The straight blade swiftly sliced through the air, emitting a soft hum, and pierced precisely...
On a blank wall about half a meter away from the spider.
Lin Qiye:...
Not only were Cao Yuan and Shen Qingzhu behind Lin Qiye stunned, but even the spider was taken aback. In all its life, it had never seen anyone with such poor aim...
Hmm? Could it be that this man's target... isn't actually itself?
Lin Qiye was speechless. His [Darkest Divine Ruins] had only been extended to 20 meters. Within 20 meters, he could accurately aim and strike wherever he wanted, but beyond 20 meters... he could only leave it to fate.
Unfortunately, the spider was about 40 meters away from him, so it's understandable that he couldn't hit it.
Just as Lin Qiye's sword went astray, Shen Qingzhu behind him raised his hand with lightning speed, a spark flying from the black ring on his knuckles. Immediately afterwards, a crisp snap echoed through the cafeteria.
Boom—!!
A violent explosion suddenly erupted, blinding flames engulfing the ceiling where the spider was, and shattered walls rained down, shaking the entire cafeteria.
Amidst the billowing black smoke, a grayish-white spider darted out like lightning, its scarlet compound eyes gleaming eerily.
"The mystery of the 'Chuan' realm..." Lin Qiye keenly sensed the terrifying aura emanating from the spider, and his brows furrowed tightly.
Lin Qiye gripped the other Star Blade tightly in his hand. The surrounding night expanded once more. His eyes were fixed on the incredibly fast spider, and every muscle in his body was tense.
Cao Yuan also solemnly reached out his hand, preparing to grasp the hilt of the sword behind him and unleash [Black King Annihilation].
Under everyone's tense gaze, the grayish-white spider suddenly made a sharp turn in mid-air, smashed through the window beside it, and disappeared from everyone's sight in a flash.
Lin Qiye:?
Everyone:???
Lin Qiye and the other two stood there for two seconds before slowly coming back to their senses...
That menacing giant spider from the "River" realm...
It ran away?
Hm?
!Lin Qiye glanced suspiciously at Wang Li's mangled corpse, then at the window shattered by the spider's escape, and fell into deep thought.
Strange... Shouldn't this spider be a ruthless monster that kills without blinking an eye and enjoys eating people?
Given the vast disparity in strength between the two sides, why did it run away?
Just as Lin Qiye was pondering, Cao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, lowering his hand from the knife he was about to grip, seemingly relieved that he wouldn't be bound by the "Cao Yuan Chastity Lock" again today...
"It's running too fast; we can't catch it at all."
Several recruits who had tried to hunt down the spider ran back, panting heavily.
Shen Qingzhu frowned and looked at Lin Qiye, "What do we do next?"
"Strange...this doesn't make sense." Lin Qiye shook his head, temporarily setting aside his doubts, and said, "That spider is fast and strong; we can't chase it any further..."
"Let's stick to the original plan and go back to Building 3 to rescue the people inside. However, to prevent the spider from sneaking in, we'll leave more people to guard Building 1, to prevent those who have fallen into a deep sleep from being slaughtered without any means of resistance."
Shen Qingzhu's gaze sharpened as the images of the sleeping Deng Wei, Li Jia, and Li Liang flashed through his mind. After a moment, he spoke up, "I'll go back and keep watch."
"Alright, you're very strong. Even if the spider comes, you should be able to hold it off for a while." Lin Qiye nodded.
After deciding on their strategy, the three of them retreated back to the entrance and led the other recruits in two separate groups, quickly leaving the canteen.
Once they were gone, two figures quietly appeared in a corner of the quiet cafeteria.
"Tsk... How can this Spider Child be so timid? How can running away put any pressure on these greenhorns?" One of them sighed helplessly.
"Luckily, we made Wang Li's 'corpse' realistic enough to fool these new recruits, otherwise our attempt to create atmosphere would have been a complete failure," another person added.
"However, Lin Qiye's performance was indeed quite good. He was cautious and meticulous in his actions, bold, and decisive. He's a promising talent."
"Do you even need to tell me? How could someone chosen as an agent by two gods not be capable?"
"Yes.."
"By the way, has Wang Li, who fainted, been taken away?"
"They're already lying outside the camp."
"That's good. We're all set here. Now it's up to the atmosphere team in Building 3 to see if they can get the job done..."
...
On a deserted path.
A grayish-white spider was crawling frantically when a flash of white light appeared, and its original spider body transformed into the shape of a boy.
The boy looked to be no more than eleven or twelve years old, with gray hair and faint spider veins on his fair face. His red pupils nervously scanned his surroundings, and his expression was so aggrieved that he looked like he was about to cry.
"Aaaaaaahhhhh!!"
"What to do, what to do! That guy who threw the sword looks so fierce! And that man who can explode with a snap of his fingers... his eyes look like he wants to chop me into eight pieces!"
"I was being very good! I... I just wanted to find a place to sleep, why did they hit me!"
"Waaaaah...No, it's too dangerous here, I need to get out!"
Spider Boy turned around, preparing to run out of the training camp, when he seemed to remember something and shuddered.
"No, I can't run away... Those fierce-looking instructors said that if I dare to sneak away, they'll kill me and make me into braised spider hands..."
"Bad guy!"
"They're all bad people!"
"What should I do...? What did they ask me to do again?"
"Yes, yes, the main thing is to first control the minds of those who are sleeping, and then find a place to hide..."
Spider Boy looked around, found the most inconspicuous little warehouse to hide in, and then used his silk to create a world of spider webs before lying peacefully in the very center.
"They shouldn't be able to find me here, right?" he muttered to himself, lying on the cobweb-covered bed. "Let's see how those guys are sleeping..."
After he finished speaking, his red eyes shone with a strange light. In his vision, strands of virtual spiritual spider silk extended from his fingertips, weaving across the entire training camp and forming a large net.
At the end of this large net, spider silk, like kite strings, connects to the distant recruits' dormitory, linking each sleeping recruit to it.
This is a mental spider web that only he can see, covering the entire training camp!
At six o'clock, the net attached the souls of all the sleeping recruits to the spider silk. Even if their souls woke up, they could not return to their original bodies. Therefore, to outsiders, they were always in a state of deep sleep.
Looking at the many souls struggling on the spider silk, the spider boy lazily yawned.
Suddenly, his gaze fell on an inconspicuous corner of the spider web, where a plump, white soul was still asleep.
Everyone else's souls had already awakened, but they couldn't return to their original bodies. Only this guy's soul had truly been asleep until now...
"You're sleeping so soundly, I envy you..." the Spider Boy said, propping his head up with his hand, his face full of envy.
On the spiderweb, the fat man's soul lazily rolled over, his eyes slowly opening in a hazy state...