Chapter 314: Twin Escape

The dazzling white flame finally faded.

The air was filled with a nauseating burnt smell.

That high‑temperature core could melt even steel.

Yuyi Tufu staggered back and retreated.

A harrowing wail squeezed out from that burnt throat.

Yuyi Tufu's yellow Raincoat was burned away more than half.

Exposing the underneath charred, curled flesh.

Yellow‑green pus mixed with blood dripped down.

The face that had been hidden under the hood was now fully exposed to the air.

The left half of the facial skin, along with the eyeball, was completely carbonized by the heat.

Only the right side's Du Yan, brimming with vengeful poison, remained.

A foul stench hit the nose.

This monster that killed indiscriminately finally paid a painful price.

Yuyi Tufu covered the battered cheek and kept retreating.

Each step back left a charred footprint in the standing water.

Those arrogant Murder Rules were burned to countless holes before the physical high temperature.

"Captain!"

Xiao Wu's eyes were blood‑red.

Tears mixed with rain smeared his face.

Xiao Wu gripped the rifle trigger tightly.

The barrel had been heated to a glowing red.

Rain fell on it, raising plumes of white smoke.

Xiao Wu didn't care at all.

"Kill him!"

"Avenge the Captain!"

The remaining Special Forces members all went mad.

All tactical evasion moves were cast aside.

They held their guns and pressed forward step by step toward the Mutated Monster.

Dense brass casings leapt merrily in the standing water.

The interwoven metallic storm poured onto Yuyi Tufu without reservation.

Bullets tore the flesh.

Shattered bones.

It struck the battered corpse, forcing it to stagger backward repeatedly.

Flesh and blood flew everywhere.

A few nearby Mutated Monsters that tried to approach were instantly shredded by crossfire.

Liang Wen brandished a greatsword, sprinting through the mud.

Liang Wen's usual cynical, chuunibyou grin vanished.

Only unyielding malice remained in his peach‑blossom eyes.

The greatsword traced a dazzling cold flash in midair.

There were no shameful technique names.

Only the most direct killing intent.

The blade cut through the rain, heading straight for Yuyi Tufu's neck.

Yuyi Tufu tried to raise the Boning Knife to block.

But their half of the body was severely burned, slowing the movement by half a beat.

The blade slashed hard into their right shoulder.

The sound of bones shattering made one's teeth ache.

Liang Wen clenched both hands on the hilt and forced it down.

The greatsword jammed in the bone fissure.

Liang Wen lifted his knee and drove it hard into Yuyi Tufu's abdomen.

The dull impact caused the monster to spew a large mouthful of black blood.

Yuyi Tufu swung the Boning Knife, attempting to counterattack.

The tip of the blade sliced through Liang Wen's black Windcoat.

Liang Wen threw a reverse punch at Yuyi Tufu's charred face.

Knocking him into a stumble.

On the ruins not far away.

Zhang Wei watched this group of officials who had completely gone mad.

His scalp tingled.

His spiritual power was about to be exhausted to the limit.

The enslaved survivors and monsters beneath his feet had mostly died in the recent crossfire.

The remaining few were also missing arms and legs.

There's no way to stop those red‑eyed Special Forces members.

"Madman..."

"They're all fucking madmen!"

Zhang Wei cursed, grinding his teeth.

He knew clearly that if he kept stalling, they'd tear him to pieces.

Even if he held a Divine Gift, it couldn't withstand this reckless fighting style.

If his life's gone, what's the use of that broken seal?

He glanced at Yuyi Tufu, still tangled with Liang Wen.

Then he glanced at Lei Yu's wreckage lying in a pool of blood.

Fear triumphed over greed.

"Stop them!"

Zhang Wei gave the last life‑or‑death order to the few remaining slaves.

The blood‑soaked undead howled and lunged toward the Special Forces' muzzles.

Using their flesh to block the gun barrels.

Taking advantage of the opening.

Zhang Wei rolled down from the giant dog's corpse.

His foot slipped, and he fell into the mud water.

He couldn't bother wiping the grime from his face.

He rolled and crawled, slipping into the dense white mist beside him.

His face was full of resentment and venom.

"You wait for me..."

"I'll settle this score sooner or later!"

His figure was quickly swallowed by the thick mist.

Only a few resentful curses drifted in the wind and rain.

On the other side of the battlefield.

Yuyi Tufu's condition was equally terrible to the extreme.

The high temperature destroyed the pivot he used to construct the Visual Slicing Rule.

The carbonization of half his body slowed his movements.

In front of him stood a knife‑wielding youth who had gone mad.

And a group of reckless gunmen.

The gap on the Boning Knife grew larger and larger.

His rules were completely suppressed.

He couldn't win.

If he kept dragging it out, he'd truly be subjected to Physical Transcendence.

Yuyi Tufu's lone remaining eye, Du Yan, stared fixedly at Liang Wen.

He then looked at the Special Forces members brandishing guns.

He etched their faces into his mind.

He, paying the price of his right arm being cut open by a tachi, forced on.

He forcibly broke free from Liang Wen's suppression.

His battered body leapt backward in an extremely twisted posture.

He smashed straight through the glass window of a nearby shop.

Glass shards littered the ground.

When Liang Wen came charging with his sword.

The shop was left with a puddle of yellow‑green pus‑blood.

The monster had already slipped away, using the terrain and thick mist to become invisible.

It ran faster than a rabbit.

The battle subsided.

Only the torrential rain continued to wash the streets tirelessly.

Xiao Wu knelt where Lei Yu had fallen.

He clutched the mud water with both hands, wailing and crying.

The other members also silently removed their helmets.

Letting the rain pour onto their faces.

Liang Wen gasped heavily.

He braced himself with his tachi, forcing his swaying body to stay steady.

The side effect of over‑exerting his life to use his ability was raging back at him.

His five organs and six viscera were convulsing.

But he dared not fall.

He turned and ordered the remaining members to settle the survivors who were terrified stiff.

"Gather the people."

"Check the injuries."

Reload the firearms.

Liang Wen wiped the blood off his chin.

He suddenly recalled the young man chosen by the Divine Gift.

Lei Yu exchanged his life to save that kid.

"What about the one named Su Ming?"

Liang Wen turned his head toward where Su Ming had just collapsed.

It was empty.

In front of the rusted iron door were only a few shattered bricks and stones.

There was also a pool of still‑wet dark red bloodstain.

The person was gone.

Liang Wen froze in place.

He hurried over to examine the marks on the ground carefully.

The bloodstain extended all the way to the Underground Passage entrance behind the iron door.

Then it abruptly vanished.

Ran away?

Dragging a leg pierced by a Bone Spike in that desperate situation.

Liang Wen's brows twisted into a knot.

He recalled Su Ming's inhuman calm displayed in battle.

And that almost supernatural evasive maneuver.

What on earth is this kid… really?

Is the life Lei Yu gave back a savior?

Or a monster even more terrifying than Zhang Wei?

Liang Wen gripped the hilt of his knife tightly.

He stared silently for a long time at the deep Underground Passage entrance.

At the same time.

Deep within the sealed Metro Line 2 Underground Passage.

His hand could not see a single finger.

The air was filled with a mix of iron rust and mold.

Only the occasional emergency indicator on the wall emitted a faint green glow.

Su Ming pressed against the damp, cold wall.

He limped forward, dragging his injured right leg.

Each step sent a piercing pain through his nerves to his whole body.

Yet he didn't even furrow his brows.

The spot on his chest that had merged with the Divine Gift.

was continuously radiating warm energy.

He walked very slowly.

But steadily.

Tick—

A drop of warm liquid mixed with mud water and fresh blood.

Dripped from his trouser leg.

Landing on the rusted iron rail.

In this empty space.

It produced a crisp echo.

Su Ming stopped moving.

He leaned against the icy wall, gasping heavily.

Across his past and present lives combined.

He had witnessed countless betrayals and schemes.

He had long seen through humanity in this apocalypse.

All of it was just beasts that eat people to survive.

But now,

the man named Lei Yu.

used a life.

Forcefully cracked a fissure in his seemingly indestructible selfish shell.

Su Ming turned his head toward the direction he had come from.

It was dim and dark, nothing visible.

The image of Lei Yu being engulfed by flames lingered in his mind.

The words, "Live on, carrying our share,"

were like an indelible brand.

It burned his heart tight.