Chapter 281: Bloody Meatball
The ceiling above the corridor in the teaching building was a very ordinary white plaster wall, which wouldn’t be completely pitch black at night, but inevitably appeared somewhat hazy.
But that was under normal circumstances.
At this moment, Lu Bai unintentionally looked up, and was shocked to discover several vein-like shadows on the corridor ceiling.
Following the direction of the “veins” spreading, it was easy to judge that these veins came from that office.
It must be praised that even facing such a sudden change of circumstance, Observer Chen’s hand remained so steady, ensuring that the audience in the livestream room could see the clearest and most stable screen.
Unfortunately, the host in the livestream room had never seen such a scene and completely forgot to explain.
“It’s coming out! It’s coming out!”
“Where?”
“No, the anomaly seems to still be in that office.”
“Why is there a construction worker inside?”
In this situation, netizens didn’t really need the host’s explanation either, all quietly staring at the screen, with even the bullet comments becoming sparse.
Lu Bai blinked his eyes, turned his head to look at the construction worker, and suddenly asked, “What’s inside?”
From the feel of it, this anomaly seemed to be the type with an entity, at least he didn’t sense yin energy like that of the red-clothed female ghost or drowned ghost in it.
The construction worker didn’t freeze, but also didn’t turn to look at Lu Bai, clearly not daring to be distracted, afraid that the moment he turned his head, the anomaly in the office would rush out and kill him.
They had come as a group, and now only he remained as the lone survivor.
If not for his quick reaction, he probably would have already fallen in with his companions.
Seeing no reply from the other, Lu Bai hesitated for a moment, then stepped toward the office.
The corridor wasn’t narrow, and this was the second floor, so whether jumping down or climbing along the railing, evacuation would be easy, giving a strong sense of security.
The construction worker who had escaped to outside the office watched wide-eyed as Lu Bai casually walked past him to the office entrance like nothing was wrong.
His eyes involuntarily widened: “You… exactly?”
He was a bit dumbfounded.
Could it be that this guy was really sincerely helping the native eliminate the anomaly?!
But Lu Bai had no time to pay attention to this death fighter now; his attention was completely drawn to the monster in the office.
Yes, monster!
Before this, whether the old tour guide, red-clothed female ghost, or drowned ghost, these anomalies might have various strange aspects, but on the surface they still had a humanoid appearance.
However, the anomaly in this office was just a massive bloody meatball that filled the entire office.
Dozens of arms and legs were attached to the meatball’s surface in extremely irregular ways, along with densely clustered eyeballs gathered together.
The whole thing was like some evil creator forcibly mixing awkward substances together; just this appearance alone made one’s scalp numb.
The arms on the monster’s surface, like tentacles, began slowly wriggling toward Lu Bai.
Those vein-like flesh strips spreading from the ceiling to the corridor vibrated and detached.
The meat mountain’s form kept changing, but those dozens of scarlet eyeballs, no matter the changes, stared dead at Lu Bai.
As the meatball began to move, a thick fishy stench hit head-on.
Lu Bai frowned and retreated half a step: “This thing? What is it?”
He wasn’t an expert in this aspect; identifying anomalies still needed Captain Mao.
Seeing Lu Bai retreat, the meatball seemed to think he planned to escape, anxiously speeding up and emitting a roar of flesh and blood friction.
“Roar!!!”
Crack~
The wall by the office entrance gradually cracked under the squeeze of the bloody meatball, and with a boom, it directly collapsed.
The terrifying weight even pressed dense cracks into the corridor floor.
In a daze, it felt like the entire teaching building was shaking.
Lu Bai glanced back at the construction worker, his face still instinctively wearing a smile, looking quite relaxed: “You actually survived coming out of this thing’s mouth?”
He could tell from the limbs on the meatball’s surface that this flesh and blood was basically composed of missing students from the school and some construction workers.
Without accident, as long as it swallowed enough flesh and blood, the meatball’s size could continue to expand.
Hearing Lu Bai’s question, the construction worker’s eyelids twitched; he couldn’t quite understand Lu Bai’s thought process.
But if he wasn’t planning to run immediately, it seemed his only choice now was to temporarily cooperate with Lu Bai.
Based on this, though he felt a bit awkward, he still spoke: “This monster’s reaction isn’t fast; when I was bound by those flesh strips, I could still find an opportunity to break free.”
“Slow reaction?”
Lu Bai thoughtfully turned back: “Not awake yet? Or in growth period?”
Thinking of this, he pinched a talisman paper, flicked it onto the meatball with his finger, and quickly chanted an incantation.
The talisman paper emitted golden light in mid-air, sticking to the meatball like it had its own consciousness, clearly successfully performed.
But what he didn’t expect was that there seemed to be no effect at all.
An arm on the meatball’s surface swung twice and easily tore off the talisman paper.
Maoshan Daoism ineffective?
Seeing this, Lu Bai’s eyes narrowed slightly, instinctively continuing to retreat and widen the distance.
He wouldn’t assume Maoshan Daoism worked on all anomalies, but zero effect at all was a bit too absurd, wasn’t it?
Captain Mao, at the other end of the corridor with Observer Chen, carefully identified the meatball’s appearance, suddenly changed complexion drastically, and blurted out: “Could this be?!”
He forcefully swallowed a mouthful of saliva, finally recognizing this anomaly’s sequence, and shouted loudly: “Master Lu! Be careful! This is abomination!”
Sequence 27 abomination.
As mentioned before, sequence doesn’t represent an anomaly’s strength or weakness, but depends on the degree of threat to humanity.
Every anomaly in the top thirty sequences is an existence capable of easily slaughtering an entire city.
In the two years since anomalies descended, two million-person cities were destroyed by abominations.
The most troublesome aspect of abominations was their near-limitless growth ability and extremely exaggerated vitality.
As it swallowed more and more flesh and blood, the city it was in would completely turn into a dead city.
At the same time, a massive wave surged in the livestream room.
To know, to ensure civilian safety as much as possible, anomaly information wasn’t sealed, so many audience members in the livestream room, like Captain Mao, recognized this anomaly’s identity.
“No way?”
“That’s right! This is abomination!”
“We’re done for! I live in Keshishan City, how could it appear here?!”
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