What does death feel like?

Losing control of the body, consciousness lost in the deep sea, reviewing one's life in confusion and pain.

But he had no memories to recall, he found that his memories were void, with nothing real.

He kept searching, searching for true memories, his true self.

Time seemed to stand still, a year passed, a hundred years passed, millions of years passed...

Time seemed to reverse, millions of years ago, a hundred years ago, a year ago...

Memories flooded in like tides.

He didn't remember everything, but he found the memory of the existence called "Xu Fang".

Opening his eyes, he struggled to resurface, finally poking his head out of the water.

The world gradually lost its color, white and gray dots faintly appeared, this was the perspective brought by the sense of energy, able to perceive the fluctuations of any energy.

But unlike before, in these gray and white dots, there were various shapes, unknown things like mosaics.

Just a glance at the "mosaic", he felt a strong discomfort and dissonance, similar to the feeling of "death is coming" before.

The mosaic of lines and blocks twisted and approached at a high speed...

Approaching?

With the help of the little demon's excellent dynamic vision, Xu Fang saw what was approaching. It was 12mm copper shell machine gun bullets, moving at a speed faster than sound. Even though these bullets were small in size, the catalysis of their quantity and speed would make the impact on the body even more gruesome than a car accident.

How to deal with it?

Using an energy shield to resist would consume a huge amount of energy. So, Xu Fang used the energy shield to take over his duplicate body, elongating it into dozens of small tentacles. Under the effect of the energy shield, the soft meme-energy combination immediately became tougher than steel, the tentacles intertwined with each other, applying a force with less than 1mm deviation on the side of the bullets, causing the trajectory of the bullets to deviate.

Under the influence of the tentacles, the trajectory of the bullets cleverly deviated, all drilling into the surrounding soil, creating small craters.

Blocking 150 bullets thrillingly, Xu Fang looked towards the armed helicopter 300 meters away in the sky.

In the perspective of energy, those monsters were all gray dots all over their bodies, which meant they were not living beings. But these monsters without energy supply could still move, and the machine gun was shooting so accurately, obviously violating the law of energy conservation.

The monster operating the machine gun emptied the magazine, let out a roar, and took out another chain of bullets from the box. The other monster in the pilot's seat controlled the helicopter to fire the cannon, seemingly wanting to bomb the area where Xu Fang was. The "mosaic" on the cannon was even denser, seemingly threatening Xu Fang's life at any moment.

Xu Fang no longer gave them a chance to attack, he pointed at the helicopter from a distance, and the energy beam instantly pierced through the heads of the two monsters.

The helicopter's shell was thick, so Xu Fang consumed a bit more energy.

After the brains of the monsters were burned, their bodies twitched a few times and disappeared without a trace.

From blocking bullets to counterattacking and killing monsters, this series of actions happened in just a few seconds.

Xu Fang retracted his tentacles and only then did he notice the current situation - he was lying on Luo Xiaoming's back, and there were soft white dots flowing on Luo Xiaoming's body, which were the energy characteristics that humans should have. She was struggling to move forward with Xu Fang on her back, not realizing what had happened, the impact of the bullets almost causing her to fall.

Xu Fang stared at her, recalling all the memories about Luo Xiaoming. From the first meeting, the storm of one hundred million yuan, the struggle in the demon world, the farewell in the Battle Royale, the reunion in Boston... everything came back. Or rather, Xu Fang's memories were sealed before, and now the seal has been lifted.

The current Xu Fang has become a meme-energy combination, possibly also a monster.

But memories and bonds no longer allow him to live like a monster, driven by instinct or commands.

Xu Fang placed his hand on Luo Xiaoming's head and said, "Goo--"

No, his vocal cords were no longer functioning properly, so he could only use his energy shield to manipulate his voice.

"Xiao Ming, thank you... and I'm still alive."

Luo Xiaoming's body trembled as she turned back in disbelief.

Xu Fang turned away, avoiding eye contact with her. His gaze now carried a strong spiritual contamination.

"Xu Fang... is it really you?"

"I've been transformed into the second stage, just like in a game." Xu Fang joked, "Although I look different now, yes, it's me."

"You... you're alive, that's... that's great. I... I don't know what to say... sob... you idiot..."

In these few minutes, Luo Xiaoming experienced multiple emotional shocks. Her own life was hanging by a thread, and she feared death even more. She was terrified of never seeing Xu Fang again. The thought of losing Xu Fang made her heart ache. But now, upon hearing Xu Fang's voice, she suddenly relaxed. Joy, confusion, grievances, and tears all welled up together. Her emotions were too overwhelming, and she didn't know how to express herself at the moment.

However, they didn't have much time for further communication. The sound of rustling came from the other side of the forest. The hunting party composed of those monsters was getting closer.

Xu Fang calculated his remaining energy. When he was resurrected, his energy was at 95%. Blocking machine gun bullets consumed about 3%, using energy beams to kill two monsters consumed about 5% (the helicopter's hull was too thick). At this moment, he still had 90% of his energy left, which was enough to deal with another hundred monsters. However, he had no idea how many enemies there were in total. If all the people in the city were monsters, or even the whole world...

"Xiao Ming, get ready, we're taking off!" Xu Fang said in her ear.

"What do you mean... ah!!"

Luo Xiaoming found herself suddenly floating in the air. She was initially startled, but quickly regained her composure because Xu Fang was holding her tightly.

As for what had happened and why Xu Fang had transformed, and what those monsters were... Luo Xiaoming didn't ask. She believed Xu Fang would explain it to her later.

Now, they needed to escape the imminent danger.

Xu Fang sprouted a pair of wings and flew with Luo Xiaoming towards the out-of-control helicopter.

Since no one was controlling it, the helicopter was slowly descending at an angle, teetering and about to lose balance.

Xu Fang entered the cockpit and placed Luo Xiaoming in the pilot's seat. "Xiao Ming, quickly, press down hard on the foot pedal with your right foot!"

"Ah, okay." Luo Xiaoming hadn't fully recovered from the shock of suddenly appearing in the helicopter, but she instinctively followed his instructions.

The helicopter's tail rotor adjusted, and the tilted body instantly leveled out.

"Too low, pull the collective lever on your right!" Xu Fang guided Xiao Ming while observing the situation below.

Many monsters wearing police uniforms had noticed Xu Fang and Luo Xiaoming and started shooting wildly in their direction. However, the armed helicopter had thick armor, and the bullets from their handguns made a crisp sound as they hit the metal, like scratching an itch. Unless they used heavy weapons like RPGs or M82A1 sniper rifles, it was impossible for them to shoot down the helicopter.

However, the sense of dissonance continued to increase.

"Xu Fang, is it this one?" Luo Xiaoming pointed to a black lever and asked loudly.

With the sound of the helicopter blades spinning in her ears, she had to raise her voice.

"Yes!"

As Xiao Ming pulled the lever, the helicopter suddenly tilted back and then climbed upwards.

Xu Fang squinted his eyes slightly. He noticed that some of the monsters had stopped attacking and were using their walkie-talkies to call their comrades.

The pager on Xu Fang's waist kept twisting with "mosaic", indicating the imminent threat.

Xu Fang didn't understand what these mosaics represented yet, but he knew they definitely weren't something good.

Xu Fang approached the machine gun and pulled out a chain of bullets from the nearby magazine box, loading it into the machine gun. Although Xu Fang had never used this thing before, he had scanned a lot of professional knowledge into his memory when he was in the United States. On one hand, he needed a lot of memories to "dilute" more important memories and improve his fault tolerance. Otherwise, if he were seriously injured, he might even forget who he was. On the other hand, these knowledge might be useful at some point, like now.

After loading the bullets, Xu Fang aimed the machine gun at the monsters below who were calling for their companions, without even opening the sight, he pulled the trigger directly.

The machine gun made a louder noise than a propeller, accompanied by the muzzle's flames, the bullets slanted down and directly killed the nearest few monsters.

The machine gun didn't stop, Xu Fang changed direction and there were several monsters hiding behind cars, using pagers.

Xu Fang aimed at the car's fuel tank and continued to shoot. Several cars exploded in succession, and those monsters were instantly engulfed by flames, disappearing into nothingness.

After shooting for almost half a minute, the barrel overheated and turned red, needing to cool down. Xu Fang put his hand on the barrel, quickly absorbing all the heat energy, forcibly cooling it down, and then pulled the trigger again.

Until he ran out of thousands of bullets, the monsters had all disappeared without a trace.

It seemed that the monsters' physical fitness was similar to that of humans, and ordinary firearms could cause enough damage to them.

Looking at the sea of fire below, Xu Fang sighed, human weapons were much more useful than energy beams. Using a heavy machine gun to continuously eliminate hundreds of monsters, it hardly consumed any energy. Instead, after absorbing the heat from the barrel, it even slightly replenished some.

Of course, the efficient elimination of enemies was due to the help of those mosaics, which were constantly reminding Xu Fang, "Look, it's most effective to hit here."

Xu Fang looked at Luo Xiaoming, who was operating the helicopter again. Luo Xiaoming's whole body was covered in white dots, following the flow direction of the white dots, Xu Fang could see the structure of the human body, could see the arteries with more energy and the slightly dimmer veins, the dots were flowing, and some were restless. Obviously, Luo Xiaoming was in an uneasy mood.

This was the energy perspective of the little demon, nothing strange, but above the energy perspective layer, there was another layer of changing, constantly twitching and distorting marks. They were sparsely distributed, with half of them concentrated in the head and the other half distributed in the internal organs, especially the heart. Just by looking at these marks, one could feel a strong sense of ominousness and disharmony.

They were twisting, as if telling Xu Fang: "Here is the weak point."

Could this be the power obtained from the God of Destruction?

Before Velley died, he asked Xu Fang if he could obtain His power, hoping that Xu Fang could wield His power and fulfill His final wish.

Xu Fang was clear about how terrifying the power of the God of Destruction was.

The God of Destruction almost controlled the rules of the universe, using mysterious means to rapidly increase the entropy of things in a very short time.

Although Xu Fang couldn't manipulate the entropy of objects at will like Velley, he gained a new perspective. Now Xu Fang could directly observe the "entropy increase points" of objects, which were like mosaics. As long as he hit these marks, he could make them increase entropy at the highest speed. However, not all things could be observed with these marks, only things that posed a threat to Xu Fang had the marks...

Wait, Luo Xiaoming could also see those marks on his body?

Why?

Perhaps it wasn't Luo Xiaoming himself who posed a threat, but his death would threaten Xu Fang?

"Xu Fang, where are you going?"

Luo Xiaoming, who didn't even have a driver's license, was forced to learn how to fly a helicopter in five minutes. Despite his fear, he found it somewhat exhilarating once he got used to it.

The helicopter was fast, and with the strange distance changes, they had already arrived on the outskirts of K City.

Xu Fang observed the surroundings and confirmed that there were no traces of monsters. He said, "Leave it to me."

Luo Xiaoming handed over the main pilot seat to Xu Fang and sat in the co-pilot seat.

Xu Fang activated the radar but found nothing.

Xu Fang didn't completely block the information. He was certain that the monsters had transmitted the message before they died. However, there were no pursuers coming after them so far - Xu Fang was prepared to encounter a large number of fighter jets.

Was it safe?

No, a sense of crisis and unease continued to surround Xu Fang. The pressure made it hard for him to breathe, even though he didn't need to breathe now.

Just because the enemy didn't show up didn't mean they didn't exist. They were just lying in wait, perhaps waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. This was even more terrifying than being swarmed by them. If the enemy didn't show up, they would never know what cards they held.

"Xiao Ming, can I borrow your phone for a moment?"

Taking Xiao Ming's phone, Xu Fang searched for "Horror Novel Web" on the web, but...

Nothing.

There was no Horror Novel Web.

There was no information about Horror Novel Web.

In this world, Horror Novel Web didn't exist.

Xu Fang's thoughts raced as he considered countless speculations and possibilities. In the end, he made the most conservative conjecture:

Right now, he and Luo Xiaoming were in the midst of a super-sized bizarre event, and it was the highest difficulty "no information" type of bizarre event that Kurozawa Rengatsu had mentioned. There were no hints for survival, no hints for death, and no hints for the rules. They had to figure everything out on their own!