Chapter 2: The Cavern of Horrors

  The giant spider seemed to want to devour them, crawling greedily towards them. But the two girls didn't seem enough for that enormous creature to fill its teeth.

  Only one thought flashed through their minds: "run". They ran wildly, and the giant spider seemed to become frenzied too, rushing towards them with a loud whoosh. Suddenly, they heard a man's voice: "If you want to live, get down and don't move or make a sound!" The giant spider seemed to hesitate for a moment, then continued to advance.

  Although they didn't know where the voice came from, in their panic to survive, they grasped at the only hope they had. As a result, the spider stopped moving, and the two girls didn't even dare to breathe, quietly lying on the ground.

  The spider continued to crawl forward, feeling its way, until it came face to face with the two girls. Its terrifying and disgusting large mouth was clearly visible, emitting a foul odor from within. It suddenly opened its mouth wide, letting out a loud roar.

  "Ah……" Perhaps unable to suppress the fear in her heart, Xiaomeng let out a loud cry. In an instant, Xiaomeng was cut in half at the waist by the large spider's powerful and sharp legs, with blood splashing out everywhere. She was frightened out of her wits, wanting to scream again, but seeing what happened to Xiaomeng when she screamed, she could only cover her mouth, not daring to make a sound.

  The giant spider took away its victory spoils. What it didn't notice was that the giant spider only took away Xiaomeng's lower body, as per the game's rules, if a person's body is severed, they can only take away one part of their body. This is the easiest way to survive in this game, so as long as you can figure out this point from the clues, you can survive, it just depends on whether you are willing to or not. Of course, except for the final boss.

  After a long time, a man ran over and said, "Don't look at the spider's big eyes, but its vision is extremely poor. It can only locate targets by sound." "Get up, you're safe." "Who are you? How did you know?"

  "My name is Ke Yingxuan, and perhaps you won't believe what I'm about to say, but we are currently in a dream. However, this is a strange dream, like a terrifying death game, where only successfully clearing the level can automatically wake us up. In this dream, you can feel pain, but if you die here, you really will die."

  "How did you know this?"

  "Because this is already my third time entering here. The first time, there were five of us together, and only I and a girl named Yue survived. The second time, I saw Yue again and another unfamiliar man, but in the end, it seemed that only I successfully cleared the level. This time, I didn't see her, but instead saw a man who refused to get on the mine cart no matter how much I tried to persuade him. Later, we met you here, and as for that man, I think he's probably been eliminated by now. After clearing the level, there will be a voice prompt about completing tasks and earning survival points or something, but I've never really understood the survival points system. As for the rules of this 'game', I still haven't figured them out even now."

  "What? How did you know about that spider just now..."

  The words were not finished yet when Ying Xuan hastily said "Because this spider just happened to be the one I met for the first time when I came in. And the ones I met in the previous two times are probably the same"

  "You should be able to easily take the remaining people through this game. Why are you the only one left until now."

  "In such an environment, some people's survival instincts will make them distrust anyone, and it's not always the same every time, and there may be unexpected situations..."

  "What does it mean?"

  "Just like the last time when Yue and I were forcibly separated, it was as if we were hitting a wall. We were originally side by side, but suddenly couldn't find each other. That's all I know, oh, right, what's your name?"

  "Don't be sad. What should we do now?"

  "Follow me." The two of them said as they walked deeper in.

  What a terrible cave, not far from here is another mine cart, should say two, connected together "This...do we have to go up?"

  "One car per person."

  "Can't we sit together?"

  "The first time we came here, there were three people and three cars appeared. The second time, there were two people and two cars appeared. This time, it's also two cars, so I think we shouldn't take the risk of getting in one car, let's split up instead. And since there are only two cars here, I'm guessing maybe this means that everyone else except us has really died."

  Ling Yu's facial expression began to distort as she suddenly thought, if this was really a demonic lair, a death game, shouldn't she not believe anyone?

  But the man in front of her had just saved her, and she was stunned, not knowing whether to believe him and continue on together or not to trust him and go alone. Perhaps it was because of extreme fear that Yeon-woo didn't dare leave by herself, so she got back on the mine cart once again. Sure enough, the two people getting on the mine cart started up just like last time...

  The surrounding light gradually brightened, a dim blue color, like the ghostly fire often mentioned in suspense stories. But this color made people feel not so oppressive, but rather very cozy. Ling Xi forgot her situation for a moment, forgot that she might lose her life at any time, and began to relax, "Wow, it's so beautiful!"

  She seemed to be enjoying herself, oblivious to the danger approaching. "Mmm" she unconsciously wanted to scream loudly, but since she had just escaped from the giant spider, she didn't dare to shout out loud, and instead covered her mouth with her hand and let out a weak cry. She felt someone patting her shoulder, and that hand was still resting on her shoulder. Moreover, that hand was moving, and it was getting tighter and tighter.

  At this moment, Ling Yu is experiencing a strange phenomenon, but Ying Xuan seems to have not noticed at all. Ling Yu also doesn't dare to go forward and ask. However, a woman's curiosity ultimately surpasses her timidity, perhaps even Ling Yu herself didn't expect to have such thoughts, she turns around to take a look.

  She steeled herself and turned around slowly, "Ah..."

  A heart-wrenching scream later, fresh blood splattered onto Lian Xi's clothes, her shoulder was twisted off alive.

  A ferocious face appeared in front of Lian Xi, with empty eye sockets and no eyeballs, a large mouth agape, and blood flowing from the head down to the cheeks. It was an extremely distorted woman's face. Lian Xi smelled the strong smell of blood at close range, her inner fear mixed with the pain of losing her arm, she felt like she was about to suffocate. The face disappeared in an instant, although it only appeared for a few seconds, but Lian Xi could never forget that face.

  As Lian Yu let out a mournful cry, the mine cart accelerated forward.