Chapter 161 Flesh and Blood Erosion (Unedited) Constructs an extremely bloody picture...

The speed of the fall was fast, and the sound of air being torn apart whistled past her ears. Liang Jun subconsciously tried to adjust her posture in mid-air to minimize the damage she would suffer upon landing.

But she clearly underestimated the air resistance during her descent; even a simple action like covering her head and hunching over was extremely difficult for her.

Fortunately, at least Liang Jun didn't land on her feet first; otherwise, she would have witnessed her broken leg bone piercing through her flesh.

My head is buzzing.

Liang Jun lay on her back, with the same reddish-brown to gray mist directly above her, making it impossible to see the platform where she had fallen.

Fortunately, the back of her head was not injured. Apart from seeing stars and feeling dizzy, Liang Jun is currently experiencing no other physical discomfort.

She lay there for a while, and once she was fully conscious, Liang Jun rubbed the back of her head with one hand and supported herself on the ground with the other, slowly sitting up.

Only then did she realize that the sensation beneath her was strange. With a muffled groan that wasn't hers, Liang Xun immediately quickened her pace and rolled to the side.

My mind felt like a jumbled mess, swaying back and forth with her movements.

Liang Jun frowned, and after enduring the pain, she shook her head twice before opening her eyes to look at the spot where she had just fallen.

Her eyes widened instantly. "Zhu Bieming?!"

The muffled groan of pain came from Zhu Bieming.

At this moment, he lay prone where Liang Jun had just fallen, almost blending into the reddish-brown mist in the background.

Liang Xun immediately crawled over, a hint of anxiety in her eyes, "How are you? Are you alright?"

Zhu Bieming, who was lying on the ground, coughed twice, and his face visibly turned ugly.

But he forced back his pain and managed a rather awkward smile. "Don't worry, I'm not that easy to die."

Are you alright?

Another voice came from a higher place. Liang Jun looked up and saw Zhu Shengqing walking over from not far away.

"Zhu Shengqing, you're here too?" Liang Jun was so excited that she spoke much faster.

Her sudden increase in movement aggravated the wound caused by the fall, and Liang Jun instinctively hissed.

"Falling from such a height, some physical injury is inevitable."

Zhu Shengqing's eyes held a complex expression. He took a few steps closer and pulled Zhu Bieming up from the ground. "We sensed your impending death, so we rushed over ahead of time."

“A death omen…” Liang Jun murmured softly.

She quickly understood what Zhu Shengqing meant. "You mean, if you hadn't caught me down there, I would have fallen to my death, right?"

A disheveled Zhu Bieming stood up shakily and replied to Liang Xun with a light, airy voice, "Yes and no."

This empty space was dimly lit, surrounded by eerie red and gray mists, but Liang Xun's eyes had become accustomed to the brightness, so she could roughly see the things in front of her.

She didn't know what Zhu Bieming had gone through before, but compared to Zhu Shengqing, his clothes were much more torn, and most of his exposed skin was covered with abrasions, making him look horrifyingly scarred.

Perhaps noticing Liang Xun's gaze, Zhu Bieming chuckled, "I already told you, I'm not that easy to die, don't feel sorry for me~"

"Who cares about you!" Liang Jun retorted subconsciously, even rolling her eyes as she did so.

Although she said that, she still felt guilty, especially when she thought about the current situation mentioned by the guardian spirit, which gave Liang Jun even more questions.

“You’re no different from ordinary people now, so how did you get in?” Liang Xun glared at Zhu Bieming, who had barely regained his footing. “Also, what did you mean by ‘yes and no’ just now?”

Fearing that Zhu Bieming might miss the point, Zhu Shengqing quickly explained before he could speak: "Although we will suffer physical damage, we can still perform spiritual energy transfer normally—for example, transferring that orchid—so short-term teleportation is not a problem for us."

After explaining the first question, Zhu Shengqing's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly gave Liang Jun the answer to the second question.

“Liang Jun, we sense that you may not be able to leave this instance alive. So, it’s not as simple as just falling to your death.”

This was supposed to be a heavy topic, and even Zhu Bieming, who usually liked to lighten the mood, restrained his expression and stood silently to the side, looking at Liang Xuan with complicated eyes.

But to everyone's surprise, the person involved waved their hand dismissively, saying, "That's it? I already knew that."

Liang Jun's dizziness had lessened considerably, and with the adrenaline receding, she broke out in a sweat on her back. She then unbuttoned the top few buttons of her plush pajamas.

"I know the system never intended for me to leave alive, so even if it costs me my life, I will perish together with this thing that is harming people."

The reddish-brown mist surrounding her grew thicker and thicker. Liang Jun tentatively waved it twice, then turned to look at her battered twin guardian spirits.

"If I die, you will all die too." She chuckled lightly, appearing nonchalant. "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

He thought the two brothers would try their best to stop his crazy behavior, but who knew that they were both even crazier than the other.

Zhu Bieming laughed even more smugly than Liang Jun, "You'll always be our priority."

Although Zhu Shengqing didn't say anything, his relaxed body language spoke volumes.

Liang Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

Considering that the system might trip her up with terrain issues, Liang Yan took every step with extreme caution.

Her feet never left the ground, and she made sure her feet were firmly planted on the ground before shifting her weight.

These reddish-brown to gray fogs were incredibly annoying, constantly assaulting the three of them and severely reducing visibility, much like a thick fog covering their glasses in winter.

Liang Jun had no choice but to tuck her hands into her sleeves and then wave them vigorously in the air in front of her, trying to drive away these annoying things.

Just as she was about to take action, points of light suddenly entered her field of vision.

Liang Jun paused for a moment, then subconsciously turned to Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming, who were busy patting away the thick fog beside her.

Did you see a light source just now?

Although Zhu Bieming was wincing in pain, he still frantically tried to drive away the strange, persistent clouds of energy—he clearly didn't hear what Liang Xun was asking.

Zhu Shengqing, who was closer, naturally noticed Liang Xun's focus. He continued patting, but raised his voice slightly, "I saw it, but I can't confirm what it is yet."

The thick fog seemed to know what Liang Xun was going to do next, and it moved closer to her more frequently.

Liang Jun's sleeves were almost torn from being whipped around, but it still didn't have any effect.

Using the momentum, she turned around and lightly slapped Zhu Bieming on the back. "Can't you teleport? Can you go in and see what's inside?"

Zhu Bieming finally stopped, panting heavily, his forehead already covered in a layer of cold sweat from the pain.

“We tried to get close before you arrived.” Zhu Bieming took a deep breath, pretending to be calm. “But we couldn’t get close at all, let alone use spiritual teleportation.”

He raised an eyebrow at the light source. "I guess only you players can get past there."

Liang Jun thought that she was probably trapped inside a giant slime.

All six directions – up, down, left, right, front, and back – present the same scene. Rather than continuing to wander in circles, heading towards the light source to explore further seems to be the right choice.

Liang Jun made a decisive decision, "I'll go in and give it a try. Since you can't get through on your own, you might as well follow me. Maybe I can bring you all in with me."

Since the suspected light source was discovered, Liang Jun's position has remained unchanged.

In this environment, "losing direction" is the second biggest obstacle after "terrain traps". Therefore, in order to ensure that she was not going in the wrong direction, Liang Jun took every step with her toes touching her heels, moving straight forward.

The gradually clearing light proved that Liang Jun had not made a mistake in choosing the direction.

But just when they were one step away from dispelling the fog, something unexpected suddenly happened.

The reddish-brown wisps of mist that could previously be dispersed by waving their arms surged in from all directions almost instantly, completely surrounding Liang Jun and the other two.

All the changes happened in an instant. Before Liang Xun could even increase the frequency of her arm movements, the red mist that had not yet been driven away clung to her body like ghosts.

The faint sizzling sound of roasting meat could be heard.

Liang Jun lowered her eyes sharply and discovered that her sleeves, which had grown quite a bit longer than usual, were disappearing at a visible speed after being entangled in the moss-like mist.

Saying it "disappeared" might not be entirely accurate; it's more like it was "corroded."

The once colorful clothes were instantly burned to charred ashes. Liang Jun immediately realized that continuing like this would only lead to her own demise, so she quickly tore off the teetering fabric and threw the smudges clinging to it far away.

But she alone could not withstand the pervasive fog.

Several wisps of cunning reddish-brown mist clung to Liang Jun's exposed, slender neck, and the next second, a burning sound rang in her ears.

Unbearable pain followed immediately. It felt as if all the sensitive nerves in Liang Xun's body were ignited at the same time. The sensation, like being corroded by concentrated sulfuric acid, made her feel like she was dying. Liang Xun could only bend down and grab the hem of her clothes to wipe the remaining marks on her neck.

Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming were no better off than Liang Yun. Their clothes were even thinner than Liang Yun's, so they experienced the pain of their flesh corroding earlier than Liang Yun.

Zhu Shengqing reacted immediately, taking off his coat and repeatedly swatting away the fog that was trying to get closer; Zhu Bieming didn't have any extra clothes, and besides, he didn't have much energy left, so he could only keep swatting with his hands.

After the riot, Zhu Shengqing's hands and forearms were eroded to varying degrees, while Zhu Bieming's palms were most severely corroded—but they did not show their pain on the surface.

Once the thick fog had mostly dissipated, Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming immediately went to check on Liang Xuan's condition.

Squatting on the ground, Liang Jun minimized her contact with the outside world, so apart from her fleece pajama cover being completely corroded, the rest of her body remained relatively intact.

Except for the skin around the neck.

Once she calmed down, Liang Yun straightened the fabric at the hem of her clothes and noticed that it was covered with fragments of her own skin that had peeled off.

"Is my neck injury serious?" The pain had exceeded the threshold and she could no longer express it. Liang Jun could not feel it for the time being, so she could only ask the guardian spirit in front of her, who was also not in a good condition.

Her fair skin had been completely peeled away, leaving only the shocking bright red color unique to tender flesh.

The damaged cells quickly entered a state of emergency, and pale yellow tissue fluid gushed out from the flesh, creating an extremely bloody artistic scene.

Zhu Bieming didn't know how to evaluate it. He first looked at his palm, which was almost half devoured, and then carefully said, "It's a little better than mine."

"That's good……"

Just as Liang Jun was about to breathe a sigh of relief, even a simple breathing motion was enough to strain the muscles in her neck.

The pain processor in her cerebral cortex returned to normal, and the burning sensation hit Liang Xun like a ton of bricks. Although she couldn't see her injuries with her naked eye, just from the feeling of being worse than dead, Liang Xun knew that this injury was definitely not as simple as before.

She endured the pain and tried to access her storage space again, but the result remained the same.

Without the protection of a skin barrier, flesh and blood are directly exposed to the air, especially in this perilous environment. Before long, Liang Jun will be unable to move due to a severe infection.

Therefore, the most important thing right now is to simply bandage your wound.

Relying on oneself is worse than relying on others. Liang Xun's intact hands could only grope around on her body, trying to find something in her pockets.

In her daily life, Liang Jun has a habit of stuffing things into her pockets, which often results in her finding a lot of strange little gadgets while doing laundry.

Of course, this time is no exception.

You could even say it's like winning the lottery.

There were two flat objects hidden in the pocket of her pajama bottoms. Liang Jun pulled them out together while keeping her neck still.

This was actually a brand new gauze that she had flattened herself.

Liang Jun unearthed these hazy memories.

This was probably something I casually tucked away when I went on a shopping spree at the pharmacy with Gu Keke.

This is simply a divine intervention.

Although there were only two rolls, and although they were flattened, at least the functionality of the gauze was not damaged.

However, Liang Jun was unable to properly bandage herself, so she had to look at Zhu Shengqing, who was still able to move relatively normally.

"Could you bandage this for me?"

Zhu Shengqing took one of the rolls of gauze, his movements extremely gentle, as if he were packing up an extremely precious and fragile item.

Liang Jun's bloodied neck was more sensitive than before, but she didn't feel any pain at all until the bandage was completely finished.

She took the remaining gauze from Zhu Shengqing and tentatively twisted her neck gently.

Sure enough, with the gauze in place, the pain, while not completely gone, was at least reduced to a level I could tolerate.

Seeing that Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming were about to take action, Liang Jun quickly raised her hand to stop them.

"I need to bandage you up." "No need."

Zhu Shengqing slightly curved the corners of his mouth, "We appreciate your kindness. But if we use the gauze, it's like we're taking away your share of the resources."

Zhu Bieming's face was already deathly pale, and his lips were bloodless, but even so, he still had to tell Liang Jun some jokes.

"Don't worry, this little injury is nothing to us..."

Before he could finish his boast, Liang Xun's fingers plunged into the minced flesh of his palm without warning.

This was truly cruel. Zhu Bieming swallowed the words that were still on his lips, and sweat instantly poured down his forehead.

Liang Xun, her face dark, pulled her bloodstained fingers out. "You're not just a fog now; you're someone who will actually get hurt, do you understand?"

Zhu Bieming looked at Liang Xun with a pitiful expression, and could only watch helplessly as she wrapped her two mutilated hands with gauze.

Seeing this, Zhu Shengqing did not insist any further and could only let Liang Xun create impromptu works on his damaged skin, eventually turning it into a Dragon Boat Festival artwork.

Liang Jun was very satisfied with her work. She crossed her arms in front of her chest and said with a serious expression, "It seems that there is a secret hidden in the light source. The system is under strict security at every level, and the purpose is to prevent us from getting close."

Zhu Shengqing examined his arm and then suggested, "Should we explore somewhere else?"

Let's go somewhere else.

That sounds good.

However, the surrounding environment was exactly the same. If they left under these circumstances, they would not only lose their way to the mysterious light source, but they might also become completely lost in this highly corrosive fog.

"We must be cautious."

Liang Xun explained her concerns about the terrain and direction to the two of them, saying, "The more the system doesn't want us to get close, the more secrets it holds, and the more worthwhile it is for us to explore."

But they had only made a brief attempt, and hadn't even fully seen what Mount Lu was really like, yet they were already badly injured.

The system is determined that the player will die this time, and it will definitely not go easy on Liang Yan.

After a brief moment of silence and contemplation, Zhu Shengqing's cool voice rang out again.

"There is another way."

Liang Xuan immediately perked up, "What is it?"

Zhu Shengqing's gaze swept over Liang Xun for only a moment before he quickly looked away.

“You stand between us, and we brothers, one in front and one behind, will help you clear those obstacles and escort you successfully inside.”

Zhu Bieming, who was keeping an eye out for traps, was about to nod when he turned back and saw Liang Yun taking off her pajamas.

"What are you doing—" Zhu Bieming hurriedly looked away, and some color finally returned to his pale face.

Liang Xun's hands didn't stop moving. She deftly ripped off her tattered pajamas, then cut them in two and stuffed them into Zhu Shengqing's and Zhu Bieming's hands respectively.

“Even if you are soldiers who obey my orders, you cannot charge into battle with your bare hands like this.”

Liang Xun tugged at her thermal vest. "My pajamas are quite thick, they'll last for a while. You guys use these as weapons, and we'll try to break in before they're completely corroded!"

As it turns out, Liang Jun's method was quite effective.

With Zhu Shengqing in front and Zhu Bieming behind, the three of them stood close together, managing to withstand a portion of the fog's attack.

However, those pajamas were still not enough, and at the last minute, Zhu Shengqing's forearm and Zhu Bieming's calf suffered varying degrees of corrosion.

However, compared to the first round, these injuries are already very minor.

The light source was a virtual screen. To prevent the two of them from being unable to pass through, Liang Jun tightly gripped Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming's hands, using the force to also throw their guardian spirits over.

The light amplified instantly the moment it passed over the curtain wall.

Having long been accustomed to the darkness, Liang Jun felt a stinging sensation in her eyes, and the temporary blindness made her instinctively protect them.

As her vision gradually cleared from its blurry state, Liang Xun slowly raised her head from the embrace of her arms—

Each of those faint points of light is a display screen that is in operation.

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Author's Note: Bonus chapter for 2,000 nutrient solutions!

The cover art features Sister Nian wrapped in gauze, and I'm finally getting to write about her!

Let me secretly admire the Goddess of War, Sister Jun, one more time (hehe).