Chapter 11: Blood-Flesh Amalgamation Monster

The distress messages in the regional channel were like having their signal cut off, instantly falling into dead silence, with only the number of people still plummeting wildly.

That dark target wasn't the rat swarm at all! The rat swarm were merely the pitiful creatures it drove away and devoured!

Its target was all living beings in this area!

"Damn it!" Li Qingxuan let out a low growl, violently slamming the iron window shut; the heavy metal clang echoed in the silent stone house.

He leaned against the cold wall, his heart pounding like a drum in his chest, as if it might burst out.

Just moments ago the stone house felt utterly solid, but before this soundless, all-consuming darkness it now seemed so tiny and fragile!

That viscous darkness was surging toward the stone house's foundation!

Outside the window was completely filled with an impenetrable ink-blackness; the campfire's light was pressed hard against the iron window, illuminating only his pale, terrified face.

"Shasha…gulu…" that grating sound was right up close, ringing continuously against the stone house's outer wall.

Li Qingxuan could even "feel" the faint, continuous sound coming from outside the wall, like countless tiny suckers attaching and corroding!

He stared at the remaining 340 units of stone material and 140 units of iron block, his knuckles whitening from force, fixed on that door and window that looked thick but now felt as thin as paper to him.

Could the stone house's protection value really hold off this thing?

The protection value was like a cake being gnawed by an invisible maw, continuously and rapidly dropping on the panel.

Each time the faint "shasha…gulu…" sound rang out, the protection value would plummet by 10 or 20 points.

That sound was no longer mere background noise; it had become an icy countdown, each strike hitting Li Qingxuan's heart like a heavy hammer.

400 points of protection value had, in an instant, fallen below the 300 mark.

Li Qingxuan constantly repaired the stone house and iron gate, materials being consumed at breakneck speed; the stone material and iron block in the storage room visibly dwindled by a large amount.

Outside, the suffocating viscous scraping sound gradually weakened as the monster's front half slowly retreated; on the panel, the protection value's decline gradually eased!

From decreasing 10–20 points each time, it shifted to dropping 7–8 points every few seconds, sometimes even pausing momentarily.

He opened the regional channel again, and what he saw made his already cold heart sink completely to the bottom.

【Regional Channel, Population: /】

【Zhang Mo: The door's broken, they…came in…ah——】

【Tian Yuan: Can anyone spare some wood? I'll repay tenfold, no, a hundredfold later!!】

【Ling Tian: Damn! I'm going all out against you guys! Uh——】

One after another, the messages cut off abruptly, like last words strangled mid-speech.

The population plummeted like an avalanche, hundreds of names fading each second, turning into cold "unrecoverable" tags or vanishing outright.

Those still alive in the channel spoke less and less, with longer gaps between, filled with numbness and the silent wait for an end.

【Regional Channel, Population: /】

【Wang Wu: …Anyone still alive? …Give a squeak】

【……】

【Li Erlong: From afar I saw that monster, my pants got wet】

【……】

【Zhang Tianyi: I was on the edge, but I finally made it through】

Slowly, the channel fell into total silence, save for the total count representing the death countdown, which continued to plummet at a rate of hundreds or thousands per minute.

Li Qingxuan closed the panel, no longer looking at the population in the regional channel; a wave of sorrow rose in his heart—Li Qingxuan had never felt life to be so impermanent.

After the stone house was fully repaired, Li Qingxuan sat back in his chair, glanced at the remaining supplies—140 units of stone material and 40 units of iron block remained.

Only then did Li Qingxuan have the leisure to check the monster information displayed in the Weird Encyclopedia.

【Weird Creature: Blood-Flesh Amalgamation Monster】

【Category: Flesh Type】

【Constitution: 895】

【Spirit: 478】

【Grade: A】

【Traits: Devouring Fusion, Black Mist Envelopment, Form Unstable】

【Description: A terrifying aggregate born from unknown forces in an environment of massive death-flesh. Possessing extremely strong devouring and fusion traits, it can, through contact, actively decompose and absorb the fleshly beings it touches, thereby strengthening itself and repairing damage. Internally, it constantly undergoes disordered fusion and mutation, instinctively seizing, devouring, and merging all surrounding flesh, converting it into part of itself.】

Looking at the Blood-Flesh Amalgamation Monster's information, Li Qingxuan thought he needed to quickly gather enough stone material to build a city wall; otherwise, if such a dangerous monster attacked the shelter next time, it would be disastrous.

The Trading Center…after such a regional disaster, basic supplies for upgrading the shelter would be more precious than ever.

Just then, the notification sound for a friend's message on his panel rang again!

Li Qingxuan quickly opened the message.

Li Feifei: "Li Qingxuan! Are you still there? The monster on my side has already passed!"

"Huuu…" Li Qingxuan's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, as if the great stone weighing on his heart had finally landed, fearing to see another monster message.

He took a few deep breaths, his fingertips replying on the panel: "I'm here! How are you? Hurt? Is the wooden house still okay?"

After sending the message, he immediately added: "The monster on my side has just retreated!"

After sending it, he only then felt a wave of exhaustion wash over him, cold sweat soaking his undershirt, leaving his skin icy.

That earlier terrifying pressure, the fear of being like food at the mouth of a colossal creature, had nearly drained all his energy.

Li Feifei: "I…I'm fine! Just scared out of my wits! The wooden house door's protection value still has 23 points, but the monster…they seem to have just passed by!"

Between the lines shone the shock and disbelief of having survived, as if that suffocating fear still lingered.

Li Qingxuan let out a slight sigh, but seeing the follow‑up message, his heart that had just eased rose again— the wooden house's protection value still had 23 points?

This meant Li Feifei was now virtually defenseless; any appearance of a weird creature could pose a lethal threat.

Although the Blood-Flesh Amalgamation Monster had just passed and it was unlikely another weird creature would appear, Li Qingxuan still decided to trade some wood over as a precaution.

"I still have 50 units of wood—I'll trade them to you first!" Li Qingxuan replied, "Don't stray far from the wooden house after dawn; wait until morning, and I'll come get you!"

Afterwards, they Transaction some water over, and immediately Li Feifei's next message popped up, the content making him frown tightly: "I can't give you my location; there are no obvious landmarks around."

In this vast and strange world, lacking obvious landmarks, searching for someone aimlessly is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Don't rush, think carefully, what's around you?" he replied quickly.

"River? Mountain peak? Or are there any exceptionally tall trees nearby? Oddly colored stones? Anything that could help you remember?"

After sending the message, Li Qingxuan couldn't help but rub his temples; the forest was boundless, and searching for someone without a target was hardly easy.

Li Feifei's current situation is only temporarily safe; who knows what will happen the next second.

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