Forced Return

Chapter 14: Forced Return

"Damn!"

Lu Yuanming watched the crowd rush towards them, and he immediately cursed. He instinctively wanted to rush forward and stop them.

But before he could act, Father Edward, who had been observing him, tackled him directly. At the same time, he said, "No! Lord, they've lost their minds. If you try to stop them, they'll beat and trample you to death. Peter, shoot! Shoot anyone who gets close. No mercy at this time, or we'll all die here!!"

Peter held his pistol, his face showing hesitation. Before he could fire, several big men suddenly rushed out from the crowd in the distance. They were wielding clubs and iron bars, and began to beat the civilians who were trying to approach Lu Yuanming and the others. They struck with extreme force, regardless of whether they were men, women, old, or young. Anyone who dared to charge at Lu Yuanming and the others was beaten with all their might.

"Buddy, shoot! Shoot these spiders! We'll hold the front line. Unless we're all dead, these spiders won't get close to you!" one of the big men with a sullen expression shouted loudly.

Father Edward was overjoyed. He released Lu Yuanming, gave Cthulhu a look, and then actually ran towards the group of big men, shouting as he ran, "Don't panic, everyone. I'm with you. The Lord will protect you."

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"It's Father Edward!"

"Father, please save us."

Several people in the crowd actually recognized Father Edward. As he approached quickly, they all started crying loudly and knelt on the ground to pray.

This scene astonished Lu Yuanming. He truly couldn't understand why these people were praying for divine help at this moment. Even if they didn't run towards them, picking up anything to fight the spiders would be much better than kneeling and praying.

Yet, several people present did just that. They completely left their lives to chance. And as they took the lead, more people began to kneel and pray, making it impossible for the big men to continue their assault.

The big men immediately looked at the sullen man. The man surveyed the situation and immediately ran towards the back of the group. There, the spiders were still attacking people. As he led the way, the other big men followed, using their clubs and metal strips to attack and fend off the spiders from a distance.

These are truly heroes.

Lu Yuanming had this thought. This group of big men, led by the sullen man, had some degree of organization. And organization was the most powerful weapon for humans to conquer all wild animals on Earth, bar none. Being organized and unorganized were like two different worlds for a group of humans.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Peter fired several more shots, emptying his magazine. Except for one shot that missed, all other shots hit a spider each. Peter immediately ejected the magazine, and Lu Yuanming took out a handful of bullets from his pocket and gave them to Peter.

Peter began loading the bullets and then started shooting again.

More than a dozen spider monsters were shot down in succession. During this time, Peter had emptied his magazine twice. Lu Yuanming was not stingy with bullets at all; as long as Peter needed them, he would immediately hand them over.

And so, as Peter began his third round of shooting, Lu Yuanming felt his whole body swelling.

More than a dozen spiders had been killed consecutively. Even if he could only absorb one-tenth of the White Light Particles, the accumulation of small amounts would result in a large amount. He had absorbed a large number of White Light Particles. As he absorbed them, Lu Yuanming felt his whole body swelling, a feeling that his body was expanding.

But this was just his illusion. His body did not change in size, but as Peter killed spiders, the swelling sensation he felt became more pronounced, even causing his body to experience pain.

Just then, one of the big men walked up to the sullen man and said, "Boss, that pistol..."

The sullen man glanced at him and said in a low voice, "No need to think about that now. Let's figure out how to blend into this group of people first."

At this moment, as Peter pulled the trigger again and killed another spider, Lu Yuanming had already clutched his chest and slowly squatted down. Suddenly, all the spiders turned and ran backward, not even caring about the bound human food. They quickly ran back into the supermarket.

Everyone was stunned at first, then they all started cheering. At this moment, Cthulhu noticed something unusual about Lu Yuanming and quickly ran to his side, squatting down. "Sir, are you alright?"

"...I don't know." Lu Yuanming could barely speak. The feeling of his body swelling and about to burst was so terrifying that he felt he would explode at any moment.

Cthulhu looked anxious, and Peter also came to Lu Yuanming's side with trepidation. Father Edward, looking back from a distance, was immediately horrified and ran back, shouting loudly, "Lord, are you alright? Lord, what happened?"

These words confused the crowd and the burly men.

The title "Lord" was not a word to be spoken lightly in Europe and America, and it was even less likely to be used to refer to a specific individual.

For a moment, the crowd and the burly men exchanged bewildered glances, completely unaware of what was happening with Lu Yuanming and his companions.

Just then, a violent commotion erupted from the supermarket in the distance. Everyone instinctively looked over and saw the supermarket's main door explode. Several giant spider forelimbs extended from inside the supermarket, each at least ten meters long. The immense force tore the main door to shreds, and even the ceiling shattered. Then, an enormous, pitch-black spider crawled out of the supermarket.

This spider was at least ten meters tall, its massive segmented limbs supporting its body. Its ferocious mouthparts could easily tear a human to shreds, and its body was covered in human-sized spiders, densely packed, making one's skin crawl just by looking at it.

Everyone was stunned. Even the burly men dared not approach. Peter immediately stood up and fired at the spider, but the small pistol bullets were insufficient to cause significant damage to such a giant spider. Instead, the pain only agitated the spider further, causing it to charge rapidly towards Lu Yuanming's location.

The civilians were the first to suffer. Under the giant spider's limbs, one poke meant one death. Moreover, the spider could spew venom. A spray of venom immediately caused seven or eight civilians to scream and writhe in agony, their bodies corroded into skeletons within seconds.

On the other side, Father Edward reached Lu Yuanming's side, his face full of fear, without even looking at the spider.

Lu Yuanming used his last bit of strength to grasp the Colorless Light Particle and thought of specific things in his mind. Immediately, several large bags of items appeared beside him. Lu Yuanming said, "Plant these things..."

As he spoke, Lu Yuanming could no longer utter a word and his body was completely immobile. At the same time, he felt the sensation he experienced every time he traveled back. Although he hadn't reached the seventy-two-hour travel time this time, having absorbed too many White Light Particles seemed to have triggered another mode of return. He felt a sensation of forcefully squeezing something open, and the next moment, he returned to that familiar vegetative state of darkness.

In the afterlife, the scene perceived by others was entirely different.

They saw Lu Yuanming emitting light. The light was so brilliant that everyone closed their eyes. When the light dimmed slightly, they saw circles of Space Wrinkles and Ripples appearing around Lu Yuanming's body. Through these Space Ripples, they saw incomprehensible and indescribable things. It was like light, and like a person. At the same time, everyone felt an immensely powerful Pressure, whether it was a sensory or real pressure, they could not understand, only watching this spectacle in shock.

At the same moment, the giant spider suddenly let out a scream. Not only it, but all the small spiders also screamed. They jumped off the giant spider and began to run back into the supermarket. The giant spider also quickly turned and ran back into the supermarket.

In just a few seconds, Lu Yuanming's trace had vanished from the scene. The light and the Pressure had also disappeared. Simultaneously, the giant spider and the small spiders had all vanished. Only the stunned civilians, burly men, and Father Edward, kneeling on the ground in prayer, remained.

As soon as Lu Yuanming returned to his Original Body, he felt a sense of comfort. The feeling of his body swelling and about to explode immediately disappeared. His entire body felt warm, like soaking in a comfortably warm hot spring. Moreover, he had absorbed an extremely large amount of White Light Particles this time, so he could truly feel his soul strengthening. As the warmth continued, he could even faintly feel the sensation of his skin.

"It works, it really works! As long as I keep killing those Monsters and absorbing the White Light Particles, I can really recover from my vegetative state!"

Lu Yuanming was overjoyed. At this moment, he finally knew that his soul strengthening was not an illusion.

Since this was the case, after completing the soul strengthening in this round, he would return to the afterlife again. However, before that, he needed to test something else.

How to obtain those Colorless Light Particles, which Father Edward called Faith Power.

"Do I have to Burn Joss Paper Money? Or can I get Colorless Light Particles if my family and friends think of me and bless me?"

Lu Yuanming did not rush to return to the afterlife. On one hand, his soul was still continuously strengthening. On the other hand, he was waiting for an opportunity.

Relying on his ability to faintly hear the sounds from the outside world, Lu Yuanming waited for two days and got his chance. From the sounds he heard, it seemed his Parents were washing his body. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Yuanming used all his strength, concentrating all his attention on the skin of his left little finger. Little by little, with his strengthened soul, this little finger began to move slowly.

At first, his parents hadn't noticed, but after a moment, Lu Yuanming heard exclamations, followed by a commotion and footsteps from outside, as well as the voices of doctors and nurses. He even heard his father and mother loudly calling his name, urging him to awaken from his vegetative state.

I will awaken, I will awaken sooner or later...

Lu Yuanming thought to himself. He had only slightly moved a little finger, and it already made his soul feel exhausted. Fortunately, the warmth was still there, and the fatigue quickly dissipated. This also let Lu Yuanming know that his current soul strength was not yet enough to awaken his physical body.

However...

Whether it was his parents, or the doctors and nurses, they had all made sounds towards him, generating the thought of him awakening.

This should allow me to obtain some Colorless Light Particles, right?