Chapter 110: Unsolvable Cooperation
Psycho went back underground.
The situation of Li Qing and others became quite passive.
Indeed, Psycho's strength and speed were insanely strong, even stronger than the strongest steel chain finger in their team.
Moreover, his stand is a covering type stand that is worn directly on the main body and has a direct strengthening effect on the main body. This means that he is not only powerful and fast, but also does not have the fatal weakness of the main body being fragile like other stand users.
But even so, they actually have many ways to deal with Psycho.
The Steel Chain Fingers can lead everyone in underground pursuit, and the advantage in numbers is enough to easily make up for the difference in strength and speed.
But the problem is...
Sai is not fighting alone now.
The carnivorous fungi that permeated the air and grew on the bodies of Li Qing and others were Saiko's best comrades.
With these fungi around, Li Qing and his companions didn't dare to move toward lower places.
This means that they cannot move to escape, nor can they evade the enemy's pursuit underground. They can only be trapped on this wooden platform, passively responding to attacks that the enemy may launch at any time.
Psycho obviously realized this as well.
Soon after he disappeared underground, he swam slowly to a safe location more than ten meters away, then poked his head out from underground, clearly exposing his location:
"ah…"
"It's a bit troublesome."
Sai Ke was not in a hurry to fight. He just looked at the solemn Li Qing from a distance with his slightly arrogant eyes:
"You blind man have sharper ears than I do."
"No matter where I swim, you'll find me, right?"
"But...HIAHIAHIA..."
His voice was distorted with laughter:
"So what if you can find me... Do you dare to leave that platform?"
"Hahaha... hit me, do you dare to fight back?"
"asshole!"
Mista was so annoyed by the provocation that he immediately shot a bullet at Psycho's twisted, evil and mocking smile.
The bullet whizzed out, drawing a simple arc.
And Sai Ke was like a cunning and treacherous rat, and when he was slightly attacked, he dived into the hole and never showed his head again.
This land is his best shield.
Facing a rocket that could sink into the earth at any time, no matter how accurate the bullets were, they could only create useless sparks on the ground .
“Gone again…”
Mista gripped the pistol tightly, his scalp tingling:
"Damn it... How can we defeat this kind of enemy?!"
"He's right. We don't even dare to go down there now."
"That guy who can sneak underground at any time is now invincible to us!"
"this…"
Everyone frowned.
Most of them are experienced in combat, but faced with such an unsolvable situation, even these Stand users who combine wisdom and courage cannot crack it.
no way…
Psycho and Jocrat's Stand abilities are simply too strong when combined.
One of them can travel underground and pull people down, while the other spreads fungi over a large area, killing people as soon as they reach the low places.
This is simply an impossible combination.
"There's nothing I can do..."
Giorno thought hard but couldn't come up with a solution, so he had to come up with a plan to protect himself:
"I will now let the golden experience drive this wooden platform to continue extending."
“When these logs extend to the small buildings outside the lawn, we will jump into those buildings and climb directly to the second floor.”
"As long as there is no ground under our feet, that guy should not be able to use underground burrowing to attack us anymore."
This is indeed a good way to avoid enemy attacks.
But here’s the thing…
Although Psycho is crazy, he is not stupid.
When the wooden platform above the ground began to spread rapidly into the distance, he knew that Li Qing and others wanted to escape.
"Want to run?"
"It's no use, it's too late!"
Psycho's crazy voice came faintly from the thick soil:
"The piece of wood you are standing on... has been transformed into 'liquid' by me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before everyone had time to take a few steps forward on the "wooden floor", the hard and thick log turned into... a pool of soft wood mud.
The hard ground turned into an unfathomable swamp.
"Damn it, jump out!"
Li Qing sensed the sound of mud surging under his feet, and suddenly felt his scalp tingling:
"This 'swamp' is at least two or three meters deep."
"If we sink, we'll be finished!"
The wooden platform had completely turned into a "swamp", and if they wanted to jump out, they could only jump to the grass below.
This will definitely trigger a fungal outbreak.
But at this moment, they have no choice.
It is better to choose the lesser of two evils and jump onto the grass which is 20 centimeters lower than to sink into the swamp which is several meters deep.
then…
At this critical moment, Li Qing and others all jumped onto the lawn outside the "swamp" with the mentality of drinking poison to quench thirst.
“Ahhhh!”
Fugo soon let out a shrill scream.
Compared to the others, he had the most serious fungal attack.
Both of his feet had been bitten off early on, and he could only barely stand with the help of Apache.
And now…
The moment the altitude lowered, the fungus that had been contained with great difficulty suddenly erupted with a fiery aggressiveness, like a powerful army that had received an attack signal.
The flesh was devoured, and the bones subsequently decayed.
The pair of legs that Fugo had just grown were quickly swallowed up by the fungus.
If it weren't for the fact that this fungus also has a powerful anesthetic effect, he would have probably fainted from the pain of losing his legs.
Of course, it wasn't just Fugo, the situation for others wasn't much better.
Fungi also broke out on their bodies, gnawing at their flesh.
Although it didn't reach the point where their limbs were broken, it was enough to cause their skin to fester and their flesh to be torn.
Even Li Qing, who had a physical fitness far superior to that of ordinary people and the strongest resistance to fungi, lost one-fifth of his blood directly because of that small jump just now.
What’s even more terrifying is that this is just the beginning.
The fungi, activated by the high degree of change, began to multiply, expand, and erode his life.
"It's over!"
"The fungus has begun to multiply!"
Mista covered his chest and neck, where the fungus had eaten away his skin, and shouted in a disfigured voice:
"Giorno... hurry..."
"Build another wooden platform!"
"It's useless." Giorno sighed softly.
Even though he was unwilling to give in, he had to face this desperate situation where he had no other options:
"The enemy can liquefy the ground again at any time."
"Rebuilding the wooden platform would only result in us experiencing another fungal outbreak like the one we just had."
"What should I do then?"
Mista’s throat was almost bitten by the fungus: “If this continues…”
"Just these ever-proliferating fungi are enough to kill us!"
"no way."
Giorno gave a desperate answer:
"The Stand User who released the killer fungus should still be on the helicopter."
"And that helicopter..."
"It's too far away from us. Even Li Qing, who has the longest range, can't reach it."
He looked up at the sky in the distance and said helplessly:
"That guy who can burrow underground is hiding under our feet now and may attack at any time."
"If we want to get close to that helicopter, we have to defeat him."
“What should I do?”
Mista was desperate.
After this experience, he is no longer afraid of death.
But being unable to even fight back like this, dying like a terminally ill patient on a sickbed, was not the heroic ending he wanted:
"If we want to deal with the guy who released the fungus, we must first defeat this underground rat."
"But if we want to defeat this burrowing rat, we must first get rid of the fungal infection."
"Isn't this an unsolvable vicious cycle?!"
Mista screamed weakly.
But Li Qing suddenly turned around and stared at Mista with his dim eyes:
"etc…"
"You just said...get rid of the fungal infection?"
He frowned tightly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind.
There is one very important thing that he has been neglecting:
“Everyone, have you ever thought about…”
"Fungi have no intelligence at all. They reproduce, spread and infect unconsciously based on instinct."
"We are all flesh and blood, and we are all a breeding ground for fungi. So what about this guy hiding under our feet..."
"Why was he spared? "
