bookpub #660 - The Demon Behind the Scenes
#660 - The Demon Behind the Scenes
"It's underground?"
Lin Yu felt as if he had gained a detached, third-person perspective, like enabling a god-mode or spectator mode in a game.
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However, this perspective couldn't be fully controlled; it was heading straight in a certain direction—after all, this perspective was meant to give Lin Yu "answers and the truth."
Soon, after passing through a long layer of rock, Lin Yu felt his perspective arrive deep underground.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up—there was a cavern deep underground!
The cavern was filled with shimmering light, the source of which was…
"Magma?"
Lin Yu looked in surprise at the winding river of magma.
Beside this river of magma, deep underground, were many dilapidated human buildings, shrouded in large patches of shadow, but still faintly revealing what was once a bustling human settlement.
Lin Yu discovered that at this moment, the perspective seemed to have unlocked its control.
Limited to the confines of this underground space, he could freely move the perspective.
Lin Yu manipulated the perspective, spinning around like a ghost traversing this ancient town.
The stone slab streets were covered in thick dust, and the stone slabs were cracked like spiderwebs, revealing the sand and soil beneath.
The green brick and gray tiled houses had long been eroded by time, with many collapsed walls and roofs.
The wooden door frames and window lattices of the houses had long rotted, leaving only broken frames.
His consciousness swept through the houses, from one end of the town to the other, and, as expected, Lin Yu saw an ancient stone tablet standing, with the words "Willow Town" written on it.
"As expected, this abandoned town is Willow Town!"
Lin Yu had his answer.
But he didn't forget that the answer he wanted to know wasn't the location of "Willow Town," but the mastermind behind everything.
As for who this mastermind was, Lin Yu had a vague guess in his mind.
Lin Yu used his mind to manipulate the perspective, pulling it further away, and then… the scene he expected came into view.
Even though it was a scene Lin Yu had anticipated, seeing it truly still caused his mind to tremble!
Coiled above the abandoned Willow Town, lying on the rock wall of the underground cave, casting a large shadow over Willow Town… was the "mastermind" Lin Yu was looking for.
It was a terrifying, enormous, gigantic demon, coiled within this cave.
This was its lair, and the entire Willow Town was like its toy!
And what's worse…
As if sensing his gaze, that terrifying existence opened its eyes.
Scarlet eyes lit up—even though Lin Yu seemed to have no form at this time, it still seemed to have locked onto Lin Yu.
Across the mysterious power, Lin Yu felt his soul make eye contact with this terrifying existence!
"Click…"
A terrifying and tiny sound rang out, and Lin Yu felt his hair stand on end.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
In the shadowy areas of the cave not illuminated by the magma, more and more bright red eyes lit up!
"Boss, stop looking!"
Just as Lin Yu's will was about to be swallowed, Old Zheng directly used his mental ability to interrupt Lin Yu's power.
The moment Lin Yu regained consciousness, a huge sense of dizziness filled his mind.
But aside from the physical discomfort, the psychological impact of the last scene he saw was even more severe—the usually calm Lin Yu now had a layer of cold sweat on his face.
"What did you see?"
Li Nian asked anxiously.
She rarely saw Lin Yu in such a state, so she couldn't help but feel nervous.
Lin Yu tried hard to overcome the dizziness, recalling the scene he had last seen…
In the crimson eyes and the glow of the lava, what was illuminated was the pale silk threads spreading in all directions, as huge and bloated as a mountain, covered with heavy black armor, with eight slender giant legs…
"Spider."
Lin Yu breathed out.
"There is a huge cave deep directly beneath our feet, and in it is hidden a spider as big as a mountain!"
He finally knew what he had always felt was the most incongruous thing in this mountain.
Now it seemed that it was because under their feet, directly beneath Twin Saw Mountain, there was a spider as big as the entire mountain lurking and dwelling!
This also confirmed Lin Yu's guess that this guy could affect the area outside of Twin Saw Mountain.
Because spiders spin webs!
Hearing Lin Yu say this, Flying Dagger's face turned pale: "What, a spider?!"
Lin Yu looked at Flying Dagger: "Do you know the origin of this spider?"
"No, I'm just especially afraid of spiders… to be precise, I'm afraid of all insects."
"To correct you, spiders are not insects; they belong to the phylum Arthropoda, class Arachnida, which is parallel to the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta," Lin Yu calmly corrected, "and it eats insects."
Flying Dagger was a little崩溃: "Thank you for the科普, but is this the time to be talking about this?"
"I'm actually not very afraid of spiders, but only if that thing isn't as big as a mountain," Li Nian complained, "The mastermind behind all this is a spider demon as big as a mountain; how are we going to deal with it?"
"I don't know, but we'd better run first—start slowly getting up now, and move a little lighter."
Lin Yu had recovered from his dizziness by now, stood up, and said.
"What, didn't you just say not to run?" Li Nian was a little surprised, "We're going to have to deal with it eventually, right?"
"Yes, that thing is coiled above 'Willow Town,'" Lin Yu said, then paused and added, "But… the problem is, as I said just now, it's directly beneath our feet."
"Those镖师 and players have all disappeared; have you noticed?"
As Lin Yu spoke, Li Nian noticed that all the aborigines and players were gone—the pale spider silk that seemed old but had actually just appeared was hanging everywhere in the Taoist temple.
Those spider silk threads swayed everywhere; at first glance, it seemed like they were being blown by the wind, but in reality… that swaying was like tentacles, with regularity and an intention to actively probe.
Spiders can determine the location and direction of prey through the vibrations transmitted through the spider silk.
This scene made Li Nian's scalp tingle.
"When did this happen?!"
"It should have been just now."
Lin Yu walked steadily and unhurriedly toward the door.
Li Nian grabbed Flying Dagger and quickly followed.
"I used my power to spy on it just now and have already alarmed it—originally, it was sleeping, but now it has woken up."
Old Zheng's voice rang out at the right time: "Boss, it's found you!"
Hearing Old Zheng's voice, Lin Yu no longer hesitated.
"Run!"
"We've been exposed—run at full speed!"