“look Who It Is, An Old Friend.”
Blood splattered, flesh flew.
The ground was littered with the corpses of many Non-Spiritual Body Weirds.
Yu Hao quickly used his Frog Tongue to devour these corpses, then used the Train’s Drill Horn to bore a hole in the ground and directly burrowed inside.
There are quite a few Weirds here; killing them all would waste time and energy.
Yu Hao wasn’t particularly keen on collecting Weird Flesh anymore, at least not before the shop opened.
【Starfire Train】 burrowed underground, its tentacles simultaneously spraying White Mucus to seal the Mine Entrance.
This would prevent Non-Spiritual Body Weirds from entering.
【Starfire Train】 had gone ten meters underground when it suddenly discovered a wide Space. It looked somewhat familiar, similar to the underground area of the 【Abandoned Dormitory Building】.
Meanwhile, Yu Hao in the Train Room saw a familiar figure through the Car Window.
The corners of his mouth turned upward, and he grinned.
“I’ve seen an old friend again.”
In this wide underground Space, there was an Altar-like place. In the center of the Altar stood a Guo Lou Weird wielding a Blood-Red Scepter, seemingly performing a Summoning Ritual.
Before the Hunchbacked Weird was a Cauldron containing numerous Heads. The surrounding walls were painted with Headless Weird patterns.
After wielding the Blood-Red Scepter for a while, the Hunchbacked Weird took out a palm-sized Humanoid Jerky from their pocket, preparing for the final stage of the Summoning Ritual.
However, a strange sound came from behind. The Hunchbacked Weird, about to put the Humanoid Jerky into the Cauldron, froze and looked back, instantly stunned.
Above them, a large hole had been drilled in the wall, from which a familiar Monster Head emerged. Two Tentacles on the Monster Head were waving, seemingly greeting it.
“…”
Silence.
Previously, the murmuring incantations of the Hunchbacked Weird could still be heard. After turning around, only silence remained.
Inside the Train Room, Yu Hao, who had been amusedly planning to greet his old friend, saw the Hunchbacked Weird petrified in the Car Window, finding the sight somewhat comical.
Though he couldn’t see its eyes, he could imagine the Hunchbacked Weird was speechless, despairing, and questioning its existence.
“Tsk tsk tsk.”
Yu Hao clicked his tongue sympathetically:
“You were attracted by Li Bin’s extraordinary Constitution in every instance.”
“It’s one thing to have suffered great losses the first two times, but you still didn’t learn your lesson and came to cause trouble again.”
“What good did running underground do?”
“Didn’t you still run into me?”
“What a twist of fate.”
“…”
Li Bin, on the sidelines, was also somewhat helpless.
This Weird was exceptionally persistent in some ways, but equally unlucky in others.
Three times—three times in a row—encountered during the instance runs. Unbelievable.
“…”
The petrified Hunchbacked Weird finally moved.
Its legs gave way, and it knelt on the ground, its hands covering its head, as if wanting to cry.
Finally, it simply lay on the ground, sprawled out in a big “X” shape, in a completely resigned manner.
Yu Hao frowned, displeased:
“Not even a greeting?”
“That’s very rude.”
“Are you wallowing in self-pity?”
Saying this, Yu Hao controlled his Tentacles to deliberately shoot two globs of Clear Liquid near the Hunchbacked Weird.
Plop plop—!
“…”
The Hunchbacked Weird, lying on the ground, turned its head toward the Clear Liquid not far from it, unmoved.
But then the sound of a Drill Horn rotating and an Iron Blade spinning echoed.
The corners of its previously despairing mouth twitched twice.
It covered its face with its hands and whimpered for two seconds.
Then it rubbed its face three times before proceeding to the familiar head-knocking plea for mercy.
Seeing the Hunchbacked Weird return to normal, Yu Hao showed a relieved smile. “I thought you had truly given up on life!”
“That’s more like it.”
“To be honest, I’m a little reluctant to kill such a well-behaved old hunchbacked Weird.”
“Although you were a little rebellious just now, given your repentance, I won’t kill you.”
“…”
Thump thump thump—!
The Hunchbacked Weird kept knocking its head, its mind already a whirlwind of thoughts.
After being drawn to this instance, remembering the lessons of the previous two runs, it had appeared directly in the depths underground. It had planned to perform the Summoning Ritual, preparing to send a Headless Weird to scout the situation.
If the Long Worm Monster wasn’t discovered, it would start causing trouble.
Unexpectedly, before the Summoning Ritual preparations were complete, the Long Worm Monster had proactively burrowed underground to find it…
After knocking its head for a while, the 【Starfire Train】 approached it.
Feeling the huge, imposing figure approaching, the Hunchbacked Weird stopped knocking its head.
It watched the 【Starfire Train】’s monstrous head, its throat Rolling, swallowing some Weird saliva.
The Long Worm Monster didn’t open its mouth this time, nor did it send out two Zombies with red Skin. It didn’t seem to want to eat.
Confused, it pointed at itself, then at the Heads in the Cauldron behind it and the Headless Weird patterns on the surrounding walls, and finally at the Long Worm Monster’s mouth.
【Starfire Train】 shook its two Tentacles.
The Hunchbacked Weird immediately relaxed. Perhaps the Long Worm Monster had eaten enough Weirds above ground, so it wasn’t going to make it do what it did last time.
However, the 【Starfire Train】’s two Tentacles started gesturing.
The Hunchbacked Weird watched anxiously for a long time before finally understanding.
It demonstrated, pointing at itself, then at the ground, and then made a throat-slitting gesture, looking at the 【Starfire Train】 and asking.
【Starfire Train】 nodded its two Tentacles.
The Hunchbacked Weird stood there, a look of despair on its face.
Good news: it didn’t have to feed the Monster the Headless Weirds it summoned.
Bad news: the Monster wanted it to summon the Headless Weirds to kill its own Weird kind on the Ground…
So, apparently, it felt that eating the Headless Weirds it summoned was too monotonous and wanted some other Weirds as a side dish.
It really was…
【Starfire Train】 saw that the Hunchbacked Weird’s attitude seemed to be changing; it might become rebellious again.
So it opportunely displayed its Frog Tongue, Iron Blade, and rotating Drill Horn in a triple threat.
“…”
The Hunchbacked Weird, seeing the Monster’s increasingly frantic state, shook its head with a complicated expression.
Then it turned around to start preparing.
It really wanted to resist, but if it resisted, it would be eaten by the Monster.
If it didn’t resist, its fellow Weirds would be eaten by the Monster.
So it chose the latter…