Chapter 3273

The turbid orange light shone from the eyes on the brain monster's head, illuminating a small half of the main corridor in orange-yellow.

Zuiyas immediately blocked the front of Shenyin, and black tentacles spread behind him, wrapping backward.

"Shenyin, I'll take you to retreat."

"Okay."

Although Shenyin was guarding against Zuiyas, he didn't know what Zuiyas had done before. After hesitating for a moment and taking out a life-saving item, he chose to be enveloped by Zuiyas's black tentacles.

Zuiyas turned and fled, rushing out of the main corridor in a few steps and arriving in the curved corridor. Morei followed closely behind.

"Huh? Where is Bai Ye?"

After Morei rushed into the curved corridor, she looked puzzled. Logically speaking, Su Xiao's speed should be faster than hers.

Boom!

Most of a corpse flew into the curved corridor, hitting the wall and leaving a large, glaring white bloodstain. The color of this blood looked very similar to brain matter.

"The big-headed monster is dead just like that? Strong, Bai Ye."

While Morei was speaking, she was about to push open the door of the curved corridor. Zuiyas raised his hand to stop her and pointed to the stained, long, narrow glass window on the door. The turbid orange light was getting brighter and brighter in the main corridor.

Through the blurry glass, after Morei saw this turbid orange light, she felt like vomiting—a dual discomfort from both physical and psychological aspects.

Through the door, howls came from the main corridor. Morei and Zuiyas had just heard this sound; it was the cry of the brain monsters. At this moment, the cries were very dense, indicating there were at least a hundred brain monsters.

The sound of "swish, swish" also came from inside the door; it sounded very much like the sound of sharp blades cutting through the air.

A few minutes later, the main corridor quieted down, the orange light reflecting on the dirty door glass faded, and white blood flowed in through the gap at the bottom of the door.

Zuiyas retracted his tentacles. Shenyin, who was in a hidden state, jumped back, keeping his distance from Zuiyas. Just now, he had vaguely felt something, but he couldn't be sure.

Morei pushed open the corridor door, and the scene in the main corridor came into her view. Located in the middle of the main corridor was a pile of severed limbs and brain monsters whose tumor heads had been chopped off, or whose heads had been half-chopped off. Their remains were piled into a heap. With this corpse pile as the center, water-white blood spread to the surroundings. Standing on top of the corpse pile, Su Xiao held a strangely shaped short saw-blade knife in each hand. He was wearing a bucket helmet, and the dual saw-blade knives in his hands had been stained white.

Su Xiao jumped down from the corpse pile. After shaking off the blood on the dual saw-blade knives, the knives flipped half a turn in his hands and were sheathed, pressed by his thumbs.

In the nightmare, the weapons of the Church caused almost full real damage, plus the real damage of the Qing Gang Ying energy. The damage intensity was explosive. Cutting the monsters here was like cutting melons and vegetables. However, this weapon wasn't as top-tier in reality.

The reason Su Xiao stayed to deal with the brain monsters was that he wasn't afraid of the Turbid Light emitted by them.

In Nightmare·Yongwang Town, Su Xiao had seen the "Swollen Eye." That thing only had one huge eyeball, and the Turbid Light it released was even stronger.

Assuming the Turbid Light emitted by the Swollen Eye caused 30 points of Sanity damage, then the Turbid Light of the brain monsters caused about 6 to 7 points of damage.

At that time, Su Xiao had withstood the Turbid Light and was stared at by the Swollen Eye for 60 seconds, passing a certain test. At that time, he gained two benefits, one of which was a permanent 120-point increase in resistance to Turbid Light.

In addition to Su Xiao's own resistance, the 【Church Knight Bucket Helmet】 had an outrageously high resistance to Turbid Light. The reason he could be stared at by the Swollen Eye for 60 seconds last time was that Su Xiao was wearing the 【Church Knight Bucket Helmet】, which had an exclusive resistance bonus in this regard.

His own Turbid Light resistance + the bucket helmet's exclusive resistance to Turbid Light—with the two superimposed, Su Xiao didn't care about the brain monsters' Turbid Light at all.

Facing the brain monsters in the main corridor wouldn't be without any cost. He had just injected a sedative when his Sanity was very low, and his Sanity was full after 5 seconds. Sometimes, a low Sanity cap is also a good thing.

Su Xiao raised his hand toward the corpse pile. Clusters of white semi-fluid sealed by energy floated up, surged toward him, and were collected into his storage space.

【You have obtained Deep Sea Brain Fluid × 10 portions.】

【Deep Sea Brain Fluid: A strange object that appeared after the "Nightmare" and "Ocean's Counter-surge" mixed. This smooth, viscous object has an unimaginable temptation for monsters in the nightmare or the deep sea. When these monsters swallow this brain fluid, they will perform confusing behaviors. When witnessing all this, never laugh; laughter will re-attract the monsters' attention.】

Seeing the information on the 【Deep Sea Brain Fluid】, Su Xiao knew it was a good thing. Without being discovered by the nightmare monsters, throwing this thing out could lure the nightmare monsters away.

"You guys, what are you running for?"

Su Xiao looked around at Morei, Zuiyas, and the invisible man Shenyin. Morei and Shenyin were both embarrassed, while Zuiyas was calm and composed. His thick skin could only be compared to a city wall.

"Continue exploring."

Su Xiao walked at the very front. Seeing this, Shenyin pushed out a light orb. After the orb floated slowly, it merged into Su Xiao's chest.

【Prompt: You have received the buff effect of "Clear Spring Surge." Within the next 10 seconds, your Sanity will restore 95 points.】

Su Xiao's Sanity gradually recovered, and after a few seconds, it returned to 215/215 points.

Arriving at the end of the main corridor, a silver-gray metal door appeared, identical in appearance to the one when entering the Nightmare·Castle Ward. Su Xiao took out the key, inserted it, and turned it. With a "click," the door opened.

Pushing open the pair of silver-gray metal doors, a ward of about a hundred square meters appeared in front. On both sides of the room were iron-frame beds. Most of the beds were empty, while some had brain monsters lying on them.

The brain monsters here were still ugly, but they were all wearing loose, light-pink hospital clothes and were very weak.

"Young Lady, is it you? Have you come to see us? Leave quickly, you cannot come into the nightmare."

"Drip-drop~, drip-drop~, drip-drop~, do you hear it? It's the sound of water droplets falling. It's the ocean. The beast in my heart has disappeared; I have been healed by the Voice of the Sea."

"Kill me, quickly, kill me, save... save me..."

"The Royal Bloodline treats us as test subjects. Beastification has been cured? The seawater is pouring in; it's more painful than beastification. The two exist together."

Every few meters Su Xiao walked, he could hear a patient's pouring out of their heart. These patients had stayed here for too long; they couldn't die, and they couldn't live well. Life was worse than death.

Without investigation, Su Xiao could imagine the gist of the matter. After beastification completely broke out in the World of Paintings, the dynasty thought of many ways. After being at their wit's end, they chose to fight poison with poison, using a strange power from the deep sea to counter mental beastification.

As a result, fighting poison with poison didn't succeed. Mental beastification wasn't cured, and they were eroded by the power of the deep sea.

Presumably, this castle was the last shelter of the main painting world. The people here, even if they weren't crazy, had already resorted to any means.

Passing through the ward, Su Xiao arrived at the utility hall where various sundries were placed. There were many metal dissection tables in the utility hall, on which lay some brain monsters that had been half-dissected.

In addition to various sundries, there were corridor passages on the left, right, and innermost sides of the utility hall. The castle ward was larger than imagined.

Su Xiao's gaze focused on the metal door at the innermost side. In the center of this metal door was a combination lock. There was no keyhole on the door, meaning this door could only be opened with a password.

Just as Su Xiao was about to step forward, the crisp "tap, tap" sound of metal hitting the ground reached his ears. He immediately hid on the side of a dissection table. Morei was beside him, and on the side of the nearby metal dissection table were Zuiyas and Shenyin.

For some reason, after entering the utility hall, glowing orange light particles appeared on Shenyin, causing his stealth difficulty to climb significantly.

In the corridor passage on the right side of the utility hall, a figure walked out. The hem of her robe was tattered, hanging down like cloth strips. Her two long legs were stained with dots of blood, and on her feet was a pair of metal high heels. After stepping on the marble floor, they made a crisp "tap-tap" sound.

The most eye-catching thing was the humanoid monster's head. She should have been a brain monster, but her brain had been cut and modified.

There were rivets for fixation on her neck, and her head was wrapped in something similar to a metal searchlight. The dozen eyeballs gathered on her face emitted a turbid orange light. Under the spotlight of the searchlight, the Turbid Light was gathered and shot directly in front of her. The intensity of the Turbid Light she released was at least several times stronger than that of the Swollen Eye.

This humanoid monster was deliberately modified by someone to guard the secret here. The searchlight on her head and her long, blood-stained white legs actually made terror and sexiness start to border on each other.

This monster is tentatively called "Lamp Sister." Lamp Sister walked with a strange gait. Her upper body was slightly hunched, and her tattered clothes swayed as she walked. Every step she took was after taking the maximum stride, and then her hunched leg stepped down. When her high heels stepped on the ground, they made a crisp "tap" sound. Every step was like this.

Su Xiao discovered that Morei, who was leaning against the side of the dissection table, was holding her breath and didn't dare to make a sound. Although Zuiyas wasn't as exaggerated, he also chose to avoid her for the time being.

Lamp Sister was a big problem. Su Xiao estimated that with his current Sanity and means to deal with the nightmare, even if he used 【Deep Sea Brain Fluid】 to lure her, it was impossible to pass Lamp Sister's barrier. The password door was just over ten meters away on the opposite side. The password was 338145. Now, he just lacked an opportunity.

Morei turned her head and suddenly discovered that Su Xiao was half-squatting, exposing most of his bucket helmet. Her expression began to stiffen.

"Don't, I beg you."

Morei's mouth opened and closed, saying silently with lip-reading.

"You are my father, you are my ancestor! Don't!"

In Morei's increasingly desperate eyes, Su Xiao pulled out his right-hand saw-blade knife, stood up straight, and smashed it onto the dissection table with the end of the knife handle with a "clang."

Creak!

Metal friction! Lamp Sister turned around suddenly! But Su Xiao was already gone. That was because, at the moment he hit the dissection table, he relied on his Dragon Shadow Flash ability to penetrate space and arrive in front of Lamp Sister. After Lamp Sister heard the sound and turned around immediately, Su Xiao, who had finished space penetration, happened to be standing behind Lamp Sister.

Su Xiao completely restrained his aura, stopped his breathing, and slowed his heartbeat to the slowest. He didn't move from his spot, and Lamp Sister didn't discover him. Lamp Sister was attracted by the loud noise just now and walked toward the direction where Morei, Zuiyas, and Shenyin were.

At this moment, Morei and Shenyin were a bit stunned, and Zuiyas's expression was ugly. He had wanted to do this just now, but he was too late.

Lamp Sister approached step by step. After the three looked at each other, Zuiyas shouted: "Run."

After Zuiyas shouted, he melted on the spot, while Shenyin rushed out. After rushing out a few steps, he stumbled and wanted to hide behind the dissection table again, but discovered that Lamp Sister had already rushed over. He could only bite the bullet and run toward the ward.

Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao arrived silently in front of the metal password door and dialed the password to 338145 at the fastest speed.

With a "click," the password door opened. After Su Xiao confirmed there was a mechanism to unlock it from inside, he rushed into the door and slammed it shut.

Thud!!

Lamp Sister slammed into the password door. Her sharp claws scratched the password door frantically, leaving white marks on it. On Lamp Sister's lower back, a transparent humanoid phantom with orange light spots was hanging.

The utility hall quieted down. Zuiyas had turned into the appearance of half a brain monster corpse, lying on the dissection table and pretending to be dead.

Tap, tap, tap.

Lamp Sister walked, patrolling the surroundings.

"Croak~"

The sound of a frog appeared. The searchlight on Lamp Sister's head tilted, seemingly in doubt—doubt as to why there was a strange sound here. But this sound also made her feel very normal.

"Croak~"

Another frog croak. Lamp Sister stopped ignoring it. She stopped near the dissection table where Zuiyas was and didn't move.

Presumably, there must be an "MMP" that Zuiyas wants to say in his heart right now.