From the end of the world

Chapter 75: The Enemy Surfaces 1
"No... no recovery!?" The weirdo shouted in disbelief, "Why wasn't the damage transferred away? This is impossible!"

Zhu Shi swung his sword at the empty space, shaking off the blood on the sword, then glanced at the strange man lying on the ground and said without mercy: "Zhuang Cheng, stop the bleeding for him."

Hearing this, I looked at the strange man, and the broken parts of his limbs suddenly burst into flames. The wounds were burned to a crisp, and the blood stopped gushing out.

He let out a terrible cry, but he had not given up on survival and was still trying to manipulate the shadows around him. However, as soon as those shadows began to surge, I destroyed them with fire, rendering them useless.

It seems that he has no way to trap us in the maze space again. It is very likely that, as Zhu Shi speculated, the other party was able to do what he did before with the help of consumable items. Now he has truly been defeated.

However, how did Zhu Shi manage to make it impossible for the other party to continue to recover his body? I couldn't do it no matter what I did before. It doesn't look like the monster's "life" has been exhausted. I don't know if Zhu Shi is willing to tell me the answer if I ask him privately afterwards.

Zhu Shi's eyes, which were filled with a cold blue glow, returned to their normal color, and her indifferent expression disappeared.

I also exited the fire elemental form, walked up to her and said, "Sorry, I just took away your chance to perform."

"I just said it casually. I didn't really mean to blame you." She added softly, "Although I really wanted to show off in front of you..."

"Aren't you behaving well now?" I looked at the weirdo on the ground.

Zhu Shiye looked at the miserable enemy on the ground, but showed no emotion of pride or achievement. He just sighed with a complicated look.

"You are the weirdo who has been killing local dignitaries in the past two months. We have some questions to ask you," she said.

However, the weirdo turned a deaf ear to him and just kept muttering crazily: "Impossible, impossible, why... why can't it be restored, why can it destroy the maze..."

"Are you talking about the method of destroying the maze? It's actually very simple. I..." I was about to explain when I received a sharp glare from the person next to me.

Zhu Shi deliberately said in an unpleasant tone: "Brother Zhuang, could you please not explain your methods to the enemy?"

Why did you choose to call me Senior Brother Zhuang at this time... I had to swallow my words.

Actually, I am not unaware of the negative impact of my actions. I did so with full knowledge of the consequences. But even if I said so, she would definitely not accept it. Since her attitude is so clear, I should restrain myself in the future. After all, I have done it before, and I have completed my wish list. It is okay to give in to my friend on such a trivial issue.

Zhu Shi sighed again as if he was tired.

"So, what should we do with him next? Capturing him alive is not an option, right?" I asked.

Before she could answer, a familiar voice suddenly came from the side: "Since he hasn't self-destructed yet, let's interrogate him first."

Zhu Shi and I looked in the direction of the voice at the same time, and saw a young man wearing dark blue clothes that mixed modern and ancient styles coming onto the playground from a distance and walking towards us.

"Lu Chan, why are you here?" Zhu Shi was surprised.

I didn't sense Lu Youxun when I entered the fire element form earlier. He should have arrived after I returned to my normal form.

"You have such violent and frequent fluctuations of mana coming from here, but they suddenly disappeared on the spot. Of course I have to come over to check the situation." Lu Youxun responded with a smile at first, then put away his smile and looked at the weirdo on the ground seriously, "Is he that weirdo?"

Zhu Shi nodded: "Yes, but he doesn't seem to want to answer our questions honestly. Do you have any way to make him speak?"

"Leave it to me. This is my responsibility now." As Lu Youxun spoke, he took out a black ring from his pocket and put it on the middle finger of his right hand.

When he got closer, I could see the ring clearly. It was a black ring that seemed to be woven with iron wire, and there seemed to be some blood stains on the surface. After putting it on, his right hand quickly became illusory and uncertain, like a ghost's hand.

The strange man was still struggling. Lu Youxun moved in front of him, then squatted down and directly stabbed his chest with his illusory right hand.

Even though the monster was blown to pieces by me and cut off by Zhu Shi, its physical strength should be extremely high. However, in front of this right hand, the monster's body was like tofu with no defense.

No. I looked closely and saw that it was not the body of the monster that was pierced and destroyed, but Lu Youxun's right hand seemed to be able to pass through walls and directly entered the body of the monster. From the position where his right hand entered, it seemed that he grabbed the heart deep in the opponent's chest.

The strange man was suddenly unable to move, like a cat with its neck pinched.

"I have already grasped his heart." Lu Youxun said calmly, "From now on, he can neither lie to us nor remain silent about our questions."

Is this the effect of the ring just now? There is actually such a prop.

I was still surprised in my heart, but Zhu Shi was not surprised at all. He asked the strange man, "Are you the one who attacked my brother... and Zhu Changan?"

The strange man's eyes kept rolling, as if looking for an opportunity to escape, but his mouth moved uncontrollably: "Who is Zhu Changan?" "It wasn't you who did it?" Zhu Shi was shocked.

I took my phone out of my pocket, pulled up Changan's photo and showed it to him, then asked, "Do you know this person?"

The weirdo seemed to be trying hard to control his mouth, but he still couldn't help but answer: "I don't know..."

Zhu Shi and I looked at each other.

The person who attacked Chang'an was undoubtedly a weirdo, but the weirdo in front of him did not know Chang'an's name, nor did he recognize Chang'an's face.

In other words, there are indeed more weirdos in this city.

Lu Youxun took out a photo from his pocket with his free left hand. I glanced at the picture. It was a headshot of Ma Zao. Agent Kong had taken out the same photo when he first came to visit.

He showed the weirdo the photo and then asked, "So, do you recognize this girl?"

This was also a question I was eager to know. However, under the watchful eyes of Zhu Shi and Lu Youxun, I could not show too much eagerness and concern about it. Fortunately, Lu Youxun asked it for me early.

However, if the weirdo really has clues, it means that Lu Youxun will also hear them, which is unavoidable.

The weirdo's eyes widened after seeing the photo clearly: "It's her!"

"Have you seen her?" I asked immediately.

"Last night, I was looking for prey in the new city, and she suddenly appeared from the dark and attacked me..." The weirdo spoke with an uncontrollable mouth, "She was able to recover from the damage I caused her in a blink of an eye; but for some reason, she could not recover from the damage she caused me on the spot.

"Moreover, in front of her, I didn't know why I couldn't even enter the shadow world. I could only keep running and running. I don't know how long I ran before I finally got out..."

He really had seen Ma Zao!
And Ma Zao actually attacked him, why?
As expected, in Maha's opinion, the monster is a sign of the end of the world? The reason why she attacked the monster was because she wanted to find evidence that the end of the world was approaching?
It sounds like Mazao has some ability to recover from injuries and can also prevent enemies from using their powers. But if she can recover, why didn't she recover when she was with me? Is it because she can only recover from injuries visible to the naked eye, or is it because she was so seriously injured at the time that she couldn't even use her recovery ability until recently?

I immediately asked him where in the new city area he had seen Ma Zao, and the strange man told me the truth.

In addition, I also noticed another detail: "She can use the power of space transfer. Are you sure you can get rid of her?"

"Space transfer?" The weirdo was at a loss after hearing this. "No, she has never used space transfer in front of me..."

"She was able to injure you and force you to flee. It seems that the amnesiac girl has at least the skills of a master. But are you sure you really escaped?" Lu Youxun said thoughtfully, "It is very difficult to get rid of a person with the ability of space transfer by ordinary means of movement. In addition, the amnesiac girl seemed to deliberately not show her ability of space transfer in front of you...Are you really not being followed by her?"

Stalking was the method I originally planned to use against this weirdo. I never imagined that Ma Zao might also stalk him.

However, this is indeed possible. Since I would think of using the stalking monster to lure out Ma Zao, Ma Zao might also think of using the stalking monster to investigate clues related to the doomsday.

In other words, is it possible that Ma Zao is nearby now? I looked around, but I couldn't see anyone else. I didn't sense anyone else when I entered the elemental transformation before. Having said that, I couldn't tell whether Ma Zao was monitoring the changes here from a farther distance.

Not only me, Lu Youxun and Zhu Shi also seemed to be observing the surroundings quietly.

And at this moment, the weirdo made a new move.

Perhaps it was his strong desire to survive that enabled him to demonstrate his unprecedented observation ability. He seemed to realize that this was the last chance to fight. He suddenly let out an extremely loud roar, drawing our attention to him. Almost at the same time, the shadows at our feet became extremely dense and rapidly expanded, and the ground suddenly became as soft as a swamp.

He wants to sink us into a world of shadows.

However, even at this time, I did not relax my vigilance against this move. His last attempt was doomed to fail. Even Lu Youxun did not show any surprise, but quickly pulled out his illusory right hand, as if he wanted to do something.

The fastest among us was Zhu Shi. She remained calm, swung her sword, and stabbed the ground like lightning.

The shadow seemed to be stabbed in a vital spot by a sharp sword, and it immediately receded rapidly as if it was played upside down, returning to a shadow without any spirituality.

Seeing this, the weirdo finally revealed an expression of true despair.

His strong yet grotesque body quickly deformed and shrank until it unexpectedly became the appearance of an ordinary human being. In stark contrast to this ordinary deformation, in the next instant, his entire body began to swell shockingly, as if it was about to explode from the inside.

He's going to blow himself up!
(End of this chapter)