The Two-Front Battle (Seeking Favorites)

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After sending out his elite skeleton warriors, Gu Su found himself edging forward more than ten meters without even realizing it.

After all, as far as he could tell, the building covered in vines seemed relatively safe after White Crow's reconnaissance and the skeletons' test swings. His taut nerves had relaxed somewhat.

But just as Gu Su took a few more steps forward, an exceedingly strange sound suddenly came from inside the building.

It was soft yet eerie, like the intermittent mechanical music of an old music box that had jammed. The melody was warped and bizarre, not pleasant in the least. Instead, it carried an uncanny, soul-hooking magic.

The instant the music reached his ears, a thought rose uncontrollably in Gu Su's mind: he wanted only to follow the sound and approach the building, step by step, as if an invisible hand were secretly pulling him along.

Fortunately, Gu Su was still some distance from the building, and the strange music's pull had not yet reached its peak.

He shook his head sharply and, relying on the vigilance granted by level 2 Basic Survival, instantly broke free of the eerie pull and came fully to his senses.

Gu Su's heart tightened. Daring not to waste a moment, he instinctively kept backing away.

Only after his steps had steadied did he realize that, in the few short seconds since the music had begun, he had walked more than thirty meters without meaning to. He was now right beside the base of the building.

If he had reacted even half a beat later, he would probably have been standing beneath the vine-covered wall by now, caught in some unknown danger.

"Something's wrong. There's definitely something seriously wrong in there!"

Gu Su murmured under his breath. His vigilance shot to its highest level, his earlier relaxation vanishing completely and giving way to extreme caution.

He didn't dare linger and continued backing away, step by step. At the same time, he instinctively wanted to call back the skeleton warriors who had approached the building, afraid that they might also be affected by the strange music.

But when Gu Su looked up toward the building, he saw that the skeleton warriors remained unharmed and completely unaffected by the music. They were still following his earlier orders precisely, chopping at the glowing vines on the wall in steady, synchronized strokes without the slightest hesitation.

The strange vines remained just as unresponsive, letting the skeleton warriors chop at them as if they really were ordinary plants, indifferent to everything around them.

Gu Su retreated several more steps. Only after confirming that he was far enough away to be safe from the strange music did he sit down on a relatively flat rock, his brows tightly furrowed as he rapidly considered the situation.

That brief encounter had made Gu Su realize once and for all that the building covered in glowing vines was no isolated entity. It was part of an uncanny symbiotic system.

Besides the seemingly harmless yet eerie glowing vines, there had to be other unknown, uncanny presences hidden inside the building. The strange music from the music box was the best proof.

But Gu Su quickly grasped the key point: the building's uncanny power seemed to have a clear weakness.

It didn't target the dead. His skeleton warriors were undead to begin with, already in a "dead" state, so they could resist the pull of the strange music and remain unaffected.

Once he understood this, Gu Su felt some of the tension leave him, though his vigilance did not lessen in the slightest.

After a moment's thought, Gu Su decided to test his theory. He gently beckoned to the space behind him.

A White Crow circling overhead immediately understood. It beat its wings, swooped down, and landed steadily on Gu Su's shoulder.

Looking at the White Crow on his shoulder, Gu Su gave a decisive order. "Go. Lure a few birds over and bring them near the building.

"I want to see exactly how this strange music affects living creatures."

The White Crow understood Gu Su's instructions and flew off without hesitation. It soon disappeared into the distance.

Gu Su turned his gaze back toward the building, watching its every movement intently while silently grumbling to himself.

One day, I'll have to find a pair of binoculars.

Relying only on his eyesight made it impossible to see clearly at a distance. He could easily miss all sorts of crucial details. Like now: he couldn't see what was happening inside the building, or how the elite skeleton warriors were progressing.

Just then, the elite skeleton warriors he had sent ahead successfully entered the building.

Guided by another White Crow, they made their way swiftly through the collapsed structures, heading toward the special room.

The building had long since collapsed. Its walls had caved in, and rubble was scattered everywhere, making the terrain extremely difficult to navigate.

But these obstacles were nothing to the skeleton warriors. As undead soldiers rebuilt from light infantry, they already had some ability to climb and scramble. They were agile and quick, easily avoiding the fallen stones and other obstacles.

On top of that, the inside of the building was also wrapped in masses of glowing vines, which the skeleton warriors could use to help pull themselves up as they climbed.

With the White Crow leading the way and expertly avoiding the hardest-to-cross areas of rubble, their pace was not affected at all.

Before long, the elite skeleton warriors reached the floor White Crow had discovered and found the special room.

The room's door was tightly shut. There was only a hole in the doorframe, through which several glowing green vines had grown.

White Crow had entered through there earlier.

Now the White Crow had brought them here as well.

After pointing out their final destination, the White Crow stepped aside and left the battlefield to the elite skeleton warriors.

From the moment they entered this floor, the elite skeleton warriors had remained on guard.

They spread out in a tactical formation, three in front and two behind. Their left arms held black iron shields steady, protecting their heads and upper bodies, while their right hands gripped long bone swords, ready to face any danger and counterattack at a moment's notice.

After receiving the White Crow's report, they tightened their formation and quickly approached the room's entrance.

The elite skeleton warrior in the center of the formation suddenly raised its right leg and kicked the battered door with all its strength.

With a resounding crash, the door flew open and slammed against the wall behind it, raising a cloud of dust.

Several skeleton warriors stood silently at the entrance with their shields raised, warily observing the room.

Only after confirming that no immediate danger had appeared inside and that there were no unusual sounds did the two elite skeleton warriors at the front decisively step forward and rush into the room to investigate.