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Chapter 403 A Man More Terrifying Than a Monster
The woman smiled eerily, staring intently at the crowd.

What should have been the neck appeared to be connected to bloody intestines, resembling the legendary evil spirit "Flying Head Barbarian".

As she drew closer, Zhou Liang and the others finally saw clearly what the constantly wriggling thing was.

It was neither intestines, nor a human neck or body.

Instead, it was a giant worm covered in blood, constantly twisting and stretching.

It had a pale, woman's face on its head and was slowly winding its way out of the darkness.

"Cuckoo..."

The monster laughed, soft and sweet, yet it sent chills down everyone's spine.

"Fire!"

Zhou Liang growled and pulled the trigger first.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

The submachine gun instantly spat fire, accurately targeting the strange creature.

Ali, Ayang, and Xiaojie followed immediately.

A barrage of bullets rained down, tearing through the mist and exploding into bursts of blood on the monster's writhing body.

Blood and bits of flesh splattered everywhere, and a stench instantly filled the air.

The monster let out a piercing scream.

However, the bullet did hit the target.

But its enormous, worm-like body seemed to have a strong resistance to damage, only trembling slightly under the impact of the bullet.

The monster twisted its body and continued crawling towards them, even faster than before.

"Alternate cover, fight and retreat!"

Zhou Liang roared and, together with Ali, stood at the front, using firepower to suppress the monster.

Ah Yang and Xiao Jie then grabbed the two security guards and rushed downstairs.

Faced with such an extraordinary threat, any tactical maneuver would seem pale and powerless.

Their only option was to escape!
The four quickly adjusted their formation and descended the stairs.

Gunshots rang out incessantly, and flashes of light faintly illuminated the walls.

The bullets whistled through the air, but they couldn't stop the monster's relentless pursuit.

In the midst of the chaotic retreat, Zhou Liang suddenly realized something was wrong.

The surrounding scene, the familiar eerie green lights, the tilted fire hydrant box, and the stench of blood on the ground...

"not good!"

Zhou Liang's pupils contracted sharply.

In the blink of an eye, the scenery changed, and they found themselves back on the 84th floor.

The worm-like monster with a woman's face stood before them, its enormous, blood-red body blocking their path.

The pale face was facing them, emitting a chilling "giggle" laugh.

"Run!"

Ali screamed in terror and turned to rush toward the emergency exit door next to him.

Seeing this, the others hurriedly followed and ran into the fire station anteroom on the 84th floor.

"Help!"

Suddenly, a scream came from behind.

Everyone turned around and saw that one of the security guards who was running at the back had been caught up by the worm monster.

The blood-red body tightly bound him, making it clear that he was beyond saving.

"Fuck you!"

Seeing this, Ali roared and raised his submachine gun to fire at the monster continuously, emptying the magazine of bullets, as if he were venting his anger for his comrade.

"Get in!"

Zhou Liang flung open the tightly closed front door and rushed inside.

Ah Yang and Xiao Jie also pushed the remaining security guard, following closely behind.

After emptying his magazine, Ali rushed into the door without even changing it.

"boom!"

The heavy front door was slammed shut, shutting out the piercing screams and tearing sounds.

Still shaken, everyone leaned against the cold door, panting heavily.

"Let's go, let's enter the A area passage!"

Zhou Liang made a decision without hesitation.

The other team members nodded silently upon hearing this.

There is no other choice now; the stairwell behind us has become a dead end.

We have no choice but to risk trying this method; perhaps it will provide a way out and allow us to escape this eerie building.

But they regretted it after only a few steps down the corridor.

"Look... what are all these things..."

Xiao Jie's trembling voice rang out as he pointed the gun forward.

Zhou Liang, A Yang, Ali, and the last remaining security guard slowly raised their heads and looked at the scene before them, all of them dumbfounded.

They had stumbled into an even more terrifying world.

The spacious office lobby was filled with a thick, impenetrable gray fog.

It was even thicker than the last time I came, almost completely obscuring my view.

Within the fog, monsters of all shapes and sizes were densely packed together.

There were those alien worms with women's faces, slithering and coiling around, their bloody bodies exposed, and there was more than one of them.

There were giants over two meters tall, with bulging muscles, resembling mountains of flesh, and red compound eyes on their foreheads.

There are enormous insect creatures covered in black carapaces and with scythe-like limbs.

There were also many humanoid monsters wearing guard uniforms, but whose bodies were already twisted and deformed...

This place is practically a living hellhole.

Their intrusion seemed to disturb this deathly silent hellish space.

All the monsters hidden in the mist turned around at once.

Countless eyes, some scarlet, some pale, and some glowing with an eerie green light, stared intently at the uninvited guests in the darkness.

They were surrounded.

"Fuck me..."

Ali muttered a curse under his breath.

Xiao Jie was breathing rapidly, and the muzzle of his submachine gun trembled slightly.

Ayan made a cross gesture in front of his chest, seemingly in prayer.

As for the security guard, his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Zhou Liang silently closed his eyes, gripped the gun tightly, and prepared to put up a final stand.

Just when everyone felt despair and awaited their fate.

boom!
A deafening explosion suddenly rang out, as if a cannonball had slammed into the wall.

The entire floor shook violently, and dust fell from the ceiling.

Followed by.

boom! boom! boom!
Then came a series of violent impacts, like the rapid beating of war drums.

The tremendous noise of twisted steel bars and cracked cement struck everyone's hearts hard.

The sound seemed to be coming from the other side of the hall.

Zhou Liang suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils contracting sharply.

He suppressed his pounding heart and stared intently into the depths of the gray fog through the gaps between the writhing, overlapping monsters.

There, a figure actually charged into the terrifying horde of monsters and engaged them in the most primal close-quarters combat.

There was no roar of gunfire, only the sharp sonic boom of the man's fist tearing through the air, and the dull thud of it smashing into flesh and bone.

Sparks flew from the violent impact, and the howling airflow spread with the force of the punch, creating a vacuum by pushing aside the surrounding thick fog.

This also makes the battle more clearly visible.

The man's waving fist was like a bomber loaded with ammunition.

Each strike was accompanied by a violent explosion and shockwave, blasting the monsters to pieces.

A muscular giant nearly three meters tall was smashed in half by a straight punch powerful enough to pierce through steel plates before it even had a chance to roar.

The massive body flew backward like a tattered sack, crashing into and knocking over a large number of monsters along the way.

Immediately afterwards, a giant insect creature covered in black carapace was caught by the man with his bare hands.

With a sickening tearing sound, its hard shell was ripped open, its internal organs and shell fragments flying everywhere, and foul-smelling flesh and blood scattered all over the ground. Just as the man finished off the insect monster, a shadow swiftly attacked from the side and behind.

It was a nimble alien with sharp bone spikes.

However, the figure seemed to have eyes in the back of its head, neither dodging nor avoiding, but instead suddenly turned around and took off into the air.

boom!
A powerful, whirlwind kick, seemingly imbued with immense force, struck the attacker squarely in the groin.

The alien monster let out a shrill scream, its entire body instantly twisting and deforming, and was carried by this enormous force, shooting towards the wall behind it like a cannonball.

There was a loud "boom".

The wall instantly caved in, creating a huge pit several centimeters deep, and countless cracks spread rapidly outwards like a spider web.

Such a wild and savage fighting style made Zhou Liang forget to breathe, his eyes only seeing a figure bursting at high speed with flickering flames.

Those hideous and terrifying monsters seemed to have met their nemesis.

Or rather... we encountered something even more terrifying than them.

They were powerless to resist, and after their brief attempts proved completely futile, they let out terrified roars and scattered in panic.

The woman-faced worm that had been relentlessly pursuing them immediately twisted its body and darted into the deepest darkness of the stairwell in terror.

In just over ten seconds, the originally crowded and cramped office area was cleared out.

hula-

As the force of the punches subsided, the dispersing mist instantly surged back in, quickly filling the entire hall and engulfing everything once more.

Zhou Liang and the others stared in astonishment at the scene, their minds blank.

It felt like I had just watched a horror movie or had a dream.

A voice drifted out from the once again silent and deep fog.

"Why are there bedbugs everywhere?"

The voice was clear and bright, with undisguised disgust in its tone.

Everyone stared blankly in the direction from which the sound came.

A figure slowly walked out of the mist.

Da da.

The footsteps were light, yet they seemed to tread on their heartbeats.

Each step crushed the monster's scattered limbs on the ground, making a chilling "crack" sound.

Two crimson eyes lit up in the darkness.

The figure drew closer and became clearer—

A deathly pale face, devoid of any color, vaguely emerged from the mist.

On either side of his forehead, there were two menacing, winding ridges, like the horns of a newly born demon.

His lips were slightly parted in a half-smile, and the corners of his eyes were upturned, forming a ghostly arc.

This face carried a ferocious, predatory air, and a chillingly malevolent aura.

Recalling the terrifying scene of tearing the monster apart with bare hands, everyone felt as if they had witnessed the arrival of a monstrous deity.

pat.

The figure finally stopped a few meters away from them.

He stood tall and straight, with his eyes lowered.

The crimson gaze, like two beams of light, swept over the team members who looked like they were facing a formidable enemy and the security guards who were slumped on the ground.

Zhou Liang opened his eyes wide and stared intently at that terrifying face.

Finally, they could see clearly that the other person was not born with a fierce appearance, but was wearing a mask that covered their true face.

He swallowed hard, moistening his dry throat, and began to speak cautiously:
"Sir, we are from the Special Investigations Team. We came to Noah Building to carry out a mission, but we accidentally ran into trouble and are now trapped here."

Zhou Liang tried his best to make his tone sound calm and sincere.

“You seem to be... not aligned with the Noah Organization either. Perhaps we could join forces…”

"Special Search Team?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the masked figure raised his head, his scarlet eyes gleaming slightly, as if he were considering something.

Beside him, Ali stared blankly at the mask, as if a string had been plucked in his mind, and suddenly blurted out:

"You are... Bai Xiao!"

But as soon as he said it, he immediately shook his head repeatedly.

"No, how could you be Bai Xiao? Bai Xiao should be in the experimental zone right now. He might have already successfully escaped this hellhole with the data..."

"Besides, your voice doesn't sound right. We just spoke to each other. Did you use a voice changer...?"

He muttered to himself, full of confusion and bewilderment.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Liang's heart skipped a beat.

This mask, like a bolt of lightning, cleaved open a corner deep within his memory.

That night, on a suburban highway at midnight, a man wearing the same mask chased after their car on foot.

Afterwards, he fought a fierce battle with the officer in his armored suit, and even gained the upper hand at one point, all with his bare fists.

The image in my memory gradually overlapped with the silent man before me.

Zhou Liang swallowed again, his heart pounding with even more nervousness.

If the person in front of me is the real Bai Xiao, the legendary ruthless killer.

So who is "White Owl," who participated in the operation with Captain Gao and even spoke with them before?

A terrible thought came to mind.

Could it be that their so-called "cooperation" was a scam from the very beginning?

This real "White Owl" was not actually their ally at all.

No wonder he had such a violent killing intent.

No wonder he could torture and kill those terrifying monsters like insects.

Thinking of this, Zhou Liang broke out in a cold sweat.

He secretly took half a step back, and with his hand hanging at his side, he made a subtle tactical gesture to A-Yang behind him.

Upon seeing this, Ah Yang, who was standing behind him, suddenly narrowed his eyes and unconsciously gripped the submachine gun tightly with both hands.

The person who arrived was Fang Cheng.

At this moment, Fang Cheng listened to the words of the two special search team members and also saw their underhanded actions, but he made no comment.

The lingering murderous aura emanating from him, along with his blood-stained black combat uniform, all spoke of danger.

The oppressive atmosphere kept everyone from uttering a sound or making a single movement.

A suffocating silence fell over the floor.

Suddenly, Fang Cheng asked:
Do you know how to get to the conference room on the top floor?

His tone was calm, like that of an ordinary person who got lost in a shopping mall and asked a security guard for directions.

This sudden question startled everyone who was on high alert.

My taut nerves felt like they'd been tugged by a hand, almost snapping on the spot.

The tense atmosphere, which had almost solidified into a tangible form, immediately eased somewhat.

Zhou Liang reacted the fastest, immediately pointing to the terrified security guard beside him:
“He knows the way! We have security guards from the building in our team.”

As he spoke, he pulled the security guard, who was slumped on the ground, to his feet.

The security guard trembled with fear and stammered:

"I...I...Yes, I know! I've worked here for almost ten years, I can find this place with my eyes closed..."

Fang Cheng glanced at him.

The security guard looked like an ordinary person, his face was pale, and his legs were trembling.

Does he really have that ability?
Seeing the doubt in Fang Cheng's eyes, Zhou Liang quickly added:
"Also, Ah Yang in our task force is very experienced and knowledgeable. He has experienced similar events before, so perhaps he can help us find a way out of this fog!"

Zhou Liang showered A Yang with praise, almost desperately trying to demonstrate the value of his team.

Ah Yang, whose name was called, was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized what was happening and hurriedly replied:
“Yes, that’s right, this place… should be an ‘inner world’.”

"If you can't find the right path and wander around aimlessly, you'll only encounter more and more terrible dangers."

"The other world..."

Upon hearing this, Fang Cheng recalled his past experiences in Misty Mountain and nodded slightly.

"No wonder, now I understand."

Seeing that his words had been accepted by the other party, A-Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued to demonstrate his professionalism:
"The so-called 'inner world' is a relatively independent alternate dimension. Sir, if you want to go to the top floor, I'm afraid we can't use the conventional methods. We need to plan this carefully first..."

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

hum-

A strange fluctuation spread out of the air around them without warning.

Immediately afterwards, a thin, jet-black line appeared out of thin air.

(End of this chapter)