Honda and Li Jiayu led the way, followed by a group of people, and they all reached the thirteenth floor safely. Thanks to Honda, many more people from Li Jiayu's group survived.
The thirteenth floor is different from the other floors. It doesn't have ordinary classrooms, but only four large halls and some storage rooms. Each hall is extremely spacious and is generally used for large lectures or large indoor performances. Even with thousands of people, it doesn't feel crowded!
When Honda and his companions arrived at the thirteenth floor, nearly two thousand people were scattered across four halls. Despite being together, the students trembled with fear. Some cried uncontrollably, some stared blankly helplessly, and some made the sign of the cross on their chests in terror, praying for divine intervention to save them.
Unfortunately, at this point, even if a god came, or even if the Buddha sent out his eighteen Arhats, it would be too late, because they discovered that a swarm of long, green worms had flown in through the window!
These long worms have interlocking bodies, somewhat like silkworms, but they are hundreds of times larger. Each one is a meter long and almost twenty centimeters in diameter. With their shiny green skin, they look like long winter melons at first glance!
This was none other than a sulfuric acid beetle from the insect world. Just from the name, you could tell what kind of creature it was. However, only Honda and Li Jiayu knew this.
The sulfuric acid worm spewed out streams of liquid from its funnel-like mouthparts, and the alloy glass hissed and emitted black smoke, while the glass quickly melted, creating a series of interlocking holes!
"Impossible! Reinforced glass isn't metal, how could it corrode?"
"What terrifying acid!"
"We're doomed, we're doomed! The liquid that's sprayed out is definitely dozens of times more concentrated acid than aqua regia. If even a drop gets on your skin, it will probably corrode half your body very quickly..."
The crowd was on the verge of a mental breakdown!
Of course, many enlightened people began to resist, and stools, table legs, axes—everything that could be used was put to use.
Humans launched the first attack!
The reality is harsh; the casualty ratio is almost 20:1. A single sulfuric acid worm can kill nearly twenty people. Their acid is truly terrifying; contact with it is fatal, even a graze is deadly! Even after killing a sulfuric acid worm, they continue to ooze highly acidic blood, just like aliens, to inflict further harm on humanity!
Among the crowd was a very clever girl from the kendo club who knew how to seize the opportunity and suddenly thrust her sword at a sulfuric acid worm!
Fast! Ruthless! Accurate!
Even a simple wooden sword can cause astonishing damage to a sulfuric acid worm if it pierces its eye!
"Pop"
With a crisp sound, the wooden sword pierced the amniotic fluid worm's eye membrane, bursting its eyeball, and plunged deep inside, finally attacking the worm's hot brain matter. The worm died before it could even scream!
When the girl from the kendo club pulled out her wooden sword, the tip of the sword was already riddled with holes from corrosion. If she had been a little slower in her thrust, the corroded tip probably wouldn't have been able to penetrate the insect's brain!
In their first encounter, two sulfur worms were killed, three or four were seriously injured, and four or five were slightly injured. This result seemed quite impressive, but the real situation was not like that!
Sulfate worms are no pushovers; their acid spray is incredibly fast, instantly hitting over a dozen boys closest to them. They didn't even have time to scream before they were struck.
His entire body melted away, leaving behind only a pile of pus that reeked of corpse rot!
Under pressure, the kendo girl didn't understand why she unleashed a sword aura, but the sword aura was incredibly powerful. It actually sent a sulfuric acid worm, which was five meters away from her, flying away and crashing into the white screen on the stage in the hall. With a "crack," the sulfuric acid worm was squeezed and burst into a lump of flesh and blood, corroding a large round hole in the wall.
"Hmm? Another bug killed?"
The kendo girl was amazed by the feat, but the sulfuric acid bug wouldn't give her a chance to continue being amazed.
Three sulfuric acid worms immediately rushed in front of her, their hideous and disgusting bodies coiling up and down, clearly brewing acid. They had locked onto their target, and the object of their spray was undoubtedly the kendo girl—having killed two sulfuric acid worms in succession, the worms must hate her to the core!
The kendo girl froze, her face turning even paler. Even though she was brave and skilled in swordsmanship, she was still a young girl in her prime, only twenty years old. She was terrified and wanted to turn and run away, but she was driven by a fierce sense of justice. She would rather die than run away from certain things.
A life-saving chair appeared, changing the situation! It directly smashed the three-headed sulfur beetle away.
Just now, under Honda's protection, Li Jiayu performed a second summon! As Honda expected, it was Hyōrinmaru. I really want to know if that little white lion will be furious when he sees this!
Thus, Li Jiayu was in front, Honda on the left, and the octopus on the right. It seemed to understand that Honda didn't like it, so it temporarily kept a certain distance from Honda.
During this time, Honda briefly found a place and used alchemy to create a steel spear. He then told Li Jiayu that he found it in the cosplay club. Li Jiayu didn't suspect anything; the cosplay club, after all, was full of strange and unusual things, and a steel spear was just the kind of thing that would appear. He guessed some rich guy bought it to cosplay Zhao Yun! It has to be said that overthinking is indeed a disease, and for Honda, it was certainly a good thing! He could only hold out until the ghosts arrived.
So Li Jiayu wielded the Hyōrinmaru, each strike turning an acid worm into two frozen lumps! Honda followed up with finishing blows, his gun's speed allowing him to quickly withdraw before it was corroded by blood! Honda could manage that. As for the octopus, it used whatever it could get its hands on! It hurled various objects at the worms!
After dealing with the insects, Honda found a place to rest. Looking at Li Jiayu's current state, a slight smile flickered across Honda's lips. Li Jiayu's transformation journey had taken its first step! How delightful! After summoning Hyōrinmaru, due to the influence of frost power, Li Jiayu had now become a handsome white-haired man. He believed it wouldn't be long before she became a beautiful white-haired woman, and finally a white-haired goddess! This was fate!
After the fight, Li Jiayu glanced at the girl she had saved. Good heavens, she almost reflexively swung her sword at her. Damn it! Why did she save this girl? Just seeing this woman makes Li Jiayu angry.
"It really is you... Ran, Ran Hongxia..."
"You are... how do you know my name..." The swordswoman named Ran Hongxia stared at Li Jiayu's icy blue eyes for a moment before asking in astonishment.
"I can't be bothered with you! Go kill the bugs! Just looking at you annoys me!"
He lightly rubbed his still slightly aching member, and said to Ran Hongxia with annoyance, before turning and leaving the classroom to find his sister Wanqing.
"Thank you for saving me!"
Honda glanced at the girl whose eyes were a little red from being choked by Li Jiayu, and sighed softly. What a tragic fate! This must be the 'legendary' Ran Hongxia! She's really gotten her aunt and mother into a mess. Should I stay away from her?
"It's nothing!" Honda replied to Ran Hongxia's thanks. But wasn't that chair thrown by the octopus? How did it end up being attributed to me?
"I am Honda II, an exchange student from Japan!"
I briefly introduced myself, wanting to test whether my intuition was wrong!
"I am Ran Hongxia!"
Damn, I knew it! I need to stop this guy from getting himself killed by that green knife. This is so tragic. Director, can we do it again? I'm never talking to people casually again.