Thick grime and moisture condensed on the glass walls, but the overall structure was intact, and its airtightness far exceeded that of those dilapidated houses that leaked air everywhere.
At least, it can temporarily isolate some of the deadly toxic fog.
Pushing open the heavy glass door, a stale, stuffy air, mixed with the smell of dust and withered plants, rushed towards Xiao Jin.
The room was empty except for a few rotten rattan chairs and withered flowerpots.
Xiao Jin slammed the door shut behind her, leaned against the cold glass, breathed heavily, and trembled uncontrollably.
This hour-long, desperate flight completely drained her physical and mental strength. Now that she was finally able to relax, the extreme exhaustion overwhelmed Xiao Jin like a tsunami.
The physical impact is manageable, but the shock to the consciousness is even more terrifying!
Only then did Xiao Jin realize that once the erosion rate exceeded 90%, strange sounds would appear in her ears.
These insane ramblings that kept appearing in Xiao Jin's mind were like a tsunami, one wave stronger than the next!
Twisted and bizarre visions kept flashing before her eyes, as if countless cold worms were crawling under her skin!
It seemed that something was frantically assaulting the dam of her reason, trying to break free and completely devour Xiao Jin!
"Get out!" Xiao Jin hissed through gritted teeth, his festering hands trembling as he instinctively pulled out two vials of purification serum from his spatial storage.
The needle trembled violently before being plunged into Xiao Jinqi's body.
The cool liquid, carrying a powerful purifying force, flowed like a surging spring into a nearly dried-up, polluted riverbed!
The dark purple color that had been spreading wildly through Xiao Jin's veins receded rapidly like the receding tide! The screams and tearing sensations in his mind were also forcibly suppressed, as if an invisible hand had gripped his throat tightly!
Xiao Jin's body, which was on the verge of collapse, finally got a chance to catch its breath.
"Huff...huff..."
As if all his bones had been removed, Xiao Jin collapsed onto the cold, hard ground, his sweat mixed with pus and blood, leaving a small dark stain beneath him.
With difficulty, she raised her hand and took out several heavy steel plates from the space, which, with a few clangs, blocked the only entrance to the sunroom.
After doing all this, she didn't even have the strength to move a finger. Her consciousness sank into a semi-comatose abyss amidst extreme exhaustion and the brief tranquility brought on by the serum.
**……**
The 64th hour since the black fog enveloped the area.
During this time, Xiao Jin lay on the cold ground in a semi-conscious, near-death state.
Every breath was accompanied by a searing pain in my lungs, and every heartbeat felt so heavy that it seemed like it would stop at any moment.
Outside the glass dome of the sunroom, an eternally churning, impenetrable darkness stretches out, occasionally letting in a faint, bleak glimmer of light from an unknown source, illuminating the condensed grime and watermarks on the glass as if they were distorted tear stains.
The air was so stuffy it was suffocating.
Although the glass blocked most of the toxic fog, wisps of it still stubbornly seeped in, carrying a cloying, putrid stench.
Xiao Jin coughed violently, his throat filled with a strong, metallic taste of blood.
She struggled to take out a compressed oxygen cylinder from her spatial storage. Xiao Jin had put the oxygen cylinder away earlier to escape lightly, partly because she was afraid the fox spirits would try to steal it.
The cold oxygen, carrying a metallic smell, rushed into my lungs, temporarily suppressing the burning sensation and putrid stench.
Xiao Jin had no appetite; her stomach was churning, but reason told her she needed to replenish her energy.
She forced herself to sit up, her festering fingers trembling as she tore open a packet of high-energy nutritional paste.
Then, the thick, tasteless paste, like chewing wax, was mechanically and slowly stuffed into her throat, forcing her to swallow it while suppressing the urge to vomit.
Every swallow felt like swallowing a razor blade.
Just swallowed the last bite—
Bang! Crash!
A dull thud suddenly came from the building outside the sunroom!
Xiao Jin's nerves tensed up instantly!
Something's coming.
She sprang up like a startled cheetah, her body pressed against the inner steel plate, her right hand already gripping the long knife tightly.
Through the blurry glass covered in grime, Xiao Jin could vaguely see a huge, hunched black shadow wandering and crashing outside.
Xiao Jin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
Thankfully, it's not too bad; there's only one! It's probably a mutant that wandered over!
But then, a flash of ferocity appeared in Xiao Jin's eyes.
We can't let it keep crashing like this!
If the noise attracts more mutants, this fragile sunroom will instantly turn into ruins!
Xiao Jin took a deep breath of the cold oxygen and suddenly pushed open the steel plate blocking the door a crack! Her body slid out like a ghost!
Her body is too weak right now; we can't delay, we must finish this quickly.
The battle was brief but intense!
The mutant was quite strong, but relatively clumsy. Xiao Jin used the narrow terrain of the surrounding ruins and his remaining speed advantage to maneuver around it.
The shattered blade's edge repeatedly left deep, bone-revealing cuts at its vital joints!
Finally, a precise freeze shot stopped the aberration's movements, and the blade pierced its skull, ending the battle.
However, even though Xiao Jin was very careful, she was still a beat too slow when dodging a pounce, which resulted in her left arm being scraped hard by the mutant's sharp claws!
Sizzle!
The already festering flesh was torn open, leaving an even larger piece! The wound was so deep that the bone was visible!
Even more terrifying, an ominous blackish-purple hue instantly appeared around the wound, spreading outwards at a visible speed! The rate of erosion surged wildly once again, like a lit fuse!
Damn it!
After killing the mutant, Xiao Jin's face turned ashen, and the intense pain and dizziness caused by the rapidly increasing erosion made her almost unable to stand.
Without any hesitation, she immediately retreated back into the sunroom, blocked the entrance again with a steel plate, and then, trembling, pulled out the third vial of serum and plunged it into her arm!
The injection of the cool liquid temporarily suppressed the rampant spread of the polluted blackish-purple color, but it could not soothe the excruciating pain.
**……**
The 70th hour since the black fog enveloped the area.
The hissing sound of the compressed oxygen cylinder became the only sound in the sunroom, like the sigh of a dying person.
Xiao Jin huddled in the corner, her festering body trembling slightly from the excruciating pain and cold. The suppressive effect of the serum was weakening, and the rate of erosion, like a treacherous poison ivy, was quietly climbing back above 85%.
The darkness in his vision was like a sticky slick of oil, writhing wildly and transforming into all sorts of distorted and bizarre scenes before Xiao Jin's eyes.
She forced herself to stay awake, silently counting down the time until her return—less than two hours left! She had to hold on!
But just then!
A chilling, bone-piercing, and purely malicious throbbing sensation suddenly and unexpectedly pierced Xiao Jin's nerve endings like a high-voltage current!
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