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Chapter 162 Tricky Silk Sub-Quest (Part 8)

Watching his fingers turn darker and darker, Yan Junze still waited, this time to see roughly how long it would take for the Dark Poison to completely infiltrate him.

About seven or eight minutes later, not only had both palms turned black, but even the parts above the elbows began to be overtaken by the Dark Poison.

This spread was slow, but as the Dark Poison spread, finally a hint of pain surfaced, signaling the start of muscle atrophy.

Another three minutes passed, and the Dark Poison had fully infected both arms, and it started to seep towards the indescribable areas below the neck, while also daringly covering the describable areas above the neck.

Advancing from both above and below, attacking simultaneously.

The sensation of muscles rapidly atrophying arrived, accompanied by pain that grew more and more intense.

While Yan Junze was timing this process, he had already formed a plan in his mind, but this plan could no longer be carried out by himself. Instead, he had to entrust it to the Lockdown strangeness.

Release Long-tongued Zhenzhen.

After Zhenzhen stood in front of him and saw Yan Junze's pitch-black hands, she jumped in fright and exclaimed, "What's with you... Have you switched to coal mining?"

Yan Junze didn't answer her but instead asked, "There's a male corpse in front of the Deadwater Pool in the tunnel, can you... go into his body?"

Zhenzhen's face showed fear, "You mean... a strangeness entering another strangeness?"

"Not exactly," Yan Junze thought for a moment and then added, "It's just a fully physically present corpse. It just happens to be able to move."

"That's the same as a strangeness entering another strangeness." Zhenzhen nodded, "As long as its level isn't higher than mine, I think I can do it. Only..."

"Only what?"

Zhenzhen's expression turned solemn, "After entering, I might be influenced by that strangeness's magnetic field and become quite confused for a while. As you say, there may be shifts in spirit or other changes. In any case, the influence is substantial, and I might cause you trouble."

"That's okay," Yan Junze shook his head, "I'm dying now, I need you to save me. As long as you can enter a strangeness, that's fine."

After thinking for a bit, he added, "This cave generates a peculiar suction affecting external strangenesses, but has no effect on the strangenesses that reside within it. Just now, the Crawler Monster was nearly sucked in."

Zhenzhen nodded, "The guy with the side-parting is far weaker than me, I think I can hold on until I find that male corpse."

"Good."

With that, Yan Junze immediately initiated a Rewind, rewinding to the moment before the Crawler Monster moved the second-to-last box.

He then withdrew the Crawler Monster and released Long-tongued Zhenzhen.

At this time, the tip of Yan Junze's right index finger was still normal, without any changes, but in less than ten minutes, his hands would be completely infected by the Dark Poison.

He didn't have much time left.

"Zhenzhen, there's a male corpse in this tunnel. As soon as you go in, immediately enter his body, then crawl into an Underground Space. Find a hole in the upper-left corner that has a lot of entangled silk threads and tear all those threads off. And keep looking, especially inside the hole, in case you see any other threads, tear them off as well."

Yan Junze said all this in one breath, not waiting for Zhenzhen to react, he added, "This tunnel will exert a suction on you; just resist until you find that male corpse, then going into his body won't affect you."

"Are you saying... a strangeness entering another strangeness?" Zhenzhen echoed in surprise, repeating what she had said earlier.

Yan Junze nodded, "I know it affects you, but if you don't help me now, I'll be done for soon. Go quickly, do exactly as I told you, and make sure you tear off all the silk threads. Once inside the tunnel, rush straight in until you find the male corpse and immediately enter his body."

Zhenzhen nodded, said nothing further, and extended her long tongue towards the wooden box blocking the entrance to the tunnel. With a loud bang, she sent the wooden box and everything inside, including the screws, flying.

Yan Junze felt nothing at that moment, but to Zhenzhen, the moment the box was opened, a sudden suction force arose in the tunnel, pulling her towards it uncontrollably.

At the same time, an inexplicable and eerie fear crept over Zhenzhen's entire body, causing her to shiver uncontrollably and blurt out, "Something's wrong, inside there is... there is... something very powerful..."

Yan Junze said, "There is indeed a very powerful strangeness, but it may be hiding under the second hole. You just need to not go in there and use that male corpse to complete the task I assigned to you. Remember, I will only wait for you for ten minutes. If you don't come back after ten minutes, I will think of other ways."

Implicit in his words was that if Zhenzhen, with her long tongue, could not return in ten minutes, chances were slim, and he would Rewind to try again.

Zhenzhen nodded, gave up resisting the force, and along with her innate ability for hovering flight, whooshed into the entrance of the tunnel and disappeared from sight.

Yan Junze watched the time on his phone, beginning the countdown.

Upon entering the tunnel, Zhenzhen did not need to crawl; she simply hovered forward, so in terms of speed, she was more than ten times faster than Yan Junze. Moreover, she did not need light in the darkness and could see things just as well.

In barely a minute's time, she reached the front of the Deadwater Pool, emitting a foul stench. Sure enough, a ragged-clothed male corpse was lying prone, with its feet still soaking in the pool.

As she delved deeper into the tunnel, that mysterious suction force became stronger for Zhenzhen. Hovering there, there was always a strong pulling force that seemed to direct her towards that passageway to the Underground Space. Explore more at empire

Desperately resisting, Zhenzhen saw the male corpse that Yan Junze referred to and almost without hesitation, she didn't think about what the subsequent strange possession would bring upon her. She darted towards the male corpse.

Just as she approached above the male corpse, the one lying on the ground moved slightly, as if it sensed something unusual, and lifted its head, revealing a rotten face that had decayed to the point where only the skull was left.

The next second, Zhenzhen entered its body.

The male corpse's body shuddered violently as if in resistance, followed by a series of intense shaking and struggling, emitting hoarse growls from its throat.

A moment later, the male corpse settled down, limbs stretched out. However, unlike Zhenzhen who could hover and fly, it supported itself on the rock walls on either side of the tunnel and quickly crawled toward the direction of the Underground Space.

Although she could no longer fly, Zhenzhen relied on the crawling speed of this being and soon reached the exit of the Underground Space.

Without any hesitation, Zhenzhen immediately jumped down.

After landing, she remembered that Yan Junze had told her that the second hole was in the farthest upper left corner here, so she ignored the other motionless corpses and quickly crawled toward the second hole.

But just as she crawled to the center of the Underground Space, a male corpse suddenly turned around and approached Zhenzhen rapidly.

Zhenzhen used the legs of the corpse to spring up, and her whole body took flight. At the same time, her almost ethereal tongue lashed out, striking the onrushing male corpse and sending it flying back.

However, that male corpse, with its chest already caved in, immediately got up after falling and approached her swiftly again.

By then, Zhenzhen had reached the hole entangled with a mass of Tricky Silk. Following Yan Junze's instructions, she did not use her own tongue but instead rapidly pulled out all of the Tricky Silk with the hands of this strangeness, not leaving a single thread behind.

The bodies standing behind her fell with a clatter, including the one that had lunged at her.

But she also remembered Yan Junze's requirement was not only to remove the silk of this place—there might be other silk threads in the hole that weren't removed cleanly, so she immediately controlled the body of the strangeness to stick its upper body into the hole.

Indeed, she saw two more bundles of Tricky Silk just inside the hole. Zhenzhen reached out to grab one bundle, about to pull it out, when.

The body suddenly shuddered violently, and the head that had extended in was grasped by a black hand, perfectly positioned on top of its head.

A scream emerged, not only the instinctive cry of the possessed body but also the piercing scream of Long-tongued Zhenzhen, mingled within.

From the outside of this hole, it could be seen that the body of the strangeness was abruptly dragged into the hole by a powerful force, followed by silence.