Chapter 34: Spinal Upgrades
During this time tonight, Lu Ran had killed a "low-level spell spirit" and three "note monsters" of unknown origin.
"What's going on!? It's hot! ”
Lu Ran, who had calmed down, turned his head and found that his spine was actually smoking.
That's right, it's like a stock that has been simmered all day, just a bone that has just been fished out of the pot.
In addition to the feeling of 'heat', there is also a sense of comfort.
The huge wound that had penetrated Lu Ran's waist and abdomen was healing on its own at an extremely fast speed.
Moreover, the coral clumps that covered the wound also disintegrated during the process and were no longer painful...... Gradually, Lu Ran's body returned to its peak state in the process of fever in his back.
"This ......" Lu Ran himself couldn't believe that there was such a thing.
In the process of repairing the injury, the mobile phone kept ticking and beeping.
Click on the [Road to Hell] APP, and a prompt box will pop up immediately - "The spine system has been upgraded, the second stage - [Waist Palace]"
Anyway, there is no danger in the current classroom, so Lu Ran continued to click to view the details:
[Lumbar Monarchy] - After the spinal system is opened, the 'caudal vertebrae' is completely formed and enough energy is absorbed, the second step will continue to develop the "lumbar vertebrae" and "sacrum". During this period, the individual's center of gravity will gradually stabilize and the body will become more resilient.
"Sure enough, is the tail vertebra a lumbar vertebrae?"
Another five minutes passed, and the burning sensation in the spine slowly subsided.
Lu Ran was visibly aware of the difference in his body...... Of course, there is no such perverted progress and elevation as in some novels.
The changes I feel from my own perspective are just two words - "solid".
What is "solid" is like practicing Zama steps for several months, or even a year!
Lu Ran's body center of gravity became firm, and his basic skills were exceptionally solid...... Lu Ran even has a certain degree of certainty, even in the face of a four-hundred-pound sumo, he may not be able to push him.
Of course, the biggest gain from the upgrading of the spinal system is to heal the injuries on the waist and abdomen.
"It's like when a character in a game is at full health when they level up...... That's great! Otherwise, a serious injury to my abdomen pierced by my arm would have killed me...... If you can survive this time, you must learn more about the 'unnatural'. If you are unable to obtain knowledge on the Road to Hell, it is necessary to consider joining the Mystery Agency. ”
Although his body has improved in terms of 'stability', Lu Ran does not dare to continue to provoke the "Paper Man...... If you suffer a similar trauma, you will not be able to recover from it by escalating.
Lu Ran, who has a solid center of gravity, slowly climbed down from the fifth floor through the rain platform outside the window, and landed steadily on the green ground on the first floor.
"So much!?"
Lu Ran, who came to the first floor, immediately learned the 'Master Assassin' in the game, walked in a half-squatting posture against the dark corner, looked around the teaching buildings, and found that there were a large number of "paper weirdos" in basically every teaching building.
Out of familiarity with the school, Lu Ran slowly approached the school gate along some unknown paths, avoiding the strange paper man the whole way.
Staring at this group of teachers and students wearing old school uniforms, and this gray campus that was both familiar and unfamiliar, Lu Ran seemed to understand something.
"Hiss~~~ Could it be that in the school, those teachers and students who got the "note" and did not follow the rules all came to this gray campus after [missing]? Similar to the setting of the [Inner and Outer Worlds] in the game "Silent Hill...... On the back of the real campus, there is an identical note campus. ”
"I guess in the early days, even before the school...... This area may belong to a cult closely related to the 'note'. ”
Just as Lu Ran was guessing and walking to the school gate, he heard a fierce fight in the playground area, similar to that in the anime...... Lu Ran also saw the playground full of fires and flying sand and rocks through a gap.
"Are the people of the Mystery Office fighting the forces behind the Paper Campus?"
Lu Ran, who was carrying a chainsaw, would naturally not be reckless enough to participate in the war.
The "paper weirdos" wandering among the teaching buildings made Lu Ran choke...... If you go to the playground recklessly, it is like a novice rookie player who has just been promoted to 'level 2' and strays into a dungeon of more than ten levels, which is completely looking for death.
Lu Ran finally bypassed the area of the teaching building, and only needed to run over the [Administration Building] at full speed to reach the school gate.
“…… Yes! ”
Just as he walked through the administrative building, an extremely low cry was heard by Lu Ran.
This kind of faint cry was heard by Lu Ran in the women's toilet...... It was the voice of 'Huang Haiyi'.
At the same time, it also reminded Lu Ran of the information recorded on the special red note - "Please go to the top floor of the administrative building alone before twelve o'clock at midnight."
Lu Ran, who was running, stopped suddenly, and the contradictions in his heart became more and more intense.
"It's pretty good that I've been able to get to the point where I'm now, killing the spell and barely escaping...... Let them solve the affairs of the Huang family by themselves, and I will only have to die and delay my feet. ”
"I and Huang Haiyi are just ordinary classmates, I can't even take care of myself, how can I take care of her?"
"It's death to go up, and I'm still a chick! With my ability, I will definitely be able to be admitted to a first-class university like Sister Wan'er, start a good university life, learn professional knowledge, fall in love by the way, find a stable job in the future, and play games online at home with my girlfriend every day after work...... I want to be calm, I can't mess around. ”
"I ......"
Five minutes later.
In the elevator of the [Administration Building], Lu Ran, who was dazed, pressed the elevator button on the top floor.
"Fuck! Adolescence is so easy to be impulsive, what am I afraid of!? It's a big deal, eighteen years later, it's a good man again! ”
Lu Ran didn't know why he appeared in the elevator, as if "the mind is not in place, the body automatically follows".
Ding dong!
The moment the elevator door to the top floor opened, Lu Ran was immediately frightened and took a few steps back, sweat the size of a bean grain flowing down his forehead.
The hallway was covered in fresh flesh, resembling a brain passage, and the smell of blood was even stronger.
When Lu Ran wanted to press the elevator down, he found that the elevator had stopped working...... As for the safe passage of this floor, it is blocked by layers of flesh and blood.
"There's no way back!"
Lu Ran could only carry the chainsaw, walking in the bloody passage, his clothes already soaked with cold sweat.
I didn't encounter any strange phenomena during the whole process, and I came to the door of the school director's office...... There was a huge eye on the gate, staring at Lu Ran.
"No matter!"
Although Lu Ran was terrified, he still waved the chainsaw at the eyeball on the door and cut it.
Zizizizi! A white, viscous liquid splattered all over the body.
When the eyeball is broken, the door to the school manager's office opens on its own......
The desks, chairs, bookcases, etc. in the office have been emptied, and only a strange formation is drawn on the ground...... As for Huang Haiyi, he was sitting cross-legged in the center of the formation, motionless.
At the same time, there was an extremely strange old man standing in the room.
He is about three meters tall and wears a coat made of white paper.
At present, the old man on crutches turned his head and stared at Lu Ran who broke through the door.
Looking at this tall and thin old man, Lu Ran naturally associated him with the 'note'...... At the same time, a feeling of fear that is difficult to suppress is generated in the body and cannot be dispelled at all.
The old man in front of him and the puppets and spell spirits that Lu Ran had faced were not at the same level at all.
"The people from the Intermediate Authority are here so soon? Wrong...... You're not one of theirs? Young man, you've come to the wrong place. ”
The crutches in the old man's hand touched lightly.
Suddenly, the floor where Lu Ran was standing turned into white notes, and his body sank rapidly.