Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

The reason is still unknown, but Liu Zheng knows that the sewage river is no longer safe.

He gritted his teeth and climbed back onto the shore.

Facing the ever-approaching horde of skinning monsters, Liu Zheng gripped his boning knife and bone club tightly.

He is not without the ability to fight back; as long as the French plane tree can create opportunities for him, he can survive.

A emaciated skinning monster was far faster than its kind.

It was the first to rush in front of Liu Zheng and then swung its sharp claws.

"Direct close-range attack?"

He was a little surprised.

But that's alright, the skinner's tongue is more threatening than its claws.

A tentacle gripped the bone club, blocking the claw strike.

This skinning monster was much weaker than the one they had encountered before, and since its muscles hadn't expanded, Liu Zheng was able to block it steadily.

Just as he was about to retaliate, he saw the Skinner continue running forward without hesitation.

"Clam?"

Liu Zheng was completely bewildered.

Just as he was puzzled, the other skinning monsters came to him.

Liu Zheng was on high alert and prepared to use the arm of the plane tree.

However, the skinning monsters completely ignored him and flew past him like lightning.

"Hey, that's a bit hurtful to your pride."

Liu Zheng was a little annoyed.

But at the same time, he also became wary.

What on earth are these skinning monsters doing?

Or, under what circumstances would a group of hunters abandon prey that was about to be eaten?

Soon, Liu Zheng had his answer.

That means another, even more powerful group of predators has arrived.

These skinning monsters are running away.

At this moment, the wind picked up even more.

He even saw that the sewage river was already rippling.

Although he didn't know what had happened, alarm bells were still ringing in Liu Zheng's mind.

Suddenly, the arms of the plane tree began to move on their own.

They broke free from Liu Zheng's tentacles and burrowed into the ground.

Countless tree roots then broke through the soil, forming an airtight cage that imprisoned Liu Zheng.

The next second, he heard the sound of waves crashing against the rocks.

The sound was so violent that he felt his internal organs being displaced.

The tree cage shook violently, and Liu Zheng even heard a sound like metal breaking.

"Squeak!!!"

A faint but extremely penetrating cry rang out.

It was the sound of a swarm of black rats.

It seems they are also caught in this unknown disaster.

"Squeak!!"

Liu Zheng tried to ignore the other sounds and only listened to the squeaking of the black rats.

In the past, upon hearing this sound, he would have run as far away as possible.

But now, with nothing in sight, the squeaks of the rats actually made him feel a little more at ease.

But this false sense of stability did not last long.

The sounds of the rats gradually faded.

It even started to become chaotic and no longer uniform.

"squeak!"

After a final, high-pitched screech, the swarm of rats fell completely silent.

A people has died out.

Judging from their previous performance, these black rats should possess high intelligence and considerable strength.

But faced with the disaster in the sewers, they could only helplessly accept their fate.

Those skinning monsters may run fast, but their fate probably won't be good either.

The vibrations from the tree cage grew stronger and stronger, even causing resonance in Liu Zheng's body.

The internal bleeding was secondary; the key issue was that his head also started to shake.

Amidst the vibrations that seemed to even out his brain matter, Liu Zheng's consciousness gradually blurred.

He seemed to detach from his body, pass through the tree cage, through the sewers, and fly to an endless, distant place.

His great-grandmother, whom he had never met before, was waiting for him there, holding a fishing rod in her hand.

"Come here, my dear grandson, your great-grandmother has prepared a nest for you."

She said kindly.

"I'm coming."

Liu Zheng replied happily and was about to run forward.

"Damn it, the wind just started blowing after we got the fire going. Are we not allowed to eat?"

A gruff voice interrupted their family time.

Liu Zheng turned around in astonishment, only to find brown tree roots in front of him.

"Ugh~ What is this stuff? It's all sticky and filthy."

The voice said with disdain.

His voice wasn't loud, but it completely drowned out the wind and waves, even reducing the vibrations of the tree cage.

"There's also a pile of dead rats here, they look like they were blown to death by the wind. Some people might ask, are those rats edible?"

“Brothers, even though we’re homeless, we don’t eat just anything. If we ate this stuff, to put it nicely, we’d die on the spot.”

The voice grew closer and closer; Liu Zheng even felt as if it were right in front of him.

"Why is there a ball here? And it's made of wood."

"This is really good wood, brothers. It looks like it can withstand a lot of burning; just this one piece of wood can burn two points."

"The wood I burned earlier was pine. Pine doesn't burn very well, much farther than this. But pine has a fragrance, and some people like to use pine for grilling meat."

"Deng Deng."

Liu Zheng heard the person seem to tap the tree cage with something.

“This is really good wood. But brothers, we can’t take it. It’s obviously already owned. Even homeless people should have some manners.”

"Let's go, guys, let's find another place to broadcast. It stinks here, we can't stand it."

"That's what the people outside said."

Are you a fire mage?

Upon hearing this, Liu Zheng quickly shouted at the top of his lungs.

Chapter 71 Red Ghost

"This water is disgusting, guys. Let me turn it off for a bit."

There was no response; the man continued speaking to himself.

Then, Liu Zheng heard a loud bang.

"Boom!!!"

After a deafening roar, like an 800mm cannon exploding, everything returned to calm.

He heard neither the wind nor the water.

"Guys, that was pretty good, right? If you think it was, give it a thumbs up."

"Please don't send any tips. Keep the money for your own food and drinks."

The person spoke as they walked further and further away until they could no longer be heard.

A few minutes later, the tree cage automatically disengaged and retracted underground.

But the sycamore's arm did not emerge again.

Of course, Liu Zheng's attention was not on this.

When he saw the scene before him clearly, he couldn't help but let out the loudest shout of his life.

"Fuck!"

The entire sewer system was riddled with potholes, and the sewage river was almost completely empty.

The ceiling, the floor, the walls—there were corpses of all kinds everywhere.

There are skinning monsters, swarms of rats, giant insects, and strange creatures that look like both crabs and spiders, with two giant pincers and three compound eyes.

But more often, it's fish.

Liu Zheng glanced over and saw no fewer than dozens of them.

He suppressed his elation and searched carefully with his eyes.

A moment later, he regretfully looked away.

None of these fish were giant mouth whales.

However, Liu Zheng's mood quickly improved.

If the quality isn't good enough, make up for it with quantity. This many fish are at least equivalent to half a giant whale, right?

Moreover, there might be fish of a higher grade than the giant mouth whale inside.

So here's the question: how is he going to take all these fish with him?

Just as he was fretting, a strange noise suddenly came from above.

Liu Zheng dodged and drew his sword.

But immediately, his tense muscles relaxed.

It turns out that the roots of a London plane tree had drilled through the ceiling and come down.

The tree root drooped down to Liu's face and then grew a mouth.

"You stupid human, why aren't you leaving to die?"

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"what happened?"

He frowned.

"The sewers are about to explode. If you don't leave now, you'll turn into poop."

"It's a plane tree," said the French plane tree.

Why did you lose your temper?

"Why? If someone stuffed a firecracker into your mouth while you were farting, wouldn't you get furious?"