Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 109 - 086. Blood Corridor_2

Chapter 109: 086. Blood Corridor_2

"Scary..."

Li Aozi clutched his chest, the lingering tremor of fear gradually fading away, he finally realized why it was rated "Not to be Remembered."

As long as he remained human, he could not face such horrific scenes of humanity—humans unconsciously feel fear at the sight of their kind’s tragic ends, and they can’t help but fall into association.

The nurse’s shattered skull kept changing, flickering between decay and a sweet smile, and ultimately, it had his own face on it.

Li Aozi’s dismembered face.

"Incredible..."

Li Aozi shivered, a physiological reaction.

Fear is a self-protection mechanism of the human body, instinctively fearing things that might threaten one’s life.

He lifted his blood-drenched hands, vaguely remembering that half a month ago, they had been the hands of a bank security guard, the hands of a brother and a good child, and the tools with which he had once tapped the keyboard to make a living on the internet.

He was doing some very sinful things... killings, especially the slaughter of weak women, who couldn’t even give him any experience.

But Li Aozi did not feel any sense of guilt for it.

"To think I would feel fear... Could it be, I’m still human?"

Whether as a Mutant or a former Player who had traversed to this game, he was hardly considered "human" in this world, and Li Aozi never regarded those dead as people.

"I am killing, slaughtering life, I am also human, I am also life, I too shall die..."

No that’s wrong!

Li Aozi’s pupils dilated and contracted rapidly, as he suddenly realized that the narrow space of Mingji Humanity seemed to be deliberately set up—the deeper he went, the narrower it became, the surrounding walls changed from white to a brownish hue... the color of dried blood.

This Blood Corridor was deepening his psychological suggestion.

"Psychological fear—this is the skill of a Spirit Medium, but without malice..."

Li Aozi calmed himself, as he had always been indifferent to killings.

Not to mention others, he had slaughtered demons of the Void, not a million then at least a hundred thousand, and having crawled out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, he had long been desensitized to images of dismembered bodies.

It was the space he was in, plus the techniques of the Spirit Medium—constantly sending him warnings.

"Warning..."

This was not a malicious warning. Li Aozi was very familiar with the capabilities of Spirit Mediums. If a Spirit Medium wanted to give a malicious warning, they would send ghosts like Spirit Monsters to do so, as that would have a deterrent effect.

"Someone is helping me!"

He opened the System panel, and sure enough, he saw a new BUFF on himself:

[High Alert]—More likely to perceive nearby stealth targets.

He reached out to touch the wall, and with just a light touch, the brownish wall shattered like a mirror’s reflection on water, returning to its original white color.

"It’s indeed an arrangement of Spiritual Power, there is a Spirit Medium helping me... but who could it be?"

Li Aozi was puzzled. Ever since his crossover, he had only seen one Spirit Medium—that was Agent Yawen.

But Agent Yawen had left long ago. With Nimotin gravely injured, she would definitely have to return for debriefing... How could she possibly come to Mingji?

Psychological fear is a Psychic technique that disregards level, and when applied correctly, can even cause a large army to mutiny.

Conversely, it can also act as a buff, allowing a commander to more easily notice overlooked details.

When did Yawen have such a technique?

Psychological fear is a technique only those with strong Spiritual Power can deploy, let alone setting it as a buff. The difficulty is high and it demands even greater proficiency from the Spellcaster—

Wait a moment.

The information Dr. Chen Siqi had shared with him echoed in his ears.

..........

"Xeno’s Arcane Energy is a formidable Spiritual Power that can read thoughts, ideas, and brainwave changes within a certain range, and can transmit them to each other—this amounts to a Mind Reading Technique and Mind Communication network over a vast area. If used in the military, it would be a war network more convenient and powerful than quantum communication!"

..........

He had been blinded by rage before, and this detail had almost slipped his mind.

Mingji Humanity’s psychicers...

With high spiritual power...

And great proficiency...

Besides, willing to help him, at least viewing him favorably.

Li Aozi paused, and suddenly realized something.

——He remembered that shortly after triggering the "Not to be Remembered" task, he received a strange note one evening, with someone telling him in a hasty and anxious manner: run away.

He opened the system record, quickly flipping forward until he reached the beginning of his time with the Mingji Humanity faction.

Back then, he had just joined the organization, and there were many faction characters’ favorability prompts.

Amidst a string of ’indifferent’ and ’ordinary’ favorability ratings, he found the only one marked as ’fond of’:

[Test Subject ZX-101] Jian Neriya: Indifferent (49/1000)

[Test Subject ZX-626] ??? : Fond (200/1000)

"...Is it you?"

Li Aozi whispered:

"Xeno."

A gust of wind rose in the underground corridor, purposely grazing past his ear.

The wind did not even stir his hair, but upon reflection, one would realize: in an underground wrapped tightly in concrete and permafrost, where would the wind come from?

............

"Xeno’s brain had released too much arcane energy, which may have mutated her brain cells or genes... In any case, her body could no longer accommodate it."

Doctor Chen Siqi paused, then said:

"Two months later, she died of massive bleeding caused by a rejection reaction."

............

Death is of the body, the soul is immortal.

"So that’s how it is."

Li Aozi clenched the chains.

ZX-626, that was Xeno’s new body.

From the beginning, that child had been helping him.

Li Aozi had always been liked by children, unsurprisingly, this also made Xeno notice him, which is why she warned him to run.

All this time, he had been investigating the affairs of ZX-102, and through his spiritual power, she had been watching.

The so-called "Not to be Remembered" ... In fact, it referred to Xeno, who endured the cruel experiments of Mingji Humanity, yet was never remembered by anyone.

With the explosion of Azure Star, her history was finally buried, along with the crimes of Mingji Humanity, not to be remembered.

Until this moment of return, she had completely trusted him and had bestowed upon him her unique blessing.

Don’t forget fear, don’t forget your human identity...

"Fear—of course, one must maintain fear, a reverence for life. I won’t forget."

Li Aozi calmed his emotions, and the right amount of fear made him more alert. He had not taken many steps before he discovered a nurse hiding in a trash bin and beat him to death with his bare hands.

"The 35th one."

Li Aozi let go of the body, his gaze sweeping restlessly:

"Even if history forgets you, I can’t forgive."

The chains hung down, dragging on the ground, creating a spine-chilling, horrifying noise.