Tonight, the Doll Joined the Hunt

"You were curious just now, weren't you? Why did nothing happen to me when a parasite burrowed into my body?"

Fan En immediately exposed his still-healing wounds and threw the dying parasites from the ground into the blood. Upon contact with the blood, the parasites became quite active and even began to reproduce immediately. However, he still acted as if it were nothing. With a shudder, the insects that had just found a new home were pulverized.

"It's all because of that underground city; it freed us from the fear of being parasitized."

"As long as you enter the dungeon, you can definitely be cured!"

When talking about the dungeon, Fan En was brimming with positive emotions, as if he were sharing their most prized treasure with You Fei. The confidence on his face was so exaggerated that it could almost purify the Fallen Devil Egg to death.

"Oh"

You Fei was momentarily taken aback by the confidence he exuded, and nodded somewhat blankly.

The last time she saw someone so confident was when she was a child, when Jia Paer, drunk, insisted on taking her to slay a dragon. The two of them tormented a giant dragon all night, and when Jia Paer sobered up, they discovered that the dragon they had killed was actually a bridge in some town.

They failed to slay the dragon, but they also ruined the local transportation system.

This incident caused young You Fei and her father to work for several days to repair the bridge, and incidentally, she always thought that the dragon and the bridge looked exactly the same. She only realized when she grew up that there was no such thing as a dragon and a bridge looking alike.

It's not an aluminum-steel bridge.

"Dungeon? Dungeon?"

The mutant kept muttering to itself.

"No wonder, now I see. That explains why you all suddenly became angry—"

Before it could finish speaking, it felt a strong sense of high-speed racing. The violent wind pressure rendered it speechless. If its body hadn't been tightly connected to You Fei at the base, it probably would have been thrown off!

Without the slightest hesitation, in the instant she realized what was happening, You Fei, using the legs she could still control, ran onto the street with Fan En, closely following behind them as they headed towards the so-called underground city.

Wait, wait, wait, you guys made up your minds so quickly? Didn't you even hesitate or think about it at all?!

The mutant couldn't understand why You Fei had followed Fan En without the slightest hesitation when it was a matter of life and death. If it were it, it would be safer to stay put and use all its strength to resist the erosion than to believe in that dungeon it had never even seen.

But after saying all that, the reason it panicked was because of the mutant!

Fan En's confidence convinced You Fei to immediately trust him, which also caused panic among the mutants. What if the dungeon really had a solution?

No, I have to speed up the process of invading their bodies; I absolutely cannot let them get past!

Just then, You Fei, with a wicked smile on her lips, used her remaining control over her right arm to tightly grip her completely out-of-control left arm.

"Don't try anything funny."

And so, she crossed her arms and followed behind Fan En, completely entrusting her life to that unknown underground city.

Her running posture now looks like that of a freak.

"Yi Sha, go find everyone, I'll take her and go ahead!" Before Yi Sha could react, Fan En turned and ran towards the Fishing Port District with You Fei, because he knew that if they were any slower, Yi Sha would catch up.

In terms of speed, he is currently the fastest among the survivors of Savis City; if he runs at full speed, no one can catch him.

However, there are always people more capable than you. In the blink of an eye, he saw You Fei rush ahead of him. The girl, while maintaining that extremely strange running posture and distracted by suppressing the parasite, was actually able to run ahead of him!?

Fan En had to admit defeat and became curious about You Fei's identity. Such skill could not belong to an unknown person. Could he be one of those famous Gold-Rank Adventurer?

At You Fei's current speed, reaching the portal within five minutes is more than enough. Even Fan En was originally leading the way, feels like he's become a burden that slows them down.

"Run straight in this direction to the end. There's a building with a sign there. The portal to the dungeon is there. Go there first!" Fan En shouted.

There were originally shelters built around that portal, but after they carried out a massive relocation of the parasites, they temporarily moved the survivors living there to avoid being affected by the large influx of parasites heading to another portal.

"Good!"

You Fei readily agreed, accelerated, and suddenly burst into even greater speed, leaving Fan En stunned on the spot.

It turns out the other person was already taking care of him, so he could actually run even faster?

"The faster you run, the faster your strength will decrease, and you'll soon be eroded by me, won't you?"

The mutant has been chattering incessantly lately, and is still mocking with an air of superiority.

"No matter how much you run, it's useless. Do you really believe the dungeon can save your life? Why don't you join forces with me? Then your body can also achieve great things."

You Fei ignored it completely, treating it as if it were air.

The mutant's mockery turned into furious abuse.

"This is Recklessness suicide! How could you trust someone you don't even know!"

However, as You Fei gradually approached her destination and the portal was right in front of her, the mutated creature's insults turned into gentle negotiations, with even a hint of panic in its tone. This was mainly because these people were too confident, so confident that it made Yuffie insecure.

Could it be that their race's proud parasitic ability was so easily broken by an underground city that appeared out of nowhere?

No way, something's not right, it can't be!

"Bang!"

You Fei kicked open the building's door, and the portal to the underground city stood eerily before her. At this moment, one of her legs was starting to give way, constantly hindering her movements, but she just couldn't stop.

"It's time to say goodbye." She glanced at the mutant, and with a burst of strength from the leg she could still control, she leaped into the portal like a rocket.

The mutant also angrily cursed:

"Alright, since you're so confident that the dungeon can save your life, we'll see!"

The feeling of sinking and entering the underground city was like falling into an endless abyss.

You Fei's eyes were closed, and even if they were, she could only see darkness.

The sound of liquid sloshing in a bottle came from beside me. The cold liquid was continuously being injected into my body, as if my blood was undergoing some kind of change, being roughly transformed.

But this feeling is not unpleasant; on the contrary, it has a kind of comfortable quality that makes you want to indulge in it.

When the mutated creature parasitized her brain, every shake of it would cause her excruciating headaches, leaving her no peace. But now, she feels no pain at all.

She could still sense the presence of the parasite, and feel the part of it that was attached to her brain and its thick body, but the parasite was becoming less active, or rather, increasingly quiet.

The more of this unknown, strange liquid entered its body, the quieter the mutant became. It seemed that as soon as it came into contact with the liquid, it was deeply attracted by something contained within it and became too preoccupied to care about You Fei's body.

This was a good opportunity to break free from the parasite's grasp, but You Fei was dismayed to find that her body seemed to be drawn to the liquid as well, and she couldn't muster any strength.

Like everyone else entering this underground city for the first time, she should have seen the same images as others, but for some reason, apart from the sound of liquid sloshing around her ears, all she saw was darkness, as if something was wrong.

But after a short while, several first-person perspective scenes flashed before her eyes. They were not related to the dungeon, but rather scenes from her time in the capital of Red. Judging from the decor, it seemed to be a kitchen or something similar.

No, this isn't her perspective. She's never been to a place like a kitchen before. Whose memory is this?

From a first-person perspective, she watched as "herself" served red wine specially for the gentlemen. She was very familiar with this wine; ever since the relief army arrived in the capital, King had generously given them these precious red wines as their daily drink. However, she didn't like drinking and had never tasted it before.

The image that flashed before her eyes made her eyes widen in surprise.

Because she saw "herself" take out a bloody ball of flesh, pull out several tiny parasites from it, and put them into the red wine. The parasites and the wine mixed perfectly together!

That fleshy lump is the one that Fan En found in the museum!

What on earth have my soldiers been drinking these days?!

A sudden sharp pain shot through her brain, instantly pulling her out of the memory of who she didn't know. Her intuition told her that it must be related to the mutated creature on her head.

However, at this moment, the mutant suddenly woke up. It was the pain emanating from its activity that brought You Fei back to her senses. Before she could even figure out where she was, she suddenly felt that her body was still somewhat out of control, while the mutant was uttering incessant, maniacal babbling!

At the same time, Gong Qiying received a report from the underground city.

"Insufficient blood volume for blood therapy?"

The Crystal Ball was filled with images of You Fei was at the Yharnam Clinic, struggling with the mutants for control of her body. She had regained some control over her body, but the mutants had somehow become more active and were engaging in a fierce mental battle with her.

Gong Qiying has always used a fixed amount of blood for the initial blood therapy for everyone entering the dungeon. Depending on the individual's constitution, the amount of blood needed to resist the Hidden Blood Parasite varies. However, this is the first time he has encountered someone who failed to achieve the expected effect even after receiving the entire predetermined amount of blood.

Because You Fei's physical condition is so strong, the blood therapy requires even more blood.

That parasite also looked extraordinary, perhaps it had something to do with it.

Gong Qiying tapped the Shrine with his index finger. He had become interested in the mutated creature and wanted to get his hands on it to study it. As for You Fei, although he didn't know the relationship between the girl and Jia Paer, he was happy to see such a powerful expert in the dungeon.

"Please help me."

On the other side, You Fei felt increasingly powerless. The mutant suddenly became violent and unable to communicate, single-mindedly wanting to invade her body, and the rate of invasion greatly accelerated.

After arriving in this underground city, the peculiar air alone reminded her of the strange things she had seen when she was in [Same Feeling] Fan En, especially the running man with a cage on his head and the endless chase, which immediately weakened her spirit.

Just as she was about to succumb to the mutated species' invasion, the scene before her eyes suddenly shifted, and she was transported from the Yharnam Clinic to the Hunter's Dream.

A lifelike Doll stood in front of her, its back to her, its silhouette appearing so delicate.

You Fei, assuming the other person was a living being from the same dungeon, warned, "Stay away from me!"

She was about to lose control of her body!

Upon hearing this, the Doll reacted slightly, slowly turning her body around.

The scene suddenly changed, You Fei was instantly on the top floor of a building that resembled a Clock Tower, with an intricately designed clock casting dappled moonlight on her.

The Doll turned around completely, but in that instant, she had changed her clothes and now held a strangely shaped weapon in her hand.

"Snap—"

A spark flashed, and the weapon split in two.