Chapter 11 Ghost-Faced Spider

The spider corpse looked similar to several kinds of mutated spiders, but not exactly the same, suggesting it was another kind of mutated monster.

Su Lun used his Eye of Omniscience to appraise it, and information immediately appeared.

[Mutated Ghost-Faced Spider]

Details: A mutated creature of the alien beast species that excels at mental control, prefers dark and humid environments, and its venomous fangs can release deadly blood toxins; do not look directly into its eyes, or it will evoke the most primal desires in your heart; although very deadly, its body is also very fragile.

"There's another spider mutant monster group near this sewer?"

Seeing the corpse, Su Lun frowned.

Highly poisonous, adept at mental control... this thing didn't look easy to deal with.

If there were a few here, it meant there were likely more in the depths of the cave.

He was about to reach the location of the sickle, but now a new monster had appeared. Should he go, or not?

Suddenly, he thought of the bizarre human face pattern on the spider's abdomen, and a flash of inspiration hit him: "Could it be that the student who saw the 'naked woman' was mentally controlled by this kind of spider monster?"

In other words, he didn't see a "naked woman," but was mentally controlled?

Thinking of this, Su Lun felt that the monster's ability was a bit evil.

He looked again at the surrounding sewer pipes, and a three-dimensional map gradually formed in his mind.

"Huh... calculating the distance, this seems to be directly below Green Street. Could it be that the missing person cases were also the work of these spider monsters?"

Thinking carefully about the details, it all added up.

Case solved, so that's how it was!

.......

But reality didn't give Su Lun much time to think, because just then, an abnormal noise suddenly came from the depths of the cave.

"Bia ji, Bia ji, Bia ji..."

Listening to the wet, dense running sound, Su Lun immediately guessed that it must be those big black dogs transformed from the amoeba!

"They're not dead yet?"

Su Lun was also a little surprised.

Hearing the noise, he acted quickly, retreating and looking for a corner to hide from the "Reina" student being chased by the monsters.

This one was a walking time bomb, and anyone who got close was unlucky.

He didn't want to provoke this deadly trouble.

He was even thinking that if she was killed by the black dogs, he might be able to take advantage of the situation and loot the corpse.

Not long after hearing the noise, Su Lun saw a lithe figure running out of the darkness. Behind her, as expected, were seven or eight ferocious big black dogs.

"Beastification type [Talent C-011-Catwoman]?"

Seeing the four-legged, agile running style, Su Lun immediately thought of this talent.

Looking again at the familiar liquid leather suit, though he couldn't see her face clearly, wasn't it "Reina"?

No wonder she could survive until now; this talent was one of the few that maximized agility.

Although she wasn't good at fighting, she was excellent at running away.

In just a moment, Su Lun saw three more black dogs appearing from who-knows-where to intercept her, but Reina, like an agile black cat, cleverly avoided the black dogs' pounce.

Seven or eight black dogs had become ten, and the situation was getting worse.

And looking at her chest heaving violently, such high-intensity continuous exertion probably meant she was at the end of her rope.

......

Su Lun didn't plan to meddle, and he couldn't do anything to those black dogs anyway.

He was even thinking that if this woman dared to lead the monsters over, he wouldn't mind shooting her in the leg.

But clearly, Reina also saw this guide who had inexplicably appeared in the tunnel.

To Su Lun's surprise, she not only didn't try to shift the blame, but even shouted a warning: "Be careful! Stay away from me!"

Before she could finish speaking, she probably felt she didn't have time to avoid him. More than ten dogs had almost blocked the entire tunnel, and even passing by would expose Su Lun, who had no protective combat suit, to the corrosive gas.

Knowing she couldn't escape, Reina clearly didn't plan to implicate anyone else. At this moment, she bit her silver teeth, suddenly changed direction, and instead of rushing towards Su Lun, chose another vertical shaft tunnel that would consume even more energy, and darted into it.

Then, the dozen or so black dogs followed one after another and disappeared into the tunnel.

Watching this scene, Su Lun's hand on his gun relaxed, and he was slightly surprised: "These young masters and ladies of the inner city aren't all selfish and naive guys like Jack after all..."

However, while he was impressed,

Su Lun looked at the figure running away, and his heart was unmoved.

A noble lady he didn't know, and the culprit who had forced him to "run away," he was already doing well by not kicking her when she was down.

He probably wouldn't be able to loot the corpse, so he walked out of the tunnel where he was hiding, still intending to continue forward and get the sickle.

But just then, suddenly, his ears twitched, and he retreated again: "Huh, why is she back?"

The sound of footsteps that had been gradually fading away suddenly returned!

Before Su Lun could figure it out, before he could even see anyone in the tunnel, he heard Reina's desperate and anxious shout: "Mr. Su Lun, please, you must give this to my Aunt Qian Tiao, please!"

"???"

Suddenly hearing his name, Su Lun's eyes widened in astonishment.

This... this Reina actually knew his name?

And, hearing what she said, Qian Tiao was her aunt?!

What was going on?

A Black Market cadre from the outer city actually had relatives in a major inner city consortium... was this another soapy drama about wealthy families?

Su Lun felt that this sentence contained a lot of information.

And in the moment he was astonished, the catwoman had already torn off a crystal necklace from her neck and threw it over.

Then, this woman who was like the wind, ran away again, leading a group of ferocious dogs...

Su Lun looked at the necklace that had fallen not far from his feet, and his expression suddenly became a little strange.

Reina knew she was going to die, so she was entrusting her belongings to him?

Just because of her "Aunt," Su Lun felt that he should send her belongings to Qian Tiao.

......

Clearly, this necklace was definitely not simple.

But out of caution, Su Lun didn't pick up the necklace immediately, but instead instinctively avoided it as if it were a plague.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the dogs didn't show any intention of chasing after the necklace.

That meant that this thing wasn't a "specific scent" that attracted the mutated monsters to relentlessly chase after it.

"Huh... specific scent?"

Su Lun looked at the figure running away, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration hit him.

He had discovered a turning point!

And... he had also discovered the key to breaking the situation!

In that instant, Su Lun's mind raced.

Since Qian Tiao was Reina's aunt, then Qian Tiao's influence in the inner city must be extraordinary.

Correspondingly, as someone under Qian Tiao's protection, Su Lun wasn't entirely a tool to be manipulated.

Provided that... this Reina didn't die!

A hundred Jacks weren't as important as this Reina!

Suddenly receiving this important information, Su Lun instantly deduced all sorts of possibilities in his mind.

Currently,

If he watched Reina get chased to death by the dogs, Su Lun would certainly save a lot of trouble, but the identity of "Su Lun" would have to die, and there would be endless future troubles;

If she didn't die, Su Lun might take some risks now, but there would be much more room to maneuver.

Instantly weighing the pros and cons, the best choice he could think of was to let Reina live!

.......

But... this group of "amoeba" that could infinitely revive, fuse, and split couldn't be killed at all.

Even a Tier 2 powerhouse might not be able to save her, so how was he going to save her?

In a fraction of a second, Su Lun's mind raced, and all the means he had to save his life flashed through his mind.

Suddenly, he thought of something, and shouted loudly towards the figure in the distance who was about to disappear at the end of the tunnel: "Run to the third tunnel on the left, detour, and then loop back!"

He had thought of a way that might give this woman a chance to live.

But whether it worked or not would depend on her own life!

After shouting these words, Su Lun also chose another tunnel and ran over.

He installed directionally blasted explosives on the rock wall, and then pulled them with a silk thread, before hiding in the distance.

Not long after, he saw the catwoman running back in a panic as expected.

On the verge of death, Reina had no choice, and listened to Su Lun's instructions, instinctively looping back.

Su Lun shouted urgently again: "There's a fuse line on the ground, be careful to avoid it."

Hearing this, Reina saw the marked fuse line on the ground not far away, and instead of being happy, she frowned.

Collapsing the tunnel couldn't stop these liquid monsters; they had already tried it before!

It was good that this guide wanted to save her, but his method was wrong!

Reina had no choice but to jump over the silk thread. She had only run a few steps when a violent explosion sounded behind her.

With a "boom," the shockwave sent rocks and dust flying.

The rubble instantly collapsed, blocking the tunnel.

But just then, black water droplets could be seen quickly seeping out of the cracks, and in a blink of an eye, black dogs were once again condensing into shape.

Reina rushed to Su Lun's side, no longer holding any hope of survival. She didn't stop, and said anxiously: "You go quickly, don't worry about me! Remember to take the things to my aunt..."

I appreciate the good intentions, but you can't save me!

As she spoke, she didn't notice that Su Lun had already calmly lit something that looked like a "smoke bomb" in his hand, and a pungent smell instantly filled the entire tunnel.

Now wasn't the time to talk nonsense, Su Lun directly interrupted her, and shouted in a commanding tone: "Stop talking nonsense, take off your clothes!"

"You don't worry about me, hurry..."

Reina instinctively thought that the other party still wanted to save her, but she had already caused the death of Teacher Rosa, and she didn't want to drag anyone else down.

She was about to turn around and leave, but only then did she realize that she seemed to have received some strange words.

Take off her clothes?

The moment she realized this, her body seemed to have been frozen, stiffening in place.

Time seemed to stand still.

She thought she had misheard, and her body was still moving forward with inertia, but her eyes instinctively turned to stare at Su Lun, her face full of question marks: "???"

They were escaping for their lives, what were you thinking, bro?