Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 549: Chapter 258 Flesh Mutation_2

Jing Lin nodded continuously. ”You better not operate it; leave it to me to deal with! I’m afraid you might wreck all the abandoned ships!”

Jing Lin was genuinely scared. Li Yelai’s vehicle killer was terrifying; hadn’t he killed every mount he’d sat on? How many had it been already?

If he triggered the vehicle killer within the Dead Sea Wreck, the scene would probably be horrifying. Who knew how many tons of ships were piled up there? Once they disintegrated, they would likely be crushed or smashed to death.

”I know, I won’t use the Face unless absolutely necessary,” Li Yelai said with a smile. ”Even without the Face, my combat strength is very strong!”

”I look forward to seeing it firsthand,” Jing Lin responded.

Afterward, the two began to check the location of the cabin.

Due to the peculiarity of the Dead Sea Wreck, they might be below the surface of the sea, so they didn’t recklessly break through the cabin walls, but carefully checked instead.

Confirming there was still space in the adjacent area, they started breaking through the walls.

Both were Five Senses Spiritual Ability Users with extremely high physical strength; they didn’t even need to use their abilities, and easily cut through the walls with just hot melt axes.

They avoided making noise or strong spiritual energy fluctuations as much as possible, lest they attract some creepy creatures.

Having cut through the walls, they filed in and discovered a large number of cars parked here.

Of course, these cars were now overturned, strewn haphazardly in the seawater, and completely scrapped.

”This must be the cargo hold at the bottom of the ship. After the ship was attacked, the crew might have tried to save themselves. But... all one can see is despair...” Jing Lin looked toward the breach in the hold, which had been penetrated by a submarine shaped like a bullet!

The front half of the submarine was still stuck inside the cargo hold.

Under such circumstances, this cargo ship or cruise liner had no chance of survival.

Even if there were survivors, they could only be trapped here until they ran out of food or oxygen...

”It’s too tragic,” Li Yelai shook his head.

Due to the narrow space inside the submarine, they abandoned the plan to explore it and decided to use the breach made by the submarine to leave the cabin.

They planned to move upward first, hoping to see the sky; once they confirmed their location, they would move accordingly.

However, as they approached the breach, they became cautious. Jing Lin’s face armor shifted to reveal his eyes, ready to activate his ability at any moment.

Li Yelai, on the other hand, drew the Black Gold Dragon Pattern Halberd from the soul well.

Because they discovered that the submarine and the cabin had eerily fused together, a sort of vascular network that covered the contact point between them, piecing them together.

”The cabin has grown flesh...” Li Yelai thought, Chu He had indeed mentioned this phenomenon.

Some ships ”came to life” and might attack nearby creatures, and there were warships within the Dead Sea Wreck!

Chu He had been attacked by the ship’s body himself.

The two exchanged a glance and cautiously moved closer.

As they entered the breach, they saw the pulsating red lights and the eerie flesh mutations.

These mutations had human-like bodies, with tumors and twisted muscles, but their skin was nearly transparent, faintly revealing their blood vessels and organs.

Their deformed bodies were connected to the cabin’s blood vessels, each with a heart that emitted a faint red glow.

And these hearts pulsed at a uniform rate, as if beating.

They seemed to be in some sort of slumber; even though the two were less than thirty meters away from them, they hadn’t awakened.

But further away, a red light seemed to pulsate faster and was slowly moving.

”Did you seek out Chu He afterward? Do you know what these things are?” Li Yelai whispered, their physical strength and Sixth Sense intense enough to avoid loud sounds.

”Yes, while you were breaking through, I went to ask him for many strategies. This should be one of the parasitic creatures that Chu He mentioned,” Jing Lin spoke softly. ”The speculation is that they were once crew members and sailors, corrupted and twisted by the forces on the ship.”

”These creatures usually remain dormant to reduce consumption. But once they hear a louder noise, they will wake up immediately. And if a fierce battle breaks out, the noise and spiritual energy fluctuations of the battle will awaken even more parasitic creatures, and the fight will escalate. Eventually, they would be caught in an endless onslaught.”

”Chu He said that the Ark Chosen One who was in his team was entangled by this and had to give up the challenge. Unless they advance again, there’s no chance to challenge it anymore.”

”Did he tell you how to deal with them?” Li Yelai asked in a low voice.

”Sneak up on them and backstab them one by one with the least amount of noise!” Jing Lin replied. ”But be careful, if the distance between any two is too close, the death of one will awaken the other.”

”That means, if there are two closely located, we must strike simultaneously,” Li Yelai asked, ”If there are more gathered together, we must also try to eliminate them all at the same time.”

”That’s the idea... alas, it’s a pity we’re neither masters of the Netherworld Path as assassins. Otherwise, I’d draw a few ’correct’ signs on their legs before leaving!” Jing Lin complained, ”We wouldn’t have to be so cautious.”

Indeed, if it were the Little Mad King... carving loyalty and patriotism on their bodies from ’Wolf Smoke Rising’ all the way to ’All Directions Bringing Congratulations’, they probably wouldn’t even notice.

The Dead Sea Wreck is actually the main field for the Netherworld Path, where skilled stealth masters can penetrate deeply without disturbing any creatures.

Unfortunately, neither of them are. One is Wanxiang, the other, Spiritual Eyes Path. If anything, Li Yelai also had abilities from the Netherworld Path.

But the Shadow Army was clearly of the summoning and enhancement school, lacking any stealth effects.

Or perhaps it was because both were not of the Netherworld Path that the captain had sent them to such a place.

”Alright, let’s clear the path, to prevent any noises later that could get us blocked,” Li Yelai said.

”Remember, one strike must kill. Once they awaken, their Spiritual Barriers will thicken,” Jing Lin said as a long spear appeared in his hand.

It was evidently Spiritual Ability Equipment.

The two turned off their portable spotlights and, relying on the faint red glow emanating from the creatures, quietly approached the two on the outer perimeter.

The distance between the two Mutated Bodies was very close, less than two meters apart.

As they approached, Li Yelai could see their blood vessels and internal organs, and... a distorted but still vaguely distinguishable human appearance.

They seemed to be of Caucasian race... it was unclear whether they were distorted after death or had twisted after surviving a maritime disaster. If it was the latter, it was truly tragic...

Li Yelai and Jing Lin quietly approached, Li Yelai held up three fingers.

Jing Lin nodded slightly.

Then, as Li Yelai put his fingers down one by one, at the moment the third finger went down.

Both struck almost simultaneously, the spear thrust out, the long spear chopped down.

Directly destroying the Mutated Bodies’ heads.

The two Mutated Bodies shuddered for a moment, then collapsed and died permanently. The red lights on their chests also extinguished instantly.

This let the two heave a sigh of relief; they were both ready to follow through if destroying the heads did not kill them—then they would destroy the heart!

Fortunately, these Mutated Bodies weren’t that grotesque. The strength of their Spiritual Barriers was about that of a Second Awakening. Instant killing was not difficult.

Having successfully cooperated the first time, the two exchanged nods and continued forward.

They began to clear out all Mutated Bodies in the area.

After working together seven times, all the Mutated Bodies in the area had been eliminated.

The two continued to move forward.

The next second, Jing Lin suddenly swung his spear, blocking Li Yelai’s steps.

Li Yelai looked at Jing Lin puzzledly, but Jing Lin pointed at the ground in front of them.

On the ground, there was a circular metal plate. In the dim environment, it was unobtrusive.

Had Jing Lin not been a Spiritual Eyes Path user with sharper vision, perhaps it would have gone unnoticed.

”It’s a landmine!” Jing Lin whispered, ”It seems there were survivors who fought back in the past.”

”Yeah, I really hope they were lucky, but it’s tough for us,” Li Yelai carefully avoided the landmine.

Such a weapon posed no danger to him.

A Spiritual Barrier of the Five Senses was enough to withstand most heat-based weapons.

But once the landmine was triggered, it would attract all the nearby Mutated Bodies!

”No, this mine...” Jing Lin bent down to inspect the landmine, his eyes flickering, clearly activating some ability. This changed his tone slightly: ”It hasn’t been installed for more than thirty years.”

Li Yelai’s heart stirred, could it be that forty years after the Calamity erupted, there were still humans active on the wreck ship?