He Comes From the Void

Looking at everything around her beyond comprehension, Keisha overturned her previous cognition - the underground world is not dark and dark.

But the light in front of her didn't feel good to her. She couldn't explain why it was strange, but there was always a kind of uneasiness hovering in her heart like a vulture.

Ghostly purple shimmers emanated from the cave walls, glowing indentations lined vertically and parallel to the ground, like a purple fluorescent heart glowing distinctly through ribs. The light was hazy, as if separated by a layer of fascia, the essence could not be seen clearly.

A tunnel with ribs on both sides, young Keisha couldn't help thinking.

But what creature has such long ribs? It seems more appropriate to say that I am in a huge chrysalis.

Keisha followed the light all the way down, eating the scattered water bags and rotten peaches she found in the ruins while walking.

It was just what she needed, and after three days of starvation, anything that could feed her was now dear to her.

Kane was still following her like a ghost, but after all, he was not as light-packed as Keisha, and was gradually pulled away.

He carried a few kilograms of food and water on his back, held a spear that was a bit heavy for a ten-year-old child, dragged a disabled body, and kept his voice down to prevent Kesha from discovering... It was hard enough to keep up with her.

But he didn't dare to tell Kesha to stop at all, for fear that she would miss her adventure and lead her fate to an ending where no one survived.

He prayed to Nasus in the dark, praying that the two of them would see the Shurima sun again.

Although he knew it was useless, Nasus lost himself in the yellow sand at this time, where could he hear a child's prayer.

Thinking of the danger he was about to face, Kane felt that it was better to rely on Nasus than to rely on a sudden "ding" in his mind, activating some system.

But he quickly discarded these unrealistic thoughts, because if he didn't keep up, he might be lost.

The end of the spear hit the hard ground without even leaving a trace.

Kane noticed that the rocks under his feet were very smooth and flat, formed not by the flow of lava, but by the coming and going of those things smoothed out.

he knows what it is...

The void creature, the thing he will face next, is at the end of this tunnel.

...

At the end of the tunnel is a huge cave that suddenly opens up.

Here, the light is more concentrated and brighter, and the flickering ghostly purple light illuminates the entire cave.

The tunnel under the feet twisted and circled here, and then branched out to other places.

Up, down, extending in all directions.

Above Kesha's head is a spiral passage, and it may be possible to climb out along the steep narrow road protruding like a spine.

Just as she was thinking this way, a commotion sounded not far below her.

"what is that……"

She subconsciously covered her mouth, her gaze followed the steeply sinking slope, and she saw a large group of creatures rustling under the abyss.

It is absolutely impossible for nature to breed such a weird and ugly existence to the extreme. Just looking at it can make people feel nauseated and scared.

Clusters of needle eyes emitting warm purple light stared straight at her, more complicated than the stars in the sky.

They are like creatures from another world, their distinct limbs hooked to the edge of the abyss, dragging out a strange and terrifying body.

The structures of these creatures are primitive and terrifying, covered with rough purple-black nails, protruding from bony protrusions, and the skin and flesh are pale like stillborn fetuses.

On the hard gums, there are jagged fangs that are as dense as comb teeth, and the bloody mouth is cracked to the throat, revealing the filthy sticky saliva.

Corresponding to the huge diamond-shaped head is their connected chest and abdomen and protruding back, in which the part that can be called the heart in biology is stored.

But that is not the real heart, but a mass of energy that exudes ancient purple light. The ghostly and vicious purple light illuminates the rock wall through the fascia in the gap between the chitin carapace.

"It's a monster!"

For a moment Kesha remembered the horrible stories her father had told her.

The underground world is full of monsters, lurking in the dark, dragging the passing travelers down, and no one has been able to return unchanged so far.

In the past, she only thought of them as stories, but when they were vividly presented before her eyes, hunger was replaced by fear again!

This group of evil void creatures had already discovered Kesha. Driven by endless hunger, they climbed up the slope and swarmed towards the girl with an insatiable urge to kill.

Kesha clenched the dagger in both hands, trying to protect herself.

A monster about the same size as Keisha rushed forward first. The young Keisha repelled the ugliness in front of her from the inside out, coordinated with her body and mind like never before, and stabbed the dagger out with all her strength.

She was thrown to the ground, and the bladed limbs easily cut open the delicate flesh of Kesha's forearm, and the splashed blood splashed onto the chitin shell of the surrounding monsters and was greedily absorbed.

But at the same time, the blade of the dagger in her hand accurately pierced the monster's faintly pulsating heart.

The huge impact of the monster's lunge propelled her down the slope, and both tumbled further down the abyss.

Kane, who arrived belatedly, only had time to see the moment Kesha rolled down at the entrance of the cave. He widened his eyes, as if he saw an invisible rope. At this moment, its two ends were tied around the waists of the two. .

And this rope called fate suddenly tightened, pulling his body and starting to run forward.

He rushed out of the tunnel at an unprecedented speed, and before the sickle blades that popped out from both sides cut off his knees, he abruptly broke through the dense insect swarm and rushed down the abyss.

It's just that he didn't know how steep the slope under his feet was. After a brief flight, he fell heavily on the hard rocky ground and rolled down into the abyss in a state of embarrassment.

...

Kane woke up stimulated by the new pain. When he wanted to sit up on the ground, he found that his left arm had no other feedback except pain.

Fortunately, the ribs were not broken again, but the slightly improved lungs were squeezed and began to cough up blood.

But these are not the most important, the important thing is Keisha...

A comatose Keisha was lying in the corner of his eye, next to the monster that had been pierced through the heart.

The thing in its chest has dimmed, and it no longer emits purple light rhythmically like breathing.

According to Kane's understanding of void creatures, this monster is already dead.

Kane moved his knees and waded over. What he saw next made him short of breath, and he almost coughed up blood—Kesha's injured forearm was covered with a strange skin.

The breastplate that originally belonged to the monster was now firmly attached to her forearm!

"After three days of enduring, this step... finally succeeded!" Although Kane was invisible throughout the whole process, Kane had an unparalleled sense of participation, as if he was the one who completed the symbiosis now.

He was so excited that he burst into tears. If his body didn't allow him, he would have rolled on the ground to celebrate this hard-won first step.