95: Weird Space

'Wait!'

After a careful look, Chen Ming noticed two silver bracelets on the Man's wrist.

At first, he thought they were decorations, but then, through a broken iron chain that hung down and swayed slightly, he realized that the two items combined formed a complete pair of handcuffs.

Then, Chen Ming recalled seeing a police car that had crashed into a utility pole when he was looking around at the Chen Ming entrance earlier.

Most likely, they encountered a sudden corpse tide while escorting a prisoner.

In a moment of panic, the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to crash into the concrete utility pole.

The prisoner then seized the opportunity to escape.

Fearing being recaptured, he had been lurking in the Chen Ming, relying on salvaged equipment that others had dropped and failed to recover after battles, developing cautiously and growing stronger day by day.

From his strange habit, in Chen Ming's opinion, it was no surprise that this guy was caught.

How many normal people would do that? Use human fingers as decorations.

'This guy's hands are probably stained with more than one human life.'

Unlike Chen Ming, the other party had killed someone during a time of peace and order before it collapsed.

The degree of danger was self-evident.

If this was the case before the collapse of order, it's not hard to imagine what he would be like after losing his restraints.

Chen Ming did not walk towards the Man as he expected.

Simply because the "Door" was in the opposite direction.

Chen Ming wouldn't delay his original plan for such a small fry.

'Damn, could that guy have discovered me?'

Through the night vision device, the Man clearly observed Chen Ming's every move.

Seeing him turn and walk away in the opposite direction, the Man couldn't help but let his mind wander.

Then, he shook his head, denying it to himself, 'Impossible. In this place where you can't see your hand in front of your face, he isn't wearing any equipment at all. How could he see me?'

Clearing his unnecessary thoughts, the Man slung the rifle back onto his back, bent his knees, lifted his foot, and drew a special forces dagger from the leather sheath strapped to his calf.

He decided to approach Chen Ming little by little, find an opportunity, and stab him in the neck.

Why do this? Simply to enjoy the pleasure of killing.

After the apocalypse, he completely let go, no longer suppressing his most primal desire for slaughter.

Once he experienced that feeling, he became completely addicted!

【▼0 meters】

Before long, Chen Ming arrived at the location of the Door, but he didn't see a door.

But the coordinates in front of him clearly told him he hadn't come to the wrong place.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration.

Chen Ming found the key in his storage space and took it out.

When the key was in his hand, a translucent keyhole and distorted space immediately appeared.

'What is that?'

Maintaining a distance of twenty to thirty meters from Chen Ming, the vigilant Man noticed something was wrong and stopped.

Chen Ming ignored his presence, inserted the key into the keyhole, and turned it.

With a click, the sound of a lock opening echoed throughout the underground passage.

Boom!

Immediately, an invisible but palpable energy fluctuation passed through his body.

Not only Chen Ming, but the Man also felt it clearly.

In the blink of an eye, the Man froze completely, so scared that he fell onto the ground, instinctively exclaiming, "This, where is this?!"

He turned his head left and right, scanning the surroundings, displaying a panicked expression like someone who had never seen the world.

The Chen Ming was still the Chen Ming, but the environment had become much harsher, with muddy and very viscous ground all around.

Without even needing to get close to smell, an abnormally strong smell of blood assailed his nostrils!

It was like someone was punching his nasal cavity, very stimulating.

If one's psychological tolerance was even slightly weaker, they would definitely be choked unconscious.

The originally new Chen Ming had now become dilapidated, with many stark white bones scattered everywhere.

Whether they were human bones was unknown.

Chen Ming took a few steps forward and noticed that the Chen Ming station scene dozens of meters away was still normal.

It seemed that only this section had been Strange ( Strange - rendered bizarre/supernatural).

After Chen Ming advanced a few steps, red light suddenly began to flash in front of him, and an air wall appeared, displaying a warning message: 【Area Ahead is Not Active!】

Based on these messages, Chen Ming quickly formed his own understanding.

The Disaster Key would directly make an area in the real world Strange ( Strange - rendered bizarre/supernatural), yet it would be layered with the real world, becoming: seemingly one dimension, but in fact an independent world not in the same space.

You could see outside from inside, but you couldn't see inside from outside.

In addition, this Disaster Space had some similarities to team dungeons.

The moment the key is turned, anyone within range will be unable to escape, forced to enter the secret realm.

"Ah!"

A scream interrupted Chen Ming's thoughts.

He knew that there were only himself and the Man in the Disaster Space.

Turning to look, the Man was running frantically, trying to dodge the Giant Centipede chasing him from behind, twenty to thirty meters long!

Seeing the distance getting closer and closer, he began to run towards wall pillars and piles of rubble.

He wanted to use his agility to utilize those obstacles, slow down the Giant Centipede's movement speed, and completely shake it off.

He couldn't understand where the monster, which he hadn't discovered despite hiding here for so long, had come from?

If the Man hadn't reacted quickly enough and had an unusually sharp sixth sense, he would most likely have been swallowed whole by the Giant Centipede that ambushed him from behind by now.

"You dog, just crash into it honestly and have your head explode!"

The Man dodged, avoiding the support pillar that was close at hand.

He was convinced that at this distance, combined with the Giant Centipede's speed, it would definitely crash into it with full force, with no way to avoid it.

Bang! Boom!

"......"

The next second, he witnessed in astonishment as the Giant Centipede crashed through and broke the reinforced concrete pillar.

"Hiss!" The Man's right shoulder and arm were also hit by a palm-sized stone that flew towards him.

He wasn't sure if it was broken, couldn't lift it, and even moving it slightly was incredibly painful.

The Giant Centipede made a U-turn, its antennae wriggling, opening its gaping maw, from which saliva continuously overflowed.

When it dripped onto the ground, it sizzled and bubbled, emitting white smoke with a pungent smell.

A pit was melted into the stone brick, continuously expanding and deepening.

'This monster's saliva is corrosive like sulfuric acid? No, it's even stronger than that!'

The Man endured the pain, took off the rifle hanging on his back with his other hand, held the gun with one hand, and clamped it under his armpit to increase stability.

Then he raised the muzzle, aimed at the Giant Centipede's head, and pulled the trigger, not daring to let go.

However, the bullets couldn't penetrate the Giant Centipede's outer shell defense at all.

Hitting it was no different from hitting synthetic metal, leaving no mark at all.

In the Giant Centipede's eyes, bright red light shone, its mouth opened wider, and it attacked the Man, swallowing him in one gulp, despite the continuous outgoing bullets.

The gunfire stopped abruptly, and everything returned to calm.

The Giant Centipede was clearly not satisfied with this and stood up.

It turned, its fierce eyes meeting Chen Ming's gaze.