Chapter 175 - Ancient Remains (IX)

Editors: Humu & Kitty

When Xing Yan opened his eyes, he saw student Abyss kissing him.

The child’s face was quite small, his lips were pink, his eyes were closed, and his long eyelashes trembled slightly. Seeing this, he felt that the tight string in his heart seemed to have broken. So he reached out his hand and held the child tightly, exhaling a breath and biting the other party’s lips. His tongue rolled over, and he sucked hard.

Luo Jian’s lips were kissed numb by him, but Luo Jian couldn’t bear to pull away.

There was too little time to be intimate together, too little.

Luo Jian suddenly remembered that he had not seen Xing Yan for nearly ten years. He was rational and silent for too long, and all the ups and downs in his heart were wiped out in the fighting. When he saw Xing Yan again, his heart was rippling again. But he was doomed to be unable to act as when he was young and frivolous, always putting his best effort forth.

But these warm emotions still surfaced on the tip of Luo Jian’s heart.

He felt that he was like some kind of animal that was bitterly wallowing in marshes, and he had finally grasped the straw to save his life. He would seem too stupid if he let go of it again.

However, while the two were inseparable, their teammates who were struggling to resist the insect attacks were dissatisfied. John held up FFF inquisition’s torch…… Ah, no, John broke apart the two reminiscing lovers with several deafening gunshots. After that, Luo Jian reluctantly climbed down from Xing Yan, ignoring the blazing hot look in Xing Yan’s eyes.

The centipedes, who had once retreated to the water, climbed out of the water again. The numbers surged, and they rose from the surface of the water again. They floated and dipped down along with the waves, staring at the people of Team Ghost Shadow.

“We have to head back into the water again! This is the only way to get to the next floor!” Noen, who was on the front line, yelled while swapping positions with Luo Jian. So instead of Noen, Luo Jian stood at the frontline and began to burn the insects with his own flamethrower as he aimed towards the surface of the water.

The terrifying heat made even the water boil, and the monsters in the water were struggling to climb up. w.a.n.g Yue also followed behind Luo Jian. He never stopped moving. Taking advantage of his fast speed in a.s.sembling traps, he quickly crossed through the waters and the ground and set traps all around them. As long as those big centipedes climbed up, they would immediately be burnt to ashes by the ignited flames.

Noen withdrew from the battlefield and took out several new sets of protective clothing from his s.p.a.ce because Xing Yan and company did not have such protective clothing. In order to avoid them from being parasitized by insects in the water again, it would be better to wrap them in defensive clothing.

However, when Noen took his clothes and compared it to the figures of Luo Jian and Xing Yan, he frowned and said to Xing Yan and company: “Why are the bodies of you humans so different?”

John immediately stepped forward to show his strong muscles and beautiful figure, “My figure is the golden ratio among human beings.”

After hearing this, Noen was stunned momentarily. He turned his head and looked at Luo Jian and w.a.n.g Yue, who were still standing in front of the insect swarm. Their thin figures were jumping around in front of him. Then, Noen turned back to look at the tall men in front of him.

Noen scornfully despised: “You humans let your cubs go to war!?” Even the inhabitants of the Polaris, known as the cosmic fighting race, were not so cruel!

John, who was attacked by Noen’s scorn, immediately jumped: “How do they look like cubs? Especially the one with the flamethrower. He’s a monster, alright?!”

Noen was too lazy to argue with John. He put the protective clothing one by one into the hands of John and company to let them put it on. “It’s cold-proof and can keep you warm. It can also absorb attacks, and there’s also a diving a.s.sisted-breathing system……. By the way, even in a vacuum, it can provide an hour of oxygen supply. I hope you fragile humans don’t die so fast.”

These few people did not continue squandering time. They quickly put the clothing onto their bodies carelessly. Their protective clothing had a mask and a helmet attached to it, but they could be taken off when necessary. However, several people who put on protective clothing felt the same feeling. It was as if the clothes on their bodies were alive. They would alter in accordance to their body shape to tightly wrap around their bodies and even rise and fall along with their breaths.

As the party prepared, Noen immediately yelled, “Get ready to head out with me!”

Hearing this, Luo Jian in the very front immediately gestured to w.a.n.g Yue. w.a.n.g Yue had almost completely ignored his team leader and began to follow Luo Jian’s orders. After understanding what Luo Jian meant, he began to scatter traps on the ground as if he was scattering beans. Although his weapon was a crossbow, this bow had its skill points upped to the maximum points on setting traps. This was why w.a.n.g Yue could set traps everywhere happily every day.

After that, Noen began to lead the way. Luo Jian was at the rear while the rest of the people were sandwiched in the middle. They dived into the water one after another, eliminating or avoiding those serpentine centipedes in the water, and they set forth on a thrilling underwater escape journey.

The main output of Team Ghost Shadow in the past had become the one requiring heavy protection, but Xing Yan did not seem to care at all now. He even turned back to see if the Luo Jian, who was at the rear, had followed. However, John was glum. He felt that his strength in this secret chamber had been weakened too much and he had become the most useless one.

Every time he thought about it, John felt so sad that he felt his heart twitch.

Maybe because he was too upset, he made a small mistake while diving.

In the deep water, there were not only a large number of insect eggs and huge centipedes floating around, but the waters were also covered with a milky-white colloidal substance which looked very disgusting. It would spread and sway left and right with the fluctuation of water flow.

No one wanted to touch this disgusting jelly-like thing, but when the brawny John swam, his movements were too huge. Therefore, his legs touched it slightly. To his surprise, he merely touched the strands and felt that his feet were immediately bound by something.

John’s feet were entangled, and he could not swim. At that moment, he felt his heartbeat race faster. He lowered his head to look at his feet. Afterwards, he was surprised to find that the milky-white gelatinous substance that covered the waters seemed to be a strange mucus secreted by insects. It was just like smearing 502 glue on John’s feet!

John, who was accidentally stuck, immediately disrupted the entire team’s journey, but the team could not stop moving because right behind was a huge swarm of insects. These long and large centipedes were sliding through the water like flat snakes, and they opened their mouths ferociously and rushed at the group of people in Team Ghost Shadow.

If they were on land, they would still be able to manage, but now they were in the water. The dense and cold water would cause many people’s skills to be unable to play a role. For example, Luo Jian’s flamethrower could emit ultra-high temperature flame, but it was totally useless in the water.

So Luo Jian could only temporarily switch to using melee with a long knife.

Only alien Noen’s bazooka could withstand a blow from him.

In this situation where the insects tried to chase and overtake them, if the team stopped for even a moment, it would be enough for them to be threatened by ma.s.s destruction of the team. So Noen did not stop. He did not even turn his head backwards. Jiang Li, w.a.n.g Yue, and Xing Yan followed after him in an orderly manner. They did not turn back to look at John again even though he was a very important companion.

Of course, in fact, John did not ask for the help of his companions. Naturally, he understood what he needed to do and what his team needed to do at this critical moment. His captain had told them long ago that in the face of a crisis that would destroy the team, if you lagged behind, you should not expect any companions to return to save you because turning back was tantamount to death.

John had to come up with a way to save himself at this moment.

He immediately took out his knife and tried to cut off the 502 glue that had trapped him but to no avail: the milky-white substance not only had terrible viscosity but also was very tough and elastic.

In fact, John could have taken off his shoes completely, but unfortunately, the milky-white disgusting mucus would still climb up onto his legs and stick to his protective clothing.

So, John had two choices: either to take off his shoes and protective clothing or to be stuck here until the insects gnawed him to bits. It was obvious which choice he would choose without much thinking.

But just as John was about to go all out to pluck his clothes out, Luo Jian, who had been at the rear, came over. He took a look at John and swung his knife. With a wave of the long knife, the 502 glue on John’s feet disappeared.

John looked at Luo Jian gratefully, but Luo Jian was filled with impatience. He grabbed John’s clothes, and John only felt a strong force pulling him. He was thrown directly out of the water by Luo Jian, heading towards the direction of Noen and company.

In the waters, John felt that his body was out of control. When he adjusted his posture and looked in the direction of Luo Jian, he found that the few seconds that Luo Jian had delayed for him actually made him become trapped in the swarm of insects.

The centipedes found Luo Jian, who was left alone. One by one they surrounded him. Luo Jian floated in the middle of the water, holding a long knife that was not in line with his body size. It looked like he would be swallowed by insects at any time.

At this time, the exit of the water channel had appeared in front of them, and the exit was close in front of them. As long as they worked hard for a few moments longer, they would be able to leave the dense and cold waters and leave those annoying centipedes that were wading at the bottom of the waters.

One after another, Team Ghost Shadow members climbed out of the waters. They crawled onto the bank and in an undersigned coincidence, they mentioned that Luo Jian was still trapped under water.

But now, it was unwise to go back to the waters to look for someone because everyone had already seen a large army of enemies sweeping across the waters.

Noen straightforwardly said: “Let’s not worry about him. Let’s go immediately. There are more swarms charging to where we are. He’ll be able to follow us later.”

w.a.n.g Yue was dissatisfied with what Noen had said because he had developed trust in Luo Jian: “Although I know it’s easy to escape with his strength, it won’t take much time for us to wait here for a while.”

Noen rebuked: “He can’t use a flamethrower in the waters. He will need more time. If we stay here, we’ll just be surrounded by insects and cause him more trouble.”

Jiang Li indicated that this issue should not be contested.

John hesitated for a moment. The other party had just saved his life, and now, within mere moments, he would turn his head and abandon him. It would be immoral for John to not properly consider, so he turned to ask for Xing Yan’s advice.

Xing Yan was also hesitating. His reason told him that what Noen said was not wrong. He had seen the strength of the child; he did not think that Luo Jian couldn’t escape by himself. Moreover, if they stayed here and waited, there would be more insect swarms charging towards them to block the surface of the water. At that time, it would be difficult for Luo Jian to get out of the water.

And if they continue to move forward, the swarms would easily pursue the bigger targets first, so Luo Jian would not be attacked again by those swarms, and his journey in escaping from these swarms would be much smoother.

But it was not known why that sentence inwardly sounded out again within Xing Yan. That person told Xing Yan not to leave someone, but who was this someone? Clearly, that person had only said it once but Xing Yan could not forget what that person said no matter what. This made Xing Yan feel as if he was possessed. As if he was trapped because he was shackled or trapped in some kind of loop. When he wanted to get rid of everything shackling him, he appeared quite helpless to do so.

“Let’s keep going.” Xing Yan began to regret the moment he said this sentence, but he knew that logically, he should have chosen that.

His choice should not be wrong.

But his heart seemed to be coated with a layer of sand, and he seemed to feel something terrifying…… compared to what they were facing now, compared to any dangers they had faced, or any enemies they faced. Something more terrifying than all that.

T/N: Happy New Year guys!! I hope you guys would have a great year ahead!