Chapter 1183: Chu Changqing's Power

Drip—drop...

Tiny beads of water seeped from the old faucet, landing on the bathroom floor and echoing in the dull, cramped room.

The deep red light from the neon sign outside the window filtered through the curtains, reflecting into the dim room and stretching the shadow of Chu Changqing in his wheelchair like mottled tree branches...

He kept his head lowered, his eyes glowing with a faint cyan light like clear emeralds in the darkness. Ink-black brush strokes were branded onto his joints, making him look like a limp puppet.

The clock on the wall ticked away, second by second. Chu Changqing glanced at the time and spoke slowly:

"I need to use the bathroom."

"Again?" A college student sitting in the corner frowned. "Didn't you just go half an hour ago?"

"I have claustrophobia. It's too dark and small in here, and the windows aren't open. I get nervous."

“……”

The two college students exchanged a glance, looking somewhat hesitant.

"If I can't hold it later, you'd better be prepared to clean it up," Chu Changqing added indifferently.

“……”

The two students imagined the scene and felt a wave of disgust, but eventually nodded.

"Go ahead, but don't try anything funny."

As one of the students raised his hand, the ink Han Xiang had left inside Chu Changqing loosened slightly, giving him just enough room to move.

Chu Changqing struggled to push himself up using the armrests of the wheelchair, stumbling as he leaned against the foot of the bed and the wall, inching his way toward the bathroom.

The hotel bathroom was enclosed by frosted glass. Even from inside the room, one could vaguely see the outline of the person inside. The two students kept their eyes fixed on the stumbling shadow entering the bathroom, their gazes filled with vigilance.

Chu Changqing used the toilet, flushed it, and then, under the watchful eyes of the two men outside, slowly moved to the sink.

Beads of water were slowly seeping from the faucet, and in the corner behind it, a tiny spiderweb floated silently.

On the web lay a spider the size of a fingernail, sprawled out as if dead. Around it, tiny spider eggs glowing with a faint cyan light were trembling gently.

Chu Changqing’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He turned on the faucet, and the sound of rushing water filled the room. However, instead of washing his hands, he used the noise as cover to lightly slice his pinky fingertip, dabbing a tiny amount of blood onto the spider eggs.

A wisp of faint cyan light extracted from his blood and burrowed directly into the eggs.

A faint glimmer flickered in Chu Changqing’s pupils, as if he were analyzing something. At that moment, the DNA structure within the insect egg cells was disrupted by some "hand of God," rapidly breaking apart and rearranging!

The next second, the eggs began to tremble violently!

……

"You mean they're staying right upstairs from us?"

At the hotel stairwell, Yang Xiao, who had just rushed back, looked at the 301 key in his hand with a spectacular expression.

"That's right," Lu Xun nodded. "I thought they would be more cautious, hiding Chu Changqing in some bridge underpass or even occupying a private residence... I didn't expect them to actually check into a hotel. It saves us quite a bit of trouble."

"I guess they never imagined that the owner of this hotel is Dr. Lu's uncle," Su Zhiwei said with a light smile.

"So, what do we do next?"

"I've already confirmed with my uncle that there are only two college students with Chu Changqing. It won't be difficult for the three of us to take him from them... The problem is that this is too close to the Huixian Hotel. We must minimize the commotion, or we'll alert the 749 Bureau and the Emperor's people."

Su Zhiwei pondered for a moment.

"Those two students are only Tier 3. As long as we strike fast enough, they likely won't have time to react."

"Dr. Su has fought them before and should know them well. Dr. Su will take the lead this time." Lu Xun turned to look at Yang Xiao.

"I'll be responsible for moving Chu Changqing. Yang Xiao, you use your ability to reinforce the windows and walls. Don't let them break anything and cause a scene."

"No problem."

The three quickly finalized their tactics and walked silently up the stairs to the third floor...

The entire third floor was quiet. Sunlight from outside couldn't reach the corridor, and only two dim lights provided barely enough illumination. Between the old wallpaper, two doors stood silently.

The three reached the door of 301, exchanged a glance, and nodded slightly.

Yang Xiao placed his hand on the door lock. Instead of using a key, he directly manipulated the metal structure inside the lock cylinder, turning it slowly... Not only was there no sound of a key entering the lock, but the door opened with incredible speed.

"Go!"

The moment Yang Xiao opened the lock, he shouted. Almost simultaneously, Su Zhiwei’s figure flew into 301 like a white bolt of lightning!

But the next moment, Su Zhiwei froze in place.

As the door swung wide open, Lu Xun and Yang Xiao, who were preparing to rush in behind her, also stood frozen like statues at the sight before them...

Drip—drop...

The faint sound of water droplets echoed in the room.

The curtains, dyed deep red by the neon lights, fluttered silently. Countless spiderwebs covered almost every corner of the room, making it look as eerie and sinister as a spider cave. In the center of the dense webs, two figures were wrapped in pale cocoons, swaying silently under the ceiling...

On the ceiling, walls, and floor of the room, strange spiders turned in unison. They were the size of an adult man, covered in white patterns. Their spider legs were as sharp and long as mantis sickles, and their heads bore eighteen eyes, each as black as ink.

The creatures before them were definitely not native to Earth; they looked more like aliens from a movie, enough to make one’s skin crawl at a single glance!

Even Su Zhiwei, who was in the lead, couldn't help but take half a step back, her expression looking terrible.

"This is..."

"The Calamity Director Chen mentioned? Has the Calamity already invaded??"

"No, these creatures don't seem quite like the Calamity... Damn it, what on earth are these things??"

Just then, a voice filled with slight surprise sounded from behind the dense webs.

"Lu Xun?"

Lu Xun found the voice familiar. He frowned and looked toward the direction. He saw all the giant spiders crawling along the webs toward that spot, using their sharp legs to tear a gap in the thick webbing.

The next second, a figure in a wheelchair slowly moved forward from the deep red glimmer.

His long hair fluttered with the breeze from the window, and a pair of pale cyan pupils stared at the three people at the door, seemingly full of surprise... He walked out from the cluster of hideous spiders, a familiar face exposed to the three of them.

The moment he saw the man, Lu Xun spoke in disbelief:

"Chu Changqing???"