BXBX NOVEL Chapter 47: Savior has come
The red string wrapped itself to the eight helixes. Then, the Upgrade points tightened their grip on the Genuses until they collapsed under the pressure.
What was left of the Genus were listless threads.
But then, due to the innate magic found in the Upgrade points, the threads suddenly found themselves vibrating and getting attracted to each other. It didn't take long until one fiber smacked into the other, and it continued until it all gathered into a vertical stack of strings.
The red geometrical shapes then covered the stack of genus fibers, twisting and turning it into a familiar shape. The listless fibers then wrapped with each other and formed a rope.
It didn't take long until it was morphed into its final shape. It was now a full-fledged helix.
[Genus]
—2x (1-star) Sapient Canzer
—1x (2-star) Pseudo Canzer
—1x (3-star) Human
—1x (4-star) Sapient Canzer
—1x (10-star) Grim Reaper
—1x (10-star) Angel
Hmmm…I got a 4-star genus now but it'll be useless until I could upgrade it to 10-star and have it change my bloodline.
And just as he said that;
[Canzer Mother Tongue mutation acquired!]
He got a new mutation! From what Atlan heard, this was a very rare occurrence that only happened once every ten years. Usually, people would receive a mutation as a blessing from the god, but rarely, people get mutations naturally.
[Mutation]
— (4-star) Canzer Mother Tongue
— (10-star) Gluttonous Soul
— (10-star) Lightspeed Angel Wings
Atlan suddenly remembered something.
Wait, a tongue mutation? Didn't Lizzie say that 4-star mutations manifest in reality and can't be hidden?!
He quickly put his tongue out as far as he could and tried to see if something changed.
But from the tip of his tongue, he couldn't see anything different from before. He breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know what he would do if he suddenly got an enlarged tongue that dripped out green goo everywhere.
I wouldn't be able to explain my way out of that one.
Atlan decided to keep his mouth shut for the time being before he got home. Only once he saw himself in the mirror and saw nothing wrong with his tongue would he start talking again. For now, he zipped it.
With everything settled, Atlan started to walk. He needed to find the exit.
It didn't take a few steps until;
DRRRRGGGGGG
Suddenly, he felt the whole place shake. He had to put his hands on the wall to balance himself. This new development forced him to remember;
I'm still in the Remedium. I can't get careless.
After a few seconds, the rumbling stopped and Atlan could finally breathe again. He didn't know if another Sapient Canzer would suddenly appear again and fight him. He didn't know if he had the energy for another gruesome fight.
But when he looked forward, he suddenly saw that the entire room changed.
He fought the Sapient Canzer in a large room with large pipes intersecting one another. However, once the earthquake stopped, he suddenly saw himself back in the winding tunnels he was originally in.
He didn't even notice it change!
Not only that, he saw that the tunnel in front of him led to two very different paths.
On the right was a staircase that led up to a place where sunlight beamed down. On the left was a staircase that led further down, with the darkness shrouding it in mystery.
Atlan walked over to the right path and looked up. About a hundred steps forward, he could see an opening that led to a place with orange skies and fresh air. After being trapped in the winding tunnels for what seemed like a whole day, Atlan would recognize that scenery anywhere. This was the path that led outside!
If he walked up that path, then he would finally escape this place. He could go find the portal and go back to the real world.
However…
Atlan thought back to the torn piece of battle suit that the Sapient Canzer showed him. It was bloodied.
And if the Canzer could escape and get that, then it wasn't hard to guess that Neumann and the others encountered the Sapient Canzer before him.
Are they still alive?
He had a choice. He could escape now and return to the real world. Or, he could go down the other path and search for his team, who could all be dead by now.
He had no guarantee that he'd be able to escape this place after he went to the path that led down. These tunnels changed randomly, and he didn't know if he'd get the chance to leave again.
Atlan kept his head down.
I…I don't like to see suffering. I hate blood. I'm a pacifist.
Atlan walked down the path enshrouded in darkness.
He walked down step by step, with no hesitation in his feet even though he couldn't see anything. His footsteps echoed through the nothingness, reminding him that he was getting further and further away from the exit.
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The Stun Wizard lay in the fetal position, with tears running down her already dried cheeks. She closed her eyes, hoping that she'd soon wake up from this horrible dream. Yet she didn't.
She still heard the horrible groaning from her teammates. They screamed in pain.
That…that strange Canzer…the monster who assaulted their team out of nowhere…was gone. It left.
Ironically, she wished that the Canzer didn't leave at all. The torment of having the seconds pass by and expecting that monster to return and torture them was a different kind of hell she didn't want to experience.
But after minutes passed by, it didn't return.
Get a hold of yourself! This…this is your dream…you need to get up!
She forced herself to open her eyes. She had to find a way out of this place.
She forced herself up, with her eyes hazy from tears. She tried to walk, but her weak knees trembled and forced her to stumble forward.
She fell on the floor and felt something wet on her hands. She looked at it and saw blood dripping down her hands.
She finally saw who was lying on the ground in front of her.
It was their guardian, the one who was supposed to be their safety net.
Mister Neumann lay on his back, bleeding with a hole in his stomach. His eyes were hazy and staring out to the ceiling.
BLUERGHH
She vomited again. Seeing blood and guts firsthand from a live source was different from seeing it in videos and on cadavers. They didn't teach her about the smell.
Step…step…step…
Just then, she heard footsteps ringing out of the dome.
She immediately thought of the worst. That monster returned. She closed her eyes and waited for the pain.
But it didn't come. Instead, a warm hand touched her shoulders.
When she opened her eyes, she saw the blurry figure of a man reaching out his hand to help her.
There was only one thing in her mind.
A savior has come.