Mori tightly covered her mouth, her stomach churning uncontrollably, a strong physiological nausea causing her vision to blur. Even with her eyes closed, the struggling faces and dreadful scenes kept replaying before her.

The members of the Mountain Crow Family who arrived later looked at each other helplessly, shrugging their shoulders, thinking this Young Master was inexperienced. It was normal to be scared upon seeing this scene for the first time. Only a high-ponytail girl in geta and a Sword Dao uniform found it peculiar.

Xuedong Kui had seen the Young Master, Chichu Chun, covered in blood, cutting a bloody path through the deformed bodies of spiders during the Luminous Lantern Festival. She was surprised by the Young Master's psychological resilience, unlike the rumors of her being graceful and serene.

But now, Mori acted like an ordinary girl who had never encountered ghost stories, her mental defenses crushed by these gruesome scenes.

"Help me..."

Mori managed to shake off the intense nausea, looking towards the source of the voice.

On the other side, a man's body, mostly trapped in an egg sac, continuously moved his lips, painfully and weakly uttering a few syllables.

"Help me..."

"Help... me..."

Upon realizing there was a living person, everyone present showed an expression of surprise. Just as someone was about to speak to stop Mori from approaching, Xuedong Kui stopped him, and the man fell silent upon seeing her fluttering black ponytail.

The Sword Dao skirt emitted a strong stench of blood, as if soaked through with it. Everyone knew this cold master was a renowned killer in the Sword Contract Group. The Mountain Crow Family secretly handled matters for the Chichu Family that couldn't be exposed, while those in the deepest darkness were dealt with by these killers from the Sword Contract Group.

Xuedong Kui used to be the personal bodyguard of the Xuedong Family's Patriarch, adopted by the former female Patriarch of the Xuedong Family after her family separated in her childhood. For some reason, she later joined the Sword Contract Group. Rumors suggested she had an unclear relationship with the current Patriarch of the Xuedong Family.

You should know, the position of Patriarch in the Xuedong Family is always passed down to the eldest daughter.

One can glimpse a thing or two from this ice beauty's usual behavior. She detests contact with the opposite sex, even frowning during formal work exchanges, maintaining silence in public but frequently visiting the flower shop in the Red Light District privately.

Amidst rampant rumors outside, she seemed completely unconcerned.

"Help me..."

The man's lips moved.

Mori stepped forward to dig out the flesh that trapped the man, murmuring to herself, "Hold on, you'll be out soon..."

Unexpectedly, the man's expression suddenly twisted into one of resentment and fury, using his last strength to shout, "Are you an idiot? I told you to kill me, kill me!"

Mori was slightly taken aback as the Great Tachi slashed a white arc before her, the cold blade directly targeting the man's neck, embedding deeply without spilling any blood. The man's body had almost been entirely devoured by the spider within, with only a cotton-like flesh supporting his skin.

"He's beyond saving, Your Highness." Xuedong Kui flicked away the blood on the Great Tachi, her voice indifferent.

It took Mori a while to come to her senses, her chest heaving again. Seeing this, Xuedong Kui helped her up from the ground, "No one here can be saved. Only by doing this can we release them."

Mori stood up, and upon seeing the black-haired girl's appearance beside her, said, "Xuedong Kui sister?"

Xuedong Kui paused, her gaze softening a bit: "Have you seen me, Little Patriarch?"

"I heard about you before at the main house, and I've always admired Xuedong Kui sister."

Xuedong Kui shook her head, "You and I are master and servant, no need to say such things. But why did you come to this place?"

Mori realized and briefly recounted the matter regarding her aunt. The latter nodded and called over a member responsible for statistics, "How's the situation?"

"A 'Seeder' accidentally broke into this chemical plant not long ago, causing this tragedy."

"And the list of missing personnel, here it is."

Before the recording officer could finish, Mori hastily snatched the list, checking each name. Upon not seeing the Xigong surname, a weight was lifted from her heart— it seemed her aunt was not in danger, which was a great relief.

"The 'Seeder', why would it appear here?" Xuedong Kui frowned, "They're supposed to be inside the city."

"The situation on that side is also grim. Recent reports of such attacks have been all over the Chichu Heaven region. The military mentioned that the Eight-Spider Nest Mother might have noticed the existence of the 'outside'."

Xuedong Kui supported her chin with her fingertips, "Could these Seeders be the eyes of the Eight-Spider Nest Mother sent to the outside world?"

"Unclear."

"Wait, I didn't see the Seeder you mentioned earlier."

The recording officer looked troubled, "That's what I want to ask as well. We didn't find its body inside the factory; it likely escaped outside."

Just then, a certain egg case began to tremble violently, yellow liquid bursting from its abdomen, pincers tearing open the egg membrane. A palm-sized creature covered in a blue-black exoskeleton emerged, its spine lined with spikes, eight compound eyes, eight pairs of limbs, vibrating wings, directly attacking the nearest Mori.

"Is this the egg laid by that Seeder?" Xuedong Kui felt a strong sense of foreboding. The Great Tachi was immediately raised to block the Seedlarva's path, but it moved with extreme agility, dodging the falling blade light at a sharp angle. In a blink, it was right in front of Mori.

"Your Highness!" Xuedong Kui blurted out.

Unexpectedly, the previously frozen Mori seemed transformed, her gaze fierce, index and middle fingers reaching out like a surgeon's scalpel to precisely and swiftly pierce the relatively soft abdomen of the Seeder. Ignoring its gaping fangs, she revealed a mimicry knife in her hand, directly impaling the worm's head, then flung it towards Xuedong Kui.

Xuedong Kui understood, giving a loud shout, the Great Tachi raised high slashing down with the momentum of a broadsword, splitting both shell and Seedlarva in half.

"Seeders, this kind of Insect Race follows the swarm's will without individual consciousness. When it leaves the Mother's will range, it follows its 'seeding' instinct, tending towards densely populated areas." Mori spoke in a deep voice, seemingly a different person from earlier.

This gaze, Xuedong Kui knew too well, unmistakably it was Chichu Chun she saw that day at the temple garden on the mountain.

"Intercepting it on the road is impossible. It will parasitize ordinary people, steal and inject its genes into the host, eventually mimicking the host's every move in a short time, making it unrealistic to find it among the crowd."

"Where is the most densely populated area nearby?" Xuedong Kui had no time to ponder Mori's transformation, immediately speaking loudly. "Let's ambush there, waiting for the prey to fall into the trap!"

Someone quickly analyzed, and finally, their expression changed, whispering a conclusion nobody wanted to hear.

"Zhutai High School."

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