Hou Xiaoqing furrowed her brow slightly and touched the stone wall beside her. It was icy cold, with nothing unusual.
"What do we do now?"
Xu Qian's expression remained unchanged as she took a wooden stool from her spatial storage and placed it on the ground.
"Let's walk around again."
The three of them walked around once more, and indeed, the wooden stool was still in its original position.
Xu Qian's gaze was somber, her lips pressed into a tight line.
They were truly trapped in a maze.
"System, is there a map?"
"Ding, this area has not been recognized."
Xu Qian's brow furrowed. Then it was up to her.
Suddenly.
"Sssshhh..."
A rustling sound echoed.
Xu Qian quickly turned and shone her flashlight onto the ground.
Dozens of caterpillars, as thick as Xu Qian's waist, were crawling on the ground and walls.
They were snow-white all over, covered in bristly hairs, with countless small, bent legs.
Two eyes, as large as copper bells, stared fixedly at them from above.
The three instinctively took a step back.
Qiu Qun, in particular, had goosebumps all over his body.
Xu Qian's eyes were deep. She had never seen such large caterpillars, even in her past life.
However, since her rebirth, everything had taken a different direction, similar yet dissimilar to her past life.
Perhaps it was partly her doing.
Xu Qian's thoughts stirred, and a Bowie knife materialized in her hand.
The moment the knife appeared, the temperature in the tunnel dropped by several degrees.
The caterpillars sensed something was wrong, and they actually retreated a few steps, then completely disappeared into the darkness.
Qiu Qun immediately let out a sigh of relief. Heaven knew how terrified he was of caterpillars.
"Sister Qian, they're gone."
Xu Qian's eyes narrowed. How could they just leave like that?
Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew.
Xu Qian's pupils constricted, and she shouted, "Get away!"
The caterpillars then charged out from behind them, their sharp teeth aiming directly for Qiu Qun's neck.
Xu Qian yanked him aside and swung her right arm.
A silver flash.
The caterpillar's head fell to the ground, and soon after, it dissolved into a pool of water.
Xu Qian's brow twitched. This laboratory was becoming increasingly bizarre.
There was no time to think.
The caterpillars, without pause, swarmed towards them.
Hou Xiaoqing reacted, drawing her dagger and charging forward to fight, completely unfazed.
Qiu Qun also regained his senses, pulling out the gun from his waist and firing directly.
They were dealt with smoothly. These caterpillars were easy to handle, but what about the eggs outside?
Were they the caterpillars'?
Did the laboratory train something so weak?
Xu Qian pressed her temples. Now was not the time to ponder that.
The most important thing now was how to get out of this maze.
No, this probably shouldn't be called a maze. It should be...
Like in the novels, a幻阵 (illusion array)?
If it was an illusion array like in the novels, there should be a core.
She could only try her luck.
Xu Qian raised her flashlight and scanned the surroundings. Besides the floor, there were stone walls.
And then there was the light bulb hanging overhead.
The light it emitted was very, very weak, almost negligible, but... it was always there.
Xu Qian narrowed her eyes, her thoughts stirring, and a stepladder appeared before her.
She personally stepped onto it and unscrewed the light bulb.
Suddenly, the scene changed dramatically.
Xu Qian found herself in the corridor of an office building, with white walls all around and a row of large floor-to-ceiling windows on the side.
She was still standing on the stepladder, but Hou Xiaoqing and Qiu Qun had vanished.
Xu Qian's heart skipped a beat. She climbed down the stepladder and put it away.
The young girl walked on the marble floor, her footsteps light, yet exceptionally noticeable in the unusually quiet environment.
"Drip, drip."