Sickly Girl Doesn’t Die in Zombie Simulator 244

Chapter 244: Memory Loss

Super-Sensory Hunt’s detection range was extremely wide. Within its expansive scope, Lin Jiayao saw the dense red lines of blood crystals in the dark depths.

And further out, a deep, profound blackness.

Lin Jiayao was very familiar with this area. She had even extracted here while controlling Mask, entering the body of that A-rank zombie.

A tiny snake, the size of a fingernail, swam towards her and pressed itself against Lin Jiayao’s forehead, even inserting the bone spurs on its back into A4’s frontal bone.

Although the wound quickly healed, the little snake was now firmly attached to Lin Jiayao’s forehead.

Maintain contact.

The Blue Serpent’s voice echoed in Lin Jiayao’s mind. Then, the giant Blue Serpent beside her exploded, splitting into countless smaller snakes that rapidly dispersed, advancing forward.

Was it starting already?

Lin Jiayao didn’t act immediately, but the black scale thrusters on her body were already preheated.

The scorching scales caused the surrounding seawater to boil, and a large amount of white smoke mixed with bubbles churned upwards towards the surface.

Under the watchful eye of Super-Sensory Hunt, Lin Jiayao saw a large number of blue serpents pounce on the wandering seabed zombies, starting a massacre.

In an instant, a large amount of dark blood gushed out, dyeing the surrounding sea area red. This action also enraged something that was seemingly farming the seabed zombies.

The Sea Urchin will release its offspring. You deal with them.

I’ll go pry the Sea Urchin.

The Blue Serpent’s voice echoed in Lin Jiayao’s mind again.

Before Lin Jiayao could even react to what “offspring” meant, several objects rushed towards them from the seabed.

Was that it?

They were several spiky balls, nearly twenty meters in size, their spikes of varying lengths, some even broken.

Like bowling balls, they rolled along the seabed, then bounced up as they reached the serpents below, smashing into the group.

Although the serpents reacted quickly, most dodging the attack, several, tens of meters long, were still impaled on the spiky balls.

The blue serpents instantly dissolved upon contact with the black spikes, turning into blue liquid.

And those “spiky balls” quickly split open in the center, revealing golden eyeballs within as they absorbed the liquid.

Highly toxic?

There was no time to think.

Seeing the spiky balls preparing to attack again, Lin Jiayao decisively activated her black scale thrusters, her body rocketing forward. She switched her consciousness the moment she launched herself.

In less than a second, she opened the system, opened the Hideout, entered the training ground, simulated a battle between A4 and the spiky balls, and then quickly switched her consciousness back.

By the time she returned, she was almost upon the spiky balls.

But they seemed to ignore Lin Jiayao.

The blue serpents seemed unable to deal with the spiky balls, simply dodging and then accelerating towards the A-rank’s main body.

As the spiky balls were about to give chase, the last one suddenly sensed a fluctuation behind it.

Instantly, its spikes retracted, converging on the point of detection. Just as they finished retracting, a bone blade slashed at them.

“Thump—”

The tremendous impact disturbed the sea surface, and the white smoke and bubbles from the flame ejection were swept aside by the shockwave.

Several of the outermost black spikes, clustered together, shattered, and the bone blade that struck them was broken in half.

Such hard armor!

Should she have let Mask come?

There was no time for regret. If this didn’t work, she could just descend with Mask next time. She still had chances to try.

The pain from the broken bone blade on her right arm was quickly suppressed by [Hunting Rhythm].

At the same time, catalyzed by [Hunting Rhythm], an extreme sense of excitement surged through Lin Jiayao, completely replacing the pain in her arm.

The broken bone spur regenerated, longer than before, even with black scales attached.

“Boom—!”

The black scales on Lin Jiayao’s shoulders and back fully opened, erupting with a terrifying roar, instantly creating four blue-violet flames behind her.

The moment the Mach ring formed, a large area of seawater behind Lin Jiayao was instantly vaporized, forming a giant, circular bubble.

This giant bubble elongated in the direction of the jet, forming an underwater Mach ring.

Lin Jiayao felt the blood crystals in her body burning, the skin on her back as if melting.

Like a fighter jet at supersonic speed, with a crazed smile brought on by [Hunting Rhythm], she directly blasted towards the gap created by the spiky ball’s retracted spikes.

“Boom—”

The black scales on Lin Jiayao’s bone sword also ejected flames, piercing straight into the spiky ball’s hard shell.

The moment the tip of the bone sword touched the spiky ball’s carapace, the bone sword began to shatter inch by inch, the pain transmitting to Lin Jiayao’s mind.

But under this extreme excitement, Lin Jiayao no longer felt pain.

This was the optimal combat state determined by Hunting Rhythm.

Lin Jiayao’s attack wasn’t in vain.

Under her fierce assault, a long, narrow crack appeared on the spiky ball’s shell, even revealing a glimpse of the golden light within.

Lin Jiayao didn’t pause. The broken bone blades on her hands instantly retracted, transforming from swords into claws.

The moment the terrifying claws formed, she plunged them into the crack, the backs of her hands pressed together.

Several mycelium tubes extended from her arms, piercing into her palms, frantically injecting blood crystal energy, strengthening the claws.

“Gurgle—!”

Lin Jiayao exhaled, the veins on her body bulging, her eyes scarlet.

All of this happened in an instant, and the spiky ball also began to struggle.

“Crack, crack, crack—”

Several black spikes around Lin Jiayao began to bend, stabbing towards her, piercing through her heart, head, and lungs.

For a moment, Lin Jiayao’s consciousness began to fade, but quickly, after a brief flicker, her once-dazed pupils quickly refocused.

She had already found a way to tear open the wound in the training ground simulation.

On her mutated, bloody hands, several black scales began to condense on the backs, pressed together, creating tiny gaps.

Within these gaps, the black scales opened, emitting scorching smoke.

“Boom—”

A loud explosion erupted from between Lin Jiayao’s hands. The force of the flame ejection, pushing against each other, tore two large fragments from the spiky ball, revealing the golden eyeball within.

And Lin Jiayao’s hands, unable to withstand the force, were ripped apart, her palms, arms, and shoulders separating.

But this was enough.

Her body battered, her consciousness fading, even her blood crystals rapidly dissipating, Lin Jiayao plunged her head into the torn opening and bit down on the golden eyeball.

“Chomp—”

The moment her teeth pierced the eyelid, she thrashed her neck, widening the wound.

A torrent of mycelium erupted from her mouth, spreading through the wound and into the eyeball, making the originally pure eyeball look like it was filled with blood vessels.

Lin Jiayao rapidly devoured the spiky ball’s eyeball, her missing arm regenerating, her wounds healing, and her depleted Blood Crystals replenishing.

“Crack—”

Raising her head, Lin Jiayao pulled out the black spikes still embedded in her body.

Clenching her fists, her newly regenerated, tender white hands mutated again, new bone blades erupting from her flesh.

The originally translucent white bone blades, after this devouring, now had black patterns, making them even harder.

And at the base of the bone swords, where they connected to her arms, half a golden eyeball had grown, rotating with her movements, as if giving the bone swords life.

As the now-inert spiky ball slowly sank to the ground, Lin Jiayao looked towards where it had been chasing the serpents.

Even though the battle had ended in an instant, the spiky balls were still relentlessly attacking the serpent swarm.

And in the distance, Lin Jiayao saw a dense swarm of spiky balls, their numbers overwhelming.

How long would it take to kill them all?

Be careful, the offspring are coming.

That wasn’t the “offspring” just now?!

Lin Jiayao gritted her teeth, almost cursing.

Lin Jiayao had originally thought that these spiky balls were the offspring, their relationship to the A-rank Sea Urchin similar to the previous A-rank and the Living Weapon.

But to Lin Jiayao’s surprise, these spiky balls seemed even weaker than the ‘offspring’—mere lackeys insignificant to the Blue Serpent…

Marked the offspring.

Perhaps because the little blue serpent was still attached to her forehead, a blue beam of light appeared amidst the chaotic lines in Lin Jiayao’s vision.

This beam of light didn’t turn into lines like the surroundings. It wasn’t something within Lin Jiayao’s field of vision, but a projection overlaid on her retina, visible only to her.

She definitely couldn’t fight on the main battlefield; even the spiky balls were difficult for her to deal with.

Whatever these “offspring” were, Lin Jiayao had to go and see.

“Boom—”

Lin Jiayao propelled herself forward at full speed, heading towards the location marked by the Blue Serpent.

As Lin Jiayao approached, the marked object, represented by black lines in her vision, finally came into view.

Lin Jiayao deactivated Super-Sensory Hunt for a second and looked in the direction indicated by the blue light.

The blue light marker disappeared as the object came into view.

Familiar…

A sense of déjà vu washed over Lin Jiayao.

Floating motionless on the sea surface was a giant, golden eyeball… Lin Jiayao had seen this massive eyeball, with black spikes at both ends, before, through Mask.

It was the eyeball that had observed Mask when Lin Jiayao was inside the A-rank’s body.

As if sensing Lin Jiayao’s approach, the eyeball abruptly turned, its gaze shifting from the serpent swarm to Lin Jiayao.

This time, with a clearer view, she finally saw the vertical pupil of the golden eyeball…

It wasn’t a pupil at all, but a mass of wriggling, brown worms, trapped within.

These worms crawled within the giant pupil, like countless maggots writhing inside a betel nut shell.

Wake up.

The moment the voice echoed in her mind, the terrifying golden eye in the distance vanished, and several brown worms, almost as tall as a person, appeared before Lin Jiayao.

As if teleporting, Lin Jiayao was now right in front of the golden eye’s pupil. It happened almost as fast as retrieving something from the Safehouse.

Teleportation???

No… it wasn’t teleportation. Lin Jiayao quickly glanced at the system time in the upper right corner. Five seconds had vanished from the countdown…

A chunk of her memory was missing, creating this illusion of teleportation.

Lin Jiayao, unable to dodge, crashed into the worm-filled pupil, her body passing through without resistance, entering the golden eyeball.

The moment she entered, the worms inside burst, transforming into a turbid brown substance that rushed towards Lin Jiayao’s forehead.

A mental attack?

The black scale nozzles on Lin Jiayao’s body instantly turned, aiming forward.

“Boom—”

A wave of heat and flames erupted before Lin Jiayao. She rapidly retreated, sharp bone spurs erupting from her elbows and stabbing at the eyeball behind her.

She had to get out of the eyeball quickly.

But this time, Lin Jiayao failed.

The sharp, black-veined bone spurs couldn’t pierce the eyeball. The resistance was far greater than when she entered.

And the brown ooze before her, seemingly unaffected by the flames, continued to surge towards her.

Defensive posture—

Lin Jiayao crossed her arms before her, a giant bone shield, intertwined with blood-red mycelium and black patterns, appearing.

Black scales and white bone spurs covered her body, forming an impenetrable defense, even her eyes shielded, relying solely on Super-Sensory Hunt for awareness.

This was the ultimate defensive posture, sacrificing mobility and offense.

At the same time, Lin Jiayao instantly switched her perspective, entering the training ground and changing the simulated opponent to this giant eyeball with the worm-filled pupil.

Before exiting the training ground and switching her consciousness back, Lin Jiayao caught a glimpse of her worried sister and Huayibai, the open vine curtains, and the sunlight streaming in.

Before descending… wasn’t it still night?

Another piece of her memory was missing.