Chapter 24: The First Step of Friendship Jiang Huai arrived at the battlefield. …
Li Ming is still running.
He crossed the sunset, passed by the setting sun, and ran towards the dark underground. The marble slabs of the stairs made intermittent dull sounds as he stepped on them, and his hurried figure was imprinted on the walls he passed by.
However, even though Li Ming ran very fast, he was unable to shake off the pursuers behind him.
As he passed the corner, Li Ming could still see the head of the monster that had just arrived on the same floor from behind him.
He was chasing Li Ming like a mine rod.
The long chase consumed Li Ming's physical strength to a great extent. He could feel that his speed was getting slower and slower, and he could feel that he was falling into a disadvantage.
But the monster teacher showed no signs of decline.
If my talent could be more useful, perhaps the current situation would not be so passive... Li Ming thought to himself while gritting his teeth, and casually pulled down the equipment cabinet placed beside the stairs.
The equipment cabinet collapsed onto the road in an instant.
Glass bottles, beakers, measuring cups and other glassware shattered one after another, making crisp and loud sounds the moment the equipment cabinet collapsed.
Li Ming swiftly threw forward a glass device that he had picked up at random, not knowing what it was, and at the same time quickly turned around and walked towards the other direction.
He was careful to control the sound of his movements.
The glass equipment attracted the monster's attention, while Li Ming tried his best to control his breathing and quietly hid in a hidden place in a laboratory.
Behind him was a window leading to another spatial corridor, enough for him to escape immediately after failure.
The corridor was silent.
One point, two points, three points...
As time passed, Li Ming became more and more nervous.
But when the door of the laboratory he hastily closed was knocked open, he realized that he had failed again. So Li Ming turned around quickly and jumped over the escape window prepared for himself.
At this moment, Li Ming had already taken a step forward before he even had time to stand firm.
Now he has personally experienced the reason why he could not escape from the teaching building. Li Ming breathed hard at the next corner, thinking hard:
He encountered many monsters along the way, but none of them was more difficult than the old professor he met at the beginning.
Li Ming could deceive other long-necked teachers through induction and disguise, but none of them could deceive the monster professor. And now, he was finally sure that the old professor behind him could definitely be compared to an 'elite monster'.
Because He could even use his voice to call other long-necked teachers to come and surround Him. This kind of "calling" was different from the "calling" that Li Ming had seen before, and it had a purpose and division.
But he knew that if he wanted to get rid of the monster behind him, he had to rely on his talent.
The problem is indeed with [Space Blockade]...
Li Ming gritted his teeth and wiped the sweat from his forehead, then continued to run away from the monster.
The reason should be that he could not mislead the monster that caused the chaos of time and space in the teaching building. They created this space, blocked this space, and naturally could see the traces of the prey's activities in this space.
There are only two options left for Li Ming to survive:
One is to kill the monster professor who is chasing him; the other is to find new prey to replace himself.
Either way is a hugely risky path. The former will put him in danger of his life, while the latter will make him suffer moral torment.
But as a clear-headed and foolish college student, Li Ming knew that the only option he could choose was the former.
He knew very well that he could not arbitrarily decide the life and death of others in the early stages of a disaster.
It sounds like I can do it in the future...
Li Ming suddenly stopped moving.
He subconsciously chuckled at himself. But the more disasters there are, the easier it is for people's moral bottom line to slip. In the face of life and death, what does the principle of sticking to the rules in peacetime count for...
Li Ming started running again.
But this time his destination was no longer the dim underground, but the floor he had already passed.
He can no longer exert himself.
He had to rely on his own hands to kill the 'hunter' behind him.
Don't expect others, you can't expect others. In this endless pursuit, only he can be his own savior.
The existence of hope is indeed precious, but the moment it is shattered can also be heartbreaking.
Venue, tools, cognition...
He must accumulate enough small advantages to achieve a decisive victory in the end.
He had already figured out the spatial structure of the teaching building he had just passed by, and he took a quick look at all the equipment on the ground and walls that could be used.
Li Ming knew that what he needed most now was——
Information about [Space Blockade] and be mentally prepared.
But what exactly is [Space Blockade]? He had seen and understood several other talents before, but he didn't understand the function of this talent.
A completely different environment? A closed space?
Li Ming's thoughts sank slightly into memories.
He still remembered the information about the long-necked teacher that Jiang Huai and Liu Mei had told him.
[“The monster teacher in the teaching building has the ability to move around. Specifically, when we close the door, we will find that the things in the room change instantly.”]
[“Don’t easily believe that the exit they show you is the real exit.”]
[“Pay attention to the monsters in the teaching building, just like the ones in the dormitory building, they all have the ability to disguise reality and distort space. The more normal the environment seems to you, the more you should be careful of them.”]
…
[Shouldn't the literal translation of the name 'Space Blockade' correspond to the talent that can block space? ]
At the last moment, even the questions he had thought about in the past popped up in his mind. However, Li Ming was finally able to answer his previous questions:
The function of [C-226 Space Blockade] is exactly as its name literally translates.
Spatial movement, camouflaging reality, distorting space... and all the strange abilities they display are rooted in one fact, that is -
The teaching building has been blocked by them as a whole space.
And they can make more detailed modifications and distortions to the space within this overall space.
Ordinary, lower-level long-necked teachers will respond to the call of higher-level elite teachers. They will often appear in groups while distorting the layout of the rooms inside the teaching building.
Elite teachers are unable to distort the layout of the individual small rooms because their talents have been used on the main body of the 'teaching building'.
But they can add meals, and they can chase their prey without being disturbed, and they will never stop until they die.
They can also call on teachers who are one level lower than themselves, but the call is limited to the activity area of ordinary teachers. Ordinary teachers cannot leave the floor they were originally assigned to.
In this case...
Li Ming almost understood what he needed to do.
In the previous times, he had been paying careful attention to his surroundings, and whenever he encountered a situation where he might be surrounded, he would quickly flee to the next floor. But this time, he had to stay on one floor for a long time.
therefore--
He had to fight quickly and end the battle before the ordinary teachers could react.
Otherwise, if he delays for too long, he will face despair.
"Calm down, Li Ming."
Li Ming whispered to himself. The fruit knife he held tightly in his palm had long been warmed. He took this fruit knife from the classroom table next to him when he went down the stairs for the fourth time.
In order to get the rare weapon in this teaching building, he walked around the corridor again and again with difficulty.
But the actual proof is:
His persistence was useful.
On the third floor corridor, he remembered that there were only three ordinary long-necked teachers wandering around... Li Ming muttered to himself while looking up at the end of the stairs.
The upward staircase ended in complete darkness.
I don’t see the dusk when I came, nor the sunset when I passed by.
Seeing this, Li Ming swallowed hard and walked towards the final battle site with a determined look.
No matter what, the best time is always the first time.
Once he fails the first time, even if he can escape from the scene, it will be a slow process of death for him.
Because he does not have as strong talent as Jiang Huai, nor does he have as quick reaction as Jiang Huai, he has only one chance to end the chase by himself.
Li Ming took a deep breath and finally stood firm in the middle of the corridor.
The moment he closed his eyes, the routes of ordinary teachers wandering in the entire corridor turned into an illusory positioning map in front of him.
The ordinary teacher closest to him will pass by here in eight minutes, and the second-closest ordinary teacher will pass by here in seventeen minutes...
He had to finish the fight and leave within eight minutes.
bring it on.
Li Ming turned around and looked firmly at the end of the stairs from which he came.
The stairs going down were still pitch black, but sporadic noises could be heard from time to time. The noises came and went, making those who heard them tense up from time to time.
Li Ming had to take a deep breath to calm his nervousness.
Now his left hand was wrapped in bandages, circle after circle of bandages as hard as a lead ball; his right hand was tightly holding a fruit knife, a fruit knife that he had reached with great difficulty.
"Come on, Li Ming."
Li Ming murmured words of self-encouragement for the last time, but this time he asked himself one more question: "If you can't even do this——"
"And how can you protect your sister in this crazy world?"
He has to do it.
If he can't do it now, how can he prove that he can do it in the future?
While Li Ming was feeling encouraged, he looked up and his eyes met with the monster professor who was biting him. He was still as arrogant and disdainful as when Li Ming first saw him.
A strange old man's head looked at Li Ming greedily and angrily.
one two three……
Without time to get nervous, Li Ming silently counted the steps that the "hunter" needed to cross. When the countdown-like numbers ended, he immediately ran towards the monster without hesitation.
At this moment, the anxiety and fear turned into the courage to move forward.
The old professor, who had just stepped onto this floor, was about to call on the ordinary teachers on that floor to come over, but the next moment, Li Ming, who had rushed to him, blocked the sound with a bandage as thick as a shot put.
He wailed in agony.
At this time, Li Ming had already raised the sharp fruit knife and stabbed it heavily into the long, strange neck.
The old professor's muffled wails were blocked in his mouth by the bandage.
The sticky, acidic saliva was corroding the bandages that Li Ming had collected with great difficulty.
He shook his neck restlessly, as if he was making a final desperate move. With such a huge force, Li Ming, who was hugging his head tightly, was half suspended in the air.
Li Ming was thrown heavily against the wall.
But he still gritted his teeth and persisted, raising his fruit knife again and again.
If it doesn’t work once, try it many times.
Li Ming's strength had long been exhausted after the long chase. Now he even felt a little powerless to hold the fruit knife tightly.
but--
This is his only way out, and he has only one way out that he can reach on his own.
He had no choice but to persevere.
The ceiling was spinning, the walls were moving closer and farther away. Li Ming felt that his heart and lungs were shifting in the constant collisions, but all he could do was:
Holding the fruit knife, he kept repeating the mechanical movements.
After a long period of piercing, the solid, twisted neck finally leaked rotten, foul-smelling liquid, which caused his right hand to feel stinging.
The old professor's weak sobs were transmitted to him through his bones.
However, Li Ming knew that he couldn't relax now.
His chance has been used up, and if the dust doesn't settle in the end, this will be his death.
Realizing that his actions could not deceive Li Ming, the old professor showed malicious emotions in his eyes. He took himself and Li Ming and broke the glass window behind them.
The sharp sound of glass instantly echoed throughout the entire floor.
The time left for Li Ming to escape was greatly shortened at this moment. The exposed parts of Li Ming's face and arms that were not covered by clothes were stained with scattered, bright red blood.
He couldn't control the tears that flowed from his eyes.
But Li Ming still held the old professor's neck tightly. With tears in his eyes, he kept stabbing the old professor's neck with a fruit knife.
His vision was becoming increasingly blurry, and his right hand, which was holding up the blade, was becoming increasingly weak.
Anxiety and panic once again quietly appeared on his face. Li Ming couldn't help but close his eyes. A blood-stained tear fell from the corner of his eye.
At this time, he finally noticed the abnormality around him——
In the corner of the classroom stood an uninvited guest, a faceless classmate who came uninvited. He shook the glass measuring cup in his hand with one hand, making a mocking gesture like "the oriole is behind".
He is the subjective consciousness of the faceless classmate.
Because of an offense on the playground, he came specifically to take Li Ming's life.
Although He shouldn't have come in person, He had to come in person due to the problem of the consciousness network. But it was better this way, He was happy to personally deliver the final blow to the guy he hated.
“Pala——”
The measuring cup was suddenly smashed into pieces in the corridor outside the window.
The sound of the ordinary teacher's high heels, which had been faintly heard just now, suddenly became clear and audible. With the help of the broken measuring cup, they found the fastest way to get here.
The monsters under him were still moving and struggling, and new monsters were already on their way. After defeating the new monsters, more cunning and smarter monsters were still waiting for him.
Li Ming froze in place for a moment.
He looked at his corroded fingers, at the old professor's head with a vicious look in his eyes, and at the complacent faceless students, and suddenly felt extremely sad.
Li Yixi...it seems like he can't get out...
The cowardly thought disappeared in an instant. Li Ming used up his last bit of strength to stab the old professor. He didn't have time to retrieve the knife. He fled towards the stairs with the strap "shot put" that was half corroded by saliva.
The body, which had been squeezed many times, was already covered with scars.
He didn't even take a few steps before he fell to the ground.
Li Ming finally raised his head and took a deep look at the stairs not far away. He was just one step away from reaching the stairs, and he was just one step away from escaping.
But the sharp and loud sound of high heels behind him told him:
He is on the countdown to death.
Everything came to an end at this moment. At the last moment of his life, Li Ming closed his eyes. At this moment, he was still worried about Li Yixi.
But the 'guillotine' of death has not yet fallen.
Li Ming turned his head to look at the 'Death' behind him who had not yet taken action, but the countless jumping arcs of electricity first blocked his sight. His mind was blank as he looked at the reinforcements who came with the lightning.
"Li Ming, are you okay?"
Jiang Huai asked in an ups and downs voice. His clothes were visibly messy, but his expression was calm, a calmness in relief.
The last one——
Jiang Huai arrived at the battlefield.
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