The players who arrived earlier were powerless against the flesh and blood below; they had already been absorbed, and going down now would be tantamount to suicide.
The blood vessels covering the surface of the flesh throb occasionally, and with each pulsation, a human face would bulge out from them.
With their sunken eyes fixed on the sky, their lives were forever frozen at the moment they screamed for help.
Sheh felt tormented, but she didn't miss any unusual detail. She counted and found that more than thirty human faces appeared.
"This flesh and blood will eat people, and the stench here is even more pungent. The main part of the flesh and blood is right here."
"The tower is the meeting point. Choosing it here will allow us to capture all the players at once. This was Shen Shu's intention."
After observing for a long time without finding Shen Shu, Shi Jinzhe raised the height of the paper airplane, activated the defensive formation, and moved away from the putrid flesh and blood.
Shekh breathed a sigh of relief, and regardless of the presence of outsiders, she hugged him tightly and buried herself in his arms.
The sensory enhancements brought about by the two molting evolutions are, at times, devastating, especially the olfactory system, which is inevitably subjected to torture as long as she needs to breathe.
Fortunately, her second evolution has allowed her to no longer regulate her discomfort through deep sleep, and she can now tolerate it by simply enduring it.
"Hey, look, something's lit up."
Jiang was at a lower altitude than them and could see that two of the thirteen points of fire on the ground suddenly burst into flames and rose higher.
Amidst the raging flames, two crystal stones appeared in the groove.
"It's a trap, used to lure players." Jiang Yi's eyes were connected to the ghosts, allowing him to see the situation on the ground very clearly.
After she finished speaking, a paper airplane appeared in the distance.
Five people were crammed onto a paper airplane. When they saw Shi Jinzhe in the sky, the group, which had been hesitating, immediately descended.
They had no crystals, but they had to go down even though they knew it was dangerous.
The overloaded paper airplane swayed and fell, and Jiang suddenly shouted to the five people: "Hey, I advise you not to go down yet, it's a trap, it's very dangerous."
The five people on the paper airplane looked at each other, but in the end decided to land.
The four people above are clearly no match for them. If they don't take advantage of the fact that no one is around to steal the crystal now, they'll have even less of a chance.
Besides, players in a dungeon are always in competition, and the person who warns you of danger might be more difficult to deal with than the "danger" itself.
Seeing the group accelerate their descent without hesitation, Jiang Yinxue shook her head: "Your reminder will only make them think more."
"Thinking too much is the right thing to do. Only by thinking too much will people think I have ulterior motives. Someone has to go down and test what's going on with this flesh and blood."
Jiang ascended to a higher altitude, preparing to avoid danger in advance.
Judging from the current situation, even if these people are not capable enough, they will not be able to get out of this dungeon.
They went down there to compete for crystals, but a team that hasn't won a single crystal by the third day and arrives late is likely not competitive enough; even if they manage to grab a crystal, they won't be able to hold onto it.
"Since I'm going to die anyway, I'm just making the most of what I have."
Detached from his usual carefree and playful demeanor, Jiang Nan revealed a cold and ruthless side befitting a high-level player.
On the ground, the five people who were about to land first used their skills to attack the flesh and blood a few times. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, the first person cautiously came down.
He hopped a few times, feeling as if he were walking on a sponge, and nodded to his teammates, "No problem, come down."
The second person to jump down said, "I knew it. That woman really didn't want us to get the crystal first."
"Two crystals, fight for them if you can, whoever gets them keeps them."
"Okay, it's settled then."
"I'm fine with it too."
The five people landed one by one. The first person put away the paper airplane and walked towards the direction where the crystal was.
The foul-smelling wind rushed into his nostrils, and before he could take his first step, he froze abruptly.
A fleshy tentacle wrapped around his leg from the ground. The cracked and then coalesced tissue rapidly enveloped the first person's body. He didn't even have time to beg for mercy before he became part of the flesh beneath his feet.
Then came the second, the third... the sticky flesh seemed to grow wildly into people's bodies, and in the blink of an eye, it assimilated the remaining four people.
Like those thirty-odd people, they all became part of the despairing corpses, their lifeless pupils still reflecting the two paper airplanes high in the sky.
Shi Jinzhe saw all of this clearly, standing on the edge of the paper airplane and looking down at the sky: "Knowing how to lure players with crystals and even deceive them, waiting to collect the items before launching an attack, I don't know if it's Shen Shu controlling them, or if these flesh and blood are inherently conscious. I personally lean towards the latter."
"The entire city was covered; he couldn't handle that much capacity. It was flesh and blood that were controlling it."
Shekh stood with him on the edge, his arm outstretched, black-gold corrosive liquid dripping from his fingertips.
"Pfft..."
White smoke rose from the ground, dark red flesh twitched, and a charred burn mark appeared on the surface.
Seeing this, Shekh accelerated the corrosion of these disgusting things.
Suddenly, a twisted and maniacal laugh came from below.
Shen Shu's body separated from that flesh and blood, and his skin-and-bones face was filled with flesh and blood, returning to normal human aesthetics, no longer looking like that skeleton.
He laughed maniacally, his pupils darting back and forth in different directions, and something seemed to be constantly moving under his skin, occasionally bulging out.
At the same time, the paper doll that Shi Jinzhe was carrying quickly changed color, from white to black: "It's a big boss."
"So ugly."
Shekh spoke frankly, turning his face to the other side to divert attention.
A fleshy monster dressed in human skin, stinking inside and out.
Shen Shu's upward-rolled pupils stared at the sky, both eyes locking onto Shi Jinzhe at the same time.
Upon smelling the life-giving aroma in the air, his face once again displayed that frenzied expression, and he trembled with excitement.
"It's the taste of life... I need life, more life..."
Shekh turned his head sharply, his gaze meeting the eyes of the monster in human skin.
The monster that descended into Shen Shu's body was quickly sealed away by the indestructible petrification, its face still bearing a maniacal smile.
The stone statue was stuck in flesh and blood, yet no one felt any relief.
The flesh and blood are still there, the monster is not dead, only the body is sealed away, and not a single piece of the rotting flesh of the Block City is missing.
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