141: Chapter 141 The Real Su Jie

"Ah~! Hubby, what are you doing~!"

The Su Jie on the left let out a shy, coquettish reproach, her body subconsciously twisting. She looked exactly like a newlywed flirting.

But her meager strength was completely insignificant before Li Taiping.

He ignored her coquetry, his gaze like lightning, locked firmly onto the section of her lower back exposed to the air.

It was smooth, snow-white, and seemingly small enough to be held in one hand.

Her waist was slender, the lines were smooth, and the shallow dimples were just soft enough. The curve was beautiful to the extreme, as if it possessed a divinely crafted charm!

But Li Taiping's brow furrowed slightly. Where was the scar?

Where was the scar left behind after Su Jie bumped into the edge of the bed?

Could it be that after these few days of rest... it healed?

He let go, remained silent, and walked straight toward the Su Jie on the right.

The Su Jie on the right was trembling even more violently.

She bit her lower lip hard, her eyelashes trembling slightly, without making a sound. She just cooperatively arched her body a bit, making the curve of her body even smoother.

Why were her eyes closed, her lashes trembling?

The doubt lasted only a moment's thought before Li Taiping reached out and lifted her clothing.

In the next second, his eyes suddenly widened.

It was different!

On that same fair skin, a shallow, pale green scar stretched across her lower back.

The scar was an irregular vertical lip shape, with some lingering bruises around the edges.

It was exactly the mark left after hitting the bed frame! It was the feedback the real world gave after a violent impact.

Found it! This one is real! It's her!

Li Taiping let out a silent shout in his heart.

The opponent actually made such a small mistake. Could it be that certain details he subconsciously ignored weren't recorded by this dungeon's data, thus creating a loophole?

He didn't hesitate for a moment.

Turning around, the AK-47 in his hand let out a crisp metallic clack as he pulled the bolt and chambered a round.

The "Su Jie" on the left seemed to realize something.

The shyness on her face vanished instantly, replaced by a twisted, inhuman ferocity.

"Hubby, you chose wrong..."

She spoke, but her voice became dry and overlapping, like countless tapes grinding at the same time.

Li Taiping didn't respond; he only felt that the opponent was too noisy.

Da, da-da-da-da—!

Violent tongues of fire flickered under the dark bell tower.

good grade 7.62mm bullets, carrying hot energy warheads, instantly tore that perfect skin to shreds.

Blood splattered, but it wasn't a brilliant red; it was a viscous black.

The "Su Jie's" body suddenly froze.

She slowly turned her head, her peach-blossom face covered in dense cracks. Even in death, she couldn't understand how Li Taiping had seen through her disguise so quickly in this world where truth and falsehood were hard to distinguish.

Why did he kill her without the slightest hesitation?

Wasn't he even a little bit worried or afraid of killing his own wife by mistake?

"Wh... y...?"

A screech rang out—not a human language, but a high-frequency sound wave that shattered the glass of the surrounding ruins.

Li Taiping didn't stop firing.

He held the trigger down firmly until he had emptied the entire magazine into that mass of black rotten meat.

Physical exorcism is always the most efficient solution.

Bang—the corpse fell to the ground.

Or rather, it could no longer be called a corpse.

It twitched frantically on the ground, then melted away like plastic scorched by fire, turning into a puddle of foul-smelling black liquid.

The real Su Jie's legs instantly went weak. She looked at the puddle of liquid, her face pale and her chest heaving violently.

Just a moment ago, she had been one step away from death.

"Hu... Hubby..."

Her voice trembled, carrying a sob.

Li Taiping reached back and patted her shoulder. The warmth of his palm seeped through the fabric, giving her a final bit of support.

"It's okay, don't cry.

In this world, tears are the most useless things."

His gaze was drawn to three clusters of blue light emerging from the black liquid.

Those were the spoils of war.

[excellent grade item upgrade scroll] x3!

Although there was no system certification message, in Li Taiping's eyes, these were definitely excellent grade item upgrade scrolls!

He had seen this appearance before in the ruins of the Abyssal Sea Region!

A flash of fanaticism crossed Li Taiping's eyes.

Including his previous stock, he now had five scrolls.

He was only three scrolls away from his goal of eighteen; it didn't seem so far away anymore.

As long as he collected them all, his Many Children, Many Blessings could completely cross that chasm. As long as he had enough, no matter what material or type an item was, as long as it could be upgraded, it would start at the Excellent Grade!

Not Excellent Grade? It didn't matter!

Slap an Excellent Grade upgrade scroll on it, and it would have to become one!

This move was a massive profit.

However, before he could even tuck away his smile, a sudden change occurred.

Rumble—!

The ground shook violently without warning.

It was a roar from deep within the earth.

The surrounding dilapidated buildings teetered in the vibration, and debris fell like rain.

"Not good!"

Li Taiping's expression changed drastically.

This level of vibration was definitely not an ordinary aftershock.

He grabbed Su Jie and, moving like lightning, lunged to the side.

Boom!

Right where they had been standing, the hard asphalt road shattered like a crisp potato chip.

A massive shark head, covered in hooked teeth, burst from the ground amidst a cloud of dust.

It was too big.

The head alone was as large as the cab of a hundred-ton truck.

Its skin had a rough, sandpaper-like texture, and its dark gray hide was covered in eerie lines. Its single blood-red eye was filled with endless greed and brutality.

One eye?

There was no time to think further.

Crack!

The shark's jaws snapped shut, the crisp sound of bone-breaking echoing out.

Although it bit nothing but air, that terrifying bite force actually stirred up a visible ripple in the air.

An even weirder scene unfolded.

The monster's body didn't get stuck in the dirt; instead, the ground around it seemed to liquefy instantly.

Hard rocks and soil were like submissive seawater before it.

It was "swimming" in the earth.

"003 Corrupted Virus Infected Organism—Earth-Burrowing Tiger Shark!"

Su Jie let out a desperate scream, her voice turning hoarse.

"That's a regional overlord... the Grim Reaper of these ruins!"

Li Taiping's heart pounded wildly.

Although the system panel hadn't fully recovered, the near-suffocating pressure told him everything.

This thing was at the peak of the Excellent Grade!

With his current "half-crippled" body and an AK-47, he wanted to go head-to-head with a monster of this level?

That would truly be like an old man hanging himself—tired of living.

"Run!"

Li Taiping didn't waste words. Grabbing Su Jie, he charged into the mist without looking back.

However, a muffled roar came from behind.

The ground surged, soil and stone rolling like waves.

The Earth-Burrowing Tiger Shark seemed to have caught the scent of the most delicious bait in the world. Its massive dorsal fin sliced through the ground, rushing toward them frantically with a shrill sound of breaking air.

Thirty meters.

Twenty meters.

Ten meters.

"It's catching up!" Su Jie cried out.

Immediately after, tongues of fire spat from the AK-47 in her hand.

When the bullets hit the tiger shark's dark gray skin, they couldn't even strike a single spark.

"Damn it!"

Li Taiping cursed under his breath.

Just then, the ground in front of them exploded.

The tiger shark had used its advantage of traveling underground to directly predict their path.

The massive head burst from the earth again, its bloody maw opening wide as a foul stench rushed toward them.