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Chapter 157 Arriving Before Us

"I know what's wrong with Lin Xiyue. Let me in; I might be able to save her!"

Ye Qingwan played the video while shouting into it.

"Huh??? This is your method?"

Louis stared wide-eyed as Ye Qingwan shouted.

"Of course. Do you have any other ideas?"

Ye Qingwan rolled her eyes at Louis.

"No, no."

Louis scratched his head.

"Then why aren't you helping to shout?! Everyone else, come along too. Otherwise, in less than two days, everyone will die of thirst here; there's nothing here!"

Ye Qingwan called Louis to come and help, and then called out to the others around her.

"Oh oh oh, okay, okay."

Everyone nodded hastily, only then realizing that there was nothing here. Even if the other party didn't intend to kill them, they were doomed to die sooner or later if they were imprisoned here.

So everyone hurriedly followed and walked to the barrier, shouting into it, and some even pounded on it in hopes of attracting attention.

About ten minutes later, the barrier in front of Ye Qingwan opened up.

The opening was only about the size of a person, with a smooth, rounded curve, precisely placed there. This clearly showed that Meros could sense the situation inside the barrier.

Upon seeing the opening, Ye Qingwan's eyes lit up, and she immediately crawled inside, with Louis following closely behind.

Once they reached the inner barrier, they saw a scene completely different from what they had seen before.

Inside the barrier, the internal structure was still the original psionic center, but its construction had become a mess.

Ye Qingwan stared wide-eyed at the scene before her, incredulous.

Right at the entrance of that spacious and bright hall, the reception hall, which was originally designed to be simple yet grand, is now completely unrecognizable.

Countless spherical objects of varying sizes and shapes filled the space completely.

These spherical objects are also covered with numerous long, soft tentacles, which wave and sway freely in the air like the tentacles of an octopus.

Some tentacles intertwine and entwine, as if performing a peculiar dance; others gently touch the surrounding objects, making subtle sounds.

From a distance, they seemed to be engrossed in joyful play, completely oblivious to the shock and astonishment that this sudden change brought to Lin Xiyue and the others.

"This is?"

Ye Qingwan looked closely and realized that this was a miniature version of the thing that Meros had pulled out to help fight monsters during the previous battle.

"I remember this. Sister Xiyue called it a nest. Whenever Brother Mo had to leave Sister Xiyue for something, he would always leave one for her to protect her. I didn't expect there to be so many of these!!"

Louis was also shocked. There were so many nests in front of him! He had always thought there was only one, because each time Meros would only take out one and let Lin Xiyue hold it in her hands and play with it.

"This place should have partially overlapped with the inner world under the influence of Meros's power, which is why we can see so many of these creatures called 'nests'."

As Ye Qingwan followed her memory of the route to the previous psionic center to find the fire escape, she chatted casually with Louis.

Ye Qingwan and Louis finally found an inconspicuous fire escape route, which was well hidden because it was not usually used.

Fortunately, because this is an important fire escape route, although it is now covered in dust and looks like no one has cleaned it, it is not blocked by debris and can be passed through smoothly.

After the fire escape was opened, Ye Qingwan and the others were stunned.

Before them were two relatively large nests, which, upon seeing them, crouched down as if riding on horseback.

"This... means we're supposed to sit on it...?"

Louis looked at the two nests with some hesitation, somewhat incredulous, and asked a question with some uncertainty.

"It should be, let's go up."

As Ye Qingwan spoke, she took the lead and sat down in the nest in front of her. The nest naturally extended two tentacles, which she used as handles to hold onto and stabilize her body.

"Oh, oh, oh. ┐('～`；)┌"

Louis watched as Ye Qingwan nimbly sat down in the nest, then turned around and called out to him. Suddenly, his cheeks flushed slightly, and he felt a little embarrassed.

Urged on by Ye Qingwan, Louis also climbed onto the nest and, imitating her, grabbed the tentacles that were extending from the nest.

"what--"

As soon as Louis grasped the tentacle, the two nests sprang up as if possessed, startling him so much that he quickly gripped the tentacle tightly and pressed his body down, wishing he could tie himself to the nest.

These two mysterious nests move with the agility and speed of frogs!

They suddenly contracted their bodies, then burst forth with astonishing power, shooting straight out like arrows released from a bow, leaping onto the steps several meters away in the blink of an eye.

Her lithe figure and powerful explosive force were astonishing.

Then, they repeated that amazing move, leaping high once more and landing steadily on the higher steps ahead.

In this way, after just two consecutive jumps, they arrived at the second floor with ghostly speed. This speed was simply unimaginable, even faster than taking an elevator.

And so, the two nests, carrying Ye Qingwan and Louis, quickly leaped upstairs. In less than twenty minutes, they arrived outside Lin Xiyue's room on the thirty-seventh floor.

On their way upstairs, Ye Qingwan and Louise witnessed a shocking scene unfold before their eyes—the security had become increasingly tight.

At first, the changes were not very noticeable, but as they continued to move forward, the extent of them became truly "shocking".

With each step forward, it felt as if an invisible pressure was pressing down on me.

The originally sparse guards were now so densely packed that they resembled a spider web, giving the illusion that there was nowhere to escape.

Those on guard duty were all nests, which at first glance might only seem strange in shape and size, but as the two continued to go deeper, they were shocked to find that they were changing in a bizarre way.

The nests we first encountered were only the size of a regular ping-pong ball, but the deeper we went, the larger they became, until they eventually took on a rough outline similar to that of a human!

From a distance, these nests with human-shaped outlines stand on both sides of the corridor, like silent giants, exuding a chilling aura.

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