Endless Journey: Infinite Realms Chapter 742 People die when they die

Chapter 742 People die when they die

DURING THE SAME TIME.
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ANCESTRAL TOMB.
While Alina was busy dealing with the religious beings that she brought with her, and while Queen Mother was ecstatic on her discovery of a new mystery, their remaining ally still found herself stuck on a life-death situation.
"Ow!!!"
Professor Frances, who still looked just as disheveled as before, did not have the same luxury as her other two allies.
Instead of spending her time resting or scheming against her opponents, all that the poor professor could do now was to run away, as she continued to meet powerful monsters that targeted her life.
"Ow!!!"
It does not matter how careful the professor was in terms of her movements, or how good her camouflaging hormonal sprays were.
As long as she got near some monsters, they will immediately start chasing her, and they seem uninterested on stopping at all!
It was as if they will only stop once they catch Professor Frances, which she obviously does not want to occur.
"Hey! What the f**k did I do to offend all of you? Do you have any bad blood with me? I mean, I did not even do anything to rile you up!"
"I just passed by like a respectful human, and yet you all acted like I'm your great food!"
"What the hell is wrong with you all!?"
Because of the frightening might of her pursuers, and her lack of actual physical power, Professor Frances could only run for her life.
She also had to exploit all the abilities that she could use in order to survive, as there is no possible way for her to live if her pursuers catch up to her.
After all, most of these monsters were at the Peak Sixth Stage of Power, and they amounted to hundreds!
Such amount of powerful beings will surely be hard enough for Alex, much less for someone like Professor Frances!
"Argh!!! What the f**k should I do now? First it was just the mosquito that are chasing my ass. Now, every inconceivable living monsters are trying to get a piece out of me! This should not be happening!"
"Argh!!! If I don't do something here, it will only be a matter of time before they catch me!"
"And if that happens, I might start becoming their snack…"
No amount of words can describe the regret that the professor is feeling right now, and she could even say that this is the day where she felt the most regret in her life.
If she could have just turned back the time, then Professor Frances might have done something so that she will not be brought here at this accursed place….
But what happened has already happened, so the regretful professor can only lament her current fate.
"Since I am now here, then I might as well do my best to survive this dilemma."
"However, my whole situation does not look good at all."
"I have more chances of dying rather than living, and that could actually be the best end scenario for me here…"
"F**k, now this is making me feel more pissed."
The professor's mood got worse once she realized that her almost boundless life force was starting to dwindle too, as it was being consumed in an ungodly rate by her crazy escape maneuvers.
She had to use countless soul spells, body modifications, and minion manipulations just to keep her body safe from the chasing monsters. These all consume a portion for her life force, and their consecutive and intensive use today certainly had a toll on her.
It also did not help that some of the pursuing monsters had the ability to steal life-force, which further drained her stock.
"Judging by my escaping speed and the amount of power that remained in my body, I still can last for one more minute…"
"A lot can happen within one minute, so I must not lose any hope."
"I can still escape within that time, so I should just keep on moving."
"But these monsters could also catch me within that minute…"
"Oh, and of course once that minute was used up, these monsters will undoubtedly catch me too…"
"Wait, so does this mean that I am f**ked by now?"
"No, not yet!"
This left the professor with the 1-minute time limit that she just mentioned, which continued to tick and tick…
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"I must find a way to escape within this remaining 1 minute of time."
"I must find a way to escape within this remaining 1 minute of time."
"I must find a way to escape within this remaining 1 minute of time."
"But what should I actually do? Should I-"
[Slap!]
The dilemma of her dwindling life force had the professor thinking desperately to herself, but it was unfortunately interrupted when a large, sucker-like leg hit her from behind.
"Argh!" This leg came from a multi-legged spider who was currently the closest to the professor, whose face also drooled at every moment that it stared at her.
This leg contained enough force to kill a normal creature, so it undoubtedly dealt some damage to the professor, even when the latter tried her best to dissipate the damage.
"Argh!" Because of Professor Frances' flawless dodge maneuver, she was able to make the leg hit her left side, which spared her torso from getting pierced through.
Her left arm however was ripped off because of this move, leaving the professor gasping in great pain.
"S***t!!!" This injury had the professor feeling incensed, but with her skills as a doctor, she can easily recover from this loss.
Just one stitch and one spell will be enough, and she can get her arm back as if it was new.
Well, she can only do it if she manages to escape from these monsters, which still seemed impossible at this point…
And the injury that she just obtained just made things harder for the professor, who now had to deal with her dwindling life force along with a hungry horde and a bleeding stump.
"F**k…. I expected to do great things once I arrive here in the Ancestral Tomb. This was supposed to be the time where I get to parasitize or even monsterize those bastards that were pestering Alina!"
"But instead of that happening, this is actually the situation that I find myself placed in?"
"Am I about to die here, without even showing off to my serv- allies?"
"S**t, this is even worse than that time where Alex cut my head-off!"
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Her separation from her allies.
Her lack of escaping abilities.
Her lack of items that she could use to beat her pursuers.
Her apparent weakness against most of these creatures.
And her slowly diminishing vitality.
These factors, combined with her recent injury, has made Professor Frances lose almost any hope of getting out alive from this place.
How could she even escape, when all the factors that she needed to survive were gone?
She had no allies to help her, and she had no abilities that can let her win.
Even her prided biological skill was also useless here, and the best that it can only do was to barely keep her body alive.
"If this is the end for me, then I should make sure that it will be a meaningful one…"
"Wait, what do I mean by a meaningful death? There is no such thing like that!"
"People die when they die! And when they die, everything that they did will be meaningless!"
"That's the rule of nature, so there is no need for me to worry about the meaning of life…"
"The meaning of life will disappear once I am dead, so why think about it?"
"Wait, so does this mean that I am ready to die now?"
"F**k."
As much as she tried to deny it, Professor Frances knew that her situation was already hopeless.
She had no more hopes of escaping, and she had no more abilities that she can use to kill her enemies.
This means that sooner or later she will be caught by these monsters, and what happens to her after that will just be up to her luck…
"Tsk, fine. So I am really dying here."
"Since that was the case, then what should I do?"
"Should I fight back or should I just let them have their way with me?"
"Hm….."
The truth obviously hurts for Professor Frances, but with her experience with a lot of deaths, she had quickly accepted her fate.
She accepted that she's about to die, and she accepted the fact that none of her allies or 'friends' will be witnessing her end.
"The great Professor Frances, actually dying from being gangbanged by monsters…"
"Well, this is a slightly awkward way of dying."
"But at least those allies of mine won't see the way that I die."
"Speaking of my allies, how are their conditions now? Are they experiencing the same problems as me? Or are they having leisurely experiences there?"
"I hope it will be the latter that happens, but I won't complain if the former is happening to them too…"
Of course there were still some reluctance inside the professor's heart in regards to her death, as she still had a lot of things that she wanted to do.
She was still busy on training her soul creation power, and she was still not done on her research about the improvement of her life creation abilities.
She's also not yet finished on her studies about the perfect life form, and all her plans to her monster army has not yet been fully realized yet.
"…"
All of these studies will surely bring Professor Frances a lot of prestige once she succeeds in them, but now they are about to be cut short because of her death.
This is undoubtedly disappointing for the professor, but just like her impending separation from her allies, she had also learned to accept these failures…
"Tsk, so what if my studies have been cut short? I might die, but Queen Mother can continue what I started."
"She has all the records of my studies, so she can just use it to improve our ideas."
"Yes, yes, yes. My study of life will never end even when I am dead."
"Queen Mother will just be the one to carry my ideals, and knowing her, she might succeed on tha-"
"Hm? My life force is about to be used up already? My goodness, only 30 seconds had passed by…"
"Oh well, this just means that my pursuers were too strong."
For the nth time this day, Professor Frances was caught by surprise as she felt that her life force was about to be used up, even when only half of her 1-minute time limit has passed by.
This obviously brought the professor to her death 30 seconds faster, but this did not make her feel that much negativity.
She had already accepted her death after all, so having her death come early is nothing more but just an appointment change for her.
"So… I guess I should just stop moving now, right?"
"I can't do anything else after all, so I might as well let them finish me quickly…"
"Okay now monsters… Go and open your mouths to end my life!"
"Do it quick, and you might earn some points from me!"
The professor's words showed that she was indeed perfectly fine on dying, and she made it more apparent when she removed all the defenses on her body, which then allowed the monsters to swarm all over her.
By this point, only a few seconds were needed before the professor dies, and the eager monsters are obviously willing to make that happen.
"So who wants to go first? Will it be you, spider-who-ate-my arm?"
"Or will it be you, the gorilla-who-licked-my hair?"
"Come on, don't be shy! Just partake on me, and make a feas-"
But before the professor could feel her body get ripped into pieces by these monstrosities, a palm which was as large as the sky suddenly materialized above her, which then proceeded unleash one simple slap against the monsters.
"Kriya!!!"
The blow released by this massive palm might seem gentle, but it easily killed all the monsters that surrounded the professor. Even the monsters who seemed unkillable perished under the palm too, and those that tried to run away were slaughtered by the palm's shockwaves.
"…."
The only being that was unaffected by what the palm did was Professor Frances, who stood like a tense cat while staring at the devastation that occurred around her.
"What the?"
She was visibly agitated with what just happened, which is hardly surprising, as she just saw a crowd of overwhelming creatures get killed in an instant.
No matter how suicide-accepting the professor was, she is bound to feel nervous against this powerful newcomer.
And this nervousness actually increased, when a familiar but also revolting voice suddenly echoed out from within the palm.
\u003c\u003c\u003cProfessor Frances… I thought that you will get a large killing in this place. But instead of using your hidden talents to eliminate these monsters, you just resorted to having yourself killed? What the hell is wrong with you? This is not the crazy professor that I knew…\u003e\u003e
"What?"