Research building.
Three figures were playing Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) in a laboratory.
"Three against three!"
Ding Mingyu absentmindedly threw down two cards, then turned to look at his friends on either side with some concern.
"Hey, are we really okay with this?"
"What problem could there be? Can't you see we've been running for so long and nothing's happened? I don't want to keep running like an idiot. If you want to run, go run yourselves!" Xu Chen, sitting to his right, glanced at him.
"But what if some of us turn into those Spore Person they talked about on the radio?"
"If we were going to change, we would have done it already! Besides, even if some of us did change, we still have three minutes, right? Just run, what's there to be afraid of?"
As Xu Chen spoke, he pulled two cards from his hand and threw them down.
"Five to five!"
"That's right!"
Li Hongtao echoed, and as he spoke, he also threw down two cards.
"Eight!"
"Hurry up, it's your turn!" Xu Chen reminded Ding Mingyu.
Seeing that his two friends both said so, Ding Mingyu breathed a slight sigh of relief and turned his attention back to the cards in his hand.
The game ended quickly.
While Li Hongtao was shuffling the cards after losing, Ding Mingyu stood up from his stool.
"Hey, what are you doing? Aren't you going to fight anymore?" Xu Chen asked Ding Mingyu.
"I'm going to the restroom!" Ding Mingyu smiled; in fact, he had felt the urge to use the restroom when he asked the question.
"Okay, hurry up!"
After leaving the lab, Ding Mingyu quickly went to the restroom.
He stood in front of the urinal, unzipped his pants, and then began to relieve himself.
With the sound of rushing water, he let out a long breath and, with nothing to do, unconsciously turned his head to look around.
His gaze was quickly drawn to the window.
My gaze travels through the high wall to the window.
Blue sky, white clouds, and birds in flight—that's freedom!
that is...
Why has this freedom suddenly started to waver...?
The teaching building, third floor.
Shen Heng was standing against a wall in the corridor.
To his right was a corridor with railings about 1.1 or 1.2 meters high, and to his left, Le Gu Nan was standing with his back against the wall, just like him.
"Can we really ambush the Decaying Spore's guards like this? Won't they find out?" Le Gu Nan asked in a low voice.
Shen Heng glanced at her, "Don't worry, I don't know about the high-level ones, but the low-level ones..."
"Aside from humans or Calamity Beast whose abilities are related to perception, other normal living beings primarily perceive the external world through sight, hearing, and smell!"
"And it's clear that the Decaying Spore's abilities don't lie in perception, let alone the low-level guards it creates!"
Le Gu Nan nodded slightly as if he had learned something.
"Stop talking, they're almost here!" Shen Heng reminded him.
Le Gu Nan nodded, indicating that he understood.
The two leaned against the corridor wall, waiting quietly.
Ten seconds later, a series of rapid footsteps gradually approached. This time, without the need for energy enhancement, even Le Gu Nan could hear them.
The sound of rapid footsteps approached quickly from afar.
Shen Heng tilted his head slightly, his gaze following the direction to his right.
Soon, three figures appeared in Shen Heng's field of vision.
A mushroom-shaped head, a straight body formed by countless Distortion and intertwined withered vines, and the dense footsteps were caused by these withered vines constantly tapping the ground at the bottom.
Besides these two, they only had two dark green, tentacle-like limbs made of branches.
Shen Heng took a deep breath, raised his gun, and aimed at one of the Decaying Spore Guard.
Bang!
A loud explosion.
The gunpowder at the base of the bullet explodes, accelerates through the barrel, and propels it rapidly outward.
With a soft 'plop' sound, the Decaying Spore Guard that Shen Heng had aimed at fell straight down.
Shen Heng quickly moved his arm, trying to turn towards another Decaying Spore Guard.
However, the other two Decaying Spore Guard who heard the gunshot also quickly turned around, wanting to see where the gunshot came from.
Both were acting at the same time, but Shen Heng moved his arm down faster.
Bang!
Another shot rang out.
Shen Heng pulled the trigger again when the two Decaying Spore Guard had only turned halfway around.
However, this time is different from the last.
With a clang, the bullet was blocked by a dark green tentacle that swung out just in time.
Shen Heng frowned slightly and temporarily put the pistol away.
The plan didn't achieve its best results, but it was still accomplished. In the upcoming battle, the pistol with only one bullet left must be saved for the most critical moment, the moment when he can't hold on any longer.
At the same time, the Decaying Spore Guard had also turned around completely, its dark green mushroom head slightly raised, and the two locked eyes.
The moment it saw other creatures, the Decaying Spore ' guards instinctively sprang into action.
The dark green tentacles quickly retracted, then shot out like javelins.
Whoosh!
A sharp whooshing sound came, and Shen Heng quickly turned around.
Bang!
The tentacles slammed into the classroom wall, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Amidst the smoke and dust, Shen Heng narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on a tentacle that had become somewhat slender due to excessive elongation, as he twirled the longsword in his hand.
Whoosh--!
A flash of sword light appeared amidst the smoke and dust.
The tentacle snapped off instantly, followed by a shrill scream from below.
"What... what's going on now?" Le Gu Nan asked from the side.
All of this happened in just two or three seconds. Since she was right next to Shen Heng, she couldn't see what was going on. She only heard two gunshots, then a tentacle suddenly rushed up, and then Shen Heng swung his knife, followed by screams from below.
Shen Heng didn't have time to reply to her; he was focused on listening to the sounds below.
"Whoosh!"
The sound of something cutting through the air came again.
"Attack is coming! Run!"
Shen Heng raised his hand, grabbed Le Gu Nan's wrist, and pulled her quickly toward the left-hand corridor.
Le Gu Nan stood there blankly as Shen Heng pulled her forward.
Almost a second after they ran out, a loud 'bang' rang out behind them as a tentacle smashed through the wall where their arm had just been severed and embedded itself in the classroom wall.
Then came a series of 'bang bang' sounds as the tentacles followed their figures, sticking one after another into the wall.
Then, whether because there weren't enough tentacles or because they knew they couldn't catch up, the tentacles stopped pursuing.
However, Shen Heng was not at ease. He dragged Le Gu Nan and ran for dozens of meters before stopping, turning around and looking at the corridor.
There, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, revealing several tentacles stuck in the wall that were constantly contracting.
Soon, as the tentacles contracted, two withered vine-headed figures landed in the corridor from outside.
Sizzle...
The pebbles fell to the ground, and the tentacles stuck in the wall were slowly retracted under their mushroom caps.
There was no communication between the two sides, nor could they communicate.
Shen Heng stood still, watching the tentacles Distortion and gather strength backward once more, and shouted:
"Jump!"
After saying that, Shen Heng quickly turned around, stepped onto the wall, and jumped down from the third floor.
There was nowhere to hide in the corridor, so jumping was the only option?... Le Gu Nan glanced at the tentacles that were already shooting towards them, and without hesitation, quickly jumped downstairs.
Downstairs, Shen Heng stopped with Le Gu Nan about twenty meters away from the teaching building, then turned around and looked at the two Decaying Spore Guard who had climbed down using their tentacles.
Dark green tentacles swayed slowly beneath their mushroom caps, except that one of the tentacles was slightly shorter.
Shen Heng glanced at Le Gu Nan and said, "You went to find that tentacle-wielding guy who got a little injured, and the other me..."
He stopped abruptly halfway through his speech.
He suddenly turned his head and looked to his right in surprise.
There, sounds of panic, fear, and scattering could be heard continuously.