Time: Evening.
Lynn changed into his new combat suit in the attic, narrowed his eyes, and found a suitable knife from the operating room.
Left Hand was snoring loudly, bubbles forming and popping rhythmically from the mouth in its palm.
"Not good, I still don't have enough suitable equipment."
Lynn carefully searched through the empty shell of that flesh puppet, but still couldn't find the revolver and boning knife he had lost yesterday.
And judging from Left Hand's description, his biggest trump card, the Heart of the Faceless Demon, had probably already become part of this thing.
That meant...
His revolver and knife were most likely swallowed by it too.
Lynn frowned.
He glanced at his loudly snoring Left Hand that kept emitting "zzZ~" sounds."Should I search inside it?"
Lynn pondered.
Then he made a bold decision.
Putting on a mask and gloves, Lynn's lenses reflected light as he quietly extended his right hand and gently pried open a gap in Left Hand's mouth.
He thought for a moment.
Whoosh—
A slender tentacle instantly sprouted from his shoulder.
Then, under Lynn's careful control, he guided the tentacle that had emerged from his calamity transformation and cautiously extended it into Left Hand's mouth.
Hmm!
Strange!
It seemed this mutant really wasn't that simple.
Although it appeared to be growing on his body, it actually likely had its own special internal structure.
Lynn felt his way through, closing his eyes and sensing carefully.
Finally.
Reaching the deepest part unimpeded.
Lynn's tentacle immediately touched many indescribable, undigested chunks of meat and mechanical tissue.
"It seems the tissue of that monster it swallowed is right here."
Lynn contemplated.
Then he began repeatedly reaching in and pulling things out.
[Ding! You obtained Broken Core x1]
[Ding! You obtained Decayed Flesh Tissue x1]
[Ding! You obtained Demon Hunter Revolver x1]
[Ding! You obtained Bloodsaw's Boning Knife x1]
Lynn's eyes lit up.
Found them!
Just as expected.
His guess was correct—both of his equipment pieces had been eaten by this mutant.
Whoosh—
Lynn retracted his tentacle, sneering at the sticky revolver and knife.
Click—
Safety off.
Not even slightly damaged!
After all, they were legendary-grade items—how could they wear out so easily?!
He was finally complete again!
Then his gaze shifted, looking at Left Hand whose mouth was still propped open while it snored loudly.
Squelch—
The tentacle controlled by Lynn was instantly severed in two.
(((; ꒪ꈊ꒪; )))
[Ding! Host's HP decreased!]
"Gulp—"
Left Hand swallowed the tentacle in one gulp, saying with a fierce expression: "What are you doing?! What are you doing?!! Want to fight, huh?!"
Then it instantly saw the pile of sticky limbs and flesh tissue placed beside Lynn.
In that instant.
Left Hand was stunned.
Lynn reached out his hand, coughing and saying: "Listen to my explanation, I just wanted to find a few items you swallowed yesterday, I didn't mean to start a fight with you, really!"
Brief silence.
"......"
The next moment.
Clang clang clang clang—
Left Hand picked up the knife with a fierce expression and slashed wildly at Lynn, while Lynn had no choice but to raise his knife to block with a pained expression.
"Listen to my explanation! Give me a chance to explain!"
"Kill you! Kill you! (╬ Ò﹏Ó) Ata! Ata! How dare you steal food from the tiger's mouth! How dare you secretly pull out what I've eaten! You're finished! Kill you!"
Clang clang clang—
Approaching evening, after a brief period of peace, the two once again engaged in a life-or-death struggle.
But just at that moment, a system prompt instantly sounded in Lynn's ear.
[Ding! You triggered mission: Unpeaceful Night.]
[Mission objective]: Survive the search of three hunters, Reward: Skeleton Coins x1000, Basic EXP x1000
[Additional special mission objective]: Kill all hunters, Reward: Legendary special item x1, Legendary skill blueprint x1
[Mission description]: Nights in Wandering Souls Alley are turbulent with undercurrents. After last night's deadly battle, new dangers have been brewing. Mysterious hunters have come tracking like hounds. Please hide carefully...
Click—
Lynn forcefully pressed his knife, his expression instantly turning serious, saying:
"Quiet! Just as I thought, they're here!"
Whoosh whoosh—
The Soul Lamp outside the door flickered, then quietly dimmed.
This meant.
Night had fallen.
......
Wandering Souls Alley, black mist swirling.
"Target search... discovered Flesh Puppet Type 3 bloodstains... collecting samples..."
"Sample matching completed... initiating scene reconstruction..."
In the black mist, a monster with a human head and spider body raised its head, the eyeballs in its eye sockets instantly became bloodshot, then projected a bloody scene onto the ground.
In the projection, the bloody scene of the flesh puppet's final moments from last night appeared.
Clearly.
It had used special means to recreate yesterday's scene.
"Situation analysis... flesh puppet died from internal consumption and disintegration... information transmission completed..."
"Danger level assessment... A-grade... further investigation possible..."
Click click click—
The huge spider body slowly moved its massive abdomen, emerging from the black mist.
Behind this monster followed two other monsters that looked exactly like it.
Their sharp spider legs were like blades.
Each time they landed, they left terrifying marks on the ground.
......
At the same time.
Lynn held the revolver in his right hand, a tentacle extended from his shoulder holding the knife, his expression serious as he crouched on the roof beam like a cat.
With experience from last time, he no longer stayed close to the wall to avoid being ambushed through it.
"Zuo Zuo."
Lynn seriously released the safety, saying:
"You're agile, go squat guard above the door frame. We'll divide the work—later when someone comes in, we'll attack together. I'll use my tentacles to bind them, you directly bite and swallow them. Don't worry, this time's prey is all yours!"
Left Hand said with a fierce expression: "Don't call me Zuo Zuo! Do you think we're on good terms?!"
But it still silently elongated, spread its five fingers, and hovered above the door frame.
All around.
The four tentacles Lynn had extended were already prepared to strike at any moment.
Four tentacles were his limit.
But he was confident—after all, compared to yesterday, he now had a nasty helper that would eat anything.
And judging from the prompt, what was coming definitely wasn't a flesh puppet.
In that case, they stood a fighting chance!
Lynn narrowed his eyes.
Like a leopard in the night, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Time slowly passed.
Not sure how much time had gone by.
Then in the next moment, Lynn's pupils contracted as he instantly saw a figure slowly appear at the potion shop's entrance.
"Now!"
Lynn instantly shouted.
Without another word, tentacles shot out explosively, instantly wrapping around the figure on the spot.
Left Hand hidden above the door frame instantly expanded, opening its enormous bloody maw, and ferociously swallowed down.
"Ah wu—wu wu wu wu—"
Instantly, two panicked voices came from within the huge mouth.
Lynn froze.
Why did those voices sound somewhat familiar?