“Giggle giggle giggle…”
The first thing to change was his body…
“Yuwen Xuan’s” slightly distorted and weak limbs began to stretch with a cringe-inducing creaking sound, starting with his upper arms and then his legs. His bones seemed as if they were abruptly broken and then quickly reassembled.
By the time his body fully extended, he had grown about twenty centimeters taller, and his unnaturally long arms dangled creepily at his knees, swaying back and forth like pendulums. At the same time, his muscles began to move and swell, and in less than a second, he transformed from a man of normal stature into a…
“Bald gorilla…” Xu Shuhan thought with a shudder of disgust.
As his body changed, his skin also cracked open, revealing a layer of semi-transparent pink flesh underneath. Flakes of dry skin continuously shook off his body, and when the skin on his face completely peeled away, the Humanoid Monster’s appearance had completely changed, bearing no resemblance to Yuwen Xuan anymore.
In the blink of an eye, the Monster had completed a drastic transformation, and Ling Mo and Xu Shuhan, as spectators, were utterly dumbfounded.
What kind of ability is this? Camouflage? Chameleon?
Not only the appearance changed, but during the transformation, the color of the Monster’s eyes and its voice also changed dramatically. The blood-red that gradually emerged from its pupils, and the increasingly shrill laughter…
“Giggle… It seems like you guys are quite surprised…” the Monster lifted its head, revealing a wrinkled face, while continuously licking its lips. “Giggle giggle… I’m surprised too. I was almost successful. It’s such a pity that something went wrong at this moment…”
“This… Where exactly was it almost successful? Ling Mo said it was just to lead the way…” Xu Shuhan twitched the corner of her eye, unable to help but think.
The Monster’s eyes suddenly widened, and the corners of its mouth stretched to its ears, revealing a terrifying grin: “Giggle giggle! I was talking about you! It’s a real pity for you… You could have died very easily, but now you have to endure pain and struggle… Very scary, especially for humans…”
Its piercing laughter echoed continuously in the passage. Coupled with its confident tone, it immediately made Xu Shuhan frown. When it was exposed just now, it clearly seemed angry and panicked… Was that also an act? Or is it pretending now? Facing a Monster that could transform into “another person,” Xu Shuhan was still very wary…
“Don’t be nervous.” Ling Mo spoke at this moment, “Every ability has certain limitations, like its transformation. I think the biggest issues are probably the short duration and the need to make contact with the target to transform.”
“Short duration…” That was easy to understand, not to mention, this could be seen from its shedding process. The growth and change of skin were fundamentally similar to a Zombie’s regenerative abilities, so it wasn’t strange for Ling Mo to make such an inference. Moreover, think about it, the Monster kept urging them to move forward, and after being exposed, it immediately deactivated its ability, obviously because it was too draining. But the second point? Needing a template for transformation is normal, but to achieve that, shouldn’t it just need to secretly observe from a hiding spot?
However, after hearing Ling Mo’s words, the Monster’s laughter abruptly stopped. It stared at Ling Mo, its face grim and silent. However, it was evident that its previous self-confidence had vanished.
And at that moment, Ling Mo pointed at it and said, “Even if the body can change, the clothes can’t appear out of nowhere… This clothing indeed belongs to Yuwen Xuan… Where is he?”
“Right! The clothes!”
Xu Shuhan’s heart jumped, and she quickly looked over… But to be honest, if she hadn’t been focusing on that jacket, she might have overlooked it in such a moment. As the Monster’s body changed, the jacket was stretched into two pieces like a vest, blending into the darkness behind it.
“This is… Yuwen Xuan’s…” Xu Shuhan couldn’t help but glance at Ling Mo… Perhaps he could catch these details not just because he was cautious, but because he had been worried about Yuwen Xuan ever since they entered the underground.
That madman, unreliable as he was, had come down in search of Ling Mo. This, perhaps Ling Mo remembered more clearly than Yuwen Xuan himself.
“Clothes…” the Monster muttered to itself, then stared at its own body and started laughing, “Giggle giggle… So that’s it… It seems I’m still a bit foolish, not observing enough…” It suddenly looked up at Ling Mo, saying, “You’re interesting, a good learning subject. If I could become you, I could probably walk on the surface, right? I know humans haven’t died out yet, there are still many humans gathered together. Did you know, the taste of humans is the most delicious among all Creatures…”
“Where did you get this information?” Ling Mo interrupted it.
The Monster paused, then reached into the coat pocket and fumbled around: “Don’t you want to know where the owner of this clothing is? You must be curious, right? How I got this jacket from him? What do you think, you want to know? Imagine, human imagination is quite rich, isn’t it? Giggle giggle…” 𝘙ÂNO͍ꞖĘș
“I really want to hit him!” Xu Shuhan clenched her fist, murmuring angrily.
However, when she turned her gaze to Ling Mo, she noticed that one of his hands was also behind his back, clenched into a fist… But his expression remained calm, even eerily so: “I’ll ask one more time… Where is he?”
“Let me see…” the Monster quickly pulled out a pack of cigarettes, weighed it in its hand, then crushed it with a snap, revealing a ferocious expression on its face at the same time, “He might have ended up like this, haha! How about that, you really want to know? But you also know, using force on me is useless… So, what are you going to do? Honestly, I’m curious… I’m not like Casterway, it’s just a failure…”
“Casterway? Oh… that thing just now… But what do you mean by a failure?” Xu Shuhan thought to herself.
But… where did that thing look like Casterway! Except for having no limbs and a round head, where was the resemblance! And this guy, what’s its name…
“By the way, stop calling you you you, I have a name too. I am called Giant God Warrior… Ah!”
“Bang!”
Before it could finish, it suddenly slipped, and its tall body pitched forward. As it tried to reach out to brace itself, its arms also snapped with a crack…
“Plop!”
The Monster’s face plunged directly into the silt, and although it quickly raised its head, what it saw in that instant was Ling Mo appearing in front of it. Simultaneously, a pulling force suddenly emerged from its neck, as if a collar had suddenly appeared, with the other end held in Ling Mo’s hand…
“Who said violence is useless?”
With a slap, the Monster’s just-opened mouth was immediately swept to the side. Along with Ling Mo’s heavy landing, the Monster’s body was also dragged forward, plunging into the mud again.
“So that’s why you were clenching your fist!” Xu Shuhan was stunned… This was too sudden! But… it was because the timing was so well grasped that the surprise attack was successful… After all, even she hadn’t expected it…
After falling face-first twice in a row, when the Monster raised its head again, its speech was slurred: “It’s useless! You’re just waiting to collect a body! Wrong… you won’t even find a body, he’s probably been digested by now…”
Ling Mo slowly straightened up, looking down at the Monster: “I didn’t plan to use this method to interrogate you…”
“You’re not a finished product, are you? Supposed to be tougher than that Casterway?” Ling Mo smiled faintly.