The Rotten Girl (Two-in-One)

"Something's wrong!"

Xiao Xiao reacted quickly; in fact, without even needing the record player's prompting, his hair stood on end.

That sense of crisis, stemming from his instincts, instantly triggered his Mind Burst ability. In just one glance, he examined the girl's body, her dress, her numb face, and her empty expression, and quickly realized that he had encountered something extremely irrational. In the Rotten Kingdom, everything was distorted, even the city itself was rotten.

How could such a normal girl appear?

Moreover, even entering this place would result in the madness and attacks of the Rotten Kingdom.

But the woman walked barefoot through the endless rotting matter, completely unaffected.

There's a ghost!

These thoughts flashed through Xiao Xiao's mind, and he instantly raised his gun.

To outsiders, he didn't hesitate at all; the moment he saw the girl, he quickly drew his gun and fired.

Their movements were so swift that it seemed as if they disregarded life.

But now, Xiao Xiao only has these two choices.

There's definitely something wrong with this girl. And it's precisely because she doesn't have the twisted appearance of other rotting creatures that Xiao Xiao is even more certain that she's different from the other rotting creatures, and maybe even more powerful. All he can do now is run away or attack... The record player's reminder seems to be telling him to run away, but how can he do nothing?

After all, he had promised Yang Jia before, so how could he run away without even trying to solve the problem?

"Bang!"

With these thoughts in mind, Xiao Xiao raised his hand, and a bullet instantly flew out of the gun barrel, heading straight for the girl's face.

However, this rapidly moving bullet underwent an unimaginable change.

Xiao Xiao was in a state of Mind Burst. In his eyes, the trajectory of the bullet was clear and slow. However, this bullet with terrifying lethality was aging rapidly and rusting as it flew toward the girl.

Even within his own field of vision, the rust was of the type that eroded rapidly.

Almost instantly, it corroded the entire bullet, then rotted and melted into iron filings.

As it was about to reach the girl, even the iron filings were further corroded and eventually turned into a faint ash.

The bullet disappeared.

Mingming containing terrifying kinetic energy, it completely rotted and disappeared before it could even get close to the girl's body.

What the hell is this?

Xiao Xiao felt a strong sense of alarm and immediately pulled the trigger again, firing more bullets.

At the same time, he quickly gave the order in his mind.

The bullets he fired were confirmed to be useless, but they could help him attract the girl's attention. At his command, the other two Pain Hound, the Count and the Ghost, had already silently approached the girl from both sides in an instant. They opened their fanged maws and bit the girl's two arms, pulling them outwards.

"It's a success..."

At this moment, Xiao Xiao felt a slight sense of relief.

He didn't know how terrifying this girl's strength was, and he couldn't even comprehend her ability to corrode bullets that had been fired from the barrel. But thankfully, the Pain Hound had approached her and successfully bit her, which meant that the shackles had been put on her.

Both his own experiments and his previous encounters with the Red Eyes Club Ghost Man have confirmed this.

The Pain Hound's abilities lie not only in increased strength and speed, but also in the utilization and transmission of this Pain Substance.

No matter how strong the opponent is, once affected by Pain Substance, they will instantly fall into endless painful memories.

If thoughts cannot take shape, they can no longer support one's actions.

But then, before that feeling of relief could even fully take hold, Xiao Xiao suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

No response!

The Pain Hound bit the girl, but her numb face showed almost no change.

Instead, faint signs of decay began to appear on the mouths of the two Pain Hound.

Not only did they fail to subdue the other party, they even lost two dogs in the process?

Fortunately, the Erha was a little slow to react to Xiao Xiao's commands, which saved their own forces.

"How is that possible?"

At this moment, Xiao Xiao could hardly believe it. "She's immune to Pain Substance?"

"That's impossible. Even the mutated monsters that emerge from Class B crisis can't be immune to Pain Substance."

"..."

Although he couldn't understand it, it didn't affect Xiao Xiao's actions.

His ability to Mind Burst allows him to completely eliminate unnecessary negative emotions such as panic, hesitation, confusion, and fear when confronting enemies or monsters. In the blink of an eye, which is difficult for ordinary people to react to, he can quickly analyze the situation on the spot and then execute the solution that is most advantageous to him. He is calm and ruthless, like a robot without any emotion.

"Whoosh!"

It seemed that Xiao Xiao had already leaped forward the instant the two Pain Hound bit the girl's arm.

Three Eye of the Seer darted around, fixing their gaze on the girl.

Meanwhile, the terrifying power brought by the second-order Violence Factor had already erupted from Xiao Xiao's body, and he instantly closed in.

He didn't come here to die; instead, he made the most crucial analysis.

The girl's strange abilities seemed to make her completely immune to physical attacks like bullets.

But that's not actually the case.

Based on Xiao Xiao's observations, it can be determined that it also takes time for her to corrode the bullets.

Every bullet, as it flies toward her, will be corroded, shattered, and eventually disappear completely.

It wasn't blocked.

Therefore, if the distance were closer, it would be possible to drive the bullet into her head before it was completely corroded.

It's very simple logic; anyone can understand it with a little thought.

As for the escape plan, Xiao Xiao had considered it, but it was immediately ruled out.

First, both types of dogs have already been involved.

Furthermore, she appeared in front of me on her own initiative, so I probably have no chance to escape now.

Rise to the challenge.

"Buzz..."

As Xiao Xiao rapidly analyzed the situation in his mind and approached the girl at an alarming speed, the girl slowly raised her head. It was a subtle feeling, as if she also sensed a faint sense of danger from Xiao Xiao, who did not appear to be very powerful.

This caused her to slowly raise her face, her empty eyes meeting Xiao Xiao.

His lips twitched suddenly, revealing a stiff smile.

Splash...

An invisible spiritual radiation instantly engulfed Xiao Xiao through those empty eyes.

Pollution from Aberrant Creature.

Whether it was the Rat-Man Xiao Xiao first encountered, the Suffocation Puppet, or the Despair Swamp, all of them possessed this invisible mental radiation, capable of causing adverse reactions such as "fear," "nausea," "suffocation," and "painful memories." However, Xiao Xiao never imagined that there would be a kind of pollution so intense that it could instantly engulf him...

He even smelled a strong stench of decay the moment the girl looked up at him.

The three eyes in the air looked at him and were surprised to find that as he charged forward, large patches of rotting marks were rapidly appearing on his body, and chunks of flesh were peeling off as he charged forward.

And he himself was completely unaware of it.

That's probably because the nerve endings in the flesh and blood tissue that fell off had already died.

Common sense in medicine still exists.

An unimaginable sense of disparity instantly welled up from the bottom of Xiao Xiao's heart.

Overwhelming power often brings this feeling of despair and helplessness, almost making one give up the courage to resist.

The intense tension made time almost stand still around Xiao Xiao.

He could even feel the boundless spiritual radiation filling his brain like a torrent.

Wrong.

If you analyze it carefully, you will realize that it is not the mental radiation that is filling your brain, but the radiation that is polluting all your thoughts and distorting your thinking. And now, the radiation power you are facing is so strong that it can pollute your thoughts in an instant. But the ability of Mind Burst makes your thoughts expand rapidly.

It's like ink that can instantly stain a blank sheet of paper, possessing a terrifying penetrating ability.

However, this blank sheet of paper is also stretching rapidly, with ink stains frantically chasing its end.

Once the ability to Mind Burst stops, or the rate at which mental radiation engulfs one's mind exceeds the rate of one's Mind Burst, then one will be completely corrupted, becoming a member of this vast, Rotten Kingdom's corrupt system, and rotting away completely.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao was unusually at a loss.

It's like you can infinitely extend this second, but in the next second, you will still die.

What can be done?

He was unwilling to simply wait for the moment that signified death to arrive, so he could only keep thinking and feeling everything.

There must be a flaw, and there must be a solution.

Being an observer doesn't just mean peeking at your opponent's cards while playing cards or sneaking into the men's shower room... The defining characteristic of an observer is observation. As long as you observe carefully enough, you can definitely find an opportunity in the most desperate moment!

Swish, swish, swish...

Like quickly flipping through a fairy tale book.

At the moment when Xiao Xiao's mind was overwhelmed by the mental radiation, he also saw endless illusions.

Those are memories and perceptions that do not belong to oneself.

He saw the carousel, colorful rainbow candies and ice cream, and countless smiling faces.

However, that doesn't belong to me.

Xiao Xiao was clinging to the outside of the amusement park, his little hands pressed against the wire mesh, watching the happy children inside with envy.

She turned around and saw her mother talking to someone not far away. Her mother seemed very emotional. When her mother occasionally looked at her, she could see the helplessness and tension in her eyes, mixed with some pain and reluctance.

What can I do?

"The fault wasn't mine, it was that jerk's..."

"I'm still young, only twenty-two years old. I need love and to get married. How can I have a five-year-old child with me?"

"..."

She couldn't understand her mother's words, but when her mother looked at her, she could only force a smile onto her little face.

My mother sometimes gets angry, so she knows she needs to be sensible.

My happiness and smile make my mother feel good.

After saying something to the man, her mother slung her backpack over her shoulder and left quickly. She seemed to want to turn back, but she didn't. She simply disappeared into the crowd. She was actually very scared and wanted to chase after him, but she was afraid that her mother would be angry. So she could only stand there blankly with a stiff smile on her face until the man came over, took her hand, and led her in another direction.

The man led her to this street and placed her in the hands of a heavily made-up woman.

"It's very safe."

He said, "And I've met her mother; she must have good genes."

The heavily made-up woman sized her up. "Too young, she'll have to be raised... Are you sure her family won't come looking for her?"

"Family?"

The man counted his banknotes and laughed loudly, "I can't even avoid her."

Soon, the man left, and the heavily made-up woman looked down at her and told her:

"Now, this is your home. If you don't behave, you'll get a beating."

"..."

She stood in this bizarre world, her eyes dazzled by the neon lights, and an invisible panic overwhelmed her Xiao Xiao heart.

She tried hard to suppress her tears, but managed to hold them back.

Because she knew that crying was also a right, a right that only other people's children had.

All I could do was force a stiff smile.

So this street became her new home. She no longer needed to go to school. Instead, she learned to clean and deliver things to customers. The heavily made-up woman even found her a new "mother," a tall woman who liked to sit by the window and smoke. She had a bad temper and often cursed at her, but occasionally, she would slip her a piece of candy.

She was confused and often got scolded or even slapped for doing something wrong.

But the only thing she could control was to try her best to smile.

If you smile often, others will be in a better mood, and you can get beaten less and eat more candy.

People grow up, and so does she.

When she was twelve, she often heard people praising her beauty and frequently felt strange gazes following her. She felt a fear different from before, but never dared to show her true fear.

This sensible demeanor led the heavily made-up woman to make a decision.

As she took her to take a bath and changed into a clean little dress, her usually sharp-tongued prostitute mother suddenly rushed out like a madwoman. She struggled to hold herself, yelling at the heavily made-up woman, "She's still a child... Have you no shame? It's one thing for you to sell us, but she's still a child. How could you even think of taking advantage of her..."

"Pooh!"

But all she got in return was a spit from a heavily made-up woman.

She pried open the prostitute mother's fingers one by one, and a group of men kicked her to the ground, beating her mercilessly.

She was led by the hand to a luxurious room. When she turned around, she could still see the prostitute's mother's desperate eyes. She felt so sad and scared, but she could only force a stiff smile at the prostitute's mother.

"It's okay, Mom, I'm not afraid..."

Actually, I was scared, but maybe if I acted like I wasn't scared, the prostitute mother wouldn't be so sad.

Perhaps, when I come out, I can really call her "Mom"?

She carried this hopeful expectation through the most painful time, but when she returned to the shop, she couldn't find the prostitute mother.

"She is dead."

The heavily made-up woman told herself expressionlessly, "From now on, you'll be her agent."

She listened blankly, trying to force a smile like before, but for some reason, it was so hard this time.

When I was little, my mother told me to be sensible.

She tried very hard to be sensible.

But perhaps because she was too sensible, it seemed that every bad thing happened to her. She grew up earlier than others and had her own job. She was very sensible and never lost her temper or made others unhappy. As a result, some troublesome and unpleasant things always ended up being pushed onto her...

She was already riddled with illnesses when she was sixteen.

Red mold covered her calves, and no matter how much she tried to cover it up, it couldn't be hidden, so she had no choice but to go back to work.

"Maybe I'm still lucky, I don't have to get beaten or burned with candles anymore..."

She comforted herself and tried to put on a smile.

At least, nothing worse will happen to me, right?

Fate has been really kind to me; not only did nothing worse happen, but good things even happened.

When her mother appeared before her, she thought she was dreaming. Her mother looked as young as she remembered, and even more beautiful. She appeared with a serious-looking man, who recognized her immediately. Her eyes suddenly welled up with tears, and she rushed forward to hug her tightly, crying out, "My child..."

This time, for the first time, she lost her smile.

She was so happy that tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

But she held out her two dirty little hands, not daring to hug her mother, afraid of getting her pretty clothes dirty.

"My child, I have finally found you..."

My mother was crying; I could feel her overwhelming emotions and genuine feelings. Her tears fell onto her neck.

"Come home with me quickly, please save your brother..."

"Only you can save him now; his transplant surgery can't be delayed any longer..."

"..."

The girl stood there, stunned, the tears welling up in her eyes seemingly ceasing to flow at that moment.

She slowly pushed her mother away, her expression returning to the familiar smile, though the tear stains on her face made the smile stiff and strange. Then, she slowly unbuttoned her clothes; the strong stench of decay and the falling maggots terrified her mother, and the man standing behind her also showed a disgusted expression.

"I'm willing to save my brother..."

She tried her best to smile, using all her strength to show her sensible side:

"But, but I'm already rotten..."

"Mother..."