Chapter 93: The Final Two Hours—The Return
By the window, Zhao Yingkong, whose top revealed a deep cleavage, watched as the town's walking corpses converged on the hospital. She immediately grabbed a black backpack and ran to the room where Ren Arakawa and the main force of Team China were gathered.
"There are seven Glocks and one AR-15 in here."
These were the weapons Zhao Yingkong had collected on the night they defended the television station. She had thought they wouldn't be needed against Freddy, but unexpectedly, they were about to come in handy in the final two hours before their return.
Zhang Jie didn't hesitate. He picked up the AR-15, his hands slowly caressing it, recalling his past experience in the military, shooting on the range. He was the first to walk to the door of the room.
"I'll guard the left staircase!"
Zhao Yingkong glanced at Zhang Jie. "We don't have much ammo. Use it sparingly."
"Understood!"
Nuowa very proactively picked up a Glock and followed Zhang Jie out of the room.
Six guns remained on the floor. Just as Yan Wei was about to reach for one, Ren Arakawa spoke.
"Yan Wei and Xiaoye Hui, stay with the Newcomers."
"Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, and Big Mom, you three take the guns."
Yan Wei heard she wasn't getting a gun, and her expression immediately soured.
But she didn't dare say anything to Ren Arakawa and could only shrink sullenly into a corner, adopting the attitude of someone who was just going to lie down and be carried.
Ren Arakawa looked at Big Mom and whispered, "Can you watch over things here?"
Big Mom nodded. "If I see anything unclean, I'll just shoot 'em bang, bang, bang!"
"That'll work!"
After arranging the people in the room, Ren Arakawa gestured to Zhao Yingkong.
"Take all the remaining guns and ammo. It's a waste to give them to the others. Kill as many as you can; don't stop until the last second!"
Zhao Yingkong nodded.
"What about you?" Zheng Zha couldn't help but ask Ren Arakawa.
"If... if I don't make it back with you, I hope you can resurrect me using the Black Book of the Dead from *The Mummy*."
"Consider it payment for me risking my life to fight."
The moment he finished speaking, Ren Arakawa spread his wings wide, kicked through the glass, and leaped, flying out of the hospital building!
It was only then, following the trajectory of Ren Arakawa's flight, that the entire Team China discovered it.
At the edge of the small town, a terrifying giant about twenty meters tall was sprinting toward them!
Even though its clothes were stretched, the classic green and red sweater, along with the long claws, still revealed the creature's origin!
The undying demon from *A Nightmare on Elm Street*—Freddy!
"Oh my god! We're dead for sure!" Yan Wei's legs went soft with fear, her teeth chattering uncontrollably.
Zheng Zha swallowed hard. "It's over..."
Zhao Yingkong suddenly shouted, "Don't just stand there! It's less than two hours! If we can hold on, we'll live!"
But how were they supposed to hold on?
Flying in the sky, Main God Ren Arakawa wore a bitter expression.
In the last movie, *Alien*, the Main God had airdropped the Devil Team to hunt them down.
Fortunately, the Devil Team had been arrogant, and Ren Arakawa had managed to exploit their carelessness, allowing them to survive.
But this time, there was no Team Battle.
The Main God had directly pulled Freddy, a threat Team China should only have encountered much later, into the present.
Freddy was invincible in the dream world. Ren Arakawa hadn't dared to tangle with him there, only daring to fight Freddy in reality.
After exploiting numerous loopholes that seemed like restrictions in the rules, the group had barely managed to survive until now.
But now, Freddy had reaped the lives of tens of thousands of people, including the residents of this small town and the neighboring urban district. In his current state, even without entering a dream, he possessed power more terrifying than when he was in one.
At this moment, holding out for two hours was ten times harder than surviving the previous thirteen days.
But if they didn't do this...
They wouldn't even survive the fifth day.
"Damn it! Main God, give me a break! If you keep this up, and Zheng Zha's Pangu Soul dies here, it'll be a total loss for you!"
Ren Arakawa cursed as he flew towards the giant Freddy, who was about to reach the hospital's perimeter.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Zhang Jie frantically pulled the trigger.
Those who were once the town's residents had all turned into mindless monsters after being killed by Freddy!
These monsters were similar to zombies but were a bit harder to deal with. They were faster than zombies, and their bodies glowed with a strange red light. Zhang Jie tried shooting them, only to find that bullets had very little effect. On average, it took four shots from a Glock to kill one townsperson.
And his reserve ammunition only totaled fifty rounds.
[Dreamscape Slave killed. 100 Reward Points earned.]
Hearing the notification in his ear, Zhang Jie showed no joy. Instead, his expression was that of someone who had just eaten shit.
After experiencing two horror movies, Zhang Jie had figured out the Main God's tricks.
A single glance revealed at least five hundred townspeople!
Some greedy people might be thinking right now...
If they killed all these townspeople, they would have enough to return to the real world!
But the problem was, how could it be so easy to kill them?
A Facehugger was only worth one hundred Reward Points, and so was a townsperson.
There had to be a catch!
And sure enough!
Just as Zhang Jie killed a Dreamscape Slave, he suddenly felt his eyelids grow incredibly heavy.
In just a moment of daze, those frenzied townspeople had already reached the base of the hospital!
"Shit!" Zhang Jie instantly understood.
Was it that the more they killed, the sleepier they got?!
He hurriedly relayed this information to Ren Arakawa through his communicator.
He heard Ren Arakawa grumbling from the communicator,
"If you were one second later, I would have fallen asleep and died..."
In the sky, Ren Arakawa gave up the idea of using the Great Fireball Technique, letting a large group of townspeople charge toward the hospital, himself completely helpless.
Not that he had the time to deal with such trivial matters anyway.
Before him, the giant Freddy was waving his claws, looking at Ren Arakawa with the smug expression of a villain who had gotten his way.
Previously, when Ren Arakawa was flying, Freddy could use the height of buildings to launch himself up and attack Ren Arakawa in the air.
Now, with a twenty-meter-tall body, Freddy didn't even need to stand on his toes. He could simply raise his arm and swat Ren Arakawa to the ground like a fly.
"Damn..."
Ren Arakawa recalled the memory Uchiha Ren had synchronized with him, of the time during the "Body Without Clones" incident when he had encountered the masked Obito and Madara.
To be blunt, the situation Main God Ren Arakawa faced now was even more desperate than the one Uchiha Ren had faced back then.
But no matter what, Ren Arakawa wouldn't go down without a fight.
His hands flew through Hand Seals, the chakra within his body surging.
Forty-four complex Hand Seals were successfully formed, and a massive water dragon materialized in mid-air.
The water dragon opened its massive jaws, letting out a sky-shaking roar as it charged straight for Freddy.
It ferociously and accurately bit down on Freddy's body!
However, the water dragon's attack didn't have the expected effect.
Freddy stood his ground. Its clothes were soaked by the water dragon's impact, but other than that, it seemed completely unharmed.
To it, the force of the water dragon was like a light rain, utterly incapable of causing any real damage.
Ren Arakawa's gaze sharpened. He immediately changed tactics, forming Hand Seals again and unleashing a Fire Style ninjutsu—the Great Fireball Technique.
A massive fireball shot straight toward Freddy!
The fireball exploded on Freddy's body. Flames raged, heating the surrounding air to its limit.
In his carelessness, Ren Arakawa heard two notifications, gaining two hundred Reward Points, but his eyelids also uncontrollably drooped twice.
Freddy, struck by the Great Fireball, still showed no signs of pain.
It stood where it was, letting the flames ravage its body as if it were enjoying a fire bath.
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