If Lisa were to jump down, it would all be over. Now there are only two chains on the stone platform, on the verge of a critical point. Once this balance is broken, then they would all truly fall into the endless abyss.
And Lisa…
After hearing Javier's loud shout of restraint,
Her figure hesitated and paused slightly, as if she truly understood Javier's meaning, and stood stiffly in place. This behavior made Javier feel involuntarily relieved. She was a good child!
And after seeing that Lisa's emotions had truly stabilized,
Rebecca, who was standing nearby, dared to move stealthily. After picking up the tactical backpack Javier had thrown over, she gently walked to the stone coffin and slowly placed Lisa's mother's remains into the tactical backpack.
The skull, chest, arms, legs, and pelvis were slowly stored in five separate parts. Feeling the stone platform, which had already begun to shake slightly, Rebecca dared not linger. Seizing the opportunity, her eyes narrowed, Rebecca abruptly stepped out, leaped, and directly face-planted onto the steps beside the cave entrance.
"Thud—!"
"Cough, cough, that hurt!"
With a muffled thud, Rebecca fell heavily onto the ground. Because her chest had no fat to cushion the impact, her flat chest took a hard hit, and she couldn't help but cough up a cloud of dust.
Although her posture was quite disheveled,
Fortunately, as long as she successfully left the stone platform that could fall at any time, it would be fine…
"Next,"
"Jill, Barry, you two prepare to jump. You must jump at the same time. Don't worry about me. Although the imbalance of gravity will cause the stone platform to tip over or even fall, I can firmly grasp the iron chain. When you two are across, just take off your clothes and tie them into a rope to pull me over!"
Seeing that Rebecca was safe and sound,
Javier breathed a slight sigh of relief, but quickly ordered Jill and Barry to quickly jump and escape the stone platform—
Don't try to persuade me, I'm taking a leave on the first day, damn… I forgot to check the word count at the end of last month. I'm only a thousand or two words short of the 120,000 words for full attendance, so I basically wrote for a month for nothing. Hundreds of yuan in full attendance bonus are gone. There are already few readers, and a month's manuscript fee is only eight or nine hundred yuan, now it's directly halved. Wuwuwu… My small money, this novel side hustle is really a pain in the ass. I have to open two books in July to recover some blood. So tired, I have to secretly open two books while working. I'm taking a leave today to adjust my mood. I'm out… Bye!
Chapter 28: The Obsession of the Human Skin Face
"Are you sure…?"
Listening to Javier's words, Jill and Barry asked again with disbelief. Wasn't this just seeking death? The method Javier mentioned was too dangerous. If they also ran away later, then the stone platform would completely lose balance.
Leaving Javier alone on this stone platform, who knew if anything unexpected would happen? What if the stone platform directly collapsed?! Therefore, facing Javier's words, Jill and Barry seemed a little hesitant.
"Jump quickly…"
"Don't worry, I'm more afraid of death than you two. If I didn't have absolute certainty, how would I dare to do such a thing? If you two really feel bad about it, next time there's danger, I'll just kick you two in front of me!"
Facing Jill and Barry's hesitation,
Javier seemed a little speechless. You two, stop being so pessimistic. If you don't jump now… the stone platform will really fall later. Therefore, Javier could only continue to play his scoundrel character and said to Jill and Barry,
After all, this was true.
If he encountered irreversible danger, then Javier would indeed sell out his teammates, because he would always put his own life first. He really couldn't gamble with his own life.
He came to enjoy the charm of the Resident Evil world, not to be a hero. That kind of heroism could only be done by protagonists like Chris. As a despicable and selfish villain, Javier couldn't do it—
But there was no other way.
Most people have this kind of mentality, not such a high level of awareness…
Jill: "…"
Barry: "…"
Alright, the touching atmosphere that these two had finally managed to create was instantly kicked back to its original state and completely frozen by Javier's despicable words. As expected, Javier was still Javier. Although he could occasionally say something eye-opening, at critical moments, he could also say things that would infuriate people without paying for it.
Since Javier was still so despicable,
Then Jill and Barry naturally no longer tried to dissuade him or worry. The two exchanged glances, and the next second, they quickly sprinted forward, their leg muscles tensed. Seeing that the stone platform beneath their feet was shaking more and more violently,
"Jump—!!!" + 2
The two shouted loudly at each other,
Then leaped,
Two figures quickly lunged out, still face-planting like Rebecca. Jill and Barry fell heavily onto the steps of the cave entrance, but fortunately, Jill and Barry had enough fat on their chests to resist some impact and help cushion a lot.
After all, one was the greasy fat of a middle-aged man,
The other was the elastic fat of a young woman.
Both of them were much stronger than Rebecca's flat chest and small jelly. They wouldn't break when pressed. However, these words invisibly hurt Rebecca's fragile little heart.
As a potion expert,
Rebecca swore… she would learn from a certain busty, plump sheep from the Senju clan and research a potion that could enlarge breasts by 100% with no side effects, hanging two grapefruit-sized fats on her chest to infuriate Javier, that scoundrel!
"Thud…!!!"
With a muffled thud,
The two also suffered a considerable impact, and their entire bodies ached. Rebecca, who was kind-hearted, rushed forward to help them up. Now, only Javier, that scoundrel, hadn't come up yet.
But,
When there was no accident, an accident would occur.
"Bang!"
"Rumble…!!!"
Just then, the stone platform, which had been barely balanced, suddenly let out a strange sound. The only two remaining thick chains suddenly began to loosen, and the next second, they all snapped, sending countless shattered stones flying. The heavy stone platform and stone coffin also rapidly fell due to physics.
His feet instantly lost support, which made Javier's expression turn green. Like a drowning man desperately grasping at the last straw of survival, he tightly clutched the chain hanging in mid-air, not daring to relax his focus for a second.
If he let go…
Falling down would be a bottomless abyss—!
"Damn it, this is messed up."
"Why is my luck so bad? Does this damn script have to kill me? This stone platform didn't fall just now, but now that everyone's gone, it falls. Is it specifically bullying me because I don't have a protagonist's halo? Which bastard activated the 'ally-killing' passive?!"
His hands tightly gripping the chain,
But feeling his trembling, pale arms that wouldn't hold on for much longer, Javier finally couldn't help but curse. This damn Resident Evil was too much of a trap. This was definitely not an accident or a coincidence; it was absolutely premeditated!
If Jill and Rebecca were the ones left behind,
The stone platform collapsing and the chains breaking would absolutely not happen. It was Javier's luck halo that was too low, plus Jill and Rebecca both had the passive of killing teammates, so Javier could become cannon fodder and die at any time.
But Javier didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly…
He originally wanted to rely on the precarious stone platform to buy himself a final chance to escape, but he never thought that the stone platform would directly collapse! It was simply outrageous!
And what was even more uncomfortable was that Javier's arms were about to give out.
Because the chain was too large, Javier couldn't hold on firmly, nor could he do an L-shaped foot support, because that required a rope. This chain was too big and hard, how could he trip it?
Therefore, Javier could only tough it out with arm strength…
But human arm strength couldn't last for long.
At this moment, Javier's arms had already begun to gradually go numb and tremble, even though he gritted his teeth, he still looked like he could fall at any moment!
"Javier!!!"
"Damn it, you bastard, hold on! Don't let go, if you let go, you'll really fall. Wait a little longer, we'll make a rope out of clothes and swing it to you right away!"
Upon seeing the sudden situation,
Rebecca and the others, who had originally wanted to curse Javier, immediately became unsettled. They all shouted in horror at Javier. They didn't expect this accident to come so quickly. The entire stone platform had fallen. Was such an absurd situation possible?
Now Javier was hanging alone on the chain, swaying, looking like he could fall at any moment. This made Rebecca and Jill's hearts once again clench. There was nothing they could do… Fighting was fighting, cursing was cursing, but to let Javier, their teammate, die, they really couldn't do it, nor did they have the heart.
Therefore, they quickly shouted at Javier to hold on, and then immediately began to unfasten their tactical vests. Jill and Barry both took off their jackets and tied them into a dead knot to connect them. Rebecca even tore the tactical backpack Javier had thrown over earlier into two halves, preparing to make a rope as well.
As for Lisa's mother's remains,
They were taken out and placed on the ground.
The three of them tried their best to extend the length of the rope,
But unfortunately, while they were anxiously busy, Javier on the side could no longer hold on. Although he really wanted to burst out with his willpower or something, unfortunately, he wasn't that kind of person.
As an ordinary person,
He didn't have the kind of burst setting. Feeling his arms already beginning to tremble violently and losing more and more strength, Javier knew… this was no longer something he could reverse with just strong willpower.
"Damn it!"
Thousands of words turned into a single curse,
The next moment,
"Whoosh…!!!"
His fingers went limp and released,
Javier slid off the chain,
The turbulent chains also emitted a crisp sound, but it was as terrifying as a death chain that claimed lives. Rebecca and Jill, who heard the abnormal sound, suddenly turned their heads and saw the terrifying scene of Javier falling into the abyss.
The three of them showed a series of negative emotions such as anxiety, shock, worry, shame, and self-blame. Their hands, which were still busy tying the rope, also dropped powerlessly.
Is it all over—?
No,
Of course not,
Because Javier had also left a backup safety system beside the cave entrance, but the premise was that this backup safety system could be recognized. There was no doubt that this backup safety system was the monster girl Lisa. Her Plaga parasite tentacles could extend several meters to penetrate the target, and of course, they could also tightly entangle the target.
This depended on Lisa's consciousness…
And now,
Watching Javier fall from the chain at that instant,
"Hiss…!!!"
Lisa, by the cave entrance, immediately let out a low hiss,
As if she truly understood the situation before her, the Plaga parasite tentacles behind her rapidly shot out, all attacking in Javier's direction. However, this time Lisa's Plaga parasite tentacles were not intended to penetrate Javier's body, but to save him.
"Clatter—!"
Very precisely,
Dozens of Plaga parasite tentacles coiled around Javier's ankle, which was about to fall into the abyss, directly grabbing him firmly in mid-air.
"Roar…!!!"
The moment the Plaga parasite tentacles grabbed Javier, Lisa let out another low roar. The originally slender Plaga parasite tentacles suddenly expanded several times, becoming incredibly thick. A huge force suddenly surged, directly flinging Javier, who was hanging in mid-air, upwards.
"Bang—!"
Another muffled thud,
Now it was Javier's turn to suffer,
He fell harder than anyone else, his chest aching with a dull pain. He lay on the ground resting for a while before barely getting up.
And looking at the monster girl Lisa, who was quietly holding her mother's remains by the cave entrance, the expressions of the others were also full of surprise and shock, especially Jill and Barry. They truly couldn't imagine that a monster girl, whose appearance was almost indistinguishable from a zombie,
But she could still understand human speech,
And even take the initiative to save people because of it—!
This was completely something that shouldn't be displayed by the monster girl Lisa. It was truly unbelievable.
If it weren't for Lisa's ugly appearance, perhaps she was another manifestation of a new human. After all, she had tenacious vitality, retained intelligence, and could act according to her own thoughts. Aside from being a little ugly, there seemed to be nothing else to criticize.
"…"
"Tha… thank… you…"
Having just rescued Javier from the abyss,
Javier was about to express his gratitude, but Lisa spoke first, thanking him. This made Javier sigh with emotion; Lisa was truly a good child.
However… before Javier could say anything else, the next second Lisa picked up her mother's remains and slowly walked away towards the other side of the cave entrance without looking back.