Chapter 144: Chapter 130: Plot Location
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On a rooftop, the Alien Queen’s two large hands firmly grasped a blood-drenched monster, pulling it directly to her mouth, while two smaller hands completed the fixation for feeding.
With a sudden thrust, her mouthparts delivered a chilling blow through the monster.
Although the creature continued to struggle, it did not hinder the Alien Queen’s feeding.
“Wait to eat it, tear it apart first, and wait for me to take the stuff.”
Tao Yu patted Da Hei’s head, prompting Da Hei to wisely use its claws to shred the monster into pieces, blood splattering all around.
Da Hei’s size, strength, and defense were far superior to Little Black’s.
While Little Black might still be breached by the attacks of ordinary monsters, Da Hei, for the time being, had considerable suppressing power over regular monsters—as long as it didn’t encounter any particularly troublesome special ones.
“Da Hei sure saves me a lot of trouble. Indeed, it was right to bring him along to compensate for my lack of endurance.”
Tao Yu then looked towards Cao Shaolin and Wino.
They were quite strong when he actively controlled their shadow forms.
However, when uncontrolled, they mainly relied on tough skin and brute strength; their dexterity was ultimately their shortcoming.
This trait allowed them to stall against superior opponents to a draw, but against weaker ones, it often led to the same fifty-fifty odds.
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“Their main role should be as bodyguards.”
As Tao Yu contemplated, the monsters they encountered on the rooftop began to congregate Yuan Force, after which Little Black dutifully ran over to pick up the items and hand them to Tao Yu on Da Hei’s back, eliciting an annoyed roar from Da Hei.
“Let’s go. How much further?”
Tao Yu turned to An Zhijie, whose face was somewhat pale, and asked.
“We’re close now, you can see it—that apartment with the ‘Green Home’ sign.”
An Zhijie, being a pilot, had a stronger adaptability to the environment than ordinary people. Despite feeling a bit nauseated by the gore, he pointed towards a building in the distance.
Tao Yu glanced in the direction indicated, noticing the somewhat rundown sign and the old-style apartment, complete with clotheslines on the rooftop, signs of an older construction.
“Yeah, let’s head over… Hey, it looks like someone’s in trouble.”
Tao Yu’s keen eyesight spotted someone at the apartment’s window tying a rope, attempting to climb out as if planning to descend that way, likely due to monsters inside the building.
However, what that person failed to see, in a blind spot to his vision, was a massive eye quietly watching him, with a tentacle-like neck stretching down to an unseen lower area.
This scene gave Tao Yu a sense of déjà vu.
“Have I seen this in a short video…”
Tao Yu was uncertain, mainly because there were so many types of monsters here. The ones he remembered well were a Goblin with excellent hearing and a scar-faced hunk who hammered a red-clothed monster.
Since this was An Zhijie’s family’s apartment, Tao Yu merely paused before pulling out his AT200.
The gun’s effective range was up to eight hundred meters, which should be enough.
Raising the gun to aim, with “Basic Shooting” and “Intuitive Shooting” skills, and related talents of his own, even at this distance, three shots from Tao Yu burst the giant eyeball monster’s eye.
The creature’s neck plummeted downwards.
The man about to climb down, now terrified, realized there was a monster nearby—outside seemed even more dangerous than inside the apartment.
So he promptly climbed back into the room, and Tao Yu saw there seemed to be two children helping him from the window.
“Let’s get moving. There are monsters in your apartment. Who’s in your family?”
“Just my foster father and the caretaker.”
Anxiety filled An Zhijie’s words—he hadn’t expected things to escalate so fast that not even the apartment was safe anymore…
Hearing An Zhijie’s response, Tao Yu ordered the Alien Queen to Accelerate. It seemed the gunfire had attracted the attention of two monsters nearby, who ran over from the rooftop next door.
But they appeared to be two Little Kalamis. The Alien Queen, with a roar, simultaneously employed hands and mouth to rip the two monsters apart.
“Pack the meat in a bag for now.”
Tao Yu couldn’t bother waiting for the Yuan Force to gather, directing Little Black to pick up the fragments and catch up.
Thus, the group—two people, two Aliens, two Zombies—soon arrived at the side of the Green Home apartment block. With a leap, Da Hei landed on the rooftop with a heavy thud, seemingly shaking the roof.
At that moment, a handsome young man wielding a mop had just opened the rooftop door and walked out, facing the fierce-faced Alien Queen still dripping with blood.
Seeing also Little Black with a backpack leaking blood, the young man, mop in hand, stood frozen, dropping his mop to the ground with a clatter.
Although he’d already seen monsters, the scene before him was still shockingly striking.
Then, spotting two more figures hopping around and another two riding atop the creatures, Che Xianxiu passed out cold.
“Kids these days recover so fast, they drop and sleep on cue.”
Tao Yu raised an eyebrow at the man’s handsome face, feeling a vague sense of familiarity, although he couldn’t recall the name; probably a celebrity face.
Perhaps this was the very location of the short video he had seen.
“With such a small World Fragment, there’s likely no Heart of the World, but if there’s a ‘Chosen One’ around, they could probably fetch a decent price.”
Tao Yu pondered.
“He’s in a coma; could this be a sign of illness?”
An Zhijie became somewhat vigilant at this point.
“Maybe, doesn’t matter, it’d be interesting to see how he turns into a monster.”
Tao Yu’s words left An Zhijie baffled—how could someone who’d been so cold throughout the journey suddenly overflow with compassion?
Shouldn’t they eliminate the danger in its infancy?
You didn’t show this face when you forced me to work for you.
For a moment, the ordinary-looking An Zhijie felt a bit hurt. Was this a world that judged by appearances?
But this fainted kid is a guy, though…
However, without Tao Yu speaking up, An Zhijie couldn’t simply overstep and take action.
“You’re right…”
They had already reached the rooftop of the house, and An Zhijie was getting impatient to check on his foster father’s condition.
“Da Hei, you stay here. If you’re attacked, you can fight back freely; don’t go fishing.”
Tao Yu gently stroked Da Hei, then went down to pick up Che Xianxiu and handed him over to Cao Shaolin in a princess carry.
“Let’s go, we’ll check on your father first.”
Initially, Tao Yu was just trying to ease An Zhijie’s mind—the pilot was indeed considered a talent.
But the moment he realized that this could involve the ‘Child of Destiny,’ Tao Yu’s curiosity was piqued.
So far, the biggest score he had made was ‘selling’ Jack!
The subsequential freight tasks were mere grunt work and partnership deals, slowly working their way up over time. That couldn’t compare to the quick cash from selling a ‘Chosen One’!
“It looks like the protagonist was already infected, I wonder if it’s this kid.”
As Tao Yu pondered, he descended the stairs with An Zhijie. But at the stairwell, Tao Yu frowned and glanced toward the hallway.
“Don’t move! Put him down!”
A man in a wheelchair was pointing a homemade firearm at them, his voice harsh and commanding.
Before Tao Yu could raise an eyebrow, An Zhijie stepped in front of the gun barrel and spread his hands wide.
“Don’t be stupid; put it down—we haven’t hurt him. He fainted on his own; we’re the good guys.”
An Zhijie was also inwardly worried for the disabled uncle.
And the uncle hadn’t said anything yet.
Little Black, lurking on the ceiling, swept its tail and knocked the homemade firearm to the side.
It was then that the wheelchair-bound uncle’s face turned pale as he noticed Little Black, who had always been hiding in the shadows.
Is this thing also a good guy?
At that moment, Tao Yu suddenly turned his head toward the direction of the staircase entrance and whispered a warning to An Zhijie,
“Be careful.”
The next instant, Tao Yu exploded into action, stirring a violent burst of airflow and instantly reached the lower floor.
Simultaneously, several fleshy tentacles shot out, thunk-thunk—piercing through the concrete and embedding themselves into the wall!
But Tao Yu, in the air, demonstrated an incredibly dextrous maneuver, contorting his body flexibly as the several strikes whipped past him.
He spun rapidly in mid-air to dodge the attacks and, with the momentum, kicked off from the handrail with a swing of his leg.
Tao Yu’s form wasn’t exaggerated, and the kick seemed effortless.
But the moment his foot made contact with the monster’s body, a terrifying surge of power burst into the beast’s interior!
Boom!
The creature exploded on the spot, pure force from the kick blew it apart into pieces!
Plasma splattered all over the walls.
The disabled uncle in the wheelchair was wide-eyed.
You’re the real monster, aren’t you…
“Sorry, I didn’t recognize the situation just now; I’ve misunderstood, my apologies.”
The disabled uncle, although confined to his wheelchair and having lost both legs, still leaned on the armrests of his wheelchair and bowed respectfully to Tao Yu.
“No worries, let’s just say I’ve already broken your legs.”
Tao Yu didn’t mind and just replied with a sharp tongue.
He then proceeded to pull out one of the flesh and blood tentacles embedded in the wall.
To avoid collateral damage in the confined space and end the fight quickly, Tao Yu instantly stimulated his body’s strength with a Qi and Blood Pill.
He hadn’t built up strength for long, but after full infusion, it was still enough for an instant kill; Yuan Force was already converging into this blood and flesh tentacle…