"Ribbon worm?"

Half of the team members had never heard of this name before, and according to Nan Zhu's explanation, this thing is mostly produced in the deep sea, and their current location has nothing to do with the deep sea at all.

Yan Qi took a small flashlight from his combat uniform, turned it on, and walked to a clump of silk netting, wanting to examine it carefully by the light.

When the light shone on them, everyone realized that these were not simply silk nets stuck to the walls or the ground. Behind these tough nets were large holes, and through the light, one could vaguely see pink worms, resembling snot, slowly wriggling inside.

"Watch out!" Yun Ce's expression changed. Although he hadn't seen what happened, the wind had already given him a warning.

Yun Ce reached out and pulled Yan Qi's body to the side. The next moment, the seemingly solid white net was suddenly sucked into the worm's body in the hole as if it were noodles.

Immediately afterwards, the worm spit out a wisp of silk that resembled a tree root with lightning speed. If Yun Ce hadn't acted quickly, Yan Qi would probably have already been hit.

"Be careful not to step on these nets, there's nothing underneath them!" Lin Beiyue warned hurriedly.

But it was too late. Each piece of the white net was very large and densely covered the surroundings. In addition, the light was too dim when they came in, so no one could see the surrounding environment clearly.

Since no one dared to turn on their headlights immediately and disturb the people or creatures inside the cave, almost everyone ended up getting hurt.

Even if you're careful, it probably won't be of much use, as the gap between the two pieces of these mesh is at most 10cm.

These nets spray out like tree roots, and they feel hard when you step on them, just like flat ground. Who would have thought that they are hollow underneath?

Before anyone could adjust their footing after Lin Beiyue spoke, they felt a lightness beneath them and began to fall.

Yun Ce quickly manipulated the wind to try to drag everyone's bodies, while Lin Beiyue also conjured several hooks to bind everyone's bodies and fix them to the wall of the pit, trying to help everyone climb back up.

In the dim light, one could vaguely see a giant worm, more than a meter wide, emerging from deep space, like a giant python. Its gorgeous skin reflected the light, giving one goosebumps.

"Oh no!" Lin Beiyue's expression suddenly changed as soon as she pressed herself against the wall.

Thin white threads were seen peeking out from the wall.

"Jump!" Lin Beiyue decided without hesitation.

Although they didn't know what had happened, everyone immediately believed Lin Beiyue's judgment. They let go of each other's hands, jumped into the pit, and fell down into the hole.

With Yun Ce there, there was no problem of falling to their deaths; everyone landed safely on the ground.

Surprisingly, the deep pit seemed to be the real laboratory space. Everyone stepped onto the metal floor again, and even the surrounding walls were metal, which matched the name of the laboratory.

When everyone looked up again, the hole in the high ceiling was once again sealed by thin white threads, and the pink ribbon worms could be seen coiled on it.

"Could it be... that we've actually taken the right path?" Yan Qi exclaimed in astonishment.

If the place they were just in was considered the basement level, they had already searched most of the area without finding any useful information.

This should be considered a corridor, but the environment here is so gloomy, with everything around it made of metal, resembling a cold coffin.

This time they could see the road around them clearly. There were thin light tubes on the ceiling, and the cold white light was very bright. However, it seemed that the only visible part of the ceiling was the hole where they had fallen from. The rest of the ceiling was completely sealed off by metal.

It seems they actually stumbled upon the right path by accident.

"Is that a door?" Yun Ce looked around. Behind them was a long corridor that seemed to have some turns and led somewhere in the distance, but not far in front of them was a large metal door.

“Although it seems more like a trap,” Freya said, her expression turning serious. “But even if it is a trap, we have no way out.”

If they were on the ground, abandoning the group and running away would greatly increase their chances of survival.

But now that they're underground, they're all in the same boat. If the people here seal off the oxygen supply, they'll all be buried alive and suffocate.

“Let’s go take a look.” Lin Beiyue clenched her fist: “I recently learned about the principles of nuclear weapons. Two doses of stimulants should be enough to barely condense it. If all else fails, we’ll just have to go down with it.”

“No, it’s still a bit less powerful…” Nan Zhu coughed twice: “Placing a nuclear weapon in this location would affect the safe zone of the Doomsday Beacon…”

“And now that we’re underground, my resonance is even clearer. There should be more than just these two levels.” Nan Zhu gently touched the metal wall beside him. “At least this level is empty, and there’s nothing with abnormal energy fluctuations.”

When there is something within one's understanding that resonates with something, Nanzhu can clearly analyze the feedback brought about by that resonance.

If it's something beyond comprehension, in Nan Zhu's resonance feedback, it's like a piece of a 3D map suddenly disappearing.

With Nan Zhu and Lin Beiyue's words, everyone relaxed a little. Lin Beiyue was the first to push open the door, and what came into view was a huge silk-like sphere hanging in mid-air, which looked like a silkworm cocoon or a heart, but was wrapped in white silk resembling tree roots.

"Back off!" Lin Beiyue had just entered the room when she glanced around and saw that there was nothing in the room except for this huge cocoon. She immediately realized that something was wrong.

Everyone reacted quickly, immediately pulling their feet back after stepping in.

Lin Beiyue reacted even faster, reaching out and pulling the door shut as well.

However, the enormous cocoon inside had already reacted.

If Lin Beiyue and the others were inside the room, they would have seen the large cocoon violently fluctuating, as if some kind of air wave was churning inside. With a loud "boom," the thing inside exploded, and the thin iron door could not withstand the impact at all.

Everyone desperately mobilized their superpowers to move forward and provide protection, and the utilization rate of superpowers continued to soar.

The world suddenly fell silent.

It is quiet in every sense of the word.

Metal fragments from the shattered metal gate floated in the air. The ability users, desperately trying to use their powers to defend themselves, had their ability usage levels stagnate at 4 and stopped increasing.

Everyone's brains could still think normally, but everything around them seemed to have slowed down countless times, almost as if time had stopped.

Everyone saw the flesh and blood and hideous corpses flying out of the shattered cocoon, and the self-destructing zombies inside looked like rotting giants.

Everyone saw the flowing long hair and the upright figure; he was the only person in the world who could move normally.

The next moment, everything began to reverse.

The blasted metal fragments healed themselves at a visible speed, becoming a complete metal door once again.

Lin Beiyue and the others also moved forward uncontrollably, and everything returned to the moment when Lin Beiyue had just opened the door. However, this time there was an extra person next to the huge cocoon, which was Shi Yin.

But this time, Shi Yin seemed to be injured. Blood seeped from her calloused palm as she spoke, and the white net flowed downwards.

"Impressive tactics." Shi Yin sneered, "What, can't you sense that your seven deadly sins are starting to panic?"

"You have an advantage, and so do I. You want to resurrect your seven zombies? Aren't you dreaming a little too much?"