Chapter 163

In a dark house, Lilliath's clothes were soaked through. She looked around at a loss. Not far away, the floor-to-ceiling windows were half-open, and a cool breeze poured in, blowing on her soaked clothes, causing her to shiver.

It was raining heavily outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the wind was strong. She could vaguely see the branches of the trees swaying not far away, and the rain was carried by the wind into the house. Outside the house, there was a dull roar of thunder, and the occasional flash of lightning illuminated the room.

Lilliath wrapped her clothes tightly around herself, pulled up the floor-to-ceiling windows, and locked them.

After a few flashes of lightning, she determined the location of the power switch in the room. She walked over and pressed a few buttons that she did not know what they were for, figuring that there should at least be a light source inside.

She pressed all four buttons on the switch several times, but the lights did not come on, and there was no response from any other electrical appliances.

At that moment, she vaguely heard a strange sound coming from outside the door.

Lilliath tiptoed as quietly as possible and walked to the door. She slowly pressed the doorknob and opened the door a crack. Through the crack, there was a corridor. In the corridor, there was a huge bug with eight long legs walking toward the room where she was.

Lilliath quickly locked the door, covered her mouth with one hand, and slowly backed away, trying not to make a sound. Her body was still trembling violently. This time, it was not because of the cold, but because of fear.

The eight-legged bug was a spider that she had feared and hated since she was a child. She had always been traumatized because she had been bitten by this creature when she was very young and almost died from poisoning.

However, the spider outside was huge. It was nearly three meters tall, and its eight legs were covered with terrifying spikes. Sharp teeth extended from its mouth, and the original eight eyes on its back had strangely evolved into twelve. It felt a little like the mutant beasts Gu Ding had encountered on Coela. It could be said that it was a combination of two unpleasant experiences.

Soon, there was the sound of something knocking on the door. With just one hit, the spikes on the spider's legs pierced a hole in the wooden door. Then, the second, the third …

Lilliath kept retreating. Suddenly, she stumbled and tripped over a stool that had fallen to the ground. Her gaze fell under the bed.

At that moment, there was a flash of lightning. Only then did Lilliath see a little girl crawling under the bed, her hands covering her mouth as she sobbed softly.

The little girl had fiery red hair and looked to be only five or six years old. Lilliath remembered that she was about this age when she was bitten by a spider.

Perhaps it was because she saw the little girl, but her fear lessened a little. She walked to the bedside, lifted the drooping bedsheet, squatted down, and reached out to the little girl. "Come out, I'll help you escape. We'll be found if we hide here."

The little girl hesitated for a moment. After wiping away her tears, she nodded and crawled out from under the bed. In her hands, she was holding a fluffy white toy bear.

Liliath vaguely felt that the toy looked familiar, but she did not delve too deeply into it. She rubbed the little girl's head. "Tell me, what's your name?"

"My name is Lili." The little girl's nervousness seemed to lessen a little.

"What a coincidence! My name is Lili too. " Lilliath looked at the door. The lower half of the door was basically destroyed, but the spider would not be able to squeeze in with its size. It did not look like the door would last much longer either.

Lilliath took the little girl's hand and walked toward the floor-to-ceiling window. After opening the floor-to-ceiling window, a cold wind blew in. The rain was still pouring, but there was no time to worry about it. The two walked to the balcony. Lilliath looked down. She wanted to know how high the room was from the ground. Looking down, the possibility of escaping from here made her despair. It was at least two or three hundred meters from the ground.

"Sister, there's a passage in the closet." Lili pointed to the closet in the room.

At that moment, Lilliath was not in the mood to think about why there was a passage in the wardrobe. She pulled Lily and rushed toward the wardrobe. When the wardrobe opened, there were many high-end brand clothes hanging inside, including men's and women's clothing. Obviously, the room was occupied by a couple.

Pulling the clothes aside, Lilliath saw a secret passage. She picked Lili up and sent her in. Then, she stepped into the passage and closed the closet behind her. She even moved the clothes back to their original positions. Only then did she lead Lili along the secret passage.

The two walked for a long time. Just as Lilliath was wondering if there was an end to the secret passage, a fork appeared in front of her. The secret passage led in two different directions, one left and one right.

She used her eyesight to the extreme, but she could not see the difference between the two secret passages. She immediately turned to look at Lili. "Lili, do you know where the two secret passages lead to?"

Lili shook her head. "I only know there are secret passages, but I've never come in because it's too dark."

Lilliath was a little speechless. Although she was usually not a conflicted person, it was important to make the right choice when it was time to run for her life. After hesitating for a moment, she turned her gaze to the left. "Lili, let's go left, okay?"

"Mmm." Lili nodded and did not raise any objections.

After getting Lili's affirmative answer, Lilliath's confidence rose a little. "Let's go left. If it doesn't work, we'll run back."

After choosing the left path, the two continued to walk forward. It did not take long before they saw a door. Lilliath tightened her grip on Lili's hand and made a shushing gesture at Lili. Lili stuffed her mouth with the head of the teddy bear and followed Lilliath's example. She tried not to make any noise.

Lilliath gently opened the door, revealing a gap. She peered through the gap.

Behind this door was another room. The room was quiet and seemed to be safe.

Holding Lili's hand, the two returned to the room. The room was a study. It was a large room with bookcases more than three meters high on both walls. The top of the bookcases was almost level with the ceiling. The bookcases were filled with all kinds of paper books.

In the middle of the room was a mahogany desk. Things made of pure wood were quite expensive these days. Ordinary people could not afford even paper, let alone a pure wood item like a desk.

The items on the desk were neatly arranged. It was obvious that the owner of the study was a strict person. There was also a photo frame on the desk. However, in this dark environment, Lilliath could only vaguely see a couple and a little girl in the frame. She could not see their faces clearly, so she did not take a closer look.

Behind the desk was a black leather swivel chair. The legs of the swivel chair were metal and reflected a faint metallic luster in the night.

"Where are your parents?" Liliath finally found some time to ask this question.

"They're working …" Lili did not seem very happy when she talked about it.

Lilliath scurried to the desk and began rummaging through the cabinets and drawers to see if there were any weapons that she could use.

She started rummaging through the first drawer on the left. One by one, the drawers were filled with things like disks used for work.

After rummaging through all the drawers, there was only one drawer that could not be opened.

Lilliath found a metal card and carefully slid it across the lock to open the drawer.

"Big sister, are you a thief?" Lily asked at that moment.

"I'm not a thief. I'm just looking for a weapon that can protect us both." Lilliath did not look up as she rummaged through the last drawer. She still found nothing.

"Will this do?" Lili suddenly handed over a silver pistol.

"Where did you get this?" Lilliath took the pistol.

"I took it from Mom's bag when I was in the closet," Lili explained.

Lilliath checked the magazine. It was full of bullets. The gun had a capacity of twenty bullets. After getting the pistol, Lilliath's fear was swept away. She was ready to take the initiative.

In the past, she would never have made such a choice. However, after getting to know Gu Ding, she understood that taking the initiative had a higher chance of winning than passively defending.

"Stay behind me. Don't get lost," Lilliath whispered to Lili.

Lili nodded.

After opening the door, Lilliath looked around. The spider monster was gone, but she saw the room where she and Lili had been hiding. It was less than twenty meters away from where they were now. Lilliath could still vividly remember the way the door had been destroyed. Through the crack in the door, she could clearly see where she was standing.

She knew that the spider had not gone far. Just then, mucus dripped from the ceiling not far in front of Lilliath. Lilliath immediately raised her gun and fired. The spider hiding on the ceiling was instantly shot in the eye by Lilliath.

Stimulated by the pain, it lunged at Lilliath frantically. However, Lilliath had no fear at this moment. Every bullet she fired landed repeatedly in the spider's eye socket. Five shots in a row. Just as the spider's serrated teeth were about to clamp down on her neck, the huge monster's body collapsed.

Green blood instantly stained the ground.

"It's over …" When Lilliath looked back at Lili, she found that the little girl had disappeared. "Lili?!"

When she looked back around, she found that the environment in front of her had completely changed …