Chapter 95
The Babel's Wraith, his hair disheveled, slammed his glasses heavily onto the table.
Those pupils seemed to still be burning with fierce flames.
Is this never going to end?
I'm in this mess, and you can't even let me get some sleep?
'How terrifying... this person... could they be some kind of fugitive...?'
Aiden, standing to the side, was trembling with fear and began to consider whether he should call the police to verify if the woman next to him was a fugitive.
Inside the second-class carriage.
"Shark?"
Skadi got out of bed and looked at the bed next to hers.
Laurentina's occasional gurgling sounds could be heard from there.
Aren't you going to sleep?
"Huh? Cough cough, I'm going to sleep right away. What's wrong? Did I disturb you?"
"... Is Zuo Jian already asleep?"
"Ah, oh yes, he's already asleep."
Laurentina turned her head away, answering somewhat guiltily.
"Really... then you should go to bed early too."
Skadi rubbed her eyes sleepily, then climbed back into her bed.
Completely unaware that something seemed to have been added to Laurentina's bed.
At that moment, Laurentina turned her head and looked at her other self in her bed.
At this moment, the other person was indeed as if asleep, quietly nestled together with Laurentina.
Zuo Jian definitely needs rest.
After realizing this, he also informed Laurentina in advance.
However, he probably never imagined that Laurentina would learn some strange little skills.
For example... while he is asleep, put him into his newly separated body.
I originally wanted to sculpt it in the same male pose as before...
But she discovered that she couldn't perfectly recreate that appearance.
There was no other way; she couldn't exactly carry around a faceless body, could she?
After a moment's thought, she directly restored her own face onto the body.
Damn it, although I really want to experience the male appearance that I used Zuo Jian... it seems I don't have any other choice right now.
It's her face, so be it; she doesn't really care about appearances anyway.
As long as the face is passable, it's fine!
The rest time in the Zuo Jian is very short!
The first few times, I almost always let her fall asleep first, which caused me to miss many great opportunities!
But now.
Laurentina embraced Zuo Jian's body.
Then he rubbed his whole body against it.
"Hehe, Zuo Jian ~ Zuo Jian ~"
She roughly understood why some people like to buy things like throw pillows, so they can rub them all over the place when they sleep at night.
This feeling... is absolutely amazing!
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night...
Whether it's for the Doctor... or for Aiden, or even for Laurentina...
Oh, excluding Skadi.
The Orca lay on the bed, a few glistening strands of liquid trickling from the corner of its mouth, seemingly already fast asleep.
Of course, at this very moment, in another region, tonight will also be a sleepless night.
Columbia...
.
"Has the entire area been locked down yet!?"
"Reporting to the General, the entire area is sealed off!"
"Where is the A1 Action Squad?"
"... Report, Team A1 lost contact five minutes ago."
"What the hell happened to the Loken Watertank?!"
The man looked angrily at the area in front of him, which was cordoned off with layers of police tape.
The sun has already set.
The entire surrounding area was illuminated by searchlights.
However, the area surrounded by them was the only one that was as black as ink on white paper, so black it was jarring and unsettling.
"For the past five hours, the communications inside the Loken Watertank have become... strange."
"After connecting to the internal communication network, the operators all experienced varying degrees of madness and incoherent ramblings..."
"And... that monster we found near the Loken Watertank earlier..."
The man's face was cold. He then turned his head and gave the order.
"Contact Ursus."
"Ursus?"
"... Some of them... may have studied these things."
The man, with a long face, handed a file folder to his assistant.
"General! Something else has appeared... It's... it's from Team A1--"
The assistant pointed tremblingly.
Several figures slowly emerged from the entrance.
"Alert troops! Open fire!"
However, the man did not hesitate and gave the order directly.
"From now on, synchronize information between all units every ten minutes. Any unit that remains silent on radio for more than fifteen minutes will be considered an enemy! Open fire!"
As soon as the man finished speaking, spells and arrows rained down in an instant!
Without hesitation, the army sorcerers and archers on the guard post attacked their former "teammates."
No, those weren't their teammates at all.
After all... how could a human possibly grow a head on their stomach?
"Damn it... could it really be that kind of thing...? Fuck... Demons..."
The man's face was grim; he vaguely remembered this strange phenomenon.
There were also many Ursus people in Columbia at the beginning of its founding.
Among them, residents from areas near the ice sheet had spoken of this scenery by word of mouth...
Damn it...
Has it gotten completely dark yet...?
Chapter 52, Young Master Zuo has been working so hard for so long, what's wrong with showing off some late-night snacks?
In the void, a dazzling Golden Tree stood quietly.
Below it, a headless skeleton rests quietly. If it weren't for the eerie sight of the headless skeleton, the whole scene would have been much more peaceful.
Zuo Jian sighed.
It's time for me to rest again.
Speaking of which, whenever I needed to rest during this period, Laurentina was basically always there to keep me company...
Honestly, it's quite difficult to sleep well under those conditions.
It's not that I dislike it, it's just... sometimes people need to find a peaceful environment to relax, lower their awareness, and let go of everything around them in order to adjust their state after waking up to the best.
The bones made a clicking sound Zuo Jian leaned against the tree trunk, feeling his consciousness relax, as if he were gradually melting away.
Aside from the occasional, sometimes clear, sometimes blurry, texture of compression and friction in the surroundings.
It felt like something was constantly rubbing against me.
Whew... I'm probably just too tired.
You should just get some rest.
I need to rest, but in reality, I don't have much time to relax like that.
Therefore... make the most of every rest day and adjust your state accordingly.
With this mindset, Zuo Jian's consciousness gradually dispersed and began to gradually fall into dormancy.
At the same time... his consciousness dispersed... and briefly re-established a connection with a part of his flesh and blood that had been separated from him for a long time in the distance.
Stopped here, Zuo Jian, who had already entered a semi-dormant state, was no longer aware of the situation outside.
The only thing that had an impact... was --
Columbia.
Inside the Loken Watertank Laboratory.
A humanoid shadowy figure was wandering in the corridor.
The unconscious torso was merely twisting its limbs haphazardly.
But the next moment...
A blue pupil opened on the side of his face.
He looked down blankly and glanced around.
His vague thinking made it difficult for him to think...
[Is this... a dream?]
At this moment, the being known as the Demons was completely unaware of the "uninvited guest" who had established a connection with the remaining parts of the body within the dream.
At this moment, clumps of black matter, like mud, re-aggregated and took on the shape of a human, while simultaneously beginning to remove the extra arms and head from the body.
Failure, failure.
Inferior imitations cannot break through the blockade.
Its strength is weak; it has weakened after leaving the ice field.
It's okay... it's okay.
Just wait.