Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 269: Chapter 125: Rescue

Li Yelai lifted the doll horizontally and walked towards the biomass blood river.

The doll was really light, her body soft as if boneless.

Li Yelai’s palms dared not exert too much force, fearing that he might leave scars on the frail girl’s body.

And the doll instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck, listening to the rhythmic beating of his heart by her ears, as if it were a pleasant musical movement. She could feel his warm breath, his strong arms, and his cautious protection.

This caused a slight flush to appear on her originally pale face.

She swept her gaze over Li Yelai’s body, and seeing that his stride was steady and his arms strong, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn’t know if it was because of a nightmare.

She had once seen Li Yelai covered in wounds, with twisted and broken limbs.

Now it seemed, Li Yelai was safe. That was good.

The doll thought, however...

She quietly poked at the tattered lamellar armor on Li Yelai’s body with her fingertips.

Li Yelai’s lamellar armor had already been severely damaged in the previous Shattering Star Spear operation.

Later, it was penetrated by the tentacles of the Insect Master, and had long been shattered.

But it still stubbornly clung on his body, now even separating him from the doll.

”If only there wasn’t this armor in the way,” the doll’s mouth curved downwards again.

Li Yelai didn’t notice the doll’s little secret thought but set her down by the biomass blood river, saying, ”This smells a bit strange, but it seems to have a fast recovery effect for strength.”

”Um, this should be the purest biomass secreted by the Insect Master... also the raw material for the Insect Master to create the Insect Swarm. Theoretically, it has high nutritional value. It seems the earlier collapse caused some of the biomass to flow into here,” the doll said, hesitating as she looked at the blood river.

Then she scooped up some of it in her palm and cautiously took a sip. Her careful demeanor looked quite adorable.

And the pale red liquid slid from her lips, trickling down her fair neck into her clothes, inadvertently revealing a sense of desecration.

Li Yelai averted his gaze, asking, ”How do you feel?”

As the biomass from the blood river was consumed, the color visibly returned to the doll’s face.

Even the internal injuries caused by the previous battle were gradually showing signs of easing.

”Not only does it restore strength, but it seems to even have healing effects,” the doll stood up and looked toward the blood river extending into the deep pit, her mouth slightly open, ”There’s... so much of it! Did we just happen to fall into the area where the Insect Master stores its biomass?”

This was rare indeed, as since being swallowed by the Disaster Fog, it had been difficult for officials to obtain pure biomass from the Insect Swarm.

Now, with so much pure biomass, many severely injured humans could be saved.

If the officials research it, they might even develop an extraordinary medicine with exceptional effects. This would greatly increase the survival rate of Processors.

In fact, the doll’s guess was very close to the truth. This place was indeed an emergency reserve the Insect Master had prepared for its resurgence. There was already a significant amount of biomass stored inside some of the Insect Swarms here.

According to the Insect Master’s original plan, it was to use these Insects and biomass to rise again.

Unfortunately, calamity came, and the curse of ”You Must Meet Strong Enemies” completely destroyed its last resort.

At that time, it probably still held the belief of ’with seventeen cards, can you defeat me in an instant?’ But then, Mr. Shadow instantly defeated it.

Its capital for resurgence had now become the current biomass blood pool, now belonging to humans.

Calamity... Li Yelai suddenly realized.

Was his own curse from Mr. Shadow? Did Mr. Shadow have the means to manipulate fate?

Or was it that... this world was rejecting Mr. Shadow, hence the curse on Li Yelai?

’So, what exactly is Mr. Shadow up to?’ Li Yelai pondered inwardly. Was there something special about himself? Or was it that Mr. Shadow chose his trade partners based on certain criteria?

And the doll drank some more from the biomass blood pool, the liquid healing her internal injuries and improving her physical condition.

Once her strength was restored, she immediately started meditating, and through the Soul Well, she began to recover her spiritual energy.

And used projection in the Void Realm.

This would notify all Spiritual Ability Users within a certain range.

This was a unique communication method for the Spiritual Ability Users.

Of course, if they were unlucky, it could also attract Void Realm Creatures, so Spiritual Ability Users often did not randomly call out in the Void Realm.

’Requesting assistance...’ The girl’s soft voice echoed in the Void Realm.

After the girl’s voice transmission, Li Yelai felt the ground tremble slightly. He didn’t know what had happened.

”Doll, does your projection not get affected by the curse?” Li Yelai asked.

”Projection is the manifestation of our Spiritual Ability Users’ power in the Void Realm, so naturally it is also affected by the curse,” the doll opened her eyes and said to Li Yelai, ”What’s the matter?”

”Then... when you call out using the projection...” Li Yelai asked, ”Will your teammates also be affected?”

”Um... Spiritual Ability Users with High-level Perception might be able to block some of it,” the doll said somewhat sheepishly, tucking her hair behind her ear, ”It might indeed scare our comrades, but they can also locate my position.”

In fact, what Li Yelai had just heard as a soft and gentle female voice.

To other Spiritual Ability Users in the Void Realm, that was nothing less than the Ravings of a Demon God!

Unable to comprehend the meaning, they were overwhelmed by a terrible sense of fear.