Life Game In Other World
Chapter 559: The Covert Existence (Super-sized - for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 559: Chapter 559: The Covert Existence (Super-sized Chapter for Monthly Votes)

The palm pulling the door hesitated, gently pushing it ajar slightly to let the dagger wedge the door open a bit.

Then, a foot without a shoe, wrapped in matte black stockings, stretched out, its toes stepping on the dagger on the floor and lightly sliding it inward.

Next, the person closing the door didn’t hesitate and swiftly pulled the door shut.

However, the door still didn’t close fully, four fingers extended from the gap, pushing against the closing door. No matter how hard the person outside tried, the door didn’t budge.

Then those four fingers slightly arched, pressed against the door, and a tremendous force acted upon it, pulling the nearly shut door open bit by bit again.

And what appeared as the gap widened was a somewhat gaunt face slowly emerging from the darkness.

That face looked outward, a pair of brown-gray eyes quietly watched the woman outside dressed as a nurse, speaking in an icy hoarse voice under the dim hallway light, "What do you intend to do?"

Upon hearing these words, the nurse outside gripped the door handle harder, stepping back half a step, her leg whipping out in a kick aiming for He Ao on the other side of the door.

The black stockings were taut from the well-defined muscles bulging on her leg, slicing through the air, the kick flying toward He Ao’s face with a violent sonic boom.

C-level strength.

He Ao’s eyebrows knit together slightly, the opponent clearly meant to push him back in the short term and then take advantage of the gap to quickly shut the door.

He slightly sidestepped, his right hand still pressing on the door, clearing space for his left arm to rise.

Then he quickly raised his left hand, reaching out through the gap.

Bang—

The sudden sonic boom stopped abruptly, the powerful shin halted in front of He Ao, caught firmly by his hand, now unable to move.

C-level, but not very strong.

He Ao calmly gazed at the nurse outside, "Did you inject a Gene Potion?"

The nurse didn’t respond but tightened her grip on the door handle, her other leg kicking out at He Ao again.

A golden radiance coated her foot, forming a sturdy semi-transparent barrier.

This ability was the same as the one used by the person who had attacked Heish at the Welme Medical Building after injecting the Gene Potion; the two of them likely injected the same Gene Potion.

The barrier had some physicality and could block attacks as well as be used offensively.

He Ao lifted his heel, his toes pressing against the dagger on the ground that had just been flicked to the wall’s edge, and with a lift, the cold, gleaming dagger shot upwards swiftly.

He then leaned to one side, his shoulder bracing the door that had been partly opened, his other hand releasing the door and suddenly grabbing the fluttering dagger in mid-air.

Next, he gripped the dagger tightly, slashing toward the heel of the nurse’s kicking foot.

That was the Achilles tendon, the lower end of what’s commonly known as the heel cord. Severing the Achilles tendon would limit the foot’s ability to bear weight and move, which was almost fatal in combat.

The nurse had anticipated this.

In an extremely short time, she made a judgment call. She forcibly pulled on the door handle and then let go, altering her kicking stance. Meanwhile, her other leg broke free from He Ao’s grip, spun a few circles in the air like floating catkins, and landed in the corridor behind her.

She dodged He Ao’s attack, but she also forever lost the chance to lock He Ao inside the door.

He Ao pushed the door open with his elbow, stepping out from behind it, the cold dagger twirling in his hand, letting the blade flip backward, concealed up his sleeve.

The dagger was actually already nicked; the blade alone couldn’t penetrate the nurse’s defense.

But the combat was too abrupt, and the nurse failed to notice this detail.

"When did you realize I was behind you?"

The nurse took half a step back, widening the distance from He Ao, her hand reaching for the hem of her uniform to draw two small daggers from the edge of her skirt.

"It wasn’t hard,"

He Ao fixed his gaze on the nurse’s delicate cheeks, "You let me exit the elevator first, then you hit the elevator close button and quickly took off your high heels, following silently behind me into the room closest to the elevator.

"You could actually control your strength to walk silently, but when you took me to the restaurant, you deliberately walked heavily, making noticeable noises with your high heels, misleading me to subconsciously believe you make sound when walking.

"Therefore, when the sound of high heels stopped, I would think that you had left. This isn’t exactly a sophisticated trick."

He Ao glanced at the iron doors closed tight along both sides of the corridor.

"I think the rule in this area must be that people outside can open the door to come in, but those inside can’t open it to get out, but as long as you don’t fully close the door, it can’t be considered as closed."

"So you just need to open the nearest door from the outside, then keep holding the doorknob, and prevent the door from closing completely. Then naturally, you can come out. Most of the people held here are ordinary people, and having lost their ability to think for themselves, they won’t react to your actions."

"Then you just need to wait for a chance, wait for me to open a door that shouldn’t be opened, or enter a room I shouldn’t enter. You can use the rule to trap me here."

"It seems you noticed me from the start," the nurse said, watching He Ao, "so after I left, you weren’t panicked at all, but continued exploring instead."

She clutched the two short knives in her hand, eyes downcast, "Too bad, if you weren’t so smart and had stayed calmly in your room as a sacrifice, you could’ve lived a while longer."

"I have a question," He Ao said calmly as he looked at the nurse, "Has Arent really been discharged?"

"I’ll send you to meet him."

With a cold snort, the nurse gripped the knives and took two steps forward, slashing towards He Ao with one high and one low.

He Ao raised the dagger in his hand, blocking the lower cut aimed at his waist. Then his body spun with the momentum, leaning back from the upper body to avoid the cut from above. At the same time, the back of his hand pinned the nurse’s wrist holding the knife above.

The strength of this nurse was slightly greater than the person who had tried to kill Heish, probably a Transcendent with enhanced physical qualities, most likely at a C-level base.

She went straight for the Gene Potion before closing the door, proving that she had some understanding of He Ao’s strength and knew that if an accident occurred and a fight broke out, He Ao wouldn’t give her the chance to inject the Gene Potion.

"Who is the director of your hospital?"

He Ao asked in a low voice as he gazed at her cheeks.

Even with the Gene Potion, the nurse’s strength was not enough to threaten him.

"I thought to let you stay a bit longer, but this time should have been enough."

At that moment, the nurse just lifted her head and smiled at him, "O hidden existence in the still abyss of thoughts, please hear my call."

"Hmm?"

He Ao instinctively felt something was wrong and quickly backed away.

But in that instant, endless thoughts suddenly exploded deep within his mind.

These thoughts were not like the whispers from Higher Beings he had encountered before, which carried a contaminating quality. These were like the reflections of thousands of ordinary people thinking, arguing, and talking in He Ao’s mind.

Their complex thoughts intertwined into indescribable, incessant murmurs, echoing throughout He Ao’s entire brain. They were trying to merge with He Ao’s own thoughts, assimilate his consciousness,

If a person’s thought was like a droplet of water, then the thoughts swirling around He Ao were like the unending waves of the ocean.

As the thoughts exploded, He Ao’s action of backing away momentarily stalled.

Seeing this pause, a hint of a smile appeared on the nurse’s face.

She knew this was the crucial moment.

This was why, after a brief exchange where she was obviously at a disadvantage, she still had the confidence that she could kill He Ao.

She took a step forward, with her knives continuing their assault without hesitation—one aimed at He Ao’s throat, the other thrust towards his heart.

Just then, she saw a hint of a smile on the somewhat paused and blank face of He Ao.

Damn!

She instinctively wanted to retreat, but it was too late. In order to seize the opportunity to kill He Ao in one strike, she didn’t leave any room for defense in her moves, and she was much closer to He Ao than before.

At such a close distance, she had no time to dodge.

He Ao took a half step forward, dodging the nurse’s attack. In the same motion, one hand suddenly seized the nurse’s throat, controlling her upper body.

Then the other hand holding the dagger rotated half a turn, blade facing up, and following through with the body’s movement, he stabbed her in the back.

The blade might have been dulled, but the tip was still serviceable.

Blood glowing with an orange hue sprayed outward like a blooming rose.

Then, He Ao released the nurse’s throat, pulled out the dagger, and his body continued forward, passing by her as if they simply crossed paths.

The nurse clutched her chest and fell to her knees.

He Ao’s movements were too fast, catching her off guard, so fast that she didn’t have time to establish an illusory barrier.

She couldn’t understand why He Ao wasn’t affected by that corruption; she was even more baffled that someone as strong as him still resorted to setting traps.

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He Ao, who was walking in front, turned around to look behind him. What he saw was nothing but a large pool of bright red bloodstains and a trail of bloody spots extending from the bloodstains.

These spots extended all the way to a figure whose nurse dress and stockings were soaked red with blood.

The nurse did not die immediately, she struggled toward the direction of the elevator.

The room He Ao had just entered, with its door ajar, was on the right side of the corridor, and the iron door’s hinge was on the left side upon entering. The direction that the nurse had retreated in was actually away from the elevator.

But after He Ao and the nurse had passed by each other, He Ao became the one who was further from the elevator.

He Ao watched the nurse’s retreating figure, picked up his pace, and followed her.

The nurse seemed to realize that He Ao was pursuing her, she didn’t hesitate to go to the front of the iron door labeled ’07’, opened it, and then dashed towards the elevator doors, sliding the blade into the elevator’s gap.

"Hahaha!!! Hehehe!!! Grandpa’s coming out!!!"

A mass of writhing flesh burst out from behind door ’07’, with a head on top of it, let out a wild laugh filled with a hint of screech.

Just then, He Ao reached it. As he turned his head to look at He Ao, his expression suddenly turned furious, "I’m going to kill you!!!"

The writhing flesh spread out, wrapping around He Ao.

He Ao glanced at it, leaped into the air, his dagger slicing through the flesh beneath the patient ’07’s head, severing the head, then with a somersault, he jumped over the huge mass of flesh, landing behind it.

The head of patient ’07’ fell to the ground, rolling a bit, staring at the ceiling, and suddenly laughed, "Hehe, I’ve become you!"

The huge mass of flesh began to decay rapidly, turning into ashy white dust.

He Ao briefly activated Super Memory and Divine Sense simultaneously, turning his head to glance at patient ’07’s body.

An illusory Shadow emerged from ’07’s body, it was his already crazed Soul.

Immediately after, a huge, purple Shadow appeared all around the corridor, slowly enveloping ’07’s illusory Shadow, absorbing it into its own body.

In that instant, a shiver from the soul emerged deep within He Ao’s body, upon witnessing that Shadow.

It was a terrifying entity, not to be gazed upon, a transcendent existence beyond humanity.

At the same time, the Shadow seemed to notice it was being spied upon. A vast, terrifying consciousness writhed in the void, awakening from the murky chaos, its dreadful presence inching closer.

In that instant, the thoughts that had been echoing in He Ao’s mind suddenly exploded, forming countless strands of thought, attempting to rush into He Ao’s body, into every inch of his muscles, every cell.

The consciousnesses of numerous individuals converged, assaulting He Ao’s sense of self.

A terrifying pressure from the level of life itself pressed down on He Ao’s chest like a giant hand, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Jess’s body simply couldn’t endure such terror and contamination; his somewhat pale skin cracked with fine fissures, oozing fresh blood.

Two lines of bloody tears flowed from He Ao’s eyes, quickly tracing down his cheeks.

He Ao’s consciousness forcefully dispersed the chaotic thoughts that were trying to control his body and took back control of it. Then, he gathered energy in his legs, ready to charge into the nearby stairwell, smashing through the wall to escape.

Just then, the will that tried to wriggle out of the chaos failed to manifest and returned to silence, and the huge Shadows that draped the entire corridor slowly retracted, merging back into the surroundings.

"Phew—"

He Ao regained his senses from the terrifying pressure, gasping for air, his back soaked with blood mixed with sweat.

Just now, he seemed to have glimpsed a powerful and terrifying entity that transcended humanity.

This was different from any Divine Being or Angel he had encountered before; the presence of this entity seemed to be nearby, within sight of He Ao. This close encounter was even more oppressive than the pressure He Ao felt when using the communication array to speak with Divine Beings.

Although his Soul could withstand it, this had surpassed the physical limits of Jess’s body.

But He Ao was certain, this was not a Divine Being, for the nearby pressure of this entity was not enough to compare with the projection of the good friend who made the Advent in Rock City.

At this moment, He Ao had only one thought.

The Good Friend’s Simplified Portable Communication Array had to be moved up the agenda.

Even if he couldn’t make good friends, other kinds of friends would do; He Ao wasn’t a picky person. When it came to making friends, sincerity was all he cared about—friendship knows no rank or wealth.

Once He Ao confirmed that the shadows had completely vanished, he turned off Super Memory.

That existence seemed to have encountered some condition and couldn’t naturally awaken. As long as He Ao didn’t activate Super Memory and set his sights on it, he shouldn’t draw its attention.

Then He Ao turned to look at the nurse who had just pried the elevator doors open.

From the nurse’s words and the thoughts echoing in He Ao’s mind, this hospital, and the nurse in front of him, were likely connected to that unknown existence that lay dormant in chaos.

The purple shadows must have been the tentacles of that unknown existence.

Since the mental patients’ souls and Divine Beings were absorbed by the unknown existence after their deaths, the nurse might have passed by the unknown existence many times without knowing it.

But she couldn’t see such a terrifying secret presence, so she lived in ignorance and peace.

Not long after He Ao entered this hospital building, his thoughts were corroded by that secretive mind. The nurse’s soul might have been completely corrupted already; she just didn’t realize it, or perhaps she thought she was fine.

In this world, in some sense, ignorance is bliss.

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As the nurse pried open the elevator doors, they naturally parted due to the safety mechanism. The nurse, who had exerted immense effort just moments before, finally breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of the open elevator shaft.

"What’s down there?"

It was at this moment that a gentle voice sounded in her ear.

He Ao’s figure appeared beside her, also looking down.

The elevator shaft below was shrouded in darkness, but under a Terrorist’s vision, he could faintly make out a large opening. This was not an elevator door but rather a hole that had been directly broken through at the location of an elevator door.

He Ao estimated that this hole was right beneath his feet, very close. They were on the sixth floor, so below should be the fourth or fifth floor, the ones without elevator access.

At this time, the nurse, who had just caught her breath, almost couldn’t breathe her next breath. She turned her head, her eyes wide with alarm as she looked at He Ao.

Then, without hesitation, her hands wielding dual daggers slashed towards He Ao again. Meanwhile, her body leaned into the elevator shaft, seemingly preparing to jump in.

He Ao glanced at her, completely disregarding her attack, as the dagger in his hand thrust towards her throat.

Her hands, which were attacking, quickly retracted, and the dual daggers crossed, parrying He Ao’s dagger and lifting upward,

The dagger scraped against the blades, striking dazzling sparks in front of the dark elevator shaft.

Then, He Ao’s hand pressed down hard and quickly released the grip, extending it forward.

The parried dagger rotated vertically in flight, tracing an upward arc in the air, bypassing the dual daggers in front, and landing in the palm of He Ao’s hand as he reached through the defense.

Following through, He Ao pushed forward, and the sharp tip of the dagger easily penetrated the nurse’s throat, blood spurting out.

This was her energy concentration point.

He Ao hadn’t attacked here just now not because he couldn’t, but because he needed her help to find the way to a key area.

The nurse’s eyes widened as she looked at He Ao, and until the end, she didn’t see how the dagger had circled around to appear in front of her throat.

Through the viewpoint of Super Memory, the nurse’s soul disappeared abruptly, just like other people who used Gene Potion, and her body rapidly decayed.

In fact, He Ao had activated Super Memory during the very instant of the battle. Without Super Memory’s calculations, he wouldn’t have been able to execute such intricate movements.

Then He Ao turned off Super Memory and looked down the elevator shaft.

With her body already leaning forward and no support, the nurse quickly fell into the elevator shaft.

Since the nurse had finally chosen to open this door, it was highly likely because there was someone who could help her inside, probably a powerful C-level Transcendent.

So, He Ao had chosen to quickly resolve the fight, not giving her a chance to jump into the elevator shaft or wait for help to arrive.

As He Ao watched, the nurse’s decaying skeleton rapidly fell into the darkness.

And just as the skeleton passed by the opening further down, a Black Shadow suddenly reached out from the hole, grabbed the skeleton, and violently dragged it into the opening.

Seizing the moment, He Ao jumped forward into the elevator shaft.