She could only use special methods to turn them back to their original state.
She only regained her memories after her parents fled, and chased them all the way to the city gate.
It's such a pity I didn't get to see them one last time, otherwise I could have heard them crying and saying they loved her the most one more time.
Yan Xing came to "find her parents," Su Cheng frowned slightly, but everyone has their own secrets, and she didn't need to ask any further. Just like when she suddenly dealt with all the shadows, she didn't say anything, and no one asked her.
Su Cheng looked down and opened the bracelet on her left wrist.
The numbers displayed on the bracelet changed, and the time in the copy was exactly 22:00.
After the black fog dissipated, the sky remained endlessly dark, without a single star in sight.
A day has passed.
Their Perception of time was blurred as they killed the shadowy figure.
Tonight is New Year's Eve, and there are only 2 hours left until the residents gather in the square!
Su Cheng took out the black toad and jumped onto it.
Lu Heng was the first to react. He handed Wang Tai a bottle of medicine and followed, saying, "Let's go first; he needs to recover."
Yan Xing waved her hand, "Is this Su Sister Cheng's prop? Where are you going? Can I come with you?"
Su Cheng nodded. " Yan Xing, is your phone still charged? Can I borrow it for a moment?"
Yan Xing jumped onto the toad with curiosity and handed it the phone from his pocket.
Su Cheng quickly dialed Yan Yu's number, but her phone had already been rendered useless due to interference from the chaotic magnetic field outside the city.
The phone kept ringing with a busy tone, and no one answered.
She dialed Xu Shaowei's number again, and got the same result.
Lu Heng said in a low voice, "Don't worry, with their strength, they'll know to run if they can't win. They'll be fine."
Yan Xing: "Where are we going?"
Su Cheng sighed, her expression regaining its composure. She patted the toad beneath her. "Let's go to the rooftop of the plaza mall."
There is only one shopping mall in the center of the square, and you can overlook the entire square from the rooftop.
The Sun God Cult once chose to sow the Calamity Seed on the rooftop, and if they want to spread the Calamity Seed on a large scale again this year, they will definitely choose the rooftop again.
A note from the author:
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Chapter 139
"Thump--"
The enormous pendulum clock struck with a deep, resonant sound, announcing that it was exactly 11 p. m.
White Moon City is different tonight than usual.
The residents didn't go home early after nightfall; the lights were on everywhere, making the night as bright as day.
Small groups of people could be seen everywhere on the streets, and cheerful laughter filled every corner.
When the clock struck, people were drawn to the sound, and their smiles deepened.
There are only two hours left until the new year begins.
Looking up at the high rooftop from the clock, it was the best view in the entire White Moon City, but unfortunately it had long been blocked off by the mall management.
At that moment, there seemed to be a dark shadow on the edge of the rooftop, or perhaps someone was standing there?
They're probably mall managers.
Having money is great; you can have that view all to yourself.
People quickly looked away from the figure on the rooftop and didn't dwell on the trivial matter. They turned back to their family and friends and resumed their conversation about their plans for the new year.
Everyone was anticipating and waiting for the moment midnight would arrive so they could start their revelry.
Including that figure on the rooftop.
There wasn't just one person on the rooftop. A man in a red robe stood at the edge, while dozens of people in white robes lay on the ground, drawing a pair of huge bloodshot eyes with blood from a bucket.
As the sharp, vertical pupils were drawn, the white-robed figures knelt on the ground, trembling—not from fear, but from extreme excitement.
The man in the red robe raised his hands toward the dark sky, his hood falling loose in the cold wind to reveal a mask carved with strange patterns.
"In the new year, may God descend and see His most faithful believer..."
He gazed devoutly at the horizon, only to see a leaping black dot appear on the rooftops of distant houses, rapidly approaching him.
What is that?
He blinked, and the black dot had already leaped from the nearby building toward the rooftop.
He finally saw what it was: a giant toad!
... Are there three people sitting up there?
Before he could react, a person leaped down from the toad, a sharp blade bringing a chill to the air, descending from the sky—
With a "thud," a clean cut appeared on the red-robed man's neck, and his head fell to the ground.
The mask fell off, revealing an ordinary face, brows slightly furrowed, expression lingering in confusion, completely unprepared for death to come so suddenly.
Su Cheng landed steadily, shaking off the blood from the tip of the boning knife.
She glanced at the head at her feet and, surprisingly, recognized the person in her memory; he was a cashier at a supermarket.
She was shopping at a supermarket when she saw contestants using Smart Bag to steal merchandise.
The cashier took the contestant away. Then she heard a scream in the restroom...
After the toad landed, Lu Heng and Yan Xing jumped down one after the other.
The two glanced at the corpse on the ground, then their gazes fell on the white-robed man opposite them and the bloodshot eyes on the ground.
They were all followers of the Sun God Cult.
A dozen or so people in white robes stood silently like statues. The cardinal had suddenly died, but they seemed completely unconcerned. They showed no sign of nervousness in the face of Su Cheng's fierce killing intent.
Su Cheng narrowed her eyes and first had Lu Heng search the red-clothed man's robe for a box containing Calamity Seed.
Lu Heng bent down and found a box on the corpse. Just as he was about to speak, Su Cheng sensed something and pulled him away in a flash.
The headless body suddenly rose up, its limbs twisted and supporting it on the ground, its bones making a "crackling" sound.
A thin, long piece of white bone protruded from the bloody cross-section of the neck.
The bones stretched out, and blood vessels coiled around them, with fleshy bulges emerging from the tips of the vessels. Facial features grew from these bulges, eventually forming a human face.
The headless body sprouted countless human heads through its blood vessels.
Where is this?
"Waaaaah, I'm finally alive again!"
"Wow, so many kills!"
"Where is my body? I... I've become a monster!"
Dozens of heads chattered, some with fear, some with surprise, swaying back and forth, their sparse, newly grown, dry hairs bobbing along with them.
Su Cheng and the other two exchanged glances, their expressions indescribable; they were truly disgusted by the scene.
In contrast, the dozen or so white-robed figures opposite remained calm. One of them suddenly spoke, his aged voice filled with sarcasm. "Outsider, these are all your own kind. You should thank the God for seeing your own kind again."
similar?
Outsiders?
Su Cheng's eyelids twitched. The heads were all of the contestants. The Sun God Cult knew of the contestants' existence and intended to hunt them down!
If a participant inadvertently reveals that they are not a local resident, they will be targeted by the Sun God Cult.
Is the Sun God Cult targeting the participants because they still harbor resentment over an outsider interrupting their summoning ritual?
"Your blood and body must be excellent offerings," the white-robed man continued, shaking his sleeve and causing bells to ring.
The crowd fell silent for a moment, then all turned to look at Su Cheng and the other two.
"You are also **, why can you live but I have to die?" one of the young men spoke first.
"It's not fair! It's not fair! I was about to awaken all my memories! Why are you all allowed to leave alive? It's not fair!" another woman screamed.
"I can't go back, and nobody else can go back!"
"Yes, we can't let them get away with this. If we die, others should stay and die with us. It's only fair if we all die here together!"
"That's right..."
Dozens of heads reached a delicate balance at this moment, manipulating their bodies and pouncing towards Su Cheng and the other two like spiders.
Dozens of elongated blood vessels intertwine to form a cage, sometimes twisting and writhing like snakes, binding and strangling.
Dozens of men in white robes stood at various blind spots and exits on the rooftop, blocking the three people's escape route.
Without a word, Su Cheng swung her knife and chopped down the two severed heads as they tried to entangle her. The resilient necks fell to the ground like severed noodles, still bouncing.
The foul-smelling, black blood emitted a stench so intense it was almost unbearable to breathe.
But even after a head is severed, it quickly regrows at the neck.
"You bitch, you just cut me! I'm going to kill you, eat your head, and wear your skin instead!"
The dozens of heads that Su Cheng had severed were reborn and unleashed an even more powerful offensive.
"Rise!" Su Cheng shouted, and flames shot out, causing the blood-red flesh tubes to writhe like snakes in hot oil. "Ahhh, it hurts so much!"
Unlike killing, fire doesn't instantly kill them, and therefore cannot allow them to regenerate immediately.
Su Cheng drove the flames toward the body, but the heads manipulated her to dodge them.
Her gaze was cold and intense. "I want to chop the main body into pieces."
Lu Heng and Yan Xing said in unison, "Understood!"
The two instantly launched a wide-range attack, not aiming for a fatal blow, but simply to draw the attention of most of the enemies.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Su Cheng drew her sword and charged straight at the heart of the enemy. The sword flashed so fast that it left afterimages. As long as the sword was fast enough, there would be no time for the body to regenerate.
With a loud "bang," it seemed to have shattered something, and its body exploded into pieces!
One by one, the necks lost their cores and fell to the ground, the heads turning back into lumps of flesh.
The stench of minced meat splattered onto Su Cheng's coat, making her expression even more somber.
Su Cheng activated the flames, and the large and small pieces of corpse turned into a handful of charred ashes with a "sizzling" sound.
"Wow, Su Sister Cheng is awesome~" Yan Xing didn't care about the stench on her body anymore, and clapped her hands with bright eyes.
Lu Heng walked to Su Cheng's side, took out a bottle of medicine, and handed it to her, "To replenish your strength."
Su Cheng nodded, quickly drank it down, and then looked at the white-robed figures who remained unmoved.