The tightly woven spider silk overlapped to form a massive cocoon, completely trapping them inside, with not a single gap in sight.
The face spider moved across the silk, its gaze occupied by the white strands and countless eerie human faces.
Beside Qin Mubai lay the corpses of numerous face spiders, blood seeping through his clothes. He raised his eyes to the face spider above, remaining calm in such a perilous situation, his eyes showing no sign of turmoil, rational and composed.
[Player Unlock Level: 38.]
As the silk touched their bodies, it tightened, slicing into their skin and drilling into their flesh. They could only protect their vital areas and hold on, searching for a chance that might not even exist.
If they didn’t find a way to escape soon, exhaustion would turn this place into their final resting point.
Ye Nianchu gritted her teeth and cut through the silk that entangled her arm.
“Are you really not leaving?” Qin Mubai looked at her intently, his gaze more focused than ever.
Ye Nianchu gasped for breath, shaking her head. “The system said I can explore and unlock levels on my own.”
If someone had to forcefully break through the limits, it should be her.
She would raise her unlock level higher, shatter the balance, and wouldn’t die for breaking the rules.
But if Qin Mubai forced his abilities, he might.
The space they could retreat into was shrinking rapidly; just as she severed the silk around her, new strands quickly filled the gaps.
These face spiders didn’t even need to act directly; their silk could suffocate them.
The entire rainforest seemed to boil over, all the insects and rodents scurrying like headless flies, while the face spiders crawled swiftly among the trees, searching for human figures.
Qin Mubai was bound by the silk; every movement he made drove the strands deeper into his flesh. Yet, he carelessly hacked at the silk in front of Ye Nianchu, blood droplets sliding down and staining the surrounding strands crimson.
He shielded Ye Nianchu, his body already covered in blood.
Ye Nianchu felt a tightness in her chest, a suffocating discomfort, her heart clenching painfully.
At that moment, the face spiders seemed to lose patience, one after another charging forward.
Ye Nianchu stepped up, drawing several face spiders away. The spiders would target her first; as long as she didn’t stand next to Qin Mubai, the danger to him would be minimized.
“Sister!”
Qin Mubai’s pupils constricted sharply. Just as he took a step forward, the dense silk crisscrossed, blocking his path.
Ye Nianchu took a deep breath, gripping her knife, fighting desperately against the attacks of the face spiders. When she could no longer evade, she would shoot to kill the spiders.
Only one bullet remained.
[Player Unlock Level: 39.]
[Player Unlock Level: 40.]
At that moment, the system’s electronic voice sounded like divine music, her unlock level skyrocketing to 45.
Not enough.
Ye Nianchu endured the agonizing pain as if her bones were shattering, her heart racing, reaching the limit of what she could bear.
[Warning! Player has violated rules. Please stop immediately!]
Ye Nianchu numbly swung her short knife, ignoring the system's warning.
[Player Unlock Level: 47.]
The unlock level continued to rise.
Today, even if the King of Heaven himself came, she would not stop her intention to break the balance.
[Warning! Forcibly using special abilities constitutes a serious violation. Please stop immediately!]
The wounds on Ye Nianchu's body, where the blood had already clotted, all split open, and blood soaked her clothes once more.
The humid air around them was starting to cool.