Chapter 876: Faceless One

The whole body tensed.

She gripped tightly the Spiritual Energy Dagger Chu An had gotten for her; Mo Ling's petite body, like a threatened leopard, half-crouched.

The surroundings were completely quiet.

Originally she could barely make out the surroundings, but at some point the fog suddenly thickened, surrounding her.

Huh-huh

Rapid panting.

The speed kept increasing; only the retreating silhouette seemed to realize that Mo Ling had noticed the abnormality.

That retreating speed was almost like a sprint, rushing over at high speed.

With hands and feet reversed, violating the way humans move, the retreating Lin An was like a controlled corpse, swaying his arms.

The back of the head facing away from Mo Ling seemed as if it would turn around at any moment to look at her.

When did this happen...

She desperately adjusted her breathing rhythm, and Mo Ling's heart jolted suddenly.

Lin An, walking in the front, had obviously been switched.

What exactly is the thing coming toward me?

Logically speaking, if it were a supernatural incident, shouldn't it not actively attack oneself?

No time to think.

The next second.

It charged backward.

With a chilling bone-twisting sound, the face that had always been turned away from her suddenly twisted 180 degrees.

A face without features, like a blank sheet of paper, instantly enlarged rapidly in her pupils.

So fast!

Bang!!

Under the high-speed impact, the tiny body was instantly flung high up.

Beep, trigger special event mission.

Faceless One!

Flying backward in midair, Mo Ling felt as if all her bones were about to shatter.

A sweetness welled up in her chest.

If not for the Undead Body granting her some ability to reduce physical damage, this high-speed impact could have beaten her into a pulp.

Bang!

Her back slammed hard into the ground; Mo Ling endured the pain and struggled to get up from the ground.

She wiped the blood trickling from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.

She unhesitatingly pointed the dagger in her right hand at the monster charging again.

With no zombies or mutants nearby, her strength was almost reduced to the minimum.

She gave a bitter smile at the corner of her mouth.

At this moment, with Lin An's whereabouts unknown, she could only hope that her First Level physique could defeat this monster.

"Lin An, I feel unwell..."

Following behind, Mo Ling softly urged with some fatigue.

"Let's leave this place quickly..."

"I feel that the monster might be nearby, watching us."

Frowning slightly, Lin An glanced sideways at Mo Ling, who was being lifted by his telekinesis.

Since last night, Mo Ling, in a huff, stopped saying she wanted him to hold her, and he simply stopped bringing it up.

Small in stature but big in spirit, who knows what's going on in that little head..

Regarding Mo Ling's strange dependence on him, Lin An also didn't know how to handle it.

Whatever he did felt inappropriate.

Especially Lin An clearly understood that Mo Ling's feelings toward him were hard to say whether they were affection or merely dependence.

In the apocalypse, emotions are too luxurious.

Probably the little girl herself doesn't understand, but if we let her run wild, Lin An truly fears that one day Mo Ling's boldness will grow too great and she'll go too far.

Looking at that tired little face, he also understood.

Little Mo Ling was obviously somewhat fatigued, unable to stop dozing off along the way.

It's probably because she expended too much energy last night.

The surrounding environment not only made Mo Ling feel uncomfortable, but he also couldn't help feeling irritable.

With his speed, at full burst, logically speaking even the mountain range where Heiyu lies, he could cross it in at most half an hour.

But judging by the current progress, this outer region has been expanded by as much as a hundredfold.

Especially just half a minute ago, the system inexplicably sent information triggering the Faceless One mission.

Special event...

He had still never encountered it before.

Although according to the information from Yingshan, the difficulty of events in the outskirts of Heiyu is not great, it's best to resolve it as soon as possible.

But after repeatedly using mental power to probe the surroundings.

Lin An inevitably felt somewhat strange.

The special event was triggered, but where is the monster? Where is the event?

Along the way, besides the fog growing thicker, he didn't notice anything abnormal.

After a brief thought, Lin An nodded slightly and simply sped up.

He had been keeping a slower speed all along, also to prevent any sudden situations.

In the information Lianglong gave, he repeatedly mentioned that moving too fast inside Heiyu and colliding before the event triggers makes it easy to have no time to react.

But now it seems this area has clearly been expanded, the event was triggered yet nothing abnormal happened, so we might as well just charge out and see.

The wind howled, the black mist on both sides was blown apart by the airflow, yet strangely it condensed again.

Thanks to the effect of Cain's Hand, the newly simulated telekinesis actually could bring Mo Ling along to speed up.

As they went deeper, the forests on both sides seemed to be soaked in darkness.

With the burst of speed, after just a few seconds, Lin An saw a white line-like boundary.

Huh?

His speed suddenly dropped.

Lin An frowned in confusion.

It's obvious that crossing the white line means passing through this area.

Unexpectedly, under the cover of the black mist, the end of this area isn't that far.

"Lin An, it seems this is it."

Mo Ling said softly with a somewhat relaxed tone.

He nodded.

Lin An also let out a slight sigh of relief, he had thought this area still had a long stretch.

But for some reason, that faint sense of unease lingered in his heart.

The event was triggered, yet there was no obstruction or danger.

Does it trigger the moment one crosses the white line?

"Nameless one?" Special event...

Even from past-life memories, records of special events are scarce.

Given all these factors, Lin An couldn't make a judgment.

But no matter what, according to Heiyu's nature, as long as I cross it, any subsequent danger in this area couldn't possibly chase after me.

It's just... too simple.

I originally wanted to complete some tasks and resolve some supernatural incidents.

Just as that thought arose, Mo Ling suddenly spoke again:

"Lin An, we should leave quickly."

"The fog behind is getting thicker."

"I always feel like there are two eyes watching us..."

"Watching?"

Lin An's expression turned sharp, his doubts deepening.

As soon as the words fell, a shrill cry came from the thick mist behind.

Then came a heavy thudding of footsteps, from far to near, approaching quickly.

It sounded as if a huge monster was running through the mist.

Huh? Did that unknown entity catch up at this time?

He abruptly turned around, Lin An stared straight at the mist behind, trying to see what was approaching.

His face showed no fear, rather he seemed eager to give it a try.

After obtaining Cain's Hand, which added all kinds of damage bonuses, Lin An wanted to test whether it would work the same against a special event.

Anyway, crossing the white line is just a step away; he didn't believe the outside event could be so strong as to leave him no chance to flee.

"Faceless One, what exactly could it be?"

He was stunned.

Little Mo Ling seemed not to have expected the sound to appear; instead it sparked Lin An's interest.

She seemed even more uneasy, hastily grabbing Lin An's arm:

"Lin An! Let's get out quickly!"

"The monster of the special event will attack me!"

"I'm a bit scared..."

Standing still, not moving a muscle.

As soon as the words fell, Lin An's eyes flashed with a strange hue, and he backhandedly grabbed Mo Ling's head.

Their eyes met, his expression icy.

"Who exactly are you?"

As if struck down, a flash of pain crossed Little Mo Ling's face.

She was practically being yanked by the hair by Lin An, who roughly twisted her head around.

"I am... Mo Ling!"

Little Mo Ling seemed unable to understand what Lin An was saying, so she endured the pain and replied urgently.

"Bang!"

Without hesitation, Lin An's left hand suddenly exerted force, crushing that small head into pieces.

It burst like a watermelon, splattering blood mixed with red and white onto his face.

He licked the corner of his mouth; the blood was scalding.

0.1 later, Lin An almost without stopping rushed toward the Rear.

"You... how did you discover?"

In the thick fog, a faceless head swiftly condensed, and softly asked toward the shooting back figure.

It does not understand, its disguise certainly has no problem.

"Mo Ling's body is cold, she is 'dead'.."

"Your palm, too hot.."

"Moreover... she will not say she is afraid."

A sonic boom erupted, Lin An's gaze icy cold, he straightly headed back to the place he came from.