Chapter 70: Danger

Ding Mo was greatly startled, feeling the wall his body was leaning against begin to collapse, the angle of its tilt gradually decreasing.

Although the "rooftop" was jammed directly between the Wall and the ground, causing it to topple slowly, the impact on the movements of the two was relatively limited.

But even so, this building was simply too tall, and if things continued this way,

they would never make it in time to slide to the outside of the Wall at the very bottom before it collapsed!

Yet, aside from jumping off the building directly, sliding along the wall was already the fastest way!

"Wait a second, is that... Gu Zixu?"

On a protruding platform of the building ahead, Ding Mo suddenly caught sight of a familiar back.

She was stepping on something, and in her hand, she was propping up a... strangely shaped long wooden board, gazing off into the distance at the earth.

Just as Ding Mo slid behind her, she tossed the "long wooden board" in her hand in front of him.

Snap!

Ding Mo took a closer look and realized that this was actually a "skateboard"!

It was the kind with four wheels, with both the front and back ends curved upward.

"This..." Ding Mo understood.

She wanted to use this skateboard, which she had found goodness knows where, to charge down in one go?

"But doing this, the sliding speed is too fast... we'll fall to our deaths!"

The "Curtain" could at most let him change his landing posture, but it couldn't negate the impact force!

Upon hearing this, Gu Zixu shifted her gaze to look downward. Ding Mo subconsciously followed her gaze.

He saw that the place where the building was collapsing and falling was an area filled with dense fog!

Ding Mo hadn't noticed before, but at this moment, the fog was much higher than the earth—

which meant that before the building even finished collapsing, it would be completely enveloped by the fog!

Time was even tighter than he had imagined!

Gu Zixu, stepping on her skateboard at this time, asked:

"Killer No. 2, do you trust me?"

Ding Mo had already picked up the skateboard—he had no choice but to trust her now.

"Speak, what plan do you have?"

A trace of a smile appeared at the corners of Gu Zixu's mouth.

Then, she snapped her fingers.

Snap!

Then came the sound of wheels spinning crazily!

Seeing this, Ding Mo had no choice but to grit his teeth and follow the figure that had leaped off the platform,

stepping onto the skateboard and sliding downward frantically!!

It was just that the constantly increasing speed made Ding Mo lose control of his body within a mere few seconds!

He had never had the hobby of skateboarding, hey!

But at this moment, a burst of rap, mixed with the howling wind, entered his ears:

"Yo yo—?"

He saw Gu Zixu, one hand pressing down on her baseball cap, her long hair dancing by her ears.

With her feet placed one in front of the other on the skateboard, her mouth opened and closed continuously:

"Bottom of the firmament—beneath the abyss!"

The load-bearing pillars deformed and snapped beneath their feet.

"Death-defying—prisoners—do not hesitate!"

Gu Zixu stomped hard on the front of the board and flew up with panache.

"Bloodless—killers—roaming the firmament!"

She crossed a crack, landed nimbly on the wall, and continued forward.

"Tearless—killing path—carved by two feet!"

For some reason, even though it was embarrassing rap, embarrassing lyrics,

when spoken by her, it seemed to produce some magical effect, making Ding Mo, who was following behind, not feel the slightest bit of embarrassment!?

It was as if this was only natural!

"Yo yo—!" Whether he had gone crazy or the current situation forced him to need some courage, he didn't know,

but unconsciously, Ding Mo actually followed along and started rapping too!

Normally, this would be absolutely impossible.

"Falling—down the giant tower—crashing through the cloud wall, on the killer's—path—there is no benevolence or righteousness!"

In mid-air, one man and one woman, the two started a duet rap mode!

They were even stepping on skateboards, while their hands were making inexplicable "hip-hop gestures."

"Yo yo—!"

A bizarre thing happened at this moment!

As the lyrics left his mouth, Ding Mo actually felt his body becoming increasingly light and easy to control!

It was as if... he had truly become a killer who had trained for over a decade!

He had powerful control over every muscle, every tendon, and every bone in his body.

After noticing this, the last trace of resistance in his heart vanished.

On the surface of the inverted wall of the collapsing building, the two rapped passionately amidst their high-speed dash:

"The chaotic—gale—tests my heroic spirit, the transparent—window eye—sees my killing intent!"

From the sky, from the upper section of the building, cracked stones fell, smashing toward Ding Mo's back.

Yet he did not even turn his head; with a sway of his feet on the skateboard, he easily dodged them!

It was as if he had eyes in the back of his head.

But in reality, it was because Ding Mo's hearing had become incomparably sharp, allowing him to detect the trajectory of the stones in advance.

"Yo-yo—! Assassin—squad—all units deploy!"

As the final line, filled with chuunibyou flair, fell, the two had already ridden their skateboards to the very bottom.

Rumble!

On this final stretch, Ding Mo began to use the tail of the skateboard to decelerate, grinding it until it snapped,

and then he used his shoes, his clothes, and everything else available to slow down.

Coupled with his now monstrous body control and the soft soil outside the Wall,

he finally collapsed and passed out, covered in blood.

……

Uru-ru~

A dull motor sound rang in Ding Mo's ears.

He wanted to open his eyes, but felt a wave of darkness. Pain washed over him.

"Where is this..." Ding Mo took a long while to recover before he could see his current situation clearly.

This was undoubtedly the interior of the armored vehicle they had arrived in.

As for himself, he was wrapped almost entirely in Bandage, no wonder his whole body ached!

But he was doing alright; at least he was still alive.

And now, compared to when they arrived, more than half of the seats in the vehicle were empty, with no one sitting on them.

Only Gu Zixu remained; she was a bit dirty, but surprisingly, she had no injuries at all!

However, she seemed severely exhausted; her beautiful eyes were tightly closed, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and she remained unconscious.

But there was another figure, sitting next to her: "Zhang Yunfan," with sparse black hair growing out of his pores!

Zhang Yunfan was staring blankly at the floor, not even reacting to Ding Mo's awakening.

"... Zhang Yunfan?" Ding Mo called out to him in a hoarse voice.

The sound echoed in the enclosed vehicle cabin.

It took a long while for Zhang Yunfan to slowly lift his head and look at him.

"You survived?" Hearing Ding Mo say this, Zhang Yunfan gave a bitter smile, the black hair on his face trembling with his movement.

"Yeah... lived a little longer."

"What... do you mean?" Ding Mo was puzzled.

"My Threshold is too low; I've already received a Task from the 'Typewriter', and soon I will..."

His words caused the air to fall into silence.

This was truly escaping the tiger's den only to enter the wolf's lair.

"You survived this time, you can survive the next time too!" Ding Mo wanted to comfort him; after all, they were teammates who had shared hardships.

But because he was injured, his words sounded somewhat pale and weak.

Yet after hearing this, Zhang Yunfan was stunned for a long while; after a moment, he seemed to smile,

and his expression softened slightly.

He had just opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

But his mouth was erased! Then his head, his body, and very quickly, the whole person was simply gone.

This process was exactly like a child erasing their own doodle.

Zhang Yunfan had vanished, taken away by the "Typewriter".

"..."

Ding Mo fell silent, staring fixedly at this scene.

The vehicle fell into quiet, with no sound for a long time.

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