"Ah—! No! Help!"

A piercing scream echoed through the narrow passageway, followed by the chilling sound of bones cracking.

Those were the last few underlings trying to escape back to the ground, who ran headlong into a swarm of bloodthirsty flying ants that had just woken up, enraged by the poison gas.

The result was as expected.

That wasn't a battle at all; it was a one-sided feeding frenzy.

Yu Weiwei pressed herself tightly against the shadows at the corner of the passageway, her hands covering her mouth, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

She watched helplessly as the burly man who had just shielded her from a knife was instantly covered by a swarm of black flying ants.

It didn't even last a second.

The person is gone.

Only a skeleton with bits of flesh hanging from it remained, which collapsed onto the ground with a crash.

The flying ants were still hovering, their compound eyes flashing with a greedy red light, as if searching for their next prey.

"There's no going back..."

Yu Weiwei's tears welled up in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

Going back means death.

Going forward will only lead to death.

In front of them was Qin Yu, a ruthless killer, and behind them was a swarm of insects that devoured people without spitting out the bones.

This is a dead end.

"Why should I...?"

Yu Weiwei bit her lip until it bled, and a metallic, bloody taste spread through her mouth.

"Why is Qin Yu allowed to live such a carefree life?"

"Why is it that Li Ruobing can follow him around and act like a bully?"

"Where am I inferior to them?"

"I'm number four! I have thousands of followers! My figure, my looks—in every way, I'm better than that cold, aloof doctor and that naive, innocent girl!!"

Jealousy and fear, like two venomous snakes, were frantically gnawing at her sanity.

She slowly removed her hand from her mouth.

My palms were covered in cold sweat.

There was also a folding fan.

(Please remember the website 20 ...

"Qin Yu..."

The fear in Yu Weiwei's eyes was gradually replaced by a resentment.

"You forced me to do this."

"If you don't give me a way to live, I won't let you have it easy either."

"You think you're invincible just because you killed the poison master?"

"This is a maze, a ruin; it's easy to dodge a visible attack, but hard to guard against a hidden one!"

She took a deep breath and suddenly opened the folding fan.

"Buzz—"

An invisible wave spread out.

She tiptoed to avoid the nauseating pieces of flesh on the ground.

Turn around.

They retraced their steps towards the bronze gate.

……

Behind the bronze gate.

It was no longer a dark cave, but a vast expanse of white.

Pale white.

The thick fog filled every inch of space.

Visibility was extremely low, so low that if you stretched out your hand, you could only see your blurry five fingers.

"Is this what they call the Misty Ruins?"

Li Ruobing's voice came from under the mask, carrying a hint of displeasure.

"What's the difference between this and being blind?"

"Turn on thermal imaging."

Qin Yu stood at the front, holding the [Maze Key] in his hand, but did not rush forward.

"I've tried it, but it didn't work."

Yao Xue's calm voice rang out, accompanied by a slight electrical buzzing.

"This fog contains a high concentration of interfering particles."

"Whether it's thermal imaging, sonar, or the bio-radar built into the suit, they're all ineffective."

"The current detection range is only the outer layer of the suit."

"Simply put, our current electronic eyes are no different from those of a blind person."

"Depend on!"

Li Ruobing cursed.

"How much does this game hate us? They won't even let us use cheats?"

Qin Yu wasn't surprised at all.

If S-rank dungeons were that easy to clear, that would be a miracle.

"Since we can't use sophisticated technology, let's use the most primitive methods."

Qin Yu took out a black, high-strength nylon rope.

"They're all tied around the waist."

"Ruobing, you cover our retreat."

"Yao Xue, you take Xiaoqian and walk in the middle."

"I'll scout ahead."

"Keep a distance of no more than one meter."

"If the rope moves abnormally, don't hesitate, just open fire."

"clear!"

The three women acted swiftly.

With a few clicks, the latch locked.

The four people were tied together by a rope, like a string of ants.

"Brother Yu..."

Yao Qian gripped Yao Xue's arm tightly, her voice trembling slightly.

"It's so quiet here."

"Not even a whisper of wind."

It was indeed quiet.

It was eerily quiet.

The floor beneath my feet was made of some kind of unknown metal, and it made no sound when I stepped on it.

All around was the suffocating white fog, as if it were about to swallow you whole.

"Don't be afraid."

Qin Yu's voice was steady and powerful, like a pillar of strength.

"I'm here."

He took a step forward.

Black nanotech combat boots stepped into the mist.

"Stay vigilant."

"Since this place can block perception, there must be many skilled ambushers hiding here."

The four-person team began to slowly advance in this white world.

It's very slow.

He took each step with extreme care.

It took about five minutes to walk.

The surrounding scenery remained unchanged, still a vast expanse of white.

This kind of environment is most likely to cause people to feel spatial disorientation.

It might even make you wonder if you've been going around in circles.

"stop."

Qin Yu suddenly raised his hand.

The rope taut instantly.

The three people behind him immediately stopped, their weapons pointing in all directions.

"What's wrong, Brother Yu?"

Li Ruobing asked in a low voice.

There's something there.

Qin Yu narrowed his eyes.

His mental strength far surpassed that of ordinary people. Although his senses were suppressed, his intuition for danger remained.

Just a moment ago.

He felt something flicker in the fog ahead.

high speed.

There was no sound of wind.

"To the left front, at the eleven o'clock position."

Qin Yu pointed to the swirling thick fog.

"Ruobing, give it a burst of bullets."

"Okay!"

Li Ruobing did not hesitate at all.

He raised the "Tyrant" railgun and unleashed a barrage of fire in that direction.

"Da da da da da—"

Flames spewed out.

The bullet tore through the air and disappeared into the white mist.

"Jingle bells!"

A crisp metallic clanging sound rang out.

Followed by.

It was a sharp screech.

"squeak--!!!"

The sound didn't seem like that of a wild beast; it sounded more like the frantic grinding of some kind of rusty gears.

"I've won the lottery!"

Qin Yu's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Prepare for battle!"

Before he could finish speaking...

The white mist suddenly began to churn.

A dark figure emerged from the mist like a ghost.

Extremely fast!

They arrived in front of Qin Yu almost in the blink of an eye.

"Snap!"

Two sickle-shaped forelimbs, gleaming with a nauseatingly cold light, aimed straight for Qin Yu's throat.

The monster looked extremely strange.

It looks like a praying mantis magnified hundreds of times, but its entire body is made of rusty metal.

Mechanical Mantis (Rank A Elite Monster)

【Features: Fog Concealment, Extreme Speed ​​Cutting】

"How dare this piece of junk block the road?"

Qin Yu advanced instead of retreating.

His right hand suddenly shot out.

The black nanofluid instantly hardened on his arm, forming a jet-black arm shield.

"when!!"

Sparks flew everywhere.

The two sharp scythes struck the arm shield, but didn't even leave a white mark.

"Get out of here!"

Qin Yu threw a punch with his left fist.

[Kinetic energy bursts forth!]

"Bang!"

The punch landed squarely on the mechanical mantis's chest.

Although it wasn't as dramatic as fighting the gargoyles earlier.

But this fragile praying mantis obviously couldn't withstand the impact of several tons.

The entire breastplate caved in instantly.

"Squeak..."

The mechanical mantis flew backward, crashing to the ground and rolling several times.

Before it could even get up.

"Biu!"

A very faint gunshot rang out.

Yao Xue fired her poison sniper rifle.

The specially designed corrosive bullet accurately struck the mantis's damaged chest.

"Sizzle sizzle—"

The sound of strong acid corroding metal rang out.

The mechanical mantis twitched a few times, and the red light in its eyes quickly dimmed.

It stopped moving.

"Good teamwork."

Qin Yu retracted his arm shield and shook his hand.

"It seems that the monsters here are all mechanical."

"Yao Xue, switch to armor-piercing rounds and corrosive rounds."

"clear."

The battle ended quickly.

But Qin Yu's brows did not relax.

in contrast.

The wrinkles tightened even more.

Something's not right.

He glanced back at the mist behind him.

Just now, during the battle.

He vaguely sensed a spying gaze.

It wasn't a monster from ahead.

It comes from...behind.

"What's wrong, Brother Yu?"

Seeing Qin Yu staring at them from behind, Yao Qian shrank back in fear.

"It's nothing."

Qin Yu withdrew his gaze.

The sense of being watched is very subtle; you wouldn't notice it at all unless you were paying close attention.

Moreover, it carries a certain hallucinogenic fluctuation.

"It's probably just my imagination."

Qin Yu said this, but in the team channel's text communication, he typed a line:

[It's being followed.]

Don't look back; pretend you didn't notice.

This message appeared simultaneously on Li Ruobing and Yao Xue's tactical faceplates.

The two remained expressionless.

They didn't even stop walking.

"Keep going."

Qin Yu tugged on the rope.

There seems to be a big guy up ahead.

……

They were just fifty meters behind them.

Yu Weiwei leaned against the wall, panting heavily.

Cold sweat trickled down her forehead and into her eyes, stinging painfully.

"That was close..."

"How can that freak's intuition be so sharp?!"

Just a moment ago.

Qin Yu's gaze as he turned around was like two knives, almost tearing away her disguise.

If it weren't for the high level of the [Phantom Sea Peacock Fan], and the fact that the foggy environment here itself is disruptive, it would be difficult to proceed.

She has now been discovered.

"We can't rush it..."

Yu Weiwei gripped the fan tightly in her hand.

Her palms were sweaty.

"He's leading the way, which will definitely take a toll on his energy."

"There's definitely more than one of these mechanical monsters."

"I'll wait."

"Wait until they fight at their most intense moment."

"When they get hurt."

"When Qin Yu reveals a weakness..."

She looked at the four blurry figures in front of her.

His eyes were filled with venom, like those of a poisonous rat lurking in a ditch.

"Qin Yu..."

"I'll make you regret not killing me already."

She urged the fan on again.

His figure disappeared into the white mist.

They followed silently.

……

In front.

The exploration continues.

As they ventured deeper, they encountered more and more mechanical monsters.

Mechanical spiders, exploding beetles, and even those floating cannons that shoot lasers.

Although these monsters are not very high level.

But in this situation where the surrounding environment is completely obscured.

Dealing with it is extremely energy-consuming.

"Ruobing, 3 o'clock, beetle swarm!"

"Yao Xue, forget about those who escaped, take down the ones in the sky first!"

"Xiaoqian, activate your shield! Don't run around!"

While giving instructions, Qin Yu swung his fists and smashed a mechanical leopard that pounced on him into scrap metal.

"Bang!"

Sparks flew.

The parts on the ground have already been laid out in a layer.

"call……"

Li Ruobing changed the magazine and irritably wiped her faceplate.

"Why is the fog getting thicker?"

"I can barely see Yu-ge's back anymore."

indeed.

Visibility has now dropped to less than one meter.

Even with four people tied together by a rope, they could only barely see the outline of their teammates in front of them.

This extreme sense of oppression is gradually eroding everyone's patience.

"Everyone, move closer together."

Qin Yu sensed that something was wrong.

In this fog.

It seems that something else has been mixed in.

A subtle sweetness.

"Turn the filtration system up to the maximum!"

"This fog is poisonous!"

however.

The warning came too late.

Li Ruobing, who was walking at the very back, suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

The scene before my eyes began to appear double.

The rope that was originally tied around her waist turned into a writhing black snake in her vision!

"Ruobing?"

Qin Yu's voice came from ahead.

But to Li Ruobing, the sound seemed to come from afar and then become near, as if it were coming from behind a film of water.

"Brother Yu...Yu?"

Li Ruobing shook her head, trying to clear her mind.

Just then.

She saw "Qin Yu" turn around.

That once familiar face was now covered with countless compound eyes!

"monster!!"

Li Ruobing subconsciously raised the laser knife in her hand and slashed at "Qin Yu".

"Ruobing! Are you crazy?!"

The real Qin Yu suddenly sidestepped, dodging the fatal blow.

The laser blade grazed his battle suit, leaving a charred mark.

"It's me!"

Qin Yu grabbed Li Ruobing's wrist.

"Let me go!"

Li Ruobing seemed to have gone mad, her eyes flashing red light erratically.

"You're a monster! I'm going to kill you!"

She struggled desperately, and the gun in her other hand was pressed directly against Qin Yu's chest.

"Damn it!"

Qin Yu's heart skipped a beat.

This is not ordinary poison gas.

This is an illusion!

Moreover, it's the kind of illusion attack that can bypass the suit's filtering system and directly affect the mental level!

"Yao Xue! Xiaoqian!"

Qin Yu shouted.

no respond.

The middle section of the rope hung loosely on the ground.

The two sisters who should have been there.

I don't know when.

Missed.

The rope was cut.

The cut is smooth and neat.

Qin Yu's pupils suddenly contracted.

This cut was not caused by a monster.

It is a powerful tool.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

A fleeting laugh suddenly rang out from the mist.

The voice swayed from left to right, filled with smugness and madness.

"Qin Yu, oh Qin Yu..."

"Aren't you very strong?"

"Aren't you supposed to have a very sharp intuition?"

"How come you didn't even know your wife was missing?"

Yu Weiwei!

Qin Yu turned his head sharply towards the direction from which the sound came.

But all he saw was a swirling white mist.

And in the mist, there was a faint, colorful halo.

That was the radiance of a peacock spreading its tail feathers.

"The Illusory Sea Peacock Fan..."

Qin Yu gritted his teeth, his voice as cold as ancient ice.

While he held down the frenzied Li Ruobing, he activated the maximum power defense of his battle suit.

"So it was you, the rat that slipped through the net."

"Isn't it better to hide in the gutter?"

"Do you really want to come out and die?"

"Sending them to their deaths?"

Yu Weiwei's voice rang out again, tinged with hysteria.

"Now you're the one who's going to your death!"

"Your first wife and second wife should be trapped in the mechanical trap by now, right?"

"As for the one in your arms..."

"Tsk tsk, she probably looks at you like you're her father's killer right now, doesn't she?"

"Qin Yu, enjoy this wonderful gift I've prepared for you!"

"This is the price you pay for looking down on women!"

The fog churned even more violently.

Countless illusory figures flickered around Qin Yu.

There was the dead Zhang Nanhai, the head of Yin Mingtao that had been blown open, and even those mutated fish that were made into grilled fish.

They bared their teeth and claws, lunging at Qin Yu from all directions.

It's hard to tell the truth from the fake.

The real and the illusory coexist.

Meanwhile, Li Ruobing, who was in his arms, was still frantically pulling the trigger.

"Da da da da!"

The bullet struck Qin Yu's breastplate, sending up a series of sparks.

situation.

A sudden reversal.

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