# 1917
Chapter 1917: "Mystery" Paradise
"This is the Pioneer Exploration Team, Squad 3! After several days of continuous trekking, we have successfully arrived at London!"
In the livestream footage, a man in a冲锋衣 with disheveled hair was holding a miniature microphone, shouting at the camera. Perhaps because he had been talking for the past few days, his voice had already become somewhat hoarse.
"Just like all the other cities we've encountered before, London is also a ruin with no survivors..."
The camera panned around, and beneath the gray sky, a city ruin covered in vines and weeds appeared in the viewers'视野. Dark building remnants spread across the land like thorns, with occasional fragments of scattered bones visible, as if something had gnawed and bitten them to pieces.
【London has become like this too... This is so depressing】
【You all haven't seen Squad 2's livestream from yesterday. Japan's situation is even worse. I heard they also discovered something that looks like ruins of a divine kingdom, and they've already sent people to bring it back for further research】
【Divine kingdom ruins? Is that for real?】
【I saw it yesterday too, hundreds of vermilion red torii gates... Like tombstones planted in the ground, and the wind there is all dark red! It looked really creepy】
【This has already hit the trending topics, didn't any of you notice?】
【As expected, the myths are all true... Do you think we'll see living gods?】
【Unlikely. Japan's divine kingdom is already in pieces like that, so it's probably hard for any living gods to survive】
【But I'd really like to see a living god though, how cool would that be!】
【And then they'd slap you to death?】
【呵, I have the Six-Winged Seraph protecting me #prayer (attached a photo of Six-Winged Seraph Lin Qiye being photographed)】
【……】
After several days of public opinion fermentation, the Pioneer livestream's concurrent viewership had exceeded 300 million... The streaming platform was forced to undergo several upgrades, and it was said that eventually officials had to intervene just to allow it to handle that many viewers.
"Look over there!"
A voice came from the footage, and the camera immediately turned. Countless terrifying cracks covered the distant earth, as if it had experienced a great battle. A large pile of shattered pink objects were scattered among the cracks, like the remains of some kind of creature.
The reporter walked forward and carefully picked up a ball of flesh. Rotting tentacles grew on the surface of the fleshy mass, and just one glance was enough to make one nauseated.
"What a disgusting smell..." The reporter disgustedly tossed out the ball of flesh and turned to look at the people behind him. "Professor Zeng, you're a biology expert. Do you know what species this is?"
The camera turned, and a figure with graying temples appeared in the frame. Professor Zeng walked to the remains and carefully rifled through them for a moment, his brow tightly furrowed:
"...The structure of these things is very peculiar. They don't appear to be any species known to exist on Earth."
"Not a species from Earth?"
The reporter froze, about to ask more when a low growl came from the distance.
The reporter's body shuddered violently, and he turned sharply toward the direction of the sound. The others also turned in panic, their nerves instantly on edge!
After they had left the border of Great Xia, they had been exploring for several days, encountering nothing but ruins. Let alone people, they hadn't even seen a single flying bird... Now hearing this roar, they were all badly frightened!
"What's making that sound?" The reporter's heavy breathing echoed through the livestream. "A bear? A tiger? A wolf?"
"Impossible... Where would those things come from here?!!"
"Then what else could it be?"
"The guns! Get the guns ready first!"
One of the exploration team members quickly climbed onto the off-road vehicle and retrieved several guns from inside, tossing them to two or three teammates beside him. With several crisp cocking sounds, everyone felt a bit more secure.
As the first civilian exploration team, they had naturally made thorough preparations before departure. They had reported to and borrowed guns from the authorities, and several skilled retired veterans were among them—this was their source of confidence.
Seeing the exploration team load their weapons, the viewers watching the livestream immediately became excited, and the comments went crazy, with the concurrent viewership surging once again.
Just as several gun barrels were aimed toward the direction of the sound, beneath the gray sky, a massive shadow slowly emerged from among the ruins...
It was a massive creature with four heads and eight legs, its body large enough to reach seven or eight stories high. Its heads were as large as bells, while its eight legs were slender as poles. From a distance, it looked like a giant spider with four heads.
Four eerie green eyes were located in the center of each of the four heads, like lanterns burning in the dimness, emanating a chilling aura!
The moment they saw this monster, all the exploration team members present froze in place.
The scrolling comments briefly paused before being filled with uniform "?" and "!"!
【What is this thing!!??】
【卧槽, it looks so disgusting!】
【Help!! I'm about to throw up】
【When I saw those scattered remains on the ground just now, I had a bad feeling... As expected, the outside world isn't that simple!】
【We're done, we're done, we're done... This thing doesn't look like something that can be dealt with using guns!】
"What... What the hell is this thing?!" After a brief blank moment, the reporter finally came to his senses, his pale face full of terror!
"Professor Zeng, is this a species from Earth?"
"Horseshit! If anyone dares to say this thing is from Earth, I'll be the first to cut them down!" Professor Zeng was also terrified by this scene, speaking in a trembling voice.
While everyone was talking, the "mystery's" eight bamboo-pole legs moved rapidly, approaching them at an astonishing speed. Its four eerie green eyes were filled with bloodthirst and excitement!
Bang bang bang—!!
Successive gunshots rang out as the veteran soldiers in the exploration team opened fire simultaneously. However, the bullets hitting the monster's body bounced off like plastic toys, dealing absolutely no damage.
Everyone's faces instantly turned ashen!
The monster's roars and the gunfire echoed beneath the heavens. Several lurking massive shadows slowly moved.
The other "mysteries"潜伏 in London City seemed to have been disturbed. Several figures rapidly rushed toward this location. With a sharp screech, a three-meter-long massive shadow flew over everyone's heads. From the shaking camera footage, one could barely make out that it was a lizard with three wings.
At the top of a ruined building beside everyone, a pale skeleton over ten meters tall was firmly gripping the edge of the floor, curiously looking down. Its hollow eye sockets seemed capable of devouring one's soul.
In just a few short seconds, the previously dead-silent London had already transformed into a paradise of monsters!
Just as everyone was吓得脸色煞白, on a distant street, a figure draped in a Crimson Cloak unhurriedly lowered its head and lit a cigarette at the corner of its mouth...