LWGP - Chapter 153
Chapter 153: Shower
Having just ambushed others, Wang Jiu suffered her retribution. Knowing she couldn't get an exemption, she immediately tried to leave, but she was too slow.
From the doors in the four directions of the hall, more than a dozen horrifying, alienated researchers in white coats and carrying medicine chests emerged. They were holding either sprayers or vials of reagents. Bang, bang, bang, squelch!!
Poison gas and toxic liquids assaulted them.
"Retreat to the first floor?"
"We can't. The prompt says we're in a combat state and can't enter the first floor." No wonder those people couldn't retreat to the first floor in the end; they were probably all entangled by this poison gas status.
Wang Jiu repelled the attack with an aegis, while Lin Guiwan used an immunity shelter.
Protected by her aegis, Wang Jiu went on a killing spree, quickly taking down the dozen or so researchers that were continuously pouring out.
Her aegis could last for quite a while, but it consumed Spirit Power. Lin Guiwan, however, was in a bad situation.
Her shelter only lasted for ten seconds. Afterward, even with a defensive aura, she could hardly withstand the omnipresent poison gas.
Swaying, Lin Guiwan steadied herself against a wall.
Now, the combat state was lifted, but she was poisoned.
"Their poisons are all different. Mine causes confusion; my mental state will be affected, but my movement is unimpeded."
Even while poisoned, Lin Guiwan reported her status data.
Wang Jiu checked the time on the small attraction array—five minutes remaining.
The toxic liquid was manageable; the poison gas was the real threat. They needed to find a place where they could vent the gas.
Wang Jiu quickly led the confused Lin Guiwan away from the area.
If the first floor could house a giant maze, the second floor was certainly no smaller. There were many abandoned halls and large sections, but they couldn't find a single air vent along the way.
"It seems there's nothing ahead either. Can we break through the outer walls?"
"No, they're too thick."
Wang Jiu didn't even need to try; she could see the thickness of the outer walls with her X-ray vision.
They were so thick that even a cannonball from an armored vehicle couldn't blast through.
"What a disgusting building." Wang Jiu frowned. Seeing that other alienated researchers were about to catch up, her eyes swept the area and suddenly lit up. She led Lin Guiwan toward a certain place.
Around a corner in the hallway a few meters away was an enormous room.
It was a communal shower room. After Wang Jiu led her inside, she saw it was divided into a public bathing area and individual shower stalls. It hadn't been used in a long time, and the tiles were covered in dust.
Shower rooms prioritized privacy, so there was only one large door leading outside.
Wang Jiu had Lin Guiwan enter an individual shower stall.
The running water could wash away the toxins clinging to her skin and hair, and there was, of course, a drain. Wang Jiu attacked the drain, widening its opening.
She turned on the hot water. The resulting steam would displace the poison gas in the air, making this shower stall much safer than the outside. This would prevent Lin Guiwan's poisoning from worsening, and with her body's natural recovery abilities, she would eventually get better.
The prerequisite was not to be exposed to any more poison gas.
Although Lin Guiwan was in a state of confusion, her willpower was extraordinary. She understood Wang Jiu's meaning and nodded in agreement.
Wang Jiu, on the other hand, walked to the main door and fired a shot at a researcher who was peeking in from outside.
To conserve Spirit Power, she used only basic attacks. Because of the long range, the enemy's toxic liquid couldn't even get close, and she relied solely on her aegis to block the poison gas.
It wasn't a perfect sniping point, but it was more than sufficient.
Gunshots rang out continuously as one researcher after another fell.
But at the same time, she could hear the sounds of fighting from other areas on the second floor.
The small attraction array's time was up, but once one wave was drawn over, the sound of battle would attract the next. It was endless unless all the researchers were eliminated.
She didn't know how many there were in total. In any case, the person who had just ambushed her had made a precise move, dealing with her while also reducing the number of researchers they themselves had to face.
Lin Guiwan sent a private message: "I'm much better here. How is it outside?"
"It's fine. The people who were on the second floor before us are probably having a hard time escaping too."
It was better for a group to suffer than for one person to suffer alone. Wang Jiu's mentality was quite twisted.
At this moment, Xie Lu and the others spoke in the team channel.
They were out of the maze.
Lin Guiwan, inside her shower stall, thought Wang Jiu would tell them not to come up to the second floor yet. Instead, this fiend said one thing.
"Come on up."
Everyone acknowledged the order.
Lin Guiwan: "???"
What kind of play was this?
Wang Jiu: "A team should stick together."
Lin Guiwan: "…"
No wonder Wang Jiu wasn't even angry about being ambushed. Her own heart was as black as coal.
If it weren't for the substantial benefits from the instance, probably no one would be willing to remain on her team.
It was too hard.
About ten minutes later, the sounds of battle echoed from all over the second floor. The researchers near Wang Jiu were finally cleared out, with no more on the way.
With her hands free, Wang Jiu deactivated her aegis, closed the door, and told Lin Guiwan it was over as she walked back.
She walked under a showerhead, took off her outer coat, and examined the dust clinging to it.
She had kept her aegis up for most of the time on the second floor, but she had been contaminated by a lot on the first floor.
The concentration of poison gas in the first-floor maze was much stronger than on the second floor, incredibly dense, yet apart from weakness and some hunger, there seemed to be no major side effects for now.
But Wang Jiu didn't believe that with so many powerful and strange toxins available on the second floor, they would use a simple mist poison—the kind seen in easy instances—in the more restrictive first-floor maze.
There had to be a follow-up move.
What was that person planning to do?
Wang Jiu took off her glasses, turned on the shower, and let the water spray down. She held her clothes under the stream, washing out black-blue water.
It was indeed very "dirty."
In reality, everyone had long been in an environment of "poison" gas.
Clothes, hair, skin.
The gas contained countless fine dust particles.
It was just a matter of when it would activate.
After a quick rinse, Wang Jiu glanced at the dark cyan color on her skin. It had already begun to seep in.
Frowning slightly, Wang Jiu stepped under the spray of water, washing away the toxins clinging to her body.
Lin Guiwan heard the sound of water outside and didn't leave, as she still had some poison to clear from her system.
At that moment, after hanging her clean, wet clothes to the side, Wang Jiu undid the band holding her ponytail, letting her dark hair fall loose. She tilted her head back to rinse it for a while when suddenly, she felt something wrong on her back.
It was a numbing, stinging pain, as if needles were pricking her inch by inch, trying to tattoo something.
This familiar sensation caused Wang Jiu's expression to darken abruptly.
She did a quick calculation. The timing was wrong. Could it be… again?
Wang Jiu's thin lips pressed into a straight line. As her thoughts were scattering, she suddenly sensed movement behind her…
She narrowed her eyes and flung a Flowing Light attack behind her. Bang!
The black shadow that had just teleported in saw the streak of light before he could even get his bearings. He raised his blade to split it apart and, with equal ruthlessness, returned a flurry of blade lights.
Wang Jiu spun to the side, raising Weeping Blood to sweep at the opponent's throat.
Clang!
Their blades met, but their weapons moved with their thoughts.
Level 9 Weapon Mastery!
They were both Level 9!
The frequency of their attacks was terrifying, almost becoming afterimages. Their bodies followed, moving as fast as lightning. In just a few seconds, the number of times their blades clashed had surpassed double digits. On the final strike, bang!!
Their respective permanent critical damage effects activated, causing a blast of energy to erupt from the point of impact.
It twisted and swept across the ground, sending large ripples through the water on the floor.
Both of them retreated a step. The figure in black seemed to get a clear look at Wang Jiu and paused for a moment. Then, with a flick of his wrist, a dozen blade lights shot out from his weapon, flying toward Wang Jiu.
But they all struck her aegis, ricocheted, and slammed into the surroundings. Several of them pierced the walls, bursting water pipes or severing showerheads.
Bang!! Water sprayed in all directions. In that instant, Dark Curse, Absolute Silence, and Blind all descended upon the black-clad figure.
The man in black took the full brunt of it, and when Blind hit, his vision was stolen. In the darkness, he simultaneously activated his maximum defense.
But in that moment… several buffs from Lin Guiwan landed on Wang Jiu. Bang!!
In one move, Wang Jiu used Weeping Blood to deliver a Blood Wrath + Heavy Strike to his chest!
The opponent had no open wounds, so she couldn't draw his blood. Wang Jiu could only use 50% of her own blood, the 30% overdraft of which was already being restored by the combined Holy Light from herself and Lin Guiwan.
As she was recovering, the opponent was sent flying. But as he was knocked back, a chain shot out from his hand, wrapping around Wang Jiu's waist and yanking her toward him. At the same time, both of their blades were aimed at each other!
Several negative statuses also bombarded Wang Jiu, but only three took effect.
Lin Guiwan had granted her immunity to one, and she was exempt from another herself.
One still worked.
Just one.
Swift and ruthless, the person with more negative statuses ultimately suffered the greater loss.
Bang!! The black-clad figure fell to the ground, his sword knocked from his hand. Just as he was about to get up, Anesthesia took hold.
As the numbness spread, he stopped moving.
Because the person controlled by the chain had landed on top of him, her leg and elbow pinning his abdomen, one hand gripping his throat, and her blade pressed against his heart.
The sound of water gushed, splashing everywhere. The ground became wet, the filth washed away by the water, leaving everything slick and damp.
The two of them were also soaking wet. The Blind effect wore off, and the tall man lying on the ground could see clearly again. He could also feel the weapon in Wang Jiu's hand about to pierce his chest.
He was startled, but then he saw Wang Jiu's gaze.
Vicious, pitch-black, devoid of light.
The force of the impending stab was terrifying, and the grip on his throat was so strong it felt like it could snap his neck, leaving him no chance to even make a sound.
But at that very moment, water from a burst pipe above sprayed down. Her body was already wet, and she was only wearing a loose, white, blood-stained tank top. No matter how loose, it was now clinging to her skin. Crystal-clear water trickled down her cheeks, gathered at her delicate, well-defined chin, and dripped down, one drop at a time.
It fell, drop by drop, onto his chest.
This shock transformed into a palpitation of the heart.
After being momentarily mesmerized, he quickly came to his senses. To save his own life, a glint appeared in his eyes, and he was about to counterattack when he saw the person above him seem to grow dizzy, her body swaying slightly.
Hm?
He didn't know that in that very instant, just as Wang Jiu was about to kill him, her back had become scorching hot. Her five senses felt as if they had been stripped away and replaced with those of another person, or rather, another living being.
A piercing scream, a shaky, low-to-the-ground perspective, a dim cave, blurry, viscous blood, corpses strewn everywhere…
It saw the high altar.
A blurry female voice, a swaying female shadow.
A terrible desire surged within her body.
It was both blurry and crystal clear, as if it existed distinctly within her.
It was, indeed, coming back again.
And it was earlier this time.
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