Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 615 - 608: Strange Perception

Chapter 615: Chapter 608: Strange Perception

"What’s wrong with you?" Luo’er couldn’t help but ask, seeing her in such a state.

"Well," Fulajie’er hesitated for a moment, then moistened her lips and said, "I noticed something when I went down to observe..."

"What is it?" Luo’er asked.

"I saw them moving, but I couldn’t sense their souls." Fulajie’er said.

"You mean they’ve lost their souls?" Luo’er asked with a frown.

"Yes!" Fulajie’er nodded obediently.

"How do you know?" Luo’er asked.

"Well," Fulajie’er pondered for a while, then said, "I saw them moving and tried to touch them, but I couldn’t sense their souls. My sister once told me that our conversations depend on the resonance of our souls, yet I couldn’t resonate with them. I tried to pass through their bodies, if their bodies had souls, then I would definitely be bounced back..."

"And then?" Luo’er asked anxiously when Fulajie’er paused.

Fulajie’er shook her head then continued, "I couldn’t pass through their bodies, but I know it’s not because of their soul’s rejection."

"Then what is the reason?" Luo’er asked, slightly stunned.

"It should be due to the decay of their bodies," Baiyue, who had remained silent by that point suddenly spoke up. "Once the body decays, the soul can no longer return to the body. Fulajie’er couldn’t resurrect back then due to this reason, hence why she remains in her spirit form."

"So, their bodies have started decaying?" Tangmo asked with a look of admiration towards Baiyue.

"According to previous theory, the decay of the body means that the last bit of soul attached to the body has left. In other words, these people can be considered truly dead," Cheng Ziang paused and reluctantly looked at Luo’er before continuing, "You’re right, all of these people are already dead, what stands before us now is nothing more than viruses controlling their corpses."

"Did you find anything else?" Luo’er continued questioning Fulajie’er.

"Hmm, their faces and noses, they seem to have begun to rot, but strangely, there are no flies crawling on them and no maggots can be seen on their faces." Fulajie’er thought for a moment and said.

"What else?" Luo’er continued to ask.

"Also," Fulajie’er looked up, thought for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed with an enlightened expression, "Oh, right, there is an ugly tumor-like thing growing on their heads, sorta like a mushroom!"

"Tumor?" Tangmo couldn’t help but retch at the sound of that word.

"Are you sure it’s a tumor?" Cheng Ziang asked.

"Yes, but it’s a bit like a mushroom!" Fulajie’er added, nodding her head.

Hearing her response, Cheng Ziang and Luo’er exchanged a look. They noticed a detail in Fulajie’er’s words, that she directly mentioned tumors growing on the heads of those corpse demons being a bit like mushrooms, rather than saying they had mushrooms growing on their heads.

If we consider Fulajie’er’s vocabulary and her careful way of speaking, she wouldn’t be overly strict in describing the features of the corpse demons. Since she said what was growing on the heads of the corpse demons were tumors, not mushrooms, that means the things growing on the heads of the corpse demons must somewhat differ in shape to mushrooms, which is why Fulajie’er described it as looking ’a bit alike’.

"That must be the lesion of the corpse demons, the area where the virus they transmit is situated." Luo’er said.

"Is there a tumor on the head of every corpse demon?" Cheng Ziang looked at her and asked after some thought.

"Hmm, it seems to be like that." Fulajie’er thought for a moment, then nodded her head and confirmed.

"We should be careful and try our best to avoid hitting the lesion, to prevent the virus from spreading in the air. Although we have our protection measures in place, we must still be cautious to avoid getting infected." Luo’er reminded with a serious look on his face.

"We can only shoot them at close range. Luckily they aren’t exotic insects or beasts, otherwise it would be really tricky." Cheng Ziang nodded and said.

"Luo’er, am I amazing or what?" Fulajie’er stood on Luo’er’s thigh, raising her hands in triumph.

"Amazing!" Luo’er smiled, stretching out his hand to pat her little head.

Although he couldn’t really touch her, it seemed that Fulajie’er still enjoyed it very much. She lowermed her head and narrowed her eyes in enjoyment of Luo’er’s praise, which made Tangmo puff up his cheeks in jealousy.

After flying for several hours, the transport plane finally arrived deep into the epidemic area with everyone on board. This was the earliest outbreak area, which, under the ravages of the virus and monsters, had long lost its vitality.

"Look, it’s the Door of Annihilation!" Tangmo pointed out the window and cried out loud.

Following her gaze, they saw an open Otherworld Gate. Including Lipei’s second gate, this should be the third Otherworld Gate opened since the Otherworld War.

From a high altitude, this gate seems much smaller than Lipei’s Otherworld Gate. It was just over ten meters high and less than a hundred meters long, but it was still magnificent. Unlike the Otherworld Gate of Yazhi City, the surface of this gate was a layer of dark purple ripples, forming a stark contrast with the colorful Otherworld Gate of Yazhi City, giving people an ominous feeling.

After the transport plane flew to this area, it didn’t rush to drop off the Advance Team, but circled around the Door of Annihilation, confirming the threat on the ground.

After circling back and forth for more than ten minutes, the dwarf pilot confirmed the safety of the ground, and then ordered the transport plane carrying the passengers to land. Hearing the order, the copilot turned around and yelled at the Advance Team in harsh Tasta language: "The area is safe, we can land!"

With the order issued, the passenger transport plane opened its throttle and began to slow down. It gradually hovered in mid-air, while the other one circled around it on guard.

Luo’er opened the hatch, then threw down the rope for landing. As they were landing in a danger area, they did not use the traditional terrestrial landing, but instead adopted a rope descent method.

"Check your weapons and equipment, descend in order!" Luo’er commanded, briefly checking his gas mask along the way, and then was the first to grab the rope and slide down.

Soon, Luo’er landed on the ground. He immediately let go of the rope, then knelt down with his rifle, and began to guard the landing area.

Following Luo’er’s lead, the Advance Team members descended to the ground one by one. After the last person landed, the transport plane retracted the rope, and then began to hover following them, providing the necessary firepower support.

Aside from the noise emitted by the transport plane, the surroundings were almost deadly silent. The virus and monsters took away all life, making this area completely lifeless.

"Alright, everyone listen up. Our current task is to track a group of Corpse Demons. They were in this area yesterday and have moved from the north to the south. Our task is to find a stray Corpse Demon, preferably capture a live one and take it back to the research department." Luo’er pulled out a map and said.

This map drew the general direction of the movement of the Corpse Demons and monsters. But since Corpse Demons moved in groups, they were relatively easy to track, while the monsters were elusive, thus it wasn’t easy to find them.

"Hmm?"

Luo’er took a step forward. He had just stepped on a twig when he heard Fulajie’er questioning next to him.

"What’s wrong?" Luo’er asked while being on guard.

"I think I feel the presence of a soul!" Fulajie’er furrowed her brow as she spoke.

"Of course, we are alive after all." Luo’er stated it as if it were as natural as day.

"No, not your souls, I’m familiar with your souls, it’s a very strange soul!" Fulajie’er denied.

"Could it be the souls of those dwarves?" Luo’er looked up at the transport plane in the sky, unable to help but ask.

"It’s not them either. I haven’t purposely searched in the sky, this feeling comes from the ground." Fulajie’er shook her head and said.

"You’re saying there’s a living being on the ground?" Upon hearing her words, Luo’er also couldn’t help but furrow his brow.

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