Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 1232 - 85_2

Chapter 1232: 85_2

At this moment, the “Mutation” Chen Ran had previously unleashed began to take effect.

The monster’s waist and abdomen, which had been heavily damaged by Luande, had now been filled with tumors that grew from the mutation.

These tumors didn’t aid Bone Claw in any way; they only drew more of its power, becoming a burden to it.

Its speed became even slower than before.

This gave Chen Ran an opportunity.

Using another “Screech,” he caused the enemy to pause momentarily, allowing Chen Ran to slip through the stone door before the enemy could catch up.

The monster’s sharp claws extended out, trying to grab him. But Chen Ran seized the fleeting chance to dodge to the side of the door.

The claws left deep marks on the stone door.

Chen Ran didn’t dare to show his head; inside, he pushed the stone door with all his might.

He could hear the creaking sound of the stone door moving!

Chen Ran was overjoyed!

This was the best outcome! He hadn’t hoped much that the stone door could be closed. He just wanted to try his luck, and maybe he got lucky?

And indeed, luck was on his side!

The stone door was very heavy and hadn’t been used for a long time, making it very stiff. But since it could be pushed, it was a very good omen.

Moreover, once past the initial point, the stone door closed more easily with its momentum.

Chen Ran used all his strength, hoping to completely seal the not-so-big gap!

The gap was only a little bit large, and there was hope of closing it!

A claw suddenly darted in!

Clearly, the monster didn’t want to give up and was struggling with Chen Ran from outside the door.

In terms of strength attributes, Chen Ran was definitely at a disadvantage compared to the opponent, and this struggle would inevitably end in his defeat.

Immediately decisive, he pulled out the “Eagle,” pulled the trigger, and shot the last Spiritual Energy bullet into one of Bone Claw’s fingers.

The monster’s hand loosened, allowing Chen Ran to once again use force and completely close the stone door!

His vision was entirely covered by darkness. Yet, he let out a long sigh of relief and felt a slight weakness throughout his body.

Being on the brink of death was too thrilling and mentally exhausting.

Moreover, throughout the previous series of actions, while Chen Ran’s physical stamina was still okay to hold on, his Spiritual Energy was depleted by ninety percent. This left him feeling a sharp pain at his forehead and very sleepy, feeling like he could fall asleep anytime if given a bed.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Ran tried to calm this discomfort, but the relief wasn’t very effective.

Outside the door, Bone Claw was obviously very angry. Although Chen Ran couldn’t see it, he could hear scratching sounds outside the door, as if the monster was clawing at it.

Honestly, Chen Ran was indeed frightened. Though, logically guessing, even as formidable as the monster’s claws were, it couldn’t possibly break through and carve away the thick stone door. But who knew if this monster had some special even stronger ability?

Chen Ran remained vigilant, forcing himself to stay alert.

After a while, the commotion outside gradually subsided.

It seemed that the monster also realized it couldn’t break through, so it gave up.

After waiting for quite some time without any noise outside, Chen Ran finally completely relaxed.

Going out was temporarily not an option. What if the monster was still outside waiting, and opening the stone door meant certain death?

He sat down on the ground, looked back, and the deep darkness behind was somewhat unsettling.

Chen Ran dismissed the idea of exploring deeper inside; who knew what else might be in there?

Having a powerful monster chasing him, Chen Ran had no choice but to run deeper inside. But now that there’s no such threat, there’s no need to risk his life.

It’s best to stay put and wait for rescue.

His head was pounding… so sleepy…

With these thoughts, Chen Ran unknowingly slipped into a half-asleep, half-unconscious state.

…

Luande gradually regained his senses.

“What… what have I done!” He stood still, filled with self-loathing.

Deserting in the face of battle, he was deeply ashamed.

Moreover, he recalled that during his escape, it was a bullet from Chen Ran that drew that terrifying monster away, otherwise, he would have lost his life on the spot.

Chen Ran saved him, but he, without looking back, continued to run away.

He knew that all of this was caused by the fear spell cast by that monster, yet he still felt troubled by his own lack of resolve.

“Hello? Chen Ran! Chen Ran! Are you there?”

There was no response from Chen Ran.

A few seconds later, Sun Wei’an’s voice sounded: “Report your situation.”

Luande took a deep breath: “After Chen Ran and I arrived at the support location, we encountered a monster estimated to be at the peak of the third energy level, possibly even reaching the fourth. By then, it had already killed Zhou Cheng and Wang Weiwei…”

“We couldn’t escape, so we engaged it in battle…”

“The monster released some kind of fear spell, I… I was affected and ran away. Chen Ran distracted the monster, moving in another direction.”

After roughly explaining the situation, Sun Wei’an’s voice came again: “Stand by and wait for support, we’re almost there.”

“I need to go back for Chen Ran.”

“No, that’s an order!” Sun Wei’an’s somewhat harsh words came through.

The communicator fell silent for a moment, then other voices chimed in:

“Don’t go…”

“There’s no need, don’t be impulsive…”

“You wouldn’t be able to help him even if he’s still alive.”

…

Listening to these words, instead of feeling comforted, he felt increasingly distressed.

This wasn’t his first day on the job, he knew that acting impulsively and turning back to look for someone at this time would indeed be as useless as many comrades said over the communicator.

But…

“I have to go, otherwise, I won’t be able to get over this hurdle in my heart.”

With that, Luande ignored those voices, firmly turned around, and headed in the direction where they had fought the bone claw.

The communicator still buzzed with persuasion, but Sun Wei’an said nothing more.

No matter who it was, Luande had already made up his mind not to pay attention.

After walking for a while, some collapsed ruins gradually appeared around him.

A while later, through the mist, a two-meter-tall figure appeared, resembling the monster, but with an unnaturally bloated waist.

But… there was only this one figure.

Luande’s eyes immediately turned red.

Getting closer, he saw that this creature’s waist had several strange lumps that made its movements limp, but it was indeed the monster.

But Chen Ran was nowhere to be seen.

A strong sense of anger surged, and he immediately entered a berserk state, charging forward.

“I’ll fight you to the death!”

He roared, with truly only this thought in mind, and even if it meant certain death, it didn’t matter!

The monster’s movements were somewhat sluggish, only reacting when Luande charged very close, and its strength was significantly weakened.

Yet despite all that, the gap between them remained substantial.

One swipe came down, Luande blocked it, and blocked the second consecutive swipe as well. But the momentum of his charge was halted. Then came the third swipe, the fourth swipe…

If it were before, this dreadful monster would probably have killed Luande with just two swipes. It indeed had become much weaker, such that after some entanglement, it still hadn’t defeated Luande.

The tumors on its waist were draining too much of its strength. It couldn’t remove them either, or the damage would be even greater.

Yet despite how weak it had become, without Chen Ran’s assistance, Luande couldn’t even get close.

In fact, the longer this entanglement continued, the more danger Luande found himself in, with cut after cut appearing on his protective armor, blood flowing out.

In the midst of the tussle, a pitch-black shadow suddenly emerged from the gray mist, shooting forward to envelop the monster’s head.

The monster immediately began to tremble, unable to continue its attack on Luande.

But before it could do anything, numerous black shadows emerged one after another from the mist, surrounding it in a circle.

Luande looked to the side and saw Captain Sun Wei’an gradually emerging from the gray mist.

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