Chapter 277 No Doubt

Without a doubt.

That kind of attack, hiding in the floor and suddenly popping out to strike, although a bit rudimentary as a predation method, was a real predation concept!

"What's the origin of this [Sticky Cotton Ghoul]'s Calamity-level strangeness?"

Fang Yue wondered.

But he quickly realized a problem.

That is… this is the Phoenix Organization's stronghold, and it doesn't seem particularly surprising that there are mutated or powerful ghouls around.

"Damn it!? The Council Hall!"

"This ghoul is too troublesome. The range of the branch is so wide that most of the people we brought died in its hands!"

"Look! There's a secret passage!"

"It must be an hidden door left by Lord Rat. We didn't see Ye Niuniu anywhere else. He must have chased after the secret passage! Let's follow him!"

Some movements could be faintly heard from above, and Fang Yue's expression darkened.

The traces he left along the way were still too obvious.

Not to mention that he wasn't a hunter and didn't know how to conceal his actions and leave no trace.

Just the urgency of time, needing to catch up with Lord Rat as quickly as possible, prevented Fang Yue from thinking too much.

Rushing forward along the passage, Fang Yue stepped over the half of the corpse and looked back.

The corpse looked miserable, with a big, fat hand, like a dead otaku, stuck to half of the corpse's face, gnawing on it.

For some reason, Fang Yue felt that the corpse was emitting a strange fragrance that made his appetite increase.

The dark eyes, which had stopped bleeding, suddenly overflowed with black blood, sliding down the corners of his eyes.

"How could I?!"

Fang Yue's heart skipped a beat, and horror flashed through his mind.

Fortunately, this feeling came and went quickly.

When Fang Yue crossed the corpse and his feet landed, this feeling had disappeared.

But the lingering feeling of palpitations still made Fang Yue feel horrified.

He covered his right eye, which had been dyed black at the bottom, with his hand and opened the attribute page.

On the status bar, that almost transparent state seemed to have become slightly clearer.

He still couldn't see what state it was, but it made Fang Yue feel a heartfelt palpitation.

"...Ghoul Spirit Root... Never mind, let's get things done first!"

Mainly, with Fang Yue's knowledge, he really didn't understand what was going on with his body now. He could only wait to return to Chu Nuan City and ask the young miss if there were any [Curse Exorcists] specializing in ghoul curses, or famous [Doctors], to inquire about it.

Continuing to condense black qi with his feet, Fang Yue pushed the Shadow Step to the extreme, rushing wildly in the passage.

Along the way, Fang Yue found that many people had already died on the road, and the passage wasn't really a one-way street.

After advancing for a certain distance, there would be a downward staircase, turning to another side, like the structure of a modern building.

It's just that this thing was built in the mountain.

At the same time, there were various rooms in the secret passage, some for storage, some for research, and some for resting. The living facilities were quite good.

It could be seen that in the Phoenix Organization, the status of scientific researchers had always been not low, and the treatment was excellent.

If it weren't for the Phoenix Organization's extreme actions, and the materials they obtained were all for human experiments.

I'm afraid that with the Phoenix Organization's attitude and rigor in conducting experiments, and its forward-looking nature, it would be a good organization with a positive image if it were placed in Qing State openly.

It's a pity... they didn't take the right path, but had to take the wrong path, or rather, the [Drug People] business, the source of Phoenix's funds, and the experiments the organization researched, were all things that couldn't be made public.

Although Fang Yue was very disgusted with the Phoenix Organization's inhuman experiments, he had to admit that their research power was really strong.

Like Qing Chen, who hadn't been with the Phoenix Organization for long, his theoretical and practical abilities soared, much stronger than rookies like them who knew nothing.

Fang Yue had never denied the power of the Phoenix Organization, but this power had become his trouble.

Feeling the familiar structure, Fang Yue's brain, which had been gone for a long time, began to think.

Along the way, he only saw various research rooms and didn't see any living body rooms. It seemed that the living bodies were transported from other strongholds.

And Lord Rat had run a long distance before him!

Fang Yue had compared his speed with Lord Rat before. In terms of speed, the two of them were almost equal, but in terms of stamina, Lord Rat was even better!

As expected of Lord Rat, his ability to escape was really strong.

Perhaps it was because of the improvement in comprehension, Fang Yue felt that he had become a little smarter recently.

Could it be that comprehension was like six walnuts, which could rejuvenate people's intelligence?

But after thinking about it carefully, Fang Yue realized that his thinking had just become clearer, and he hadn't really become smarter.

Although he didn't know why the Phoenix Organization wanted to build such a road that went all the way, then went downstairs and turned back, Fang Yue could be sure of one thing, and that was…

"I can reach the bottom faster than Lord Rat!"

Standing in the middle of the road.

He clenched his fist high, and internal force and black qi entangled wildly.

"Give me… break!!"

He punched the ground.

Dong!!

Amidst the earth-shattering rumble, the ground was directly smashed into a hole, and Fang Yue fell directly to the next level.

He didn't know if it was the structure of Dongliu Mountain, or if the design process was intended to be a vertical space design, compressing space utilization.

Anyway, Fang Yue's punch directly saved him a layer of running.

Then… the second punch!

Dong!!

Amidst the billowing smoke, before even the other people who were still alive understood what had happened, the floor tiles in the Phoenix Organization's secret passage were smashed through by Fang Yue one punch after another, and people fell directly to the deepest, most rooted part of the secret passage layer by layer!

"In terms of speed, Lord Rat, can you be faster than my vertical fall?"

Amidst the sneers, Fang Yue hammered the ground even more diligently.

Dong dong dong dong dong!!

The sound of hammering the ground was endless, and many broken limbs of [Mouth Hands] were smashed out. It seemed that they had begun to get used to hiding in various floor tiles and walls to carry out sneak attacks and predation, and were hammered out by Fang Yue.

The entire mountain seemed to be crumbling, with frequent small vibrations.

When the thief leaders who had been chasing from behind arrived at the first hole that Fang Yue had hammered out, they were stunned to find that the hole below was like a Matryoshka doll, with one hole after another, directly vertical to the deepest, most rooted part of the secret passage!

And in that bottom-most position, Ye Niuniu was maintaining the posture of hammering the ground, slowly raising his head amidst the billowing smoke, revealing a grin.

"Long time no see, Lord Rat."

Standing opposite Fang Yue was Lord Rat, who had just finished running the entire course and was about to run to the exit, but was blocked by Fang Yue, who had fallen from the sky!

His expression was a little flustered, his pupils contracted, and his heart was terrified.

Among the twelve seats, he was the most able to lie low and was the most afraid of death.

Whether it was qinggong or various life-saving methods, he had prepared the most.

But today, he seemed to have met his nemesis.

"You are so persistent… What exactly do you want!"