Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 192: Chapter 91: Suppression

Their probing tore through the dead souls’ disguise.

They were too convincing, with ’Mom’ and ’Floating’ both identical to the ones in Li Yelai’s and Cheese’s memories, even in expression, tone, and habitual gestures. There was not a single flaw to be found.

Both Li Yelai and Cheese had, at some point, believed in their identities.

Because they were disguises constructed from their memories!

This Abnormality could read memories!

It reproduced people from the target’s memories perfectly, making it difficult for the target to see through the deception. Unless, of course, the target denied their own memories!

But it was precisely this that gave them away.

They could only search for answers within the target’s memories, and if something wasn’t in those memories, they had no way to respond.

Thus, ’Floating’ revealed a telltale flaw.

And once the disguise was torn away, both of their faces turned instantly cold.

”You’ve missed the only chance to reunite with your loved ones!” ’Floating’ said coldly, ”Since I can read your memories, I can become not just your deceased relatives but also the most terrifying monsters within them!”

However, for some reason, it couldn’t see parts of Li Yelai’s memories, which were shrouded in pitch-black fog and crimson light, preventing it from knowing the most terrifying beings within.

But it still had plenty of options.

So, in an instant, two figures ballooned and merged, becoming a huge Chaos Egg.

It swung its thick tentacles at the two of them.

As it moved, the cellar itself trembled.

And what met it was Li Yelai, transformed into the terrifying hot melt man!

He wielded the Big Black Umbrella, quickly twisting the ribs, and furiously shot hot melt at the Chaos Egg!

”Boom,” ”Boom,” ”Boom.”

The terrifyingly high temperatures capable of vaporizing metal were unleashed upon the Chaos Egg.

Rapidly depleting the Spiritual Barrier around the Chaos Egg, the heat even pierced through the Spiritual Barrier. The creature’s pale skin blistered with burns, pushing it into a staggered retreat.

Meanwhile, Cheese spoke into her Communicator on her wrist: ”The dead soul has transformed into a Chaos Egg, it has a Spiritual Barrier but not as strong as the original! It can be injured by hot melt!”

Quickly, someone in the Communicator responded, ”An Abnormality can construct a Chaos Egg from your memories?”

”That’s right, don’t send reinforcements; it will lead to even more dangerous enemies,” replied Cheese, seeing the end of the Chaos Egg, and quickly uttered, ”Speech Spirit·Mire!”

Ten meters away, the ground beneath the Chaos Egg trying to rise softened instantly, causing its heavy and massive body to quickly sink.

Li Yelai seized the chance to close in, dodging a sweeping tentacle strike and using Aerial Stepping to approach, directing the Big Black Umbrella towards the Chaos Egg’s head for another shot of hot melt!

The terrifying heat ultimately pierced its Spiritual Barrier, severely injuring the Chaos Egg’s head and upper jaw. The already grotesque head seemed as if it had been roasted, with blackened skin and blood steaming.

But it still did not die, instead emitting a painful shriek.

”Quite the survivor!” Li Yelai stepped on its severely injured head, shoved the umbrella tip into its mouth, and fired another shot of hot melt!

This time, the Chaos Egg, hit in the mouth, convulsed before vanishing into nothingness.

It seemed even monsters recreated from memories could die. Just that upon death, they left no corpse, depriving Li Yelai of the pleasure of desecrating their remains.

Daring to deceive him using ’Mom’, Li Yelai had to make it suffer more in death!

”Not nearly as powerful as the original!” Landing, Li Yelai took a new set of Hot Melt Ammunition from the backpack behind him and loaded them one by one into the umbrella ribs.

Cheese moved closer, guarding Li Yelai’s surroundings and said, ”If it were the original Chaos Egg, this amount of hot melt wouldn’t even scratch its Spiritual Barrier. You wouldn’t have had the chance to shoot it in the mouth. And we would have had to retreat. For us, it’s actually a good thing it’s not as strong as the original.”

On the other end, the East City Branch, having received the news, acted with extreme caution.

They immediately halted the Netherworld Train reinforcements, opting instead to wait at the perimeter.

From the current behavior of the ’dead soul’, it could mimic beings from the memories of those in a certain range.

Be it loved ones or monsters.

Although the creatures it mimicked were far less powerful than the originals, they remained sufficiently dangerous and troublesome.

Should Processors be sent to the scene for support, more dangerous beings might be mimicked.

Keep in mind, Processors dealt with all kinds of Abnormalities and Taboo Items, and should these beings be mimicked and even work together, the consequences were unimaginable.

”Even though this Abnormality has such a special ability, creating monsters from memories is not without cost!”

”Until now, it had been disguising as relatives, luring humans into the depths of the cellar. Combined with the reports from the Detective, this might be its hunting method!”

”Those trapped in the depths of the cellar could very well be its source of power. Night General, take them away, and the strength of the Abnormality will be greatly reduced!”

The Branch’s Communicator officers immediately delivered a barrage of supportive intelligence to Li Yelai.

And offered numerous suggestions.

In the office of the captain, Yang Chen and a former member of the first team had exceedingly grim expressions.

Because the characteristics of this Abnormality reminded them of the Disaster Fog they had once encountered.

Most of the Disaster Fogs eventually turned into Disaster Forbidden Zones.

But there were exceptions.

Such as Disaster Fog Number 49!

It was one of the rare active Disaster Fogs still in the Physical World. Small in scale, but exceptionally dangerous.