Just as he was about to step forward to bring the person out, Xiao Jin's feet suddenly collapsed—the floor had been corroded through!
In the nick of time, Xiao Jin reached out and grabbed the edge of the broken floorboards with one hand, while holding onto Yin Xin with the other.
With a quick push of her arms, she returned to the 14th floor.
After placing Yin Xin on the ground, Xiao Jin instructed A Mo to clear away the surrounding fog ghosts while he carefully observed Yin Xin on the ground.
They had seen each other a few days ago. Yin Xin was perfectly fine and had never been infected before.
So her abnormality started today, or more precisely, after the appearance of the red mist. But what caused her to be like this?
As soon as Amo went out, he saw Lin Bin and his wife hanging upside down outside the window by tentacle-shaped fog ghosts.
The man's face was pale, as if his injuries hadn't healed. He frantically chopped at the tentacles with the kitchen knife; Tao Huihui had a purple ligature mark on her neck and had already fainted.
Remembering its master's words, Amo instantly darted out and bit off the tentacle. Lin Bin and his companion fell from mid-air, but were caught by Amo's snake tail.
Lin Bin was terrified. He looked at the huge red vertical pupils in front of him and felt the hairs on his body stand on end.
If he didn't have to stay awake to protect his wife, Lin Bin would have closed his eyes and fainted.
"Hiss~" Amo stuck out his tongue.
………………
On the other side, Xiao Jin, who had stood up, discovered that his combat gloves had been corroded through. The festering sores were spreading between his fingers, like a red spiderweb crawling up his arm.
"Stay put." She handed the person to Yin Hang and tore off the curtain to cover the wound on her palm.
Meanwhile, the entire apartment building has become a living hell.
Xiao Jin kicked open the emergency exit door, and the beam of his tactical flashlight pierced through the red mist, illuminating the nightmare unfolding in the stairwell.
Aunt Zhang, who had come to Xiao Jin's door to shout earlier, was now impaled on the wall by vine-like mist ghosts, her intestines hanging out in the blood mist.
The person on the other side seemed to be a fitness instructor, someone Xiao Jin had seen before. Half of his head was hollowed out, and a fog ghost was lying on top of him.
"Help...help me..." A faint cry for help suddenly came from the corner of the stairwell.
Xiao Jin raised her gun and blasted the cocoon hanging upside down on the ceiling. A man, covered in blood and gore, fell through the rain of slime. He was Old Zhao, Aunt Zhang's husband.
"Kill me..." Old Zhao grabbed her trouser leg, pus and blood flowing from his festering eyeballs: "Please..."
After a pause, Xiao Jin gripped the Shadow Dagger and precisely pierced it between his eyebrows.
Old Zhao's pupils dilated, and he fell silent instantly.
Taking this opportunity, Xiao Jin continued to wander around the building.
She'd been eating and sleeping all this time, and her body was practically rusting. Now, Xiao Jin finally had a chance to get moving.
Ten minutes later, Xiao Jin's boots crunched over the broken glass shards in the empty corridor.
Her long sword hung at her side, the blade still covered in dark green slime.
During this time, she encountered no fewer than twenty Mist Ghosts. Some she found herself, while others were found by Xiao Jin after he broke down the door and they were hunting humans.
As a result, many people were indirectly saved.
Suddenly, the ventilation duct above Xiao Jin's head made a creaking sound.
"Bang!"
The ceiling suddenly shattered, and a giant fog demon, three meters tall, descended from the sky.
Its body was covered with a scaly, keratinous layer, and a row of sharp bone spurs protruded from its spine. Saliva dripping from between its fangs corroded the ground, creating wisps of white smoke.
"Something's not right..." Xiao Jin's pupils contracted slightly, and he retreated rapidly.
The fog demon roared and pounced, its claws lashing out. Xiao Jin pushed off the wall for leverage, flipping himself in mid-air.
The blade flashed like a silver moon, striking precisely the soft membrane of its elbow joint.
"Roar—" The Mist Demon howled in pain and pulled back its arm, but what spurted from the wound was not green blood, but thick black mist.
Xiao Jin landed and tumbled, the black mist brushing past her back, and the sign behind her was instantly corroded into a pool of molten iron.
But instead of retreating, she advanced.
The moment the long sword in his right hand lashed out and pierced the monster's eye socket, his left hand had already shoved the gun muzzle into its wide-open mouth.
With a twist of the blade, foul-smelling black blood gushed out. The trigger was pulled repeatedly, emitting a series of flashes and muffled sounds.
[Ding—Player has defeated a special Mist Demon, earning +500 points]
Special Mist Demon? That makes sense!
Xiao Jin raised an eyebrow. If everyone gets 100 points, how long will it take to kill them all?
To be honest, she had indeed been spoiled by the points rewards from the previous world. She looked down on the mere tens of thousands of points earned from a single dungeon run.
"Huh? What's this?!"
As the monster crashed to the ground and dissipated into black mist, a syringe emitting a blue glow was left on the ground.
Xiao Jin bent down to pick up the syringe, feeling a cold touch on her fingertips.
【Name: Purifying Serum】
[Effect: Reduces erosion level by 10% (stackable)]
So that's where you were waiting for me!
"No upper limit..." Xiao Jin stroked the syringe thoughtfully.
This time we've finally found a way to deal with the increasing erosion!
As long as she remains in this game world, the level of corruption on her body will continue to rise. If she grows to a certain point, Yin Xin's appearance will be Xiao Jin's future appearance.
However, the [Purification Serum] obtained from killing special Mist Demons can effectively control the spread of toxins.
It has to be said, games are really good at scheming.
Now that Xiao Jin knows about the existence of the [Purifying Serum], he must work even harder.
Her current erosion level is 5%.
It's a little longer than before, but it's still not time to use the [Purifying Serum].
Therefore, Xiao Jin put his things away, turned around, took his knife, and continued upstairs to search for the Fog Ghost's whereabouts.
………………
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Jin pushed her way to the top floor, but she didn't encounter a single special fog ghost along the way.
However, she encountered two problems—
In the hazy mist, the Fog Demon quietly appeared, about to extend its demonic claws at the two aboriginal people. It slowly opened its sharp mouth full of fangs.
They were two young and beautiful women, their faces pale with terror, their eyes filled with helplessness and despair.
Just then, Xiao Jin came up.
The moment they saw her, the two beauties' eyes lit up, and they immediately cried out.
"Please, save us."
Xiao Jin subconsciously turned around to look.
Two women dressed in revealing pajamas were seen huddled inside the broken fitting room.
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