Lair

Chapter 281: Lair

Jump high!

Or, if possible, fly!

With no reference point on the ground to correct his course, his instincts deceived him while he was trapped in the "maze."

But as his altitude changed, a reference point could appear again.

That was... the "maze" itself!

It would become his best point of reference.

Of course, Hess's Labyrinth also described ways to "prevent" this from happening, ensuring that anyone caught in such a maze remained utterly trapped.

Fortunately, although the darkness before him had similar measures in place, they were incomplete.

It reached a height far beyond what an ordinary person could manage.

For Qin Ran, however, that height was easy to conquer.

Qin Ran leaped with all his strength.

His figure vanished into the darkness in an instant.

"Damn it!"

Shiqi swiftly loaded another magazine into his gun.

This was his last magazine. Had he known he would encounter the monsters before him, he swore he would have brought a flamethrower.

Instinctively, Shiqi thought of Qin Ran's backpack and all the weapons and equipment inside it.

He was already considering whether he should get a backpack like that himself.

But that was a matter for later. If he couldn't survive what lay before him, there would be no later.

Bang!

A muzzle flash flared, and gunsmoke spread.

A fist-sized spider with razor-sharp legs was blasted to pieces.

But more spiders poured out from both sides of the deck.

Tap, tap, tap...

As their sharp legs struck the floor, a dense clattering arose that made his hair stand on end.

A dark, tightly packed mass of spiders stared at Shiqi with their many compound eyes.

The faint green gleam in those eyes brought sweat to Shiqi's forehead.

But Shiqi didn't fire again.

He knew perfectly well that against