There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 974 - 783: Maybe It Could Produce Antibodies, Who Knows_2

"Maybe looking at it a few more times will create antibodies."

"..."

Los was struck speechless.

Xu Shuo rubbed his forehead.

He thought back to the moment he stepped into the abnormal zone, he seemed to have seen something, yet now he couldn’t recall what it was.

His perception had already deviated in that instant.

Everything that had just happened was merely an illusion born from his consciousness, none of it had actually occurred.

Thinking of this, Xu Shuo suddenly felt something was off.

He should be slightly taller than Los.

But why was he now gazing up at him?

Xu Shuo abruptly realized something. He lowered his head to look at himself, and there he saw a white long-sleeve blouse, a black ballet skirt, and a pair of black leather shoes underfoot.

It was Qiuzi’s appearance...

Los said from the side: "Conflict within one’s spiritual consciousness manifests on the physical body. Those illusions were actually real experiences in your consciousness. If you immerse yourself in that darkness, your vessel will transform into a vessel for the darkness."

Xu Shuo pondered as he heard this: "Transform into that kind of creature?"

Los nodded.

"Let me take another look, then."

As he spoke, Xu Shuo turned his head toward the budget marketplace.

Los quickly stepped sideways to block his view.

At this moment, Los appeared unusually serious: "This isn’t the kind of thing you can build antibodies against by looking at it a few more times. You’ve already been contaminated once, and your spiritual power hasn’t recovered yet. Looking again will immerse you even faster than last time."

Xu Shuo looked up at him.

Then paused.

He withdrew his Character Card and gazed down at him: "Normally, how long can an average person hold out?"

"A Level Four Abyss corresponds to a Level Four player; lower-level players might last only a few seconds." Los said.

"But you said I lasted a minute just now."

"Your spiritual power is relatively strong."

"Do you believe that, if you hadn’t helped me earlier, I could’ve lasted even longer?"

"I believe."

"..."

Los’s firm response left Xu Shuo unable to retort.

Thinking of this.

Xu Shuo altered his phrasing: "I have a friend who’s probably still in there; I have to figure out a way to bring him out. After all, things in the real world still require him to liaise with the officials; he’s among the few high-level players in this world, and leaving him stuck here would be a waste."

Los froze momentarily upon hearing this.

Xu Shuo continued: "I understand that Authority Holders in your Script Space generally don’t intervene in matters of other worlds, so you’re not obligated to solve this Abyssal contamination. But I live in this world, so isn’t this my responsibility?"

After hearing this.

Los looked at him with an odd expression: "That may be true, but I don’t think you’re someone who feels that sort of obligation."

Such righteous words!

So noble and virtuous!

Feeling the complete lack of emotional fluctuation from the young man.

And listening to his magnanimous speech.

Los could only retort silently: You said so much, but you just want to take another look!

As he was thinking this.

Xu Shuo suddenly turned his gaze upward!

——

The budget marketplace was not a marketplace at all.

Its vast, bloated body was pitch-black and contorted into a form beyond description.

Chaotically arranged red eyeballs protruded all over its mass, while black tendrils writhed madly within the eyes, each tipped with fanged mouths that resembled twisting ancient larvae.

At first glance, it induced immediate physical discomfort.

The dark matter on its body was unnervingly chaotic.

Although all the darkness appeared similar, it felt distinctly different from ordinary Abyss Creatures. In an instant, his mind was flooded with ringing sensations.

A deafening buzzing filled his brain.

After seeing it.

Xu Shuo’s gaze was forcibly drawn to the top section of the monster’s body.

At the apex of its massive form, a dark red vortex spun, exuding an irresistible pull that left him unable to avert his eyes.

Whoosh——

…

Xu Shuo opened his eyes.

Before him lay a vast black sea.

Above, the sky was dark red, with oppressive, roiling clouds spiraling into a vortex, as though brewing a tempest—its stifling aura inching closer.

This doesn’t seem to be Earth anymore?

Spatial disarray?

As Xu Shuo puzzled over this, he glanced down, realizing that he wasn’t aboard a ship. His feet were directly planted on the undulating seawater.

But the soles of his shoes felt sticky, as if glued to the ocean surface and locked in place.

At this moment.

A massive wave surged in the distance, rushing toward him at breakneck speed!

Xu Shuo snapped to attention. Unable to free his shoes using spiritual power, he instinctively prepared to escape using his "Dark Stealth" ability.

Yet the next moment.

As though aware of some unknown force.

Xu Shuo suddenly abandoned the idea of plunging into darkness to flee, instead unleashing his most potent ability—Alpha!

But as the Alpha Character Card activated.

The depletion of his spiritual power left Xu Shuo in shock.

Why was his spiritual power so low?!

Oh right, before coming to Peace Street, he’d gone to Shengcheng Garden to rescue Pei Sheng, which had already consumed a significant amount of spiritual power.

So...

No way!

How could his spiritual power be this low?!

As Xu Shuo wrestled with confusion, the towering black wave came crashing down!

Despite the nagging sense that something was amiss, the imminent threat left no time for further deliberation. Xu Shuo immediately deployed all his spiritual power to erect a barrier.

In the next moment, the force of the wave swept him off his feet, sending him adrift like a fragile leaf in the black sea’s tumult.

Soon.

Cracks began to form in the spiritual barrier.

Xu Shuo’s expression grew tense.

To make matters worse, the massive crimson vortex above churned violently, a gigantic black hand with scarlet claws extending from its depths, aiming for the helpless Xu Shuo drifting on the waves!

Its speed was unnervingly fast, as if driven by some urgent resolve.

Almost as soon as Xu Shuo grasped the situation.

"Boom!"

The gigantic black hand slammed down hard.

Its grip penetrated the deep sea, sending geysers of water sky-high as Xu Shuo was pressed to the seabed by its force.

Surrounded on all sides by its closing fingers, escape was impossible, and his spiritual barrier was on the verge of collapse.

As Xu Shuo’s frame was about to be engulfed by the hand.

Suddenly, a golden-red light tore through the dark seabed.

Simultaneously.

Xu Shuo’s spiritual power conjured three stars before him.

"Huh?!"

From the void, a puzzled voice seemed to echo.

The three stars created by his spiritual power positioned themselves—two aligned vertically on opposite ends, one centered higher between them.

Resembling an arch bridge.

Or like the lines of a tightly shut eye.

As the stars connected.

A green jade eye suddenly opened in the void.

Its gaze was cold and hollow, yet shimmering with a starlit brilliance, encompassing all truths of existence—untainted, transcendent, and absolute.

Under its divine scrutiny.

The black hand pinning Xu Shuo evaporated instantly.

But as if exhausted, the green jade eye swiftly deteriorated into specks of starlight, vanishing like the fleeting bloom of an ephemeral flower within the dense black sea.

Xu Shuo groaned faintly, his already depleted spiritual power thoroughly exhausted.

His consciousness began to waver; though the hand was dealt with, he could only let himself sink deeper into the abyssal waters.

However, just then.

A hand seemed to lift him from the depths of the sea.

Whoosh——

…

Los swiftly caught the young man as he collapsed.

Seeing Xu Shuo unconscious and asleep, his expression froze in mild astonishment.

Detecting anomalies during only the second exposure.

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And... mastering the technique to summon the "Eye of Truth" without ever formally studying Star Guild’s abilities—merely by observing others use it.

Such astounding talent?

But is your talent misplaced?

You had to go and study the Fifth Palace’s nonsense?!

Los suddenly felt a tightness in his chest.

He sighed, preparing to carry Xu Shuo out of the Abyss Domain. But just as the spiritually exhausted young man lost consciousness, he immediately regained awareness.

The speed at which he awoke caught Los completely off guard.

"Wait."

Xu Shuo spoke lowly.

Los sighed helplessly: "Are you still planning to try again?"

Xu Shuo was about to respond.

Los exhaled and continued: "At your current spiritual level, you won’t make it through a third attempt. The Abyss here has already locked onto you; if you continue, even I may not be able to pull you out. If you truly want to save that friend, I can assist you later."

Upon hearing this.

Xu Shuo paused, remaining silent for the time being.

In truth, what he’d originally intended to say was — Put me down, I’ll walk on my own.

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