Multiversal Livestreaming System : I Can Copy My Viewers Skills-Chapter 64: Strange Settlement Area

After an exhaustive discussion about safe routes, planned sequences, and timeframes, the group had finally reached an agreement on how they would execute their strategy in two weeks.

Adam exhaled, rolling his shoulders as he finally allowed himself a brief moment of rest.

The Hunters dispersed, some heading off to prepare, others still murmuring amongst themselves about the daring plan.

[Nalyd has donated 30 coins]

[Nalyd asks if the streamer plans to lead the battle]

[Bird Hunter] : Well, it's not like anyone on the second floor is more capable than him of leading...

[Frog Eater says he could lead the battle as well!]

[haremphobic] : What are you leading? An army of frogs?

[wolfqueen22 says not to disrespect Frog Eater like that!]

[theycallmeAbo has donated 15 coins]

[theycallmeAbo] : New to the stream! Guess what my name is! ^^

[Bird Hunter says these stream usernames are getting more and more absurd!

Adam ignored the idiotic conversations that the system chat was having as he turned towards Kristoff.

"Detain Cael for now. I'll find a proper therapist for him later."

Kristoff gave him a sharp grin, looking down at the unconscious fugitive.

"Finally, some proper punishment for this bastard..."

His tone carried clear amusement, as if he'd been waiting for Cael to get what he deserved.

Adam didn't comment, merely giving him a short glance before considering his next move.

He needed to begin farming experience points as soon as possible...

The sooner he leveled up, the stronger his odds of defeating Lord Varos.

But before he could decide on a location—

A sudden, sharp breath caught his attention.

Adam's gaze snapped toward a nearby wall, where a woman in a mage's robe was panting heavily, her shoulders trembling from exertion.

Her short brown hair clung to her forehead with sweat.

It was Loraine.

Without hesitation, Adam strode over, steadying her with a firm hand on her shoulder.

"What happened? Were you attacked? Are you injured?"

Loraine glanced up, her eyes momentarily unfocused, before shaking her head.

"No… I'm not injured. I have healing abilities, so I'm fine..."

Adam didn't press her, waiting for her to catch her breath.

Loraine swallowed, then spoke again.

"There's an empty settlement about ten kilometers from here. My sister and I were just trying to farm some experience points, but I didn't expect there to be…"

She trailed off, her expression tightening.

Adam frowned.

"What did you see?"

Loraine hesitated, struggling to put it into words.

Finally, she exhaled and said.

"Corpses. Dozens of them!"

"But they weren't just dead bodies... they had holes in their chests. Their mouths were gaping open, and their fingers were clawed, like they had been… twisted into something unnatural!"

Adam's expression darkened.

Those wounds… the description fit too well.

Celestia's puppets.

His fingers curled slightly as he thought of what exactly she was up to.

'Is she also trying to send people from the second floor to the tenth floor?'

Loraine continued, her voice growing urgent.

"I tried to investigate, but the moment I got too close… they suddenly attacked! They weren't dead at all!"

Her breath hitched as she recounted the experience.

"I barely managed to escape... My sister made a distraction so I could run."

Adam's brows furrowed.

"And your sister?"

Loraine took a deep breath, struggling to steady herself.

"She's still there. I sent for help, and some of the other Hunters should be heading there already… but I don't know if they've arrived yet. I don't even know if they'll be enough to handle whatever those things are."

She turned her gaze to Adam, looking at him with unwavering determination.

"I need your help."

Adam studied her for a long moment.

"I'm not asking for free, of course."

She continued.

"I have items I can give. And all the coins I have... I'll give them to you."

She was desperate.

But Adam didn't care about the reward.

He had already been looking for clues about Celestia's movements ever since he learned that the guides had been sending newbies directly to the tenth floor.

If her puppets were here, that meant she was testing something... or worse, expanding her influence.

His answer was simple.

"Lead the way."

...

The small group, consisting of Adam, Loraine, and a few other Hunters she had gathered, moved swiftly through the ruined outskirts of the floor's battlefields.

The sky overhead was a dull, eternal twilight, neither day nor night, casting long, eerie shadows over the broken structures they passed.

Ten kilometers wasn't a short distance, but they made good time.

As they approached the settlement, the air grew heavier.

The kind of silence that wasn't just absence of sound... it was the presence of something lurking, waiting.

Adam signaled for the group to slow down, his gaze scanning the area.

The settlement had once been a small outpost, likely abandoned during one of the many battles between factions.

Wooden barricades were half-collapsed, buildings lay in disrepair, and the cobbled pathways were cracked and uneven.

But it wasn't the ruins that made his instincts flare.

It was the corpses.

They were scattered across the open square, slumped against walls, lying motionless in the dirt.

At a glance, they looked like normal dead bodies.

But Loraine had already made it clear that they weren't.

[WeaverOfStories has donated 15 coins]

[WeaverOfStories says he has bad memories of these things from the first floor...]

[Disciple of Ice] : Hm? Has this happened before?

[5th Style Sword Master] : Yes, We're all unsure how, but the Streamer said that a Stream Hunter from the 10th floor is controlling people on the lower floors due to unknown reasons.

[Hazardous Combatant asks how that's even possible]

[nonexnihilio42069 has donated 15 coins]

[nonexnihilio42069] : I also find it absurd how she can channel her mana to be sent out all the way towards the bottom floors of the tower. But perhaps that's why her weakness are distortions, because they disrupt the flow of her mana making it so that it's hard for her to input control over her puppets...

[Prankster of Kingdoms applauds your idea]

Adam narrowed his eyes.

Even from here, he could make out the holes punched through their chests and their grotesquely gaping mouths.

His grip tightened around his weapon.

One of the Hunters, a younger man with twin daggers, swallowed hard.

"Are they… really not dead?"

Adam didn't answer immediately.

He crouched near the closest corpse, studying it carefully.

The body was unnaturally stiff, even for the dead, as if something had drained it of vitality.

More importantly, there were no signs of rot.

Which meant they hadn't been dead for long.

Loraine shifted beside him, anxiety clear in her posture.

"Adam? You shouldn't get too close..."

He didn't look up.

"How many Hunters did you call for backup?"

"Four..."

She answered.

"They should've gotten here before us."

Adam's gaze flicked around the area.

No signs of them.

That indicated that they either ran away or they had already died...

He stood.

"Everyone, stay alert. These things aren't corpses. They're going to move."

No sooner had he spoken than a sharp, sickening crack echoed through the air.

One of the "bodies" jerked unnaturally, its head snapping upward.

Then another.

And another.

The corpses rose.

Their movements were erratic, twitching like broken marionettes being pulled by invisible strings.

Their hollow eyes turned toward the living with an unnatural hunger.

Then, all at once— they lunged!

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