Chapter 706
As Soulsqn wrapped her tail tightly around the two Zeuses as if her life depended on it, she pulled out all the stops and ran at top speed . The flesh worm had that sort of temperament whereby once she decided to do something, nothing and no one could get in her way . Neither the quivering "pools" that were hot on her heels nor her Lord Puppeteer could stop her .
The flesh worm blitzed past Puppeteer, but she did not pick him up . On her back, the two Zeuses took aim at the Veda and attacked them once more .
A gunshot rang out as a bullet launched itself out from the barrel and whizzed at the Veda . The targeted Veda emitted a strong beam of light, trying to intercept the bullet . To its malaise, the bullet sliced through the golden glow like melted butter and hit the Veda squarely in its core .
Soulsqn had lost count of how many times the Zeuses landed a blow on the Veda . However, aside from staggering the Veda for a short while, these seemingly effective attacks could not do much to them .
Then again, could these Veda even die?
"So, that's how it is," the Veda at the back mumbled, its voice firm . Two Zeuses that Soulsqn failed to save plopped to the ground .
"That's the reason they could still attack us even after we've severed the connection!" Soulsqn had not gotten it wrong . One of the Veda that had just analyzed the Zeus regained normalcy . As it spoke, it went near to Puppeteer, who was now lying on the ground .
"Not only can you control them in real-time, but you can also delay the command, so they will respond by launching their respective Special Items after 30 seconds of being summoned . Hmm, that way, indeed you don't have to control them anymore . Well, since you think you can hold your ground for 30 seconds, you are very confident . However, if you could tone that swelling pride of yours down by even the slightest bit, then perhaps you wouldn't be where you are right now . "
The flesh worm jerked her head back when she realized that she had left Puppeteer behind alone . Right now, the man who was clad in a black jacket was entirely engulfed in a blanket of golden glow, and she could see nothing but his flitting shadow that fought hard against the light that was chasing it away .
The Veda that covered on top of Puppeteer said simply, "If there were any flaws about our kind, there'd only be one . "
"To us, information is the most precious thing in the universe, and we cannot resist the desire to collect, store, analyze, or even share the information . If we were to remove the desire with our ability, then we won't be who we used to be anymore . That's why even though we have full access to your data make-up, so far, we haven't made any changes or deleted you . Alas, now it seems that we cannot wait any longer!"
The word "delete" struck Soulsqn's mind like a bolt of thunder . She did not realize that the Veda could delete Puppeteer!
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" The flesh worm's tone turned edgy . She straightened her body and said rapidly, "Didn't you want to archive Lord Puppeteer into your database?"
"Affirmative . "
"Then, why are you changing your mind now? You should wait for a while . You mustn't give up your hope so soon!" Soulsqn shielded the two remaining Zeuses under her massive body . She craned her neck and peered at Puppeteer, who she had left behind, floundering . "Could you guys be too scared to go against these two puppets?"
"No, you are wrong . These two puppets can buy you nothing more than some time," the Veda said after a short pause . Then, as it turned around to look at its comrade, who was still quivering like a blancmange and scattering its golden glow everywhere, it continued to say, "We are only waiting for our brethren to clean up the database . After they finish cleaning it up, you two along with these puppets will be logged into our database in milliseconds . "
"You're bluffing," Soulsqn retorted confidently .
The Veda paid no mind to Soulsqn's accusation and said, "But now there's a problem that we did not foresee happening during the cleaning process . "
"What problem?"
"It seems like the problem won't be solved until you two are deleted . " The Veda evaded her question . "We should start with him . So, farewell . "
"Hold—"
Before Soulsqn could say anything, her vision was blinded by a dazzling golden light .
At the same time, inside the database, several shadows shifted into Lin Sanjiu's line of sight .
The database was transparent, but now she found there were clumps of low fog wandering at the peripheral of her vision . The fog was so faint that she could see right through it . She peeled her eyes away, then suddenly a shock rippled down her spine . She spun her head back to the fog . Unbeknownst to her, several dark figures in various shapes were slowly emerging haphazardly from the fog .
The dark figures soon found their location and slowly marched towards them .
"What . . . what the hell are those things?" Stunned, Lin Sanjiu turned around and called out to her grand prize, "Did you see them?"
"Yeah, I did," Ji Shanqing said after he glanced into the distance, his face drawn . An idea popped up in his mind and he stretched his arm towards the distance where the dark figures were grouped . He closed his eyes as if he was feeling something . Then, after a few seconds, he opened them and said hesitantly, "It seems like someone has activated a certain part of data in the database, and now…they are coming for us . "
"Activated?" Lin Sanjih frowned . She hastily activated [No Coincidence, No Story] and armed herself with the [Tornado Whip] although she had no idea whether these Special Items could harm them or not .
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"Are they the same as me?"
"Yes . I think the Veda activated them . " The grand prize sighed . "They must have found out about us, and are trying to chase us out from the database . '
Since the Veda already knew they were in the database, they would not send Puppeteer and Soulsqn in anymore .
Raising her head to look at the dark figure on the horizon, Lin Sanjiu instinctively touched the back of her head . It was empty .
'Is the Veda going to use the data in the database to eliminate us?'
"Could they not have any other better ways to get rid of us?" Lin Sanjiu said uncertainly .
"Sis!" The grand prize could not help laughing . He glanced at the oncoming dark shadows in the fog and felt his nervousness dissipate a little . He chuckled at Lin Sanjiu as he said, "Are you suggesting that they should deploy a more effective way to get rid of us?"
"No…that is not what I mean . " Lin Sanjiu did not know what was stirring in her heart as well, but she laughed bitterly . "So, what do we do now?"
"Don't worry, sis," comforted the grand prize as he gripped her wrist . He offered her a warm smile and looked at her as if he were a dog waiting for his owner to compliment him . "From the data I read just now, I already know how to get out of here . However, while I'm opening a gateway to get out, these guys…"
He tilted his chin into the distance, looking like an elegant great white swan stretching its snow-white neck . "You have to keep them away from me . "
Lin Sanjiu followed the direction he indicated and looked . The lead shadow had already come out from the fog, and its appearance was getting clearer and clearer in Lin Sanjiu's sight . She initially thought it would be an otherworldly creature that she had never met before, but frankly, the incomer was surprisingly ordinary .
"Understood . " She grabbed the grand prize's palm back, feeling the chill that slowly seeped from his lily-white hand into her skin . "Leave them to me . I can still use my abilities and Special Items, can't I?"
The grand prize nodded . He retreated half a step from her side, pitched his voice low and said, "Be careful, sis . I'll be staying here . Your [Notebook] is in my hand, so just give me a sign if you need it . "
With the [Notebook] combined with her [Battle Item], she could access a limitless amount of Special Items .
She then examined the incomer again . He looked no different from a middle-aged man that she used to see daily before the apocalypse arrived . He was wearing a loose t-shirt and had a rotund belly . His cheeks were thick and baggy as they dangled and framed his lower jaw, giving him the impression of a catfish . It seemed that no man could not escape the fate of developing such an appearance around this age .
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He was holding a briefcase in his hand and was looking vacantly into Lin Sanjiu's eyes . "Where…" He studied his surroundings . "Where…is this?"
Perhaps his brain function stopped the moment he was turned into a set of data, so he could not come to his senses right away after being reactivated .
Staring at the middle-aged man, Lin Sanjiu activated her [Mosaic Censorship] .
"Why am I here?" The man spun in a half-circle, seemingly unaware of the fate awaiting him ahead . "What the hell are those things? Anyway, can you show me the way to this address?"
When he unlocked his briefcase with a click, Lin Sanjiu felt a chill creep down her spine . Just as she lunged at the man, he raised his head . His jowls piled up on his two cheeks as a wide, eerie grin blossomed across his face .
"Yes, it's here . " He pried his briefcase open and the thing inside instantly pounced at Lin Sanjiu . At the same time that her grand prize shouted out a warning, a legion of the middle-aged man's faces emerged from the deepest part of the briefcase . Each and every one of them was screaming as they stretched their arms out, trying to reach out for her .
'What the f*ck are these?!'
Lin Sanjiu made a quick somersault backward to evade the storm of hands . As she landed on the ground, she brandished her Tornado Whip and sent a small gust of wind towards the middle-aged man . The latter stretched his arms and pulled his briefcase even wider, as if he was trying to suck the tornado into his briefcase, but it was a waste of effort . The cyclone soon devoured his figure, leaving only a whistling sound and the grayish cyclonic air .
Before Lin Sanji could relax, she felt something had snuck behind her back . It felt slithery and cold .
"Don't move!" the grand prize shouted .
Lin Sanjiu froze and remained standing in her half-turned pose . From the corner of her eye, she saw a green shadow . It took her almost half a second before she finally realized it was a humongous frog head .
Its pair of round yellowish eyeballs rolled around and stopped on Lin Sanjiu for a split second before rolling away . The frog was standing at roughly two meters tall . It stood behind Lin Sanjiu and shrouded her under its shadow .
"Sis," the grand prize's voice slid into her ears, "Don't move . A frog's eyes can only capture moving objects . If you stop moving, it won't see you . "
Even though the frog could not see her, those dark shadows in the fog could see her just fine . A fetid smell tainted the air and assaulted her nostrils . A layer of perspiration was forming on her forehead . More and more shadows were emerging from the fog, each one even more bizarre and weirder than the last .
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She was very certain that one of the figures holding an umbrella was a woman, but when the figure lifted the umbrella, it turned out that instead of a woman, it was a segmented mushroom stalk . Standing next to the mushroom was an inflatable man from the negative car dealer . It had the same plastic texture as she saw from the television, and air was constantly being pumped into it from God-knows-where, causing it to dance and flail its arms madly in the air . There were a few more shadows that Lin Sanjiu found no words to describe .
'Are these creatures all real? What world do they come from? And where did the Veda collect their data from?'
A myriad of thoughts flitted across Lin Sanjiu's mind as she stared at the incoming wall consisting of a plenitude of weird creatures . Much to Lin Sanjiu's surprise, the tornado was losing its momentum as it was getting sucked into the briefcase . She stared fixedly at those monstrosities and shouted, "Is the gateway ready yet?"
The grand prize replied, his tone laced with hesitancy, "Erm…You will need to hold them off for a little longer . "
"How long do you need?"
"Erm…A few seconds will do . "
Lin Sanjiu almost fainted . 'A lot of things can happen within a few seconds . '
When a firework boomed in the air, Lin Sanjiu felt she should not dilly-dally anymore, so she leaped into action . The frog darted its tongue out to catch her . The only thing she could do right then was bite the bullet and brave through all the attacks . She could not let them get near to the grand prize . Perhaps evading and parrying those ambushes diverted her concentration away from the time . Earlier on, she felt that 1 . 7 seconds was excruciatingly slow, but now she felt that time was passing very fast . Just as she jumped to avoid another attack, she heard her grand prize's exultant shout .
"Sis! The gateway is open!"
Lin Sanjiu's eyes glowed . She brandished her Tornado Whip to open a path . Braving the onslaught of the monsters behind, the grand prize grasped her wrist with a quick motion and shouted, "Over here!"
Lin Sanjiu could not see anything in the next half a second . She rolled across the floor by instinct, and when her vision returned, she realized that she had returned to the cord once more .
Soulsqn and Puppeteer were nowhere to be found . There were only several Veda hovering in mid-air, silently waiting for them .
Lin Sanjiu turned to look around . Colors were being washed away from her face, leaving only a pale shade of white behind .
"Where are they?" she asked, staring straight at the Veda .
The Veda responded to her question simply, "We have deleted them . "Please download our sponsor's game to support us!