[Ding! Normal task triggered: Kill Slaanesh 0/1]
[Reward: Points *4000, 50% discount opportunity for shop items *1]
When the system prompt sounded, Ning Yu's hazy consciousness was pulled into a peculiar space.
It was a space filled with pink bubbles, playing incredibly suggestive music, with no visible end in sight.
Countless young and fresh bodies were dancing seductively around Ning Yu.
They wore minimal clothing, barely covering the essential parts.
It was the kind of outfit that was more provocative than being naked.
But Ning Yu's lips just twitched in annoyance: she wanted to punch each of these illusory bodies twice.
Because...
These bodies were all beautiful men, which gave Ning Yu an overwhelming sense of philosophical discomfort.
How irritating!
Ning Yu rolled her eyes. This illusion created by Slaanesh was apparently targeting her current gender.
Unfortunately, while her body was female, her soul wasn't.
Were these illusion beautiful men created to cross swords with her?
Besides, why did Slaanesh only create heterosexual illusions? How infuriating - when would the LGBT community be able to stand up?
If this were in her previous life, passionate and righteous netizens would have cyberbullied it, never letting it recover, labeling it with sexual minority discrimination, and nailing it to the pillar of shame.
But how to get out of this damn illusion?
This was Ning Yu's first time experiencing such a non-physical attack.
A beautiful man beside her placed his arms behind his head, swaying his waist left and right, showing off his abs.
She tried slashing at one of the beautiful men nearby, but the blade passed right through his body, unable to harm him.
"Crack... crack..."
Before Ning Yu could try anything else, the pink bubble space suddenly filled with cracks, like a breaking mirror.
The cracks spread like a spider web, growing more numerous.
Hm? What's happening?
"Snap!"
As if reaching some limit, with a crisp sound, the entire illusion shattered into pieces, falling and dissipating into nothingness.
But she hadn't returned to reality.
Ning Yu saw that familiar lake again, the mirror-like azure lake where she had met another 'self' in her dreams.
Her vision blurred, and she saw that other 'self' again.
That 'self' wore a pure white elegant dress adorned with beautiful ribbons and decorations, silver hair gracefully flowing, like a fairy from the lake.
The same deep amber eyes were gazing at Ning Yu.
That 'self' slowly smiled at Ning Yu, about to say something.
"Ahhhh!!!!"
A sharp, piercing scream suddenly pulled Ning Yu back to reality.
Slaanesh was clutching its head, frantically banging its forehead against the ground, as if in intense agony.
It seemed the shattering of the illusion had caused some severe damage to its brain.
Ning Yu quickly surveyed her surroundings. Zombies controlled by Slaanesh had surrounded them, trying to bite her companions.
Ning Yu kicked up the long sword that had fallen when she entered the illusion, caught it firmly, and slashed the head of a zombie that was about to bite Shen Yiyue.
The zombie that used to be Wan Heng, wearing sunglasses, had grabbed Ji Mengyao and was about to bite her.
Ning Yu raised her sleeve crossbow and fired an arrow. The silver bolt flew true, piercing through "Wan Heng's" head.
This sunglasses-wearing youth, whom she had only met twice, slowly fell backward, his head hitting the ground, sunglasses falling aside.
Wu Di wasn't in any danger, as his position was further inside where he had climbed up.
Ning Yu decided to ignore the zombies coming up the stairs for now. She took the handgun from the stunned Shen Yiyue and walked up to Slaanesh.
It was still immersed in intense pain, completely unaware of Ning Yu's actions.
The dark barrel of the gun pointed at its head as it continued banging it against the floor.
"Bang!"
The bullet instantly passed through its pink hair and into its head.
Its body, which had been struggling in pain on the ground, immediately stiffened and then collapsed forward.
The bunny girl hairpin fell to the ground, with bright red blood flowing from underneath its body.
It stopped moving.
It's strange how these zombies seem to become more human-like as they evolve.
Not only do they have pain sensation, but now their blood has even returned to human-like red.
[Ding! You have killed the low-level mutant zombie Slaanesh, gained Points *500!]
[Ding! Task completed: Kill Slaanesh 1/1]
[Rewards distributed: Points *4000, 50% discount opportunity for shop items *1]
As the system prompt sounded in her mind, Ning Yu quickly looked back.
With Slaanesh's death, the other three awakened from the illusion, all collapsing to the ground one after another.
They were covered in cold sweat, breathing heavily, who knows what kind of illusions they had seen.
"Get up, watch out behind you!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Ning Yu shouted, raising the gun and firing several shots.
The zombies that had just climbed up the stairs were immediately shot down by Ning Yu, falling backward and knocking over several other zombies.
"Xiao Yu... are you alright?"
Shen Yiyue, having recovered, quickly moved closer, taking back the gun and looking at Ning Yu with concern.
"I'm fine."
Ning Yu handed over the gun, took up the long sword and attacked again, while Shen Yiyue provided covering fire.
Wu Di and Ji Mengyao, having recovered, joined the fight, assisting Ning Yu.
Soon, the zombies that had rushed to the second floor were quickly eliminated by the group.
Ji Mengyao turned back and saw the sunglasses youth's corpse on the ground, crouching down to examine it.
"He must have been controlled by this mutant zombie."
Ning Yu also crouched down, pointing at the bite mark on Wan Heng's neck.
The bite mark still had traces of Slaanesh's lipstick, suggesting he had probably fallen victim to Slaanesh's sneak attack.
His ability to interfere with and control zombies apparently hadn't worked on Slaanesh, leading to this outcome.
He was too confident in his abilities, going out on a mission alone.
"We need to take his body back for burial."
Ji Mengyao silently lit a ladies' cigarette, this time it was a new flavor Ning Yu had just given her - mint watermelon.
Wu Di stepped forward at these words, lifting Wan Heng's body with both hands. Since he was still carrying the large box on his back, he could only carry the body in his arms.
Ji Mengyao slowly exhaled a cloud of smoke beside him, sighing:
"This guy, he still has a sick sister back at the base..."
"Don't know what's going to happen to his sister now..."
Her face was filled with worry. Despite her rebellious exterior, she was surprisingly kind-hearted.
A companion had died, and she was already concerned about his family.
Unfortunately, Wan Heng never got the chance to invite Ji Mengyao for that drink.
"Need any help?"
Shen Yiyue watched Wu Di carrying the large box on his back while holding a corpse in front, wanting to help share some of his burden.
"No need~"
Ji Mengyao leaned back, her whole body slanting against Wu Di, completely using him as a pillar.
She brought the cigarette to her lips for another drag.
"Look, this guy's super strong, it's his awakened ability."
Ning Yu glanced at Wu Di. He wasn't particularly muscular, rather on the thin side. If he weren't wearing a proper suit, he might have looked like a sickly young man.
"Mengyao, give me one too, I want watermelon flavor."
Wu Di stood there expressionlessly, steady as a rock, directly entering cigarette-begging mode.
"You're stealing my cigarettes again! You'll have to work for me for 10 years... no, 50 years!"
Ji Mengyao immediately turned around, poking Wu Di while puffing up her cheeks in anger.
Despite her words, her hands moved quickly, already lighting one for him.