Chapter 136 The Dog Barked (5k)

The demon hunters who went to the sewers to investigate before, although they were also wearing waterproof suits, were torn by the demons' sneak attack and accidentally came into contact with the mysterious liquid and melted.

Looking at the sewage around them, the demon hunters were all facing a formidable enemy. Although they were wearing waterproof suits, they were unwilling to set foot in it unless absolutely necessary.

Soon, the first fork in the sewer pipe appeared in front of them, and the demon hunters automatically separated and headed for the areas they were responsible for.

Yue Hong's reconnaissance plan was to divide the underground drainage system into nine areas, and then divide this temporary team into nine teams, each responsible for reconnaissance in a different area.

Although it is a taboo to divide the troops rashly, there is nothing wrong with Yue Hong's approach, because the area of ​​this underground maze is too large. If a group of people get together and slowly investigate, they may have to spend the New Year underground.

So separation is inevitable, no matter who arranges it.

The pitch-black underground pipes are extremely narrow, dark and long, giving people an extremely cramped feeling.

Apart from the sound of sewage surging, the only sound was footsteps slowly echoing in this deep pipe.

A claustrophobic patient would go crazy in just a few minutes.

I don’t know whether Yue Hong did it on purpose or by accident, but the two teammates assigned to Shen Cheng turned out to be his subordinates.

Nie Chuan and Lu Jiayu.

Ever since entering the sewer pipe, Lu Jiayu has been staring at him as if he were a class enemy.

If she started to talk bad, Shen Cheng could still fight back, but she said nothing and just stared at him silently, making Shen Cheng feel like he was lying in bed and being harassed by mosquitoes.

Nie Chuan walked in front, holding a map navigator in his hand, to detect whether there were any demons nearby.

"so boring."

Unable to bear being stared at, Shen Cheng said, "Let me tell you a joke."

Nie Chuan and Lu Jiayu didn't respond. Shen Cheng continued to talk to himself, "Two thieves wanted to rob a wealthy family in the middle of the night. One thief was watching outside while the other thief climbed over the wall to get in. But he soon came out empty-handed. His accomplice asked him, why did you come out so quickly? He said..."

Shen Cheng paused here. Although Nie Chuan and Lu Jiayu didn't say anything, their attention was obviously attracted by Shen Cheng's words, and they pricked up their ears.

Shen Cheng continued, "Because there was a dog staring at me."

Nie Chuan and Lu Jiayu were both stunned. What kind of joke was this?
But Lu Jiayu reacted immediately and flew into a rage: "Asshole, who are you calling a dog?"

Shen Cheng turned around and looked at her: "There is a sequel to this joke. While the thieves were talking, they suddenly ran away because the dog started barking."

"伱!"

"Jiayu, don't be impulsive."

Lu Jiayu was so angry that she wanted to rush over and attack, but was stopped by Nie Chuan.

He frowned at Shen Cheng and whispered, "I don't care what you think. We are teammates now. I hope everyone can prioritize completing the mission. I also hope you won't deliberately provoke your teammates' emotions."

“Is completing the mission really the priority?”

Shen Cheng asked back: "Then why did Yue Hong arrange for you two to keep an eye on me?"

Nie Chuan said calmly: "It's just a coincidence."

Although he said so, he knew in his heart that Yue Hong sent him and Lu Jiayu to the same team with Shen Cheng. The main purpose was to keep an eye on Shen Cheng and prevent him from causing any trouble - whether it was good or bad.

No matter whether Shen Cheng wants to cause trouble or to make a contribution, Yue Hong wants Shen Cheng to be an unknown and transparent person in this mission.

Therefore, Nie Chuan will take Shen Cheng to a place far away from the appearance of demons.

No matter what the other demon hunters discovered or what happened, Shen Cheng, who was far away, could not intervene.

After hearing Nie Chuan's perfunctory answer, Shen Cheng didn't say anything else.

In his eyes, although Nie Chuan's strength was close to extraordinary, he was just a follower who obeyed Yue Hong's orders. There was no point in losing temper with him, and it would easily expose his identity.

The three of them continued to move forward. In the quiet underground sewer pipe, only one or two voices could be heard from the intercom from time to time.

In order to prevent loss of contact, each team must report at regular intervals.

Lu Jiayu, who was walking behind, suddenly couldn't help but ask Shen Cheng: "Are you really Ruan Qingsha's boyfriend?"

Shen Cheng looked back and asked, "What are your measurements?"

Lu Jiayu was stunned for a moment, then quickly hugged her chest and said angrily, "It's none of your business."

"Well said, I'll give this sentence to you."

Shen Cheng smiled and said, "It's none of your business."

Lu Jiayu was so angry that her breathing became rapid, but she couldn't find any words to refute.

Nie Chuan, who was walking in front, felt a little helpless. Lu Jiayu's personality was rather straightforward and impatient. How could she possibly be a match for Shen Cheng, who looked no simple man at first glance?

If he hadn't been here, Lu Jiayu would have been sold and had to count money for others.

There was a fork in the road ahead. Nie Chuan looked at the navigator and chose the road on the left.

Shen Cheng was a skilled and courageous man, and he didn't worry at all that the two people around him could pose a threat to him, so naturally he didn't object to Nie Chuan leading the way.

The three of them moved along the drainpipe on the left, where the sewage became more turbulent and the noise was louder.

Suddenly, Nie Chuan stretched out his hand and signaled the two people behind to stop.

His eyes became focused, as if he was listening to something.

"Something is approaching." He suddenly whispered, "Prepare for battle."

Just as he finished his words, several dark shadows rushed out from the corner of the sewage pipe. They were so fast that they almost blended into the darkness.

Lu Jiayu's reaction was not slow either. She raised the lighting device in her hand and a strong light shot directly at the shadow.

Under the strong light, the figures of the black shadows were clearly exposed. They were a few wet and smelly demons that looked like giant rats.

Their eyes reflected green light under the light, disgusting saliva hung from the corners of their mouths, and their long fangs were exposed.

Walking at the front of the team was Nie Chuan, who naturally bore the brunt of the attack and became the first target of the demons' attack.

He stood there as steady as a rock, not moving an inch.

When the first demon that rushed over leaped into the air, Nie Chuan suddenly raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

A blazing flame appeared in the sky, instantly burning the demon into ashes.

It was not known whether it was a coincidence or intentional, but Nie Chuan simply solved the threat in front of him and chose to turn a blind eye to other monsters.

Driven by the flames, several demons subconsciously bypassed Nie Chuan and rushed straight to Shen Cheng behind them.

Faced with the surging demons, Shen Cheng did not take action. Instead, he jumped nimbly to the other side of the pipe, with his whole body sticking to the smooth inner wall of the pipe.

As soon as he dodged, Lu Jiayu behind him was exposed to the attack of the demons.

Lu Jiayu had no way to retreat at this point.

She decisively raised her hands, spread her ten fingers, and swung them forward violently. A faint cold light flashed in the air, and several demons that pounced towards her were instantly chopped into pieces, with their remains scattered all over the ground.

Lu Jiayu took a step back to avoid the blood splattering on herself, raised her head and glared at Shen Cheng: "Why are you hiding?"

Shen Cheng jumped down from the pipe and shrugged: "I can't beat them."

Lu Jiayu was so angry. This guy was clearly chasing and beating a group of people in the virtual space. He was clearly doing it on purpose.

"Why are you following me if I can't beat you?"

"Cheer you up."

"you!"

"enough."

Nie Chuan interrupted Lu Jiayu's questioning and glanced at Shen Cheng again.

He deliberately let a few demons go in order to test Shen Cheng's abilities.

In the video uploaded by Ruan Qingsha, although Shen Cheng was chasing and beating a group of people, that was a virtual space and was set up so that his abilities could not be used. So apart from knowing that Shen Cheng's physical strength was very strong, no one knew what his abilities were.

Shen Cheng seemed to have seen through his plan in an instant and left the demon to Lu Jiayu.

Shen Cheng smiled and looked at Nie Chuan.

He also didn't expect that Nie Chuan's ability type was fire, and not at the extraordinary level.

If Nie Chuan died and left a will, then he would be able to gain his fire ability.

Shen Cheng could feel that the two-star Hot Dragon Fire had reached a certain limit. If it was combined with a two-star ability of the same destructive type, it might be able to evolve into a three-star ability.

At this moment, Shen Cheng even had the thought of killing Nie Chuan.

But he immediately dismissed the idea.

It’s not that he was afraid of being discovered. Shen Cheng was confident enough to kill Nie Chuan and Lu Jiayu in an instant and prevent them from sending out any information.

The problem is that Shen Cheng cannot guarantee that Nie Chuan will have a last wish, nor can he guarantee that his last wish will be fulfilled.

Moreover, this act of killing people for treasure seriously violates the concept of justice of the Star Sea Ranger. Although Shen Cheng is a fake, he is willing to abide by the principles of justice in his heart.

A mere two-star ability isn't worth taking such a big risk.

Nie Chuan's heartbeat was a little faster, and he felt that there was something wrong with the way Shen Cheng looked at him.

It was very enthusiastic at first, like seeing something you really like.

Then he became indifferent in an instant, like a beast at the top of the food chain staring at its prey. Nie Chuan felt as if his heart was being strangled by an invisible hand and he almost couldn't breathe.

The next second, Shen Cheng's eyes returned to calm.

This roller coaster-like experience made Nie Chuan sweat profusely.

He subconsciously avoided Shen Cheng's gaze, looked at the demon's corpse on the ground, and frowned slightly.

He originally wanted to take Shen Cheng to a safe place and get out of the scope of the mission, but he didn't expect to encounter monsters here instead.

If they encounter demons, they must report the situation here.

Just as Nie Chuan picked up the walkie-talkie and was about to report his experience, a hurried cry for help suddenly came from the walkie-talkie.

"This is the ninth team, this is the ninth team. We are being attacked by a large number of demons. Requesting support! Requesting support!"

Shen Cheng, who originally looked as if it had nothing to do with him, suddenly turned around and left when he heard the voice coming from the intercom.

"Wait a moment."

Nie Chuan hurriedly called him: "Where are you going?"

Without even turning his head, Shen Cheng said, "Didn't you hear your teammates asking for help? Of course I'm going to help."

"Your help is not needed there. Captain Ruan will go to provide support."

Nie Chuan's tone became serious: "Come back, we still have reconnaissance missions to complete."

Shen Cheng glanced back at him, smiling: "Do you think you are qualified to command me?"

Nie Chuan finally understood the feeling that Lu Jiayu had felt before, when she was so angry that she was fuming.

His fingers moved slightly, and he could hardly resist taking action against Shen Cheng and subduing him.

But in the end, Nie Chuan held back, because he was not sure of winning, and could only watch Shen Cheng leave.

"Just let him go like this?"

Lu Jiayu asked from the side: "What should we do now?"

"What else can we do? We should continue the mission."

As a non-staff member, Shen Cheng can leave at will, or even give up the job, but Nie Chuan and Lu Jiayu cannot do that.

Once they leave their posts, Ruan Qingsha will teach them a lesson.

After Shen Cheng got rid of Nie Chuan and Lu Jiayu, he immediately put on the evil ghost mask, sensed the energy reaction around him, and turned into a shadow, moving quickly in the drainage pipe, rushing towards the location of the ninth team.

The reason why he chose to separate from Nie Chuan and Lu Jiayu was, on the one hand, to get rid of the two people who were monitoring him, and on the other hand, to rush to touch the corpse.

If he can't find the body, wouldn't his trip today be in vain?
On the way to the destination, Shen Cheng's evil ghost mask suddenly sensed a strong energy fluctuation, which was of extraordinary level and extremely familiar - it was Yue Hong's energy reaction.

As a commander, shouldn't Yue Hong be commanding outside? Why did he come here?

Even if people need to be rescued, Ruan Qingsha is responsible for the support, and it is not his turn as the commander to go into battle personally.

Shen Cheng thought for a moment and decided to follow quietly.

……

In the long and narrow drainage pipe, three demon hunters were standing back to back, facing a group of demons attacking from both sides.

These monsters look like giant rats. Although their individual strength is insignificant, their numbers are so huge that they fill the drainage pipes and block the sewage.

At the beginning, the three demon hunters could barely resist the attacks of the demon group, but as time went on, they gradually felt overwhelmed and were almost crushed by the demon group's numbers.

The three of them struggled to hold on while constantly requesting reinforcements through the intercom.

However, cries for help from other teams soon came over the intercom.

"This is Team 5, this is Team 5, we are being attacked by a large number of demons, requesting support!"

"This is the second team. We are also being attacked by demons. Requesting support."

"This is the fourth team..."

Not only them, but other teams were also attacked by a large number of demons at almost the same time.

Realizing that no one might come to support them, the three demon hunters almost let out a sigh of relief.

Just when they were about to collapse, an extreme chill suddenly appeared and blew along the drainage pipe like a strong wind.

Wherever the biting cold went, the endless flow of sewage instantly froze into ice, and the wet surface of the pipes was also covered with a thick layer of ice.

The originally densely packed demons were instantly frozen into countless ice sculptures by this chill.

The three demon hunters were shivering in the cold wind, but instead of panicking, they showed expressions of surprise.

"Captain Yue!"

A figure appeared in their sight, Yue Hong, who brought them great sense of security.

Yue Hong stood on the frozen sewage and slid over quickly. All the frozen demons turned into powder and became broken ice all over the ground when he approached.

Yue Hong came up to the three people, glanced at their bruised and battered bodies, and ordered: "You go out first, leave this to me."

The three of them nodded quickly and walked out, supporting each other.

Yue Hong moved quickly into the depths of the drainage pipe.

Ten seconds later, Shen Cheng appeared here. He looked in the direction where Yue Hong left, as if thinking about something.

He followed all the way and found that Yue Hong did not come in specifically to save people.

Because on the way, Yue Hong also encountered another team besieged by demons, but he simply chose to ignore it. Only when the road leading to the depths of the pipeline was blocked, he had to take action.

In other words, Yue Hong’s purpose was to get deep into the pipeline, not to rescue his teammates.

With strong curiosity, Shen Cheng followed again.

……

Deep in the underground drainage system, countless drainage pipes converge here to form a huge reservoir.

Dozens of metal pipes are placed together to form a spacious platform.

A demon as big as a car was lying on this platform.

This demon looked like a mouse, and its huge belly was swollen like a balloon.

Behind its butt, small rat monsters crawled out of its belly and fell into the reservoir below.

The originally spacious reservoir was already filled with densely packed monsters, to the point where people with trypophobia would have a seizure on the spot.

There were also large numbers of demons climbing up the drainpipes and rushing in groups in all directions.

"Go, go, my children."

The giant rat demon smiled in a humanistic way: "Go and kill all those demon hunters outside. Make sure they dare not set foot in this place again."

Suddenly, a chill came over him, causing the rat demon to shiver.

The icy storm gushed out from the drain above, freezing the surrounding water into ice and spreading downward along the drainpipe.

The rat demon below looked up in surprise. Although this place was pitch black, it had long evolved eyes that could see in the dark.

A thick layer of ice instantly covered the top of this space, and Yue Hong appeared here with a cold storm like the god of ice and snow.

He turned on the lighting equipment, and the bright light instantly dispelled the darkness, causing the demons below to make terrifying chirping noises.

Yue Hong looked down from a high place at the countless demons below with disgust in his eyes.

"Demon Hunter?"

The rat demon's face showed human-like shock and anger.

The cold gathered at the top of this space, and then fell like a storm, freezing the countless demons climbing on the pipes into ice sculptures, which fell like hail.

"My children!"

The huge rat demon roared.

In the reservoir below, countless demons gathered together, forming a bloody mouth, and bit Yue Hong above.

The bloody mouth collided with the falling extreme cold storm, and all the demons were frozen, forming an extremely spectacular ice sculpture.

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(End of this chapter)