Gate No. 1 slowly opened.
A stench of blood rushed into the empty space before the enormous figure inside the door could even enter.
It smelled a bit like the elephant enclosure in the middle of summer, but with an added touch of blood and rottenness.
Once the gates were fully open, the beast inside moved. It took a step forward, landing with a thud that shook the ground.
With its second kick, its silhouette emerged from behind the gate.
Cheng Shuang stared in disbelief, muttering, "Brother... Godzilla?!"
The nearly five-meter-tall monster emerged from the gate, its body completely upright, and its tail alone blocked the gate.
Is this a wild beast? It's clearly a monster that could crush a person into mud with a single stomp.
Cheng Shuang glanced at the Tang sword, which was almost as tall as herself, and then compared it to the monster's huge claws and jaws. She silently pursed her lips. Should she... implement Plan B?
The monster before them resembled a legendary dinosaur, but its appearance was far more ferocious. Sharp spikes adorned its two shoulders, and its scales were so hard they gleamed with the sharpness of steel. Not to mention its thick, scaly tail, with sharp bony spikes arranged along its length; a mere sweep could leave marks on the wall.
Without hesitation, the little girl sheathed her Tang sword, took out her laser gun, and as the monster opened its mouth wide and roared terrifyingly at her, she activated the laser beam, targeting: the abyss's maw.
"Aww!"
"...Awoooo ...
From a defiant roar to a agonizing howl, the monster demonstrated what it means to change one's mind in an instant. Its heavy body quickly shrank back, successfully squeezing itself back in before the gate closed again.
Cheng Shuang: ...If they were all like this, I could take on ten of them by myself!
Perhaps because the process was too short and uninteresting, gate number three remained closed, leaving the little girl standing there blankly until a sound came from gate number two.
Cheng Shuang's expression gradually turned serious. A thin, ragged man walked out of the door. The man looked dejected, his hair was messy and stuck on his head, there were bruises under his eyes, and his body was covered with countless scars.
When he saw Cheng Shuang, there was no surprise in his lifeless eyes, only a mocking smirk before he immediately launched an attack.
Suddenly, two beams of green light shot out from those bloodshot eyes and slashed straight at Cheng.
The light beams were incredibly fast, and the little girl, unaware of their danger, was thrown backward as they rapidly approached. She fell to the ground, rolled away, and escaped the attack.
The sunlight fell on the grass, leaving two deep scorch marks.
So it's a skill similar to lasers?
Cheng Shuang's eyes flashed as she activated the Difio Black Cat Card. Instantly, cat ears and a cat tail appeared, and the cat's agility was also attached to her limbs.
She didn't retaliate at all, but simply dodged and waited for the opponent's skills to cool down.
The man was clearly also somewhat passive-aggressive. As long as his life was not in danger, he continued to attack, but he did not reveal his most powerful move. He let the little girl jump around and run around like a personal show, leaving only afterimages.
She even had time to apply a healing talisman to herself every half hour.
Because she moved so fast, the aircraft sometimes couldn't catch her escape route. When her cat claws gripped the wall and she was hanging in mid-air, all the aircraft were left behind.
Immediately, a sharp glint flashed in the man's lazy, numb eyes. He subconsciously turned to the side, trying to dodge the other party's sudden and fierce attack.
However, with the combined acceleration of the running socks and the black cat, the man was too careless and was caught off guard, getting slapped across the face.
The force was so great that his entire face twisted to the side, and one of his teeth was knocked out.
He touched his swollen face, spitting out blood, his eyes sharp as arrows, finally becoming serious as he angrily glared at the seemingly delicate little girl.
The little girl made a funny face at him, as if she had gotten a good deal but was still being smug.
The man was furious. He rolled up his sleeves and rushed over, punching Cheng Shuang so hard that he shoved her into the wall, creating a small hole in it. Cheng Shuang was now embedded in the hole.
Still not satisfied, the man rushed into the cave, and the sounds of fists and feet clashing followed. Before the aircraft could follow, another figure was thrown out.
The little girl rolled to the gate, got up, and started banging on the door frantically, crying, "I lost! I want to go in! Waaah, it hurts so much! I want to go home!"
The children cried pitifully, especially the frail little ones, who seemed even more imposing against the tall, tightly closed gate, giving the impression that the heavy gate was unshakeable.
No matter how much they cried out, the gate remained closed.
The man lowered his eyes. How could they possibly open fire? They weren't those meticulously bred monsters that wouldn't die without bloodshed. This battle was unlikely to end anytime soon.
However, the man still underestimated the little girl's resourcefulness. She took out a laser gun, shot it around the gate, pushed it with her little hand, and ran through the gate while whimpering.
Inside the gate, Edren watched the departing figure, then turned to look at the man standing in the center, his face gloomy. He commanded, "Give her a lesson, so she won't forget her place."
The subordinate hesitated, "The master didn't..."
"When they give the order, oh, your little darlings will lose most of their lives."
Edren's tone was strange and laced with sarcasm.
After saying this, he waved his hand impatiently, and the repair staff immediately ran to the site, drove the man back to the second gate, and started banging and tinkering. The repair was completed in a few minutes.
Cheng Shuang knew that her pretense wouldn't fool anyone, but she also wouldn't engage in a life-or-death struggle with someone who had no intention of killing her.
She slapped the man across the face, but actually used the same motion to slap the Rejuvenation Talisman onto his face. As the talisman took effect, it turned to ashes, which fell to the ground mixed with blood and became less noticeable.
The man wasn't ignorant, which is why he deliberately slammed her into the wall that his laser eyes had already damaged.
Therefore, they had the opportunity to communicate briefly inside the cave entrance.
Only then did Cheng realize that the man had initially mistaken her for a humanoid monster raised by the patriarch... until a slap restored his strength.
The man revealed little information, but it was very important.
The wanderers in this land of death are extremely afraid of death; they only appear on the ninth floor.
He knew nothing else. Due to his lack of strength, he was trapped on the fifth floor, watching his companions die one by one, and lost all will to fight.
The higher you go, the greater the danger, and the stronger the people or monsters you encounter.
The Godzilla-like monster on the first level is just a baby. Due to its racial characteristics, it possesses an impenetrable natural armor from birth, so when the cub breaks out of its mother's body, the mother's internal organs rupture and she dies. Therefore, there are not many of them.
It is highly valued by homeless people.
Neither firearms nor skills can easily penetrate the monster's armor.
Its weakness wasn't hard to guess; it was inside its mouth. Unfortunately, the monster rarely opened its mouth because its weapon wasn't sharp teeth, so Cheng Shuang stumbled upon it by accident...
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