Netherworld Retrograde
Chapter 126 - 57: Door Card

Chapter 126: Chapter 57: Door Card

Cheese seemed utterly exhausted, her cheeks slightly flushed, drenched in fragrant sweat.

At this moment, she rested powerlessly on Li Yelai’s shoulder, her somewhat damp hair sticking to his neck.

This made Li Yelai feel her warm breath and body temperature, as well as her somewhat limp tender body.

The position of the two of them appeared somewhat intimate and charming, which made Li Yelai’s body a bit stiff.

Although, when they usually spent time together, Li Yelai would occasionally see certain things he shouldn’t, but those were all accidents.

Li Yelai quickly recited the three great illusions of life in his mind several times to suppress the random thoughts in his head.

Meanwhile, Cheese rested against Li Yelai for a while, and after she felt her breathing became much smoother,

She then noticed that her sweat had dampened Li Yelai.

She asked in a low voice, somewhat embarrassed,

"Does this count as exchanging bodily fluids?"

Sure enough, Cheese couldn’t say anything serious!

The corner of Li Yelai’s mouth twitched, and realizing sweat indeed was a type of bodily fluid, he could only say with a spasming smile, "I feel your expression is very ambiguous, it will cause misunderstandings!"

After that, he helped Cheese back to the stairwell.

"What happened?" Li Yelai asked as he placed Cheese on the steps, "Is that the head of the security team? The Master of Horror Tales?"

That sounded quite strange.

After all, the titles of Master of Horror Tales and head of the security team were too incongruous.

It was like saying, "Who goes there, I do not slay nameless folks!"

And the response was, "I am the five-star general of Emerald Garden!"

There was a strong sense of dissonance.

But in reality, each Kaidan area is independent. The strongest Abnormality within is called the Master of Horror Tales.

This Abnormality known as the head of the security team was the strongest Abnormality in the art gallery.

"Yes, its strength is very formidable," Cheese explained while adjusting her breathing.

While Li Yelai and Starfire were breaking through the Kaidan with force,

Cheese was also searching for survivors on the first floor.

The first floor was an exhibition hall, filled with a large number of copied famous paintings.

When the Kaidan emerged, these paintings became dangerous.

If someone looked at the paintings, they would immediately transform into the person the viewer most wanted to see.

Afterward, the victim would be drawn in by a force, step by step approaching the painting. As they got close, the person in the painting would suddenly rush out and attack, rendering the victim unconscious, as if their thoughts were devoured by the painting.

Faced with this type of Kaidan rule, Cheese directly used her ability to hypnotize everyone.

As long as they slept and did not look at the paintings, there was no danger at all.

Then, Cheese spent some effort and time,

Suggesting and leading two security Abnormalities to attack each other.

She planned to clear out the security Abnormalities one by one, eliminating the danger for Li Yelai and Starfire who were upstairs.

However, it was at that time the Master of Horror Tales appeared.

Seemingly disturbed by the noise of the fight, its large and bloated figure appeared, its chain crashing down in an instant.

It instantly killed those two security Abnormalities that were killing each other.

And began pursuing Cheese. Cheese did not have a hundred percent confidence in taking it down, so she could only retreat.

She even used her ability to Suggestion on herself to lower her heartbeat, barely managing to escape the chase.

So, upon seeing Li Yelai, she was drenched in fragrant sweat, her body devoid of strength.

"Lucky it was you I ran into, otherwise someone else might’ve taken advantage of me," Cheese muttered, referring to her vulnerability just now.

"You’ve got that backwards, didn’t you? Just now, you were taking advantage of me!" Li Yelai retorted. It was the first time a girl had leaned on him like that, right? The one taken advantage of was him.

"Then why don’t you take advantage back?" Cheese chuckled lightly with a shrug, a glint of light seemingly dancing in her eyes.

Li Yelai was momentarily speechless; he truly didn’t dare...

He was twenty-three years old, and in his twenty-plus years before becoming a Spiritual Ability User,

He didn’t have much contact with the opposite sex. At school, he was too young, then later his parents passed away, and he was busy with work and life. At the antique shop, he mostly just exchanged stares with the boss.

Apart from his sister, he really hadn’t had much interaction with the opposite sex.

For a moment, he really couldn’t respond to Cheese’s words and could only grumble to himself about the miscreant.

Seeing Li Yelai not move, Cheese humphed to herself thinking ’you’re not making use of the opportunity given to you.’

But soon enough, considering the current situation, both furrowed their brows.

Li Yelai had just engaged a security Abnormality in combat and was well aware of their not insignificant strength.

Yet two powerful Abnormalities were effortlessly killed by the head of the security team.

This head of the security team’s strength really was formidable indeed!

He wasn’t sure whether even all four Spiritual Ability Users together could eliminate it.

If not, the only alternative would be to retreat.

To use the rules to deal with the head of the security team.

If powerful enough, then fight; eliminating an Abnormality is always the most reliable method.

If not, then try again to abide by the rules.

This was also the conclusion of any Processor facing a rule-based Kaidan.

"Its strength is too powerful, we can’t fight it head-on. We’d better evade it by using the rules to avoid combat," Cheese suggested. "Its power is massive, defense high. Only its movement speed is a bit slow. The four of us together still stand a great risk."

"Indeed, we’d best not fight it directly," Li Yelai agreed, and then said, "I’ve caught someone who might be an accomplice of a Horror Tales Notebook holder. Maybe we can get some information from him."

"Your luck can actually be that good? That’s not like you!" Cheese was a bit surprised, then nodded, "With me here, he can’t hide anything. Our Path of Babbling is perfect for dealing with the stubborn!"