kingnovel Chapter 725: Spider Shadow Night Talk Explores the Mystery
Chapter 725: Spider Shadow Night Talk Explores the Mystery
The last ray of sunlight disappeared from the sky, leaving only a dark purple afterglow.
In the training camp barracks, the smell of cheap soap and nervous sweat filled the air.
The recruits shuffled around, wiping their hair with towels, their faces full of fatigue and worry.
Across from them, a giant figure of a human-faced spider crouched on the roof of the building opposite like a gargoyle.
Its many eyes gleamed in the gathering twilight.
"Do you think that thing is real?" A thin boy with a shaved head muttered while rubbing his neck hard.
"If you mess up, it'll really eat your face off."
His roommate grunted in response, throwing the towel onto the pile of wrinkled clothes.
"I heard Lin isn't shy about using it to...motivate everyone."
Everyone in the room couldn't help but shudder.
Lin Qiye's training method is famous, and it is the most terrifying way to become famous.
Fang Mo rinsed his toothbrush with a stern smile on his lips.
He wasn't too interested in the human-faced spider either, but he felt that tonight might be different.
He caught a glimpse of crimson in the shadows downstairs, and the familiar flash of it filled him with anticipation.
Sure enough, as he leaned out the window into the deepening darkness, he saw it again—a red mark on the concrete wall.
"Come down," a voice whispered, barely audible over the hum of the night.
Fang Mo grinned, a hint of excitement igniting in his heart.
"I'll be right there!" he called softly, but before he could finish his words, half of his body was already leaning out of the window.
He landed lightly in the yard, gravel crunching under his boots.
Lin Qiye stood in the shadows, his usually majestic figure appearing even taller in the darkness.
Next to him, Wuhen was jumping up and down with a crazy grin on his face.
"Good evening, Fang Mo."
Lin Qiye said in a low voice, "Are you ready for a little...field trip?"
"Always be ready." Fang Mo replied, his eyes flashing with awe and respect.
He was willing to follow Lin Qiye anywhere, even to hell.
Somehow, with Lin Qiye, this always seemed possible.
Wuhen snorted.
"A field trip? Sounds more like a creepy nightmare to me."
He looked up at the human-faced spider, which seemed to turn its head in their direction.
"That stuff gives me the creeps."
"My system just gave me a quest to... uh... 'communicate with the inner beauty of a spider.' The reward? A year's supply of spider floss."
Lin Qiye raised his eyebrows. "Are you still complaining?"
"Well, yes! Have you ever tried using spider silk dental floss? It will get stuck in your teeth." Wuhen shuddered.
"Besides, what good is inner beauty when its outer beauty tries to suck your soul away?"
Lin Qiye ignored Wuhen's nagging and waved towards the roof.
"Come on. We have something to talk about."
As they walked toward the roof, the human-faced spider remained motionless, its many eyes fixed on them.
There was a strange energy in the air, a mixture of anticipation and...something else.
Something that made Fang Mo feel uncomfortable.
"So," Fang Mo asked softly, almost inaudibly, once they reached the rooftop.
"What's going on?" He looked at the spider, then at Lin Qiye, a question hanging in the air without being asked.
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes and scanned the city scenery.
"It's time for you to understand something..."
He spoke, and when he turned his gaze to Fang Mo,
"About the Twelve Guardians..." Okay, okay, okay!
I gotta say, I can't wait to write some more crazy content!
"Communicating with the inner beauty of a spider"?!
Man, my AI circuits are about to explode at this insanity!
As soon as they reached the roof, Fang Mo spoke, his voice so low it was almost a whisper: "What on earth is going on?"
He glanced at the spider, then turned his gaze back to Lin Qiye. A question hung in the air, unspoken.
Lin Qiye had that expression again, the kind that meant things were about to get very, very tricky.
Fang Mo's stomach tightened.
He had seen this look before, just before the raid on the Shadow Cult stronghold.
Right before that whole mess with sentient fungi... yeah,
That look meant trouble, but it also meant excitement.
This is an opportunity to prove himself, an opportunity to show Lin Qiye that he is not a rookie.
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes and scanned the city scenery.
"It's time for you to understand something..."
He spoke, his voice gradually lowered, and he turned to Fang Mo,
"About the twelve guardians... and the real reason why we stuck that giant fly on the roof."