Chapter 271: Plan Exposed

Room 502.

Wen Liang's corpse was still warm, lying on the cold floor, his wide-open eyes reflecting Ouyang Feng's face twisted with ecstasy.

The Wish Bottle was right before his eyes.

The ancient porcelain bottle's surface flowed with an eerie glow, as if it contained the secrets of the entire universe.

All it took was a single thought.

All it took was to slip that paper, covered in desires, inside.

He could become surpassing Jiang Yuan, surpassing Chen Shao, surpassing all mortals in this world......

God!

Just as Ouyang Feng's hand was about to touch the bottle, a piercing light suddenly flared outside the window, like a lone eye opening in the darkness.

"Huh?"

Ouyang Feng's movement stalled.

As a former ace of the Investigation Bureau, his intuition for danger had long been ingrained in his bones.

That was no ordinary light.

That was...... the exhaust flame of a rocket launcher!

Ouyang Feng's pupils contracted into the most dangerous needle-point shape.

He had no time to ponder why there was an ambush, nor to wonder who the enemy was.

The Ghost Spine within him erupted with terrifying power in an instant, turning him into a blur that retreated backward in a posture defying physics.

Boom——!!!

The deafening explosion blasted the outer wall of Room 502!

The terrifying fire wave, mixed with glass shards and reinforced steel bar concrete chunks, instantly engulfed the entire Room 502.

As Ouyang Feng's front foot stepped into the corridor, the fragile door behind him was torn into sawdust by the shockwave.

Scorching air licked his back, his combat uniform sizzling as it burned.

He rolled helplessly on the ground once, then lifted his head to look opposite.

On the opposite rooftop, a familiar figure slowly lowered the smoking launcher still on his shoulder.

Nie Yang!

That old fox, always smiling, clutching his thermal cup!

Ouyang Feng's gaze darkened enough to drip water.

His plan had actually been exposed.

He hesitated not at all, gripping the Wish Bottle in his hand, turning to rush down the stairs.

Just give him a little time.

Just give him a little time, find a pen and paper to write on, slip the wish into the Wish Bottle, and he can complete the ritual!

But the moment he stepped out, the light along the entire corridor suddenly dimmed.

The surrounding scenery, as if smeared violently by an invisible hand, began to blur and twist.

The once-white walls were now oozing large patches of dark-red stains, the paint curling and peeling like diseased skin, revealing horrifying patterns beneath that resembled muscle fibers.

In the air, a strong smell of blood suddenly appeared.

No.

Not just the smell of blood.

There was also a stench of formalin mixed with rotting corpses.

Even more weird, from deep in the corridor came the sharp wail of a baby.

One after another, they were shrill enough to feel like tearing eardrums, drilling straight into the brain to stir it.

Hallucination?

No.

Ouyang Feng remembered.

This was a force murder rule he had seen many times in the files, very familiar to him.

Sequence 002, Ghost Wall!

He tried to walk down the stairs, but when he went from the fifth floor to the first floor and pushed open the anti-theft door that should have led outside, what appeared outside was still that gloomy, weird, continually bleeding fifth-floor corridor.

He had returned.

Or rather, he had never left.

"Ghost Wall......"

Ouyang Feng's teeth ground together, squeezing this name from between them.

I never expected the Investigation Bureau could actually incite a Ghost Wall to deal with him.

Just how did they manage that?

No, the most important thing is, why were his actions anticipated?

Unless someone could foresee the future or read minds, his plan would absolutely go smoothly.

"Wah——wah——"

The baby's wail grew ever closer, almost exploding right by his ear.

That sound was no longer mere noise; it turned into countless invisible mental spikes, frantically stabbing toward Ouyang Feng's brain.

Before Ouyang Feng's eyes appeared countless phantasms of wronged souls, baring fangs and claws as they lunged at him.

These illusory foes, though lacking substance, continually disturbed his spirit, trying to lower his SAN.

"Hah, get lost!"

Ouyang Feng, desperate to become a god by making his wish, was enraged.

-> Ouyang Feng appears.

He stopped trying to find a way out and instead drove the power of the ghostly spine inside him to its limit.

-> Exit, Ghost Spine.

Crack! Crack!

-> sound effect, no names.

His combat suit was ripped open behind him, and dozens of grisly, pallid bone spurs burst out, spreading like a peacock's fan.

-> Bone Spike appears.

Each tip of the bone spurs glimmered with a chilling light that made the heart pound.

-> Bone Spike.

Shatter!

-> none.

Ouyang Feng bellowed, and the bone spurs behind him blasted outward like a barrage, striking the walls, ceiling, and floor.

-> Ouyang Feng, Bone Spike.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

-> none.

The entire corridor shook violently.

-> Corridor.

Chunks of concrete flew in all directions, the walls were easily pierced, exposing grotesque holes.

-> none.

But then something eerie happened.

-> Weird.

The shattered walls, in the next instant, began to writhe and heal like living flesh.

-> none.

Fresh flesh and blood surged from the breaks, instantly healing every wound as if it had never been damaged.

-> none.

Here, it cannot be killed.

-> none.

And there is no escape.

-> none.

Damn it!

-> none.

Ouyang Feng's impatience had reached its breaking point.

-> Ouyang Feng.

Now exposed, the Investigation Bureau outside is surely making preparations against him.

-> Investigation Bureau.

Time is running out.

-> none.

The last shred of humanity in his eyes was utterly consumed by his raging fury and lust for power.

-> none.

Since you won't let me leave...

-> none.

He snarled, and his aura began to swell at a terrifying rate.

-> none.

Then I'll crush this damned place to dust!

-> none.

"Full-body ossification!"

Accompanied by an inhuman roar, Ouyang Feng's body emitted a teeth-grating bone-cracking sound.

His skin split inch by inch, countless fine white Bone Spike burst from his flesh and quickly covered his entire body.

His stature shot up to three meters in just a few seconds, completely transforming into a ferocious monster composed of grim-white bone.

That was no longer mere Bone Spike, but a full-body, integrated bone armor—an offensive-defensive killing machine!

At this moment, Ouyang Feng's strength, speed, and destructive power had reached a whole new level!

Of course...... the price for doing this is also terrifying, Ouyang Feng will sooner encounter the Weird revival within his body.

However, in the face of the grand goal of becoming a god, this amounts to nothing.

"Give me...... break!!!"

He was no longer attacking with petty Bone Spike; instead, he turned his entire body into a siege cannon, slamming fiercely into the wall before him!

This time, it was no longer a simple penetration.

Boom——!!!

The entire load-bearing wall, together with the space behind it, shattered like a mirror struck by a giant hammer under this blow!

Countless black spatial cracks, centered on the impact point, spread wildly in all directions.

The entire subspace of the "Ghost Wall" was emitting agonized cries under the strain!

Its recovery speed, for the first time, could not keep up with the speed of destruction!