Swordsmanship Coach: Kill with One Slash

Chapter 291: Chapter 191: Monster

After a moment, Zhao Xue got up from her seat. She glanced nervously at Su Yu and Su Xing, then nudged Lu Anning and asked:

"Ningning, what are you doing here?"

"Well, I came looking for you. He’s the Sword Dao coach I’m always telling you about, and this is his brother, who’s also a member of a special organization."

"Please, sit."

Su Xing gestured for her to sit. Seeing her take a seat next to Lu Anning, he cleared his throat and began:

"Lu was very worried about you, so she asked me to help find you. I have a question. Lu said that you had already left. Why did you suddenly come back, and where are the others now?"

Zhao Xue had a clean face and looked like a high school girl, but her brow was tightly furrowed as if she were wrestling with a difficult thought.

"What is it?"

"..."

"I don’t know how to explain."

Zhao Xue hesitated for a moment, then said:

"My recent memories are all a bit fuzzy. It’s like... some other consciousness has been living for me. I only truly woke up after I found myself back here, though I don’t know how I returned."

’Terminal lucidity,’

Su Xing murmured to himself.

Based on his previous conversation with Lu Anning and everything he’d seen and heard since entering the Secret Realm, Su Xing was beginning to piece things together.

It was very likely,

that the monsters in this Secret Realm,

were, in fact, normal people who had transformed after inhaling too much of the fog.

And in Zhao Xue’s case,

she was in the final stage before turning into a monster. During this phase, her personality and memories had returned to normal. But if she inhaled any more of the fog, she would transform into a true, mindless monster.

Luckily, she had run into Su Yu and his group. Their Extraordinary energy could effectively block the fog. As long as she stayed here until the Secret Realm collapsed, she would survive.

"What about your friends? Lu mentioned that they disappeared at the same time you did."

Su Xing repeated.

"No, I don’t know."

Zhao Xue froze, the confusion and fear in her eyes unconcealed. She genuinely seemed to have no idea what he was talking about, which only solidified Su Xing’s certainty that her friends were in the Secret Realm as well.

’The only question is...’

’Have they already turned into monsters?’

"When you first arrived, what was the Summer Resort like? Was the fog already this thick?"

Su Xing pressed on. As Lu Anning’s friend, she was probably one of the earliest arrivals and therefore the best source of information.

"No."

"The fog wasn’t that thick back then."

"So when I snapped out of it, I was terrified. I immediately arranged for a bus to take me down the mountain and back home, but..."

"Halfway down the mountain, the fog suddenly became incredibly thick, and the bus inexplicably broke down. The driver checked it for ages but couldn’t find the issue. In the end, the two of us had no choice but to return to the resort, losing our last chance to go home."

There were some things,

she left unsaid.

When she had returned to the resort, all the original guests had vanished without a trace. The ordinary people here now were all tourists who had arrived later, but none of them could get out.

As for Su Yu and his group,

they had arrived even later.

After they arrived, the entire Secret Realm seemed to suddenly become more treacherous. Strange and terrifying events grew more frequent, and it became more dangerous with each passing day.

Although,

there had been strange occurrences from the start.

They were nowhere near as frequent as they were now.

After Su Xing finished his questions, he told Zhao Xue to get some rest. Seeing the fear on her friend’s face, Lu Anning went aside with her. Su Xing and Su Yu moved to a corner to talk.

"Yu, have you explored much of the area since you arrived in this Secret Realm?"

Su Xing asked.

"Yeah. I haven’t explored the entire Secret Realm, but I’ve checked the whole area surrounding the Summer Resort."

"Okay. Besides this resort, is it possible there are ordinary people surviving anywhere else?"

Su Xing asked.

"..."

Su Yu fell into thought for a moment. He looked at Su Xing’s curious gaze, then nodded before shaking his head. "Logically, there should be survivors in other places."

"After all..."

"The number of people here at the Summer Resort is far lower than the total we detected. Unless all the others are dead, they have to be somewhere."

"Then why did you shake your head?"

"..."

"According to our investigation, the Summer Resort is the only area that provides any isolation from the dangers. Every other place is more unsafe than the last. Without an Extraordinary Being to protect them, it’s highly unlikely a normal person could survive out there."

Su Yu’s voice was heavy.

Yes.

Su Yu believed they were already dead.

If they were all dead, the number of casualties would be staggering. Even for the special organization, it would cause a major public relations disaster.

"Do you have a map?"

"Mark all the dangerous locations for me. I’m going to go investigate on my own."

Su Xing wanted to ask for a guide,

but he knew that if he did, Su Yu would insist on coming along to face the risks with him. Su Xing didn’t want his younger brother to face any unforeseen dangers.

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