137: A human pyramid at a meat processing plant?!

"Are you ready?"

Chen Du stood at the edge of the deck, glancing back at the two women who had completely different vibes.

Xia Lai had a bitter expression, her hands tightly clutching the pair of palm-sized, thin cyan wings.

"Cap... Captain... can this thing carry three people?"

Xia Lai swallowed hard.

Looking into those emotionless golden eyes, her voice grew smaller and smaller. "We're overloaded... and seriously so!"

"If this thing falls apart mid-air, the three of us will end up like flattened pancakes..."

"Shut up."

Chen Du was brief and to the point.

He didn't bother explaining; the shadow beneath his feet instantly began to boil!

Swish!

Two black shadows as thick as a child's arm shot out!

Before the two could even react, the shadows wrapped directly around their slender waists.

"Ah!"

Lin Keke let out a startled cry.

After seeing the shadows clearly, she looked excited instead.

The black shadows felt cold to the touch but were exceptionally tough, wrapping around her waist twice.

"Is this... Shadow Bind?"

Lin Keke's eyes sparkled as she wiggled her body, adjusting her posture to highlight her figure. "Captain, can you tie me up in a shibari style? It would be more artistic!"

Xia Lai: "..."

Chen Du: "..."

This crazy girl was completely beyond help.

Chen Du's lip twitched, and with a thought...

The black shadows suddenly tightened!

The two women were pulled directly to Chen Du's sides, pressed tightly against his body.

On his left was the soft and warm Coser girl, and on his right was the stiff Mechanic big sister.

The three of them were like a string of grasshoppers tied together.

"Take off."

Chen Du commanded coldly.

Xia Lai took a deep breath and gritted her teeth. "Fine, let's die then! If I fall to my death, I'll haunt you and crawl onto your bed at midnight as a ghost!"

Buzz—!

The seemingly fragile [Swiftwind Wings] on her back suddenly erupted with a blinding cyan light!

Violent wind elements exploded beneath their feet!

Boom!

The massive recoil caused the deck to tremble.

The three of them shot straight up from the ground!

"Aaaaah! Too fast!" Xia Lai's scream trailed off into the night sky.

"Wahoo—! This lady is flying again! Goodbye, everyone!!"

Lin Keke was dancing with excitement.

If she hadn't been tied down by the shadows, she'd probably be doing Thomas flares in mid-air by now.

On the ground.

ferry no. 0819 had already left the port, disappearing into the dark shadows of the cliff.

Tang Ran, Xia Mo, and a group of girls looked up.

Their gazes were complex as they watched the streak of cyan light rapidly recede.

"That guy..."

Xia Mo, wrapped in Chen Du's trench coat, had a faint smile on her lips. "He really is... a handful."

...High altitude, four hundred meters.

There was only the bone-chilling cold wind here.

By the thin moonlight, the scene below looked like a scroll of purgatory.

The once-bustling Coastal Avenue had turned into a surging black river.

That was the Beast Tide.

Tens, even hundreds of thousands of mutated creatures were packed together, fleeing frantically.

Further in the center, several towering buildings had been snapped in half by some force.

"My god..."

Lin Keke didn't dare to cause a scene anymore.

Leaning on Chen Du's shoulder, she looked down. "This is just like... the end of the world."

They had been hiding in the Meat Processing Plant before.

Although they knew it was chaotic outside, the impact was nowhere near as shocking as this bird's-eye view.

"Don't look down. Watch the way."

Chen Du's voice remained steady despite the howling wind.

But his golden eyes were constantly scanning the surrounding airspace.

The sky was never safe.

"Gah—!"

Just then, the clouds to their rear-side suddenly burst open!

A Corrupted Vulture with a wingspan of over ten meters dove toward them!

Rotten human intestines hung from its bald neck, and its eyes were fixed on the winged Xia Lai.

"Mommy! A bird! A huge bird!!"

Xia Lai was scared out of her wits, burying her face in her chest. "Help! I don't taste good!"

Chen Du turned his head.

His golden eyes suddenly constricted!

A wave of tyrannical pressure from the depths of his soul slammed into the vulture like an invisible sledgehammer!

[Tyrants Gaze]!

The ferocious vulture's body suddenly stiffened.

It was as if it had crashed into an invisible mental wall!

But under the immense momentum of its dive, its scimitar-like talons still grazed Xia Lai's scalp!

Clang!

Without Chen Du even moving a finger, several strands of black shadows suddenly erupted, forming a black shield on their side!

"Get lost!"

Chen Du barked coldly, the light in his golden eyes flaring up!

The vulture flapped its wings frantically as if it had seen a ghost, scrambling back into the depths of the clouds.

"Focus on your flying!" Chen Du retracted his gaze and looked at Xia Lai again. "Let go already, you're choking my artery."

"I won't! Not even if you kill me! Not until we land!" Xia Lai wailed with her eyes shut, her grip tightening further.

Chen Du: "..."

This woman was definitely doing it on purpose.

"We're almost there. Prepare to land."

Chen Du looked at the familiar silhouette of the building ahead, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Meat Processing Plant.

On the second-floor terrace, a faint glimmer of light could be seen from inside.

"Land? How do we land?" Xia Lai suddenly asked. "The wings don't seem to be responding!"

"Maybe because of the overload, the energy is depleted..."

"Oh no! We're going to crash!"

Before she could finish her sentence...

The cyan light wings on her back flickered twice, then the light faded completely!

The three of them felt their bodies sink!

A sudden sense of weightlessness hit them!

"Shit—! Why didn't you say so earlier?!"

Accompanied by the high-pitched screams of the two women, the three of them plummeted straight toward the Meat Processing Plant like an out-of-control meteorite!

"Hold on tight!"

Those were the last two words Chen Du shouted as they fell.

The wind whistled past their ears, stinging their cheeks.

"Aaaaah! I haven't even dated a girl yet!!"

Xia Lai screamed like a stuck pig with her eyes closed, wrapping her limbs tightly around the left side of Chen Du's body.

That mechanical arm pressed against Chen Du's ribs, nearly squeezing the dinner out of him.

On the other side, Lin Keke didn't scream.

The girl was clearly scared witless and had forgotten to transform to save herself.

Her impressive figure trembled violently, feeling like a vibrating massager against him.

They were getting closer and closer to the ground!

Fifty meters, thirty meters... the Meat Processing Plant terrace rapidly enlarged in their vision, waiting to smash them into meat paste.

"Tsk, what a pain."

Chen Du gritted his teeth, his golden eyes narrowing slightly under the wind pressure.

Even at such a life-or-death moment, his expression remained calm.

With a thought, he fully unleashed the Shadow Power within him!

"Shadow! Hold on for me!"

The shadows that had been tightly binding the two women suddenly unwound and began to weave frantically beneath the three of them!

The black shadow stream seemed to come alive, with countless tentacles passing through the railings, weaving and intertwining in mid-air!

In the blink of an eye...

A black spiderweb, five meters wide and consisting of multiple layers, formed in mid-air.

But this was the terrifying kinetic energy from a fall of several hundred meters.

Like a heavy artillery shell, the three of them slammed into the Shadow Net!

The Shadow Net sagged violently, quickly being stretched to its limit.

Snap, snap, snap—!

Finally, the shadow threads, as tough as steel wire, snapped inch by inch!

Although most of the force had been dissipated, the remaining impact was still lethal.

The long-dilapidated concrete terrace instantly shattered and collapsed!

Debris flew everywhere, striking the surrounding walls.

Billowing dust rose into the air, making it hard to breathe or see.

"Cough, cough, cough... cough..."

After a long while.

The dust settled, revealing a mess in the center of the terrace.

In the large crater, three people were piled up like a human pyramid.

Chen Du lay spread-eagled at the bottom, acting as the unfortunate human cushion.

Although the shadows beneath him had absorbed most of the impact, his clothes were still shredded by the rubble.

It was a stinging pain.

"Ouch... my poor back... it's going to break..."

Lin Keke, lying on Chen Du's chest, propped herself up dizzily.

Her dazed expression and messy hair made her look like she had just crawled out of a washing machine.

She glanced down at her squeezed and distorted neckline, and a blush crept onto her face.

Xia Lai was even worse off.

She was hanging upside down over Chen Du's thighs, her face buried right in an awkward spot.

"Ptooey, ptooey! It's all dust!"

Xia Lai looked up, her face covered in dust; her elegant, cold "big sister" face now looked like a messy cat's.

Just as she was about to complain, she felt something was off.

"Hmm?"

It's hard... and quite warm?

"This elasticity..."

Xia Lai froze for a second, then a lewd, knowing grin appeared on her face.

She fiddled with it a bit more, her gaze gradually turning perverted.

The veins on Chen Du's forehead throbbed violently.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to bury these two women alive.

His golden eyes stared coldly at the restless hand, and he squeezed out a single word through his teeth:

"Scram!"