Chapter 199

190. Chapter 190: Alice

As a chorus of sharp, shrill cries rose from the little spider-people.

The giant spider monster crouched on the roof was startled awake, and then everyone felt the ground shake—four white palms, like four heavy rollers, gripped the walls, and the hard concrete instantly cracked, shattered, and chunks of concrete tumbled down.

The first floor of the building showed signs of collapsing, but fortunately held under the weight of the spider mother, supporting her massive body.

At this moment.

Everyone finally saw the monster's true form up close.

The monster's skin was pale, hairless, its head identical to a human's, with clear facial features—it looked like a bald foreign woman, but terrifyingly huge; even standing beneath the building, it radiated immense pressure, and most striking was its belly.

Swollen high, like that of a pregnant woman in advanced term.

"Alice," Lin Yue's eyes narrowed slightly as she spoke that name.

"Sis Lin, what did you say?" Li Yi asked.

Lin Yue said: "This monster's name is Alice. Look beneath its neck—there's a laser-engraved English name, which translates to Alice. This isn't a natural species. It's man-made."

Then she revealed a shocking truth.

"What? This monster was created by humans?" Li Yi was stunned.

"Correct. Only humans name things. Only humans carve words onto their bodies with lasers. Look at its face—doesn't it resemble a woman?" Lin Yue's expression was grave. "But this isn't the work of some madman from our world. It's the doing of people from another world. They created this monster, then the Heaven's Collapse occurred, which is why this creature ended up here."

"So you mean this monster was once a woman who transformed?" Li Yi still found it unbelievable.

A living person turned into a monster, giving birth endlessly to countless little monsters—what kind of evil being would do such a thing?

"It must be." Lin Yue frowned deeply.

If her guess was right, this was indeed a terrifying prospect.

Meanwhile.

"Gu Mengping, I'm in position and ready to fire," a voice suddenly crackled through Gu Mengping's radio.

"Aim for the head. Use the special rounds. Fire one shot to test." Gu Mengping whispered.

"Understood."

Immediately after receiving the order, a deafening gunshot rang out.

Instantly.

A bullet pierced the head of the monster codenamed Alice.

The massive human-like head exploded in an instant, blood and shredded flesh rained down in all directions, drenching everyone's bodies in red.

"Success," Gu Mengping exclaimed with surprise.

"Damn, they got there first," Lin Yue's face darkened at the sight.

That shot should have been fired by Yuan Mingjin—his sniper skill guaranteed a perfect hit. But the other team moved faster, seizing the chance to blow the head off.

"No, the monster isn't dead," Li Yi's pupils sharpened, his dynamic vision maxed out, fixed on the monster's head.

The shattered head was regrowing and healing at an unimaginable speed—within moments, the exploded skull was already mostly restored. This recovery ability was astonishing, far beyond normal human comprehension.

The shot also enraged the monster named Alice—it let out a human-like scream, the building shook and collapsed, the monster charged recklessly toward Gu Mengping's group.

"What the hell, it didn't die?" Gu Mengping was horrified.

He never imagined any creature could survive a sniper shot to the head and act as if nothing happened.

"How…?" Not just Gu Mengping, even Yuan Mingjin and Zheng Gong, who were preparing to fire, froze in shock.

"Even a headshot didn't kill it? What kind of monster is this?"

Yuan Mingjin now doubted whether he should even fire—his shot would likely have the same effect.

"Don't shoot yet. Follow Li Yi's lead. We only have one bullet left. Don't waste it without certainty," Zheng Gong said.

Yuan Mingjin's expression shifted, but he quickly lifted his sniper rifle and moved: "The monster's heading for Gu Mengping's group. I need to relocate. You stay here—this way our coverage expands and we can provide backup anytime."

"Alright, be careful. Call if you need help," Zheng Gong nodded.

But in that brief moment, the monster named Alice had already raised its massive palm and slammed it down toward Gu Mengping and his team—even spiritual sense experts felt like ants, utterly helpless against such a colossal creature.

"Get out of the way!" Gu Mengping roared.

Yet the monster's speed was not slow—deafening roars erupted as buildings around Gu Mengping's group collapsed, the ground trembled, chunks of concrete flew everywhere, as if an unprecedented earthquake had struck; structures crumbled like paper, one after another.

Thick dust spread everywhere, obscuring vision.

Faced with this, Li Yi and Lin Yue were stunned.

Is this monster really this terrifying?

In just a single glance, Gu Mengping's group was swallowed whole, leaving not even a ripple.

Those were spiritual sense experts.

"Thank goodness we didn't act—if we had, we'd be the ones buried now. This monster's destructive power far exceeds ordinary transcendent beings," Lin Yue felt immense relief—if they'd moved earlier, they'd be dead.

Li Yi couldn't help swallowing hard: "Sis Lin, let's pretend none of this happened. Let's get out of here."

How could they fight this?

The monster triggered earthquakes at will, crushed buildings, shattered the ground—and even a headshot couldn't kill it. He had zero confidence in defeating it.

Not just him—even spiritual sense experts had no confidence.

"I agree we should withdraw," Lin Yue sighed bitterly. "We were too naive, thinking we could hunt a monster this powerful."

"Let's fall back first, observe the monster's behavior. If we can't find an opening, we retreat," Li Yi nodded and quickly retreated, putting distance between them.

The two avoided the danger zone and swiftly reached the roof of a building, watching the scene ahead.

After rampaging for a while, the monster named Alice calmed slightly.

As the roars ceased, the dust thinned.

Among the ruins, the cultivators who had been attacked lay utterly still—they hadn't escaped the monster's range and were buried under the rubble, fate unknown.

No.

Not quite.

Gu Mengping was still alive—he shoved aside a slab of concrete, roared, and burst out, drenched in blood, clearly badly injured.

Even a spiritual sense expert had barely escaped death just now; luckily, his strength was solid enough to survive the ruins.

But the spider mother monster, seeing Gu Mengping still alive, slammed down one enormous white palm like a heavy truck.

"Again?"

At that moment, Gu Mengping activated his spiritual sense, sensed the danger, and dodged swiftly.

"Boom!"

A thunderous crash echoed—the immense force easily shattered the hard concrete, leaving a deep palm imprint on the ground.

Gu Mengping broke into cold sweat.

If that had hit him directly, he'd be a pulp.

Even the enhanced physicality of a spiritual sense cultivator was useless.

"Keep firing. Try to find the monster's weak spot. Hey, anyone listening? Hey," Gu Mengping tried calling for backup, but the radio remained silent—his teammates were likely all dead in the attack.

Yet the monster named Alice fixed its gaze on Gu Mengping and raised both giant palms again.

Gu Mengping gasped, dodged, then shouted toward Li Yi's direction: "Li Yi, aren't you going to help?"

"If even a spiritual sense expert can't beat it, what do you expect me to do? Die for you? Gu Mengping, if you can't win, just apologize, say sorry, and run. I'm leaving too," Li Yi's voice echoed from a distant building.

Could this be solved by just saying sorry?

Gu Mengping nearly exploded with rage.

But then he thought again—he had no solution against this monster, and Li Yi was only a spiritual perception cultivator. What could he possibly do?

"Damn it."

Gu Mengping gritted his teeth, kept retreating, maneuvered around the monster, and searched desperately for an opening to escape—otherwise, one misstep and he was done.

At this moment.

Lin Yue stared at the monster, trying to find its weakness.

After long observation, she couldn't think of any way to kill it—unless they used a massive weapon to destroy the entire district along with the monster. But that was impossible—the Investigation Bureau would never approve such destruction in a populated area.

"Li Yi, let's retreat. I've analyzed everything—I can't find a way to defeat this monster," Lin Yue whispered. "Staying here is too dangerous."

Li Yi nodded—he understood this was beyond his capability. He was about to order everyone to evacuate the old district.

But as he turned, suddenly a pale face flashed in his mind—he remembered someone.

A woman named Liu Yan.

She was an ordinary person who once accompanied him to the ruined district to search for strange artifacts—she was killed by Ning Wu's Eye Technique, blood gushing from all seven orifices, dying in agony.

"Sis Lin, you just said this monster is called Alice, and it was created by humans, right?" Li Yi suddenly stopped, turned back, and asked.

"Yes, based on my observations, that's correct," Lin Yue said.

Li Yi continued: "If your theory is right, then this monster named Alice was likely once an ordinary person. Even if its body grew huge and its physical strength soared, its essence remains that of an ordinary human."

"Li Yi, are you suggesting…" Lin Yue said with suspicion.

"When dealing with ordinary people, a cultivator's Eye Technique can kill instantly. Do you think the Eye Technique could kill this monster?" Li Yi voiced his idea.

Using the Eye Technique against a monster that could effortlessly kill spiritual sense experts?

That sounded utterly absurd.

Everyone knew the Eye Technique only worked on beings weaker than oneself—useless against those of equal or higher realm.