Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 13: Sleepwalking in Dreamland [Complete]

1594: Reunion of Professor and Student

Wu Yiliu did not lie.

When the giant rats bent over and twisted their bodies to look, he didn't take the opportunity to run away. Instead, he just sat still on the large rock. When the giant rats finally realized something was wrong, one of them nearly swept him off with its long tail, exclaiming like a crying child, "What's going on? But I don't feel pain!"

It didn't look like something that would hurt.

For example, the flesh above their tails now looked like a cucumber that had been left in the fridge for too long: the color had become pale and deepened, turning slightly transparent. It seemed mushy and unable to maintain its original shape, feeling as if one could poke a hole in it with a finger. The giant rats hadn't noticed this gradual decay at all.

"It's because of this mini-doomsday; I suspect that this rainforest causes organisms to decay rapidly!" Wu Yiliu quickly shouted, hoping to calm them down. "It has a limited range. Just run out, and you'll be fine. I know the way out!"

"Hurry up." He didn't even know if the giant rats had heard him. They were panicking, screaming at each other, "You have it too... it's this place, it's this place!"

Wu Yiliu hadn't expected them to break down like this in their terror. They even forgot about their prey, wildly swinging their tails and kicking, as if trying to shake off the rot. When one of the giant rats finally couldn't bear it and ran headlong into the forest's depths, the others followed in shrieking panic.

The rat that had been sitting beside Wu Yiliu, who seemed to be the only one who had heard him, bent down and opened its mouth, filled with human-like teeth, spraying foul-smelling saliva as it asked, "Where? Where's the exit?"

Wu Yiliu wiped his face and stood tremblingly, still crouching, trying not to touch the surrounding plants. The rat reached out an arm and grabbed him, running with him in its grasp.

His shock was immense. He had planned to at least get the giant rats to leave first but found himself caught and taken along. Caught between the foul smell, coarse fur, and wrinkled skin, Wu Yiliu struggled violently but couldn't break free and almost vomited.

"Which way? Which way?" The giant rat screeched as it ran, leaning forward like a human, its legs crossing back and forth. "How come I can't see the ex—"

Its words were cut off.

Wu Yiliu had pointed in the opposite direction of the consular officer, and they soon reached the edge of the Wilderness Forest. They could see the distant buildings beyond the layers of deep green shadows. The boundary between the rainforest and the regular world was both abrupt and neat. One side was grassy woodland, the other a concrete surface, drawn as if with a ruler, without a single leaf crossing the line.

"Hey, over here!" the giant rat said, calling out to its companions, and ran toward the boundary.

Wu Yiliu cringed. The sensation of being enveloped by coarse hair and bare skin was nightmarish. Thankfully, he didn't have to endure it for long.

Indeed, within a few breaths, the giant rat was knocked down with a "thud," tumbling with its legs in the air. Wu Yiliu quickly took the opportunity to wriggle out from under its arm and dashed towards the boundary without looking back.

Each mini-doomsday created by a posthuman is limited in range: now that the Flynn and the consular officer have met, and the two are basically in the same location, their pocket dimension ranges should also overlap. When the boundary of the Wilderness Forest appears before their eyes, it signifies that the boundary of the gray rat's activity is right in front of them.