[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups":3,"chapter-starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-618":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},231543,282,"Chapter 618 - 342: The Approach of Darkness","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-618",618,"\u003Cp>Resuming mission status again, she walked alone on the desolate street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She circled around the nightclubs and bars on Yingchun Road, pacing back and forth several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, she even encountered a few drunk men who approached to flirt and ask for prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for the mission, she probably would have punched them already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi took a deep breath and walked again into the dimly lit side road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leyi, if you’re tired, you can take a break first...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Fei’s concerned voice came through the earpiece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Received...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi was just about to reply \"I’m fine\" when suddenly a burst of ear-piercing static came through the earpiece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zzzzz——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All sounds were elongated, becoming intermittent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, complete silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello? Fisherman?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Xuhao? Chen Lei?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please reply if you receive this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi shouted a few times with an increased volume, but the communication channel was deathly quiet, with not a single teammate responding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is happening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unprecedented sensation of strangeness enveloped her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She abruptly stopped and looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding world seemed to be undergoing some strange transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness was like thick ink, devouring the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence was like the air being sucked away, pressing against her eardrums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the distant lights of tall buildings, even the few streetlights on this road became blurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if viewed through frosted glass distorted by rain, twisted and distorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temperature of the air was dropping rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An icy aura rushed in from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, she heard a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very faint, restrained breathing sound, as if coming from deep within a throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound was right next to her ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet there was no one around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her Perception Ability, she would never make a mistake in this regard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, in countless past missions, she would have died countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sticky gaze from before had appeared once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was no longer following from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, like a snake’s tongue, cold and slick, it seemed to be licking the back of her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi couldn’t help but raise her hand to touch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold fear surged from her feet to the top of her head like a tide, freezing all the blood in her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncontrollably, images of those girls’ tragic death photos from the case file flashed through her mind, her nails almost digging into the leather of her handbag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down, stay calm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bit her lip, forcibly soothing her pounding heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened, ears slightly perked, amplifying the perception of her senses to the limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand reached into the handbag once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she detected movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stream of water, almost merged with the darkness, silently spread from behind her along the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wound around her heel like a living snake, ready to coil around her fair calf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fierce look flashed in Cheng Leyi’s eyes as she swiftly turned and stomped hard on the stream of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she pulled out a pepper spray from the handbag, and pressed the nozzle fiercely into the air in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Psshhh——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large cloud of red smoke gushed out instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shrill scream pierced the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the red smoke, the water rippled violently and a transparent human figure’s outline was forcibly outlined, writhing in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi strained to keep her eyes wide open, staring intently at the eerie red figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is this thing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slightly annoyed male voice came from the writhing red figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi furrowed her brows and retorted with full vigor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d like to ask you what the hell you are, damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",626,"2026-05-29T15:13:35.336Z","2026-06-01T04:29:35.325Z",1,"novelbin.me","baf73ba2d113a220f60a3ac8b0f806dc29dacba6c51d9b0ed316b9ebf63dba65","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-619","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-617",1278,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-cover.jpg"]