Chapter 418

【Shadow Symbiosis】 (Golden)

Your shadow is not merely a reflection of light, but an independent existence gradually awakening. It will become your Second Body, living and dancing in symbiosis with you.

You can exchange positions with your shadow at any time, or let it take a Fatal Damage for you at a critical moment of life and death.

The shadow's strength is closely related to your Agility attribute; the higher your Agility, the higher its strength, and the longer it can persist each day.

"Your shadow is your most loyal partner, and also your most dangerous enemy!"

With golden light before your eyes, would you still see silver and bronze?

Just like a top-tier bewitching beauty appearing on the bed, her charm enough to make one lose their soul, would you still yearn for the gentle techniques of a Club Technician, or the green smile of a Hairdresser?

You would!

That's right, men are just this kind-hearted; even facing the most dazzling choice, the bottom of their hearts still retains a trace of Attachment for them.

But if you can only choose one——

"I choose Golden."

The man murmured in a low voice, his tone without a shred of hesitation.

【You have obtained a Golden Entry——Shadow Symbiosis!】

In an instant, the man's shoe sole lightly touched down, stepping inside the Sewage Pipe, the shoe tip touching the surface of the turbid, foul-smelling sewage.

The sewage rippled slightly, spreading ring after ring of Ripples, reflecting his blurry Shadow.

"The water's a bit freezing!"

A Strange feeling suddenly rose in the man's heart, as if not only his shoe sole had contacted the sewage, but his entire body was soaked in that bone-piercingly cold sewage.

Chill spread upward from his Foot, crawling along his Spine to fill his whole body, like countless icy hands gently caressing his Skin.

He lowered his head to look at his feet; his shoe sole was clearly only shallowly stepping on the water surface, yet that bone-soaking cold sensation was incomparably real.

Fortunately, he had long been Accustomed to Low Temperature, with Abnormal Cold Resistance.

He lowered his head, looking at the turbid water surface; a row of faintly visible Blood Bars floated up on his Retina——【10/10】.

A bizarre Smile appeared on the man's face, the corner of his mouth curling up slightly:

"Good, good, good, truly worthy of a Golden Entry, another one comes along?!!!"

The man really wanted to stop and carefully study his Shadow, explore its "Body Structure", see just what kind of Surprise this newly awakened "Second Body" could bring him.

However, another figure always lingered in his heart——Yu Huai.

His love for Yu Huai was deep, bordering on Obsessive, even surpassing his curiosity and anticipation for his own Shadow.

That concern, like a Red Thread tied by a Matchmaker, was firmly fastened around his Ankle, pulling at him, making him unable to stop his steps.

"Shadow, we'll slowly get to know each other later."

He said to the Shadow with great apology:

"Right now, my Yu Huai is the most important."

The man lightly pushed off with his foot, his shoe sole skimming over the turbid sewage like a Dragonfly Skimming Water, barely stirring a single Ripple.

His pace seemed slow, but was actually shockingly fast; after a few strides of Acceleration, his figure shuttled through the shadows of the Sewer like a Ghostly Shadow.

Behind him, he left a string of lifelike eerie shadows.

"Did you... hear something? Some Strange sound?"

The female assistant suddenly stopped her steps; she abruptly Turned Head to look behind, Fingers tightly gripping her phone, turning the phone's light brightness to the maximum.

The rust-mottled Pipe was a full 4 meters high, gleaming with a greenish-black Metal luster under the strong light, like the rotting ribs of a giant beast.

Damp Moss clung to the Pipe Wall like Pustules; the Pipe twisted extending toward different Forks, outlining deeper shadows at the edge of the phone light, as if countless intertwined Giant Pythons were slowly Wriggling in the Darkness.

"Senior Sister? Is that you guys?"

The female assistant softly called out, her voice echoing in the Labyrinth-like Sewage Pipe; the Echo falling into her own ears was inexplicably eerie.

"Don't shout randomly, the Senior Sisters are all up ahead, they should catch up to the Target soon."

The female Doctor pursed her swollen lips, her tone carrying thick Anxiety.

She lightly tapped her glasses frame; the lens immediately shot out a White Light, projecting a Virtual Map of the Underground Pipe in the air.

On the Map, the Complex pipes extended like a Spider Web; in the distance, after a few turns, seven Black Dots and one Red Dot could be clearly seen rapidly closing in, as if they would overlap in the next second.

"Look, the Senior Sisters are about to catch up to the Target." The female Doctor said.

The female assistant hesitated for a moment, her voice somewhat trembling: "But behind us... there really is a Strange sound."

"Should be rats!" The female Doctor frowned.

Drip——

A drop of icy Water Drop suddenly fell on the female assistant's nape; immediately after, clearer and more urgent water sounds echoed from farther away, like a Heavy Rain pouring down, violently striking the water pools, splashing countless fine and dense raindrop sounds.

The female assistant stiffly raised her phone, Trembling Fingers almost unable to hold that weak Light Source.

She slowly moved the phone's Light Beam toward the top of the Pipe Wall——

What met her eyes was a Pipe Wall covered in green moss, mottled and terrible, and on top of this Pipe Wall, it was actually covered in dense, horrifyingly Can Hong eyes!

Thousands upon thousands of bristling rats bared sharp teeth, Hanging Upside Down on the Pipe Wall; their Claws deeply embedded in the rust-mottled Metal, their bodies undulating up and down with rapid climbing movements.

Dark yellow Rust Water seeped from the Pipe Wall cracks, dripping along the rats' fur, making "Drip, Drip" sounds.

The female assistant hadn't misheard; there really was a strange noise behind them.

The female Doctor hadn't spoken wrongly either; the strange noise indeed came from rats.

They just hadn't expected there would be this many rats?

The female assistant's Throat seemed Strangled by something, unable to make a sound.

Her phone light Swept across the Pipe Wall; those Can Hong eyes turned slightly with the movement of the light, neatly and uniformly staring at her.

She finally squeezed out a sound, but discovered she didn't even have the Courage to Turn Around.

"You say... could it be that these rats stimulated the Senior Sisters?" the female assistant asked with a flash of inspiration.

The female doctor also froze, her gaze through the lenses fixed on those densely packed, teeth-baring rats.

The virtual map projected in the air was trembling slightly, as if even it could sense this terrifying atmosphere.

She couldn't help but mutter inwardly that her female assistant's timing in giving answers always seemed so inopportune.

Last time reminding her of the time was like this, before that forcibly slapping her awake was also like this, and this time it's still like this!

"Is this assistant toxic or what?"

The female doctor made a secret resolution in her heart: if she could survive today, she would absolutely replace this assistant.

She took a deep breath, cold air filling her lungs.

The next second, she abruptly turned around and ran with all her might without looking back, simultaneously roaring at the female assistant:

"You hold them off, ask clearly whether it was them who stimulated the Senior Sisters!"

(End of Chapter)