novelraw Chapter 503: “The Book That Kills Anyone Who Reads It”
Chapter 503: “The Book That Kills Anyone Who Reads It”
At the same moment.
Lynn, controlling the Colossus Phantom, was now going all out, speeding away from the Cursed City with lightning speed, trailing sparks, and even throwing in a few drifts along the way.
Just kidding!
Only someone with a convulsing brain would fight you!
If he hadn't cut off his teleportation earlier, if he hadn't been in a weakened state earlier, he would have run the hell away long ago!
As the old saying goes, and it's a good one! A wise man knows when to retreat, as long as the green hills remain, there'll be no shortage of firewood, a real man knows when to yield and when to stand firm, a gentleman's revenge can wait ten years!
Sorry about that!
The act is done, if I don't run now, when will I?!
Should I stupidly stay and fight you to win glory before and after my death? Then what about my Zuo Zuo? What about my Miss Puppet? What about my fiancée? What about my close female friends? Will you take care of them for me?!
And so, an incredibly bizarre scene appeared in the sky above the Cursed City.A phantom of a massive giant, towering into the clouds and clearly overwhelmingly powerful, was using a low-altitude flight-like hurdling technique, leaping over building after building as it madly sprinted.
And above its head.
The massive inverted pyramid was continuously firing all sorts of energy rays and missiles at the giant in rage.
Simultaneously, another furious silver giant was also eating its dust, chasing frantically from behind.
"This art style feels off! Why does this art style feel off?!"
The Night Doctors observing from outside the Cursed City all wore expressions of bewilderment.
They had no idea what was actually happening.
During his desperate, breakneck sprint, Lynn's pinky finger twitched slightly, and Hei Xianyue's voice instantly sounded in his mind.
"How are you? The situation seems a bit off. Did you escape?"
It was still that emotionless doll-like female voice.
Lynn gritted his teeth and replied, "Getting by. Not dead yet. Good morning, Miss Puppet."
On the other side of the Cursed City, in a corner of some ruins, Hei Xianyue quietly twitched the thread on her pinky, gazing solemnly at the distant sprinting red giant, and replied:
"It's not looking good. There are two giants racing in the city right now. I sense you seem to be nearby. Are you really okay? I'm very worried about your safety."
Lynn gnashed his teeth. "Hanging in there. Can you see me right now?"
Hei Xianyue calmly observed the chaotic scene in the city. "The energy is too chaotic. Can't pinpoint your exact location."
Lynn gnashed his teeth. "No need to pinpoint. You see that giant hurdling in front? The red one."
"I see it."
"Yep, that's me."
Then, under Hei Xianyue's greatly shocked gaze, the sprinting red giant raised its hand and waved vigorously in the direction of her location.
It even threw up a peace sign.
Hei Xianyue stood there in a daze, the black umbrella in her hand clattering to the ground.
"......"
Lynn gnashed his teeth, his eyes constantly darting glances behind him, transmitting his thoughts. "No time to explain! I can't break free now. Let's find a place to regroup after I escape. You must listen carefully to what I say now!"
"Next, I'm going to use all my trump cards against the God of All Machines at once. I don't know if it will have any effect, but I can only go all out! So you must remember, for the next five minutes, absolutely do not look in my direction. Absolutely not!"
"Alright, now it's time for my last words:"
"I want to tell you, I really shouldn't have set up that flag back then. So if I really die, you must go back to Wandering Souls Alley and build me a cenotaph. I might be able to return on the seventh day after death. If I can't, then I'll have to trouble you to burn some high-quality incense for me every year at this time! Strawberry flavored. And burn a paper effigy too! A pretty one! Got it? Can't take concubines up there, definitely can't shortchange myself down below!"
By the end, his voice even carried a tone of grief.
Hei Xianyue frowned slightly. "But this is hell. There is no 'down below' anymore."
"It's fine, close enough. But Miss Puppet, I've gone this far with my last words. Don't you have any thoughts? Aren't you planning to try and stop me, even a little?"
Hei Xianyue said calmly, "When you talk like this, you usually have a trump card to survive."
"No! This time I really don't have any left! I'm facing a god, what trump cards could I possibly have?!"
Hei Xianyue looked at the sprinting giant and whispered:
"Then I'll go help you now."
"No need. You'd just die too. It's already about to be one corpse, two lives. Adding another would be killing three birds with one stone! But seeing as I'm about to die, how about you agree to one condition of mine? Your mission is going to fail anyway, so consider it the final comfort for a dying man, okay?!"
Hei Xianyue whispered, "Tell me. I agree."
"Let's get married now?"
Snap—
She decisively cut the connection with that guy.
Hei Xianyue's expression was calm. She glanced at Little Treasure beside her, who had entered an abnormal state, stepped onto the edge of the rooftop, suddenly opened the black umbrella in her hand, and leaped into the air, drifting towards the direction of the continuously sprinting Colossus Phantom.
Even though she knew she couldn't win.
With a contract in place, protecting the employer's life and safety during the employment period was her responsibility.
It didn't mean anything else. She just didn't want such a big stain on her career. So, even if only because of the contract, even if she couldn't win, she still had to go.
She continuously tightened the soul thread on her pinky.
Amidst the howling gale, her petite body was swiftly pulled towards that direction by the powerful force of the threads.
But she also firmly remembered Lynn's warning.
She temporarily shut down all her senses, making herself unable to react to the outside world. Relying on calculated positioning and instinct, she resolutely moved to rendezvous with him in that direction.
Five minutes.
Five minutes later, no matter what happens, I will open my eyes.
And take you away.
...
Lynn, in the midst of his mad dash, hung up the "call." His gaze became resolute and determined. He tore off his sleeve and wrapped it around his left hand, which was in a state of mental suppression.
Then he took out the thick, wrapped book from his System Space.
He also wished he could escape.
But his trump cards were almost exhausted. He could only go for broke.
"Zuo Zuo, I'm sorry."
Lynn looked firmly at his left hand and said:
"If my brain really dies this time, you'll know I've actually been lying to you. You can survive independently if you leave me, but I can hardly survive without you."
"So I'll give it one last effort. Master still has three Substitute Death Doll effects left. If I push to the point of collapse, I can release one more Root-level curse."
"But if I really die, you should be able to become the Colossus's Queen again, right? The Colossus's Brain is about to awaken too. If you can hold on until then, maybe you still have a chance to survive, Zuo Zuo."
"Alright."
"Gambling always has times of failure. I lost once, but this time I still want to gamble again."
In an instant, Lynn raised his head.
And almost simultaneously, a torrent of aura surged from behind him. The massive phantom controlled by the God of All Machines had already reached out towards him with a ferocious expression.
At this moment, it felt as if time had stopped.
In the wildly dancing storm, Lynn's gaze was firm. With a thick book clenched between his teeth and another thick book held in his hand, he became incredibly calm.
Hum—
Almost the moment that giant hand reached out, Lynn abruptly severed his connection to the Colossus Network, making the Colossus Phantom dodge the God of All Machines' terrifying strike.
At the same time, Lynn suddenly turned around. In the wind of his descent, his eyes reflected the silhouette of the God of All Machines' colossal phantom.
They reflected the murderous gaze with which it looked at him.
And also at the same time.
Lynn, steadying himself, suddenly used all his strength to forcefully open the book he was holding.
In an instant, it seemed a vast, boundless attraction emerged, irresistibly drawing the gazes of everyone in the city towards the book in his hand. The dazzling light bursting from the book almost illuminated half the sky.
"Death for a bit, not scary."
Lynn smiled gently. Holding the book as he fell, he saw the drastically changed expression in the God of All Machines' eyes.
And he too was completely uncontrollably forced by a tremendous power to fix his gaze, making him involuntarily look at the opened book in his hand, look at its contents, look at those few bloody words on the title page...
That book.
"The Book That Kills You If You Read It."
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