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Chapter 412 It’s Quite Strange

After leaving the mecha, Xia Xinyan instantly activated her catgirl form and dashed towards the skull head.

Ling Mo’s mecha drew the attention of most of the surrounding monsters, so Xia Xinyan’s departure didn’t attract any notice and eased her pressure significantly.

She didn’t touch the ground but instead stepped on the heads of the monsters, moving gracefully and swiftly like a cat.

Even if a monster reacted and tried to attack her, she could instantaneously slice it in half with her flicking tail. After leaving Ling Mo’s protection, she finally revealed her claws.

Ling Mo kept an eye on her, all weapons deployed and in a ready stance. If he sensed any danger for Xia Xinyan, he would rush over to help—by blowing things up.

Compared to the possibility of something happening to Xinyan, nothing else mattered.

Moreover, he wasn’t specifically aiming for the skull head when he blew things up, so there was just a chance he would hit it.

Xia Xinyan was wearing the lightweight battle armor he provided, which could fully withstand the blasts of his mecha’s most lethal weapons, so there was no concern about collateral damage. It could be said that Ling Mo considered everything.

There was a strange sense of a father worrying about his daughter going on her first adventure.

Ling Mo felt he was indeed a bit overly worried, not knowing when he began to pay more and more attention to Xinyan, wanting to care for her and protect her in every way.

Just like that strange feeling, he really wanted to cherish her as if she were his daughter.

At the same time, she was also his girlfriend.

Unfortunately, the current situation didn’t allow him to act that way, so he had to suppress his impulse to completely wrap Xinyan in his arms and try his best within his capabilities.

Luckily, his contingency plans didn’t have to be put into action. Xia Xinyan quickly dashed in front of the still-standing skull head, swiftly slashing through a few monsters before slicing the skull from top to bottom with her tail.

Throughout the entire encounter, this guy didn’t change his stance at all, not even glancing at them. It was more like a decorative piece than a monster.

After it was cut down, the ground where it was standing suddenly warped, like ripples in the water. This must be what Monica referred to as spatial distortion.

Xia Xinyan immediately shouted into the communicator, “Mo Mo! Come quickly!”

Ling Mo wasted no time; upon seeing her defeat the monster, he disconnected from the mecha and rushed over. The thrusters on the back of his battle armor roared to life, and he moved even faster than Xia Xinyan—after all, he was flying.

Meanwhile, the mecha left behind was quickly covered by a swarm of monsters. Just as it was about to be turned into scrap metal—

BOOOOOM——!!!

The entire mecha erupted into a massive fireball, consuming numerous monsters, and Ling Mo grabbed Xia Xinyan right before the explosion hit, diving into the spatial distortion, disappearing from the area.

The shockwave from the explosion blasted through, turning all the monsters in the vicinity into chunks of meat while also directly destroying the spatial distortion.

In the distance, the chubby guy controlling the mecha and causing havoc jolted when he saw a small sun suddenly light up in the corner: “Old Ling truly creates the biggest ruckus every time…”

He had learned well what it meant to blow things up.

Sighing, the chubby guy raised his big sword, crackling with electric arcs, and chopped down on a bunch of monsters.

This was his attempt—to apply his abilities to the sword, adding a layer of lightning attribute to the weapon.

From the battle results, the effect was excellent.

He felt like he had found his shining moment.

Heck, he was the freaking savior—!

In his excitement, the chubby guy swung his lightning sword with even more vigor.

Meanwhile, in a certain part of the castle, Xia Xinyan and Ling Mo found themselves in a narrow corridor.

—They locked eyes with various demons filling the entire corridor for two seconds.

Xia Xinyan distinctly saw expressions of surprise on the faces of those demons—though she wasn’t even sure if those faces were still faces.

Because those things looked freer than any demons she had ever seen.

But she could be certain: these demons were definitely not the undead they had encountered before, nor were they the cannon fodder that had surrounded them in that large space—these demons were likely real main forces, at least she could sense their strong aura.

So, taking the initiative, after a brief silence, she instantly charged at the nearest demon, her tail swinging violently and directly slicing off that demon’s head.

Brown blood sprayed out from the severed neck, and the headless monster staggered a few times before slowly collapsing.

Then—

The remaining monsters turned tail and fled.

They ran quickly, decisively, without a hint of hesitation.

There were even mixed-in screams of “Ahhhhh!”

Xia Xinyan: “…”

Was she… in the wrong scene?

Ling Mo had a moment of confusion as well.

He looked at the now quite empty corridor, then at the corpse of the demon in front of them, slightly frowning: “Are those demons afraid of us?”

“They’re not weak.” Xia Xinyan said quietly.

She recalled what Monica had said.

These demons were evolving.

And ultimately would become a new race according to the standards of the orderly world, perhaps even a new civilization.

Now it seemed very possible that these demons in the castle were starting to evolve in this direction—the most obvious sign being they didn’t let the real main forces face them directly. Even when they initially sent out lizards and bugs, the moment they realized they were outmatched, the remaining monsters fled quite quickly, just like those previous demons. Immediately afterward, they sent out the lowest-ranked cannon fodder to confront them, since those cannon fodder weren’t afraid of dying, making them more suitable opponents.

So it was very likely… that the reason they haven’t encountered the real demon main forces was simply that those main forces were afraid of dying.

Or was this a smokescreen released by the demons? Trying to lure them in deeper?

At this point, no conclusion seemed reachable. Xia Xinyan fell silent for two seconds and continued, “Let’s go. Monica said the demon controlling the space is right in front; we need to hurry.”

Regardless, it was crucial to get the job done first. These demons were ultimately their enemies, and if they were indeed too scared to confront them, that would be a good thing in a sense.

Ling Mo nodded and then charged forward with her.

Next, the two didn’t encounter any further demons along the way, as if those guys had all fled, and as Monica had mentioned, the end of the corridor was a staircase leading upward. When they reached the top of the stairs, they entered a hall.

In the hall, there were a dozen demons.

But what first attracted the attention of Xia Xinyan and Ling Mo wasn’t them.

It was the battle scene of the chubby guy and his companions being broadcast live on the giant screen on the right side of the hall.

 

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