Severed Hand

The room fell silent for a moment because of the sudden knocking.

In the room that was made up of two rooms, four beds were arranged in four corners, with OriginDeficit closest to the door.

A knock came from the door of room 8602. The knocking was polite, but with everyone else offline, who could be knocking...?

Logically speaking, it should be Gelina, but just because the other party is Madman doesn't mean they're Fool.

The knocking didn't stop despite the quiet in the room; instead, it grew louder and more forceful as time went on.

"Should I go look outside through the peephole?"

Seeing that the knocking hadn't stopped after half a minute, Chang Xi raised her hand with interest and made a suggestion.

"To be honest, I'm very curious..."

"In a Dungeon I was in before, one of my team members was shot in the head just because he was looking out through the peephole."

With his eyes fixed on the doorway, OriginDeficit interrupted Chang Xi's words with a slightly grave expression.

"Curiosity killed the cat, and it can kill you too."

"Well..."

"Speaking of which, have we been exposed or not? Have you thought about that?"

With one hand supporting his chin, Bai Zhi noticed that most of the others looked wary and rolled his eyes inwardly before lazily beginning to speak.

"The system notes say that if we are exposed, the whole world will be our enemy. But now that everyone in the world has fallen, it's pointless for us to pretend anymore, isn't it?"

"But if it's been exposed, then why wasn't anything wrong before?"

Fireworks of Romance couldn't help but ask.

"We didn't have any outside before..."

"So you think I told you to hurry up and pack up anything usable and set up the rooms? Our exposure was inevitable. With the whole world as our enemy, that was the only time we had to gather supplies."

Bai Zhi glanced at the other person and curled his lip in disgust.

"Back then, the world's population hadn't completely collapsed, so we weren't exposed. But now... I estimate the world's population has already collapsed. I originally thought the enemy would arrive even faster."

As he spoke, Bai Zhi looked toward the doorway.

"Speaking of which, what do you think is outside the door?"

"Whatever it is, just do it!!"

Li Tong got out of bed, hands and clasped them together in front of him, his fighting spirit soaring.

As he moved, a special effect similar to Saiyan Metamorphosis instantly enveloped his entire body.

--Leaving aside other aspects for now, let's max out the special effects first.

Being strong is a matter of one version, being handsome is a matter of a lifetime!!

"Ah, I suddenly want his Passive Skill..."

Looking at Li Tong, whose performance was packed with sound and light effects, with envy, Envy, and resentment, the Guild Master, who lacked any authority, muttered to himself.

"I'll do it. Close combat is a huge disadvantage when facing unknown Anomaly supernatural."

Exhaling, OriginDeficit reached into his pocket, pulled out a pair of Leather Gloves, and put them on.

"My personal Strength path is based on psychic manipulation, so I'm the most suitable person for this kind of long-range combat. I even left fuses on those stones I moved next door..."

As the voices emerged from the OriginDeficit, a considerable commotion came from Room 8601 next door.

All the cement blocks, bricks, and tiles that had been knocked down from the wall earlier automatically Levitation up, flew out of the door along a predetermined route, and then crashed towards the unknown entity in front of Room 8602.

A loud crash came from outside the door, then the knocking stopped, and silence returned.

"Resolved?"

Chang Xi blinked and turned to look at OriginDeficit.

"Something's not right. After the Item I was manipulating came into direct contact with that thing, all the Spiritual Energy wires attached to them disappeared..."

Looking down at his hands, OriginDeficit frowned slightly.

"Preliminary assessment suggests that the thing knocking on the door is a physical entity and possesses the ability to absorb Spiritual Energy... Let's try to avoid close combat."

"Absorbing Spiritual Energy... Let's go out and take a look."

Slightly narrowing his eyes, Bai Zhi and Shu Tu walked towards the door.

If the Anomaly in this Dungeon generally possess the ability to devour Spiritual Energy, then perhaps the reason why the Shadow Guard I summoned in the subway died suddenly can also be explained.

The essence that sustains the existence of the Shadow Guard is Spiritual Energy; in other words, the Shadow Guard are formed from condensed psionic Spiritual Energy. Given that all the Spiritual Energy has been devoured, it wouldn't be surprising if they were to die instantly.

The power system supporting the entire hotel had not been completely cut off, so there were still Lights in the corridor. When Bai Zhi others walked out, the first thing they saw was a large pool of blood at the doorway.

On the left side of the corridor, in front of room 8603, there was a large pile of broken bricks and stones, and something seemed to be buried underneath.

"The stone that is in direct contact with that thing is out of control, but the other stones are still controllable."

As he spoke, OriginDeficit slightly raised his finger.

As he moved, the scattered Crushed Stone that had piled up into a small hill on the ground spontaneously Levitation up one after another, and then remained still in mid-air, more than a meter high.

"..."

Looking at the scene before him, and comparing it to how he himself handled pots and pans, Fireworks of Romance's lips twitched involuntarily.

To be honest, she now feels a bittersweet feeling, like she and her fellow sufferers had made a pact to Pass and then happily retake the exam, only to find that the other person passed without a doubt while she only got 30 points.

So she just couldn't understand... why is it that everyone else's Skill Special Effect cooler than mine!?

Pots and pans, hear my command; Head Crouching Defense in their hands is utterly intimidating. I wish I could summon Shadowkhan with a wave of my hand, followed by a Lights of special effects and a Meteor Fall from the sky, you idiot!!!

Regardless of the grief in the heart of the Guild Master of the Big Bird Spinning Bar, after OriginDeficit manipulated most of the Crushed Stone to Levitation and remain still in mid-air, the thing buried under the rubble and bricks below finally appeared in front of everyone.

--That was a severed hand, smashed and mangled beyond recognition.