Chapter 014 Fat Bugs
"Go to the rooftop." Mo Xuanji said.
Judging from the current situation, the best solution was to lure the spiders to the rooftop. Besides, the strange creature was definitely lurking there. As the saying goes, capture the thief first. Once the source was eliminated, they wouldn't have to worry about the little spiders anymore.
"good."
The three of them changed direction in tacit understanding. Mo Xuanji raised his hand, and the cyan wind energy flowed through his hand. Soon, a wind ball with a diameter of one meter appeared in front of him.
Precisely controlling the range of her supernatural powers was a skill Mo Xuanji still struggled with. The wind ball's volume was somewhat unstable after it took shape, but fortunately, it was eventually able to maintain a stable range.
Mo Xuanji controlled the wind ball and advanced upwards, while Shen Liuxue and Zhu Changan were responsible for clearing out the insects attacking from behind. A path briefly appeared where the wind ball passed, and the three of them rushed to the rooftop in one go, using the path opened by the wind ball.
The rustling sound became more and more frequent. Zhu Changan subconsciously looked back and his scalp went numb.
He saw the spiders piled up layer upon layer, surging up the stairs like a flood. Pairs of large black eyes stared at him intently, constantly approaching him.
"Originally, I preferred spiders, such as the hairy black widow." Zhu Changan's face turned pale and blue.
"What do you say now?" Shen Liuxue casually chopped down a spider that pounced on him and made a beautiful sword flower.
"From now on, I will reject all arthropods, especially those with eight legs and big eyes. When I get back, I'll immediately post a rebuttal to that poster. Big-eyed creatures aren't necessarily 100% cute, and there's also the deadly creatures like the one behind!"
Mo Xuanji wanted to laugh when he heard it.
Despite the tense situation, Zhu Changan's opening words instantly lightened the mood. Thanks to him, Mo Xuanji's psychological pressure was alleviated somewhat.
As they were talking, the three of them had already run to the sixth floor.
The property management staff seemed to start slacking off after painting the sixth floor. There wasn't much white paint on the wall, and few spiders crawling out of it. A single roll of the windblown ball cleaned it up perfectly.
"Huh, I must investigate that so-called property carefully when I get back. Now I can be 100% sure that this white paint is related to the weirdness." Shen Liuxue recorded this scene with the mission recorder.
There is a one-meter-wide square skylight on the ceiling of the stairwell on the sixth floor, from which you can directly reach the roof. To go up, you have to step on the ladder on the wall.
It's called a ladder, but it's actually just a few sections of blue steel pipe embedded in the wall. When it was first installed, to prevent children from climbing around, even the lowest section was kept a short distance from the ground.
Mo Xuanji threw the spider-filled wind ball behind him, creating another wind wall. The powerful wind pushed the "front line" back a distance.
"Hurry, climb up through the skylight within ten seconds. I'll cover your retreat."
Shen Liuxue and Zhu Changan didn't waste time talking and quickly rushed forward. They trusted Mo Xuanji's judgment of the timing and his strength. If they hesitated or refused at this moment, they would be sending their companions to their deaths.
Fortunately, none of the three of them failed in the end.
In the third second, Zhu Changan pushed open the stone slab covering the skylight.
At the seventh second, Shen Liuxue arrived at the rooftop.
In the ninth second, Mo Xuanji was pulled up by his two companions.
In the tenth second, the swarm of insects swarmed in and poured out of the skylight like a blowout.
Shen Liuxue snorted coldly, and her ice power no longer suppressed them, neatly sealing all the spiders in ice. The spiders maintained their forward momentum, stuck there, unable to move up or down. The spiders below were stuck, unable to move up for a while.
Mo Xuanji slumped to the ground, his hands shaking uncontrollably. Although he was confident in his speed, the moment he was about to be overwhelmed by the spiders, he inevitably felt a fear of death.
"Look! What is that?" Zhu Changan pointed ahead in surprise.
I saw an orange-red barrier rising from the ground downstairs, then slowly opening up and turning into a huge hemisphere covering the entire building, isolating it.
"This is a barrier specifically designed to prevent the spread of weirdness." Shen Liuxue quickly figured it out: "Senior Wang is quite fast."
As strange creatures, these spiders would also be considered strange by the defensive charms and barriers. Currently, the barrier downstairs sealed the door, the skylight was blocked by spider ice sculptures, and the residents' doors and windows were covered with defensive charms. These spiders were stuck in the hallway, unable to go up or down, and unable to act as a strange rescue.
The fiery clouds on the horizon are brilliant in color, and the setting sun slowly sinks into a dream.
The weirdness detector on Mo Xuanji's waist suddenly turned on automatically. In just a few seconds, the weirdness index fluctuated back and forth, and finally stabilized at level B.
The three of them paused, and looked in the direction where the instrument reacted.
Old-style residential buildings like this usually have a separate small utility room on the flat roof. Now, it is wrapped in layers of spider silk, like a cocoon.
The sounds of "cracking" and sharp objects hitting the cement surface continued to come from inside.
"Bang!" "Bang!" The impact sounds became more and more rapid.
"Wait! Aren't spiders usually active at night? It's not even night yet!"
"Our friend probably didn't sleep well and woke up early." Shen Liuxue gripped the hilt of the sword and joked casually.
Mo Xuanji stood up silently.
Strictly speaking, this was the first time for all three of them to face the weirdness.
The pounding sounds inside the cocoon grew more intense, and then a crack appeared on the cocoon. Several long, thin limbs stretched out from it.
The crack grew wider, and a dark figure emerged from it. Its eight slender legs moved rhythmically on the cocoon, but the most striking thing were its eight enormous eyes, so dark and dark that they gave people a chilling feeling.
This thing looked exactly like a common house ghost spider, except that it was covered in a strange, unique black aura, and its size was thousands of times larger. At least it looked much taller than the three people present.
So plump and delicious... No, what was he thinking? He wasn't hungry at all, so why was he drooling at the sight of bugs again?
Mo Xuanji had no expression on his face and rushed forward decisively.
Unlike those "little soldiers," this Spider Brother could spin silk. Mo Xuanji was incredibly fast, and Spider Brother blasted a long string of silk behind him like a machine gun, not even touching the corner of Mo Xuanji's clothes.
Brother Spider was furious, his slender legs became extremely hard, and he chased Mo Xuanji with a cold light.
While Brother Spider's attention was on Mo Xuanji, Zhu Changan and Shen Liuxue looked at each other and quickly rushed forward.
The spider seemed to notice them, but was too busy harassing Mo Xuanji to respond.
Zhu Changan turned over and rode on Spider Brother's back. The furry touch made him feel a little scared, but he still gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and smashed down hard.
"Today, I came here only after having a full meal!" Zhu Changan roared and punched the spider again and again. As he swung his fists, they were faintly covered with a layer of light khaki.
The spider's back was hit by this huge force and several large holes were left on it.
Shen Liuxue attached the ice-type ability to the sword, and aimed every move at Brother Spider's abdomen.
According to common sense, there is a crystal in the abdomen of the strange creature, which can be called its lifeline. If you can destroy this crystal, the strange creature will die completely, and there will be no possibility of resurrection.
It was just like a team battle dungeon. Mo Xuanji, who was a fragile character, relied on his extraordinary speed and stable aggro to make the boss run all over the field, while the swordsman Shen Liuxue and the tank Zhu Changan followed behind the boss and dealt damage.
Although this is our first collaboration, we surprisingly have a good understanding.
It seemed that it finally sensed the danger. The moment Shen Liuxue cut off one of its legs, Brother Spider exploded.
At the same time, Wilde downstairs suddenly discovered that the group of small spiders that were trapped and struggling in the corridor had disappeared.
Black gas exploded from Brother Spider's body and rushed in all directions.
Zhu Changan was blown away, rolled on the ground for a few times, and then got up. The khaki light on his hands was still there, and Zhu Changan suddenly understood.
"Rock Blade!" The ground spike suddenly pierced out from under Brother Spider. Although it failed to injure the vital parts, it fixed it firmly in place.
As Mo Xuanji retreated, he summoned dense wind blades. The wind blades whistled towards Spider Brother, and the cyan power was mixed with the sword light belonging to Shen Liuxue.
The crystal shattered, killing him instantly.
Spider Brother's body froze in place, then turned into ashes and disappeared in the moonlight.
"it's over."
The three of them then realized that it was already dark.
Mo Xuanji sat on the ground, panting. He had been drained of energy. He hadn't felt anything in his excitement just now, but after the enemy was eliminated, the adrenaline effect gradually faded, and he realized belatedly that he was exhausted.
Fortunately, compared with this month's devilish training, this is nothing.
The wind was a bit too strong, and Mo Xuanji was a bit dazed. He suddenly realized that the surroundings were a bit too quiet. The breathing sounds of three people were now only his own.
He raised his head and his pupils suddenly contracted.
The sky was shattered at some point, revealing a scarlet space from the cracks.
There was no moon in the sky, and he was no longer on the rooftop of Xingfu Community. He was kneeling in the ruins, with charred human corpses beside him.
Mo Xuanji's heart was about to jump out of his chest: "System!"
There was no response. The system had occasionally complained about his lack of combat awareness during the battle, but now it was as if it had never occurred.
Mo Xuanji clutched his chest, trying to calm himself. However, the stench of his fellow corpses stirred a pang of fear that remained in his throat.
The corpse's clothing seemed familiar. Despite having a good memory, Mo Xuanji couldn't recall who it was.
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