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On the top floor of the mansion.
The four people here were busy killing monsters without a second to spare.
Gu Qing Shan still hadnât acted yet.
He calmly observed the situation of the battle.
These âmonstersâ were nothing but a bunch of slow and stiff undead.
At a glance, they seemed like the failed products of bottom-level disciples from a third-rate corpse marionette sect.
How could monsters like these bring an entire world towards ruin?
While observing them, Gu Qing Shan seriously contemplated.
He suddenly noticed that some newcomers appeared on the outside of the group of undead.
It was a fleshy giant about 3 meters tall with bulging muscles who didnât budge even after being hit by bullets.
An evolved form.
âGrenade Launcher!â old Li shouted.
The blond man then picked up an RPG set up from the ground, propped it on his shoulder, aimed at the muscle monster and fired.
The grenade was shot out, leaving a long trail of smoke as it hit the monster at a rapid speed.
Boom
The monsterâs blood and flesh splattered all over.
But all the other undead werenât bothered by that at all, they simply continued to drag their feet towards the mansion.
Gu Qing Shan also noticed that from afar, more and more figures could be seen approaching them.
âToo manyâ
The black man angrily grumbled.
The others didnât say anything.
The horde of undead swarmed towards the mansion in unendingly huge numbers, they couldnât kill them all.
At this point, Gu Qing Shan collected his gear, stood up and patted old Liâs shoulder.
âHeyâ
âWhat do you want?â old Li couldnât help but ask.
âYour side seems to have the least monsters, so Iâm going to move down from here and assess the situationâ Gu Qing Shan loudly explained.
âWhat situation!? Itâs all monsters down there, youâre going to die!â old Li shouted back.
The sound of the machine gun was a bit too loud that they couldnât help but shout like this.
Old Li lifted his rifle and shot another monster in the head.
âIâm a scientist, I want to study their body structures a bitâ Gu Qing Shan answered.
âWerenât you a mechanical scientist?â
âTo be exact, Iâm a Mech scientist. Mech research includes the study of human anatomy, we usually use this to understand our enemiesâ
Old Li finally understood what he wanted to do.
âWhat good does it do to understand them? Theyâre monsters!â he seemed confused.
âYou have to trust in scienceâ Gu Qing Shan patted the gun in old Liâs hand.
Old Li was already half-convinced from hearing that. Without guns, their group wouldâve already been dead long ago.
Not to mention, this scientist is the real deal, he was really able to fix everything related to machinery as he had claimed.
âI canât guarantee Iâll be able to protect youâ old Li told him.
âDonât worry, I wonât go too far, and I can protect myselfâ
Gu Qing Shan patted the bow in his hand.
Saying so, he came down from the roof, quickly left the mansion, and went out to the empty field just outside the building.
The other three quickly realized where he was.
âWhy did Mr. Scientist go down there?â
The blond man picked up a grenade and threw it far away.
Boom
Old Li covered his ears, waited until the explosion was over before he answered: âHe said he wanted to study the monsters a bitâ
âWhat a mad scientist!â the woman commented.
Everyone looked down.
They saw that Gu Qing Shan had crouched down in front of a corpse.
Despite being filled with bullet holes, this undead still hadnât died, so as it noticed someone came closer, it tried to bite him.
âDonât moveâ
Gu Qing Shan stabbed the military dagger straight into the undeadâs eye socket and pinned its head to the ground.
The undead squirmed a bit before staying thoroughly still.
At this point, Gu Qing Shan turned on the flashlight attached to his shoulder, took out another dagger, and began to perform an autopsy on this body.
His movement was swift and effective, neat, and flexible without any hesitation.
âChecking organs firstâ
âNo heartbeatâ
âThe blood has already turned black, most likely because of the infectionâ
âOther organs have greatly withered, the stomach has become biggerâ
âLost all normal human symptoms, where does your strength come from?â
âHm⊠quite a few things in the stomach, let me check. Apparently human body partsâ
âDevours humans to supplement energy for activitiesâ
âEyes have mutated, no pupils, but can accurately see meâ
âShaper teeth, similar to those of animalsâ
âNose have gone through thorough necrosis, ears have undergone metamorphosis similar to mutationâ
Gu Qing Shan spent a bit of effort to cut the ears off completely.
He observed it like he was looking at an art piece.
âIndeed, a very slightly but real mutation, truly a miracle of lifeâ
Saying so, he stood up and headed to the next undead body.
âWait!â old Li shouted from above.
âWhat!?â
âYouâve already done your research, why havenât you come back?â
âOne specimen isnât good enough, only by studying several more bodies can I draw an accurate conclusion!â
After answering, Gu Qing Shan crouched down in front of another corpse.
He seriously performed another autopsy on it.
The four people above all saw this clearly.
âWhat a maniacâ the woman once again expressed her opinion.
âNo, this is how a real scientist should beâ the blond man praised him: âThose guys who do nothing but talk all day are only repeating the opinions of others. A truly competent scientist would rather personally analyze and research a problem insteadâ
âLook, heâs already getting to the third bodyâ the black man said.
âWatch out for his safety, I think heâll probably be able to help us a lotâ the blond man told everyone.
âAlright, Iâll guard himâ old Li said.
âŠ
Gu Qing Shan went back to the roof of the mansion.
He seemed a bit tired, but his eyes showed clear excitement.
âDid you learn anything?â the blond man asked.
âHm, I can basically confirm the following: they are using sight and sound to find their prey, sound being the primary method; their eyesight isnât particularly excellent, and they are only capable of seeing clearly up to 3-5 meters ahead, any further and they will only be able to tell if there is light or darkness. Furthermore, when it comes to evolution, as long as they obtain enough food, their bodies would mutate a lot quickerâ Gu Qing Shan explained.
Everyone just looked at him in awe.
This scientist was a lot more competent than they had thought.
âThen what do you suggest?â old Li asked.
âMy suggestion? Firstly, stop shootingâ Gu Qing Shan told him.
âStop shooting? Wouldnât that be waiting or death?â
âNot at allâ
Gu Qing Shan attached a grenade on the head of an arrow, pulled the grenade pin, and quickly pulled the bowstring.
Then he let go.
The arrow flew like a blurred image, carrying the grenade far away.
This shot was performed with full force so the arrow flew over the horde of undead and headed towards the highway.
Boom!
The grenade exploded.
All the undead abruptly froze.
About half of them stopped and turned around to head towards where the explosion happened.
Only the undead who were too close to the mansion hesitated briefly before continuing to head towards the mansion.
âWhat just happened?â old Li was very confused.
âSound. Those monsters were drawn and gathered here by the sound of the gunfire. From this point onwards, you will have to give up on using guns, it produces too much noiseâ Gu Qing Shan patiently explained.
âThen how are we going to deal with the monsters?â the woman asked doubtfully.
Gu Qing Shan nocked another arrow and fired.
In the darkness, a single arrow silently flew out and caused the head of an undead to explode.
âTheyâre all extremely rigid and slow, only when they are close to their prey would they be able to greatly increase their speed by exerting themselves, so as long as you donât come too close, you can use cold weapons to kill themâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âSo thatâs why, but you also said that they could see usâ the blond man commented.
âTheyâre all heavily near-sighted, so this can be solved a lot easier than sound, we only need to turn on the lights for the other buildings and turn off the lights inside the mansionâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âThen use this insteadâ
Gu Qing Shan gave one of the infrared night goggles to the other party.
The blond man was shocked.
Why didnât I think of such a simple thing before?
âThatâs true, we can use night vision gogglesâ he muttered.
The others also nodded.
The blond man received the night vision goggles and told the others: âLetâs proceed as Mr. Scientist said, letâs go!â
They quickly went down to take the military bows, shut off all the lights in the mansion, and quickly killed the undead outside the building with bows and arrows.
Halfway through, Gu Qing Shan once again shot another grenade towards the highway with his bow.
Another group of undead left.
Their pressure was greatly alleviated.
What was originally a fight for their lives became a simple shooting game.
They even had the time to get a midnight snack.
âHow did you find all of this out?â the black man couldnât help himself asking.
âPerhaps youâve never heard of a thing called humanoid Mechs. In truth, us scientists have already found out everything there is to find out about the human bodyâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âI really regret not taking time to study all those years agoâ the black man sighed.
âYou probably wouldnât have been able to anyways, IQâs differentâ old Li casually commented without looking up as he ate.
The black man scowled.
âThis type of science is really cutting edge, there are no references so the only thing one can do is slowly research through trial and error. Unless youâre really passionate about it, only those who are forced to learn it for the sake of survival can learn itâ Gu Qing Shan diffused the tension between them.
âSo youâre passionate about anatomy?â the woman asked.
His rational yet excited appearance as he dissected those corpses caused her to feel a bit fearful.
âAnatomy?â Gu Qing Shan laughed, âThatâs just the basic skill of another artâ
âWhich art?â
âCookingâ
They stood on top of the open roof and held a small contest over who could pick off more of the rest of the undead below.
Under Gu Qing Shanâs request, they split into two groups to rest and stand guard in shifts.
Finally.
Dawn came.
Gu Qing Shan stood on top of the roof and watched the sunrise as he was the one who took the last shift.
When the first few rays of sunlight approached from the horizon, lines of blood-red text appeared on his retina.
[The will of the Earth World has noticed your actions]
[It will soon arrive to communicate with you]
[Before that, the Demon King Order must give you an emergency warning]
[Absolutely do not offend it, as it is a World-class Entity within the Eternal Abyss]
[It is more powerful than any entity youâve ever met before!]
Abruptly, as if it noticed something, all the blood-red text vanished.
Oom
Gu Qing Shanâs vision exploded as the mansion, the highway, the small town, the undead, the sky, and everything else vanished from in front of his eyes.
A boundless stream of grey liquid had surrounded him.
Gu Qing Shan didnât know what this stream of grey liquid was, but he could sense an unbelievably vast power coming from it.
If a real normal person were to see this, they would most likely believe that they were meeting the?Creator
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.
Although, from a certain point of view, a World-class Entity itself was indeed a Creator.
The grey liquid gradually gathered across from Gu Qing Shan to form a giant humanoid head.
He looked down at Gu Qing Shan and spoke with a slow and stretched voice:
ă Cultivator, why have you come to my domain? ă
Gu Qing Shan regained his calm and replied: âI came to face my Tribulationâ
The giant head formed from grey liquid muses for a while: ă Hmm, certainly, you do exude the power of growth. It has been several ten thousand years since a human came to my domain through a Tribulation ă