Chapter 71
The stairs of the safety passage went up layer by layer, and the sounds of hurried footsteps echoed. Su He and the other two desperate men ran up hurriedly, raising dust in the corridor and choking people.
A strange bird cry sounded behind them, and the flapping of its wings was their death warrant.
The three of them looked grim. Su He was not as fast as the Li brothers. He rolled his eyes and exclaimed "Ouch". At such a critical moment, the two brothers still turned around and stretched out their hands to him at the same time.
Su He raised his hand and placed it on the hands of the two men, and was led forward by the two brothers.
After going up two more floors, the sound behind me seemed to be thrown farther away.
Li Yi: "This way."
He took the lead and left the safe passage and ran into the corridor, looking for a room to hide. If they kept running up, they would either reach the roof, or the door on the roof would be locked, and they would be blocked in the corridor. Either way, they would die.
When Su He and Li Shou followed him into the corridor, a snake-skin centipede appeared on the wall, its terrifying head stretching towards them. They were so scared that they immediately let go and fell to the sides.
Su He's other hand was held by Li Yi. Li Yi pulled Su He up immediately and looked at Li Shou who was rolling and crawling in the other direction. The centipede's body was lying between them. There was no way and no time to waste. He could only take Su He with him to save his life.
The two men ran forward hurriedly, looking left and right for a place to hide. The snake-skin centipede looked at the two groups of people and finally chose to chase after Li Yi and the others.
As its countless legs crawled forward together, the friction made a sound that sent chills down one's spine. Cold sweat dripped from Su He's forehead. The threat of death was pressing, and he was so nervous that his vision became blurry.
Li Yi suddenly pulled him into the next room. As soon as he entered, he saw several rotten corpses, which made him stand there in a daze. Li Yi let go of him and turned around to close the door.
The moment he stretched out his hand, the huge and terrifying head of the centipede appeared. Li Yi's pupils dilated, and he chopped the centipede with the knife in his hand quite neatly. However, what he didn't expect was that the centipede's real attack was to use its countless legs to grab his left leg while his attention was on his head. Almost instantly, dozens of pairs of legs pierced into his leg. As blood gushed out, the legs moved backwards accompanied by Li Yi's screams, and effortlessly tore off half of Li Yi's leg.
Su He turned around at the sound of Li Yi's screams, his pupils shrank into two small dots, falling on Li Yi's pale face, on his left leg with jagged wounds, and on the centipede that was holding the left leg and gnawing on it.
Push him out, with him as a scapegoat, the centipede will forget about itself.
Su He thought about raising his hand, but no, if Li Shou found out, he would become suspicious of him.
The hand that reached out grabbed Li Yi's shoulder and dragged him in, closed the door, and lowered his voice: "Stop shouting!"
He dragged Li Shou into the bathroom. The monsters had no memory and would only attack based on sounds and what they saw. After the centipede ate half of the left leg, it would forget they were in the room.
Su He smelled the increasingly strong smell of blood in the bathroom, and was glad that the monster was not sensitive to the smell. He groped and held Li Yi's hand, holding it tightly, as if silently comforting Li Yi, but his face was very cold in the darkness.
Li Yi kept shaking because of the pain, but he gritted his teeth and dared not make a sound. Su He's hand became his only comfort, and he held on to it like a life-saving straw.
The man shed tears in the darkness, not because of the pain, but because of the unknown future after losing a leg.
No one dared to move, they just stayed like that. The only thing they were thankful for was that they didn't hear any more screams, at least not Li Shou's screams. They stayed like this until dawn. Su He's head shook, he almost fell asleep.
After waking up, he subconsciously let go of Li Yi's hand. Damn it, he had squeezed his hand blue.
The ground had turned blood red. Li Yi fainted due to excessive blood loss. Su He looked at Li Yi's broken leg. He carefully moved his stiff body, opened the bathroom door, stepped over the corpse on the ground, came to the door, and listened for a while against the door panel. Then he opened the door cautiously and saw Li Shou running over from the end of the corridor.
The two met eyes.
Su He's tears suddenly fell.
——
After brushing his teeth and eating a piece of bread, Ren Feng prepared to set off. There wasn't much noise from the other side last night, so he estimated that there wouldn't be too many casualties. If he met them again and they came looking for trouble, he would just kill them directly to ensure he killed them every time.
When he turned around, he saw the little octopus using its two small tentacles to put the tissue hat on its head.
Such a cute thing really deserves to be kissed to death.
Ren Feng wanted to bite it again. He squatted down and looked at the little guy who had already put on his hat. He reached out to help him straighten the folded corner. "In the human world, we bite each other after waking up in the morning. It's etiquette."
He thought the little octopus could understand him. After all, he even knew what a masturbator was used for, but he probably wouldn't understand human customs very well...
Ren Feng thought about it, looking at Chen Zui with expectation and a little guilt.
Chen Zui had been a human for so many years and had never heard of this. This human was just greedy for his body, but... look at his expectant look like a puppy. He proudly raised one of his tentacle as if to reward.
Ren Feng was delighted to see this. He first pinched the tentacles of the little octopus and kissed them to show respect, then opened his mouth and bit them gently.
That’s the taste—refreshing.
Ren Feng was very reluctant to let go, but he had no choice but to let go.
He was afraid that the little octopus would think it was going to eat him if he bit it again, so after releasing the tentacles of the little octopus, he considerately wiped the tentacles with a tissue, and then waited for the little octopus to bite him. Well, he looked at the little octopus's tiny mouth and was really not sure where it could bite him?
It turned out that he was overthinking it, Chen Zui had no intention of biting him at all.
The tentacle was thrown onto his ear and then sucked onto it with a suction cup. It flew over his head in a flash. When leaving, the tentacles rushed into Ren Feng's ears, but were all taken back by Chen Zui.
Even so, half of Ren Feng's head felt numb.
They set off, and Li Shou on the opposite side was using a red-hot iron to burn Li Yi's broken leg in order to stop the bleeding. There was no other way, they had no medical conditions, so they could only use this method.
Li Yi was about to bite off the wooden stick in his mouth, and the smell of burnt flesh almost made Su He vomit.
Finally, Li Yi fainted from the pain. Li Shou threw away the iron piece with rapid breathing, paced back and forth in the room with a gloomy face, and exuded an aura of violence.
He suddenly stopped and said, "It must be him."
He looked at Su He, who had a confused look on his face.
Li Shou repeated, "It must be him who did it."
He looked towards the house opposite, his fists clenched, and he was about to go over and kill the man to avenge his brother, but was grabbed by Su He: "Brother Shou, maybe he has left. We can't live without you at this time."
As he spoke, tears were about to fall again.
Li Shou hated to see him cry: "Don't cry, I won't abandon you."
He wanted to hug Su He but was worried about being abrupt. However, this time, Su He took the initiative to lean into his arms, crying so pitifully: "Now that my brother has become like this, I'm afraid our journey will be even more difficult. I don't know if we can reach the base before winter."
He said these words as if worriedly, stealing glances at Li Shou's reaction, and Li Shou also had a frown on his face.
From now on, Li Yi is just a burden to them.
——
The pink tentacles swept over and rolled over a signpost in the distance.
Chen lifted such a big thing with ease, and then the tentacles began to swing up and down, fanning the signboard like a fan.
The wind also cooled Ren Feng who was rushing on his way.
Ren Feng was very grateful for this: "If you are tired, take a rest."
Don't tire yourself out.
Outside the city, the road was crowded with cars. The lack of buildings on both sides made it look even more desolate. There were weeds everywhere, and scattered corpses gave off a rotting smell.
Chen Zui's tentacles swung and rolled up a backpack from near a corpse. Several tentacles reached in and began to rummage through it. When he didn't find anything useful, he threw the backpack away.
I have to say, the eight tentacles are very useful.
A group of four appeared in front of them. They just glanced at Ren Feng and continued on their way. Not long after, another person appeared behind them. Everyone did not disturb each other.
Chen Zui noticed that there was also a team moving north in the distance.
It seems that there are still many humans alive.
The sunlight was slowly blocked. Ren Feng stopped and looked up at the sky. What was about to cover the sun was not dark clouds, but a dense flock of birds.
The reaction of several groups was the same, which was to quickly find something to use as cover and hide.
Ren Feng lay down on the ground and squatted under the car.
Chen Zui got down from his head and was about to go out when he suddenly heard a "crackling" sound in his head and an electric sound was heard.
Chen Zui paused. The electric buzzing in his head continued, making him feel very uncomfortable. He heard intermittent voices: [System… System… System…]
The current sound disappears.
Chen Zui's head couldn't bear it for a moment, his eight tentacles became limp, his body fell backwards, and his big head hit the ground.
Ren Feng quickly took it back. Just as he put his hand back under the car, a shadow arrived and moved forward slowly. The surroundings were so quiet that it seemed as if there was no living thing. It made people so nervous that they dared not even breathe.
Ren Feng looked at the dizzy little octopus worriedly.
Chen Zui sat in his palm, leaning against his fingers for a while before he recovered, but he was very confused.
system?
What system?
Why did this thing appear in his head?
Why did it disappear just like that?
Could it be that this so-called system came to this world on its own?
Things seem to be starting to clear up.
But all he could do was wait. Chen Zui looked at Ren Feng, and the eyes of the man and the octopus met. The worry in the other's eyes was real.
Does all this have anything to do with you?
The dark clouds slowly drifted away, and when the sun shone again, everyone began to crawl out from everywhere as cautiously as mice.
Ren Feng: "What happened to you just now? Are you feeling unwell?"
Chen Zui jumped into his chest pocket awkwardly, fell to the bottom, and still felt a little dizzy.
Ren Feng looked at the listless little guy and did not continue on his way. Instead, he found a car and got in.
He opened a bottle of water luxuriously: "Do you want to go in and take a dip?"
Chen Zui took it out from his pocket. Ren Feng's suggestion really pleased him.
He first stretched a tentacle into the bottle through the mouth, and then one after another. After all the tentacles were in, he exerted force suddenly, and he was like a folded pink umbrella, and his big head also entered the bottle.
After soaking in the water, Chen Zui felt happy both physically and mentally.
He bounced around in the bottle like a little jellyfish.
Free and happy.
Ren Feng felt satisfied, even happy, just by looking at the little octopus.
These two emotions are truly priceless in this world. He is very lucky to have met such a cute and powerful little octopus.
"You probably don't have a name."
&nbs(InmP)p; "How about I give you a name?"
Chen Zui didn't intend to reveal the fact that he was once a human, so he didn't tell him that he had a name. He was a little curious about what name he would give himself, although he would not accept any name.
"I'll just call you Pinkdudu."
Chen Zui turned around in the water bottle and left Ren Feng with his back. If this name was any better, it wouldn't be so bad.
Ren Feng: "You don't like it?"
Chen Zui simply closed his eyes and let himself float in the Aquarius, but the Aquarius was too small after all, and at this moment he wanted to go to the sea.
"Okay, then let's change it and let me think about it again." Ren Feng started to think seriously again, his eyes staring through Chen Zui.
"That's called round?"
Chen Zui suspected that he was cursing him in a roundabout way.
I have to say that Ren Feng really has no talent for naming, but he still looks very serious.
Until dark, Ren Feng still couldn't think of a name that would make Chen Zui even slightly satisfied. Chen Zui's flattering attitude also made Ren Feng self-aware enough to give up on giving him a name.
Ren Feng covered all the car windows with the clothes in his bag. Chen Zui also came out of the water bottle. He went under the car window like a small ornament, picked up a corner of the clothes with his tentacles and looked out.
Ren Feng: "You still want to go out?"
Chen Zui was thinking, now that there was no building blocking his view, if he turned back into his original form, Ren Feng would definitely see him. Then he would know how ridiculous the names he had chosen, such as Pink and Round, were.
Chen Zui put down his clothes and turned to look at Ren Feng.
In fact, he still wanted to give it a try and see how the other party would react after knowing his true identity.
Will they be afraid of him, attack him, or hate him?
He wanted to know.
He stretched out a tentacle towards Ren Feng. The tentacle gradually became thicker and changed color, but the sound of electricity rang in his head again, forcing him to pause his actions. He put the tentacle down and it returned to its pink color.
The crackling sound in my head disappeared, replaced by a clear mechanical voice: [System bound.]
This feeling was familiar to Chen Zui, but for some reason he felt that the sound shouldn't be a mechanical one, but rather...
[Hello host, I am System 996, from the Book Transmigration Bureau.]
An indescribable sense of incongruity arose in Chen Zui's heart, but he remained silent. After glancing at Ren Feng, he turned back to the car window and covered himself with the corner of his clothes.
He did not communicate with the other party to avoid leaking any information, but just waited.
[We apologize for being online only now, as we were attacked by the Dark Bookstore when we entered the small world.]
Chen Zui got another piece of news and sneaked into the bookstore.
[Testing revealed some issues with your memory, suggesting you've forgotten the agreement you made with our Transmigration Bookstore. Let me reiterate: after your death, your soul will be chosen by our Transmigration Bookstore. As long as you complete the tasks assigned to you by our Transmigration Bookstore, you will be reborn.]
【You mean I can still come back to life? 】
[That's right, this is our first mission world. Your mission is to help the protagonist and the protagonist achieve a happy ending.]
The little octopus didn't have any eyebrows to frown, so it could only narrow its eyes slightly. The first mission world? Then why did it feel familiar when it was bound to it?
[The protagonist attacks?]
[Yes, it’s Ren Feng next to you.]
The protagonist is the most beautiful of the three people you have met before. His name is Su He. In this book, they are a couple.
Chen Zui thinks this logic is problematic. Unless this is a BE novel, since they are a couple, they just need to follow the plot. What else is needed for him to do?
But he didn't point it out directly, instead he asked: [What is the ending of this story? ]
[The ending is naturally that the protagonist and the protagonist are together. Sadistic stories are not popular nowadays.]
Chen Zui knew the answer he wanted.
What is my role then?
[Just try to facilitate their meeting and contact as much as possible. When they are together at the end of the story, you have completed the mission.]
【It seems that I am not too important in the plot.】
[In the original novel, you were just an octopus monster that appeared once in the distance from the protagonist's perspective.]
【oh--】
[Since this is my first quest world, shouldn't there be a new player gift pack? And since you made a mistake and took so long to go online, shouldn't you also compensate me?]
996: ...
Chen Zui: [Is there nothing left? Then I find it hard to believe what you said about me being able to be resurrected after completing the mission. I doubt you and your ability to travel through the bookstore.]
996: [Of course!]
996: What compensation do you want?
Chen Zui: [Just allow me to freely recover my human form and prove your strength.]
996: [Wait a moment, I'll go apply.]
Chen Zui: [Don’t forget, there’s also a newbie gift pack.]
996 turned off the voice call with Chen Zui. How could there be such a host! He kept talking about benefits! As expected, no one who cooperated with Anchuan Bookstore was a good person!
But this time it bound him first, and he was not fooled by himself.
The person chosen by the Dark Bookstore to destroy the two male protagonists, turns around and helps the two male protagonists be together.
996 thought to himself that he was a genius.
However, in order to achieve the goal, I have to give him some benefits to eliminate his vigilance.
The corners of Chen Zui's mouth curled up.
A couple who would have been together in a book, why would they need to arrange their own existence in the bookstore?
Unless there are people who secretly sneaked into the bookstore as it said, who are causing trouble.
Who could be the person who sneaked into the bookstore?
Could it be myself?
Chen Zui turned around, took the clothes off his round head, and looked at the sleeping Ren Feng. No matter what, his coming to this world was indeed related to him.
He and that Su He are a couple.
what to do?
He didn't like Su He very much.
Besides, it’s the end of the world, why do we still need to fall in love?
If Chen Zui lived in the end times, he would definitely have only one thought in his mind, which is how to survive.
in love?
It's useless.
He held his face with his tentacles. Could it be that Ren Feng was in love?
996: [I'm back, the application has been approved.]
996: [You will be able to freely return to human form in 3 seconds.]
Chen Zui stretched out his tentacles and patted Ren Feng's face.
Ren Feng was just about to fall asleep when he suddenly woke up and grabbed his tentacles and held them.
While asking him what happened, I pinched him twice.
Chen Zui did not stop him from taking advantage of the situation and gestured towards the car window.
Ren Feng couldn't help but laugh: "Are you going out hunting again?"
He really is never idle for a single day.
Ren Feng took off his clothes, then lowered the car window and touched the little octopus's round head: "Then you should come back early and don't get hurt."
Chen Zui nodded his tentacles, which was considered as a nod of agreement.
He jumped out of the car window and left the driveway like a jumping pink mushroom, disappearing into the overgrown woods below the road.
Ren Feng didn't look away until he could no longer see him, then he closed the car window and covered himself with his clothes again.
Chen Zui jumped out a long way and observed the surrounding environment. After making sure that there was no one around, he had an idea and the pink little octopus turned into a tall and strong human being.
The night wind blowing across his naked body became gentle and hot.
Chen's five most slender fingers turned little by little, and it turned out that the human body was more comfortable to control.
Chen Zui: [Let me see what I look like now.]
Almost an imperative tone.
996 has never been so humble when cooperating with the host, but now it can only endure it.
Under his operation, a halo similar to a full-length mirror appeared in front of Chen Zui.
Chen Zui saw his face in the mirror and was quite satisfied that it had not done anything to him.
His eyes scanned over little by little and stopped at his brother.
Something is wrong.
Bigger than before.
He still understands his own body, especially this thing, and can see any subtle difference.
It seems that my body has been through something, and this should be the first time that the Book Bureau has bound itself to me. If not, there is no need for the Book Bureau to erase my previous data.
Then this should be the work of Anchuan Bookstore.
The changes here should be considered...
It seems that I have a good relationship with Anchuan Bookstore.
996: Okay, I think I understand why the people from the Secret Bookstore chose him. This physical condition can really make the attacker fall.
But this time he had no chance.
The halo disappears.
Chen Zui also turned back into the appearance of a little octopus. It was still a bit strange to wear nothing in a human body.
[There is still a newbie gift pack that I haven’t received yet. ]
【……for you. 】
I am really impressed by 996. This man is so petty that I am going to spend all my money to prepare these two things for him.
This mission must not fail!
[The newbie gift package is being unpacked. Congratulations on obtaining 100% healing power.]
Chen Zui: [Explanation.]
He gave his orders very concisely, acting like a domineering boss.
996 felt like he had somehow become his subordinate: [If you get injured, your wounds can heal automatically, which is very useful in this world.]
Chen Zui was quite satisfied with this gift package.
So he immediately tried it, picked up a stone from the ground and scratched the tentacles. As he scratched, the wound healed immediately.
996: [Isn’t it very useful?]
At least I can get a compliment.
Chen Zui: [General.]
996:!!!
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