Survival Guide in the Age of Cataclysm

Chapter 19 Blood Shadow

Although described as humanoid, it actually resembles a flat shadow, wrapped in a magnificent red and black robe.

Xu Yang picked up the robe.

Snapped.

A hollow piece of skin fell to the ground.

Human skin.

Xu Yang's eyelids twitched, but he didn't look at it for long. His gaze temporarily swept past the human skin and focused on the gorgeous robe in his hand.

[Flesh and Blood Cult Robes]

The standard robes of the Flesh and Blood Cult in the Black Mountain District, with their red and black striped patterns, are worn only by those of high status.

[Note: The Lord will forgive me, right?]

Flesh and Blood Cult?

He frowned and rummaged inside his robes, then looked at the girl beside him: "Lily, do you know about the Flesh Cult?"

"I've heard of it. Are you saying this place is related to it?"

"It's almost certainly their sect's robes."

As he was speaking, Xu Yang stopped what he was doing and took out a folded piece of paper from his robe.

It was a letter with a few sentences written neatly on it:

"Dear Katubasa, your application has been approved by the elders. The task of welcoming the angels is now entrusted to you. On the day of the Almighty Lord's descent, until the judgment comes, we will be reunited, and you, my child, will finally be forgiven."

Xu Yang frowned slightly and casually handed the letter to the girl: "Do you recognize this person?"

"What?"

He pointed to two names in the letter, looking at Lily expectantly, "Elder Holden and Katubasa, didn't you say you'd heard of this sect?"

"..."

"Only for names."

"So you don't know anything about angels either?" Xu Yang asked again, unwilling to give up.

"have no idea."

Lily clearly disappointed him; young girls aren't always so reliable, but that's to be expected.

Xu Yang glanced around again and felt a headache coming on.

New problems keep arising: a bizarre environment, teammates who know nothing about the situation, and oh yes, the human skin lying on the ground.

He opened the guide and looked at it; upon closer inspection, he found even more problems.

[The shed human skin]

[The skin of an adult male, after failing to advance in rank, has lost all of its subcutaneous components.]

[Note: Will it be returned?]

leave?

Xu Yang felt the robe in his hands was a bit too hot, so he put it back on the human skin.

He looked around again.

Fortunately, apart from the corpses of various ant-beasts and those who were never born, the guide did not display any information about other creatures.

The entire cave was reassuringly quiet, except for the breathing of those destined to be born. It was safe for the time being, provided that no one attacked those destined to be born.

The scene of the flesh ball exploding is probably not going to be pretty.

As Xu Yang was thinking this, Lily's voice suddenly came from behind him: "What...are you doing?"

She looked at Xu Yang with some confusion, having witnessed his actions of putting the robe back and then spinning around.

This looks like some kind of ritual.

The girl frowned: "Do I have to spin too?"

"That's not necessary."

The two continued to look around, finding only the corpses of ant-beasts on the ground.

"Is there another way?" Xu Yang touched the soft, fleshy walls of the cave; this seemed to be the end of an anthill.

"No, unless you go back to the left passage, maybe there will be something there."

"Then let's hide here for now." Xu Yang stroked his chin and walked towards the corpse of an ant-beast, trying to drag it.

Lily, holding a torch, frowned and asked, "What are you doing now?"

"Set up cover."

"Never mind, come and help me with this too." Xu Yang called to Lily as he dragged the corpse along.

The moment the body moved, the blood vessels connected to it were severed, and blood splattered upwards.

Xu Yang glanced at the fleshy ball subconsciously, but thankfully there was no unusual movement.

……

After a while, a small mountain of ant-like creatures piled up inside the cave.

Xu Yang wiped his sweat: "If anything comes rushing over, I'll just blow those fleshy balls up, and then we'll hide behind here."

"What if the other party isn't killed by the explosion?" Lily didn't doubt that the meatball would explode.

My gut feeling told me that these fleshy lumps weren't as safe as they seemed.

Xu Yang picked up the ant beast's shell from before. Unlike its hard, brown outer shell, it had a layer of soft tissue inside, about two palm-sized thick, forming a powerful shock-absorbing structure.

He ran his hand along the inside of the carapace, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

"Well, I also have a backup plan."

……

"what!"

A heart-wrenching scream echoed deep within the anthill as the blond man ran frantically through the passage, his heart pounding as if it would explode.

Monster! Monster!! Run!!!

The horrifying images kept replaying in his mind—a long-haired man dissected into pieces, flesh covering his body, and a red shadow.

It's right behind us!

His thighs were stretched to their limit, and the blond-haired man was filled with fear.

Sticky footsteps approached from behind, hanging in the distance, but he dared not stop; the blood-red passage seemed exceptionally long…

I don't know how much time passed.

He could vaguely see the light of a flashlight ahead, a faint red, and two figures standing in the light.

A surge of joy welled up inside Huang Mao.

It's the boss!

He practically scrambled toward Barto, the monster's footsteps drawing ever closer behind him.

Ahead, Barto seemed to hear footsteps as well. He turned to look at the blond-haired man, and a layer of yellowish-green slime gradually secreted from the surface of his fist.

Biochemical Plug-in: Liquid Armament

The blond-haired man's eyes lit up, and his body seemed heavier from the strenuous exercise, but he was closer to Barto, just a little bit more!

"Boss, help—"

Bang!

One punch! Barto smashed the blond-haired man's head without hesitation.

Don't look at what he says, but look at what he acts like.

Red and white splattered everywhere, and in the dim light, a body covered in scarlet flesh and blood fell to the ground.

Due to inertia, it made a sticky sound, slid forward a little further, and finally fell at Qi Yuan's feet.

But the latter's gaze did not linger on the corpse for even a second; like Barto, he stared intently ahead.

Under the flashlight beam, a tall, blood-red figure slowly approached.

Barto stood there, the slime on his fist dripping onto the ground, corroding small pits into the flesh beneath his feet, in front of the blood-red figure.

A punch—

With a whoosh, the monster leaped back nimbly, its eyes flashing with a cold light.

At the same time, the fleshy blanket beneath Barto's feet was suddenly pulled to both sides.

The moment the force exerted by the feet was dispersed, a strong wind hit the face, and a blood-red arm swung through the air.

The movement was almost invisible.

With a thud, Barto fell to the ground, and the blood-red figure passed right past him.

A cold gaze locked onto another person.

Qi Yuan held the gun, his fingers trembling involuntarily.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the man lying on the ground; his waist and abdomen were a surging mass of flesh and blood, almost tearing his body apart.

The blood-red figure extended a finger, and Qi Yuan nearly froze, the red muscle fibers gripping his finger tightly as he was about to pull the trigger.

When?

A fleeting image flashed in his eyes of the blond man's head exploding, bits of flesh flying everywhere, and an almost imperceptible unusual temperature on his body.

Now, he could only watch helplessly as the fingertip slowly touched his forehead—

boom!

The blood-red figure swayed slightly, and as the gaze shifted downwards, a fist pierced through its abdomen.

The flesh on the surface of the fist, which had been torn open by the impact, was slowly writhing.

But that wasn't controlled by Blood Shadow.

Barto's figure was pressed against Blood Shadow's back. At this moment, the wound on his waist that had been torn open had already healed.

Biochemical Plugin: Regeneration!

"Qi Yuan, fire!" Barto warned.

A flash of pain crossed Qi Yuan's eyes. He abruptly snapped the flesh holding the trigger shut and pressed it down hard.

Bang!

The blood-red figure's head exploded with a large hole, and its body tilted backward.

Barto seized the brief opportunity and, with his hand oozing corrosive slime, suddenly plunging it into the monster's body.

With a soft "pfft".

A large, bloody chunk of writhing internal organs was ripped out, and the monster's body swayed again.

It looked like it was about to collapse.

Suddenly, a foul stench assaulted his ears, and Barto hurriedly dodged backward, but he was half a step too slow.

tear-

Half of his face was torn off.

He gritted his teeth and endured the excruciating pain, his eyes filled with utter astonishment.

The monster's arm was positioned at an incredible angle, its muscles launching an attack with the dislocated arm.

At the same time, the holes in its head and abdomen were also blocked by surging flesh and blood.

He just seemed a bit thin.

"Keep firing!" Barto roared, charging towards the blood-red figure.