Chapter 58 - 58

Chapter 58 Human-Faced CentipedeIs it a person? Is it a person? The voice echoed in the quiet corridor, but no one answered.Looking into the distance, Lin Anran and the others could indeed see what looked like a human figure, but upon closer inspection, they couldn't make out anything clearly. They realized how short their eyesight was when they needed to use it, as they were all nearsighted now.Xie Bei: "It's not a person, it's a skeleton.""Skeleton! Dad, hold me tight, I'm scared too."Lin Yu squeezed herself next to Father Lin.Between Mother Lin and him, he is no longer afraid of getting beaten up; preserving his life is the priority.Father Lin said impatiently, "It's just a skeleton, not even a zombie. You're a grown man, can't you be a little braver!"It's so annoying, it's getting in the way of my holding my wife's hand."I don't care, I'm scared."As they approached step by step, drops of blood dripped from the cracks in the door. Life was gradually swallowed by the endless darkness, and the eerie chill caused the temperature to plummet."This? This? There's blood!" Father Lin's heart jumped.Lin Anran glanced at Lin Yu and said, "Prepare for battle, Lin Yu, open the door!""good!"The door opened from the inside with a whoosh.Countless mutated snakes crawled on the ground, their forked tongues sticking out like arms. Countless spiders on the wall moved rapidly, their legs a full two meters long, which was extremely creepy.Lin Yu stood at the very front, right next to the upside-down spider face, with wet, slimy slime dripping onto her hair."Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"Lin Yu's screams mingled with Mother Lin's screams, and a high-speed, high-octane thriller began.Lin Anran and Xie Bei were the first to rush out, and their vines and firelight instantly wiped out the horde of mutated spiders and snakes in front of them.As the two attacked, an open space appeared inside the house, and they quickly slipped intothe group of Mutated animals." Ranran! Dad's here to help you!"Not to be outdone, Father Lin charged forward, wielding a hammer in one hand and an axe in the other."Eighty! Eighty! Eighty!"Although Lin Yu and Mother Lin were screaming, they didn't forget to launch attacks, throwing out clumps of lightning and ice as if they were free stones.Jiang Qinian pulled a large weapon out of his backpack, wielding the submachine gun with ease."Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"Each strike landed precisely on the head of the Mutated animal, which was hiding in the shadows preparing to ambush them.Mutated animals kept appearing; one batch would be killed, and another would appear. Soon, Lin Anran realized something was wrong.There are just too many mutated spiders and mutated snakes!There's absolutely no intention of ending this."Have you noticed that these mutated animalsseem endless, and you can't possibly kill them all!"After Lin Anran's reminder, everyone quickly realized that the house was like a bottomless pit,with the number of mutated animals increasing rather than decreasing.If this continues, they will eventually die at the hands of these mutated animals due to exhaustion or depletion of their supernatural abilities."What should we do then? Should we retreat first?"Lin Yu followed firmly behind Lin Anran. Although he was very scared, his courage overcame his fear.Lin Anran felt a chill run down his spine as he watched the ever-growing swarm of spiders and snakes before him.Mother Lin, who was closest to the door, shouted, "There's no escape! The door is sealed off!"Just as they were locked in fierce combat, a dense spider web blocked their retreat, leaving them with no choice but to fight to the death.Suddenly, Lin Anran had an idea. "Everyone, follow the wall and carefully check for any mechanisms or openings."These mutated animals don't appear out of nowhere, unless there's some mechanism they haven't seen.Upon hearing Lin Anran's instructions, everyone worked without hesitation, carefully examining the area while killing the mutated animals along the wall.Xie Bei ventured deep into the area and finally discovered a hole in the corner of the wall, from which mutated animals kept crawling out."Found them! There's an entrance here; they all crawled out from here!"As he spoke, Xie Bei launched a fireball at the cave entrance. After only a few minutes, the Mutated animals continued to crawl out of the cave.Within minutes, Lin Anran quickly arrived at Xie Bei's side. She looked at the hole and knew she had to find a way to block it up, otherwise the problem would continue indefinitely.What's the fastest way to seal the hole?The simplest solution is to block it with heavy objects.Vines alone is definitely not enough to stop it, except for ice!!!"Mom! Come quick!"Although Mother Lin was frightened, she rushed to her beloved daughter's side as quickly as possible.Xie Bei understood Lin Anran's meaning. He raised his hand and slammed it down on the spiders and snakes that were climbing up again. "You don't need to worry about what's behind you. Leave everything to me!"Lin Yu: "Me too!""Okay! Thank you." Ignoring the Mutated animalbehind her, Lin Anran manipulated the arm-thick vines, pressing one down on the other.Mother Lin's Ice-element ability activated instantly, freezing Vines and the hole solidly.Finally, the whole world fell silent.Without a constant stream of mutated animals, the group cleaned the house in just ten minutes.Even after it ended, no one could recover from the shock of seeing those mutated animals; they were terrifying!Those mutated animals are not only ugly, but they also smell terrible. Before the apocalypse, they were terrified of spiders and snakes! And now they're mutated animals magnified more than ten times, making them even scarier! *sobs*After this battle, everyone was exhausted, losing a lot of physical strength and Supernatural Ability.They decided to rest on the spot. Father Lin took out a large-capacity thermos from his backpack, and each of them had a cup of warm water and two sausages to calm their nerves.Of course, the warm water is the spirit spring water from Lin Anran's space; drinking it makes me feel relaxed both physically and mentally.Lin Anran stared at the cave entrance thoughtfully for a few minutes before slowly saying, "There must be more Mutated animalsand that intermediate Mutated animal there."Xie Bei nodded, "This room is already at the very end. There are no more rooms further in, so it has to be there."After resting, my physical strength andSupernatural Ability have returned to their peak.Lin Anran assigned tasks to the next group of people. Father Lin Mother Lin and Lin Yu are in one group responsible for eliminating the ordinary Mutated animal, while Lin Anran andXie Bei are in charge of the intermediateMutated animal.Jiang Qinian was responsible for standing by and watching the show, adding insult to injury when necessary.Are you ready?Everyone shouted in unison, "Ready!"Father Lin swung the iron hammer in his hand and smashed it straight into the hole, and the entire wall collapsed with a roar.Countless mutated spiders and snakes swarmed forward.Lin Anran and Xie Bei proceeded according to plan, rushing directly into the deepest part."roar--"The mutated animal, sensing the unusual odor, let out a deafening roar.It slowly rose to its feet, its massive body startling the two of them.It's a mutated centipede!It was several times larger than the mutated spiders we had encountered before, but its belly was wide open, and countless snakes and spiders crawled out of it, making the scene nauseating.What's terrifying isn't just its size—its countless legs send chills down your spine—but also its thick, serpentine tail."roar--"Coming to their senses, the two looked up and met a pair of bloodshot eyes in mid-air.A human face!!!Before the two could react, the mutated centipede launched an attack.The thick snake tail lashed out at their heads, slamming into the earthen wall with full force. A cloud of dust billowed up, and Lin Anran and his companion stood up from the ground.