"Let's go to where the screams came from first!"
Lin Qiye only hesitated for a moment before making his choice.
Building Three was quite far from their current location, while the Cafeteria was right next to the warehouse. Although the situation in Building Three was strange, the specific conditions inside were unclear. Since screams were coming from the Cafeteria, there must be a change in circumstances. Naturally, the primary goal now was to save people.
Everyone quickly rushed to the entrance of the Cafeteria. Usually, by this time, the Cafeteria would have breakfast ready, filling the air with fragrance. But today, the Cafeteria remained eerily silent. Not only was there no aroma, but a faint smell of blood permeated the air...
Upon smelling this, everyone's expressions instantly changed.
"Didn't they say it was just a drill? Why..." Shen Qingzhu's face slightly darkened.
Lin Qiye didn't speak, just frowned and walked to the door.
The iron lock originally fastened to the Cafeteria door handle had been cut off, and there were signs that the door had been opened. It was clear that someone had been here before Lin Qiye and the others, cut the lock, and entered... If nothing unexpected happened, the scream just now was likely from that person.
Lin Qiye didn't open the door rashly. Instead, he used his spiritual power to scan behind the door, clearly sensing a little less than half of the Cafeteria.
"This is..." Lin Qiye's brows furrowed tightly as he saw the scene inside the Cafeteria.
He stepped forward and pushed open the Cafeteria door.
Seeing the scene inside the Cafeteria, the people behind him were first stunned, then their eyes widened in disbelief...
In the empty, deserted Cafeteria, it was somehow covered in spiderwebs. Thick masses of silk intertwined, blended, and wove into a terrifying white net that almost covered every corner of the Cafeteria hall.
In the dim Cafeteria, these hideous spiderwebs were like bloodthirsty monstrous beasts with gaping maws, baring their fangs at Lin Qiye and the others...
Everyone stared at the scene before them in shock, only recovering after a long while.
"A spider's nest?" Li Shaoguang in the crowd exclaimed in horror, "How could it be this big..."
"This isn't an ordinary spider. This should be some kind of... 'Mysteries' related to spiders." Lin Qiye said slowly, his gaze falling on a certain spot in the spiderweb, his eyes slightly narrowing.
"Look there." He raised his hand and pointed towards a certain place.
In the center of one of the spiderweb masses, a bloody, mangled figure was stuck. It was a man with twisted limbs, a horrifying gash running from his chest down to his lower abdomen, almost splitting him completely open. His internal organs were gone...
Although his terrified eyes were devoid of life, they were still fixed on a certain spot, as if something extremely terrifying had been there. His expression was distorted, as if he had experienced extreme pain before death.
"Wang Li?!" Someone behind Lin Qiye exclaimed, "It's Wang Li from Building Two?! How could this happen..."
It wasn't just him; most of the people here recognized the man who had died tragically in the spider silk. Because he was humorous and witty, he had made many friends in the camp. Even those who weren't close to him knew who he was.
"Didn't they say it was just a drill? How could Wang Li..."
"It's too gruesome. What did he go through?"
"This isn't a drill! There's a powerful 'Mysteries' here! Damn it! Where did the Instructors go?!"
"..."
Seeing Wang Li's tragic death, everyone's mindset began to change. They, who had been relatively calm, instantly erupted into chaos. Even Shen Qingzhu and Cao Yuan's faces turned grim.
"Quiet!" Lin Qiye suddenly spoke, his gaze slowly sweeping across the surroundings, "From Wang Li's scream to us arriving here, it definitely didn't take more than two minutes. Including the time it took to hunt..."
"That Mysteries is very likely still hiding here!"
Hearing this, everyone felt their scalps tingle. Fortunately, they had also undergone rigorous training and quickly regained their composure, vigilantly looking around, though there was still some tension and fear in their eyes.
Most of the people here had never seen a "Mysteries" with their own eyes until now, let alone fought against them. Seeing this scene so suddenly, it was understandable that they were nervous.
Lin Qiye drew his Star Blade from the black box. A hint of Nightfall slowly spread out from him. While everyone else nervously stayed put, he quietly took a step, walking into the spiderweb-filled Cafeteria.
"Lin Qiye..." Seeing Lin Qiye walk into the Cafeteria like that, Cao Yuan frowned slightly, a hint of worry appearing in his eyes.
"It's alright, I know what I'm doing." Lin Qiye replied in a low voice.
His spiritual power carefully scanned every inch of the surrounding space. After breaking through to the "Pond" realm, the perception range of his Divine Realm of the Mortal World had reached a hundred meters, enough to cover a little less than half of the Cafeteria. Even if that Mysteries suddenly appeared, with the enhancement of Starry Night Dancer, he could react quickly.
Cao Yuan hesitated for a moment, took off his jacket, and slung the back of his blade behind him, also entering the Cafeteria. Seeing this, Shen Qingzhu frowned and then followed him in.
After three people entered the Cafeteria, some of the other new recruits also mustered up courage and prepared to enter. Just then, Lin Qiye's voice came:
"The others shouldn't come in. The more people enter, the greater the possibility of touching the spider silk, which would easily put us in danger instead."
Hearing this, those who were originally preparing to follow into the Cafeteria stopped in their tracks.
In the dim, silent Cafeteria, the figures of the three slowly moved deeper inside.
The distribution of spider silk inside the Cafeteria was very dense. Lin Qiye chose not to touch any of the silk, sometimes crouching, sometimes leaping, sometimes sidestepping... His figure skillfully weaved through the numerous spiderwebs, gradually approaching the core area of the Cafeteria.
Fortunately, after long-term special training, coupled with the occasional acrobatic performances triggered by the ACE wristband, Lin Qiye's body flexibility was far better than before. At this moment, he moved like a secret agent in a movie passing through an infrared corridor, each step perilous but ultimately safe.
Suddenly, Lin Qiye's spiritual power detected something. He sharply raised his head and looked at the ceiling to his right!
There, a giant gray-white spider was clinging to the ceiling, seemingly merging with the gray-white wall. If viewed with the naked eye, it would be extremely difficult to distinguish its presence!
This spider was about two meters long, and with its legs spread out, it was a full four meters wide. As if sensing that Lin Qiye had discovered its presence, its strange crimson compound eyes on its gray-white body suddenly lit up!
Almost simultaneously, the gem on the necklace around Lin Qiye's neck suddenly emitted a brilliant blue light. He felt a slight dizziness in his mind, which returned to normal within half a second.
Azure Guardian was activated?
This spider can perform mental attacks?!
Lin Qiye reacted like lightning. Nightfall wrapped around the straight blade in his hand, and he threw it forcefully in the direction of the giant spider!