Xu Shen was stunned.
A familiar figure emerged in his mind.
"Mother".
Or, should we call it "Yumoji".
A C-level monster accompanied him for three full months. It slept in fear and blood, but when it woke up, it felt warmth and family love.
The extreme contradiction seems to tear and distort something.
But Xu Shen knew that his mother had fallen into eternal sleep.
All I see in my mind now are my own regrets.
"It's good that you're here. What are you standing at the door for? Go home."
Deep in my mind, in the dark and boundless world, there is only an old little house, standing like an isolated island.
And "Mom" was standing at the door, her upper body still so gentle and familiar. If one ignored the ferocious posture below the waist, Xu Shen would really step into the house without hesitation.
but……
The other person's existence, however, reminded him what kind of place "home" is.
Corpses were piled up, flesh was rotting, blood was everywhere, and the ground was emitting a fishy smell like fish intestines.
go home……
Do I want to go back to the place where I was imprisoned for three months?
That was his home.
But... it's no longer the case.
"Why...are you still here?"
After standing in front of the door for a long time, Xu Shen finally couldn't help but speak. His voice was hoarse, like the thunder sound after dry firewood was burned.
"Silly child, mom is always here."
"Mom" smiled and said, "Mom wants to watch you grow up..."
"But I've grown up." Xu Shen said.
"No, you are not sensible enough. You don't even know to go home. You are not grown up, you are grown up."
“I’ve really grown up!”
Xu Shen said forcefully: "And I have three meals a day, I eat well, although sometimes the food I eat is mediocre, but I will take good care of myself!"
"Silly child, when you have your own family, that's what it means to grow up..."
"Mom" looked gentle and loving: "Then I will let go, but now, this is your home. If you don't go home, where else can you go?"
Xu Shen's eyes were slightly red.
"It's so dangerous outside, come home and stay, mom will take good care of you, cook for you, and help you deal with your troubles."
"Go home, everything will be fine when you come back."
A gentle voice, like listening through the years.
Xu Shen clenched his fists and stood at the door like a rock, motionless.
"Are you...scared of Mom?"
The figure at the door had a soft look in his eyes and slowly opened the door, revealing a larger gap.
And Xu Shen also saw the scene behind her.
Many twisted and hideous figures crawled on the "mother's" legs and back, constantly gnawing and biting her body, looking like insects parasitic on her.
She was bitten and had wounds all over her body, but her expression remained gentle: "Remember, mom will never hurt you."
"Come on, come quickly."
"Keep eating me, let's merge..."
"If you don't eat me, I'll eat you..."
These hideous gnawing figures made all sorts of sharp and piercing noises with eerie smiles, like the flapping of insect wings, making one feel like vomiting.
Xu Shen finally understood why he heard fewer and fewer sounds when he was practicing in a critical state.
turn out to be,
These sounds were blocked by "Mom".
"Don't be fooled by your eyes. You only see what your heart wants to see. If you really want, this is your home... forever."
"Mom" was bitten all over her body, but her expression was peaceful.
As she spoke, the smell of decay in the dark and smelly room gradually dissipated.
A dim light gradually emerged, illuminating the room.
In Xu Shen's eyes, Yumoji no longer had that ferocious body. From head to toe, she looked like her mother!
Behind her, there were many figures standing.
"Your friends are all here, and there are many new friends I haven't had time to introduce to you..." said my mother.
Among those figures, there are Xu Shen’s childhood playmates, his leaders at work, and his neighborhood aunts and uncles.
During the three months that Xu Shen was imprisoned, they came to visit Xu Shen.
Although Xu Shen tried his best to resist and asked them to leave, they still came in...
They are all at home...
In addition to these familiar faces, there were also many unfamiliar figures, who were all looking at him gently at this moment.
"This is Uncle Zhao. He was very unlucky and his legs were broken, but he recovered later..."
"This is Miss Cheng. She was kicked in the stomach when she was pregnant. Mom took care of her for a while. You even ate the dumplings she made for you..."
"This child's mother has gone missing. He is all alone and hopes to make friends. He gave you his only strawberry..."
Mom introduced those unfamiliar new friends to Xu Shen one by one.
Tears welled up in Xu Shen's eyes.
"Come in, everyone will help you if you have any grievances..." Mom said gently.
Xu Shen's body trembled slightly. Under those pairs of warm eyes, finally, his legs and feet trembled and took a step forward, as if some force was gently pushing him from behind.
"Come in, that's your home." A voice said behind him.
Xu Shen turned around and saw a figure standing in the darkness behind him, emitting a faint glow. It was his mother.
Her eyes were eager and encouraging, and full of reluctance: "They will take good care of you..."
When Xu Shen looked again, there was only darkness behind him.
And it seemed as if a pair of hands were placed on his shoulders, pushing his body into the house.
In an instant, it seemed as if something was released.
"You're finally home..."
The "mom" at the door had a smile on her face.
The many faces in the house also started laughing.
"Big brother, are strawberries delicious?"
"Do you know where my child is?"
"Come here, here is your favorite cake..."
The many figures in the house surrounded us, looking extremely enthusiastic.
They pushed and pulled Xu Shen to the familiar dining table at home, and forced him to sit down. In front of him was a cake with lit candles.
In the dimly lit room, surrounded by people, Xu Shen sat in the center like the moon surrounded by stars.
Pairs of eyes filled with smiles were staring at Xu Shen.
This scene is warm and weird.
Xu Shen seemed to have really returned home.
That warm and familiar place.
It was hard to tell whether his face showed happiness or sadness, but he slowly opened his mouth and smiled.
The warm scene in the room slowly began to twitch, and the dim lights went out from time to time.
Every time it went out, the room shrouded in darkness, and the many figures surrounding Xu Shen, all changed into different postures.
Messy corpses, twisted limbs, broken heads, and the stench of decay was so strong that it could be seen with the naked eye...
The walls were smeared with blood like ink splashes everywhere, and the scene was like hell on earth.
The cold, old dining table was piled with blood, dirt, and intestines. Only the young man was sitting at the table with a grin on his face, alone in this hellish Shura field.
But when the dim light appeared, there were still those kind eyes and warm and clean decorations around...
“Eat…”
"Mom" stood in front of the table and chuckled, "You haven't eaten properly for so long, you must be starving..."
Xu Shen nodded, wiped the tears from his face, picked up the cake prepared for him, and began to eat it with big mouthfuls.
…
…
What does it feel like to have a gap in your body?
What does it feel like when there is suction at the gap and the blood in your body is sucked and flowing along with it?
At this moment, Xu Shen felt that there was a huge hole in his heart.
It was like the heart suddenly disappeared.
It became a hole there.
The hole was like a bottomless pit, and all the strength in the body flowed away with it.
All fell into the bottomless pit.
It felt like the body was being drained away.
But before the feeling of weakness came, Xu Shen felt the power of the universe pouring into the cave, and suddenly surged out at several times the speed, spreading all over his body like spider silk in an instant.
Countless blood vessels seemed to be activated at this moment.
Xu Shen suddenly had an unprecedented experience.
It seems that every hair on the body can control and sense the temperature difference in the outside world.
He lowered his head to look at his chest. Obviously, he couldn't see the body directly through the combat uniform, but the strange feeling made him reach out and touch his heart. It trembled slightly, accompanied by a strong force surging out.
The spiritual force floats outside the heart like spider silk, and with every beat, the heart pushes a large amount of spiritual force throughout the body.
There was no need for Xu Shen to actively mobilize his spiritual power, as it had already spread throughout his body, and he had a wonderful feeling.
If he is in a critical state, he needs to control his internal energy at all times to stimulate his heart and maintain that "degree".
Now, just like a fish entering water, you are in that state extremely freely and even transcend that state.
Xu Shen couldn't describe it, but he thought of a word: extraordinary.
whoosh!
Xu Shen suddenly drew his sword.
In an instant, as his thoughts turned, the sword light had emerged, and the blade had reached the place where his thoughts reached.
So fast as thinking, what does this mean?
Xu Shen was a little shocked.
Strength, speed, reaction, perception... the qualities of the whole body are far beyond the initial limit, and even at least twice as high as the critical state!
Xu Shen suddenly had an idea.
He stepped out, the power of the world spread all over his body, the room in front of him became illusory, and he stepped on the soil of the world of the world.
Traveling through the world!
Previously, it required the use of a ruins-breaking device to do this, but now one can easily step into the ruins by oneself.
Exit...Xu Shen gathered his strength and soon, he returned to reality.
Re-enter...exit...re-enter...
Xu Shen went back and forth over and over again.
Xu Shen didn't stop until he was completely proficient and had control over it with one thought. He couldn't help feeling excited.
The second form, life and death!
He stepped over it!
Moreover, Xu Shen did not feel it was too difficult, everything came naturally.
Perhaps it was because of the purification of his inner strength?
Or……
Xu Shen was silent for a moment, then shook his head and gathered his thoughts.
He stepped into the Xu Realm again, mobilized the Xu Force, and wielded and displayed it to his heart's content in the Xu Realm. Even passing through walls was no hindrance, as the space around him was enough for him to release his power to his heart's content.
Running and jumping, Xu Shen can feel the gap between himself and before.
If he encounters a C-level ruins again, in Xu Shen's opinion, he might just be like a puppet.
He was even a little impatient to kill Xu and test the changes in his own strength.
By the way, test the abilities he has acquired.
Your own eyes,
And what about the abilities given by "Mom"...
…
…
He made such a breakthrough in his ordinary daily life, but the Zhanxu mission did not appear immediately to give Xu Shen a chance to test himself. In this way, Xu Shen could only find an opportunity by himself.
He asked Big Lily to find him a C-rank killing mission.
He wanted to practice.
Although he can go out and look for it by himself...
But I’m afraid that what I find is not C-level.
In terms of intelligence, Xu Shen felt that the Light Chasing Society was actually more reliable than the Secret Bureau, and their intelligence was rarely wrong.
Perhaps, this is the difference between private organizations and orthodox organizations?
After all, the people trained by private organizations are raised at their own expense, and the death of one of them is a huge loss...
Big Lily was a little surprised that Xu Shen took the initiative to volunteer, but it was also within her expectations.
She knew that Xu Shen was about to go to Xu Cave to carry out a mission, which was extremely dangerous. Every bit of strength gained at this time would be a capital for survival later. Moreover, taking advantage of the life and death pressure during the battle to sprint for a breakthrough was also a good choice, which could stimulate one's potential to the maximum extent.
"There are currently no C-level killing missions. There was one yesterday, and Sister Yuanyuan took it. Now there are only C-level arrest missions. Do you want to do it?"
"arrest?"
"That's right, it means to injure but not kill. The lighter the injury, the higher the corresponding reward will be." Big Lily smiled: "Of course, with the ability of the consul, if he becomes a leader in the future, he will not care about this little money."
Xu Shen had no reaction to such compliments. If he died without becoming a leader, the other party would probably just say a few words of regret and forget about him in the blink of an eye. In this day and age, one must never take other people's words seriously:
"I can try."
“If the arrest fails and Xu escapes, or if we have no choice but to kill him, then the mission will be considered a failure, and the reward may be very average…” Big Lily reminded that even at the initial state limit, it would be difficult to complete a C-level arrest mission, unless the critical state was activated and one foot stepped halfway into the second form.
Xu Shen nodded.
He knew that arresting was more difficult than killing.
"Since the consul agrees, I will apply for him." Big Lily said with a smile.
After the communication ended, when there was still no news about the mission that Big Lily had applied for, Xu Shen received a message from the bureau that in view of his frequent fighting recently, he needed to undergo a mental test.
Xu Shen had no choice but to go to the bureau to cooperate.
"Hello, do you remember me? My name is Zhao Yinyue." The beautiful woman sitting in front of Xu Shen leaned her upper body on the table, her breasts were about to burst out, and piled heavily on the table, making people even envy this table.
Xu Shen looked calm and said, "Remember."
The examiner last time... I don't know how my performance was last time, but I should have passed the test very well, right?
"This is just a routine test. There are a lot of people here, don't mind." Zhao Yinyue lifted her hair behind her ear and said with a smile.
In this investigation room, besides Xu Shen, there were two other Zhanxu personnel, whom Xu Shen had never seen before. Likewise, the other party had never seen Xu Shen before. They all had gloomy expressions on their faces. Some of them had obvious impatience on their faces, and they kept rubbing their thighs with their hands, seeming to be very impatient.
The two murderers also had their own test supervisors, one male and one female.
But their eyes would look at Zhao Yinyue from time to time. After all, it was hard not to stare at her huge curves.
"It's okay." Xu Shen said calmly.
"Let's talk about how you feel during this period first."
Zhao Yinyue chuckled and said, "I heard that you have been promoted to the first echelon and have performed very well. You have also saved your companions many times, which shows that your mental state is still good."
Since you know, why did you ask me to test you...Xu Shen's eyes flickered and he said, "It's OK."
" What ?"
Zhao Yinyue smiled with a gentle expression, like a caring older sister, which made it easy for people to relax.
Xu Shen's eyes narrowed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure and said, "I don't think much of it. Xu must be killed and disposed of."
"Don't look at it anymore. Let me answer your question first. What do you think of Xu?"
While Xu Shen was answering, a young man next to him was also asking the middle-aged man sitting on Xu Shen's right.
The middle-aged man's eyes were still on Zhao Yinyue, especially on the part close to the table. He answered unconsciously, "What is a ruin? I have never seen one. I only killed people!"