325: Chapter 123 You’re Taking the Fun Out of It 325: Chapter 123 You’re Taking the Fun Out of It “Friendlies!”
“I surrender!”
“Stop fucking shooting!”
Facing the dark muzzles of the guns, Li Mumu’s words seemed especially pale and powerless.
After the initial confusion, she finally realized her current predicament.
This place could be called the Real World, but it could also be said not to be, to be precise, it should be called the “Moat” of the Real World.
When the moon was obscured, the Outer Dimension invaded the Real World, and in theory, all the demons and evil spirits should have descended upon the Mortal World, wreaking havoc and slaughtering at will.
But they were all stopped here, unable to advance any further.
This was the “Moat” established by the Special Service Bureau at the edge of the Real World!
The giant metallic warriors silently withdrew after slaying the monsters, then one after another streaks of light flashed, and units of the Special Service Bureau in grey military uniforms emerged in various corners of the battlefield.
They first used artillery fire to eliminate living forces, then deployed giant Golden Men to snipe at powerful individuals, and finally dispatched special squads to clear out the survivors.
These three-pronged tactics were closely connected, clearly a well-practiced routine from countless previous engagements.
The Special Service Bureau possessed a vast and well-disciplined military force but had almost no presence in Tianmen City.
When one needed their help, they couldn’t be found, and if asked, they’d say they were short-staffed and busy with work, making one wonder what they were so busy with.
Now, Li Mumu finally understood—their main forces had always been deployed here!
The reason why Tianmen City had been peaceful over the years was thanks to these grey-clad soldiers who kept the demons and evil spirits at bay outside the Moat.
But the problem was…
I’m now classified as one of those demons and evil spirits!
Li Mumu tried to communicate with the grey-clad soldiers, but they were like dead men, showing no response to her whatsoever, not even if she raised a white flag.
The only answers she got were cold bullets.
Actually, this made sense; who knows what tricks these demons and evil spirits could pull?
Not responding and simply shooting to kill was the most correct method of dealing with them.
Li Mumu ran for her life through the ruins, her Red String Divine Art completely ineffective against these grey-clad soldiers.
Initially, it could withstand explosions, but now it couldn’t block the bullets fired from their guns.
The red strings that flew out would vanish without a trace once they were more than three meters away from her.
If her reactions hadn’t been fast enough, she would have been riddled with holes by now.
What was even more terrifying was that these grey-clad soldiers seemed to have full-map scanning cheats enabled.
No matter how she hid, she couldn’t escape their pursuit.
She would barely shake off one squad before another latched onto her.
They were like Agent Smith from The Matrix, able to appear anytime, anywhere, in the most unexpected places.
They wouldn’t waste any time with you—sometimes they’d start firing in anticipation of your movements before you even saw them.
Under gunfire, all were equal.
After several attempts to break through were thwarted by a hail of bullets, Li Mumu realized that her opponents had formed an encirclement.
She was trapped in the rubble of this building, with no escape to heaven or earth.
“Find a door!”
The puppet-like Wendy screamed, “Quick, find a door!
If all else fails, we’ll head back to Dreamland for Children!”
Li Mumu scrambled up the stairs, and three grey-clad soldiers suddenly appeared from above.
The gleaming bayonets whizzed past her face, nearly skewering her head through.
Seeing that she couldn’t avoid it, Li Mumu, with no other option, ducked and surged forward in an arrow step into the middle of their formation.
She reached out to grab the shoulder of one of them and pulled hard…
She couldn’t pull it off.
She could lift a boar weighing over a thousand pounds, but these grey-clad soldiers were like solid iron turtles, impossible for her to handle.
Their rifles couldn’t be properly used in the narrow stairway.
The grey-clad soldier next to her reversed his gun and smashed it down on Li Mumu’s ribs.
Li Mumu heard the clear sound of her own ribs breaking and shattering.
Countless red strings erupted from beneath her skirt, instantly flooding the entire stairway, pushing the three grey-clad soldiers against the wall and also blocking their line of sight.
The next moment, all the red strings vanished instantaneously.
Li Mumu trembled with rage.
She couldn’t hurt them at all, immune to magic and physical attacks with full resistance, while they inflicted critical hits and real damage on her every strike.
How was this playable?
This was just too shameless!
Seizing the opportunity provided by the Red String expanding the space around her, she scrambled out of the corridor on all fours, in complete disarray.
Right in front of her, just three meters away, was a broken door!
Suppressing the intense pain below her ribs, Li Mumu mustered all her strength and lunged for it, and as she pushed the door open, Wendy also raised her hand, drawing a rift simultaneously.
In mysticism, doors have a special significance.
With a thud, she plummeted to the ground.
The fresh air, the cool nighttime breeze, and the brilliant starlight spread out above her…
Li Mumu lay sprawled on the ground, took a deep breath, and finally returned to the Real World.
My family, who can understand my pain?
Living comfortably as a young miss and then out of the blue, targeted by a plot-twist!
No, the one who stabbed me in the back was family!
Li Ya!
If you dare not give me a reasonable explanation today, I will drag you off for an abortion!
After resting for quite a while, Li Mumu finally climbed up from the ground and looked down at the doll tied to her waist.
“Can’t you transform into a human form yet?”
“That way, I wouldn’t have to run myself.”
The doll showed an expression of flat refusal, giving up in despair.
Great!
Just die of laziness then!
Li Mumu clenched her teeth in anger.
Indeed, Wendy’s mobility wasn’t as good as hers; if she didn’t cling to her as an accessory, she probably wouldn’t survive the first round of gunfire.
“But don’t you think it’s a bit odd for me to be carrying this doll around in my current state?”
“Do you think the problem right now is about aesthetics?”
That’s right, the issue wasn’t about aesthetics right now.
Who knew how long this night would last?
It was so dark that Li Mumu didn’t even know if she was still in Tianmen.
No map, no teleportation point.
Li Mumu raised her hand to summon the Red String, which followed her causal line and pointed towards the south.
Excellent, dear Mommy, your daughter has returned from her battles in Northrend!
Go wash your neck and get ready!
The Red String she had accumulated before had mostly been used up in the “Moat,” leaving her feeling a bit drained, but this wasn’t a problem.
Given some time, she could recover.
Li Ya wasn’t a warrior-type; it wouldn’t take that much effort to deal with her.
The Red String connected to her causal line suddenly tightened, and Li Mumu leveraged it to soar into the air, turning into a red arc as she flew swiftly towards the other end of the causal line.
However, she hadn’t gone far when she heard several piercing screams in the distance.
A realization struck Li Mumu.
There were no secrets that couldn’t be discovered in this world.
No matter how tightly the Special Service Bureau guarded, there were demons and evil spirits who had their own means, surely some lucky ones like her had broken through the blockades and descended upon the Mortal World.
Or it could also be premeditated by Old Six.