Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 246: Mutation under Traits

Chapter 246: Chapter 246: Mutation under Traits

In an outlying area of a factory complex, black hair merged into thin snakes, some crawling along the haphazardly placed steel materials on the ground, while others entwined around pillars and beams, creating a startling density.

Xu Huo reached out to seize a snake flying towards him, initially planning to lead the person behind him out, but just as he rounded a nearby pillar, the snake reverted to the form of hair and dangled from his hand—the hair had been severed.

At the same time, a giant snake above him opened its mouth wide to bite. Xu Huo picked up a steel rod he had grabbed at random and stabbed it into the snake’s mouth. Instantly, the giant snake transformed into countless little black snakes that spilled down and entwined his hands, feet, and body!

The steel rod in his hand was wrigglingly absorbed by the hair-snakes; his body was chaotically wrapped with the soft yet tenacious hair, gradually devouring the space in which he could move.

The hair-snakes were very active, and Xu Huo did not notice any signs of Zhou Ning approaching. However, he was not in a hurry to run. Instead, he took out an adult fairy tale book and slapped it on the cover, "Time to work."

This time, the fairy tale book did not fail to open or strike. Picking a random page, as the blood-written fonts slowly appeared on the page, a sinister and horrifying voice also began to rise, "She found the snakes around her all twisting their heads, their pitch-black color turning dazzlingly multicolored, pairs of crimson eyes surrounding her like stars in the night sky, and their vibrant tongues flicking about, oozing a stenchy liquid. Some of the overly-fed snakes even vomited out some eyeballs and remnants of human hands..."

"The rich scent of blood excited these venomous snakes even more. They crawled towards her while spitting out the undigested food..."

"Ah!" A sharp scream came from the pile of hair-snakes as Zhou Ning swiftly retreated from the pile of hair and quickly waved her hand to sever her own hair!

"Snap!" Xu Huo closed the fairy tale book.

After taking a few steps back to stand steady, Zhou Ning looked at the hair on the ground and the person standing nearby. There was a moment of confusion in her eyes, but she quickly realized, "Do you have an item that does psychic attacks?"

"Doesn’t your ability have a mental aspect? Can’t you tell the difference between reality and illusion?" Xu Huo asked.

Zhou Ning responded with some embarrassment, "Although I can launch attacks, my defense is not very strong. Simply put, I have to believe in the illusions I create for them to be lethal."

Xu Huo paused, "Tell me more about it."

Zhou Ning explained her newly developed abilities.

Her profession was known to Xu Huo from before—Medusa, with the basic feature being "Ancient Medusa," which could simply transform hair into snakes or create a giant snake illusion. However, the attack power was very weak. The giant snake illusion, other than being mildly intimidating, hardly possessed any lethal power and was ineffective against those with stable minds and rigorous thoughts.

Just now, she used her second ability, "Brief Medusa," to blend in among the hair-snakes undetected with an imagined disguise.

Additionally, she discovered that the more vivid her imagination, the more realistic the effects of her abilities became.

"I used this ability to kill a player who was tracking me. The situation was critical; I imagined myself as a snake, even seeing from the height of a snake, and the other player seemed unable to detect me at all. Even I didn’t expect to succeed, but when I ’became a snake,’ my hair also seemed more snake-like."

After listening, Xu Huo commented, "So your ability can expand your point of view. Have you tried controlling the range?"

Zhou Ning shook her head, "I haven’t been able to get the feel for it since then."

Xu Huo put the fairy tale book away, took out the "Eye of Peeking," and put it on while holding the Crimson Sword, "Be careful. Can’t blame me if arms and legs get cut off next."

As soon as the words were spoken, Sword Qi slashed towards Zhou Ning!

Zhou Ning was startled and retreated rapidly, but her reflexes were quick, as her hair, which she let loose while retreating, quickly grew long and flew towards the factory’s main beam.

"Thinking of escaping upwards?" Xu Huo called out her intent, tapped his feet twice, and his speed soared rapidly, intercepting her the front and cutting off her hair!

Zhou Ning had already used Hair Growth Potion, so her hair grew back at an incredibly fast rate. The next batch surged forth immediately. She grabbed a handful, and several hair snakes automatically twisted together to form a flexible long whip that whooshed towards Xu Huo!

The hair whip was, as expected, sliced to pieces, but this was just a feint. Seizing the momentary gap, she had already flipped behind a pile of steel materials!

Xu Huo followed closely, leaping above the steel materials, yet he couldn’t spot Zhou Ning’s figure—only some hair snakes disappearing around a corner.

He didn’t rush after Zhou Ning, but after standing upright, he slashed left and right, splitting the stacked steel materials with his sword!

Zhou Ning revealed herself on one side, but when he hurried over for a closer look, he found only a segment of fallen steel materials. He turned abruptly, only to face a mass of entwining hair. The hair ball reached his eyes, and suddenly, dozens of small snakes burst from the center, biting towards his eyes!

Xu Huo’s wrist flicked, cutting the hair snakes in front of him, but the next second, his feet were bound by hair snakes too. Moreover, these hair strands had, unnoticed, infiltrated the steel materials stacked here, pulling left, right, and from below. They buried him in the pile of steel.

Countless hair snakes wrapped around again, forming an oval cocoon. However, Xu Huo didn’t hurry to break through the hair snakes. He just cut off the flying hair snakes, peering through the "Eye of Peeking" to give a fresh look at the repeatedly entangling hair, noticing details he hadn’t before.

There was a certain pattern in the movements of these hair snakes. Their thickness was similar, and at first glance, it seemed like a repeatedly appearing motion graphic. Staring at it for more than two seconds could cause dizziness due to the fast-moving hair snakes, making it hard to spot any differences. At least, Xu Huo hadn’t noticed Zhou Ning concealed within during the previous encounter.

But under the "Eye of Peeking," there were subtle changes among the hair snakes—a section of hair snakes in the shape of a long strip slowed down in their movement cycle!

A sword thrust in and pulled out, leaving blood on the Crimson Sword.

But the next second, someone approached from behind!

Xu Huo spun around with a kick, only to realize that what had made the noise was a few hair snakes while Zhou Ning was crouched down below, lunging up with a stab!

With the proximity so close and one leg still entangled by hair snakes, it seemed he would struggle to dodge the strike.

That’s what Zhou Ning thought, hence she hesitated. But she soon regretted it, as Xu Huo forcefully yanked out the hair snakes and managed a full leg sweep, ending with his knee lodged against the side of her head!

The hair snakes quickly engulfed the fallen Zhou Ning, and then surged up once more!

"Hiss! Hiss!" Two streams of Sword Qi pierced out from the hair cocoon, and a great number of severed hairs drifted down, but what surprised him was, there was an even larger hair cocoon outside, and the hairs that had fallen to the ground were also wriggling.

Xu Huo narrowed his eyes, grabbing the `Sword` strings and ascending. He made an opening above, about to exit, when several sharp steel materials stabbed down from above, with the injured Zhou Ning standing on top of them, her round pupils showing a tendency to constrict towards the middle!