"Ugh... cough cough cough..." He coughed violently, spitting out foul muddy water, struggling to hold his upper body up in the cold sewage. His right eye barely opened, his vision a blurry blood red. The dark gold light in his left eye continued to flicker violently, but his entropic vision had not completely closed.
He "saw" his surroundings clearly.
This is a vast underground space, propped up by abandoned giant pipes, collapsed metal structural supports, and solidified industrial waste. The space is immense, yet low and oppressive, like the belly of a giant beast. Muddy sewage forms shallow puddles, coated in a greasy, iridescent film. The air is as filthy as matter, a stench of rust, rotting flesh, chemical toxins, and fermenting excrement. Every breath feels like swallowing poison.
In the distance, within the entropic horizon, stripped of its material shell, countless bands of light—gray-green, dark purple, and dead gray-white—representing polluted energy, twisted like twisted vines, winding among vast metal wreckage and hills of solidified waste. Even further away, a massive, twisted shadowy silhouette emanated intense energy radiation and the aura of biological distortion, like an ancient beast lurking in the darkness.
This is the true innards of the garbage planet, a maze of death that even the lowest scavengers dare not easily enter - the Wasted Abyss Maze.
Sand…Sand…Sand…Sand…
A sticky, slippery sound, like a creature dragging itself through the mud, mixed with the gurgling of sewage being stirred, suddenly came from behind the shadow of a huge, abandoned reactor half-submerged in sewage in front of Lin Mo! The sound was not loud, but it was particularly harsh and creepy in this deadly space!
Lin Mo's heart instantly leaped into his throat! His remaining instinct for survival overwhelmed his chaotic consciousness! He suddenly held his breath, ignoring the excruciating pain throughout his body. He desperately and extremely slowly moved backward, trying to hide himself in the shadows of broken metal plates and twisted pipes behind him. The sewage was icy cold, and every movement pulled at broken bones. The pain was so severe that his vision went black, and he bit his lower lip tightly to prevent any sound.
In his entropic vision, he clearly "saw" a dark red energy outline, emitting a strong aura of biological distortion, slowly "flowing" out from behind the shadow of the abandoned reactor! The outline had no fixed form, its edges constantly wriggling and deforming like melted wax, emitting an aura of extreme chaos and greed! It didn't seem to directly discover Lin Mo, but simply "cruised" aimlessly in the sewage, like a prehistoric leech searching for rotten flesh.
Mutants! Predators from the Abyssal Labyrinth! They are even more twisted and deadly than the mutants on the surface!
Lin Mo huddled behind the cold metal fragments, his body trembling uncontrollably with pain and fear. Cold sweat, mixed with dirty water and blood, streamed down his forehead. He clutched his mouth tightly, fearing that even the slightest sound would attract the terrifying creature. Within him, the raging torrent of the Star Core and the icy pain corroding the crystals continued to rage. The chaotic fragments of mental pollution (Pei Du's downfall, the dissipation of the Frost Mark) attacked his fragile defenses like maggots on his tarsal bones. Trapped within and without, this was a truly hopeless situation!
Energy Level: 0.41%…Continuously decreasing slowly…
[Carrier's vital signs: critical... Core energy flow continues to lose control... Physiological collapse is irreversible...]
[Warning! Approaching high-distortion bio-energy source detected! Distance: 37 meters… Movement trajectory: Random…]
The cold reminder is like a death warrant.
Just then—
Buzz!
The violently flickering dark golden light in his left eye seemed to sense the chaotic aura emanating from the mutant creature, a source of entropy and pollution, and suddenly fluctuated violently again! A cold, instinctive aversion and destructive impulse towards all disorder and chaos, originating from the depths of Pei Du's imprint, instantly ignited in Lin Mo's chaotic consciousness like a spark thrown into an oil barrel!
"roar--!"
A low, hoarse roar, a mixture of Lin Mo's own pain and the will that was burned out by Pei Du's brand, leaked out uncontrollably from between Lin Mo's tightly clenched fingers!
The sound was not loud, but in the dead silence of the Abandoned Abyss Maze, it was like thunderclap!
The rustling sound stopped instantly!
The dark red, distorted energy slowly "flowing" through the sewage suddenly froze! Then, like an enraged venomous snake, it instantly shifted direction! The surface of the wriggling, formless body suddenly cracked, and within the cracks, a pale green light like decaying phosphorescence shone! A more violent, greedy, and intensely aggressive mental wave, like an invisible tentacle, instantly locked onto the pile of metal where Lin Mo was hiding!
Discovered!
Lin Mo's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of needles! Extreme fear instantly overwhelmed his chaotic consciousness! Run! Must run!
He no longer cared about hiding and suddenly rushed out from his hiding place, dragging his body in excruciating pain, and ran for his life in the cold sewage, one step deep and one step shallow! Every step he took splashed dirty water, and every movement brought a sharp pain in his broken bones, almost making him fall!
“Hiss—ho ho—!”
Behind him, a terrifying, shuddering sound, like the friction of slippery slime, echoed! The mutant's speed was astonishing! In the entropic field of vision, the dark red energy outline resembled a high-speed jet of rotting mud, carving a clear path through the sewage as it rapidly approached! Wherever it passed, the tiny metal fragments and organic debris floating in the sewage were instantly corroded, dissolved, and devoured by the chaotic energy field emanating from its body!
The distance is rapidly shortening! 30 meters... 25 meters... 20 meters...
The strong, corrosive smell of the wind had already hit the back of Lin Mo's neck! He could even "feel" the greedy suction emanating from the creature's open mouth, which made his soul feel cold!
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