There were black bloodstains on the floor in the villa hall.
Xu Shen took a sniff and found the smell was still fresh.
Deng Feng, who was standing next to him, was being pulled by Xu Shen, trembling like a chick.
Xu Shen said solemnly: "Help me take a good look around, and if there is a ruin, remember to tell me immediately!"
Deng Feng wanted to cry but had no tears. We have a good relationship after all, why do you have to drag me into this?
"Let's go quickly, follow Brother Luo..." Deng Feng was still persuading with a bitter face, and he didn't even dare to speak loudly, for fear of disturbing the place.
Bang!
Xu Shen kicked the wine bottle on the ground, causing it to break with a clang.
Deng Feng's face turned green with fright. This wasn't just alerting the enemy, this was trying to make the people jump to action!
"Let me kowtow to you, then we can go, okay?" Deng Feng's legs were shaking and he really wanted to kneel down. He felt that Xu Shen was possessed by a demon at this moment.
Xu Shen looked towards the staircase leading to the second floor. Because of the noise, a figure in red crawled out from the second floor, with its limbs twisted and its belly facing up, climbing to the railing.
"Take a good look." Xu Shen pulled Deng Feng upstairs.
Deng Feng looked up, his face turned pale with fear, and he trembled and said, "Don't, don't go forward."
"how?"
"Xu, there is Xu above!"
Deng Feng was about to cry.
"It's okay." Xu Shen got confirmation and asked, "Can you tell what level it is?"
"D, D-level!"
Deng Feng’s brain was almost turned into a mess. Can’t you see such a strong power?
"No problem." Xu Shen pulled him up.
At this moment, they were in the ruins world, and Deng Feng could see it even if it was a C-level ruins.
Although C-level ruins live in deeper places in the ruins world, they are still in the first level of the ruins world.
If it were in reality, Deng Feng might not be able to sense it with his level of Xu power, and even some D-level with strong camouflage might not be able to detect it. But if they were in the same Xu world, the perception would become much clearer.
"careful……"
puff!
The red-clothed creature crawled towards him quickly with a sinister smile, but was cut into two halves the next moment. This crawling posture made it easier for Xu Shen to chop it.
Blood splattered on Xu Shen's combat uniform pants. He turned around and asked, "What?"
“…”
Deng Feng was stunned and stood there with his eyes wide open.
Just... die like that?
Xu Shen pushed Hong Yixu's body aside with his foot, retracted his sword, and continued to stride forward.
Deng Feng woke up as if from a dream and hurriedly caught up with Xu Shen.
"You, how did you do that just now?" Deng Feng couldn't help but ask in a low voice, while looking around nervously.
"Just a stroke like this." Xu Shen was not stingy and drew it with his pen.
“…”
Deng Feng felt like he was asking a lonely question.
Outside the villa, Luo Hua, Gu Chenfeng and three others crouched and hid in a corner.
"There seems to be some movement inside." Luo Hua concentrated his energy on his ears and listened carefully.
The four people around him looked nervous and didn't dare to say much.
They all felt that if Xu Shen and Deng Feng went too deep into the place, their chances of surviving were slim, unless they retreated in the face of difficulty. However, judging from the character of that reckless man...
Gu Chenfeng looked at Luo Hua and wanted to ask, how long do we have to wait?
But I'm afraid that if I ask, I'll get a question. Let's go in and take a look...
So they all remained silent tacitly.
Suddenly, a rustling sound was heard.
"Stop it."
The woman in the team felt someone pulling her hair and couldn't help but murmur angrily, but then her face froze.
She saw figures in front of her... 1234, four people.
Who is behind me?
She turned her head and saw a graceful woman standing behind her, but there were a lot of slender arms on the shoulders and sides of her abdomen. These arms seemed to be inserted there at random, some were installed correctly, and some were installed upside down, with the elbows facing forward.
Ruins...
The woman was so frightened that she almost had a myocardial infarction. Her scream was stuck in her throat and she couldn't even utter a scream.
"careful!!"
Luo Hua in front reacted, turned around and swung his sword.
The multi-armed Xu smiled eerily, and his figure suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he had come to the side of Luo Hua. More than a dozen arms suddenly stretched out and swung out, grabbing Luo Hua's arms, neck, and thighs.
And that smiling face was suddenly torn apart, and the snow-white teeth in the mouth suddenly turned into sharp fangs and bit towards him.
"roll!"
Luo Hua was shocked and angry. This was a C-level ruin. When did they sneak around them? Didn't they hide in the villa?
He quickly turned his arm and swung his sword, bursting out with all his strength, but the opponent's arms were pulling with great force, and he had no time to dodge.
If there were teammates around him at this time, they could help him block the attack and give him a chance to escape, but... the four guys from the third echelon around him, even Captain Gu Chenfeng, were only at the level of second-tier players and were of no use .
Now they all seemed to be frightened and stood still.
Anger and unwillingness appeared in Luo Hua's eyes.
With a whoosh, a sudden sound of breaking wind came.
The arm that was restraining Luo Hua quickly loosened its grip and its body retreated backwards.
With a bang, a figure jumped down from the third floor of the villa, leaving two deep pits on the ground. It was Xu Shen.
The sword that was thrown down earlier was the Zhanxu Sword, but it belonged to Deng Feng.
"It turns out that he is not in the villa..."
Xu Shen suddenly exerted force and rushed towards the creature rapidly.
Luo Hua escaped from the trap, was slightly startled, and shouted hurriedly: "Everyone prepare to fight, cooperate with us to kill!"
After saying that, he raised his sword and rushed towards the monster.
But Xu Shen's figure passed by him like a gust of wind.
puff!
The body of the monster was twisted, and a hideous tumor extended from the back of its skull. Its facial features could be vaguely seen. Before it could scream or roar, Xu Shen's sword had already cut it.
Blood splattered and Xu's head flew off instantly.
Xu Shen swung his sword again and again!
Puff! Puff!
Neck, chest, waist!
Three places were cut horizontally!
The specially made Zhanxu sword is extremely sharp and can break through the defense and inflict damage even against a B-level Xu.
At this moment, with the help of Xu Shen's sword speed, it was like chopping melons and vegetables. In the blink of an eye, the beast was broken into several pieces and fell down.
“…”
Luo Hua, who had just arrived, stopped and looked at the scene in astonishment.
Gu Chenfeng and the other three who reacted just stood up and found that the battle was over. They were all confused. Obviously, they didn't expect the battle to end so quickly and cleanly.
Looking at the young man’s back again…this guy doesn’t look like a reckless man at all, he is clearly a capable man!
No wonder he didn't need to be cautious and dared to break into the ruins alone!
Xu Shen put the sword back into the card slot, and seeing the stunned people, he said to Luo Hua: "This Xu should be the C-level Xu here, Brother Luo, there are two D-level Xu in the villa, both of which have been dealt with, but the rescue target has not been found."
Luo Hua reacted and asked in surprise: "Have you reached your limit?"
"Yeah." Xu Shen nodded slightly.
He felt that he had shown enough sincerity by solving the problem of the beast in front of him not entering a critical state. After all, he solved it almost by himself without hiding his incompetence.
But this Xu was too weak and couldn't force out more power from him.
"limit……"
After getting Xu Shen's confirmation, Luo Hua couldn't help but smile bitterly. Although he had heard that people with natural Xu Power grew very fast, he didn't expect it to be so fast. Judging from Xu Shen's information, it has only been less than half a year!
"This is already the combat power of the captain and vice-captain. You are really amazing." Luo Hua smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No wonder that cash cow... uh, Qiu Feng, was easily defeated by you twice."
Xu Shen smiled and said, "He was careless too."
"Look at your social skills..." Luo Hua laughed, and then said: "Captain Mu saw your strength, so he let you team up with me?"
"Well, that's about right." Xu Shen nodded.
Luo Hua was completely relieved, realizing that he had misunderstood. He said, "I was wondering why Captain Mu was so irrational. It turns out that he knew that we would be fine with you around, and he assigned a team to assist us. He really took care of us..."
He felt guilty for his previous misunderstanding and a hint of hatred.
Seeing that he understood Captain Mu, Xu Shen felt much more relaxed and said, "Brother Luo, let's look for the rescue target first. There is no one in the villa. It is possible that he has hidden somewhere else."
"Well, let's look for it first. Maybe it has been digested or has run away to hide somewhere else in the town." Luo Hua nodded, collected his thoughts, and said to Gu Chenfeng and others, "Pack the body. We need to recover it."
"Uh-huh."
Several people came forward quickly, and their eyes became much more eager when they looked at Xu Shen.
Xu Shen saw Deng Feng running down from the villa, so he pulled the sword off the ground and returned it to him, saying, "We have dealt with two D-level monsters, and you also contributed this time."
Deng Feng blushed suddenly, took the sword, and felt grateful in his heart, but couldn't say it. He just scratched his head and smiled foolishly.
Gu Chenfeng and others looked at him enviously. They had thought he was doomed, but it turned out that there was really something good for him.
After the bodies were packed up, Luo Hua ordered everyone to disperse a little and check around the villa.
There is a small building behind the villa.
Soon, everyone found a lot of rotten corpses, more than 30 in total. Among these randomly piled up corpses that were already infested with maggots, there were three survivors.
Two women and one man.
One of the women had a bite wound on her calf and was already lame. She had also lost too much blood and her life was in danger at any time.
Luo Hua saw the picture on the back of the map and compared it with the disheveled, bloodstained man in front of him, and found that he was his third uncle.
"The target is still alive." Luo Hua breathed a sigh of relief and asked Gu Chenfeng to turn off the ruins-breaking device. Everyone gradually exited the ruins world and appeared in reality.
Seeing the people appearing out of nowhere, the two women who were fog people were not affected, but the man had his eyes open and was immediately scared and screamed like crazy.
His screams also alarmed the two women next to him, and they began to tremble.
"We are here to rescue you. It's safe here. Come with us." Luo Hua said immediately.
Both women were very nervous. The monster had made all kinds of noises before, some gentle, some violent, and some sweet. If it weren't for what they had experienced in the past few days, they would not have believed that these completely normal noises they heard were actually backed by man-eating monsters.
Especially when you can't see, you feel helpless.
Luo Hua's words at this moment did not make them feel relaxed.
Luo Hua had long been accustomed to such situations. Those rescued from the Ruins incident were basically on the verge of collapse and madness.
He winked at Gu Chenfeng.
The latter understood and quickly stepped forward to knock the three people unconscious, then handed them over to the team members to be dragged out.
The rescue operation at this location was successfully completed and was easier than anyone had imagined. Therefore, everyone was very active in the final work, packing up the bodies and carrying the survivors.
Soon, everyone left the villa along the previous route and returned to the vehicle.
We didn't encounter any more towns on the road.
"I don't know how the captain and Lao Ye are doing."
Luo Hua put the survivors on the car. Seeing that the others had not returned yet was expected. After all, Xu Shen solved the problem so quickly that it took almost no time.
Xu Shen took a look and said, "How about we go and provide support?"
"Okay." Luo Hua also had this idea. He looked at Gu Chenfeng and the others and said, "You don't have to go. Just stay here."
"Okay, Brother Xu, Brother Luo, be careful and stay safe!"
All five of them behaved very obediently.
After separating from the five people, Luo Hua picked up the ruins-breaking device and took three folded body bags from the car. Then he set off with Xu Shen according to the map.
"Let's go to Lao Ye first."
Luo Hua was a man of meticulous mind. He had previously glanced at the other two maps in Captain Mu's hand and noted down the two marked locations. The richest man that Baye wanted to rescue happened to be on his way to the mayor's house.
Without Deng Feng and others following them, the two of them moved much faster.
…
…
Run, run, run!
In the darkness, Xia Jingxiang looked frightened and ran forward desperately.
This is a ruins nest. They came to rescue the richest man here, but soon after entering the ruins nest, they were attacked by a large number of ruins. There were six ruins in total, and they were all D-level.
Although Baye displayed great strength, killing two in an instant and then rushing to their rescue, two team members were still injured.
Xia Jingxiang was quite clever and avoided any trouble by hiding in the middle of the team.
Before she had time to deal with the six monsters, she heard Baye's slightly trembling voice shouting, "There is a C-level monster, retreat quickly!" Then he rushed to the retreat route first.
These five short words were enough to make their hearts stop.
At this moment, no one has the mind to think about why C-level Ruins appeared here, but just wants to survive.
In the darkness, only the vague light of the flashlight swaying back and forth as he ran illuminated some routes.
While running, Xia Jingxiang suddenly felt someone pushing her body. As she ran so fast, her body suddenly lost balance and she almost stumbled and fell.
"Don't block the road!" someone behind said impatiently.
She staggered forward and was hit again, falling to the ground.
She looked at the figure running past her. From her voice and physique, she knew he was a short and strong young man in the team. He had given her biscuits when she joined the team and seemed to want to pursue her.
Although she looked down on the other person, who could have thought that at this critical moment, the other person would not be as kind as usual.
She gritted her teeth, got up again, and ran forward again, with a strong hatred in her heart.
“No one can escape…”
A light laugh suddenly came from nowhere.
Xia Jingxiang suddenly felt her wrists and calves being grabbed by hands and feet, but the hands and feet were extremely sharp, as if they had been fished out of icy water. She quickly turned around and chopped, but her wrists were strangled by another hand.
Immediately afterwards, severe pain came from the wrist, and the bones were about to break.
She couldn't hold the sword in her hand anymore and it fell with a clang.
"help me!!"
She couldn't help but turn around and shout.
But all I saw were those few swaying beams of light moving farther and farther away, without even a hint of stopping.
Xia Jingxiang's face turned pale as she looked back at the smell of decay approaching in the darkness. She suddenly remembered what she had learned before. If she wanted to break the limit of the first form, she had to penetrate the power into her heart.
You're going to die anyway.
She gritted her teeth and suddenly mustered all her strength to rush forward.
A piercing, tearing pain suddenly appeared.
The pain was like a stimulant, and she struggled hard. Suddenly, she burst out with strength and broke free from Xu's hands, rushing forward again.
Stay alive...
She gritted her teeth and ran at full speed, ignoring the pain in her heart.
But soon, the extremely strong smell of decay from behind suddenly hit her, like countless dead fish tumbling, and the strong smell poured into her mouth and nose, surrounding her in an instant.
Many hands, icy cold, pulled at her body.
Shoulders, arms, thighs, waist...it seemed like something wet was sticking to my back!
Xia Jingxiang felt as if her throat was being strangled, and severe pain was felt throughout her body. The beam of light in front of her eyes was getting farther and farther away, and despair appeared in her eyes.
This scene made her feel a little dazed.
Seemingly familiar.
A certain blocked part of her memory seemed to be suddenly opened up, and the scene when she was first involved in the Ruins incident emerged vividly.
The whole family is on the run, dad, mom, me, and my favorite brother...
My younger brother was too young, only three or four years old, and was held in my father’s arms.
But that day, she wore high heels.
He stepped on a crack in the rock and got stuck, sprained his ankle and fell to the ground.
Hearing her voice, her parents turned around and ran towards her.
Their panicked faces were filled with fear and even more anxiety, and they wanted to pull her away...
But Xu's figure caught up.
Kill them all before her eyes.
Mom fell on top of her.
Dad was stabbed through the heart.
The younger brother cried and shouted: Sister, run away...
Then his head was twisted off.
turn out to be……
The one who held us back was always me...
Hot tears suddenly flowed from her eyes. At this most desperate moment, her heart was filled with endless regret and pain.
It turns out that I was the one who killed my parents in the end!
And that lovely little brother.
But she suppressed this memory because of the great pain, and always believed that the person who fell was her brother...
In the darkness, she sobbed desperately.
My body gradually relaxed, and I no longer had the desire to struggle...
Dad, Mom, brother... I'm here to accompany you too.
I come to forgive...
A beam of light suddenly shone on her face.
In the darkness, the light was particularly dazzling.
Xia Jingxiang was in tears. The light hit her face. She was stunned for a moment and looked towards the light.
She would never forget this scene in her life.
The light, which was not dazzling because of the isolation of the Xu world, was approaching rapidly.
It turns out that the light can be looked directly at.
Then, she felt all the cold and wet strange hands on her body loosen up.
The screams were shrill and ferocious, making people's scalps tingle and their hair stand on end.
"Step aside!"
A voice said in a deep voice, and then pushed her aside.
But this push was not to let her "cover the retreat", but to save her.
In the light, Xia Jingxiang saw clearly the thing that was entangled with her. It was a mass of monster tissue, with countless hands and feet, like a ball of hair, and a huge strange face in the middle.
But not long after she saw clearly, under the shining light, the body of the creature was screaming and bursting with blood. Then the screaming stopped abruptly and it collapsed.
The light shone on the corpse, and then a few more sword strikes were made.
"Are you OK?"
The light from the flashlight shone on Xia Jingxiang.
Through the dim light, Xia Jingxiang also saw Xu Shen's face. She stood there blankly, looking at the face that she had despised and hated before setting off.
The tears in her eyes welled up even more violently.
"sorry Sorry……"
She was shaking as if she was talking to herself, not sure if it was because she was scared or because she was crying too hard.
And when she said sorry, she didn’t know whether it was directed at Xu Shen in front of her, or at the cute little brother in her memory who always took the blame, and her own parents.
Maybe, both.
"Um?"
Xu Shen was a little surprised to see Xia Jingxiang crying in front of him. Was she so scared?
However, after hearing the other party's apology, he didn't say anything, just like he didn't take her previous words seriously.
"Let's go, others are waiting for you." Xu Shen said.
Then he took her out of the cave.
Outside, Baye and Luo Hua stood at the entrance of the cave, looking nervous and a little anxious.
"Are you sure?" Baye asked Luo Hua repeatedly.
Luo Hua nodded continuously. He told Baye about how Xu Shen easily killed C-level Xu and reached the limit of the initial state.
At this time, the two saw two people coming out of the cave and hurried to meet them.
"Fortunately, the C-level monster didn't chase us. Are you okay?" Baye breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xia Jingxiang.
When he encountered a C-level ruin, he could only save his own life first. After all, he was not very familiar with this team. If he risked his life for them? Then he would not be alive today.
"It should be solved." Xu Shen hesitated and said to Xia Jingxiang beside him: "That was only C-level, right?"
Xia Jingxiang was stunned for a moment, then immediately hummed. She wiped her swollen eyes and wiped away the tears.
Having experienced the despair of life and death, no one laughed at her miserable appearance. After all, most people have had the experience of peeing their pants by being scared.
The other four team members also came forward to greet and express their concern.
But two of them looked a little embarrassed.
Xia Jingxiang's mood had gradually calmed down, and she simply responded without saying much.
"solved?"
Baye was stunned.
Luo Hua was also surprised, with a strange expression on his face: "Is this true? This is in the dark."
"There is light." Xu Shen shook the flashlight on his arm.
The two were speechless.
"Let's go in and check again." Baye wanted to confirm it with his own eyes in case Xu Shen made a wrong judgment.
"Okay, you guys wait here." Luo Hua gave instructions, and then the three of them went in together.
Not long after, they saw the corpse of the creature halfway along the road. It was dead beyond dead.
Baye was speechless. He had seen this Xu when he was alive. Xu was very powerful and was definitely not an ordinary C-level Xu. How could he die so easily?
Luo Hua shook his head, and he was completely convinced in his heart that Xu Shen was definitely a guy of the same level as Captain Mu.
I thought the other party came to Team 2 to save his life.
Who would have thought that it was to save their lives...
…
After dealing with the C-level ruins, the three of them went deeper into the ruins nest and dealt with the remaining few low-level ruins. They soon found the "food" stored here.
In addition to the richest man in Qianyin Town, there were seven or eight survivors, three of whom were able to see. The richest man's wife died, but his two daughters were alive, and the family was relatively intact.
I have to say I'm very lucky.
Baye handed over the finishing and processing work to Team 24 outside.
Everyone is very hardworking and active. They don't dare to go to the ruins of the living, but they are not afraid of the dead.
Xia Jingxiang was finishing up a piece of wood, and when she saw that Xu Shen was alone, she immediately walked over. She took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, I hope you can forgive my previous offense."
Xu Shen was startled.
"Nothing." Xu Shen responded casually.
Xia Jingxiang knew that she had not left a good impression on the other party, and it was not something that could be redeemed with just a few words. She looked at Xu Shen deeply, and the previous scene was still clearly engraved in her mind.
She silently said something in her heart that only she knew, and then left.
"Pack up quickly."
Xu Shen urged, and then quickly left the place...
Soon, everyone gathered outside the Ruins Nest and returned to reality.
The rescued people were brought back to the black armored vehicle. When everyone returned, they saw Mu Xue and Gu Qiufeng were there too.
"Why so slow!"
Gu Qiufeng came over when he saw everyone, and said leisurely, "If you don't come back, Sister Mu and I will go find you. You are so slow. Sister Mu and I, without anyone to cooperate, are still killing people in the C-level nest!"
Luo Hua glanced at him and said, "Are you responsible for the quacking?"
"Get lost!"
Gu Qiufeng rolled his eyes.
"How is it going?"
Mu Xue looked at Xu Shen.
Without asking himself and Lao Ye... Luo Hua had come to his senses at this moment. It seemed that Captain Mu really knew Xu Shen's strength and had made such arrangements on purpose.
"It's okay. I have dealt with two C-level ones." Xu Shen said.
He didn't point out "I" on purpose, it was just his answer to Mu Xue.
“Two?!”
Before Mu Xue could say anything, Gu Qiufeng had already shouted, glaring at her: "Are you kidding me? Lao Luo and you can deal with a C-level Xu? And two of them? Didn't the Xu have any food?"
Luo Hua said unhappily: "Do you still want to keep the hair on your head? Believe it or not, I will shave it off for you next time!"
Gu Qiufeng immediately covered his head and took a few steps back.
Baye reported seriously, "Captain Mu, I have a C-level Xu. I heard from Xiao Luo that he also has one. They were all killed by Xu Shen."
Mu Xue's eyes moved slightly, she glanced at Xu Shen, and nodded slightly: "Good performance, there will be ."
Xu Shen understood what she meant and nodded.
"Let's go back."
Mu Xue waved.
Gu Qiufeng then realized that Xu Shen was not joking and was a little surprised: "How is it possible? He is a newcomer. Is he so strong?"
"I've reached my limit." Luo Hua smiled and patted his chest with the back of his hand, then walked past him.
"Limit..." Gu Qiufeng was dumbfounded.
Then I came to my senses.
"No wonder I lost! Losing to the limit is normal. Damn, this guy is too sinister. Hey, Sister Mu, wait for me..."
After getting in the car, Mu Xue contacted the bureau using the communicator and reported the mission status.
"Captain Mu, what's next?"
"The bureau will send more people to resolve and finish the matter. They are very satisfied with our performance this time." Mu Xue smiled.