I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Yu was a little annoyed that Lei Zhe had been protecting her so excessively instead of facing things together with her. After Lei Zhe removed the side effects of her powers, Yu didn't want to be constantly protected by him.

She wanted to face everything with Lei Zhe, and she was very happy with the gentleness with which Lei Zhe took care of her feelings.

However, Xiaoyou is also willing to take care of Lei Zhe's feelings. Even when faced with things she dislikes, she has the courage and is willing to stand by Lei Zhe's side.

This time, when heading to the new world, Xiaoyou stubbornly clung to Lei Zhe and wouldn't let go, insisting that he take her along.

That's how we ended up in this situation.

What came into view was a vast, lush forest, with eerie mist drifting through it, adding a touch of horror and mystery to the atmosphere.

The sky was a somber gray, the earth a dark red, and the forest carried the scent of decay.

In Lei Zhe and Xiao You's eyes, the forest in front of them was very different from a normal forest.

Rezhe was in the forest, and his keen sense of smell could detect a pungent, nauseating odor. His ears could also faintly hear echoes of howls, like tiger roars or wolf howls, reverberating around him.

Xiaoyou could clearly see with her own eyes a decadent and filthy atmosphere flowing through her.

The reason why Reiji had complained to Nep in his heart earlier was because of this; just by looking at the atmosphere in front of him, he knew that this unfamiliar world was no better than Demon Slayer.

"Yu-chan, my intuition tells me that this world will make me very unhappy."

Lei Zhe sighed softly, then picked up the petite and adorable Xiao You in a princess carry, and after adding a layer of visual and cognitive impairment barrier, flew into the sky.

"Well..."

Held in Lei Zhe's arms, Xiao You whimpered shyly and uncomfortably. A blush rose on her delicate face as she looked down at the scene above and into the sky. In her clear and gentle voice, she whispered to Lei Zhe:

"Zhe, I can feel that this world is wailing as if it is terminally ill, and there is a very unpleasant atmosphere in the air."

In this unfamiliar world, Xiaoyou's power allows her to easily sense the current state of the world.

The whole world seemed to be emitting a mournful melody, which Xiaoyou heard completely.

The girl in Lei Zhe's arms gently pursed her pink lips, her fair and delicate brows furrowing slightly. Xiao You indeed did not have a good first impression of this unfamiliar other world.

"The air is filled with...viruses, this filthy world!"

Lei Zhe, who was flying with Xiao Youwensu in his arms, looked rather grim. His eyes, which were far more powerful than a microscopic microscope, immediately noticed something in the air and looked down into the forest below.

He also spotted a number of strange, grotesque monsters that exuded a wild and filthy aura as they moved about.

From their distinct eyes, Reiji could clearly see the bloodlust and madness in these monsters' eyes, completely devoid of any rationality.

With his beloved by his side, Razer loathed the terrible environment of the world, and the sorrowful divine nature within his soul caused him to develop mysophobia.

Unclean, filthy, rotten—everything about it was unbearable for Reiji.

Lei Zhe immediately accelerated and temporarily moved away from the area. After flying for a few minutes, Lei Zhe and Xiao You saw the ruins of a desolate city with traces of human civilization.

"It seems this world has suffered a calamity..."

After Rei Zhe landed, Xiao You, who had been put down, frowned slightly as she looked around at the ruins of the city.

The surrounding area is dominated by urban ruins and forests, with green moss growing on the broken walls and ruins, weathered by the passage of time.

This alone shows that the city has been abandoned for quite some time.

Judging from the direction in which the modern steel-cast buildings collapsed, it seems to have been attacked by some kind of giant monster, with most of them either knocked down or broken in half.

Modern cities, constructed of steel and concrete, become extremely fragile when devoid of human habitation. Without human care, they quickly decay due to various external factors.

At this time, nature's greenery also flourishes freely in the absence of humans, allowing vines and plant branches to climb the once inaccessible skyscrapers.

As Xiaoyou observed his surroundings, Lei Zhe's eyes glowed with a mysterious light, making him stare directly at the city several kilometers away.

It was a massive man-made structure, tens of kilometers high, with a pure black cylindrical body.

The city wall, which looks like a stone tablet, is not just one, but a series of towering, huge black stone tablets connected together!

Looking further behind the stone tablet, one could see a city surrounded by enormous black stone tablets that seemed to reach into the clouds!

The boy stared indifferently at the city surrounded by massive black stone tablets, a chill creeping into his heart.

Thinking back to what Lei Zhe had seen before, he searched his memory for post-apocalyptic worldviews, and a cold light appeared in his eyes.

"excellent..."

Lei Zhe looked at Xiao You beside him and immediately felt a headache coming on. The atmosphere of this world and what he was about to do really made it unsuitable for a young girl to be by his side.

As if sensing Lei Zhe's emotions, Xiao You looked at Lei Zhe with a firm gaze, grabbed his hand, and her eyes seemed to be silently conveying the meaning of "Don't leave me behind and face it alone."

"Never mind, I..."

Lei Zhe was leading Xiao You towards the city they saw when both of them raised their eyebrows at the same time, clearly sensing that something was approaching them.

Twisting his neck, Reiz looked somewhat impatiently in the direction of the creature he had sensed.

Rumbling--

As Lei Zhe and Xiao You looked ahead, the desolate land was shaking violently. A crack in the earth, constantly collapsing and breaking, was hurtling towards them, sending countless plumes of dust and rocks flying upwards.

It looked as if a large creature had violently dug a path through the ground and was attacking the two of them.

"Noisy!"

Seeing the underground creatures attacking with such ferocity, Reizhe's expression was cold; he only found it noisy.

Standing in front of Xiaoyou, Lei Zhe raised his long right leg straight up high and then slammed it down with a powerful tomahawk kick.

"pound--!"

With a deafening roar, the entire earth seemed to transform into a surface of water, rippling with visible waves after Razor's foot touched it.

A crescent-shaped vacuum slash wave tore through and shattered the earth, instantly engulfing the cracks in the ground caused by the attack of the unknown creature.

"Bang! Splat—!"

Instantly, a large area of ​​the ground in front of them shattered, and a huge rift ripped through the abandoned city, accompanied by a loud bang and the sound of blood and flesh splattering.

A huge, filthy black shadow burst through the earth, scattering dirt and stones everywhere, and billowing smoke and dust.

"grumble--!"

A strange scream rang out, and Lei Zhe and Xiao You looked over and saw a huge crack in the ground ahead, where a giant black centipede, fifteen meters long and covered with a smooth, hard shell, was howling in agony.

A huge gash was torn open on the back of its massive body, and its entire body was ruptured by the energy emanating from Lei Zhe, with its densely packed feet also cracking open, revealing a disgusting dark purple fluid.

"It's not a magical beast, but it has a very strong vitality."

Xiao You looked at the giant centipede monster in front of her and said softly.

"No matter how resilient they are, they're still just as disgusting as cockroaches!"

Looking at the enormous, still-alive monster with its body in disarray, Lei Zhe's eyes remained cold and filled with disgust. He raised his hand and conjured a visible air blast, which he launched directly at the centipede's head.

With a loud "bang," the compressed air inside the air blast exploded as it hit the monster's head, blasting the monster to pieces.

"Slap. Slap. Slap..."

Disgusting chunks of flesh, stained with dark purple blood, scattered in all directions, falling onto the ground around them. After wriggling a few times, they stopped moving.

"Let's go, Xiaoyou, we don't need to stay here any longer."

After dealing with the disgusting monster in front of him, Lei Zhe walked up to Xiao You, squatted down with his back to her, turned around and looked at Xiao You behind him, gesturing for her to come up so that he could carry her.

Excuse me~

The little notebook lifted up gently again, then gently lay down on Lei Zhe's body, its soft, snow-white hands encircling his neck.

"As expected, whether I'm holding Xiaoyou in my arms or carrying her on my back, she feels as light as a feather."

"But haven't I already removed the magical threat from you? Why do you still need to wear armor? Although you look very beautiful in it, it feels stiff and a bit uncomfortable to carry."

Lei Zhe also carried Xiao You and nimbly leaped between cities, chatting and joking with her as they tried to find some fun for the two of them in the decaying environment around them.

【abnormal! 】

Xiao You's face puffed up as if she was angry, which looked extremely cute. However, after hearing Lei Zhe say that it felt hard when he carried her, she wrote her protest in a small notebook and held it to his face.

"How can you call it perverted? You smell so nice, and it would be even better if you were softer; it would feel so wonderful to hug you then~"

"Pervert! Ouch!"

Xiaoyou's fair face flushed slightly, and she spoke in a embarrassed and annoyed tone, then bit Lei Zhe's ear.

"Hiss! I'll bite you back!!"

Lei Zhe didn't feel any pain, but he gasped and felt a bit of stimulation coming from his ear. He pinched Xiao You's smooth and soft thigh lightly, and then smiled happily at the girl behind him.

..........

Meanwhile, in the primeval forest beyond the giant stone monument, Gastrea were lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce.

The closer one gets to that colossal, towering stone monument, the fewer traces of Gastrea become.

A massive defensive wall made of metal surrounds various areas to prevent Gastrea from invading; it is also known as a barrier.

Each megalith is 1,618 kilometers high and 1 kilometer wide.

The border region bordering the megalith is a ruined city that was not rebuilt after the Gastrea Wars. It was used to build heavily polluting factories and is very close to the primeval jungle where Gastrea thrives.

This place is called the Outer Zone, where children who are regarded as monsters by the humans of this world live.

It is also a place where homeless, cursed children live.

The so-called cursed child is a child born from the accumulation of gastritis virus in the fetus after the mother ingests it during pregnancy, thus giving the child certain gastritis-like abilities.

Originally, the sex of the fetus cannot be selected, but due to some influence of the protozoan virus, all known protozoan virus-infected children are girls.

Those who experienced the Gastrea Wars witnessed the horrors of the Gastrea firsthand, and many lost loved ones in the war.

Most humans now hate Gastrea and the cursed child.

As a result, the cursed child is hated and persecuted by most people, living a precarious life.

It started after the Gastrea wars, so now all the cursed children are under 10 years old.

Their eyes turn red when they use their abilities, and the rate of Gastrea virus erosion in their body gradually increases when they unleash their abilities or are injected with bodily fluids. When the rate of Gastrea virus erosion in their body exceeds 50%, they will become Gastrea-like, so they need to be injected with inhibitors every day.

Therefore, they are mostly ostracized and live in the outer areas. Once they appear in the city, they will be met with hatred and malice from humans!

"Waaah, don't eat me! I'm so skinny and all bones, I don't taste good at all!!"

A mournful cry, like a wail, came from the jungle not far from the outer perimeter, suggesting that she had encountered considerable trouble.

In those dense forests so vast they blocked out the sunlight, a petite figure with crimson eyes and long crimson hair, clutching some plants that looked like wild vegetables, darted about among the branches like a monkey.