novelraw Chapter 459: The First Activation of the Substitute Doll
Chapter 459: The First Activation of the Substitute Doll
Following the issued command, the densely packed dozens of red crosshairs on the regional map in her eyes locked onto the ground hundreds of meters away.
And directly one thousand meters below that exact location was Lynn's fold-jump landing point.
*Bzzz—*
Almost in that same instant, a surge erupted within the black fog, as if a massive object forcibly tore through that thin membrane of mist. Accompanied by a tremendous sonic boom, thick, long black warheads, like torpedoes, densely blasted forth.
The next moment.
Those dozens of warheads slammed violently onto the ground, but they did not explode. Instead, propelled by immense impact force, they directly pierced through the soil layer, ruthlessly penetrating deep into the earth's interior.
The ground was like paper.
The dozens of missiles approached the target location at an unimaginable speed on the monitor.
Two hundred meters!
Five hundred meters!One thousand meters!
And at almost the same moment, within the surface layer's Root Network, accompanied by the churning of bloody mist, Lynn's body abruptly materialized on the spot.
But also almost simultaneously, Lynn sharply looked up.
Right above his head, the Flesh Walls above suddenly ruptured. In the pupils of his eyes instantly reflected one after another pitch-black warhead.
The speed was too fast, so fast it was as if they had predicted his landing point in advance.
[Warning! Warning! Detecting incoming missile strike! Current crisis level has reached 100%! Evade immediately! Evade immediately!]
"Fuck!"
Lynn gritted his teeth, unable to stop himself from cursing out loud.
Without another word, he activated Ghost Mode at almost his fastest speed. Zuo Zuo let out a great shout, instantly transforming into an incredibly hard meat shield, constructing a dense defensive line at his side.
At this moment, the situation had almost reached its most dangerous point.
Even in that instant, it gave him a feeling reminiscent of when he was cornered facing that Flesh Puppet.
And he finally confirmed from this.
Probably the moment he exited the signal interference zone, his positional coordinates had already been under real-time surveillance by the Mechanical Cult!
*Ding ding ding ding ding—*
The ends of the violently piercing black warheads frantically began flashing with a crimson light.
And in that very instant.
*BOOM!!*
Dozens of black warheads exploded instantaneously. The terrifying shockwave and energy vibrations even caused the ground a thousand meters above to violently collapse downward.
The massive energy diffused out for several kilometers, then violently contracted. The underground area hundreds of meters deep was instantly annihilated into a huge cavity.
These were no ordinary warheads at all!
They were energy weapons disguised as missiles, carrying an annihilation effect!
"Target area has completed firepower coverage—Information temporarily jammed—Recovery time: 30 seconds."
Following the Intelligence Core's prompt, the Mechanical Girl concealed atop the high-rise building sharply raised her head, slung the silver Heavy Sniper Rifle onto her back with one hand, stepped onto the rooftop with one foot, and leaped down, actually heading directly towards the annihilated cavity.
*Boom—*
Accompanied by a huge tremor.
Amidst the billowing dust, the Mechanical Girl landed coldly within the massive cavity annihilated a thousand meters below.
Her gaze swept the surroundings, her fingers swiftly tapping lightly by her ear.
"Flesh and blood scan activated—No life fluctuations of flesh-and-blood biological entities detected."
"Curse monitoring activated—Scanning—Warning—Abnormal cursed object detected—"
Following the prompt in her ear, a crimson indicator immediately appeared in her eyes, locking onto a position behind a rock in the edge area.
She immediately leaped up, the Heavy Sniper Rifle in her hand sharply aiming at that location.
But then her brow raised slightly.
Because what she saw was a cloth doll that had been annihilated until only half remained. The cotton stuffing inside was charred, its face wore a smile eerily like a real person's, its two button eyes were also burned out, and mysteriously, what flowed from the cotton stuffing inside its body was actually crimson blood like that of a real person.
"A substitute?"
She narrowed her eyes, her gaze growing increasingly icy.
...
[Ding! You have sustained a fatal injury. The Substitute Death Doll curse effect has been triggered. Your current remaining Substitute Death Dolls: 4]
[Ding! You have endured the Substitute Death Doll's curse effect. You have suffered double the pain and torment. Your M Charge has reached max!]
Accompanied by the continuous System prompts in his ear.
Lynn gritted his teeth, intense pain wildly roaming through his body, as if carrying the sharp, piercing shriek the doll emitted when it died.
And it was fortunate that at the last moment, he had stuffed Miss Puppet directly into the suitcase and tossed it into the System Space. Otherwise, Miss Puppet would likely have perished on the spot!
He rode on the bloodied Little Treasure, which was rapidly healing, and fled swiftly along the Root Network.
"Little Treasure! Can you still hold on?!"
"Hiss! Hiss!!"
The Tongue beneath his legs conveyed an extremely angry fluctuation of pain.
Because Zuo Zuo and he were connected, they also shared the Substitute Death Doll's effect, but Little Treasure wasn't so lucky. It almost took the terrifying energy annihilation strike head-on.
But this also demonstrated Little Treasure's terrifying regenerative ability and resistance to damage.
Even blasted to pieces, it could actually heal rapidly.
"It seems the Mechanical Cult is dead set on wiping me out this time!"
Lynn forced himself to stay calm.
Although this ambush cost him one life, he also confirmed a crucial piece of information from it.
Under the condition of losing information interference, his every move had probably long been under the Mechanical Cult's strict surveillance!
He thought once again of the Wanderer he encountered in the City of Night.
Is this the treatment for being on a blacklist?!
Just move a little and it's missiles to the face.
They really do think highly of me, dammit!
Without a doubt, in this situation, there was no place for him on the surface anymore. With the opponent having the full map and god's-eye view, forget about invading their jungle, even just farming my own blue buff, five big dudes might jump out of the bushes and dunk on me!
Zuo Zuo urgently said, "Brain! Then what do we do?! How about we recall first and discuss?! Being a bit cowardly or something isn't necessarily a bad solution!"
Lynn said firmly, "No need. If we retreat without even figuring out who exactly is hunting us, don't you think that's infuriating? Besides, I haven't played all my trump cards yet. Who wins and who loses is still undecided!"
After being hunted for so long, even the most cowardly person would definitely have a bellyful of anger.
Lynn had already decided!
If he really got the chance!
The men, dammit, kill them all!
The women, fuck them first then kill them! Kill them then fuck them! Fuck them while killing them! Even if it's a pile of iron, I'll smash it to pieces!
(Fucking hell!)!