The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 648 - 646 Express Delivery

The hospital was a rectangular structure, towering over a hundred stories tall, its exterior a mix of grey reinforced concrete and a metallic layer, resembling a steel beast.

It was not located in the urban area but in a mountainous region dense with vegetation.

Moreover, such a steel giant was actually built on a mountain base over a hundred meters high, its surrounding mountains providing excellent concealment.

The spot William chose for their fall was right against the cliffside,

They would all plummet hundreds of meters down the building, and also off the cliff, landing into the forest below in one fell swoop... but there was one problem: the speed of descent would reach a very high value.

However, after falling for just over ten meters,

Catherine released all of the octopus tentacles from her tailbone as far as possible in a left-right spread, forming a natural wing structure,

Then she extended two additional tentacles, one coiling around William and the other around the little girl.

Like an octopus glider, they flew off with everyone on board, making the hospital’s measures set up at the lower floors ineffective. The trio would directly fly into the faraway forested area.

At the edge of the rooftop terrace where they had just plummeted from,

a female doctor with black-rimmed glasses stood there, hands crossed over her chest, watching the three people gradually move away from the hospital.

Click, click~ her molars squeaked as they ground together, and even broken teeth continually fell from the corners of her mouth, leaving a bloody mess on the ground.

At that moment, the security guard, whose heart had been completely crushed and head distorted, came over, seemingly wanting to apologize,

Swipe!

But the female doctor spat out something from her mouth and directly beheaded him,

Only when new teeth grew in did she turn and walk away, her face already covered in bulging veins, her eyes even oozing blood drops, clearly furious beyond measure.

...

Rustle, rustle~ the octopus tentacles brushed through the dense branches.

The three of them landed steadily in a forest area thousands of meters away from the hospital, but William’s face showed no sign of relaxation.

"Fangfang, can you run for a long time?"

"My body isn’t in good shape~ You guys run ahead, don’t worry about me. In a forest structure like this, even if people from the hospital come after us, they won’t be able to find me."

"No, we stick together."

William promptly carried Fangfang on his back, "By the way, do you know which direction leads to the nearest city?"

Fangfang had an excellent sense of direction and directly pointed in one direction with her arm.

"This way, my home is in that direction... But wouldn’t it be dangerous to go to the city where I live? This hospital seems powerful; could they have people waiting at my front door already?

Or could they have our pictures all over the city, painting us as fugitives?"

"It’s possible, are there any other cities nearby?"

"Let me feel it out, the geometric structure of a city is completely different from a forest, I should be able to figure it out."

Creak, creak~

The "Blood Flesh Magic Cube" embedded in Fangfang’s face was even pushed out by several thick nerves, rotating and assembling outside her body, and one could even see the fresh neural tissues twitching on the surface.

After a few seconds, Fangfang provided another definite direction.

"There’s another city this way, but it’s a little more remote compared to my home."

"Let’s go."

William and Catherine exchanged a glance and took off running.

Since the Abyss had been brought in the abdomen, the trunk of the body associated with the Abyss naturally retained some strength; at least it was strong enough to instantly kill any special security in the hospital with a single punch.

Their running speed was not slow at all but controlled at 40 km/h to conserve energy.

Catherine, taking advantage of the dense forest branches, moved between different branches with her tentacles, migrating quickly, her speed matching William’s exactly.

They ran for over an hour before finally seeing a road and a blue metal sign.

’Yu Yuan County—47km’

"Still so far away? Let’s see if we can hitch a ride."

Just as a truck branded with "Convenient Express" drove by, William and Catherine exchanged a glance and immediately jumped into the rear compartment; the slight jolt did not attract the truck driver’s attention.

"Wow, what is this? William, this world even has these harmless metal monsters!"

Catherine crouched down, ran her hands over the surface of the metal compartment, and was incredibly excited, almost as if she were riding on the back of some ancient beast, almost about to shout out loud.

"This is not some monster, nor a living thing, but a mechanical product, a kind of vehicle that can use energy to move quickly."

"Is that so~ Ah! If it’s not alive, it’s not much fun."

"Alright! Let’s hurry into the cargo area; if we’re captured by surveillance cameras, the traffic management department might send out our photos, and the hospital could quickly become aware."

Although Catherine didn’t understand, she followed suit.

Click~

The lock on the rear compartment was effortlessly opened by a tentacle, and the two squeezed into the interior crowded with express parcels.

"What are these? Things that are simply packaged and have various names, addresses, and numbers on them?"

"Express parcels, similar to the delivery companies in the Old World like Rong Chang and Black Worm, they deliver goods people purchase right to their doorsteps in batches, saving a lot of time. It’s a major form of entertainment in this world.

Just right, we need to change our clothes, let’s see if there are any appropriate outfits.

And by the way, find a piece of clothing and a mask for Fangfang too."

William only chose well-packaged and obviously branded boxes of clothing and soon found a suit of decent material that fit perfectly considering his average build.

He also found a pair of comfortable casual leather shoes, suitable for various running and jumping activities.

Catherine rummaged recklessly, putting on various pretty accessories and even found some quite valuable skincare products, but when she opened the bottle and smelled it, she almost vomited.

"Is this some kind of excrement? I think I can also smell the sweat of others... such a disgusting scent, yuck!"

"This is skincare, it provides moisturizing, skin repair, slows down skin aging, and offers UV protection~ It’s more popular among women."

"Eh~ And you have to apply it to your face, isn’t that gross?"

"The human body is very fragile, and this stuff is indeed effective for the skin."

"Alright~ But what’s this? A metal box?"

"A mobile phone, keep this well! And try to find another one for me. Even if we’re hundreds or thousands of kilometers apart, we can communicate with voice through this."

"Really?"

Catherine, as if finding a treasure, swallowed the mobile phone into her mouth, storing it in her stomach pouch.

Being fascinated by everything and not focusing on the task, Catherine even found quite a few strange items. Some things even made William embarrassed to explain; no matter how weird the world is, human interests are quite similar.

Eventually, William found suitable clothing for her, a dark blue loose sweatshirt with a short skirt, along with a pair of canvas shoes.

"Such comfortable clothes, the humans here aren’t half bad!"

Catherine, only standing at about 1.6 meters tall with thin legs, indeed looked fitting in the attire, exuding a youthful girl’s style.

"Catherine, try to make your lips as red as possible~ Too strange an appearance will easily attract attention."

"Alright, alright~"

Catherine promptly cut her lips with her finger, and the fresh blood quickly covered the previously applied ink lip balm.

As for Fangfang, she found herself a simple dress and a pair of small leather shoes, wearing a fluffy rabbit mask on her face.

Additionally, the three of them each found a mobile phone for convenient long-distance communication in the future.

As for essentials like identification cards and money, they could only be considered upon reaching the city.

[Yu Yuan County]

At dusk.

The Convenient Express truck arrived at the county city station. Upon opening the door and checking, nearly half of the express parcels inside were tampered with, and the station’s staff immediately verified the loss and, with no other option, chose to report to the police.

But how could such a situation be traceable?

In a resettlement area more than ten kilometers away from the station, filled with old apartment buildings and lots of "accommodation" signs, a ’family of three’ was allowed to stay without having to show any identification cards.

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