I’m the Only One With a Different Genre - I’m the Only One With a Different Genre chapter 117

117 – Ancestor’s Wisdom

“Lucky me.”

“That’s right.”

A woman with long hair wearing a black lab coat and a man with short hair were laughing as they looked at the people trapped in the room.

“Ugh…”

“Someone please help me…!”

The room was covered in white spider silk. The people, now transformed into white cocoons, were writhing and struggling to break free, but the threads were as strong as the tendons of an orc, and they couldn’t move an inch.

Sssss.

The culprit who turned people into cocoons, a giant spider that only occupied the second floor of the building, descended from the ceiling and approached the struggling cocoons.

“aaah!”

As the giant spider spun the cocoons around and spit out its silk, the small gaps in the cocoons disappeared completely. The man who had been writhing inside the cocoon felt nauseous, as if he had boarded a ship in rough seas, and he vomited in vain.

After carefully arranging its food in a suitable place, the giant spider checked the other cocoons. Once all the checks were completed, it crawled back up to the ceiling.

Thud, thump.

A soft and delicate sound of heartbeat quietly spread. It was the sound coming from dozens, hundreds of eggs hanging from the ceiling. The cocoons would become delicious food for the baby giant spiders to be born.

The woman researcher with long hair, who had been watching this, twirled the ends of her hair and said.

“It’s a shame the prey ran out so quickly… I wanted to use them as test subjects.”

“Aren’t there a few more left?”

“There are. But… they’re rare specimens that are hard to come by, so they’re all used for the main experiment.”

She muttered with a frustrated voice and pursed her lips. Her sensual figure swayed enticingly, as if tempting the man, but the man with short hair felt no attraction whatsoever.

“If we use fresh specimens, we can make them a few years younger…”

The woman researcher, who appeared to be in her mid-20s, was a witch who would do anything cruel for the sake of youth. No one knew her exact age, but the man with short hair knew she was over 100 years old, at the very least. No matter how beautiful a woman she was, there was no one who would enjoy someone with a rotten core.

“I wonder if I can’t take at least one?”

As the woman tilted her head and spoke, the man nodded and replied,

“Now is an important time, so it must be difficult. We’re not far from mass production of the ‘weapon’…”

“That’s true.”

The man turned his body and gazed at countless glass capsules.

Inside the capsules, a transparent liquid filled them, and in the center, a black liquid floated, as if it were melting life forms. Eyes and mouths appeared irregularly and disappeared repeatedly.

“It won’t be long now. The completion of the weapon for the massacre.”

The man smiled with excitement. The woman, with an indifferent expression, spoke as if she had no interest in such things.

“Ah… I want to finish the research as quickly as possible and go to the city. I’ve been living seeing only ugly things every day, and my skin feels like it’s rotting.”

The woman took out a mirror from her pocket and began to examine her face. After capturing her expression, the man spoke in a heavy voice.

“Even if the goal is within reach, you shouldn’t let your guard down. This is the most crucial moment…”

“You know, talkative men aren’t popular, you know? It’s really annoying.”

Seeing the woman snickering, the man couldn’t help but let out a small sigh.

“At the very least, we must manage the capsules carefully. Otherwise, there could be…ambiguous end products. Aren’t you underestimating me? How many times do I have to explain?”

The woman pretended to retch, as if she were annoyed, and then got up and left.

Grumble, grumble…

The man silently stared at the glass capsules, then took a step to find his task.

“Finally, he’s gone.”

Lian, who had been watching the two, let out a small breath. He was looking down from the ceiling vent.

[“Is there a need to move like a thief? Isn’t it more fun to slice through all the attacking guys? Partner!”]

“Infiltrating unnoticed, taking down the boss like an assassin and leaving, that’s a cooler way to do it.”

[Hmm…! I can already hear the praises like ‘This can’t be true! What is this!’ or ‘When did they take down the boss?!’ Indeed, my partner is a genius!]

After confirming that there were no signs nearby, as if easily calming the simple magic sword, Lian quietly detached the ventilation entrance and landed in the laboratory.

Swoosh.

Lian approached the giant spider’s breeding ground where the man and woman had been looking a moment ago, keeping the sound as low as possible.

“Ugh, please, Lord Noah… save me…”

The voice coming from inside was that of a member of the organization whom Lian had heard several times before.

“How can I rescue them from there?”

Breaking the glass and saving the people without thinking would be one way, but there were only 26 gears. Considering that the number of missing people, including Noah, was 31, it meant that five people were held somewhere else.

“I need to save them quietly and find the others too.”

So, it was necessary to rescue the people without causing a commotion. Lian quickly scanned the surroundings.

“…! That’s it.”

A large machine was placed in front of the giant spider’s room. Lian, keeping the sound low, swiftly flew like a squirrel towards the machine.

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“Hmm…”

When Lian saw the incomprehensible buttons and levers, their mind went blank.

“In times like this, surely…”

Lian pondered for a moment and then started randomly pressing things with a comedic mindset, thinking that would solve the problem!

Clunk!

As Lian pulled down the lever, the lights in the giant spider’s room went out.

Beep.

When I pressed the button, water started pouring out from the inside like rain.

[ Kieak?! ]

The problem was that the water was coming out from the ceiling. The eggs attached to the ceiling were getting damp and started to move away. The giant spider turned its head anxiously.

Beep, beep, beep.

Clank, creak, thud.

I pressed the buttons and pulled the handle up and down repeatedly, and the giant spider’s room began to descend into chaos.

The lights flickered on and off like a nightclub, and water of all kinds poured from all directions as if I had entered a car wash, and then it stopped, repeating the process.

“What is this?”

When Lian pressed the red button that looked like it shouldn’t be pressed, robots popped out of the walls in the giant spider’s room and started cleaning. The carefully spun spider webs were neatly cut and sucked into the vacuum cleaner.

[ Kieak! Kyaaah! ]

The enraged spider bared its sharp teeth to tear apart the robots.

Crunch!

The giant spider bit into the robot that was cleaning.

Crash!

The robot exploded.

[ Kieeeak! ]

The giant spider screamed in agony and twisted its body. By this point, someone might have heard the commotion and come running, but… thanks to Lian pressing the “noise reduction” button, no one noticed the disturbance.

While the giant spider was suffering, the cleaning robots diligently cleaned the spider webs. The repairmen were also included. As soon as the webs were cut, the people inside screamed and tumbled out onto the floor.

If the spider webs had remained intact, they wouldn’t have been able to move at all, but the webs were already torn and being sucked into the vacuum cleaner.

“Hik!”

“M-monster!”

Terrified, people fell to the ground, staring dumbfounded at the giant spider on the second floor of the building. They were so scared that their bodies went weak.

“Everyone, pull yourselves together and gather here!”

“…”

At that moment, a firm voice snapped them out of their daze.

“Miss Pia…!”

“Ah!”

The people who were sitting down started walking towards Pia as if they had found a ray of light. However, not everyone regained their senses upon hearing Pia’s voice.

“Do not turn away from fallen comrades nearby, you must help them!”

“Yes!”

“Now, quickly, let’s move.”

As if entranced or stunned by something, nine people walked towards Pia, carrying their fallen comrades. Pia also lifted one unconscious child in each arm.

Since she had trained to a certain extent, it was no problem for her to carry two children.

“I need to find the entrance, the entrance.”

As Pia urgently scanned her surroundings for the entrance…

[Ke-ee-eeek!]

“…”

The giant spider, belatedly regaining its senses, let out a long cry. It started turning its black eyes blood-red as it looked at its destroyed nest. It was consumed by extreme anger, causing its magical energy to rage inside its body.

Thud!

The creature leaped off the wall and landed on the floor. Dozens of chilling eyes, thick and elongated legs covered in fur, vibrant patterns adorning its entire body, and teeth larger and more menacing than a human’s were revealed.

They trembled like a flock of sheep in front of a wolf.

“Oh… Lord Lian…”

Pia’s legs weakened, and she sank to the floor, clasping her hands together and beginning to pray.

“Please… even if it’s just these children… I’m willing to die…”

Pia, who had taken Lian as her deity, prayed sincerely with a sacrificial demeanor, just like any devout follower would. Tears streamed down her face.

At that moment, Lian.

“I’ve pressed every button there is to press… Where on earth is the button to open the door?”

Unable to find the button to open the door, he furrowed his brow.

“In times like this…”

He took out the ancestral wisdom (fist).

Bam!

As if he had struck the machine head with a bat, the machine caved in.

Creak, creak…

Sparks flew in all directions as if the machine had completely malfunctioned.

Vroom…

The door to the giant spider room opened!

“As expected, machines listen when you hit them.”

Lian chuckled cheerfully, extending his dark sword and heading towards the door.