great-warnovel Chapter 316 Kinship in Human Skin
Chapter 316 Kinship in Human Skin
Lin Chuxue stood in the middle of the passage, her staff pressing against the ground, and a piece of candy rolled to the side of her boots.
She didn't lower her head; her wrist was taut, and the blood-red patterns on the staff lit up twice before sinking back down.
The girl was wrapped in Wen Yue's coat, her hand still clutching the hem of the coat.
"Sister, let's go home."
Lin Chuxue did not answer.
Lu Yan lifted the Void Disc, and the disc circled around the girl's ankle.
The rusty chain was embedded in the floor of the blood gate, and the other end of the chain passed through the wall, connecting to the depths of the passage.
The girl cannot stay where she is.
The door frame is still spawning monsters; the people outside the Xichuan city wall won't be able to hold out for long.
Lu Yan first needed to disconnect the power supply line to the door.
"Yun Qing, stay by her side."
"Protect your ankles and upper body; save the treatment dose."
Su Yunqing placed the Gift of Yao Guang beside the girl.
Two shields clung to the rusted chains and the hem of the tactical uniform, while blood dripping from the top of the passage fell onto the shields and slid down the edges.
"Zhao Leiguang, Shen Xinglin, clear the way."
"Wen Yue, leave a set of evacuation coordinates every twenty meters."
Zhao Lei raised his two shields and stepped forward.
Shen Xinglin landed at the back of the line, cut his lance into a lock bar, and pressed the butt of the lance against the other end of the passage.
Wen Yue took out the rangefinding arrows and nailed the three arrows to the left and right walls and floor tiles respectively.
The red line is drawn between the arrow tails.
The first set of coordinates remains behind us.
The rusty chains on the girl's feet dragged across the ground, making intermittent friction sounds.
She can't walk fast.
Wen Yue slowed her pace, wrapping her coat around her shoulders again.
"Your feet hurt?"
The girl looked up but didn't say anything.
Su Yunqing half-squatted down, pressing the shield against the rusted chain that held her skin and flesh.
Beneath the rust was a ring of old wounds.
"The chain cannot be forcibly disassembled."
"It's connected to the things inside the door."
Zhao Leiguang turned around.
"Then let's pull out what's inside."
Lu Yan did not tell him to speed up.
The passage was too narrow, there were no monsters ahead, but the walls were changing.
Initially, it was still the ward number of the old city hospital.
302, 417, 506.
After passing the second set of rangefinder arrows, the numbering on the wall changed to another string of numbers.
Xichuan Old Town, Qinghe Community, Building 7, Unit 2.
Lin Chuxue paused for a moment.
Faded photos are pinned to the wall.
The photo shows a dining table with a birthday cake on it.
A man sat on the side, his shoulder wrapped in gauze.
Two little girls with short braids stood in front of the chair.
Lin Chuxue's staff veered towards the wall.
Blood streaks climbed up the staff to the top.
She put her staff away and continued forward.
Zhao Leiguang did not speak.
He had seen Lin Chuxue clear the area.
The little girl stood among the beasts eating candy. She pressed her staff down, leaving only recyclable materials on the ground.
These old photos in front of her made her unable to even hold her cane steady.
This door isn't catching people.
It's bringing up old grievances.
Wen Yue pulled out the fourth rangefinder arrow and embedded it beneath a photograph.
An arrow pierced through the picture frame, and blood flowed from the wall.
The photo was not lost.
The man inside raised his hand and tapped twice through the faded paper.
Zhao Lei raised his shield to block Lin Chuxue.
"This hospital is really unethical."
"They even look up patients' family trees when registering them."
Lin Chuxue gritted her teeth.
"Don't touch the photos."
"Whoever touches it dies."
Zhao Leiguang moved the shield away from the wall.
"Okay, whatever you say."
Qin Wuyi followed on Lu Yan's left, the main plate pressing against the floor tiles.
The passage turns back every twenty meters.
The arrows left on the wall did not return to their original positions.
The first group of arrows is on the left wall.
The second set of arrows was driven into the right wall.
The third set of arrows hovered overhead.
The spatial coordinates were twisted into a mess by the Blood Gate, and the evacuation path lost its straight line.
Qin Wuyi raised the main plate by half an inch.
"There are four layers of turns inside the door."
"Every floor is eating our coordinates."
Lu Yan sent the Void Disc to the ground.
Dozens of thin lines were cut from the disc, passing through the wall and converging at the same location.
"It's stalling for time."
"The end of the health bar is ahead."
Wen Yue looked at the rusty chain on the girl's foot.
"It wants us to send the people back."
Lu Yan did not turn around.
"Bring the person with you."
"Close the door too."
Xiao Qianyu gripped the Dragon King's Halberd tightly.
She didn't ask why, she just stared at the end of the passage.
The procession walked a little further.
The ward numbers on the wall have disappeared.
Both sides are covered with family photos.
There is the room number where Lin Chuxue lived as a child, as well as a photo of her father's work ID before he disappeared.
Each photo was pinned to the wall.
The edges of the photo are pressed with fine needles.
Lin Chuxue walked through the middle of the photo.
Her shoulder armor brushed against the wall without touching any of the sheets.
The girl spoke again.
"Sister, why aren't you hugging me?"
Lin Chuxue stopped.
Wen Yue pulled the girl behind her.
"She's busy right now."
"You follow me first."
The girl clutched at Wen Yue's clothes, looking down at the rusty chain.
"Dad said my sister will come to pick me up."
Lin Chuxue gripped the middle of the staff.
The candy was still on the boot.
She walked along without crushing it.
Su Yunqing reached out to block the photo in front of her.
"First snow, watch your step."
Lin Chuxue nodded.
She didn't look at Su Yunqing, but she held her staff steady.
At the end of the passageway stood a round operating table.
The table was piled with torn armor, children's hair clips, and broken dog tags.
The dog license plate was stained with blood.
Lu Yan stopped outside the operating table.
The disk of nothingness swept across the back of the dog tag.
Lin Jianguo.
Longwei Xichuan Logistics Sequence.
The time of disappearance was ten years ago.
Lin Chuxue stood still.
Her staff slipped from her hand and hit the floor tiles.
A tall doll hung behind the operating table.
Its arms were outstretched, and its joints were suspended by iron hooks.
A man's skin was draped over it.
There are horizontal sutures on the forehead, bridge of the nose, and jaw.
There was an old wound on his left shoulder, with faded sutures pressing against the edges of the wound.
A blood-red crystal core was embedded in the doll's chest.
With each pulsation of the crystal core, the doll's head would lift up slightly.
"First snow".
The stitches were pulled apart.
The man's voice squeezed out of the doll's throat.
"come over."
"Take your sister home."
The girl shrank behind Wen Yue.
The rusty chains on her feet were taut.
Dozens of blood lines appeared on both sides of the passage, crawling along the ground towards the girl.
Zhao Leiguang slammed his double shields into the ground.
The bloodline struck the shield, leaving a long mark along the edge.
"This thing can even recognize its own family."
"The files were examined in greater detail than those from the Joint Training Office."
Shen Xing took a half-step forward, his lance slicing into a heavy hammer.
The hammer struck, and the first line of blood was severed in two.
The cut surface curled up, and more blood trickled out from the crack in the wall.
Xiao Qianyu stood in front of the operating table.
The Dragon King's Halberd stopped in front of the puppet's chest.
The halberd blade was only half an inch away from the crystal core.
"team leader."
Lu Yan did not give the order.
The void coiled around the doll's chest.
Three power supply lines are connected below the crystal nucleus.
The first one pierced the blood gate frame.
The second rusty chain was wrapped around the girl's ankle.
The third one passed through the wall and landed on the staff at Lin Chuxue's feet.
The key to this door was made from Lin Chuxue's blood mage mark.
The doll and the girl are just parts inside the lock cylinder.
If you cut directly into the crystal core, the rusty chain on the girl's foot will tighten first.
Lu Yan wanted the stitches removed.
"Qianyu, hold it down."
"Don't cut it."
Xiao Qianyu withdrew half an inch.
The halberd spun horizontally, its shaft wedging the puppet's arms.
The puppet struggled forward, pulling the iron hooks and chains together.
Lin Chuxue squatted down and covered her mouth with the back of her hand.
Her shoulder bumped into Wen Yue's arm repeatedly.
The girl peeked out from behind Wen Yue.
She stared at Lin Chuxue, blood trickling from the corner of her eye.
"Sister, it hurts so much."
Lin Chuxue raised her head.
Her throat was dry.
"Her face is my sister's."
"That skin belongs to my dad."
Wen Yue pulled Lin Chuxue into her arms.
Lin Chuxue rested her forehead against Wen Yue's shoulder, her hand gripping the back of her tactical uniform.
My breathing became irregular in my throat.
Wen Yue did not ask what had happened ten years ago.
She pressed down on the back of Lin Chuxue's neck with one hand, and held the World-Destroying Thunder Crossbow with the other.
The crossbow muzzle was always pointed at the doll's head.
Zhao Lei raised his shield to block the enemy's health bar.
He didn't turn around.
Lin Chuxue always called him "Big Guy" and would use his shield to roast sugar after a fight.
He heard her stop moving, and pushed the shield forward another foot.
"First snow".
"Your dad lent this suit of clothing to it for ten years."
"Let's peel it off."
Lin Chuxue held onto Wen Yue's clothes tightly, refusing to let go.
The crystal core on the doll's chest beat even faster.
It lowered its head, and its lips, visible through the stitches, split open.
"First snow, Daddy isn't dead."
"My sister didn't die either."
"Come here, Daddy will take you home."