The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

"Are you fucking kidding me, why are you here?"

Black Cat's eyes bulged wide and round.

Su Qi looked at it oddly, "Where else could I be if not here? Swallowed up by the monster horde?"

Black Cat was at a loss for words and sulkily said, "I thought you were in the just-passed crowd of Heavenly Destiny People."

To tell the truth.

When the Heavenly Destiny People rushed over just now, Su Qi hadn't paid much attention, but Black Cat didn't ask further and instead looked at the motorcycle Su Qi was riding.

It raised its eyebrows ever so slightly.

"This fire…"

It didn't know if it was an illusion, but it felt a breath from the Old Days emanating from this fire.

As an Elemental Devouring Beast, it had used its outrageous abilities to traverse many worlds of the Old Days.

It had seen a huge and vast, universe-like hub buried deep in the Old Days, and this fire... seemed to bear some trace of that place.

However.

Black Cat's strength was now limited, and given the current state of emergency in their escape, it hadn't been able to see more clearly.

"So why are you lagging behind?"

"Because I'm covering their retreat," Su Qi said lightly,

"After all, my equipment is not too shoddy."

Black Cat didn't doubt him.

Indeed.

The Ghost Fire seemed to be able to protect Su Qi for the time being, but it looked like it would only last a short while, already flickering and about to extinguish.

"I didn't expect you to have such guts," Black Cat looked back, its eyebrows raising slightly,

"So, Su Buxian, since you've come all this way, do you know why they are congregating together?"

Su Qi, without a change in expression, pondered slightly, "This could be due to their nature, after all, they are social creatures, maybe they also have migratory habits."

Black Cat: "..."

Your serious tone leaves me momentarily unsure whether I should take what I've heard as a joke or not.

"Lord Black Cat, their speed is increasing!!!"

"It seems the infection is enhancing their strength."

Su Qi nodded in agreement.

Though the real reason was because of him, that was not important.

Turning back to look at the monster horde behind them, "Yes, Lord Cat, if you have any tricks, it's time to use them, look at them."

At this very moment.

"Crack!"

The Abyss Bishop burst forth with a disturbing strength, accelerating violently with the other Demons.

The force made Su Qi glance subtly.

While Black Cat gritted its teeth and after a long struggle, it leaped directly and positioned itself onto the back seat of Su Qi's motorcycle.

"Take me with you."

"Hey."

Su Qi said, "Just compare and you'll see, can you keep up or not? As a leader, you see how others know to advance with their troops, why are you falling behind?"

Black Cat bared its teeth and snarled, "Stop your blathering."

Su Qi did not continue to speak, nor did he stop Black Cat from hitching a ride, for he had noticed its injuries from the moment he saw it.

Its wounds were quite severe, and as it moved, one could see blood spilling everywhere, and its physical strength, spiritual energy, and more were all but depleted.

Previously, when facing the Abyss Bishop for the final strike, it had stood firm.

However, he hadn't expected what would follow.

Its blood spilled behind Su Qi.

At this very moment.

The Ghost Fire of the motorcycle had disappeared, leaving only the bike itself still operational!

"Do you need healing?"

Su Qi was oddly collected, "Look at the infected area in the Sky Dome above, once it gets here, with your current state, you probably won't last more than a minute."

Black Cat fell silent:

"Forget it, it's not necessary."

"We've given half our resources to the Heavenly Destiny People, the other half was all invested in me."

"Keep your resources for yourself, avoid everyone as much as you can in the infected area and survive, find an exit."

Su Qi mused to himself, "This sounds ominously like a farewell."

"... What if it isn't just a figure of speech, but it actually is one?" Black Cat frowned, not understanding why this guy could still joke around and be so calm in the face of their current situation.

"We're all already burning ourselves out, surviving on our last breath, who do you think we're doing this for?"

Black Cat panted, its speech was through gritted teeth, but its tone became increasingly weak and feeble.

Its entire body also struggled to stay on the bike, seemingly on the verge of passing out.

Su Qi coolly said, "Then hold on a bit longer."

He picked up the tottering Black Cat, positioned it in front of himself, and used a few chains to secure it so it wouldn't fall off.

At the same time, he pressed his hand on its head.

Black Cat suddenly felt a surge of energy, as Su Qi was using resources to heal it.

"You're wasting resources," it said hoarsely,

"Due to the enhancement of my sequence abilities, the cost of recovery is also increased."

This was also the rule's restriction; obtaining powerful strength would also increase resource consumption, otherwise, it would be all too easy to use great power to hunt down lots of monsters and snowball.

Any other Heavenly Destiny Person would bite back a refusal.

Only Su Qi paused for a moment, quite agreeably:

"Indeed, I thought the same, you might as well jump off and be a decoy, it might even buy us some time."

Black Cat: "...."

"That's a bit much, hey!"

Su Qi stroked his chin, "Isn't that what you said about sacrificing yourself and not wasting resources to protect the Heavenly Destiny People?"

"I did say that, but I didn't mean it to this extent, you bastard!"

"I'm just making the best use of everything."

"You fucker, are you a Heavenly Destiny Person, or just inhuman?!!"

"Sorry, I'm one of The Hustlers," Su Qi snapped as he lifted Black Cat.

"Shit," Black Cat cursed, "Are you for real?!!"

"What do you think?"

Su Qi snapped as he threw it out.