"Ugh!" He groaned, firing the pulse pistol without hesitation! Bang! A tracker exploded! But more trackers emerged from the sewage, their blue indicator lights like will-o'-the-wisp!
Worse still, the gunfire and energy fluctuations seemed to have alarmed some of the "natives" deep within the waterway! Splash! Splash! Several massive, mutated hagfish, with festering, pus-oozing skin, sharp mouthparts, and vestigial eyes, were drawn into the sewage. Like arrows from a bow, they darted towards the scent of blood and the energy source!
There are blockades in front (trackers), pursuers behind (the exit is blocked), and deadly mutant creatures underwater!
Lu Chen's eyes were bloodshot, and he was completely cornered! He leaned against a thick, rusted pipe, holding Wen Shifei tightly behind him. His right hand tightly grasped the pulse pistol, and his left hand... subconsciously reached for the cold, rusty, yet strangely chilling... knife at his waist!
Under the dim flashlight, the sewage roiled, the blue light of the tracker intertwined with the murky water stirred by the mutant hagfish, and the breath of death pressed down like a substance. Lu Cheneng could feel Wen Shifei's hot, weak breath against his back, and his own heartbeat like a drum.
At this critical moment, Wen Shifei's body suddenly trembled violently! She grabbed Lu Chenshang's arm, her nails digging deep! Her eyes widened in the dim light, and deep within her pupils, a faint blue light, identical to the massive seven-pointed star in the sky, flashed by!
"Shen En... There's something... moving... in my body..." Her voice was filled with unprecedented fear and pain, as if there was something dormant that didn't belong to her, and was being awakened... by the huge energy changes from the outside world!
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