"Meow!! What are you doing! I just dreamed of a super big mackerel! I ate until my belly was bulging! Why did you wake me up, meow!"
Nekomata, having been forcibly woken from her sleep, had a very bad case of waking grumpiness. She ceaselessly pounded on Geno's head, venting her dissatisfaction.
"Mackerel?"
"Stuffed from eating?"
Hearing Nekomata's words, everyone finally understood that they had misunderstood; the scene instantly became extremely awkward.
"Uh, well, you know, I've always believed in you!"
Eous, who had just been looking filled with righteous indignation, instantly switched faces. It was simply a pity he didn't study Sichuan Opera.
The group marched out of the Dead End Hollow in a mighty contingent. Afterwards, Lycaon and the other two bade farewell to Geno and the rest; after all, there was nothing left for them to do.
"If you have any needs in the future, please contact us at any time. Victoria is dedicated to ensuring every guest feels the warmth of home."
The dedicated butler promoted his work, though the people present would likely no longer naively believe that Victoria Housekeeping was merely a housekeeping company.
"Safe travels, Mr. Lycaon."
Geno bade farewell to Lycaon and the others with a grateful heart, but he didn't notice that the look in Lycaon's eyes before he left was somewhat meaningful.
After saying goodbye to Victoria Housekeeping, the group prepared to return to Sixth Street. After toiling for a day, they could finally take a break.
But before they could move, that familiar voice rang out in Geno's mind once again.
[Warning: Silver Base is currently suffering an attack.]
"What did you say?!"
Shocked by this matter, Geno shouted out subconsciously, startling the people around him.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Eous (Belle) nervously asked about Geno's condition, but he shot off in a certain direction without any warning.
"Geno! Geno! What is going on with this guy?"
Nicole and the others were also extremely puzzled by Geno's abnormality.
Although Nekomata didn't know what had happened, her intuition told her to follow, otherwise she would regret it.
Thus, Nekomata also followed closely in Geno's footsteps.
Seeing that both of them had left without saying goodbye, the remaining few hesitated for a moment, but still chose to believe that Geno wouldn't act without aim, and chased after them as well.
On the other side, Geno, who had left first, unscrupulously utilized his teleportation ability to save time, not hesitating to risk exposure.
'Faster! Even faster!'
Outside the Hollow, the Ether energy Geno could mobilize was not much, and the distance of his teleports was also very limited.
As for the voice in his mind, Geno frantically wanted to obtain more information from that unknown existence, but his inquiries were like a stone sinking into the sea, receiving no feedback whatsoever.
'Although this strange existence only speaks in fragments each time, everything it says becomes reality every single time.'
Geno didn't dare to gamble, didn't dare to gamble that what this unknown existence said was wrong this time.
So, even though he had already consumed quite a lot of stamina and Ether energy, he still chose to enter the Hollow again.
Soon, amidst his desperate rush, Geno arrived at the Crete Hollow where the Silver Base was located.
Geno, having replenished his Ether energy within the Hollow, transformed directly back into an Ethereal and headed toward the Silver Base with even greater speed.
Soon, he arrived in front of that familiar main gate.
No, it was no longer familiar.
That main gate was now nowhere to be found. Smoke rose from all over the entire base, all the buildings were in tatters, and the sounds of gunfire and the screeching of monsters rang out from every part of the base.
Geno didn't pause for long; with a flash of his figure, he entered the Silver Base.
In front of the dormitory building, which had already become ruins, the members of the Silver Squad held various weapons, facing the encirclement and suppression of the Ethereal swarms, still maintaining their formation to deal with the Ethereals' attacks.
"Just what are these monsters! Ordinary Ethereals wouldn't have such strange abilities."
Number 6 waved the military saber in her hand, slicing a Thunder Spider that pounced at her face in two.
But the Thunder Spider, which was clearly finished off, landed on the ground and, under the influence of some unknown turbid energy, coalesced once again. At the same time, its body emitted a bizarre red light.
"It's endless! Not only are they tough as hell, but they also resurrect! They're simply more disgusting than cockroaches!"
The rest of the Silver sisters also wore difficult expressions. Not to mention that these special energies made the Ethereals' aggression stronger, they also increased their recovery capabilities. Unless the core was hit in one strike or that special energy was exhausted, they simply wouldn't die.
Suddenly, a figure appeared abruptly in the air, attracting the attention of several people, and that figure was flying toward their direction at an extremely fast speed.
"Goblin Smash!"
Hearing only a loud thud, the encirclement of Ethereals that had originally surrounded the Silver sisters so tightly that not even water could trickle through was instantly smashed open with a large gap.
The Ethereals that were hit either died on the spot or shattered into pieces on the ground, struggling to recover their bodies.
"Geno!"
The sisters were overjoyed; the arrival was none other than Geno. His hands were covered with a massive amount of Ether crystals, mimicking the attack method of a [Goblin] to smash open an escape route for them.
"We can't stay here long, retreat first!"
Geno beckoned the group to rush out of the encirclement. With the addition of Geno, a heavyweight player, the momentum of the breakout was like a fierce tiger descending a mountain, and they soon rushed out of the Ethereals' encirclement.
Leading the charge, Geno rampaged through. Although his body was injured by quite a few Ethereals, relying on the dense Ether energy within the base, the injuries came fast and went just as fast.
Finally, under this fighting style of trading injuries for injuries, the group successfully rushed out from below the dormitory building.
"Is there any safe place left in the base?"
"Yes! The experimental building hasn't fallen yet! Twiggy is also there!"
Hearing Number 5's reply, Geno finally noticed that of the entire Silver Squad, only Twiggy was not here.
Afterwards, continuing to serve as the vanguard, he led the group to march toward the experimental building.
Inside the experimental building, Twiggy's expression was extremely grave. She stared dead hard at the crystal fragment on the test bench that was stained with a turbid red aura, attempting to decipher its secrets.
At the very beginning when the Congregation attacked the Silver Base, it was just suicide attacks by some cultists. Under the attacks of automatic machine guns and defense mechs, they were soon completely annihilated.
However, the dead cultists did not lose their lives just like that. Instead, this bizarre red aura surged from their bodies, and subsequently, they rapidly transformed into Ethereals.
Afterwards, the abilities of these Ethereals were also greatly enhanced. Twiggy had risked her old life to obtain this small experimental sample, all to research the weakness of this substance.
However, what puzzled Twiggy was not just this.
'This thing, why does it look so similar to that thing sealed in the base's records?'
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