, after contacting Yan Shan's thigh, left shoulder, waist and other parts, instantly penetrated from front to back, cutting off the belt and tendons, and quickly corroded the surrounding flesh and blood, revealing a large hole that was transparent from front to back and through which the white bone fork could be seen.

In just a moment, Yan Shan was beaten into a sieve, with blood gushing out of his body!
"Hiss! Damn it!"

Yan Shan never expected that this thing could be so powerful, he was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.

Clearly it didn't even break Xu Shu's skin just now, how could this happen...

At the critical moment of life and death, Yan Shan rolled forward on the spot to avoid subsequent injuries. At the same time, he took a breath and looked at his teammates for help.

Xiao Yinrong, who was closest to him, was merciful and hurriedly took out a candle made of special chili peppers. After lighting it, he dripped candle oil on the bloody hole on Yan Shan's body.

The candle oil worked wonders, sealing the wound and stopping the bleeding immediately. Xiao Yinrong then picked up the whip and started whipping him hard.

Bang bang bang~
“Aaaaaaah~”

"Snapped!"

For a moment, the villa was filled with shrill screams and whipping sounds, which were frightening to hear.

"..."

Faced with such a huge contrast between the past and the present, everyone was silent for a while.

Even the monster hiding behind the secret door that launched the attack was stunned for a moment when seeing this.

The next second, Xu Shu calmly wiped off the remaining broken nails on his neck and glanced at the indistinct attacker in the darkness: "Get out!"

He roared and followed his instincts, grabbing the monster's head.

Click, click, click!
I could clearly feel that something sharp and hard was stuck on the back of my hand.

Maybe it's the monster's teeth?
Xu Shu did not think much about it. His whole arm was shining with golden light under the "Jingwei Filling the Sea" technique. He just pulled and grabbed without getting hurt.

Boom!

The heavy object immediately flew off the ground, and the steel door was squeezed open. A monster with a body length of more than five meters was caught by Xu Shu and thrown into the hall. It lay there and kept roaring, and a large amount of corrosive liquid sprayed out of its body, as if it wanted to corrode the ground and escape.

When everyone saw this, they surrounded them without saying a word and picked up their weapons to attack.

"Don't hurt it."

"let me!"

Xie Xiaochan hurriedly spoke out to stop her, and Lu Bingwei narrowed her eyes and walked out.

The two Taoist masters started throwing props at the monster. Various "immobilization talismans", "bewitching talismans", "thunder talismans" and "binding talismans" were thrown at the monster like they were free. After a short while, they had tied it up like a rice dumpling.

It was not until this moment that the true appearance of the monster came into everyone's sight:

It was quite human-like, with a spine arched like an arthropod, extremely long arms covered with granular bumps, and its fingers replaced by mantis-like bio-alloy claws - this was the weapon that had previously shattered Xu Shu's forehead, and at this moment, the broken part was regenerating a new serrated blade at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Under the epidermis on the back, there are six pairs of wing-like bone spurs. The dark red muscle fibers are twisted and wriggling like cables, and each tendon spurts out radioactive fluorescent mucus with movement.

The overall posture looks like the product of the combination of strange life forms such as mantises, bats, skeletons and humans.

In addition, it also has a huge insect-like mouthpart, with smoking crystal clusters hanging between the four split jaws. There is a ball of faint blue light glowing deep in the throat, flashing through the translucent neck skin, and shaking like liquid. Obviously, this is the gland that can spray corrosive venom just now.

The most disgusting thing is the bulging tumor-like organs in its chest and abdomen, revealing a dense matrix of compound eyes, which form human faces that are either in pain, grinning, or wailing. They are twisting and wriggling, making it hard to help but wonder if these people are hidden inside its body.

However, the corrosive liquid it secreted seemed to be ineffective against Taoist talismans. No matter how it struggled, the talisman array suspended in the air did not move at all.

Seeing this, everyone relaxed a little and walked up to observe and take a look.

"This... this is what you call a helper?"

"It just doesn't look very friendly..."

Everyone started to murmur.

Xie Xiaochan chuckled: "It doesn't matter if it's not friendly. We just need to control it for a moment, then throw it in and let it fight for us. For an assistant, the most important thing is strength!"

"Tsk, that makes sense. Just by looking at its appearance, I can tell it's extremely powerful." Yan Shan agreed deeply.

Seeing his teammates commenting on the thing on the ground, Xu Shu also observed for a while, and then the corner of his mouth twitched:
"Oh, why is it her?" "What?" Xie Xiaochan next to him didn't hear clearly and asked.

"Oh, I think it looks just okay, not very strong." Xu Shu commented with a serious expression.

"..."Everyone looked at him speechlessly.

Isn't this very strong? It looks like at least the third stage or later!
Xu Shu insisted, "It's really a bit weak. You said that the boss in the duel field has the strength of the third-level peak? This monster is just a meal. I'm afraid it will be killed in a few slaps. How can we buy time?"

Xie Xiaochan smiled when she heard this: "Maybe I didn't explain it to you clearly before? In fact, the helpers don't need to face the Qilixiang directly. After entering the secret realm, the helpers will be arranged to challenge other boss monsters from level one to level three step by step according to their strength from low to high, and the score will be settled according to the score, and a limited time will be given to start the next boss battle. So this helper may not be killed on the spot, we can kill it and take the crystal afterwards."

"Uh..." After hearing the last sentence, Xu Shu was silent for a moment, then he asked with a little doubt, "With so many rules, who will enforce them?
"There is this thing in the secret realm. It's hard to explain it in a short time. You'll know it when you go in!" Xie Xiaochan said as she continued to stick talismans on the monster.

They had to work on further sealing the monster to ensure that they could be brought safely into the secret realm without it breaking the seal and escaping or causing danger to themselves.

"Okay then~"

Seeing this, Xu Shu quietly walked aside, and immediately began to wonder in his heart.

The reason why he was a little worried about bringing this monster to its death was not because he was kind-hearted and wanted to become a Buddha and could not harm innocent people, but because after taking a full look at the monster, he was shocked to find that this monster was actually an acquaintance.

And this was not just an ordinary acquaintance, but a close acquaintance with whom they had been connected by blood for seven months.

Yes, the girl who appeared in front of him was Arthur's biological mother in the strict sense.

It is said that he was the first strongest monster to be mutated after being contaminated by "radiation", codenamed "Apocalypse Zero-One", a horrible biochemical matrix that had devoured countless people alive in the "zombie craze" disaster that swept across the continent!
Of course, this so-called "strongest" must be put in quotation marks.

Because in the legendary worldview of [The Dead Return to the Ruins], there are organizations of extraordinary forces, but they are hidden behind the scenes and unknown to the world.

Interestingly, the code name of this biochemical mother body is the same as the name of the formation of the Savior Army Paladins in reality.

Of course it's obvious that this is just a coincidence and it doesn't matter.

In short, although it was another touching mother-son reunion scene, at this moment, Xu Shu did not feel the excitement of seeing his mother (one of them) at all.

He was even calmer than when he met Airi Kijima. After all, he was a little angry when he saw Airi then, but now it was almost like he was looking at a stranger.

The reason is very simple. Arthur is an "experimental product" developed by a group of crazy and unscrupulous scientists. It is called a "corpse fetus", but in fact it is just a culture dish grown with the help of the body of this biochemical mother.

Even though many researchers participated in the process of Arthur's birth and did a lot of good things for the matrix, that had nothing to do with Arthur himself.

This is what is called surrogate birth.

Therefore, even though this was the mother body in which Arthur grew for seven months, Xu Shu had no feelings for it at all.

Let's not talk about whether this thing can be called Arthur's "biological mother". There is a big question mark. Who would regard a "human petri dish" that is basically a dead object as a mother? It's really unfamiliar.

From the beginning to the end, Xu Shu believed that Arthur had only one mother, and that was the researcher, Christina, who rescued him from the belly of a dead person and raised him up!
"…But how did it come here to hide?"

"And even I don't recognize this secret door..."

"What did Christina do without telling me?"

Xu Shu was filled with doubts and looked quietly at the Taichu Volume.

The Taichu Volume states: [What on earth happened here? Why did your mother Revelation Zero-One come here? It really confuses you. ]

[But you don't have to expect that. The monster in front of you is not a Yang God with the suffix of seven souls. The filial son does not need to return to his hometown. ]

“…Oh, I don’t have such an idea at all.”

Xu Shu looked away indifferently.

After waiting for a while, Xie Xiaochan and Lu Bingwei had already pasted talismans all over the biochemical mother's body in three layers inside and outside.

After doing all this, the former clapped his hands and said, "Okay, next we will take this mantis man to the secret realm to fight for us."

Everyone applauded immediately, and Yan Shan, who happened to be injured, volunteered to be a porter.

Although he is no match for the mother body, simple transportation is no problem for him. He also thinks this is one of the few things he can participate in and contribute to.

He would feel embarrassed if he did nothing all the time.

Everyone set off again, and this time their destination was the entrance to the secret place [Duel Arena].

Seeing this, Xu Shu quietly fell back a few steps.

On the surface, he pretended to be alert to the dangers around him.

In fact, he walked beside Gu Yueming calmly.

While everyone was focusing on the journey and the biochemical matrix, Xu Shu narrowed his eyes, whispered, "Aunt, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Before this, neither Xu Shu himself nor Ning Xin, whose "bloodthirsty" skill had been ineffective along the way, noticed the existence of the other party before the "biochemical mother" officially launched an attack.

And what about Gu Yueming?
She actually reminded Xu Shu immediately when he just picked up the photo frame.

At that time, even the secret door of the dark room and secret passage had not been opened!

How could she know in advance that there was something wrong with the frame?
Did she even know there was a powerful monster behind it?

There's definitely something wrong with her!
"I...what? What explanation?" Gu Yueming opened his mouth and hesitated to speak. He looked embarrassed and asked the question even though he knew the answer.

She was very grateful that Xu Shu did not ask in public but spoke in private, giving her enough buffer and room to maneuver.

But how should I tell him about this kind of thing?

Should I tell him the truth that my soul is no longer pure?

It can even be said that this is a stranger who took advantage of the moment when this body was facing death and the soul was about to be shattered, occupied the body, and forcibly continued life?
The reason why he was able to pretend for so long was simply because the memory of the real "Gu Yueming" in his body was completely mastered and integrated by himself for some unknown reason. Although this was quite bizarre, it should be an accident, right?
Although his physical and spiritual injuries were repaired during this period, if he waited for me to leave, there was a small chance that he would die on the spot, and there was a high chance that he would not be able to recover at all... After all, I have never heard of the dead being resurrected~
So, this... this definitely can't be said...

Once this is really said, the friendship between us will definitely end here, and the other party may even kill us out of rage!

After all, according to the "doctors", their behavior is "resurrection of the dead", "invasion of evil spirits", and "occupying the magpie's nest", which is absolutely not allowed to be seen in the light!

Tell him that I actually inherited all of his memories. If you want, you can treat me as your aunt?

Will he believe this?
He is not as strong-willed as Gu Pan was before, and this guy obviously seems to have some strange and unethical feelings for his aunt. If I confess and he knows the whole truth, I will definitely die!

It's strange, why do I feel a little happy and joyful when I think about this... This is clearly a situation where I am bound to die, I should be nervous, afraid, and terrified. This is not scientific, and this is not like me...

"Hehe, why are you still pretending? Do you think I didn't notice it just now? Aunt, just tell me the truth. I guess you don't want me to tell Gu Pan. I also think there is something wrong with you, right?" Xu Shu's cold voice pierced her eardrums and struck deep into her soul, interrupting her wild thoughts.

Faced with Xu Shu's aggressive gaze and his rather substantial threat, "Gu Yueming"'s face suddenly turned pale.

If he said it, he would be killed by Xu Shu; if he didn’t say it, he would lose the other party’s protection and would definitely be killed by Gu Pan!

Can I trust other people? Obviously no one is helping me...

How to do?
Gu Yueming's eyes changed, and he felt anxious and worried.

(End of this chapter)