Chapter 222: Killed with One Blow
Several types of energy formed a ribbon-like spiral web within the field.
Unlike the shallow layer of the abyss that Chen Xiao'er directly affected, the "factory" on the surface was constantly distorted under the influence of the newborn snake and unknown powers, generating repeated rooms and corridors like a Rubik's Cube, which brought great resistance to the searchers.
Milo pushed open the 12th door without saying a word, and silently urged himself in his heart: Can you do it? Didn't you say that you can definitely find Xinaya from the remaining contract marks?
The devil's tone was a bit helpless and playful. "I've said it before. Xinaya is being suppressed in the abyss by some force. We have to find a way to enter the abyss first."
Unlike Chen Xiao'er, "Reset to Zero" is, at certain moments, like a supreme, all-purpose pass, allowing them to go anywhere they want. However, if others want to break through an extremely heavily guarded area, they must rely on rare items, superpowers, and deciphering the rules.
Now, coincidentally, there are more than one kind of power mixed in this area. All the super powers that cannot reach the priority level are disabled. What else can we do?
Milo searched the room carefully, trying to find any traces of "a certain great being".
As she searched, she scoffed inwardly: "You're all-powerful when it comes to coaxing me out, but when it comes to actually doing something, you're completely incompetent. I think you should go back soon and have the church send some experts."
The devil responded gently, "Provocation won't work. Otherwise, give me your body first, and I'll have a solution."
Miroku didn't answer.
She had considered all the risks when she promised the devil to "give it a minute."
First, of course, we had to do it outside of school. We couldn't let the demon stay in the office and use her power. Secondly, we had to stay away from other people, lest some unlucky person be possessed by the demon.
In the end, Xinaya was also a link to restrict Milo. An ancient remnant soul against a complete devil hunter should not be able to kill instantly, right?
Well, but the most reliable thing about Xinaya is that she is unreliable... Milo thought helplessly: Okay, at least it can consume one more second.
If it's so dangerous even for 1 minute, it will be even more fun if you promise it to "give you my body temporarily".
Temporarily, how long? Within a few minutes, the devil would surely say it was too late. A few hours? Or a few days?
Milo had a bad feeling that if she gave her body to the devil without any limit, all the church's existing plans might be in vain.
"You think too much~" the devil whispered softly in her ear. "How could I possibly erode humanity's will and hope? At most, I would only add one option with a greater chance of success among countless options with little hope."
Miroku was too lazy to argue with it, as she was the only human who knew this devil best.
Smart, powerful, seemingly philanthropic... but in reality extremely selfish and arrogant.
【"Thanks."】
Bang.
Miroku's left foot tripped and he supported himself on the wall with his right hand.
This sound...the walls are relatively thin.
Why are the walls so thin? It's because Chen Xiao'er imagined it—no, Chen Xiao'er has little interest in or understanding of architecture. If she were to follow her subconscious, the walls of all the rooms would be about the same thickness.
So from Chen Xiao'er's perspective, what exactly is the reason that makes the wall thinner? It must be a very simple reason.
Boom, boom, boom.
Milo stopped investigating the furnishings in the room and began to knock on the walls of each room, listening to the reflected sounds.
She has an excellent sense of space. Even if there is a certain degree of repetition in the rooms inside the entire factory, she can still roughly judge the difference between a certain horizontal and vertical line.
Bang.
After repeatedly knocking on the nearby horizontal and vertical rooms, Miroku and the devil came up with the simple answer at the same time.
"There's a large empty room in the middle of this building. I think that's where the rift is."
"There's a large empty room in the middle of this building. I think that's where the rift is."
Milo pulled a revolver from his waistband and loaded it with special bullets one by one, turning the cylinder with his fingertips. "You should have sensed it too. Chen Xiao'er is currently at the bottom of the cavity, which is why the buildings above retain more abnormal traces."
The devil guessed her plan and within a minute used its power to break through the wall, standing above it and shooting Sinaya directly.
"Hmm, Xinnaya is also at the bottom. You want to shoot her directly, aren't you afraid of hurting Chen Xiao'er's feelings~"
After the devil said this, both the devil and humans laughed.
“Hahahahahahaha.”
“Hahahahaha.”
Yes, killing anyone else she knew in front of Chen Xiao'er might be hurtful, but Xinaya~
As long as her sudden death was a little cleaner, Chen Xiao'er would shed even one more tear and it would be because she ate too many onions this morning.
"Don't worry, my bullet will kill it quickly."
[“If Xiao’ai hadn’t noticed the shooting line, she might have thought it was sudden death.”] Isn’t it a very reasonable “accident” for a person who leads a dissolute life and pursues excitement everywhere to die of cardiac arrest?
Let's get started.
Milo raised her hand and pressed the wall panel. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her pupils ignited with pure golden flames.
Rustle, rustle.
Golden lines burned from thin air, outlining a perfectly formed square on the wall. The four edges of the square converged towards the center, shattering the matter within.
The wrist and the gun passed through the hole at the same time, and "Milo"'s shining eyes floated downwards, instantly locking onto Xinaya's position.
She had infused the church's bullets with the power of the devil, and with just a "bang", the troublesome guy would be wiped out.
However, in a time that slowed to a near standstill, the devil reluctantly sought human opinions.
"Who to kill?"
It’s about who to kill, not who to kill first.
In the devil's vision, there were pure white empty stars in the abyss, deep purple light, the soul energy of the apostles compressed to the extreme, and also - the projection of an unknown existence.
That is power at the level of authority, an enemy who has passed the ritual of authority.
If you kill Xinaya first, the unknown entity will react, it will escape and leave a lot of trouble.
If she killed the projection of the unknown being first, the erasure effect wouldn't be effective on the original entity, only resolving the immediate problem. The radiated energy flow would also cause her to miss the golden opportunity to kill Xinaya.
Milo was weighing the weights on both ends of the scale. Since the devil could ask for his opinion, the headaches on both sides must be similar.
She only knew Xinnaya, and couldn't help asking: What criteria do you use to determine who to kill first?
[“A very comprehensive standard.”] The devil didn’t keep it a secret and said honestly [“Including personal likes and dislikes and the degree of disgust.”]
That would be an easy choice.
Before Milo could speak, she had already moved the muzzle of her gun away from Xinaya and aimed upwards at the projection of the unknown existence.
"Kill it, I'll give you three minutes."
After all, if someone can match Xinaya's score in disgustingness by relying on other factors, he is indeed a very difficult enemy.
"Bang."
......
Compared to the Miroku combination with the tracking plug-in, the progress of the Newborn Snake is a little more difficult.
Chen Xiaotong ran upwards, sniffing the energy left by the unknown existence.
The farther away from Chen Xiao'er, the stronger the abnormal smell becomes. If you want to track down any clues, you can only choose a higher place.
"According to human theory, my sister is very powerful, so the monster must have run in the opposite direction, right?"
Chen Xiaotong led a group of people through the top-floor corridor, searching through boxes and cabinets for a long time. They killed a lot of anomalies but found nothing. She spread her hands and stared at them with innocent eyes, asking for advice.
The students fell silent as they looked at the pile of wreckage at her feet.
Due to the disconnection from the monitoring center, Xing Shuyao finally agreed, saying, "Theoretically, that's correct, but we can't rule out the possibility of a sneak attack on Chen Xiao'er."
"Ah." Chen Xiaotong and the other students stared at each other for a moment, then raised her hands and clapped them vigorously. "I understand. The bad guys might attack me, and I have to follow them to protect her. So I'll definitely run into her."
The classmates smiled bitterly and said: We think your sister may not mean it like that...
However, the round eyes of the newly born snake were too oppressive, and the golden star sand in the blood-red pupils made people feel creepy.
So everyone could only raise their hands and applaud sparsely: "Yes, yes, you are right."
"Hehe~" The newly born snake heard the satisfactory answer, and a happy smile appeared on its little face.
With a flick of her tail, she pulverized all the debris on the ground. With the tip of her tail, she touched the glittering core in the dust and said, "Since you are devout believers, I will share this food with you. Please take it with gratitude."
Zheng Xiuli and the girl next to her looked at each other painfully: This child probably learned how to say "please" from Chen Xiao'er. How could she only learn half of something?
But the abnormal core is a good thing, don’t miss it.
"Thanks."
"thank you."
Everyone thanked them one after another, and Zhao Zhengyi and Lin Lang held the storage box and asked the others to pick up the cores one by one and put them in.
Before, I only thought about looking upwards, but now it’s time to go to the bottom of the abyss.
Chen Xiaotong closed her eyes, floated up proudly, and let her perception spread downwards.
Rustle, rustle.
She immediately sensed her sister's presence, but her sister's presence was so strong for the newborn snake that she could not see anything around her except her huge sister.
I couldn't just run towards my sister with my tail lashing out. That would be too deliberate. What if I yelled "Danger" and rushed down, and it turned out to be safe down there? My sister wouldn't trust me next time.
Chen Xiaotong still remembers the story of the boy who cried wolf that her sister told her, and she really didn't dare to take the risk.
“If you ever run into trouble and I’m not around… you can ask my classmates for help. They’re all very capable people.”
Well, let's give it a try.
She raised one hand, as if to give him a hug. "I can't find any trace of that guy. Do you have any ideas?"
It is indeed a communicative creature from the abyss, which amazed the students.
They really wanted to help, and they could also follow the Newborn Snake to get some cores. But this area involved power, and their magic items and super powers were not enough.
"Let me try." Zheng Lu walked out of the crowd and came to Chen Xiaotong again.
This time, the newborn snake looked at her with a deeper gaze, as if it wanted to remember this special human in its heart.
"How are you going to try?"
“Use the believer’s method.”
Believer? Aren’t you my sister’s believer? My sister is right down there, no need to look for her.
Because her sister said it was impolite to interrupt others, Chen Xiaotong finally resisted the urge to interrupt this time, blinking her eyes and waiting for Zheng Lu to explain clearly.
The human girl walked to the corner of the corridor, lifted her skirt and knelt down.
She closed her eyes in concentration, her lips tightly pursed, but all the creatures of the abyss with sufficient status could hear a pious whisper.
"I am willing to offer my loyalty and soul..."
This, this is a pure sacrificial ritual that does not require any return!
Chen Xiaotong was about to stop him when she immediately understood: "I see. Because you are my sister's believer, zeroing in on you probably gave you the power to "ignore forced demands" or something similar."
So Zheng Lu’s current behavior is probably to randomly call all the “gods” in the area.
Since it is a pure sacrifice that does not require any feedback, it will generally trigger the other party's automatic response mechanism, even if it is an "unknown" whose specific existence is unknown!
Click.
Zheng Lu didn't need to remind her that this was the surface and shallow layer, and there were only two beings within the range that met the requirements, and her sister would never actively respond to anyone's sacrifice!
The moment Chen Xiaotong "answered the phone", countless pairs of bloodshot eyes opened, and the strength of her whole body was fiercely intertwined in two opposite and merging tracks on the positive and negative sides.
whoosh.
The snake shadow symbolizing devouring penetrated the wall and leaped towards the other end of the chain!
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