The dust from the factory collapse had not yet dispersed when Zhang Yang’s gaze was drawn to the faint green light flickering in the depths of the ruins.
The light pierced through the gaps in the bricks, like the pupil of so living creature, flickering in the dusty air.
"Sothing’s not right." Zhang Yang gripped the dagger at his waist.
At the sa ti, he felt a searing heat emanating from the Jade Pendant on his chest, prompting him to lower his head in surprise, as if the pendant was responding to the green light.
This gave Zhang Yang a bad premonition.
Jin Tuantuan followed Zhang Yang’s gaze and then, with a furrowed brow, asked, "Do you want the guys to go down and check it out?"
"No need." Zhang Yang shook his head in refusal.
His eyes swept over the scattered fragnts of the incubation chamber, noting that one piece was stained with a half-congealed green liquid, corroding the tal floor at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Zhang Yang said solemnly, "The collapse of this place is too suspicious, and many of the experintal things here are way too bizarre."
"You could even say they can’t be explained by modern science."
"And Wang Jiu ntioned an earth vein node in his log; it might not be a coincidence."
Before the words were out, a piercing screech echoed from the ruins.
A shadowy figure burst through the bricks, accompanied by a foul wind, lunging towards the nearest mber of the Blood-colored Begonia.
It was a mutant creature with preying mantis-like forelimbs, its scythe-shaped limbs looking terrifying.
Most horrifying of all, the creature instantly bisected that person at the waist.
"On guard!" Jin Tuantuan whistled, and his n quickly ford a circle, their gun barrels aid uniformly at the ruins.
More mutant creatures crawled out of the cracks, so dragging broken chanical limbs, others having mbranous wings on their backs, evidently unfinished experints of Wang Jiu.
They emitted a unified roar from their throats, their green pupils locking onto Zhang Yang as if receiving so kind of command.
Zhang Yang cursed, "I knew the Qingyi Sect’s headquarters couldn’t be that simple."
"They’re looking for you," Jin Tuantuan said, addressing Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang flipped to the last few pages of the log, which ntioned ’the Jade Pendant is the key.’
Zhang Yang had a vague illusion that these things seed able to sense the aura of the Jade Pendant.
Suddenly, Zhang Yang rembered the woman in the incubation chamber who resembled Xiao Man.
Her gaze had clearly lingered on the Jade Pendant when she strangled Wang Jiu.
Could the agitation of these mutants have to do with the rging of the two pendants?
"Uncle Long’s people haven’t arrived yet?" Zhang Yang muttered as he took a half-step back.
anwhile, the energy of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious dical Technique circulated in his Dantian; after breaking through the Seventh Turn, he could distinctly feel the resonance between his internal energy and the Jade Pendant, which astonished Zhang Yang.
No ti to think further, Zhang Yang shouted loudly, "Have the outer periter people retreat 500 ters away, this place might collapse a second ti."
Jin Tuantuan was just about to give the order when the foremost mutants suddenly knelt to the ground in unison, as if worshipping so existence.
The green light in the center of the ruins grew more intense, with fragnts of brick and stone suspended in the air, forming a swirling vortex.
"This is..." Jin Tuantuan’s pupils suddenly contracted.
Zhang Yang suddenly clutched the pendant on his chest, the searing heat almost burning through his flesh.
He vaguely heard countless whispers, like murmurs from the depths of the earth vein.
When a translucent rune erged at the center of the vortex, Zhang Yang suddenly rembered the engravings on the coffin at Changbai Mountain; the two were identical.
"Retreat quickly!" Zhang Yang grabbed Jin Tuantuan and pulled back, simultaneously flinging three silver needles with a flick of his hand.
The silver needles pierced the vortex, exploding into blinding white light, temporarily interrupting the formation of the rune.
The mutants let out cries of agony, yet the green light showed no sign of diminishing.
A figure slowly rose from the vortex, clad in a tattered lab coat; it was none other than the allegedly strangled Wang Jiu.
But at this mont, Wang Jiu’s neck twisted at an unnatural angle, with veins bulging beneath the skin, as if countless bugs were writhing.
"Did you think you could destroy it all?" Wang Jiu’s voice sounded like countless people speaking in unison.
"The energy of the earth vein has been activated; this place will beco a new altar, and you all... are the sacrifices!"
She raised her hand and pointed at Zhang Yang, and the hovering bricks suddenly hurtled towards him with a roar.
Zhang Yang dodged to the side, only to see Wang Jiu’s arm suddenly elongate, her fingertips splitting into nurous tendrils, ensnaring a mber of the Blood-colored Begonia who couldn’t evade in ti.
"Damn it!" Screams erupted around as people opened fire, but bullets bounced off the tendrils.
Lightly tapping the ground with his toes, Zhang Yang shot towards Wang Jiu like an arrow, his palm infused with Nine Revolutions Energy aid at her back.
This strike was supposed to shatter her viscera, but it was blocked by a layer of green light film.
Wang Jiu turned around, the corners of her mouth curling into an exaggerated grin, "Seventh Turn of the Mysterious dical Technique? Unfortunately, it’s not enough."
The tendrils suddenly tightened, eliciting a cry of pain from the ensnared person.
Zhang Yang watched helplessly as her skin took on a green glow, as though about to be assimilated into a mutant.
Feeling a sense of urgency, Zhang Yang took the Jade Pendant into his hand.
He found it scorching hot, and at that mont, Wang Jiu suddenly shouted, "So the other half is with you, give it to !"
As she spoke, Wang Jiu moved to grab it, but in the next second, Zhang Yang raised his hand and tossed the Jade Pendant to Wang Jiu, "Since you want it so badly, it’s yours."
Instinctively, Wang Jiu caught it, but before she could rejoice, she let out a screech.
Wang Jiu’s screams grew increasingly shrill, the Jade Pendant seemingly her nesis, burning her already deforming body.
Wang Jiu attempted to shake it off, but the Jade Pendant clung to her like a leech, adhering firmly.
"Impossible... this isn’t right, this shouldn’t be..."
"You tricked , you deceived ..." Wang Jiu suddenly fixed her glare on Zhang Yang, letting out an unwilling roar.
Wang Jiu’s tendrils began to rot and turn into pus, quickly revealing Wang Jiu’s naked body.
Her skin was unusually fair, though an overpowering stench emanated from her.
The private area below was oozing black-red blood, causing Jin Tuantuan to grimace.
"Impossible..." Wang Jiu could still speak.
This was truly frightening, for Wang Jiu’s neck was clearly broken, she should have been dead.
Wang Jiu struggled to fix her gaze on Zhang Yang, then said in a chilling tone, "The earth vein will not allow you..."
Before she could finish, the Jade Pendant finally returned to normal, rolling from Wang Jiu’s hand to Zhang Yang’s feet.
Wang Jiu’s voice abruptly ceased.
Zhang Yang felt peculiar; could it be that the Jade Pendant granted Wang Jiu the last bit of life?
At that mont, the entire ground shook violently, cracks spreading like a spider’s web.
Zhang Yang urgently shouted to the others, "Retreat to the east! The rock formation is there!"
In the chaos, no one noticed the woman in the incubation chamber standing at the edge of the ruins.
She gazed in the direction Zhang Yang was leaving, a flash of clarity in her green eyes, then turned and vanished into the dense forest.
As everyone reached the safe zone, a trendous explosion echoed from behind.
The entire area where the abandoned factory stood collapsed, forming a giant pit a hundred ters in diater, burying the monsters within.
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