Chapter 215 - 140: Ratman Big Sister

Chapter 215: Chapter 140: Ratman Big Sister

Under their furious assault, the mutated giant rats on the field were slaughtered in a matter of minutes.

As far as the eye could see, the ground was littered with rat carcasses.

The once-pristine green lawn was now either charred black from the intense heat or soaked crimson with rat blood, pockmarked with craters.

"That was an easy slaughter."

A smug smile touched the corners of Wu Jiahao’s lips as he looked at the other four. "I just killed a total of 1,024 rats. What about you guys?"

Liu Yue rolled her eyes at him. "Who’s as bored as you? Counting every rat you kill?"

Wu Jiahao laughed. "Look at you getting all defensive. You must have killed the fewest."

"Dumbass."

Liu Yue gave up on communicating and chose to curse him out directly.

Wu Jiahao loved to show off, but his temper was better than most people’s. Or perhaps, his tolerance for women was higher. He didn’t bicker with Liu Yue.

He turned to Gu Qing and asked curiously,

"How many rats did you kill?"

"I didn’t count."

Gu Qing replied flatly.

Wu Jiahao was very pleased with this answer. His back straightened, and he deliberately lowered his voice. "Another one who ’didn’t count.’ Looks like you didn’t kill as many as I did, either."

Gu Qing couldn’t be bothered to deal with the show-off and walked straight toward the deep pit up ahead.

Xia Shuran followed close behind him, her grip on the Dragon Spear in her hand tightening unconsciously as she walked.

Worried that danger lurked near the pit, she was prepared for a fight to break out at any moment.

Seeing this, Zhao Chuan, Wu Jiahao, and Liu Yue followed them toward the deep pit.

Moments later.

All five of them now stood at the edge of the deep pit, peering down into its depths.

The pit was terrifyingly large.

Its diameter was at least ten meters by visual estimate.

The hole was extremely deep.

Looking down,

one could only make out the charred and pitted rock walls of the upper section.

The dirt on the walls was mixed with fragments of rat carcasses.

Bits would occasionally rustle and fall into the darkness below.

No echo returned.

Further down, a layer of murky, yellow-green gas obscured the view.

It was impossible to see through the mist, making it impossible to tell how deep the pit really was.

But if they listened closely, they could faintly hear a soft, rustling sound coming from the depths.

It was mixed with the faint grinding of teeth.

The sound drifted eerily up through the layer of yellow-green gas.

The sounds were numerous and jumbled, making it impossible to gauge how many more mutated giant rats were lurking in the depths, or what other dangers lay hidden below.

"Senior, I’m feeling a little dizzy..."

Xia Shuran’s steps faltered. She reached out a hand to steady herself on Gu Qing’s arm, her voice weak.

Yellow-green gas was continuously wafting out from the depths of the pit.

It carried a pungent, rotten stench.

The gas drifted slowly toward the five people standing at the edge of the pit.

Xia Shuran had inhaled a fair amount of it. Gradually, her throat began to tighten, her eyes stung, and her head grew heavy. She felt awful.

Hearing her say she was dizzy, Zhao Chuan, who was standing nearby, immediately took out a bottle of light blue potion and walked over to hand it to her.

"You’ve inhaled too much of the rat toxin. Drink this antidote, it will help."

"Thank you."

Xia Shuran took the potion and, without a second thought, uncapped it and drank it down.

The moment the liquid entered her mouth, it transformed into countless streams of cool energy, rushing through her body to neutralize the invading rat toxin.

Within seconds.

Xia Shuran, who had just been dizzy and disoriented, felt her head clear significantly. The discomfort subsided.

"Brother Chuan, can I get one of those antidotes too? It’d be good to have one on hand," Liu Yue said to Zhao Chuan.

Zhao Chuan shook his head. "I can’t. I had to trade points for this antidote. It’s precious and rare, so I can’t just hand them out."

Hearing this, Xia Shuran, standing nearby, immediately and considerately spoke up. "Brother Chuan, how much is the antidote I drank worth? Let me pay you back for it now."

"That’s not necessary."

Zhao Chuan smiled. "I’m not that stingy."

He then added, "But I don’t have much of this antidote in stock, not enough for everyone to have one on hand. I can only give it to someone after they’ve been poisoned."

Liu Yue was confused. "This antidote is so effective. Why didn’t headquarters give one to each of us?"

Zhao Chuan explained, "It was only developed a few days ago. The stock is extremely low, so it’s very difficult to equip everyone with one."

Liu Yue was annoyed. "No matter how small the supply, it can’t be impossible to equip us, right? We’re about to face the Rat God Cultists. At the Night Court Level, who could possibly need this antidote more than we do?"

"Actually, there are."

Zhao Chuan paused, then continued, "Hai City is a huge place. Rat God Cultists aren’t just hiding here at Hai University; they have a presence in almost every district."

"Relatively speaking, the Rat God Cultists here at Hai University are on the weaker side."

"Some of the more powerful Rat God Cultists can reach the High-Level tier in Biological Level. Their methods are numerous and bizarre, making them incredibly difficult to deal with."

Zhao Chuan continued, "Our colleagues who are fighting those more powerful Rat God Cultists clearly need this antidote more than we do. That’s why headquarters didn’t supply us."

’There are other, even more powerful Rat God Cultists?’

’Like that man in the Rat Head Mask from the other night?’

’I wonder what level the strongest Rat God Cultists are...’

As he was thinking, Gu Qing looked at Zhao Chuan and asked,

"Brother Chuan, what’s the strongest Rat God Cultist you’ve ever seen? Just how powerful are they?"

"The strongest Rat God Cultist I’ve ever seen... their power is probably on par with one of our Night Court’s Deputy Captains," Zhao Chuan replied.

Hearing this, Wu Jiahao scoffed, his eyes filled with contempt. "In that case, the Rat God Cult is pathetic. Their strongest members are only Vice Captain Level? My verdict: completely lame."