Chapter 32 - Spider's Journey and Cicada's Transformation End

Li Cheng immediately understood the significance of this drone.

His sense of a Beetle’s position was stronger than his sense of distance.

It was like a ray pointing in the direction of the Beetle, but it didn’t indicate the distance between them.

Now, with the green laser beam projected by the laser indicator, at the intersection of the two lines, was the specific location of the Ink-colored Spider.

In front of a pizza store.

Found you.

Discovered.

Yuan Zhixia pursed her lips tightly, holding an Incendiary Bottle in her hand, her eyes fixed intently on the delivery passageway leading to the mall.

The rustling sound of steps getting closer came from that direction.

Yang Ling, in her anxiety, hopped back and forth, spitting silk that stuck to the iron door, sealing it shut.

Bang Bang Bang!

A multitude of objects slammed against the iron door, causing it to constantly shake off dust.

Yang Ling’s woven spider web held up for less than ten seconds before being torn apart, and she had to quickly step back.

Boom!

As the iron door was smashed into flying ash, Yuan Zhixia fiercely threw the Incendiary Bottle.

The glass bottle shattered upon hitting the ground, the flammable liquid splashing everywhere, igniting a roaring wall of fire.

The Spider Monsters at the forefront instinctively feared the flames, pausing hesitantly.

However, more Spider Monsters surged in from behind, pushing and shoving each other, forcing their own kind into the flames.

The Spider Monsters whose bodies were scorched by the fierce fire immediately let out shrill screams, their well-developed nervous systems generating even more agony at this moment, causing them to stagger some distance before shrinking into the flames, eight limbs curled up, facing upwards burnt to a crisp.

The Incendiary Bottle was highly effective, with crackling burning noises filling the passageway, but more Spider Monsters ran over the bodies of their fallen comrades.

Click!

Yuan Zhixia pulled the ring off an aluminum Pepsi can and threw it forward.

The Magnesium Powder Shock Bomb touched the ground, bursting into a blinding light and loud noise that could scorch the eyes.

The loud noise reverberated down the delivery passageway; numerous Spider Monsters were shaken and staggered, unable to advance for a short time.

Yuan Zhixia drew her Glock from her waist, her right hand firmly against the handle, left hand gripping the back of her right, thumbs parallel with the barrel, ensuring maximum steadiness, and repeatedly pulled the trigger.

The sound of gunshots erupted; five of the lucky Spider Monsters that rushed out of the passage were flipped by bullets, but a few dodged the gunfire.

Yuan Zhixia put down the gun, threw out a Smoke Bomb, and shouted, “Let’s go!”

“Okay!”

Ye Jiaying controlled the drone with both hands, directing Li Cheng to the destination.

Only after the distance between them increased, and the “Poor Signal Connection” indication appeared on the controller’s LCD screen did she throw the controller towards the direction of the mall, allowing the drone to hover passively, and then hurriedly ran after Yuan Zhixia and Yang Ling.

Where is this?

Why am I so tired?

A peculiar sense of haziness spread in Li Cheng’s mind as he sprinted along the corridor, his wet, disheveled hair sticking to his forehead, not knowing if it was his own blood or green juice.

His memory was a mess; he didn’t know why he was here or what he was doing.

Only one thought remained in his mind, to attack towards that murky direction.

It should be ending soon, right?

That vague perception was moving slower and slower within the mall, seemingly at the end of its strength, stopping in front of a music store on the fourth floor playing mellow blues.

Both sides were nearly running on empty; not ending the fight now would mean he would collapse from exhaustion while the other side would die from blood loss.

The next strike would be the last.

With an instinctual realization, Li Cheng leaned forward like a cheetah, his thigh muscles fibrous, bursting with powerful strength.

Suddenly—

He dashed forward, bouncing off the floor, railings, ceiling, and walls, suddenly sliding sideways, supporting himself with his left palm on the ground, his right arm bent upwards, the Bone Blade directed upwards, slicing through something.

The sticky sensation from the blade grew weaker, Li Cheng finished sliding, pushed himself up, and turned sharply to look back.

That blurry sensation finally stopped moving, gradually becoming clear, solidifying into the shape of a Helmet Beetle.

It hovered in the air, its limbs flailing clumsily, under it, some kind of invisible yet genuinely colossal entity.

Plop!

The Long Pike Beetle suddenly dropped a bit, indicating that the monstrous creature had finally fallen to the ground.

It’s over.

Li Cheng ran his fingers through his hair, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

Is this, what they call a player?

Li Cheng pursed his lips, dragging his tired body, plucking the Long Pike Beetle from mid-air, hands dipped in some kind of invisible flowing viscous blood.

effect activated again.

So that’s how it is.

Information contamination is an innate passive trait of the Ink Spider.

Those who see it will quickly Forget after shifting their gaze, surveillance cameras that record it rapidly lose fidelity, and creatures eaten by it are erased from “existence.”

Moreover, the Ink Spider is a creature from the Shadow Realm, possessing the ability to freely switch the Shadow Realm on or off.

The Consumption it requires to maintain the Shadow Realm is far less than that of a Summoner.

Because of this, the Ink Spider and its kind can freely stay in the Shadow Realm, hidden right under the noses of the Special Affairs Bureau.

Information contamination is the essence of the Ink Spider, not absorbed by , but the ability to freely switch the Shadow Realm, was indeed inherited by Li Cheng.

He slowly raised his palm, then clenched it fiercely.

Bang!

Just as Ye Jiaying and Yuan Zhixia, who had just run out of the parking lot to the metro station, saw countless Spider Monsters chasing them the second before, the next second all Spider Monsters suddenly disappeared.

No, they didn’t disappear.

Yuan Zhixia looked around, the metro station brightly lit, without shadows covering the faces and bodies of the people.

They had left the Shadow Realm.

“Are they playing cosplay?

These two girls?”

“Such a realistic-looking pistol.”

The crowd noticed Ye Jiaying and Yuan Zhixia, with messy hair and a scent of gunpowder, quietly whispered,

But soon they noticed the giant spider as big as a medium-sized dog, with half a human face, hiding between the two girls.

“Aaaaah!”

“What is that?!”

The crowd screamed, running away, and the people in the distance, unaware of what had happened, were also driven to flee toward the far end of the platform.

“Phew…”

Yuan Zhixia twirled her gun expertly, reholstered her Glock at her waist, glanced at the bewildered Ye Jiaying and the dazed Yang Ling, sighed, and sat down on the bench.

“Let’s rest for a bit.

The police and Special Affairs Bureau should be arriving soon.”