Captain Malone had been flying from the Free Zone to the Cape of Howling for such a long time, so he had seen many different kinds of people. However, when he opened the side door today, he could not tell whether it was the chilly sea breeze or the three women and one man on the cliff that made him shiver uncontrollably.
No matter how he looked at it, the situation of these people was too strange.
The deafening roar of the engines of the small spaceship made it sound as though it was about to collapse. The thin door of the spaceship was also trembling under the rumbling of the spaceship. Marlon was already used to all of this. If he had not seen the expressions of the new passengers, he would have forgotten how small and shabby the spaceship was.
The tall woman in the lead frowned as she looked at the small spaceship. It was as if she did not believe that the small door could accommodate her skeletal wings. She paused for a moment before walking over. When she approached the door, rather than saying that her two-meter-tall skeletal wings intended to enter the spaceship, it would be more accurate to say that they wanted to tear the spaceship apart.
Even though it was very difficult, Malone still shifted his gaze away from her hand and pretended that he did not see anything.
A man was tied up by a black leather rope and looked like a broken rag doll. He was held in the hands of the tall woman. His empty trousers swayed lightly in the air. If not for the fact that the man's eyes were still open, Malone would have thought that he was a corpse.
Following closely behind the man and woman was a chubby woman in a green dress. She seemed to be very afraid of the last person. She trotted two steps to catch up with the last person, leaving the last woman to walk slowly. Perhaps it was because of her bulging belly that slowed her down.
"Didn't you say that there were ten people?"
Malone immediately regretted his words when he asked the question. Because when he got closer, he saw that all four of them were injured. Blood mixed with sand had smeared on their skin, leaving stains, and even their clothes had been torn.
He did not know what happened to these ten people, but it seemed that this was a big fight …
Since he had already paid for the ticket in advance, Malone kept his mouth shut when he saw that no one was paying attention to him. However, to his surprise, the tall woman was the first to speak after boarding the spaceship.
"Excuse me, could you please help me arrange the seats together?" The light from the sky shone into her amber eyes, leaving a deep impression. As she spoke, she waved the black leather rope in her hand. "As you can see, we can't be separated."
The shimmering black leather rope circled around her wrist, then slithered like a snake and tightly wrapped around the dark blonde youth's neck. With just a glance, Marlon could not help but loosen his collar. Although the leather rope looked thin, it seemed to be very strong. It wrapped tightly around his throat like a noodle bag, squeezing out countless deep wrinkles on his skin. It was hard to understand how he could still breathe.
As if sensing his thoughts, the young man suddenly looked up with a pair of inhuman eyes, sending shivers down Malone's spine.
Malone's spaceship was specially used to ferry passengers between the Howling Cape and the Free Zone, so the basic facilities were quite comprehensive. He placed the four armchairs facing each other and gave a few simple instructions. When the one-armed woman walked past him, Malone's heart skipped a beat.
He had never seen a woman with such a big belly.
It was as if several adults had been stuffed inside. The stomach looked bigger than a human, and its clothes had long since been torn apart. Its skin was also stretched to a thin layer. She looked strangely uncomfortable, as if she was out of shape. It seemed that no matter what was inside her belly, it was not a fetus.
Being able to sneak into Red Nautilus from a Class-E apocalyptic world, Malone was very sensitive to things that he should not touch. Without saying a word, he quickly disappeared from the passenger area.
After he left for a few minutes and the spaceship began to ascend, one of the four strange-looking passengers finally spoke.
"I... I still don't understand. What is going on?"
Jade clenched her fists tightly. Her eyes darted back and forth between the two people in front of her. Her skin was slightly flushed. Under her gaze, neither of them spoke for a long time. Even though the smile on the young man's face was the same as before, for some reason, it seemed a little more gloomy and irritated.
For a moment, nobody spoke.
"What do you want to do to me?" The young man's Adam's apple did not move at all when he spoke. Lin Sanjiu already knew that Soulsqn was mimicking a human voice when she rubbed her two small pieces of flesh. It was completely different from Walter's original voice. Soulsqn did not sound like a man or a woman at all. "You should know very well that you can't keep me here forever with this rope," Lin Sanjiu said.
Lin Sanjiu did not say anything. Instead, she shifted her gaze to Soulsqn's empty trousers.
Thirty minutes ago, dozens of bone blades emitting a chilling aura stabbed a dark purplish-red, inhuman thing into the ground.
As it struggled and shrieked, Lin Sanjiu picked up her [Vibroblade] and pierced through Soulsqn's "hand" as if it was slicing through the air. Lin Sanjiu spent a lot of effort to resist the urge to slice the flesh in half. At the same time, all the Souls felt as if they had suffered a heavy blow. Their bodies twisted and fell to the ground. For a moment, they wailed in agony.
"If I kill this Queen, will the rest of the flesh worms die as well?"
As Lin Sanjiu thought to herself, she pulled out the piece of flesh that represented Soulsqn from Walter's corpse. It was only now that Lin Sanjiu realized that Soulsqn had a slit at the back of her neck. The slit formed an arc along her hairline. Currently, it was covered with sticky liquid.
The dark purplish-red flesh worm, about the size of a human, was twisting in the air in a way that made Lin Sanjiu's scalp tingle. If Lin Sanjiu looked through the slit of the slit, she would see that it was not just a piece of flesh. Countless white "tendons" were intertwined with each other, mixed with sticky liquid. They kept making "gurgling" noises. Soulsqn's mouth was wide open due to the pain. Inside the dark red oral cavity were layers upon layers of flesh.
At this moment, Jade, who was not far away from Lin Sanjiu, finally regained consciousness. She fell to the ground with a thud and stared blankly at the scene before her.
"Wait, wait a minute," the two layers of flesh on the oral cavity rubbed against each other, causing Soulsqn to speak in a human voice, "What do you want —"
Almost instinctively, Lin Sanjiu raised her left hand. Amidst the spray of sticky liquid and debris, the two "lower limbs" of Soulsqn fell heavily on the rock. The screams of the Souls were deafening. However, none of the legs fell, and none of them dared to pounce on Lin Sanjiu. Lin Sanjiu endured the slippery sensation on her hand and the pungent smell of raw flesh. She pushed Soulsqn back to the ground, "Crawl in!"
Walter's intact skin was empty, just like a snakeskin that had been peeled off. The half-human piece of flesh squirmed and crawled into the hole at the back of Walter's head. Gradually, the hole was filled. Lin Sanjiu blinked, and the face of "Walter" came back to life.
Not long ago, this was the same face that told her that her hometown was beautiful...
Suppressing her sudden burst of anger, Lin Sanjiu summoned her [ANTI Posthuman Female Slave Bondage Rope] and picked Soulsqn up.
If she tied Soulsqn up like how she tied a human, Soulsqn would only need to make a small hole and she would be able to escape from the human skin.
Based on the memory she had gained in those few seconds, Lin Sanjiu tried to recall the body structure of the Souls. She tied all the parts of Soulsqn's body that she could move. Then, she tied the hole at the back of Soulsqn's neck tightly. However, this way, the legless young man looked as if he had been deformed by the black leather rope. His body was twisted in unimaginable positions, but at least the Souls inside couldn't move.
After tying the last knot, Lin Sanjiu turned her head to look.
Even though Walter was already a dead person, the skin that the Souls were wearing looked much paler than before. Every Soul looked like they had suffered a great blow, but none of them dared to move. After all, Lin Sanjiu's skeletal wings were aimed at Soulsqn's forehead.
"Let them take off their skin," Lin Sanjiu said as she picked Soulsqn up. Her fingers gripped Soulsqn's neck tightly. "That is, if you want to live."
Soulsqn, whose throat was being strangled by Lin Sanjiu, couldn't even open her mouth to speak. However, just as Lin Sanjiu expected, the group of Souls, including AYU, crawled out of the human skin one after another. As Jade Zhang shrieked, Lin Sanjiu lowered her head. A cold smile appeared on her lips, "You can communicate telepathically?"
"No, no, it's only one-way …" Soulsqn struggled to find a gap in Lin Sanjiu's iron-like fingers. "I can send them a message, but they can't reply …"
"How many people are there in your tribe?"
Soulsqn paused for a moment before she spoke reluctantly. "A thousand one hundred and twenty-four … Souls."
This number was much more than Lin Sanjiu had expected. She was stunned for a moment, but she immediately smiled, "There are only nine of them here. Where are the rest? "
This time, Soulsqn remained silent for a longer period of time than before. It was only when Jade stumbled to Lin Sanjiu's side that Soulsqn said in a hissing voice, "They are scattered all over the place, preparing their nests and supplies."
Lin Sanjiu nodded. She couldn't tell what was on her mind. She tilted her head and looked at Soulsqn for a moment. Then, she suddenly pointed at the human-shaped flesh worms that were staring at them. "I remember you guys telling me that AYU is a carrier. What does that mean?"
"Our tribe has its own division of labor. AYU's job is to transport our kind … Her body can hold more than ten Souls in their original state. She will release the Souls from her body when she finds a suitable carrier … "
"So that's how it is …"
Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes. It took her some effort to identify AYU from the pile of flesh worms. Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment and suddenly smiled. Her eyes lit up, "If that's the case, let your people return to AYU's body. Then, let her wear the human skin again … Hmm, hurry up. There's an airship coming over."
"That won't do," Soulsqn suddenly shouted in a hoarse voice, "They are no longer in their original state —"
However, Lin Sanjiu wasn't a very considerate person when it came to the Souls.
Holding the Queen in one hand, she swung her other hand, and a card flew toward one of the souls. The flesh worm twisted its body, thinking that it had just dodged the card. However, the [High Frequency Particle Vibroblade] suddenly poked its head out from the air and shredded the flesh worm in an instant, leaving behind a trail of slime and debris on the floor.
"Even though I want to bring you along, I don't intend to let this bunch of things follow me onto the airship," Lin Sanjiu clearly had an idea in her mind. She enunciated each word clearly, "Either you think of a solution, or I'll help you think of a solution."
It seemed like the saying that the number of Souls decreased with each death was indeed true. Even though they were very unwilling, Soulsqn ordered the remaining Souls to crawl back into AYU's body with much difficulty. However, Lin Sanjiu didn't want to recall that disgusting scene ever again.
When everything was over, there was only a deformed "pregnant woman" and a pile of human skins left on the cliff.
Lin Sanjiu originally wanted to burn the remains, but seeing that the airship was getting closer and closer, and the cliff was damp, it wasn't easy to start a fire. Therefore, she simply turned the seven or eight human skins into cards in one go. However, she still felt a little uncomfortable, so she put the cards in her pocket.
Jade Zhang's face was pale throughout the entire process. She looked as if she was going to vomit at any moment. Even though she had been on the airship for quite some time, her forehead was still drenched in cold sweat.
The sky outside the airship gradually turned from a light gray to a dark blue.
Lin Sanjiu ignored Soulsqn and seemed to be thinking about something. She shot a glance at Jade Zhang and suddenly said, "By the way, I haven't asked you … How did you survive?"
The latter immediately shuddered. She raised her hand and wiped her chubby face.
"Come to think of it, it's all fate. The person who survived could have been Walter's … Sigh. In any case, I accidentally made use of the time difference. She pointed at AYU and said, "After we left Area R, Walter and I were worried that she would look for you, so we wanted to follow her to take a look. However, considering that we are both women, he let me go … It was because I left for a short while that I managed to survive. "
"When I followed that thing out, I don't know why, but I suddenly read Walter's —" When Jade Zhang said this, her voice became sharper, "He turned into a corpse … It was true. He still looked like him, but he had definitely turned into a corpse … I was shocked and rushed back to Area R … No one was awake. All of them were lying on the ground. I didn't know if they had fainted or were dead … except for those two men."
"Those two men were staring at me. My legs gave way. If I didn't have this thing, I would have fallen into their trap." Jade Zhang took out a pendant from her collar. It looked like a tacky jade Buddha pendant. It looked like something that could be bought on the street for ten dollars. There was nothing special about it.
[You learned your lesson after spending five thousand dollars.]
You were taken to a jewelry shop when you were traveling. You didn't know why, but you spent five thousand dollars to buy this jade Buddha pendant made from the leftover material. Your monthly salary is three thousand dollars. This bloody lesson has never left your neck because it can keep you sane at all times.
Effect: Calms the mind, reduces the impact of emotions, and prevents you from fainting.
"No wonder …" Lin Sanjiu suddenly understood. The Souls probably didn't expect someone to be able to stay sane with the help of a Special Item. That was why Jade Zhang managed to fool them for a while. However, she didn't manage to fool Soulsqn.
Jade Zhang sighed and put the jade Buddha pendant back into her pocket. She couldn't help looking at the two Souls again.
"It's a pity that this thing can't help me see through the illusion … How did you defeat that Soulsqn? Didn't she create some kind of reality? "
Lin Sanjiu snorted softly.
"Speaking of which, I really admire her. From a certain point of view, the so-called reality is indeed reality, "Lin Sanjiu said as she adjusted her higher consciousness. As Lin Sanjiu spoke, she discreetly adjusted her Higher Consciousness. Ever since she held Soulsqn in her hands, she had changed the Higher Consciousness that was attached to AYU. She tugged at the black leather rope in her hand like a dog, "Come, since it's your ability, why don't you tell us?"
Soulsqn lowered her head and remained silent for a while.
"Descartes …" After some time, a name suddenly popped out of her mouth, startling the two humans. "Have you heard of it? I think, therefore I am. This is the basis of my race's existence. It is also the source of my ability … What you believe in exists. What you don't believe in doesn't exist. What you can sense exists. What you can't sense doesn't exist. "
In other words, from a second person's point of view, Soulsqn's "reality" didn't exist. However, to Lin Sanjiu, as she could clearly perceive everything, even her higher consciousness could see these "realities". Hence, they became her unique reality and not an illusion. If it weren't for the fact that the Souls were one of the apocalyptic factors, Lin Sanjiu really couldn't think of a second way to turn the tables.
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