Livestreaming Forbidden Zone: Starting with a Qilin Tattoo Terrifies the Entire Internet

"when--!"

A sharp clang of metal striking metal made Jiang Han's hand go numb.

There was no blood splattering.

There was no tearing or bleeding.

The black gold ancient sword in Jiang Han's hand was as if it had struck a high-strength alloy steel plate, and was forcefully bounced back three inches!

No red blood flowed from beneath the skin cut by the blade.

Instead, a silvery-white, viscous, heavy liquid was slowly seeping out.

mercury.

No, it's a living metal even more bizarre than mercury.

"Hmm..."

Jiang Han groaned, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.

pain.

It wasn't the pain of having flesh cut open, but the excruciating pain of having molten iron poured into the bone marrow.

This is hardly poisoning.

This is clearly turning his entire body into a terracotta warrior!

【warn!warn! 】

Carbon-based cells are dying on a large scale!

[Silicon-based virus invasion detected! Irreversible metallization replacement is occurring in your right calf!]

[Current metallization progress: 10%......12%......]

The system's red pop-up window flashed wildly on my retina, the bright red countdown like a death knell.

"I was careless."

Jiang Han looked at her calf, which was rapidly turning gray and hardening.

Instead of dripping, the silver liquid at the wound site wriggled around the edges like sentient insects, rapidly weaving layers of fine metallic patterns.

In the blink of an eye, the wound he had just made with his knife healed on its own.

Just like the liquid metal body of the Terminator T-1000.

However, this "healing" brings not vitality, but a despairing stillness.

He had lost feeling in his ankle.

That stiffness was spreading upwards along the shinbone, all the way to the knee.

"Amputation?"

This thought flashed through Jiang Han's mind.

But he rejected it the next second.

At this rate of spread, by the time he cuts off his leg, the virus will have already flowed into his heart through his bloodstream.

and......

What's the difference between losing a leg in this godforsaken place and committing suicide?

"Thump...thump...thump..."

Just then, a dull, rhythmic tapping sound suddenly came from behind him.

The sound wasn't loud, but in the deathly silent hall, it felt like a direct blow to the top of one's head.

Jiang Han turned around abruptly.

The source of the sound was the Yanzhou Cauldron, which he had just suppressed with his jade seal.

Was the monster he kicked back imitating him?

No.

Not that red fleshy ball.

The fleshy mass was screaming just now; it couldn't possibly be making that mechanical sound.

"Sizzle..."

A static-like crackling sound rang out.

Jiang Han activated the [Golden Eyes].

In his field of vision, two red dots slowly emerged from the shadow of the giant cauldron's mouth.

scarlet.

Icy.

There was no emotional fluctuation from any living being.

Those are... optical sensors.

"Click, click."

With a crisp sound of gears meshing, the thing finally revealed its true form.

It was a head that looked like a fox, or perhaps some kind of reptile.

But it has no fur.

Half of its face was rotten, blackened flesh, while the other half was pieced together from various bronze scraps, gears, and unidentified metal pipes.

It's like a piece of trash that was randomly stitched together by a mad scientist.

It tilted its head, its scarlet electronic eyes fixed on Jiang Han's leg that was changing color.

His eyes were filled with greed, and a kind of...

The way they look at trash.

[Ding! S-rank illustration triggered!]

[Target: Qin Mausoleum Cleaner (Codename: Scavenger-09)]

[Attribute: Semi-mechanical creature/Engineering beast]

[Function: Specifically responsible for the collection and disposal of "defective products" and "dregs" from failed experiments.]

[Note: In its eyes, you are now just a piece of parts that is about to be scrapped.]

Street cleaner?

Jiang Hanqi laughed.

So this thing thinks it's trash?

"You want to take me back?"

Despite the excruciating pain in his leg, Jiang Han used one hand to support himself and slowly stood up.

"Then let's see if your teeth are strong enough!"

"roar--!"

The Qilin bloodline within him sensed the provocation and instantly boiled over.

A surge of intense heat rushed to his right leg, forcefully colliding with the cold, metallic virus.

"Sizzle!"

White smoke was coming out of his calves.

The intense pain from alternating hot and cold caused the veins on Jiang Han's forehead to bulge.

But he didn't utter a single sound.

Instead, by using this explosive force, his body was like a taut bow, instantly shooting out!

You can't fight here.

The terrain here is too open, and who knows how many monsters are hidden inside that cauldron.

We must enter the passage!

The terrain there is narrow, which is advantageous for individual combat!

"Whoosh!"

Jiang Han's figure blurred into a streak as he rushed straight towards the entrance of the passage on the left.

Even with half a stiff leg, his speed was still astonishing.

The mechanical fox lying on the mouth of the cauldron paused for a moment.

I've never seen such a robust "defective product" before.

"Wow—wow—"

It opened its mouth, which was full of serrated metal teeth, and let out an extremely eerie cry, like that of a baby crying.

That's a signal.

It is calling to its companions.

next second.

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss!"

A dense rustling sound came from all directions of the main hall.

It felt like countless metal claws were scratching at the wall.

Jiang Han felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

Even without looking back, you can tell that this place has stirred up a hornet's nest!

He gritted his teeth, lowered his body, and slid into the dark passage like a cannonball.

I had just gone in.

Immediately afterward, a loud "bang" was heard.

The scavenger-09 slammed heavily onto the spot where he had just been standing.

Its sharp claws dug six deep scratches into the hard bronze ground.

If Jiang Han had been even half a second slower, he would already be disemboweled.

"Wait there!"

Jiang Han turned around and cursed, then ran wildly into the depths of the passage without looking back.

The passageway was pitch black.

Only the spotlight on his tactical helmet cut a path of light through the darkness.

however.

Just as he had run less than twenty meters...

A stone brick underfoot suddenly sank slightly by one centimeter.

"Click".

To Jiang Han, that soft sound was nothing short of a death knell.

organ!

And it's... a chain reaction!

......