Chapter 108

The sudden, subtle, and unfamiliar sound in the quiet space instantly caused the expressions of the two to change, their gazes sweeping all around.

Because this level of the space was overly vast and composed almost entirely of various display racks and corridors, it was like a giant museum; the sound echoed through the emptiness, making it impossible for them to immediately discern the direction.

Lin Xian's nerves tightened: "There is absolutely more than just the two of us in this place!"

Kiki immediately became nervous. She hurriedly picked up her mobile terminal, checked the route, and then, looking around in fear, urged Lin Xian, "Hurry, go! Past the corridor ahead is the gene cryo-zone."

Lin Xian did not hesitate; he raised his electric blade and moved forward, gripping the weapon tightly as his focus reached its limit.

Click...

That sound rang out again, seemingly from just behind a few display racks to their side, maintaining a parallel position with them.

Patter, patter.

Lin Xian and Kiki began to jog, the beam of their tactical flashlight swaying constantly in the darkness, illuminating the black floor ahead.

Click...

The dragging sound continued. Lin Xian felt a secret shock in his heart because, even though he had run a great distance, the sound seemed to stick to the nearby display racks, always appearing at the right moment on his left side.

Just as Lin Xian and Kiki turned into a long corridor, a bizarre phenomenon began to occur. Whether due to the air or a visual issue, Lin Xian noticed their flashlight beams beginning to dim, and the darkness ahead swallowed their vision like thick ink.

At the same time, that dragging, creaking sound appeared on the ground not far behind them.

Click...

"Ah! Lin Xian."

This sound frightened Kiki. She let out a soft cry, and because she wasn't running as fast as Lin Xian, he reached out, grabbed her hand, and pulled her forward quickly.

The sound of their running echoed in the massive corridor, producing a hollow noise. Kiki's heart rate accelerated; one hand gripped Lin Xian's, while the other tightly clutched the mobile terminal.

At this moment, that eerie dragging sound rang out again, and this time, she felt it was almost right behind her head.

Kiki was startled and, out of reflex, let go of Lin Xian's hand, directly unleashing her ability with a wave behind her!

Hum!

Invisible power surged, and a shockwave rippled outward.

A dull thudding sound followed, as if something invisible had been blasted away by her!

"Lin Xian, there's something behind us!"

"I know!"

Lin Xian ran at high speed, but Kiki was clearly struggling to keep up. Unlike Lin Xian, who had gained attribute boosts and possessed stronger physical fitness than an ordinary person, Kiki's ability did not seem to enhance her physical constitution.

Running at full speed now, Kiki was nearly out of breath.

Patter, patter.

As the two passed through the long corridor, a cryo-room glowing with eerie blue light appeared ahead. White cold air flowed through the passage, looking like mist, making it impossible for them to even see the path.

"What's going on? Wasn't the power already cut?"

"Cryo-rooms are usually equipped with independent emergency power, but looking at this, it's likely that some chamber is leaking."

Lin Xian ran while checking the Geiger counter in his hand. Both he and Kiki were wearing gas masks, and apart from that, they had no other protection.

"Go through here!"

Kiki shouted.

After rushing into the cryo-room passage, the frigid white mist began to submerge them, and the view ahead became even more blurred. Lin Xian held his blade horizontally in front of him, his other hand tightly gripping Kiki.

"Hel-lo."

In an instant, a voice suddenly came from ahead. It sounded like the tone of a little girl, but hearing it, Lin Xian and Kiki immediately felt their skin crawl.

It wasn't just because the voice was sudden; they could also tell that the intonation was very unnatural.

Simply put.

It didn't sound much like a human. "Who's talking?!"

"Careful." Running in front, Lin Xian reacted out of reflex, suddenly pulling Kiki into a narrow passage of the cryo-room to the side.

Whoosh!

Just in the passage where they had dodged, something seemed to roll past.

"Hel... lo!"

The eerie voice rang out again, this time becoming a bit deeper, as if it were trying its best to control itself to sound 'normal.' But the more it did so, the more terrifying the voice sounded!

"Over there!" Kiki gasped urgently, pointing toward the passage entrance in the distance—the very direction they had just come from.

Lin Xian looked over and was shocked to find the white cold air outside the passage flowing rapidly to both sides, as if something was approaching within the mist.

And it was not small!

An Anomaly!

Lin Xian's first reaction was that this size was definitely not a zombie, nor should it be any kind of human-ghost.

Thump, thump, thump~

Lin Xian adjusted his breathing rapidly, pulling Kiki along as they moved quickly.

"This thing seems to have followed us."

"Hurry, it's right ahead," Kiki urged.

The two rushed out of a gene cryo-storage area and arrived in a corridor, but at this moment, that eerie voice rang out again.

!

"Hel!!! lo!!!"

The voice became incredibly sharp, deliberately imitating a human.

Lin Xian followed the direction of the sound and looked back, the beam of his tactical flashlight simultaneously shining toward the entrance of the fluorescent cryo-storage room.

At this moment, in that direction, a black shadow shaped like a human skeleton appeared.

It was running rapidly toward them!

"Careful!"

Lin Xian yanked Kiki behind him, his Heart of Machinery whirring as he quickly forged a square steel frame, erecting it in the corridor to completely block the space.

Clang! Creak!

The human skeleton in the black shadow could not be clearly seen; it crashed head-on into the frame Lin Xian had created. The steel frame deformed instantly, and a shower of sparks erupted from the friction against the wall. This sudden obstacle hindered the monster in the darkness. Just as Lin Xian prepared to take advantage of this gap to escape, a blood-red skull in the darkness slowly began to light up.

The giant skull's eyes and massive mouth seemed to burn with scorching flames. In an instant, a red human skeleton image, over three meters tall and covered in bone spurs, appeared in their line of sight.

Ugh, ah!!

A sharp roar pierced their eardrums. A stream of white flame suddenly erupted from the red skeleton's mouth, accompanied by a wave of blood, and a scorching, fishy stench instantly swept through the entire corridor.

"It spits fire?!"

Lin Xian's expression shook as he reacted immediately.

Ice Shield!

Boom!

The wave of flame instantly illuminated the entire corridor. Kiki leaned behind Lin Xian, simultaneously raising her hands to use her telekinesis to block it. Invisible power held back the scorching heat, and countless blood plasma stained the corridor red, forming a spray zone that spread to both sides from where Lin Xian stood.

Lin Xian's ice shield vaporized instantly, and the steel wall behind it was burned red. If Kiki hadn't stepped in to block it, his steel wall would likely have been burned through!

"What on earth is this thing?"

"How can an Anomaly talk!!"

"Hurry, go!" Kiki's expression turned urgent. She reached up toward the ceiling, grabbed a giant chandelier in the corridor, and pulled it down with a jerk.

Crash!

The metal chandelier fell, smashing with a bang onto the blood-red skull, pinning the red skeleton against the steel frame Lin Xian had created. The steel frame let out a whimpering groan as it bent and collapsed, burying the monster under the metal chandelier and a pile of steel.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Xian pulled Kiki along and rushed out of the corridor. Under the flashlight's beam, a narrow maintenance passage appeared ahead.

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(End of chapter)