"Okay! I'll call them out right away."

...

Chen Shouyi returned to the window to continue observing.

The silver giant spider remained hidden for a long time.

Chen Shouyi's face was somber; he looked for a lengthy period before retracting his gaze, sighing lightly as he drew the curtains.

He wasn't a superhero nor a god, merely a slightly stronger ordinary person. It was no problem dealing with those black giant spiders, but faced with such a terrifying silver giant spider, he was powerless.

As he left the bedroom, everyone had already come out.

It was still early dawn; the living room was shrouded in darkness without any candles lit, creating a quiet yet oppressive atmosphere.

"Shou Yi, what's happening outside?" Mrs. Chen asked worriedly.

"It's very dangerous, a terrible monster has appeared in the neighborhood." Chen Shouyi hesitated slightly, then decided to speak truthfully.

"Brother, can't you handle it?" Chen Xingyue asked.

"No." Chen Shouyi nodded.

The atmosphere fell silent, leaving only the sound of heavy breathing.

Minute by minute, the neighborhood remained quiet.

That was undoubtedly good news; evidently, this silver giant spider, after finishing its meal, hadn't engaged in further meaningless killing.

Yet, the presence of this dreadful creature still weighed on Chen Shouyi's mind like a massive stone.

...

The sky gradually brightened.

Unable to hold back, Song Tingting went to the toilet, returning with unsettling news.

Tap water had stopped.

Mrs. Chen and Chen Dawei were immediately unsettled, hurriedly went to check the natural gas in the kitchen.

Fortunately, they found it was still usable.

Chen Shouyi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, the natural gas was still running.

As for tap water, the household had quite a stockpile, enough to last ten to fifteen days, if used sparingly, just for cooking and drinking, they could stretch it to a month.

More so, the neighborhood had a small lake—not clear or clean, but in those times, having water was already fortunate; what more could be hoped for?

If the natural gas encountered issues, the entire city's residents would be plunged into disaster.

Not only was the city densely populated with concrete and steel, but there were also few alternative fuels other than natural gas.

Furthermore, post-mutation, chemical reactions had become relatively slow; flammable gases like natural gas could still ignite relatively easily, but others like wood and coal posed challenges.

...

After a simple breakfast, everyone remained in the living room.

Before long, close to noon, the massive noise of the steam tank reverberated again, seemingly approaching from a distance.

Initially, Chen Shouyi didn't pay much attention but soon felt unease creep in.

Such a commotion will likely alert the silver giant spider!

"I'll go check!" he said as he stood up, hurriedly heading to the bedroom, and quietly pulled a curtain slightly open to observe carefully.

No movement from the eighth floor opposite; the silver giant spider, either resting or doing something else.

But as the noise from the steam tank grew louder.

Finally, the terrifying silver figure reappeared in the window; it gazed into the distance, its crystalline compound eyes revealing no expression.

Suddenly, it leaped forcefully, spread its wings, and flew rapidly away.

Needless to say, it was heading towards the steam tank.

Chen Shouyi's face showed a struggle; suddenly, he gritted his teeth, picked up the War Bow and sword, and jumped from the window.

His body fell straight down, air whistling around him.

A few seconds later, Chen Shouyi landed with a thud, rolled forward to release the impact, and was already on his feet, immediately sprinting towards the noise.

With each second, he could take twenty or thirty strides, each stretch three meters long, with the Wind Talent Ability minimizing air resistance; in an instant, he had surpassed a hundred meters.

Just as he reached the boundary wall, the worst happened.

With a series of explosive steam jet noises, countless black projectiles roared into the sky, quickly embedding into a distant building, leaving a dense pattern of bullet marks, with shattered glass raining down.

Chen Shouyi's expression turned grave; he sped up instantly, leaping over the wall.

A half-kilometer away, that giant steam tank had already stopped, its nearly ten-meter long massive cannon still unmoving, only the six giant steam machine guns spewed projectiles at a silver figure furiously.

The tank's hefty armor bore over a dozen deep gashes, some shallow at two or three centimeters, others reaching five or six centimeters deep; it was thanks to its thick armor that it had not been torn apart.

It emitted a sharp, ear-piercing scream, its body staggering in mid-air, striving to get closer, but constantly hit by the barrage of steam machine gun bullets like rain.

This silver giant spider clearly chose the wrong adversary; against such a tough beast, it was utterly powerless, initially relying on speed and agility to attack, but once the machine gunners arrived, it had little chance.

A few seconds later, its form suddenly shifted, darting like a silver ray towards a nearby fifty-to-sixty-story skyscraper.

In an instant, it stood atop the high rooftop, its compound eyes coldly looking down.

In his sprint, Chen Shouyi immediately dashed into the building's shadow.

The silver giant spider was already injured; its surface carapace was marked by dozens of tiny web-like cracks, slightly inset, with green blood slowly seeping out.

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