Strong scarlet tentacles clung to the walls and the ground, crawling out of the darkness.

A familiar yet unfamiliar aura came over me.

Ni Ji retreated slowly with hesitation. There was light where he was, in the damp and cold underground. Orange-red flames flickered behind him, and there were occasional explosions.

The fire was caused by Ni Ji. He went down all the way, collecting all the fuel, explosives, and various powerful weapons he could find along the way. He used explosives all the way and launched a strong assault. Wherever he went, there were deafening explosions and blazing flames.

When we got underground and looked up, we saw that the sky was so far away that we couldn't see it, and on both sides there were layers of tall buildings.

The underground city was so huge that it was terrifying, with three-dimensional crisscross pipes and floors suspended high in the air, and clusters of burning red flames lit up everywhere.

The burning fires were like starlight. Although they could not burn through the darkness, they illuminated the bloody path that the sentinels had to take as they fought their way through thorns and weeds.

The orange-red firelight illuminated half of Ni Ji's body. His hand tightly grasped the long knife, and sticky blood was dripping down. His other hand carried an anti-gravity weapon on his shoulder.

Covered in blood, he had no idea how many days he had been fighting.

How is it possible to get in here before my body collapses? It's a miracle.

Finally, I found that familiar breath.

Unfortunately, before they could even have a moment of joy, a huge and strange creature emerged from the darkness.

Like Lin Yuan, but too certain.

“She” doesn’t even know herself?

Ni Ji stared at the tentacles carefully, trying to find a familiar face between the intertwined arms and legs.

The tentacles, full of murderous intent, rushed towards him from all directions.

Ni Ji raised the anti-gravity gun in his hand.

This is the weapon he found in the dungeon. It is a powerful weapon from the peak period of human technology. It is so powerful that just one shot can crush everything within the caliber range into a meat pie.

Ni Ji aimed the muzzle of his gun at the pillar in front of him and pulled the trigger. Even the sturdy superstructure could not withstand such a destructive weapon of the same era.

The gravity in the space was increased several times, the wide pillars were flattened in an instant, and the roof collapsed.

The crash of building materials spread across the ground, pinning the tentacles and temporarily blocking their path.

Ni Ji pulled back, but the tentacles quickly surged to catch up.

The huge dark red tentacles slammed into the wall, making a loud noise.

Very strong, very fast. Not Lin Yuan, not at all like her, Ni Ji kept repeating to herself in her heart.

Just a creature of the same species as her spirit.

No, it won't be her.

She will never forget me.

A tentacle suddenly emerged from the ground and instantly wrapped around his calf. As Ni Ji leaned forward, he raised the red blade in his hand and chopped at the tentacle.

The sentry had excellent dynamic vision. Even if it was only for a moment, he could still see the skin of the tentacle under the knife light.

There is a clear dividing line on that tentacle, where the skin color is distinct and the upper and lower parts have completely different skin colors.

The skin above the boundary is obviously more tender and lighter.

It was obvious that the limbs had been cut off by a blade and then grown again.

It wasn't too long ago that it was cut off, just within the past few months.

In the golden tree contaminated area, it was brutally cut into pieces with a sharp knife by a monster with a pig's head and a human body.

Ni Ji's knife was blocked.

In his hand, there was a red blade that was extremely sharp and could cut off everything in the world, which was frozen in mid-air.

"Cut it off quickly! Don't hesitate, or you won't be able to escape." A strange sharp sound came from the handle of the knife.

Ni Ji recognized the tentacle.

It had slapped the back of his hand, liked to entangle his ankles, liked to take off his socks and gloves, and once, it had slipped into his collar along his skin when he was not paying attention.

Of all Lin Yuan's tentacles, this one is the one that often troubles him.

But was it also the hair that touched him? It gave him comfort, hooked his fingers around his, and led him into the warm courtyard.

Ni Ji still remembered the last time it was chopped off, it pitifully held up its severed arms and legs to show him, and leaned over to tell him how painful it felt.

The red demon sword pressed against the dark red skin of the tentacle, but it couldn't cut through it.

Ni Ji recognized the tentacle, but the tentacle did not recognize Ni Ji.

It tightly grasped the sentry's calf and dragged him down fiercely, throwing him to the ground. Dozens of tentacles emerged, pinning the sentry down with all their might.

The sentry threw away his sharp sword, used his wrist strength to pry open the slippery tentacles, and struggled with all his strength among the surging swarm of tentacles.

He pried open almost all the tentacles and was almost able to escape from the sticky tentacles, but he was locked at the ankles again and dragged back fiercely.

More tentacles appeared, completely restraining him.

Yueyao and Yuetui were restrained, their wrists were pressed above their heads, and even their throats were strangled, making it difficult for them to breathe.

Ni Ji struggled for a while, but there was no room to move.

"Let me see what I caught?" A familiar voice sounded from somewhere, "What is this? It's warm, soft, sweet, and full of moisture. An interesting fellow."

The voice was light and floating, it was Lin Yuan's voice, but he was saying something strange.

It seemed very far away from here, yet it seemed to be whispering in his ear.

"Sister Lin Yuan. He is a human being, a real human being, a living person, a sentinel." Teng Lu followed. She stood in the distance, wearing the white dress, and said with a smile.

Tied up by the tentacles, Ni Ji began to struggle frantically.

"Hush, don't move. Good sentry, I don't want to hurt you." Lin Yuan's voice rang in his ears.

It was like coaxing a pet that was struggling in her hands, or coaxing a doll she liked.

The smooth and cool touch pressed against Ni Ji's erect neck, bounding his throat and gently caressing his protruding Adam's apple.

Warn him that if he doesn't listen, he will be brutally strangled to death the next moment.

Along with the sound of wet water, it seemed that many huge monsters were approaching in the darkness.

In the dim and flickering firelight, a pale-skinned, eyeless monster slowly crawled over, dragging its long tail. It scrambled on a broken stone wall, stretched out its long white neck, bared its sharp fangs at Ni Ji on the ground, and let out a deep, low roar.

One of its arms was cut off by gunpowder, and the broken part was charred. It was the enemy that Ni Ji had fought fiercely on a certain floor when he approached here.

Another mutant stumbled in, hung upside down on the roof, opened its mouth, and let out a series of weird, human-like laughs at Ni Ji. One of its wings on the back was cut off by Ni Ji's sharp blade.

One by one, the monsters slowly surrounded them, lingered nearby, and stared at the human with their teeth bared. This human burned and killed all along the way, injuring many of their companions. Their hearts were filled with hatred for this human, and they wished they could rush forward and tear him apart alive.

Some of them can talk, speak human language, and swear.

Some can only make guttural sounds that belong to beasts, expressing angry emotions.

"Sister has found your toys too." Fujilu followed and watched, "They are very interesting. You can try to increase their sensitivity, and they will show a cuter look."

"But be careful. Their minds are very fragile, and they can be completely ruined if you're not careful. Once they're ruined, there's no point. There's nothing in their minds, just an empty shell."

Next to Fujilu stood a new sentry, eyeless and with a dull look.

An ignorant and unconscious puppet, a toy that belongs to her.

A mess of monsters were all around, some hanging and some standing, their eyeless faces staring at the human on the ground who was captured by the tentacles.

The sentry wanted to struggle to his feet.

A slender, white arm stretched out from between the surging tentacles.

There was a black and white bracelet on the fair wrist.

Ni Ji's pupils shrank. That was the bracelet he gave to Lin Yuan.

The dense group of tentacles parted a gap, revealing a small porcelain-white face, Lin Yuan's face.

The flickering light and shadow of the flame swayed on the familiar face of Ni Ji.

There was no human expression on Zhang's pale face, and his pair of golden pupils stared at Ni Ji coldly.

Ni Ji was pressed to the ground, with all his vital parts restrained. He could only raise his head with difficulty and look at her with his eyes narrowed.

He watched intently as a familiar arm slowly approached him.

The cold skin touched his eyebrows and blocked his vision.

A powerful will penetrated through the cold touch and invaded his world mercilessly.

In the past, when the two of them were training together, Lin Yuan was extremely careful every time he entered his mental picture, meticulous and gentle, for fear that excessive movements would cause him some harm.

Now her cold spiritual power penetrated the deep sea and invaded his world without mercy. She didn't recognize herself and didn't care whether she was injured or not.

Ni Ji didn't know what Lin Yuan had encountered.

Her upper body still maintained a human form, while her lower body was made up of countless surging tentacles. Her golden pupils were cold and ruthless.

Weird and cold, with a strong sense of inhumanity.

She even lost all her human memories and common sense.

Ni Ji called Lin Yuan's name and asked her what happened.

In that mental picture, he approached her in Lin Yuan's favorite killer whale form.

But Lin Yuan did not respond to his calls and inquiries, and even roughly controlled his spiritual body.

They are deep underground, surrounded by dangers and powerful enemies, and Lin Yuan has lost his memory.

If the two of them confront each other and fight to the death, it will only cause internal friction and there will be no possibility of escape.

Ni Ji finally closed his eyes and gave up resisting Lin Yuan.

The white arm covering the sentry's eyebrows was retracted.

The sentinel, who had suffered a mental invasion, completely weakened his limbs.

He was already at the end of his strength, and he had fought all by himself to the bottom of the dungeon, fighting desperately for such a long time, relying only on his determination to hold on.

Now that the mental picture has been shattered, I feel relieved.

The whole body felt as if it was empty. Weakness and pain, fatigue and drug reactions all took their toll on the body, and even the strongest person could not stand it.

The fires burning in the ruins crackled and occasionally exploded, sending sparks flying everywhere.

The fire is bright.

Countless monsters and enemies surrounded him and stared at him.

But he could only lie there, disarmed, without control of his body, looking his most vulnerable.

The tentacles fiddled with his limbs, curiously lifting and lowering his bloody hands and feet, placing them in different positions, as if they were treating a toy that they found interesting and novel.

Simple and too cruel.

Ni Ji closed his eyes and, under the gazes of countless monsters around him, tried to curl up his body a little.

Come on, he said to himself.

Don't do this to me, Lin Yuan.

Not here, not in front of these monsters.

Linyuan.

He injected himself with too much medicine. His body's endurance had already reached its limit.

He might have been able to hold on a little longer. But his strong willpower was crushed by Lin Yuan's invasion, and the side effects of the drugs started to take effect, overwhelming his body.

Ni Ji felt that every blood vessel in his body was twitching, his body began to feel cold, and his limbs were completely out of control.

He lay there, unable to move. This made him feel very uncomfortable, as if he had returned to the past, with enemies everywhere. He was alone, and no one could give him a little warmth.

He really wanted Lin Yuan to hear his voice, to touch his head like he used to, and to stop bullying him.

But Lin Yuan didn't remember him.

A wave of despair washed over him, cold as if he were trapped under a glacier.

At this time, the tentacle that had been severed loosened his neck. Ni Ji didn't know where it was going or what it was going to do to him.

It crawled across his face, swam up, and finally rubbed his head.

The long tentacles twisted and entangled, covering Ni Ji's curled up body, wrapping Ni Ji in the middle of the tentacles.

【He said he didn’t want to be here.】

【No other people.】

Ni Ji, who was hidden by the tentacles, heard Lin Yuan talking and said to the monsters around him, "Get lost."

The sound is very clear, and the water ripples out like waves.

"This sentinel is terrible. He cut off my wings and hurt many companions. We all want to see how you punish him." said the huge mutant with broken wings.

It hated the sentry who broke its arm, and bared its teeth, as if it wanted to swoop down from the roof and bite off the sentry's throat.

But the strange thing is that it suppressed its "ferocity", carefully asked for Lin Yuan's opinion, and even used honorifics to address Lin Yuan.

"Yes, kill him."

"He burned my arm off. It hurts."

"He cut off my wings, I will tear off one of his legs."

"Want to see? He screamed."

"See? He's crying for mercy."

The mutants were all talking at once. Those who couldn't speak also made angry grunts.

"Yes, Sister Lin Yuan. We want to see his miserable condition. Why did you chase us away?" said Teng Lu.

Lin Yuan's golden pupils turned and just glanced at her.

Fujilu instantly showed a look of pain and covered her head.

"Don't do this, don't do this, Sister Lin Yuan." She screamed and crawled out.

The monsters lurking in all directions flew, ran, rushed like pigs and wolves, and scattered in an instant.

The tentacles were satisfied, touched the sentinel lying on the ground, locked his wrists, lifted him up, and brought him back to their nest.

It was a vast underground cave with countless crisscrossing metal pipes on the roof.

It was dark in here, without a trace of light. The water circulation system seemed to still be functioning, with the sound of running water echoing in the dark corners.

The Sentinel was thrown to the ground of the lair, and the tentacles began to manipulate him again, some taking off his shoes, and some peeling off his bloody gloves.

Pinching his slender fingers, exploring them one by one.

The skin is warm, soft and elastic. A thin layer wraps around the tiny bones inside, and the joints are very flexible.

Give them a familiar feeling.

It was as if I had once entangled these fingers and held this hand.

This creature called the Sentinel is very interesting.

Very exciting.

Want to play with him.

The lair was quiet, dark, and safe, with only the two of them.

He said he didn't want to be outside and didn't want to be seen by others. Everything was done according to his request. But why didn't he respond?

The sentry lying on the ground did not resist as fiercely as before, but he curled up his body and hardly moved.

Let him do whatever he wants, and he won't resist when I lift his hand. When you let go, it will fall down limply.

If you shake him hard, he will call out tiredly, "Lin Yuan."

He can call out his own name, and it sounds very nice.

The tentacles just kept shaking him, making him call their names over and over again, until he could hardly make any sound.

Lin Yuan finally realized that something was wrong with his newly captured sentry toy.

His body seemed weak, his mental picture in disarray, and he might die at any moment.

She remembered what Fujiro had just said, "This creature can easily break down, so be very careful."

So fragile? This creature called a sentinel?

I didn't do anything, just shook him, and he's dying?

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

"Give me some... water." The sentinel in the dark said intermittently, "I seem to have a fever. Lin Yuan."