Chapter 96 The Resurrected Corpse
Click, click, click,
The heel of his shoe paused for a moment, and Milo straightened his back to prevent himself from making any suspicious movements under surveillance.
It's just... just the usual pain and confusion, just stopping by the ward to take a look at the students I had planned to study with, it's just... that's all.
"call."
She took short breaths, bit her lips lightly with her teeth, and tried her best to fight against the broken mirrors and faces that looked like her.
The devil was smiling, his movements familiar and graceful.
"Milo."
She said, "Don't go against your heart.", "I should help myself.", "This is just part of the plan, an opportunity that was set up long ago."
Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up—shut up, devil!
Sizzle...sizzle...puff.
The purple suppression lights above his head suddenly flashed, and then went out one by one.
Did you do this?
Milo immediately raised his head and looked at the glass window in the corridor.
It was pitch black all around, so I couldn't see much.
However, she has a certain night vision ability, and wears specially treated glasses lenses, so she can at least see the general outline and some details of things clearly.
The devil's face was hidden in the darkness, and she shook her head slightly at him.
"It's not me."
Even though the devil had no credibility, Milo still chose to believe him at the first moment.
Firstly, was she lying about having a premonition? Secondly… judging from the speed at which the suppression light went out, the current situation was more like abnormal infiltration.
It is highly likely that there is a problem with the corresponding energy supply module, causing the protection system to be temporarily offline, so anomalies will run out of the abyss and take this opportunity to hunt humans.
Milo started walking again. Now she couldn't see the devil's sight clearly, and even her walking movements were much smoother, which could be considered a blessing in disguise.
No, something's not right.
As she walked, she suddenly realized something: this was the medical department, surrounded by an infirmary, emergency room, and numerous wards. So there had to be more than one energy pipeline connected to it.
Either someone is out to get me or some important person in this area, or there's something wrong with the main energy pipeline.
Oh no.
Milo hoped it was the former, but after a rational analysis, he felt that the latter was more likely.
Da, da, da, da, da.
She lifted her leg and continued walking forward, feeling the situation was difficult but not panicking.
Because the Glorious Church has many talented people, everyone has their own responsibilities and duties.
Security work is of paramount importance in the apocalypse. Today's duty supervisor is Joshua, so I don't need to worry about my colleagues' abilities and sense of responsibility.
Even if all areas connected to the main energy pipeline stop supplying power, we still have the apostles.
The soul pool is an independent energy supply device, and the apostle can attack at full strength at any time.
Huh... Milo breathed a sigh of relief.
Come on, colleagues on duty. I'll also do my best to ensure my survival.
Snap, Snap
A slow and dragging sound of footsteps came from behind her. The tapping sound was completely different from her heels, so it must be flat shoes.
Miroku slid his hands to his waist and continued walking at the same pace as before.
Da, da, da, da.
Click, click.
The two voices were very clear in the darkness, and the other party was following closely behind her, moving in the same direction.
This person is heavy in weight or has a heavy step.
The footsteps sound strange, it could be someone you don't know, or it could be someone you know who is deliberately adjusting their stride.
call……
She gathered her special abilities in her throat and whispered, "Who are you?"
No answer, click, click.
It is a dead object or a weird, deeply alienated person.
Milo continued to move forward, hoping to quickly reach the ward where Chen Xiao'er was. Her attitude towards life was very restrained towards such weirdness.
Whoosh——
“!”
Hearing the sound of the wind, Miroku immediately turned around - not only did she turn sideways, she pressed the button to trigger the automatic protection of her coat, temporarily jumping her existence to another line.
Whoosh—a black line that looked like a tentacle passed through the void and returned to the starting point.
Taking this opportunity, Milo finally saw clearly what was following him in the darkness.
A corpse.
The reason she was sure it was a corpse and not a living alien was because she knew the corpse.
He was a first-year reserve student who died from being attacked by a tiger-shaped monster during the battle to recapture the energy stone. He suffered three fatal wounds on his body.
Her body was sewn together by Miroku and his assistants, who extracted the special ability tissues remaining in the heart and pancreas.
This is to prevent the corpse from degenerating, allowing humans to die as humans, and also to recycle materials.
The body parts of people with super powers are precious materials. Not only can they be used directly to charge energy, but they can also be used to make various medicines and rare items.
Milo looked back a little longer this time. After all, what had just happened allowed her to deduce one of the rules.
If you ignore a monster for too long, it will attack directly, potentially killing you instantly. Protective clothing has a limited number of uses, so avoid overusing it.
8, 9, 10.
After counting to 10 silently, she immediately turned around and continued moving forward at the same speed.
Snap, snap, snap.
It's not an illusion, the monster's speed has increased!
Miroku quickened her pace and ran, and the monster became a little faster, but not as much as she had.
Again, she deduced two rules.
If you make eye contact with a monster, its next pursuit speed will be faster - this may be related to the duration or number of eye contact.
【If you increase your speed, it will also chase you at a faster speed. 】
These rules are all derived from the same logical chain, and the mechanism seems very ordinary.
However, if you think about it carefully, you will find a terrible trap lurking at the bottom: speed.
Human physical strength and speed have their limits. If all the assumptions just made are true, it would only take a few turns to increase its speed to a level that humans cannot accept.
Whoosh——
The second round came, and Miroku deliberately didn't look back, delaying the monster's turn to attack. This time, she used the protection of her clothes to dodge the attack again, consuming another use of the magic item.
21 seconds.
This is the frequency at which the monster actively attacks, exactly the same as the first time. In other words, without turning back, it attacks once every 21 seconds.
Miroku walked forward quickly, trying to keep as much distance as possible from the monster.
Room number—repeated.
Last time I passed 102 and walked all the way to 113, and now I pass 107 again.
Dada.
Miroku couldn't help but slow down his pace, not only to conserve his energy but also to reassess the situation.
She had originally planned to use the magic item to get through all the rounds, maintain her current speed to conserve her energy, and walk to Chen Xiao'er's room without looking back. But now this strategy no longer works.
Abnormal rules are all born for hunting. This abnormal rule may not seem vicious on its own, but it is linked with space-related abilities to form a chain that can quickly strangle prey.
The next 21 seconds, the next 21 seconds, the next one—
Milo calmly used up his defenses again and again, and finally figured out the monster's spatial mechanism within three rounds totaling 1 minute.
The distance it can restrict is limited, causing the prey to trigger a cycle in a fixed space for about 30 seconds.
When I approach the edge, the anomaly activates its power, sending both me and it back to the origin. This mechanism is likely triggered only by space, as time and space are two different realms.
So 30 seconds is not a time limit, but a distance limit of my fastest movement speed x 30 seconds.
There are two simplest and quickest ways to get out of a difficult situation.
First, use special props or acceleration abilities to break through the space cycle.
second--
Professor Milo turned around suddenly, and a silver revolver appeared in his hand.
"Bang!"
The sound of a bullet firing came from the muzzle and lips at the same time.
The second way to solve the problem is to execute this anomaly!
The golden bullet drew a spiral pattern in the air and slammed into the invisible barrier, scattering sparks.
Buzz.
When the bullet is compressed to its limit, it disappears instantly.
Milo didn't hesitate, she turned around and ran forward as fast as she could.
Da da da da da.
Da da da da da.
The monster behind her was running at about the same speed as her, so the previous attack didn't cause any damage to it.
There could be many reasons, and Milo quickly locked onto one of the guesses.
Monsters are [invincible] when a certain mechanism is triggered.
This kind of invincibility should not be absolute invincibility, but a relative invincibility that greatly increases defense. If enough energy can be output instantly, it should be possible to achieve instant kill.
Unfortunately, this monster does not have sufficient intelligence. It cannot understand language and does not have real logical thinking, which completely restrains my superpowers.
The effect of the ability cannot take effect, and the special ability can only be launched directly as a bullet, which is a very unfavorable situation.
[“Do you need my help?”] The devil’s voice sounded beside you, as if a friendly friend was holding tea to your mouth.
Miroku didn't answer, so she continued, "Don't mind. Isn't that gun useful?"
"Did you tamper with the gun?"
The 21 seconds were up, and Milo didn't look back. She crushed the pearls on the pendant with her fingers, sending a cloud of smoke rising from the ground, once again avoiding harm.
"Haha, don't be so formal. It's my gun, so there's no question of tampering with it."
Milo didn't pay attention to the devil's words. She turned her head and stared at the reaction conveyed by the mist - it turned red. The red color of the mist meant that the monster had been damaged by the range of the man-made wonder - the erosion and protection mist!
"Oh, don't talk too much."
Miroku responded in the same tone, and she saw the dawn of victory.
Although the clues detected in such a short time may not be completely correct, she has already found a key to breaking the deadlock.
When you look directly at a monster or turn around, the monster remains stationary, and its defense will be greatly improved when it is stationary. Conversely, when the monster moves faster and faster, what will happen to its defense?
Then——I just need to inflict damage on it when it moves at high speed!
Click.
The bullet rotated to the designated position, and the professor raised his arm and aimed straight ahead.
"[This shot will hit my enemy]."
In order to make up for the two conditions of [the other party has no intelligence] and [the other party is not lying] and force [Judgment] to take effect, Milo coldly increased the output of his supernatural power to the maximum, and at the same time sacrificed an egg-shaped artificial wonder.
Whoosh——
"Bang!"
The moment the monster turned into a black line and jumped up, the bullet turned into a streak of light and pierced through its gray-black core.
Click, click, click.
The alienated shell shattered like a sugar ball, sublimating directly from the solid, leaving only the remains of the once human body.
Ta-da, ta-da.
Miroku walked silently towards the long-dead student and slowly squatted down beside her.
"Sorry." This sentence was not an apology for what happened just now. She insisted on using a revolver instead of energy to impact the strange object because she wanted to preserve the victim's body as much as possible.
At such a young age, they signed a vow of life and death, devoted themselves to a career with no chance of survival, and fell like a meteor... As an adult with no other options, I can only say sorry to the children who were born into such a world.
The professor gently picked up the student's body, laid her flat on a cart at the side of the corridor, and then symbolically covered her empty eye sockets with his palm - deliberately using his left hand that had not touched the devil.
She also remembered that the young man's eyes would be made into a detection-type wonder to increase the successor's chance of survival a little bit.
The professor had just entered the second of a moment of silence when he suddenly heard the sound of rustling wind.
No, that's not wind, but waves of energy.
Rustle, rustle——
As numerous shadows swept over, the professor tensed up and concentrated his special abilities on the life-saving item in his pocket.
Just before she triggered the magic object, the shadows suddenly dispersed, flew around her in all directions, and hurriedly escaped from the exhaust vents, forks and small air windows.
…
Click, click.
The sound of crisp footsteps stopped not far away, followed by a surprised cry.
"teacher?"
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