Global Ghost Stories: I'm Investigating Ghosts in My Nightmare!

Chapter 62 Cradle
Dead silence.

An even more unsettling silence, like the rising tide, silently engulfed the entire battlefield.

After the massive "Adam" mech was erased from the world in a way that defied all comprehension, even the flow of air seemed to come to a standstill.

An Mu and Mo Fei froze in place, their expressions frozen in the transition from despair to shock. It looked somewhat comical, but no one could laugh at that moment.

Lanze stood there blankly in the distance, the huge S-class energy response signal representing the "Adam" prototype on the tactical tablet in his hand instantly dropping to zero.

The phenomenon, which completely violated the law of conservation of energy, caused his brain, built from data and logic, to go blank as if it had crashed.

All eyes instinctively turned to the young man who was still kneeling in the shell crater, slowly lowering the silver pistol in his hand.

The terrifying aura of arrogance and disdain emanating from him was visibly fading away, replaced by that familiar sense of brokenness.

Those pure black eyes, devoid of any emotion, have returned to their deep pupils, reflecting endless memories.

Black words have left the stage.

Bai Yu is back.

"puff--"

With the return of control, a fierce backlash erupted in his soul like a flood breaking through a dam.

Bai Yu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with black energy residue, and his entire body went limp as if his bones had been removed.

"Bai language!"

Lu Yueqi's exclamation finally snapped everyone out of the shock. She rushed forward and caught Bai Yu with her petite frame before he completely collapsed.

The touch was terrifyingly cold, as if she were holding a block of ice that had been frozen for millions of years. She could clearly feel the life force of the man in her arms, like a candle about to be extinguished in a storm.

"Quick! First-aid kit!"

Anmu's shouts followed.

He, Mo Fei, and Lan Ce rushed over at top speed and surrounded the two.

Lu Yueqi hurriedly opened the silver-white metal medical box, and with trembling hands took out a syringe filled with green light. Without looking, she plunged it into Bai Yu's arm, injecting the high concentration of soul stabilizer.

The medicine took effect quickly.

Bai Yu's rapid breathing gradually calmed down, and a trace of color finally returned to her paper-pale face.

"How...how is he?" Lu Yueqi looked up, her eyes filled with tears as she looked helplessly at everyone.

Lan Ce attached a portable monitoring device to Bai Yu's wrist, staring at the series of data still frantically jumping in the red alert zone on the screen. His face was extremely grim as he said, "It's...it's terrible...it's terribly terrible. That attack just now almost completely drained all his soul energy. He's in even more danger now than when he was in Anling Mental Hospital. We must find that 'Cradle' device immediately! Only with that thing can we possibly stabilize his soul!"

"Then what are we waiting for!" Mo Fei carefully lifted Bai Yu from Lu Yueqi's arms, his strong arms as steady as a rock. "Let's charge in now!"

All eyes turned to the eerie villa at the other end of the square, which was radiating fear and anger.

The disappearance of the "Adam" prototype clearly had a huge impact on it. The fleshy tentacles pulsating like black veins on the villa walls were contracting wildly in an extremely incongruous manner.

Those enormous eyeballs seemed to close tightly in fear, unable to look at the man who had just performed the "miracle."

“It’s scared.” An Mu calmly assessed the villa’s reaction. “Bai Yu’s attack just now exhausted him, but it also intimidated the ‘Tower’s’ will. This is our best chance. While it’s in a state of confusion, let’s break in immediately!”

"Yes!"

Without further hesitation, Mo Fei carried Bai Yu, with An Mu and Lan Ce flanking him on either side, and Lu Yueqi following closely behind. The five of them formed a mobile fortress, quickly crossing the ravaged black metal plaza and rushing towards the ominous villa's gate.

The villa's gate was made of an unknown black wood, carved with intricate and eerie vine patterns.

At this moment, the gate was tightly closed, and fleshy tentacles resembling blood vessels wrapped around it like giant pythons, seemingly trying to prevent them from entering.

"Open it for me!"

Mo Fei roared, grabbed Bai Yu, and kicked the door hard!
"boom!"

With a loud bang, the seemingly indestructible door, along with the fleshy tentacles wrapped around it, was kicked to pieces by his furious kick!

Behind the door was a darkness as thick as blood.

A stench carrying a strong, bloody smell surged from the darkness like a tangible wave, almost making one faint.

"Follow closely!"

An Mu gave a low command and turned on the tactical spotlight on his helmet first. A bright beam of light pierced the darkness, and he was the first to rush in.

The crowd followed closely behind.

The moment they all entered the villa, the broken pieces of wood and fleshy tentacles behind them seemed to come alive and wriggle rapidly on the ground. Finally, with a strange "creaking" sound, they reassembled themselves into an intact door, completely sealing off their escape route.

They entered the "belly" of the giant beast.

The interior of the villa was even more eerie and terrifying than what they saw from the outside.

This is a spacious hall, but all the original furnishings of the villa have long since disappeared, replaced by a nightmarish scene filled with biological and mechanical elements.

The wall was no longer a wall, but had transformed into a dark red fleshy wall that pulsated like the inner wall of some giant creature. Thick black cables, like parasitic blood vessels, were deeply rooted in the fleshy wall and flickered with an eerie red light as the fleshy wall pulsated.

The floor was covered in a slippery slime, making a series of squelching sounds as they stepped on it. Countless fleshy, stalactite-like pituitary glands hung from the ceiling, each ending in a gigantic, eyeless eyeball that rotated in unison, staring at the intruders with venomous resentment. "This place... has been completely 'ecologized' by the 'Tower'," Lanze said hoarsely, surveying the nightmarish scene around him. "It has forcibly merged the First Director's technology with the island's own life force, creating its own 'biosphere'."

"There's no time to worry about what circle it is now!" Mo Fei shouted. "Lan Ce! Where's 'Cradle'?"

Lance quickly glanced at the tactical tablet in his hand. Fortunately, after entering the villa, the strong signal interference from the outside world decreased significantly. A clear 3D structural diagram of the villa's interior appeared on the screen.

“It’s on the third basement level! We need to find the main elevator that leads underground!” he said, pointing to the center of the lobby.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw a spiral staircase leading downwards in the very center of the hall. The staircase was neither gold nor wood, but rather a ghastly white, like bone. It stretched downwards, disappearing into the unseen depths of darkness.

However, just as they were about to head towards the staircase, huge, mouth-like slits suddenly appeared on the pulsating flesh walls around the hall without warning!

"hiss--"

Accompanied by hissing sounds like venomous snakes flicking their tongues, hideous creatures scrambled out of the cracks!
The creatures were not large, only about half a person's height, and resembled huge, skinned hunting dogs.

Their skin is an unhealthy waxy yellow, covered with constantly pulsating black blood vessels. The ends of their limbs are sharp bone blades like scalpels, and their heads have no facial features, only a round mouthpart filled with teeth as fine as shards of glass.

"It's the 'Tower's' 'immune system'!" Lancer exclaimed. "They are the 'white blood cells' of this biosphere! Responsible for clearing out all invading 'viruses'!"

Before the words were even finished, the dozens of biological hounds let out a series of piercing howls and transformed into streaks of yellow lightning, rushing madly towards the "viruses" from all directions!

"Protect the Bai language!"

An Mu shouted, and he, Lan Ce, and Lu Yueqi immediately formed a solid defensive formation with Mo Fei at the center, protecting Mo Fei who was holding Bai Yu tightly in the middle.

"Da da da da da!"

Anmu's assault rifle spat out angry tongues of fire once more, each bullet striking a biological hound precisely in the head. The bullets exploded into clumps of green, viscous fluid on the sallow skin, but failed to inflict fatal damage. The monsters merely paused slightly before lunging forward again with even greater speed.

"Om-"

The sonic jammer in Lancer's hand released rings of invisible sound waves. The biological hounds visibly slowed and became disoriented the moment they came into contact with the sound waves. But they quickly adapted to the interference, shaking their heads before regaining their ferocity.

"boom!"

Lu Yueqi's mental shock sedation gun fired. A beam of icy blue light struck a beast hound that had lunged at her precisely. The monster's body was instantly covered in thick frost, and it crashed heavily to the ground. But just two seconds later, the frost shattered with a "crack," and the monster roared as it rose to its feet, though its movements were slower than before.

There were just too many of these things! And they were fearless and utterly ruthless!

"This won't do!" An Mu roared as he changed magazines. "We'll be worn down and killed here! We have to find a way to break through!"

"give it to me!"

Mo Fei, who had been protected in the center, suddenly let out a deafening roar. He carefully handed the unconscious Bai Yu to Lu Yueqi beside him.

"Girl! Take good care of him!"

After saying that, his eyes turned bloodshot with fighting spirit, and he stared intently at the bone-white spiral staircase leading underground.

"Get out of my way, all of you!"

His massive body stood tall and straight, and a burst of energy so violent it made the air tremble erupt! On the blades of the two high-frequency battle axes in his hands, blue lightning surged to nearly a meter long in an instant, like two giant blue lightsabers.

He abandoned all defense, gathering all his strength and transforming into an unstoppable war machine, launching a desperate charge towards the staircase!

"Whirlwind!"

He was like a spinning top, with two huge light axes forming an impenetrable blue death storm around him!
All the biological hounds that tried to approach him were instantly cut into a shower of green juice and broken limbs in the face of that terrifying storm of death, just like rotten meat caught in a meat grinder!
Mo Fei, with his ferocious power, cleared a bloody path through the sea of ​​monsters for his teammates behind him to the stairs!
"Hurry up!" His voice was hoarse from the exertion.

An Mu and Lan Ce no longer hesitated. They immediately flanked Lu Yueqi, who was supporting Bai Yu, and followed closely behind Mo Fei's violent blue whirlwind, rushing towards the bone-white spiral staircase!

They finally reached the stairwell.

Mo Fei also stopped spinning. He leaned against the stair railing, panting heavily. His sturdy combat suit was covered with deep wounds inflicted by the monsters' bone blades before they died, and blood was constantly seeping out of the wounds.

"Hurry up... get down..." he urged.

An Mu nodded, and he led Lan Ce and Lu Yueqi, who was supporting Bai Yu, down the strange bone-white spiral staircase into the unknown darkness.

Mo Fei stood like a gatekeeper, holding two axes and guarding the stairwell to cover their retreat.

The staircase was long, seemingly endless. They had no idea how long they had been descending. The surrounding walls were no longer pulsating flesh, but had transformed into a bony structure like the ribs of some enormous creature. The stench of blood in the air grew even stronger.

Finally, they stepped onto the last step.

What unfolded before them was an underground dome space that was far larger than they could have imagined.

This space resembles a giant, hollowed-out cave. At the center of the cave is a massive circular pit with a diameter exceeding fifty meters. At the bottom of the pit, countless thick, neuron-like, translucent energy conduits extend from the surrounding rock walls, eventually converging on a giant sphere suspended in the very center of the pit. This sphere is composed of pure energy light.

The sphere of light, like a slowly breathing embryo, pulsed with alternating light and shadow, each pulse radiating an energy ripple filled with "rules" and "order" throughout the entire island.

Inside that sphere of light, one could vaguely see a curled-up human figure, sleeping like an infant.

“That…that is…” Lan Ce said in a dry voice, looking at the magnificent yet bizarre scene before him.

"……'cradle'."

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