68: Chapter 68 Lu Qingran's Dragon Eyes

Outside Raccoon Apartments.

In the distance.

On the rooftop of a wasteland-style skyscraper.

Lu Qingran was lying prone, pressed tightly behind a sniper rifle. Her flat, fair abdomen tightened at the core, outlining distinct abdominal muscles.

A drop of sweat.

Slid along her abs.

Dripping down.

The air was gradually growing scorching hot.

"Damn it! That thing's tentacles are reaching over here."

Lu Qingran gritted her teeth and looked around the rooftop.

Tiny tentacle fibers, like ivy, could be seen creeping over the edge of the rooftop, spreading toward her.

Wherever they passed, the concrete rooftop became covered in blood-red, showing a faint trend of mutating into flesh.

Scalding blood seemed to be flowing within these slender tentacle fibers.

Waves of staggering heat.

Radiated from within.

Making the air shimmer and distort.

If one zoomed out.

One could even see the entire skyscraper.

It had already been completely wrapped by a single tentacle.

Indescribable fleshy growths rapidly mushroomed and spread from the tentacle, releasing a massive amount of bio-thermal energy. It was like a flood of "flesh lava," flowing out from Raccoon Apartments to cover the surrounding blocks and buildings.

The entire scene.

Was terrifying beyond measure.

Limbs and faces were swallowed up in this "flesh lava."

Clearly.

These were Lower City residents near Raccoon Apartments who were still in their dreams and hadn't had time to escape.

Pfft!

However, Lu Qingran seemed to have anticipated this horrific sight.

Though she was cursing under her breath.

Her body didn't move an inch.

Instead, she raised her left hand.

Suddenly, she plunged her slender, fair fingers into her left eye socket and gave a sharp tug, forcibly gouging out her own eyeball!

A blue fluid that looked like blood but glowed with a fluorescent hue splattered.

It overflowed from the corner of her eye.

The entire scene was filled with an eerie and morbid sensation.

Lu Qingran, however, didn't seem to feel any pain, looking as if she were perfectly accustomed to it.

She just looked down, rolling her remaining right eye, and looked at the left eyeball lying on the ground, sighing with some regret:

"This was a 'Radiant Dream Eye' I only recently replaced. It came from a Behemoth known for its beauty—the 'Radiant Fox'. It has a natural charm-enhancing function, and it was quite expensive."

"But now, I have to let this eyeball go to waste."

Generally, limbs, organs, and viscera created with Flesh Technology cannot be disassembled and reassembled.

Once installed.

And then removed.

They would immediately be ruined.

Therefore, if one wanted to dabble in Flesh Technology and fleshpunk, one couldn't afford it without a massive fortune.

Sizzle!

On the rooftop floor, the "Radiant Dream Eye" left eyeball, which had been emitting a brilliant glow, gradually dimmed until it went completely dark. It became mangled, riddled with holes, and rotted into dregs that scattered with the wind.

Lu Qingran only lamented for a moment.

Then she raised her right hand.

And quickly stuffed a round, pale eyeball she had prepared beforehand into her empty left socket.

Whoosh!

As soon as it was installed, this seemingly ordinary pale eyeball suddenly lit up with a dazzling seven-colored light. Strange stripes intertwined to form mysterious patterns that constantly shifted and changed.

Finally.

Upon the eyeball.

A bizarre vertical pupil formed, one that even exuded a strangely eerie aura!

This vertical pupil was pitch black with a faint golden tint.

At the edge of the pupil.

There were patterns resembling petals.

The pattern showed a faint trend of becoming a five-petaled flower, but it was only halfway there and not fully formed. It seemed to be merely a semi-finished product.

"This is a 'Dragons Eye' I spent an enormous price to get through special channels!"

"Although..."

"It's not the eye of an orthodox Dragon-type Behemoth."

"Rather, it comes from a serpent Behemoth with the potential to transform into a Dragon. Strictly speaking, it can only be called a 'Pseudo-Dragons Eye'."

"But after special Flesh Technology modification to activate the hidden dragon-transformation power within, it can more or less allow me to master a sliver of the mysterious power belonging to Dragon-type Behemoths."

Dragon-type Behemoths were the absolute kings and nobility among Titan Behemoths.

The mysterious power of the Dragon.

Even if one only mastered a tiny sliver.

It was absolutely extraordinary.

As the Pseudo-Dragons Eye entered her socket and established a connection with her brain's nerves, Lu Qingran felt her vision and senses instantly change.

Everything became distinct.

She could faintly see many different spatial outlines, layers, and fissures, as well as various hidden information like auras, voiceprints, and electromagnetic waves floating within.

In short.

The "precision" of how she saw things had changed.

It was as if she were looking at things through a microscope at all times; she could even vaguely capture some hidden, ethereal things.

"The Dragons Eye is truly extraordinary."

"With this paired with my Vulcan sniper rifle, it's like a tiger with wings."

"Let alone aiming for a snipe, even seeing through walls is no longer an issue!"

Lu Qingran's red lips curled up in pride.

Without the slightest hesitation, she pressed her left eye against the sniper rifle's scope.

In an instant.

Her vision crossed several thousand meters.

Arriving directly at Raccoon Apartments.

She could see that the walls of the entire Raccoon Apartments had been covered by a thick layer of fleshy matter. The shape of the "apartment" was no longer visible; it had completely turned into a giant cocoon of flesh.

From the outside.

There wasn't a single crack or opening that would allow anyone to peer inside.

But Lu Qingran's gaze focused.

In an instant.

The Pseudo-Dragons Eye in her left socket flashed with a faint golden light.

In the next moment.

Her vision, like an invisible and intangible blade, pierced straight through the thick, viscous flesh layer and invaded the building's floors.

And the moment she broke through.

An unbelievable scene appeared before her eyes!

"What?!"

Lu Qingran's eyes widened.

At this moment.

Within her field of vision.

There was no scenery.

No building structures.

There was...

Only a sea of crimson!

A rich, dense crimson tone, like thick porridge or quicksand, where visibility was almost zero!

However.

Lu Qingran seemed to be able to see a blurry figure outlined in the center of this crimson hue.

"Just what is happening inside Raccoon Apartments?"

"This clearly isn't the interior of the apartment anymore!"

"It's... it's the legendary..."

"astral body world!"

"An astral body world that only powerful Martial Artists with Prodigy-level talent can open!"

Lu Qingran couldn't help but hold her breath.

She wasn't a Martial Artist.

But her knowledge of Martial Artists was extensive.

She knew what the scene before her.

Actually meant.

If the people in the Upper City knew about this, it would cause a massive shock—no, it would be an earthquake!

"Could it be that there's a Martial Artist inside Raccoon Apartments? And a top-tier one whose strength is so terrifying that even a hundred Brother Yun Songs wouldn't be his match!"

"Why would a Martial Artist of this level appear in a remote place like Canglang City?"

Lu Qingran's gaze.

Stared into the depths of that crimson hue, at that blurry, mysterious figure.

Her heart couldn't help but thud wildly.

Could it be...

That mysterious figure is...

She couldn't help but want to see his true face.

However.

Just then.

Lu Qingran seemed to sense something.

She suddenly raised her head.

Shifting her gaze upward.

Abruptly, the features on her face twisted, showing pain and fear. Five—a total of five incredibly massive crimson stars emerged, filling her vision and causing the corners of her eyes to suddenly crack!

Crack!

In the next moment.

The Pseudo-Dragons Eye in her left socket actually developed cracks like glass!

"Demon Star?!"

"That's... the Star of the Demon God?!"

"No!!"

"Don't look!! You absolutely cannot look directly at it!!!"

"Aaaah..."

"Just what on earth is hidden in this apartment!!!"

Lu Qingran let out a scream of agony.

Struggling to move her gaze away.

Finally.

She managed to shift her vision away, but at that moment, the Dragon's eye in her left socket could no longer hold out. With a pop, it suddenly exploded!