Chapter 168: The General
"So, we need to make a decision now." A Zi slowly stood up, her expression serious.
"Do we kill the mysterious entity behind the spatial distortions first, or... do we kill the Soundhunter?"
Currently, there weren't many female soldiers in this area, and some, like A Zi, were not skilled in combat. Splitting into two teams wasn't an option—they had to take them down one by one.
The order of actions was crucial.
"Of course we kill the Soundhunter first!" An angry voice rang out.
"That's right! She killed Xiao Ya! I want to avenge her!"
"Kill the Soundhunter! She's killed so many of our sisters! She must die!"
"Yes! Kill her!"
"..."
The voices of the female soldiers echoed, all in agreement. Their eyes burned with fierce determination. Despite their fragile appearance, the bloodthirsty will in their hearts was no less than that of anyone else!
They, too, were Night Watchers!
"Alright." A Zi nodded and looked down at the new drawing she had made, quickly calculating something with a pen. "I'll simulate the next two spatial distortions in advance to prevent the second mysterious entity from using the space to let the Soundhunter escape..."
"When the next distortion occurs, it will be our chance to hunt down the Soundhunter!"
...
Lin QiYe pondered for a moment, not rushing to cross the two rooms to kill the Cube in the void. Instead, he sat down on the spot and began to write something on the white wall with a touch of darkness at the tip of his finger.
Though the Cube seemed close, there was no direct path leading to it—there were four walls in between. The intelligence of the Cube was higher than Lin QiYe had anticipated. It used the rotating rooms to seal off the walls of the rooms that were closest to it.
In other words, to reach the void, Lin QiYe would have to break through these four walls one by one. While this wasn't difficult for him, the problem was that during the time it took him to break the walls, the Cube would undoubtedly sense his intent, realize its position had been exposed, and distort the space again.
At that point, Lin QiYe wouldn't know where he would be transferred to.
"If only there was a Forbidden Realm that could pass through walls." Lin QiYe sighed.
Now, he had to rely on his own wit to come up with a way to break through the blockade and reach the void...
At this moment, he finally understood the purpose behind the instructor setting up these mysteries. The spider outside of Building Three tested "strength" and "spirit"...
The headless man with the beheading sword tested "observation" and "character"...
And the Cube in front of him tested "wisdom."
The spider wandering around the campus could theoretically be killed with enough combat power. But the situation inside Building Three was different. To kill the headless man, one had to overcome the fear of being beheaded and understand its killing mechanism from sacrifice...
And to kill the Cube, one had to understand the entire operation of Building Three!
In a sense, killing the Cube was the hardest challenge.
After a long time, as the walls were almost completely covered with Lin QiYe's calculations, he finally let out a deep breath and took two steps back. A faint golden light flickered in his eyes.
The success or failure hinged on this moment!
He slightly bent his body, and the Darkest Forbidden Ruins rapidly expanded, covering a 30-meter radius around him. He didn't dare to extend it to 50 meters directly, as that would surely encompass the Cube and risk alerting it.
Thirty meters was just enough to cover the four walls in front of him. His goal was to reach the void in the shortest time possible!
As long as he reached the void, the Cube wouldn't be able to move it again with spatial distortions!
Lin QiYe took a deep breath, and his body shot forward like an arrow!
At the same time, his gaze sharpened. The four walls within the range of the Darkest Forbidden Ruins all cracked open simultaneously, as though an invisible hand was violently tearing them apart.
In the next instant, Lin QiYe's body darted toward the first wall!
The two blades were drawn!
With a flick of his wrist, the straight blades easily cut through the first wall covered in cracks. Lin QiYe didn't pause for a moment, charging straight toward the second wall!
Slash! Slash!
With two consecutive strikes, the second and third walls exploded, the process seeming slow, but in reality, from the moment Lin QiYe made his move, it only took a second!
Just as Lin QiYe was about to reach the last wall, the Cube finally reacted. The three-tier silver Cube rapidly transformed into an irregular shape with over forty sides, then twisted violently!
Lin QiYe's pupils contracted. Instead of striking the final wall, he kicked off hard from a nearby cabinet and swiftly retreated in the direction he had originally come from!
As he barely retreated back into the previous room, the environment around him shifted rapidly. The room that had been closest to the void was rotated into the farthest corner!
The room Lin QiYe was in, after several turns, gradually came to a halt...
A smile appeared at the corner of Lin QiYe's mouth.
He turned his head to the wall on his right and walked forward. With two swift slashes, he tore open a large hole in the wall!
Behind the wall was a spherical void with a radius of over three meters.
At the center of the void, a silver Cube quietly floated, the surrounding light much dimmer than before.
"As expected, you can't distort the space twice in a row..." Lin QiYe said calmly as he gazed at the silver Cube.
From the beginning, he hadn't intended to break all four walls and rush into the void at once. That would have been too risky, racing against time. Instead, he bet everything on the second spatial distortion!
Using the Cube's rotation trajectory he had already learned, he calculated in advance which room would be closest to the Cube after the next distortion—namely, the second-to-last room.
The reason he had acted so aggressively earlier was to scare this high-intelligence Cube, forcing it to perform the second spatial distortion. This way, it wouldn't be able to distort the space again in the short term, while Lin QiYe would already be right in front of it.
If this were a game of chess, it would be... "Checkmate."
Lin QiYe murmured to himself, gripping his two straight blades as he leapt into the void ahead!
...
At the same time, in the hot water room.
The space distorted again, and the layout of the rooms changed rapidly. All the female soldiers stood up suddenly, their eyes lighting up.
"The time has come..." Mo Li slowly clenched her fists, and the air around her seemed to twist from the force.
In their eyes burned the fiery determination of battle!
"The Soundhunter hunt, begin!"