Life Game In Other World
Chapter 205: Driving the Tiger to Swallow the Wolf, Seeking Life from Death (Long - , Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Driving the Tiger to Swallow the Wolf, Seeking Life from Death (Long Chapter, Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets)

However, the attraction emanating from Liu Nan was very faint, and bore no comparison to the attraction that Dancing Girl had experienced, nor to the pull that the contents of the Central Control Room exerted on He Ao.

From previous observations, it seemed highly likely that such mutual attractions indicated Talent Sequences of the same pathway, but the allure that Liu Nan showed was not as intense.

Perhaps the other party possessed Talent Sequences that were related to, but not identical to, Super Memory?

But now was not the time to ponder this.

He Ao watched the young girl in front of him.

The suspected B-level entity whom he sought to possess his body, wanted his ability to activate the Central Control Room, and in turn, he too relied on a powerful bodyguard to pass safely through the wastelands.

Many times, Liu Nan would deliberately lead them around particularly dangerous areas, and He Ao would cleverly pretend not to recognize these detours and follow along. As a result, he no longer encountered terrifying exotic beasts like the Great Octopus on his journey.

This was the difference between having a strong guide and bodyguard, and not having one.

But as they say, after a journey of a thousand miles comes the parting.

"You think you can use the Night Steward to stop me? You’ve got some nerve, kid,"

Liu Nan said with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, as her figure suddenly vanished,

"Let’s see, is it faster, or am I?"

Clang——

The pure white bone sword blocked the silver cone that flew in as fast as lightning,

Amid Liu Nan’s look of surprise, He Ao braced his foot against the silver door behind him, bulging veins popped up on his arms, and his muscles swelled like sturdy ramparts.

He lifted his head, looked at Liu Nan, with dark pupils reflecting what seemed like the entire universe,

"Don’t underestimate me!!!"

With a mighty yell, he exerted force with both arms, and all the ’Qi’ from his Dantian surged up, flowing into his hands, instilling power into the pristine bone sword, forcibly pushing back the cone that had nearly touched his chest.

The arrival of the Great Octopus came with its own sound effects, so Liu Nan would definitely have noticed, hence from the moment it made noise to its arrival.

This last interval was when he had no choice but to hold his ground; survive it, and live; fail, and die.

Liu Nan pressed down with her arm, attempting to force He Ao’s sword back, but this only temporarily halted the forward thrust of He Ao’s action.

Then, in the next instant, He Ao leaned his entire body against the sword, concentrating all his strength at one point and ramming forward.

The girl only felt the points where she focused her energy scatter from the impact, and her body flew backward.

This was one of the abilities of ’Qi’, the ability to see the routes of the opponent’s energy flow.

"Phew," He Ao knelt on the ground, supporting his body with the bone sword, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He smiled at the girl, "I won, this is for you."

A small cloth bag appeared in his hand and then he swiftly threw it into the girl’s arms.

"What’s this?"

The girl was startled, flesh from the bag spilled out, precisely the flesh of the young octopus that He Ao had killed.

The girl intended to throw the bag away, but it was a step too late,

Countless tentacles had already surged from the other side of the corridor, instantly wrapping around her wrists and ankles, then encasing her body.

The flesh she wanted to discard was also ensnared by these tentacles, being pulled back.

"I will not let you... mmph..."

The girl in the air glared fiercely at He Ao, angrily shouting, but before she could finish, her mouth was sealed, silencing her mid-sentence.

Seizing the moment, He Ao sprang up, landing in front of the platform, and pressed his hand against the display of the platform.

The ’Qi’ he had painstakingly accumulated over the past two days was now spent, with just a small remnant gasping for life in his Dantian. He Ao channeled this tiny wisp of Qi into the palm of his hand.

"Verification complete"

Along with the mechanical voice, the display lit up with a green glow.

A dull, as if some propulsive machinery activating, sound echoed in He Ao’s ears. The entire silver corridor seemed to tremble slightly as the thick, silver, metal door slowly receded to the left.

At this moment, after completely enveloping Liu Nan, new tentacles reached from the passageway to attack He Ao.

He Ao parried the foremost tentacle with a backhanded slash of his bone sword. Naturally, the sword did no significant damage to the tentacle, but He Ao used the impact of the strike to fly into the gradually opening gap of the metal door, heading toward the space beyond.

As he expected, at a corresponding position behind the door, there was another platform, upon which the display showed a large red mark with the character ’Close’.

In the moment he saw that character, He Ao abruptly grabbed the edge of the opening metal door, slowing his momentum and altering his flight direction toward that platform.

The instant he flew past the platform, his hand pressed the ’close’ button on the screen.

The red icon flashed, seemingly taking effect.

Clack—

That was the sound of a powerful twisting device halting. As the huge metal gate slowly steadied, a series of new dull thuds gradually rose. The thick metal gate, which had already been cracked open, began to slowly retract and close.

Meanwhile, He Ao continued to fly backward.

The lead tentacle closely followed, passing through the closing gap of the door. It had slowed down slightly just before, so the distance it had gained on He Ao had considerably decreased.

The tentacle tenaciously followed He Ao, inching closer to his neck.

Just as the tentacle was about to touch He Ao’s neck, the huge and solid tentacle came to an abrupt halt. Then, straining to reach out to He Ao, it ultimately failed and, following a spasm, the gigantic tentacle lost all its strength and limply fell to the ground.

He Ao looked towards the metal gate only to see the other crazily surging tentacles that were trying to seize him being caught in the gap of the gate. These strong and solid tentacles did not delay the closing of the metal gate by even a fraction of a second.

In front of the gigantic metal door, they were like foam against a diamond, being slowly squeezed into the gap then crushed and severed by the gate.

Eventually, the door closed, and all the severed tentacles fell limply to the ground, some still giving a final twitch in a futile backlash, but in the end, they laid motionless.

At this moment, He Ao fell to the ground. His right hand, from the action of pulling and turning the door, was now severely lacerated, oozing with blood. He gasped for breath, clutched his bone sword with his left hand, propped himself up, and staggered to his feet.

Blood gushed from his body, soaking his gray-white combat suit.

He had many wounds to begin with from the fight with that C-level Great Octopus, and a little over a day was not enough to heal. The fierce battle just now not only tore open those existing wounds but also broke several of his ribs and damaged his internal organs.

This was the first time his true self had sustained such serious injuries.

Walking alongside the creature that was masquerading as Liu Nan was already like dancing with wolves. Using the power of the Great Octopus was akin to exploiting one to devour another.

If there had been any mistakes, he would have died on the spot.

But if he hadn’t struggled, his death would have been certain.

The monster impersonating Liu Nan would never have let him live. Not opening the door meant death, and opening it meant death after a short delay.

All of these arrangements were just his desperate attempt to snatch a chance at life from certain death.

Of course, if he ultimately couldn’t grasp that slim chance of survival—

He Ao pinched the top pocket of his pants, inside was a phalanx fragment and a piece of skull he had secretly obtained while exploring the pitch-black gymnasium.

Unlike the tranquility of the main world, in the ruins, activating Super Memory also allowed him to hear the ambient background noise, albeit intermittently and inconsistently.

If this noise came from some Higher Being, it meant that certain Higher Beings in the Copy World were reachable within the ruins.

In other words, He Ao could get in touch with a certain good friend who preferred to remain anonymous.

Inside He Ao’s combat suit, a Septagram pattern was actually engraved, which could quickly take shape with the addition of fresh blood when necessary. He had carved this pattern yesterday while seizing the opportunity to capture the giant eagle, during the brief moment he was out of ’Liu Nan’s’ sight.

The ability to Retrieve objects from the air allowed He Ao to instantly prepare the Sacrifices needed for the ritual.

Of course, asking a good friend for help was a last resort within last resorts, as he had no next chance in this place.

However, if he truly reached a dead end, he would choose to set up the ritual.

After all, if he died, and his killer was still alive in the world, wouldn’t that mean his last fight in life wasn’t self-defense?

He would die with his eyes wide open.

He Ao approached the platform behind the door, turned off Super Memory, and with his left hand gripping the sword against the platform, he took a Mithril Test Tube from his waist and guzzled down the Corpse Flower Solution as if it cost nothing.

His waist hurt a bit—the two Mithril Test Tubes filled with Corpse Flower Solution affixed to his waist had been flattened in the recent fight. The solution inside had spilled out, seeping into the wounds around his waist.

While the Corpse Flower Solution entering his bloodstream was still helping his Soul recover, the sensation of the solution on his wounds was much akin to medical alcohol being poured directly on them, only much stronger.

It was slightly painful.

As he drank the Corpse Flower Solution, his gaze also turned to the display monitor on the platform.

The screen glowed blue, the red icon that previously displayed "off" had vanished, and now it showed some sub-menu of the settings page.

Seeing this interface, He Ao was taken aback.

The monitor still displayed the text for the First District, indicating that the interior and exterior monitors were not interconnected.

Since they were not interconnected, yet the inner display interface had opened to the settings page.

If it wasn’t that the machine had ’come to life’, then there was only one possibility.

In that instant, He Ao felt his body suddenly stiffen, as if he had been standing in the icy snow for a long time, with that numb, frozen rigidity.

Machines could not enter the settings interface on their own, but another operator could.

Slow footsteps came from behind him.