The Nine-Headed Serpent Monster was even more bloated than they had imagined.
Its body was slightly taller than an ordinary person's, but nine disgusting snake heads were crammed onto it, making it look as though it had blossomed.
After tiptoeing down to the first floor, Liu Ye cautiously peeked through the crack beside the stairwell door and caught sight of one. A fear she could not put into words immediately seized her.
Those soft, writhing limbs were coated in slick secretions. As they moved and rubbed against things, they constantly made wet, mucous-like sounds that made her whole body uncomfortable.
Just seeing that ugliness seemed to make her feel countless tongues licking her skin, the inside of her body, her eyeballs, eardrums, and even the inside of her skull, leaving everything sticky.
That invisible, psychological licking made her shudder with revulsion.
"Ugh..."
Liu Ye withdrew her gaze and sat with her back against the door. She rubbed her skin uncomfortably, only to discover that she had goosebumps.
"What a disgusting monster."
When had she ever seen an ugly creature that struck directly at the soul like this? Most monsters in games were relatively cute. Even among the monsters chosen as the ugliest, none could compare to this.
Only after facing this creature head-on did she finally understand why Xu Ning was always so cautious and frightened. The zombies in the previous level must have been just as realistic, right?
They were too real. Even horror games would not dare go this far. If someone could really die in a game like this, Liu Ye almost believed it.
"Ugh... If that thing swallows me alive, I might as well just die." Liu Ye could not help imagining herself entering that snake's mouth, being wrapped in and squeezed deeper by its tight