Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 85 Crystal Spirit Clan

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The sound of a spear piercing flesh was exceptionally clear in the deathly silent underground passage.

Lin Ye twisted his wrist expressionlessly, and the spiraling force of the spear tip instantly shattered the heart of the mutated hyena in front of him.

He drew his spear.

Warm blood flowed down the blood groove on the gun barrel.

You've reached LV.15!

You have gained 1 skill points!

You have gained 1 free attribute points!

A notification sounded in my mind.

A whole day has passed since Lin Ye and his companion moved to this huge subway collapse area in the southern suburbs.

At this moment, only twelve hours remain before the three-day competition comes to a complete end.

This morning, the second ranking results announcement arrived as scheduled.

The total number of survivors plummeted to 112.

This means that everyone who is still alive has secured their place in the second round of the individual competition.

But the competition did not end there.

The final rankings will directly determine the pairings for the second round of the individual competition, and their importance cannot be overstated.

Lin Ye's ranking, compared to the first day, actually declined, dropping five places to nineteenth.

Zhang Yuqing's ranking has dropped even more drastically, falling to outside the top sixty.

Lin Ye was not surprised by this result.

He and Zhang Yuqing had practically squeezed every last drop of time out of their work, and their hunting efficiency was terrifying.

But there are just too many geniuses in the entire Dongjiang region.

Those monsters who truly stand at the top of the pyramid have obviously found their own, more efficient ways of hunting.

Lin Ye skillfully opened the attribute panel and added 1 free attribute point to his Spirit.

He then invested that 1 skill point into [Spear Stance].

Lin Ye put away the panel and turned his gaze to the deeper darkness of the subway tunnel.

He had no intention of stopping.

In the final twelve hours, every extra point gained will give them a significant advantage in the second round.

However, just as he was about to go deeper, Zhang Yuqing behind him let out a suppressed moan.

Lin Ye turned around.

Zhang Yuqing was seen kneeling on one knee, leaning against the cracked wall, her forehead covered in a fine layer of cold sweat, and her breathing rapid.

"What's wrong?" Lin Ye asked.

"I...I don't know."

Zhang Yuqing's voice trembled slightly and sounded bewildered.

"I feel very irritable and have a headache, like there are countless bugs crawling in my brain."

She looked up, her face filled with pain.

"Lin Ye, let's not go any further in."

"My gut feeling told me that there was danger ahead."

Lin Ye frowned.

He surveyed his surroundings.

The air was filled with a damp smell of rust and dust, and a cold wind howled from the depths of the tunnel.

Everything looks normal.

Was it this claustrophobic and oppressive underground environment that triggered her stress response, such as claustrophobia?

Or……

Is there some kind of mental interference here that they haven't yet noticed?
Lin Ye remained silent for a moment, then continued walking forward.

He needs verification.

They walked less than fifty meters.

Lin Ye stopped walking.

He was sure.

It's the latter.

A faint yet intensely oppressive mental fluctuation, like an invisible sound wave, was spreading from the depths of the tunnel.

The fluctuation had a negligible impact on him, merely causing him a slight, barely perceptible irritation and aversion.

But for Zhang Yuqing, whose mental strength was far inferior to his, this continuous mental pollution was undoubtedly a huge torment.

"Look ahead!"

Zhang Yuqing's exclamation interrupted Lin Ye's thoughts.

Lin Ye looked in the direction she was pointing.

The sight before him caused his pupils to shrink slightly.

In the more spacious transfer hall area ahead, large numbers of mutated beast corpses lay scattered haphazardly.

There are at least hundreds of them.

Without exception, the corpses of these mutated beasts all exhibited a bizarrely shriveled state, as if the blood and water in their bodies had been instantly drained, turning them into some kind of dried specimen.

However, the dark red bloodstains on the ground had not completely congealed, indicating that they had formed in no more than half a day.

Lin Ye's brows furrowed even deeper.

If other contestants had carried out a large-scale hunt here, why are the deaths of these mutated beasts so bizarre?

He stepped forward, bent down, and began to carefully examine the corpse of a mutated wolf.

The mutated wolf's fatal wound was in its throat.

A clean, sharp cut. The wound was as smooth as a mirror, as if it had been instantly sliced ​​open by some indestructible blade, without the slightest sign of struggle.

Strangely, a thin layer of dark purple crystals had formed at the edge of the wound.

Lin Ye stretched out his finger and gently picked up a small piece.

The crystals were cool to the touch and hard, but they quickly turned to dust under his fingertips.

He sensed no residual energy from these purple crystals.

This was completely different from the blue source crystal containing source energy that he had seen in the abandoned city.

"Uh……"

Behind him came Zhang Yuqing's even more painful groans.

Lin Ye looked back and saw that she had completely given up. She was curled up on the ground, holding her head in her hands. Her body was twitching slightly uncontrollably due to the severe headache.

We can't let her stay here any longer.

Lin Ye walked to her side, picked her up by the waist, and turned to retreat the way he came.

After settling her in a safe corner a hundred meters away, where the psychological pressure had greatly lessened, Lin Ye looked at her pale face and spoke.

"wait for me here."

"I'll go take a look at the front."

Zhang Yuqing wanted to speak up and stop them.

But the deep-seated weakness and headache left her barely able to open her mouth, and she could only look at him with a worried and pleading gaze.

If this were the real world, it would be a truly abandoned city.

Lin Ye would definitely turn around and leave with Zhang Yuqing without hesitation.

Curiosity killed the cat.

He was never a very curious person; seeking stability and preserving his life were his primary principles.

But here, it's a virtual competition space.

The worst outcome is simply being eliminated.

With their current points, he and Zhang Yuqing have already secured their place in the second round.

That being the case, there's nothing to be afraid of.

Wealth and wealth are found in danger.

Behind such strange phenomena often lie enormous opportunities.

Without further hesitation, Lin Ye turned around and walked back towards the hall filled with mummified corpses.

He slowed his pace and concealed his aura to the extreme.

As they went deeper, the sense of mental pressure grew stronger and stronger.

Lin Ye also began to feel obvious discomfort.

His temples were throbbing, and he could hear the frantic babbling of countless people overlapping in his ears, which made him feel uneasy.

He had to devote some of his attention to resisting this spiritual erosion.

Finally, Lin Ye's gaze settled on a train carriage that had overturned onto the tracks and was completely deformed.

Specks of pale purple light shone intermittently through the broken windows of the carriage.

That is the source of mental oppression.

Lin Ye's figure approached silently, like a ghost.

He leaned out and peered into the carriage through the twisted and deformed window frame.

Just one glance.

Lin Ye's muscles tensed instantly, and he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He saw the terrifying entity that had created such widespread mental oppression.

That's a...

biology?

It is very small, about the size of an ordinary pet cat.

Its shape is basically humanoid.

Its body is entirely composed of a smooth, mirror-like crystalline shell, as if carved from amethyst.

Beneath its streamlined shell, pure energy radiance flows slowly like veins.

Its face is very different from that of a human.

It has no nose and no mouth.

There was only one eye floating above his face, emitting an eerie, ghostly light.

That single eye resembled a pure purple gemstone, with countless tiny points of light rotating inside, forming a miniature galaxy.

One glance is enough to draw your soul in completely.

Several sharp, crystalline thorns grow at its joints and along its spine.

At this moment, it was lying on a huge mutated bear carcass.

Strands of crimson energy were being drawn from the mutated bear's corpse and flowed into its eerie single eye.

The mutated bear's carcass was visibly shriveling up.

This creature exhibits both an indescribable eeriness and evil, yet it also contains an almost divine purity and beauty.

Two seemingly contradictory qualities are perfectly blended in it.

A terrifying thought surfaced in Lin Ye's mind.

This thing...

It is not a mutated beast.

This is……

A true alien race from the Heavenly Abyss!

(End of this chapter)