Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

"Stop!" Chu Xiao immediately supported Etta and stopped her from continuing to recall. "I don't need your answer! Stop!"

"...As you command, Master."

Chu Xiao heaved a sigh of relief when Etta's temperature and complexion gradually returned to normal. He naturally didn't know how Etta knew all this, and what the abnormality in her body meant, but now was not the time to dwell on these things. When he left here, he had two smarter girls who could help him analyze the situation.

"God..." Chu Xiao muttered softly, "This is really an uncomfortable word."

The three people did not stay for long beside this strange corpse and continued to move towards their destination. However, even though Chu Xiao prayed countless times in his heart, under the dim light ahead, there was still a huge black shadow blocking their way.

It was a tall, half-naked human, similar to the deformed individual Chu Xiao had seen in the shelter before, and even reminded him of Feng Junnian who had been strengthened to the point of losing his mind.

When Chu Xiao saw it, the monster was holding a tattered corpse in his hand like a toy under the emergency light. Only half of the body was left, and the exposed spine was still dripping with blood. In the corner, there was a survivor, but he must have been scared silly.

"F**k!" Chu Xiao couldn't help but curse, "It's true that I met love when I was just a friend."

When Chu Xiao and his friends saw the monster, the monster had already noticed their arrival. It casually discarded the remains in its hands and slowly turned around.

Under the dim light, that hideous face appeared in front of Chu Xiao.

The young man frowned, because even though it had turned into an inhuman monster, he actually remembered this face.

"Why is this happening again... I always meet acquaintances at times like this..." the man complained, but he had already grasped the weapon in his hand, and he was completely in a state of readiness for battle.

The monster in front of him was none other than "Harman" who had been defeated by Ruan Mengmeng on the island before.

Chapter 88: Fight Again

All we know about this mercenary leader named "Halman" is that he barely managed to survive after enduring inhuman torture at the hands of Dr. Heidi, but who would have thought that he would actually become a "non-human".

The eyes of the tall, tyrant-like humanoid monster flashed with scarlet light. It was obvious that Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng were much more attractive to him than the frightened woman in the corner. There was no human light in the other person's eyes. It seemed that he had lost his intellect and only a cold beast remained.

"Meng Meng, is there any way to get around it?" If there was a choice, Chu Xiao really didn't want to fight this big guy. Unlike Feng Junnian at that time, as the raw material before the transformation, Harman's physical fitness and combat experience far exceeded Feng Junnian, who was still a student, and there was also a clear gap in the technical ability of the two sides.

The size of the "tyrant" in front of him was obviously much larger than Feng Junnian at that time, with muscles bulging all over his body, but there was a strange beauty full of wildness and brutality. Although he had lost his mind, he did not attack immediately when he saw Chu Xiao and others, but kept his distance and observed his prey coldly.

"There's no other way. This is the only way." Ruan Mengmeng stood sternly, and then said to Chu Xiao, "Brother Xiao, I'm itching to do it. How about letting me do it?"

The look in the girl's eyes made Chu Xiao swallow the words that he wanted to dissuade her, and he changed his words and said, "Be careful, and make a quick decision. We don't have much time."

"No problem." After saying these words, the girl stepped forward with the knife in hand. An invisible aura seemed to gradually solidify around her. In the moment before the battle, it seemed that all the sharpness had been put back into the scabbard. "It won't waste time."

The monster that looked like a "tyrant" did not pounce immediately. It looked at the slender and tall pretty girl with scarlet eyes, and let out a meaningless growl. In the body that had become a monster, the warrior's instinct gradually overwhelmed the bloodthirsty desire. The shattered human will reminded it that it was this woman in front of it who had given it a shameful defeat.

Two sharp and pointed bone spurs grew on each of Harman's arms, pointing in the direction of Ruan Mengmeng.

Seeing this scene, Ruan Mengmeng smiled brightly. In the girl's opinion, if the other party was just a beast with no skills at all - just like Feng Junnian at the beginning - it would be too boring.

"Sure," the girl stood up and looked up at the tall defeated opponent, "It all depends on whether you can let me enjoy the fight."

After a word, without any prelude or preparation, both sides moved almost at the same time. Ruan Mengmeng's long sword came out of her sheath in an instant, like a dragon emerging from the abyss. The sharp sound of the sword coming out of the sheath due to the extremely fast speed was like the roar of a dragon. This was her most commonly used sword-drawing and slashing move, but the movement was faster than before, it was amazingly fast!

At the same time, the tall "tyrant" also took action, showing a swift speed that was totally inconsistent with its size. The moment it moved, there seemed to be a sharp explosion in the air. The bone spur on his arm collided with the blade of the girl, but the huge force brought by his huge body was not able to overturn the slender girl in the first time. The girl's strength at this moment was beyond the scope of normal humans. Under the smooth and slender skin, the power she burst out instantly was not inferior to that of the monster at all!

Ruan Mengmeng clearly felt that she had become stronger! Now she had adapted better to the power in her body and would not go berserk due to the abuse of the virus. She could control it freely and easily. In just a few days, she seemed to have been reborn and reached a new height.

As for the reason for becoming stronger, Ruan Mengmeng and Chu Xiao knew it very well...

"What a pleasure!" the girl shouted, and blocked the opponent's bone spur with her knife. At the same time, she jumped up to avoid the attack of another bone spur. The girl changed her hands in mid-air, holding the handle of the knife in reverse, stepped on the opponent's bone spur, and then rotated her body. The sharp blade was like lightning, slashing towards Harman's scarlet eyes.

Harman was unable to dodge, and although his eyes were not blinded, a bloody wound was cut on his face. However, the wound healed quickly in a short moment at a speed visible to the naked eye. Almost at the same time as it healed, Harman swung his strong arms and slapped the girl hard.

Ruan Mengmeng's center of gravity had not yet recovered, so she could only barely avoid it while retreating, using the momentum to create distance again.

Ruan Mengmeng had seen a lot of the physical strengthening brought by this virus. When she dealt with Feng Junnian before, she used absolute technical suppression, accumulated fatigue through minor injuries, and finally defeated the opponent easily. However, this routine obviously could not be used against Harman in front of her.

Whether in terms of strength or skills, the opponent is far superior to Feng Junnian at that time, not to mention the experience he had gained from various actual combats during his time as a human. The previous round of confrontation was fierce, and it was hard to say who had the upper hand or the disadvantage.

This battle was not favorable for Ruan Mengmeng. Harman's muscles were like hard armor, and there were many dangerous bone spurs on his body, so it was almost impossible to fight him in a hand-to-hand fight. Fortunately, the weapon in her hand had been reforged with the latest technology of the Order. After a wave of slashing with the opponent, the blade was still sharp without any marks. On the contrary, the opponent's bone spurs were cut into many gaps and almost broke.

The girl smiled brightly. After pulling away from him, she didn't even regroup. She pounced again like a tiger with her knife flashing fiercely. There was no fear on her face. Her smile was wild. Her red bangs seemed to be burning like flames at this moment! The blade collided with the sharp bone spurs again. The girl burst out with an amazing speed beyond imagination. The dense knife light almost formed a dense net that could not penetrate rain!

"Okay, okay, okay!" Ruan Mengmeng shouted "Okay" three times in excitement.

For a moment, the two sides were in a nearly evenly matched confrontation. It was hard to imagine that such a terrifying power could burst out from the slender body of the girl! It was hard to tell who was the monster!

Chu Xiao paid close attention to the battle, ready to intervene at any time. Although he was surprised that the girl's fighting ability had reached a new level, he was even more surprised that he could now see the movements of both sides in such a high-speed duel.

Then, the girl roared loudly, and the long sword slashed with a nearly tangible blade light, and she actually cut off one of Harman's bone spurs with one sword! The sharp bone spur flew high and landed right in front of the female survivor who was stunned before.

The bone spur was stuck not far in front of her, almost piercing the woman and waking her up at the same time.

The woman let out a scream, but no one present, human or monster, cared.

She couldn't understand what she had encountered. Whether it was the monster that tore the human body into pieces at will, or the girl who could fight against the monster on equal terms, in her eyes they were all incomprehensible inhuman beings.

She huddled in the corner, trembling. Even though she wanted to take this opportunity to escape, she was so frightened that she couldn't even stand up.

Fear, intense fear almost devoured her sanity. However, at this moment, a certain existence noticed this strong "emotion".

All of a sudden, the woman who was completely defeated by fear seemed to hear a distant voice.

【Delicious...food...】

Chapter 89: Gaze

The battle is in full swing.

Ruan Mengmeng felt that she had not had such a satisfying fight for a long time. The "new" knife in her hand also became more handy. It was worthy of being reforged with the latest technology of the cult. The sharp blade could actually cut off the opponent's bone spurs directly.

However, the advantage brought by cutting off the bone spurs is not great. The monsterized Harman still retains the combat experience and instincts of a soldier. Although he has the appearance of a berserker, he is very decisive in dealing with things. It is almost impossible to associate him with an irrational monster.

It reacted accordingly the moment the bone spur was cut off, but contrary to the girl's expectations, the opponent did not choose to dodge, but instead deliberately faced the girl's blade.

In a flash, Ruan Mengmeng had already realized the opponent's plan, but her momentum could not be reversed. The opponent avoided the straight attack on the neck, and the long knife cut a very deep wound on Harman's body, and the sticky black blood almost gushed out. This kind of injury on a normal person would be fatal, but Harman was a monster strengthened by the technology of the cult, and his strength and fighting will were far beyond the previous Feng Junnian's ability.

The moment the blade entered his body, the muscles on Harman's body swelled violently, instantly becoming as hard as steel. With his monstrous vitality and physique, he used his muscles to clamp the girl's blade, slightly slowing down the momentum of the blade!

The force of the knife was blocked instantly, causing the girl's movements to pause for a second. This pause was extremely short and ordinary people could not detect it at all, but in a fight of this level, it was enough to become a loophole for the opponent's attack!

Another bone spur pierced the girl's slender body! Either the girl gave up her weapon and retreated, or she would be stabbed to death!

Ruan Mengmeng's eyes burned with an almost wild fire. She was so fierce that she had no intention of letting go of the knife handle to avoid it. She continued to exert force with her hand, as if she was going to use this knife to cut the monster in two! Facing the bone spur that was about to pierce her body, the girl raised her slender legs at an extremely fast speed and blocked the monster's fist in a flash. The sharp spike was almost only a few inches away from the girl's head!

"Come on! Let's see who dies first!" The girl laughed. Supporting on one leg, she could not resist Harman's extraordinary strength, so after seizing a moment, Ruan Mengmeng used the force to flip into the air. The sharp bone spur almost brushed against the ends of her hair and even cut off a strand of her hair.

As she leaped into the air, she twisted the blade's direction, turning the downward slash into an upward thrust. The girl failed to cut off Harman with one blow, but the sudden change of direction still managed to cut off a large piece of flesh from his body.

The monster let out a low roar, and despite being "seriously injured", it punched the girl who had not yet landed. Ruan Mengmeng was in mid-air, with nowhere to gain leverage, so she immediately put her arms in front of her, ready to take the blow.

"Mengmeng!" Fortunately, at this time, Chu Xiao rushed up, gathering his strength, without any fancy moves or techniques, and used pure strength to knock the tyrant-like Harman away, allowing Ruan Mengmeng to avoid the attack.

He really couldn't bear it any longer. The fight between the two sides didn't last long, but this kind of fight made the bystanders break out in cold sweats. Seeing that his sister was in danger of getting hurt, Chu Xiao didn't care about anything else and barged in.

"Brother Xiao, I'm fine!" Ruan Mengmeng landed on the ground steadily, the long sword in her hand still reflecting the cold light, and there was not even a trace of blood on the blade. The girl's forehead was slightly sweaty. She had really enjoyed the fight just now. Although Ruan Mengmeng had the upper hand in the result, if she really wanted to decide the winner, it would probably take more than a short time.

Probably because of the injury from the girl, Harman did not attack again. Ruan Mengmeng cut off a large piece of flesh from its shoulder. Even with the monster-level self-healing ability, it might not be able to heal in a short time. The monster stared at Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng with its scarlet eyes. The wound on its shoulder squirmed, and sticky black blood kept flowing out.

From their current position they could only hear the noises outside from a distance. Chu Xiao had no idea how far the attack on the ship had progressed, but they had to speed up their actions.

"Mengmeng, let's do it together. We don't have time." Chu Xiao said in a deep voice.

After the fight just now, the girl knew that even if she could win, it would probably take some time, so she did not raise any objections.

However, at this moment, everyone present, whether human or monster, felt something and their bodies stiffened in an instant.

There was an extremely human look of fear in Harman's scarlet eyes. It didn't even dare to look back. It immediately turned around and fled into the depths of the corridor like crazy, as if there was something extremely terrifying behind it.

Chu Xiao held Ruan Mengmeng in his arms and looked at the female survivor in the corner who had always been ignored.

I saw that the woman had slowly stood up at some point, and her entire face was hidden in the shadows under the dim light.

There was nothing strange about her, but just looking at her, Chu Xiao felt a terrible palpitation, as if he was facing a huge shadow. He felt Ruan Mengmeng holding his arm tightly, and his whole body was shaking unconsciously. This fearless girl showed indescribable fear at this time.

The woman turned her head slightly and looked at Chu Xiao.

A certain huge will suddenly descended upon him, and he didn't even have the slightest desire to resist. Cold sweat suddenly oozed out of his back. All the instincts in his body were sending out warnings, and every cell seemed to be wailing. This was the instinctive wail of a low-level person facing a higher-level will, which was incomprehensible... unknown.

At this moment, Chu Xiao was certain that the survivor in front of him was definitely not the same person as before. Some indescribable terrifying existence had invaded her body, and was now looking at him with the help of this mortal body.

He had heard about it many times on this ship and had a lot of information clues, so Chu Xiao understood what he was facing at the moment.

——【God】appeared.

If possible, Chu Xiao also wanted to do the same as Harman, turn around and run, the farther away from this incomprehensible thing the better, but he couldn't do it. As soon as he appeared, he was locked in place, and the huge pressure made him unable to move at all.

[You...are very good...]

This voice seemed to ring in his mind, and it seemed to come from all directions. Ruan Mengmeng gritted his teeth, his face was pale, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. Chu Xiao felt as if someone was stirring his head with a red-hot steel needle.

[God] took a step towards Chu Xiao, and the light footsteps sounded like thunder in Chu Xiao's ears.

But at this moment, Aita stood in front of Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng, facing the woman possessed by the god. The maid had a blank expression on her face, opened her arms to the great will, and protected Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng behind her.

[God] stopped walking, he turned his head slightly, and his "gaze" stayed on Eta.

In the end, he did nothing. The woman's body suddenly collapsed. The powerful will had left, and the terrifying gaze looked elsewhere.

After he left, Etta closed her eyes, lost consciousness, and fell into Chu Xiao's arms. The man hugged his maid and was slightly relieved when he found that she was just unconscious.

Those few short seconds seemed like more than a century to him.

He didn't know why the [God] let them go, nor did he know what Aita had done. He just wanted to leave this damn place as soon as possible!

Chapter 90: The Ghost

Eta fell into a coma, her limp body lying in Chu Xiao's arms. She looked very light, but her temperature was a little high. Chu Xiao touched the maid's forehead and found that she was having a fever. Her face was also abnormally flushed as before.

Even though the cause and effect are unclear, the reason why the unknown [God] let them go is probably because of Aita.

"Mengmeng...are you okay?" Chu Xiao picked up Etta, and the maid's face rested on his shoulder. At this close distance, the blush on the maid's face brought a different kind of charm and beauty, but Chu Xiao was only worried at heart and had no intention of appreciating her at all.

Ruan Mengmeng supported Chu Xiao, her muscles tensed, and finally got rid of the barrier of fear. Like Chu Xiao, the girl gasped for breath, and her once pale face gradually regained its color - the duel with Harman just now was not as exhausting as this few seconds.

"Brother Xiao... what the hell is that?" The girl's voice was still trembling. The pressure brought by the superior had nothing to do with the will itself. The fear from the biological instinct was inevitable. "Is that the 'God' that the cult mentioned?"

"Only the devil knows." Chu Xiao held Etta in his arms and slowly walked to the female survivor who was lying on the ground. "If it really is a 'god', then something must have happened."

The body lying on the ground was already a corpse, just like the one they had encountered before. There was nothing unusual on the surface of the body, but the vital signs had completely disappeared. However, it did not turn into a zombie like the other corpses. Just as Etta said at the time, something had "eaten" her.

Based on what Chu Xiao has learned so far, the so-called "God" of the cult should still be lurking in the consciousness of all living and dead people in the form of the "collective consciousness" of the virus. His existence can only be sensed through special channels. Based on what he has learned so far, unless Shikoti is lying to him, this "God" should not have the ability to interfere with reality.

But now that "god" is preying on the ship at will!

God knows what crazy things Sir Lobelin did to revive his lover! Is what is happening now really within his plan?

"Let's go." Chu Xiao said in a low voice, and took Ruan Mengmeng to the direction of the dock.

On the rest of the journey, apart from corpses torn apart by monsters or empty shells eaten by "gods", they finally didn't encounter any more problems. Along the way, they successfully reached the location of the dock.

The dock inside the Nibelungen was located at the tail of the giant ship. Its structure was similar to a small dock that was closed to the outside and directly connected to the sea. Standing behind the railing on the upper side of the dock, Chu Xiao looked down at the many speedboats parked inside the dock, and the hatch leading to the outside was currently firmly closed.

Their location was about ten floors above the sea level. The passenger elevator had stopped operating due to a power outage, so Chu Xiao held Aita and took Ruan Mengmeng down the stairs.

"Mengmeng, now I have a small question," Chu Xiao looked at the small boat parked in the dock, "Can you drive a boat?"

Ruan Mengmeng frowned and said uncertainly: "I have seen others operate it before, and I asked Sister Tiaozi to teach me a little bit before. It should be no problem to drive a small boat... right."

"I'm in a similar condition. I was seasick when I was on the ferry..." Chu Xiao said with a wry smile. However, it has come to this point and he can't back down.

From a closer look, there were quite a few boats moored in this miniature dock, and even a few small yachts that could be called "luxury." Chu Xiao couldn't help but think that if these yachts were a little bigger, they would be his ideal doomsday shelter.

He shook his head vigorously to get rid of this unrealistic idea from his mind - now is not the time to think about enjoying himself, the priority should be to escape from here!

Considering the difficulty of driving and the speed of the boat, the two chose a small speedboat. Chu Xiao carefully placed Eta on the speedboat, and Ruan Mengmeng cut the rope that fixed the speedboat with a knife. Seeing that the speedboat could start normally and the fuel was sufficient, Chu Xiao felt relieved.

The half that is still hanging is the hatch that is sealed from the outside of the dock.

The hatch can only be opened by the dock's control console. After settling the two girls, Chu Xiao told Ruan Mengmeng to be ready to run away at any time, and he went to the control room alone.

The control room was not far from the water surface and could be reached by taking the internal personnel elevator. Relying on the backup power supply, the internal elevator was still able to operate normally. He nervously tried the permission card that Anna had given him and successfully made the elevator move.