Xiao Feng took two steps forward and shined his flashlight into the arched doorway.

Doing this was akin to seeing a leopard through a pipe, but before entering, it was still necessary to get a partial understanding of what lay inside.

However, no corpses were discovered, nor signs of a battle on the ground, only a strong scent of blood.

After contemplating for a while, Xiao Feng turned around.

Just as he was about to speak, Su Yuzhuo seemed to know what he was going to say and preemptively said, "You can't go in alone!"

The little girl immediately echoed, "That's right, if you're going, we all go, or we all stay outside."

The rest, though they had no comments, also nodded in agreement with Su Yuzhuo and the little girl's words.

Xiao Feng smiled helplessly, "Alright, let's all go in. I probably don't need to say much about the dangers inside, so stay alert and if anything dangerous happens, we'll withdraw immediately."

Although Xiao Feng couldn't immediately understand why the giant spider wasn't coming out, given the current situation, it wasn't hard to infer that the arched doorway before them was like a boundary line.

One side represented danger, while the other represented safety.

After making the preparations, Xiao Feng was the first to step through the arched doorway.

The doorway wasn't tall, a little over two meters, with a width of about three meters, and a length of only five or six meters.

Once inside, the space opened up drastically, suddenly becoming as big as a football field by estimate.

This made everyone, who were used to moving in cramped and narrow spaces, feel their breathing become much smoother.

However, such a large space didn't only bring advantages.

"This place... is too empty," Zhao Guo'an said, frowning.

Indeed, it was extremely vacant, so much that it felt strange.

It's like visiting a friend's house and finding it very large, lavishly decorated, with luxurious walls and floors, but from the living room to the bedroom, there is no furniture, not even a bed.

"Why is it so silent?" Lu Yao said, her face serious.

Lin Jiaxuan quickly raised a question, "Wasn't it said they were attacked by a giant spider? It's one thing for the spider to be missing, but where are those people?"

For a moment, everyone expressed their views, many odd points were raised, but they could only point out the problems, unable to find any solutions.

Xiao Feng shined the light above, finding nothing unusual, just like before, the bizarre rocks made him even more uneasy.

At this moment, the little girl pointed to the wall on the right-front side, exclaiming, "How pretty the Flower Vine is over there!"

Finished speaking, her eyes lit up as she started to walk towards it.

Xiao Feng did not stop her but followed her over.

How could he not realize that if they kept fixating on finding abnormalities, they would get into trouble sooner or later; it was also good to find something to distract them.

The others naturally followed them.

Coming closer, they saw a vine as thick as a thumb on the wall.

The vine bore multicolored flowers, blue, white, purple, pink, and so on.

It was truly a dazzling array, beautiful beyond compare!

"It's a pity there's only one. If there were two, making a swing out of them would surely look great," the little girl tilted her head and said.

However, she did not rashly reach out to touch the Flower Vine on the wall.

Xiao Feng nodded with satisfaction.

If it had been two months ago, upon seeing the Flower Vine, the little girl would certainly have hopped over, picked the flowers, stuck them in her hair, then turned around to eagerly ask him if she looked pretty.

But now, when faced with beautiful things, the little girl clearly had learned to restrain herself.

At this moment, Lin Zhiyan stepped forward, reaching out to pluck a purple flower off the vine and examined it closely for a while.

Xiao Feng warned, "If you bring it to your nose for a sniff, that would be asking for trouble."

Lin Zhiyan ignored him, instead focusing intently on the place where the flower was plucked, inspecting it for a while.

Everyone exchanged looks, not knowing what Lin Zhiyan intended to do.

After a few minutes of observation, Lin Zhiyan reached out to touch the vine.

Yet the moment she touched it, she recoiled as if shocked, gazing at the drop of blood on her finger with eyes brimming with joy.

"Sis, are you alright?" Lin Jiaxuan rushed over, seeing her hand pricked and still so happy made her a little angry.

Even though she did not want to stand on the same side as Xiao Feng, she had to admit that her sister's current actions did indeed have a hint of courting disaster.

Sun Shijie opened his backpack, took out an alcohol ball, and handed it to Xiao Feng, signaling for him to help Lin Zhiyan clean her pricked finger.

Before Xiao Feng could reach for it, Lin Jiaxuan snatched the alcohol ball herself, tending to her sister's wound while giving Xiao Feng a significant glare.

The look seemed to say: I won't give you any chance to get close to my sister!

"Is she going to be poisoned?"

After cleaning the wound, Lin Jiaxuan looked at Sun Shijie, nervously asking.

Sun Shijie furrowed his brow and reflected, "It's hard to say, but I estimate the chance of poisoning is low."

Everyone looked at Lin Zhiyan, waiting for her explanation.

As the second-in-command next to Xiao Feng in the team, Lin Zhiyan had always impressed others with her calmness and composure.

So, for her to do something so reckless this time, it was hard to believe there wasn't a reason.

After a brief pause, Lin Zhiyan explained, "Back when I was looking for a suitable weapon, I nearly tried every kind of vine, but they turned out unsatisfactory.

Either they weren't tough enough themselves, or their damage was lacking. Just now, I tested this unremarkable sawtooth, and everyone saw how powerful it is..."

Pausing her words here, Lin Zhiyan took a dagger from Lin Jiaxuan and sliced it forcefully along the vine.

Everyone had seen the sharpness of this knife before, almost severing Darcy's entire wrist.

Yet such a sharp knife, when cut on the vine, only left a gash a few millimeters deep, its toughness far exceeding everyone's expectations.

Lin Zhiyan was pleased once again and looked at the little girl, saying, "Shihan, you're really lucky!"

The little girl was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Sister Zhiyan, you want to cut it down and give it to me as a weapon, don't you?"

"What's wrong with that?"

"I think... it would be better in your hands, considering you're the teacher, and it would certainly be more effective, so Sister Zhiyan, you should use it."

Lin Zhiyan smiled, "Your intention alone satisfies me, but I'm used to the weapon in my hand, and using this one is too light."

"That's not what I mean..." The little girl blushed slightly, lowered her head, and muttered, "The sawtooth on it, if carried around, what if it pricks me?"

"..." Lin Zhiyan.

So I was moved for nothing just now.

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