Li Mengyao crying

"A burden? Yes, I'm afraid they'll run away."

Chen Yu's pace didn't falter for a second. His flashlight steadily swept over the fork in the road ahead; based on the direction, the upward-sloping path seemed more likely to lead to the tower.

Upon receiving such an answer.

Zhang Wanyue pursed her lips helplessly, diligently keeping a lookout for any danger from behind.

Chen Yu ignored the silence behind him. Ahead... the passage began to widen, and the layers of ice on the walls showed more signs of human construction.

Most importantly, the temperature! It was rising again!

Just by nearing the tower, the temperature had already reached around minus twenty degrees!

"We're nearing the core area."

"There are many insects hiding nearby. The geothermal core prototype must be here!"

Zhang Wanyue reminded him in a low voice.

Chen Yu gave a hum of affirmation, signaling everyone to lighten their steps.

At the end of the flashlight's beam—

—was a giant atrium, which must have once been the hub of the outpost.

Further ahead... was the six-story tower they had seen from afar!

Now that it was right before their eyes, the sense of oppression was overwhelming!

The tower's base was massive and perfectly square, rising straight up. Most of the windows were already filled with ice!

The only entrance was a pair of three-meter-high metal doors!

On the ice surrounding the tower, many huge claw prints and drag marks were scattered about—it was quite terrifying!

"The main entrance is a no-go. Let's look elsewhere."

Chen Yu bypassed the main entrance directly, intending to find another way.

Those massive metal doors were visibly heavy.

He had ten times the constitution, but he wasn't a superman.

If he wanted to smash that door open by brute force, he'd probably have to wait until his constitution broke 500 before considering it.

"Look there!"

Wang Mengmeng suddenly pointed not far away; it was a small iron door!

Chen Yu nodded. "Alright, let's go there."

Wang Mengmeng quickly tried to take credit. "Brother Yu, do I have good eyes? I'm the first one to see it again..."

Chen Yu ignored her and took the lead himself, moving extremely fast as he squeezed through the iron door that was half-hidden behind icicles.

The door hinge let out a creak... Behind the door was a spacious hall with a ceiling at least four or five meters high.

It was even darker here than outside, with only a faint white light peeking through at the far end of the passage.

Wang Mengmeng followed closely, followed by Deng Yuxin, Li Mengyao, and Zhang Wanyue.

As the last person stepped inside, the iron door closed silently behind them.

It cut off the faint light source from outside.

Everyone's eyes were adjusting to the dim interior.

Then, they saw it.

Deep in the hall... on the floor, the walls, in the crevices, and on the broken chandeliers, there were densely packed insects as thick as arms!

They were woven into a single mass; just looking at them was enough to make one's skin crawl!

Even more terrifyingly, there were over a dozen white-furred behemoths standing silently... The moment Chen Yu and the others stepped in—

—the insects' mouthparts and the behemoths' heads all turned to look at them in unison!

A double gaze, a suffocating malice, completely swallowed the five of them!

"Retreat!"

Chen Yu acted decisively, grabbing Deng Yuxin's arm. His immense strength instantly lifted her feet off the ground as he bolted back toward the iron door!

Driven by their survival instinct, Zhang Wanyue and the others also burst into the fastest speed of their lives!

Outside the iron door... they didn't stop until they had rushed dozens of meters away and turned a right-angled corner.

Li Mengyao and Wang Mengmeng slid to the ground, their faces as pale as paper.

"What do we do? The main entrance is blocked, the side door is full of monsters... there's no other way..."

Zhang Wanyue looked at Chen Yu; this was practically a dead end.

Chen Yu leaned against the wall, remaining silent for a long time as he scanned the shaken group in the gloom.

His gaze finally fixed on Li Mengyao.

Feeling his gaze, Li Mengyao's body suddenly stiffened, and she looked up in terror.

"No... no..."

Chen Yu slowly crouched down, meeting her fearful eyes. "Li Mengyao, if I remember correctly, your talent is the B-rank 【Superficial Disguise】, right?"

Li Mengyao's lips trembled. "I... yes."

She naturally understood Chen Yu's intention.

In fact... she had anticipated this situation long ago, but she had prayed that no one would think of or mention her talent.

"Chen Yu, I can't... I really can't..."

She shook her head frantically, tears welling up. "I'll die! I'll definitely die!"

Wang Mengmeng was also startled. Seeing her best friend so terrified, she could only avert her eyes.

Chen Yu's face remained expressionless. "I've seen it. You won't die, Li Mengyao."

With just that one sentence, Li Mengyao trembled even more violently.

Because these words came from Chen Yu, who could foresee the future.

This practically cut off her escape route.

But... would she really not die?

To be honest, Chen Yu didn't know either; after all, he couldn't actually foresee the future.

The reason he dared to say this... on one hand, having Li Mengyao go in under camouflage was currently one of the best methods.

On the other hand, while a B-rank talent was average... camouflage fell under the category of special talents!

The grading for such talents was inherently strict; it was rare for special talents to reach S-rank!

Although B-rank couldn't fool humans, it wouldn't necessarily be difficult to fool those monsters!