Upon the enormous column were countless human constructs poured, their twisted and ghastly forms appearing even more terrifying under the eerie green light.
Post-Mortem Nen is attached to the column of the human body, spreading out into countless roots that extended along the surface of the column to the ground, then spread out in all directions.
The black Nen spread very quickly. In just a few seconds, they had spread across most of the underground city ruins.
However, the hundreds of examinees heading towards the ruins were completely unaware of this.
Moses 'saw' the Post-Mortem Nen spreading out from the human body column, and couldn't help but stop.
"Master?"
Seeing Moses suddenly stopped, Menchi looked puzzled.
Moses didn't speak, but stared at the distant giant column and frowned slowly.
If it were a clustered Post-Mortem Nen, Moses can still definitely feel the threat from the Post-Mortem Nen.
But after this Post-Mortem Nen was dispersed, the danger it emitted also began to dissipate.
Maybe it's because he has personally witnessed and had direct contact with dangerous items such as 'Libra' and 'Eye of Sight', which were considered the epitome of the ultimate Post-Mortem Nen, or perhaps, it was because he held a Nen Exorcism chance...
Now, seeing this Post-Mortem Nen present in the underground ruins, Moses only felt a sense of 'that's it'.
"Menchi, do you still remember what I taught you about the importance of Gyo?"
"I remember, no matter what situation you encounter, you must develop the habit of using Gyo anytime and anywhere."
As she said so, Menchi suddenly realized something, and her expression gradually became serious as she asked: "Master, is something happening inside?"
"Yes, there's a spreading Post-Mortem Nen. Although its intensity seems ordinary, we should remain vigilant."
Moses briefly explained the situation inside the ruins.
Upon hearing this, Menchi's eyes showed surprise, then she looked towards the nearby buildings.
In her vision, she couldn't see anything, nor could she feel any danger.
If she had to say...
It was just that the distant giant column gave her a very uncomfortable feeling.
"Keep up."
Moses dropped the words and walked towards the buildings ahead.
No matter what abilities the Post-Mortem Nen possessed, in order to find a way out, they had to enter the ruins to search for clues.
Menchi responded with a sound and quickly followed behind Moses.
At this moment…
The examinees at the front have already begun a carpet-like search operation inside the dusty buildings.
The architectural style of this underground city ruin embodied one word—
Sharp.
The buildings inside the ruins were generally low, with the tallest being only four or five stories high.
Every aspect of each building—the doors and windows, eaves, even the bases supporting the buildings—were as sharp as swords, flat and sharp at the ends.
Moses had never seen this kind of architectural style before. His first impression wasn't novelty, but rather strangeness.
Looking up at the streets between the buildings, he can clearly see sets of armors lying across the streets.
It is said to be armor, but it is actually corpses covered with armor...
Perhaps due to the long passage of time, most of the bodies inside the armor had completely decomposed.
Only a few armors still vaguely showed half a skull, as well as severely damaged arm or thigh bones.
In addition to the armor remains scattered all over the street, there are also some strange and weird-looking things that appear to be human statues that are displayed irregularly on the street.
These human statues are quite bloated, with a smooth cut on their necks. The heads that should have been on top were instead held in front of their chests, revealing hollow eyes and mouths.
And the expressions of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are fixed, exuding a very strange atmosphere.
With the presence of armor corpses and these head-holding human statues, the street scene in front of them suddenly became disturbing.
But the many examinees who rushed into the ruins didn't care about this at all.
Because whether it was the rusty armor and decayed remains or the strange and eerie human statues, they were just worthless dead things in their eyes.
Compared to this, what attracted them more were the potentially valuable items hidden in the buildings.
If they didn't maintain a certain level of vigilance, they would probably have directly rushed towards the large building in the distance that seemed more likely to contain treasures after entering the city.
However, among the more than fifty examinees who came in from the east, there were only a few bold ones who directly headed straight towards the large building in the distance.
The bold die of gluttony, while the meek starve.
Willingness to take risks is more likely to lead to substantial benefits.
Those few examinees must have already realized this.
The behavior of the examinees was noticed by Moses, but his attention was more focused on the armored corpses and the human statues holding their heads on the street.
"Hmm?"
Under his close scrutiny, Moses saw numerous slender black Nen threads extending from the giant column directly into the scattered armor corpses and head-holding human statues.
Seeing this scene, Moses immediately thought of some possibilities.
'Is it an ability related to Manipulation...?'
The movements of many slender Post-Mortem Nen made Moses's pupils shrink slightly.
Clang, clatter—
Within the ruins building complex, a sound suddenly rang.
The armor scattered on the ground and the eerie head-holding human statues began to move slowly.
Just as Moses expected, the numerous Post-Mortem Nen extending from the giant column indeed contained the ability of Manipulation. They parasitized the armor and the head-holding human statues, thereby manipulating them.
This sudden movement quickly caught the attention of the examinees, who were busy searching for treasures in the ruins.
"Hey, those armors and statues are moving!!"
Some examinees' expressions suddenly changed when they saw the moving armor and head-holding human statues.
"Are you scared silly or something? How could the armors and decayed objects move…"
Other examinees in the same group sneered, but soon their faces turned dumbfounded.
They also saw the armor and head-holding human statues moving.
"What's going on?!"
"Could it be some kind of mechanism?"
"Possibly…"
"Regardless of whether it's a mechanism or not, it's just some statues and broken armors. Smashing them should do the trick, right?"
The examinees had varied reactions.
Some were frightened by this sudden and eerie sight, while others simply thought that these moving statues and armors were driven by some kind of mechanism and were not something to be afraid of at all.
No matter how the examinees reacted, the head-holding human statues and armored corpses scattered all over the street had already stood up under the control of Post-Mortem Nen.
They seem to be able to sense the presence of life, and slowly walk with clear goals toward the examinees who are coming out of the house.
Facing the approach of empty armor and head-holding human statues, the examinees did not hesitate to attack.
Some used their fists and feet, others used cold weapons.
With a continuous and unceasing sound, the examinees' attacks rained down on the empty armors and head-holding human statues.
The empty armors couldn't withstand the attacks from the examinees at all. The parts at various positions fell to the ground with a clatter, and even the rusty weapons fell heavily to the ground, as if they could shatter at any moment.
The head-holding human statues had a remarkable hardness and steadfastly withstood many attacks.
It's just that its movement is too clumsy and it can easily be knocked over by the examinees.
Both sides thus engaged in combat like this.