LRAB Chapter 39 Wrench
Chapter 39 Wrench
Suffocation is not like the screen slowly going black as described in the book, but rather a rapid and intense tinnitus.
Lu Dan was suspended in mid-air, his toes only inches from the ground, yet it felt like there was an insurmountable chasm between them. The hand on his neck was slowly crushing his laryngeal cartilage.
The skinless security guard's eyes bulged, filled with excitement for his prey. On his back, the black leech, with its symbiotic relationship to him, had just swollen up—it had just burrowed into Lu Dan's body and swallowed the irritable "female tenant" in Lu Dan's shadow whole, and was now wriggling contentedly, digesting this dessert that had been delivered to its door.
Lu Dan's vision began to blur. He struggled to lift his eyelids, tugged at the corners of his purple lips, and silently mouthed two words: Grit—tooth
The skinless security guard paused for a moment, seemingly not having heard his prey's dying words.
The next second, the giant leech on his back suddenly stopped wriggling, and its sticky skin tightened abruptly, like a balloon being blown to its limit.
A violent spasm erupted from the leech's stomach, accompanied by a shrill, piercing hiss. Its enormous body twisted wildly, causing its host, the skinless security guard, to stumble as well.
"Pfft!"
A bright red high heel was forcefully pierced out of the leech's tightly closed mouthparts, its sharp, cone-like heel wedged firmly into the leech's throat.
Immediately afterwards, clear and slender black handprints appeared on the leech's grayish-black belly, attempting to tear open this disgusting skin with bare hands and see the light of day again.
This is Lu Dan's "roommate," a female ghost with severe mysophobia and a violent temper. She clearly has an extreme aversion to being eaten as a way of dying—since you swallowed me, you should be prepared to have your belly burst open.
The excruciating pain from the symbiosis caused the skinless security guard to scream in agony. His hand, which had been gripping Lu Dan's neck, involuntarily loosened, and he turned to grab the leeches that were rebelling behind him.
Gravity returned, and Lu Dan crashed onto the rubble-strewn rooftop like a tattered sack. Oxygen returned to his lungs, bringing excruciating pain. Driven by the instinct for survival, his mangled body scrambled to the edge of the rooftop, desperately rolling towards the cover.
"Damn it!"
The skinless security guard knelt on the ground, frantically scratching at the leeches on his back, trying to pull out the high heel stuck in his throat.
Just then, the entire rooftop shook several times. The abnormality that Lu Dan had written in his diary had finally come into play at this critical moment.
The cement floor of the gray-white terrace began to melt like chocolate, and the folding of the space produced one unpleasant sound after another.
"Boom—"
A blinding red light tore through the darkness of the world, and a huge, old building, exuding arrogance, descended directly from the void and slammed into the center of the rooftop, with a red light flashing in the middle that read "Broadcasting".
Lu Dan gripped the stone platform tightly, while the skinless security guard standing to the side was thrown over by the sudden gust of air, rolling several meters along with the leeches on his back.
Is this the campus broadcasting room?
......
The world outside, the playground.
The battle here was clearly extremely fierce.
"Is this what you call resistance?"
The head of the teaching department pushed up his shattered glasses, and hundreds of arms behind him exploded like a peacock spreading its tail feathers, then transformed into a dense downpour, crashing down with a whooshing sound.
"Bang!"
Su Ke rushed forward. This class monitor, whose skin had just been torn apart and who was even walking with a sense of rejection, used this ill-fitting body to forcefully block Li Mu in front of him.
Dozens of fists pounded on her back, producing a dull cracking sound.
Su Ke didn't even utter a sound before flying out like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the cinder track.
The skin on one side of his face, which had just begun to heal, split open again, and blood mixed with dirt, making for a gruesome sight.
"Su Ke!"
Li Mu's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. Just as he was about to rush out, a huge mouth carrying a foul stench blocked his path from the side.
The old dormitory supervisor was lying on the ground, his mouth wide open to the limit, like a shredder in operation.
"Bad kids should chew their food thoroughly."
On the other side, a pitiful figure suddenly charged out from the side.
Zhang Kai roared. He had no weapons, no special abilities, only a surge of unknown strength. Using the momentum of his run-up, he leaped into the air and kicked the seemingly respectable dean of students hard in the face.
Although the kick did not cause any real damage, it halted the headmaster's attack.
"Screw your respect for teachers!"
Using the recoil to land, Zhang Kai flipped over and pounced, scooping up Su Ke with his left hand and gripping Li Mu tightly with his right, rolling wildly on the ground.
"Snap!"
The dorm supervisor's big mouth bit into empty air; the upper and lower jaws collided, sending sparks flying, but he only managed to bite off a piece of Zhang Kai's clothes.
The three rolled around in a heap until they crashed into the horizontal bar on the playground and came to a stop.
Li Mu struggled to his feet, his remaining left arm transforming into a tentacle to support him on the ground. Zhang Kai also got up, clutching a brick. The two stood back to back, tightly protecting the heavily injured Su Ke between them.
One was a monster without skin, the other a student as filthy as a beggar. At this moment, they were like two wild beasts driven to the brink of despair, baring their fangs at the approaching giant shadows.
"Don't be afraid, the three of us are together now." Zhang Kai said, panting. "You guys used to protect me, this time it's my turn."
The dean of students coldly raised hundreds of arms, casting a shadow over the three of them.
"The futile struggle... is over!"
"Don't touch these students!"
Bao Ping rushed over.
He held a raised wrench with a warm, yellowish sheen, his face streaked with tears and snot. Looking at the wrench, his face contorted with heartache, muttering, "It's all over, it's all over. I've been so reluctant to part with it, but these are three living, breathing children! Little Tuanzi will forgive me, right?"
He rushed in front of the three men and, just a second before the heavy punch landed, crushed the ball of light on the wrench.
[Item: Obsession Wrench]
[Description: A father who is always late, a daughter who always forgives. This wrench embodies the daughter's deep longing for her father. The father can protect his daughter, and the daughter can protect her father.]
[Effect: Creates an absolute defensive force field in place, lasting for 3 minutes.]
[Used 3/3]
"Buzz—"
A warm, orange-yellow light screen instantly rose up, like a giant umbrella covering the heads of the four people.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The dean of students' hundreds of iron fists and the dormitory supervisor's sharp teeth pounded wildly on the light screen, causing it to tremble violently and ripple, yet it remained resilient and did not break.
Bao Ping slumped inside the light screen, panting heavily. Looking at the grotesque monsters outside, he wiped away a cold sweat and forced a smile: "What are you looking at? I'm just a soft-hearted person; I can't bear to see parents outlive their children. Don't try to be sentimental; I just can't stand seeing this..."