168: Chapter 168 Fierce Battle Inside the Cabin

Zhao Mengmeng pressed her crossbow against the floor seam.

The crossbow string was drawn to a full moon.

The newly installed components imbued the bronze arrowheads with violent lethal potential, ready at any moment to pierce any living thing that broke through the ground.

Lin Ye raised his hand, resting his fingers on the crossbow arm, and pressed down slightly.

"No need to shoot."

Zhao Mengmeng stared intently at the bulging wooden floorboards: "It's gnawing on our floor."

"This is our home turf, don't shoot through the bottom of the boat and cause a leak."

A heavy thud sounded from beneath the floor again.

Thud.

This time, a thick wooden board on the left side of the cabin arched upward by half an inch.

Pungent black acid squeezed out through the seam, and the white smoke from the corrosion spread rapidly along the ground.

Lin Ye drew his ancient-style horizontal blade.

A cold glint swept across the dim cabin ceiling.

Zhao Mengmeng retreated toward the load-bearing pillar, her boot heels pressed against the base of the wall.

Lin Ye raised his right arm.

That severely deformed Dark Weaver bracer emitted a harsh, grinding sound of gears jamming.

The main lines and anchor points were long since ruined, and the internal mechanism was on the verge of falling apart.

His Left Eye opened and closed in an instant.

Three seconds to the limit.

The load-bearing points and safe corners within the cabin were clearly reflected in his retinas.

Above the door frame, the right window grille, and the middle sections of the two load-bearing pillars all glowed with a steady green light.

The blinding red glow beneath the floor did not move in a straight line.

It was moving left.

It bypassed the stove and headed straight for the tactical backpack in the corner.

Lin Ye pressed his left hand against the bracer's casing and violently shoved it into the forced firing slot.

Hiss.

The first remaining spare Nano-wire shot out, anchoring firmly onto the door frame.

The second cut across the window grille.

The third pulled diagonally from the side of the load-bearing pillar to the base of the bronze tray.

The gears ground, emitting a burnt smell.

Ignoring the engine overload, Lin Ye forcibly extracted the fourth, fifth, and sixth lines.

The sub-lines crisscrossed in mid-air, hovering at a height of half a foot from the ground.

They were impossible to capture with the naked eye.

Zhao Mengmeng understood this strange positioning, immediately leveled her crossbow, and pressed her back completely against the wall.

Beneath the floor, the sound of corrosion reached its peak.

Sizzle!

The thick wooden board completely softened and turned black.

Two long claws covered in black scales violently tore through the wood, grabbing at the surroundings.

The sharp claw tips were dripping with corrosive liquid, and wherever they passed, wood shavings turned into charred remains.

A flat, elongated head with no hair and only murky yellow eyes crawled out from the hole.

Mutant Parasitic Water Ghost.

Standing over two meters tall, it had natural bone blades on the outside of its forearms, and thick black veins wriggled beneath the skin of its chest and abdomen.

As soon as it crawled out, it immediately locked onto the two people's positions.

The next instant.

Its four limbs kicked off the ground violently.

The monster did not pounce in a straight line; instead, it kept its limbs close to the floor, cunningly cutting along the edge of the wooden frame into the blind spot, preparing to flank them.

It thought it had evaded the two people in the center.

Lin Ye stood still.

His Left Eye had already sealed off the Water Ghost's path.

The Water Ghost's chest and abdomen were in the air, preparing to complete its final directional leap.

Its body collided with the first Nano-wire.

A harsh cutting sound exploded.

Sparks flew as the black scales were forcibly sliced through.

The Water Ghost let out a shrill shriek, its waist bending strangely in mid-air as it swung its bone blades wildly, attempting to sever the invisible obstacles.

The second and third Nano-wires tightened.

Its left arm was jammed.

Its right leg was hoisted high.

The Water Ghost's massive body was suspended in mid-air in a splayed-out position.

Lin Ye pressed the forced lock button on his bracer.

All six Nano-wires contracted toward the center to their limit.

The hard scales on the Water Ghost's body shattered inch by inch under the terrifying tension, and filthy black blood sprayed along the wires.

The monster struggled frantically in agony.

As its long claws flailed, it snapped the edge of a nearby wooden frame.

Three pottery jars filled with premium grease were about to roll off.

Lin Ye stepped out directly.

His boot soles stepped precisely into the gaps between the safety lines.

His ancient-style horizontal blade swept upward from below, following his forward momentum.

In the True Vision of his Left Eye, a tiny, dark green gap had been pulled open in the Water Ghost's chest scales by the Nano-wires.

The blade tip pierced through this sole weak point.

Pfft.

The tip sliced through the black scales and precisely shredded the black flesh core located at the heart.

The shrieking stopped abruptly.

Lin Ye held the blade with both hands and pressed forward and downward.

The Water Ghost lost its remaining strength to struggle, its body convulsing violently in mid-air.

The Nano-wires sliced all the way through, and fragments of black scales clattered to the floor.

Less than five seconds.

From the monster breaking through the ground to being nailed to the spot, it hadn't even taken a single full breath.

The Great Xia Live Stream instantly erupted.

[Five seconds! Is it over already?!]

[Where are those from the foreign internet who just came in saying we were going to get wiped out? Come out and show yourself!]

[Water Ghost: I have high IQ, I know how to flank. Brother Eye: What a coincidence, I already wove my net there.]

[The Dark Weaver bracer was jamming and smoking, yet he managed to squeeze out such an art of micro-management. This is the gold standard of Great Xia contestants!]

The Water Ghost's withered corpse fell from the web array and slammed onto the floor.

The corrosive liquid remaining in its chest cavity burned a few wooden boards black, but it failed to penetrate the main beam.

Lin Ye retracted the completely ruined Nano-wires.

He wiped the bloodstains off his horizontal blade on the corpse's hide.

"It can still be cut off to make wrist guards."

Zhao Mengmeng's finger finally left the trigger, and she let out a long breath.

She hurried forward to catch the three pottery jars that had almost shattered.

Lin Ye used the Water Ghost's outer scales to plug the edge of the hole in the floor.

He crushed a piece of tough bone glue and used waste wood boards to temporarily seal the passage.

The red light from the bottom floor disappeared.

The cabin returned to safety once again.

The battered aluminum pot was placed back on the tray.

The beast grease melted, the dried meat was cut into chunks, and crushed black rock salt crystals were sprinkled in.

The bubbling sound of boiling water and the aroma of meat once again overpowered the stench in the air.

Zhao Mengmeng picked up a hot bowl, not caring about the heat, and gulped it down.

The hot soup entered her stomach, dispelling the chill in her bones.

Lin Ye also sat back beside the wooden crate and drank more than half a bowl of meat soup.

After resting, Lin Ye walked to the deepest part of the cabin.

Behind the floor that the Water Ghost had broken through, an entire wooden wall had collapsed due to the corrosive liquid.

Behind the wooden wall, a huge bronze door was revealed.

The door surface was engraved with dense, ancient star charts.

The stars were connected by dark lines, outlining trajectories similar to shipping routes.

A light screen popped up directly in his right eye.

[Eighth Floor Entrance]

Zhao Mengmeng walked over holding an empty bowl.

"We've reached the next floor so quickly? I wanted to sleep in this safe house a little longer."

"We'll spend tonight here," Lin Ye replied.

A square stone platform stood in front of the bronze door.

Several crystal cores of various colors floated on the platform, each enclosed by a light blue light screen.

[Floor Clearance Supply: Each Challenger is limited to one]

Lin Ye's Left Eye opened silently.

He directly eliminated the dangerous crystal cores covered in gray spots and flashing with red light.

His gaze locked onto a crystal core on the far left that glowed with a pure green light.

And the second one on the right, which even had a faint dark gold tint within the green light.

"Take the one on the far left," Lin Ye ordered.

Zhao Mengmeng didn't hesitate at all and reached out to take the left crystal core.

Lin Ye reached out and took the second one on the right.