Chapter 592 Familiar Enemy
The "thoughts" flowing into my mind were chaotic and fragmented, far from being complete wisdom, but more like a series of consecutive instinctive keywords. And clearly, these "thoughts" came from the cat in front of me—perhaps one cat, or perhaps the collective reaction of the whole group.
Yu Sheng's expression froze for a moment, and he suddenly looked up.
The fox beside him was already watching nervously, worried that something might happen when Yu Sheng interacted with the "cat." He quickly asked, "My benefactor, are you alright?"
While she was talking, she had already tucked her two tails under her arms, ready to unleash a barrage of attacks at the slightest provocation.
“There’s an intruder,” Yu Sheng said, getting up and pressing down on Hu Li’s tail. “In the alley—the cat is hiding from them.”
Little Red Riding Hood instinctively turned her gaze to the alley outside the door. She couldn't see anything suspicious in the misty alley, but she still immediately manipulated the wolves to scatter around the bookstore and began to check all the shadowy crevices.
She then quickly asked, "What kind of intruder?"
“Cats are hard to explain. They only have the simplest ‘instincts,’ not even consciousness,” Yu Sheng frowned. He saw the group of cats in the corner quickly shrink into a thick shadow, with most of their eyes closed, only a few pale, faintly glowing eyes still nervously looking out. “Even if the king came, he probably wouldn’t be able to communicate with them.”
Little Red Riding Hood asked, somewhat puzzled, "When did you become able to understand what these 'cats' in the alleyways meant?"
Yu Sheng thought for a moment, then stroked his chin somewhat uncertainly: "...I suspect I don't know when I aggravated these cats..."
little Red Riding Hood:"……?"
As he spoke, Yu Sheng had already left that corner. After checking the rest of the bookstore, he walked out and returned to the dark alley. His gaze swept around and he noticed that the thin mist that had been permeating the alley had somehow thickened.
In the drifting fog, the buildings across the road seemed even farther away.
This strange place has undergone another change that was not recorded in the documents—the alley is widening.
“Although I don’t know what’s going on yet, I feel like something’s starting to feel off around us,” Eileen said nervously, holding a frying pan in one hand and grabbing Yu Sheng’s hair with the other. “Yu…Yu Sheng, do you feel something getting closer? And it suddenly feels cold all around us.”
"I sensed it. It seems like we 'triggered' something when we entered the bookstore." Yu Sheng frowned, his mind racing with various thoughts.
Entities in other realms act according to rules and instincts, but rarely show fear or retreat, unless they are special individuals with complex intelligence. The cats in the dark alleys that hiss at everything they see obviously do not have such high intelligence—but they are all hiding in the old bookstore now. Why is that?
Does the intruder possess a characteristic that can counter them?
Something that doesn't bleed, or even has no flesh and blood?
The cats and the intruders definitely fought... They were driven into the used bookstore under duress... The intruders are invisible to the naked eye and can alter their surroundings...
"Did the documents mention what those 'humanoid entities' appearing deep in the alleys looked like?" Yu Sheng suddenly asked.
“There’s no detailed description,” Little Red Riding Hood said quickly, riding on the wolf. “Witnesses said those things can become invisible, and you can only occasionally see a blurry humanoid outline during a fight. They’re very difficult to deal with; even seasoned spirit detectives who escaped with only half their lives left…”
Yu Sheng frowned. The limited information was not enough to analyze anything, but combined with the clues he had found along the way, some guesses had begun to emerge in his mind. Just then, Luna, who had been on guard all the way, reacted.
Before anyone could react, Luna suddenly looked in a certain direction, then leaped up, her figure ghostly passing through the mist, her blade piercing through the air.
Suddenly, the fog twisted, revealing the coldness and malice beneath. A tall, humanoid silhouette materialized from the fog, and a heavy sword rose up, blocking Luna's blade with a piercing metallic noise.
A hollow, towering brass knight stumbled back several steps from the mist, the shockwaves from the collapse of the concealment field appearing on his heavy armor.
Upon seeing this, Eileen exclaimed, "It really is these things!"
Without saying a word, Yu Sheng immediately flipped the safety on the blood grenade, pressed the detonation button, and threw it in front of him. A dull cracking sound rang out. This specially made "grenade" did not produce any shrapnel or explosive damage, but it instantly released a large area of blood mist, which strangely condensed in mid-air.
Yu Sheng instantly established a connection with the blood mist and then controlled it to continue spreading rapidly in all directions.
The fog thinned, but it did not affect its function. One after another, the hazy outlines were no longer concealed in the blood fog. The concealment field was eroded and disturbed, and there were messy and broken streams of light all around.
Several bronze knights appeared in the alley, raised their heavy swords, and charged towards Yu Sheng and his group without hesitation.
The alleyway continued to expand, and the fog seemed to blur the "boundaries" of this strange place. In the gradually widening open space, more figures were gradually emerging.
Everything happened in an instant. Luna locked onto the nearest enemy and charged forward again before the hollow armor could make a move. The knight's force field greatsword swung like the wind, and the charged plating on the surface of the brass armor shimmered with a dazzling light. However, in the face of the artificial saintess's accelerated offensive and indestructible blade, these fancy things didn't even last two seconds.
The sharp "fingernails" shattered the force field on the greatsword, tore through the energy plating, and left several fatal holes in the brass knight's body.
The knight fell, drowning in the illusion of the holy war to protect the nation. In his last moments, he proudly raised his head, as if still enjoying the enthusiastic cheers from his faith and illusion.
Luna landed on the ground, looking somewhat dazed at the fallen knight, but when a new enemy appeared in the air, she turned to fight without even a fraction of a second of hesitation.
The little doll perched on Yu Sheng's shoulder, calling out anxiously, "Hey! C-shaped buckle! You're from the same hometown! We're all from the same hometown!"
Luna swept across the battlefield like a gust of wind, uttering only two words as she passed Yu Sheng: "Enemy."
A gust of wind swept in, and another tall figure appeared at the edge of the blood mist, rushing towards him with afterimages. Seeing this, Yu Sheng could only raise his blood needle launcher and fire a burst. The tiny, sharp blood needles seemed to have a mind of their own and burrowed into the gaps in the enemy's armor, growing wildly in the hollow shell. The brass knight immediately stiffened and slowed down, staggering a few steps as if struggling for control of his body. Then, countless large and small blood-red "thorns" grew out of the gaps in his armor, and the entire armor disintegrated with a bang.
The disassembled armor was empty, with only a dark, eerie substance slowly flowing out from the cracks, like flesh and blood rotting into mud.
"Da da da..."
A series of sharp whistling sounds tore through the air as dense foxfire splashed towards the other end of the alley, weaving a scorching and rapidly expanding net of fire in the gradually widening alley. Two brass knights were directly struck by the foxfire, their protective force fields flickering violently. One of them, before his armor was burned through, hurled his heavy sword with all his might before collapsing straight into the sea of fire.
The greatsword, covered in a disintegrating force field, grazed Little Red Riding Hood's hair. She merely tilted her head slightly before continuing to command the wolves to tear apart the figures that had just emerged from the edge of the blood mist.
The alleyways are full of dim corners, and every shadow can be a "reflection" of the dark forest—more and more wolves emerge from the dark corners until they begin to overwhelm the new enemies with sheer numbers.
"Hey, hey, whatever!" Eileen yelled, no longer thinking about it, and jumped off Yu Sheng's shoulder to the ground. Then, she waved her hand, and twisted cracks appeared behind her. A dozen expressionless mass-produced dolls emerged from the cracks and began to unleash their firepower on the other side.
A single Eileen Ray could not penetrate the armor of the brass knights covered with strange force fields, but when fired in a concentrated burst, its power was still considerable. The nearest brass knight had to slow down. This tall knight held his sword horizontally, and a rapidly solidifying energy shield unfolded in front of him in the blink of an eye, blocking the barrage of rays and foxfire.
The other brass knights immediately used this as cover to begin regrouping.
But at almost the same time, Eileen's "main unit" also rushed out—the blonde doll twirled its short legs and charged through the mass-produced dolls at surprisingly fast speed. In the blink of an eye, it reached the heavily armored knight who had raised his shield, and then jumped up with all its might with a "Hey!" and smashed the pot into the enemy's knee.
A loud clang rang out, a long and resonant sound. The seemingly ordinary frying pan had shattered the thick shield that even foxfire couldn't penetrate. The knight, who was standing with his sword, staggered, and then the pan smashed his shield and half his leg into pieces. His tall armor collapsed, and after a brief twitch, it suddenly froze as if it had lost its soul, remaining motionless.
Little Red Riding Hood, who was not far away, was dumbfounded.
Even Irene herself was a little confused, let alone Little Red Riding Hood. The little doll stared blankly at the frying pan in her hand, muttering to herself, "Oh my god... this thing is so useful?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than Yu Sheng, who was closest to her, suddenly shouted, "Don't just stand there like an idiot!"
Eileen jolted awake, only then noticing a shadow above her head. Looking up, she saw a two-meter-tall suit of heavy brass armor hurtling towards her like a collapsing mountain!
Immediately afterwards, the brass knight swept his greatsword horizontally, creating a gust of wind. The little doll screamed in fright and ducked its head—and dodged the attack.
Eileen paused for a moment, and the brass knight seemed to pause for a moment as well.
The next second, Eileen stood with one hand on her hip and the other holding a pot: "Hahaha, you idiot..."
Before the little doll could finish speaking, the brass knight on the other side darted forward and stomped on her like playing whack-a-mole, crushing her to pieces.
(End of this chapter)
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