Something is approaching!
Extremely fast! The target was clearly locked onto her! It was hurtling towards her from the depths of the black mist like an arrow released from a bow!
This isn't just any ordinary mutant! That sense of being locked on, that lightning-fast, oppressive speed... it's a hunter! A top-tier hunter!
"Not good!" Xiao Jin's hair stood on end instantly! A more deadly warning scream than when facing the three mutants at the base!
Without any hesitation, and disregarding the excruciating pain and weakness in her body, she unleashed her last strength, smashing through the steel plate blocking the door like a cannonball and rushing out of the sunroom!
Almost the next second after she rushed out—
Boom!!!
A dark shadow carrying a foul stench crashed down like a meteorite onto the spot where Xiao Jin had just been curled up!
The sturdy tempered glass shattered like paper! Countless shards rained down in all directions! The entire sunroom shook violently from the immense impact, groaning under the strain!
Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, a bizarrely shaped mutant slowly straightened its body.
It could still vaguely make out the outline of a human, but its whole body was covered with a pitch-black exoskeleton like an insect's exoskeleton, with sharp bone spikes protruding from its joints.
One arm has mutated into a huge, scythe-shaped bone blade with edges gleaming with a metallic cold light, while the other arm is raised high like a scorpion's tail, with a sharp, poisonous stinger that gleams with a ghostly green light at the end!
What's most chilling is its head—its features are twisted and deformed, its eye sockets are sunken, and two points of cold, cruel, yet somewhat familiar dark red light burn within them!
A player! This thing was definitely a powerful player in its previous life!
Xiao Jin vaguely remembered that a player in the base had a similar aura to this mutant.
Does a player retain some of their fighting instincts and bizarre abilities after dying and being infected and becoming a mutant?
Xiao Jin's guess was correct, but these people could only use their own enhanced abilities and could not use the items in the survival game.
——
Its dark red compound eyes were fixed on Xiao Jin, who had just escaped, and its split lips curled into a ferocious arc full of mockery and destructive desire.
The next second, it moved!
It moved so fast that it left a blurry afterimage in its place!
The massive scythe-like bone blade tore through the air, slashing down with a piercing shriek! The attack angle was cunning and ruthless, completely unlike the brute force of ordinary mutants!
Xiao Jin's pupils shrank sharply, and his body rolled sideways with a clumsy yet extreme effort!
Sizzle!
The bone blade grazed her back, cleaving a deep trench in the ground! Debris flew everywhere! The chilling killing intent almost froze Xiao Jin's blood!
We can't beat them!
With just one glance, Xiao Jin made the most ruthless judgment!
This mutant, transformed from a player, completely outclasses all the monsters she has encountered before in terms of speed, strength, and combat skills!
Given her current condition, even with props to stop her, a direct confrontation would be a certain death for her!
So the only chance of survival is to stall! Stall until we return!
run!
Thinking of this, Xiao Jin did not hesitate and turned around to run desperately into the deeper and more complex ruins and alleys of the urban village!
Behind me came the mutated creature's angry roar and the relentless, heavy footsteps that followed, like the drumbeats of death striking my heart.
A desperate escape! A race against time!
The next two hours became the longest and darkest two hours of Xiao Jin's life.
This was the first time she had ever been so disheveled in a survival game.
Xiao Jin was like a rabbit being chased by a falcon, desperately navigating through the maze-like ruins and alleyways. Every rapid breath was accompanied by the heavy smell of blood and the burning pain in her lungs.
However, although Xiao Jin was chased like a grandson, the mutants that followed didn't fare any better.
Taking advantage of the terrain's complexity, Xiao Jin repeatedly laid traps behind him as the mutants pursued him.
They secured it with wire tripwires, piled up loose bricks and stones at corners to create landslides, and even buried several miniature landmines in its path!
Boom! Boom!
The flashes and shockwaves from the explosions could occasionally briefly slow down the monster, eliciting a few furious roars, but they could not cause fatal injuries.
More often than not, Xiao Jin would summon pieces from "Flying Chess" to block the mutants with a large number of summoned creatures.
"go!"
Amidst flashes of light, summoned creatures of various shapes appeared. Small figures in red, blue, green, and yellow, wielding weapons, fearlessly charged towards the terrifying being that was hot on their heels!
However, faced with absolute power and speed, these summoned creatures are like moths drawn to a flame!
Click!
The little people's weapons, along with their bodies, were instantly cleaved in two by the enormous scythe-like bone blade! They were then sent flying, wailing as they turned into specks of light and vanished!
Each sacrifice of a summoned creature only bought Xiao Jin a few seconds to catch her breath. This series of actions drained her already depleted mental energy.
On several occasions, Xiao Jin was even caught up by the mutants.
As time went on, her body swelled with wounds, old ones bursting open and new ones appearing. The purifying serum had long been exhausted in the repeated suppression of erosion and wound infection.
Xiao Jin had no choice but to endure it!
With unwavering willpower, he suppressed the rampant pollution raging within his body, enduring the excruciating pain from each unavoidable attack with his numb form!
Her vision became increasingly blurred, and the darkness rose like a tide. In the end, Xiao Jin's erosion level had exceeded 95%!
The dark purple veins beneath her skin throbbed like living things, as if they were about to burst forth from her body at any moment! The frantic babbling in her mind almost overwhelmed Xiao Jin's reason!
Hang in there... You must hang in there!
The countdown pounded wildly in Xiao Jin's mind: Ten minutes! Only ten minutes left!
After turning a corner piled with construction debris, the view suddenly opened up – it was a dead-end alley blocked by collapsed high-rise buildings on both sides!
It’s over!
Xiao Jin's heart sank to the bottom! She no longer had the strength to control 'Gift of Ice and Snow' to fly away.
Behind them, the suffocating stench and heavy footsteps were already approaching! The player, transformed into a mutant, blocked the only exit! In their dark red compound eyes, a cruel, cat-and-mouse-like pleasure gleamed.
There is no way out!
"Huff... There's nothing we can do about it..." Xiao Jin leaned against the cold, hard, broken wall, breathing heavily, each breath carrying blood foam.
At this moment, the wounds all over her body were screaming wildly, their corrosive force like a red-hot iron, searing her soul. Reason, like the last dam, was teetering on the brink of collapse!
"Hiss~"
As if sensing its master's predicament, Amo, who had been suppressed all along, still ran out despite Xiao Jin's orders.
As soon as it appeared, it transformed into a giant python in front of Xiao Jin, with half of its body dragging on the ground and the other half of its thick body taut and arched.
His vertical pupils were fixed on the alley entrance, his expression menacing.
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