The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 270 - 189 Alice

Chapter 270: Chapter 189 Alice

Accompanied by the sharp, strange cries of spider-men echoing all around.

The giant Spider Monster lying on the rooftop was startled awake, and immediately everyone felt the ground shake. Its four white palms, heavy like road rollers, barely touched the wall when the firm concrete surface cracked and shattered, with large chunks tumbling down.

The first floor of the building seemed about to collapse, but fortunately, it held up the weight of the Spider Monster’s mother, supporting its massive body.

At this moment.

Everyone finally got a close look at the true form of this monster.

The creature’s skin was pale white, hairless, with a head identical to a human’s, complete with distinct facial features, resembling a bald foreign woman—just terrifyingly large in size. Even standing beneath the building, one felt an immense pressure, and most notably, the stomach of the monster caught everyone’s attention.

It was swollen high, like that of a woman late in pregnancy.

"Alice..." Lin Yue’s eyes narrowed slightly as she uttered this name.

"Sister Lin, what did you say?" Li Yi asked.

Lin Yue said, "This monster’s name is Alice. Look under its neck; there’s a laser-engraved English name, which translates to Alice... This is not a natural species; it’s human-made."

Then she revealed an astonishing truth.

"What? This monster was created by humans?" Li Yi was also shocked.

"Yes, only humans name things, only humans would laser-engrave a word on this thing’s body... Look at the creature’s appearance, doesn’t it resemble a woman?" Lin Yue’s expression was grave. "However, this probably isn’t the work of some madman from our world; it’s likely someone from another world’s deed. After the people of Otherworld created this Spider Monster, the Sky Tipping incident occurred, causing the monster to appear here."

"You mean, this monster mutated from a woman?" Li Yi still found it unbelievable.

An actual person had turned into a monster and was giving birth to countless little monsters; what kind of evil person would do such a thing?

"That seems to be the case." Lin Yue too furrowed her brows deeply.

If everything was as she had guessed, then indeed, this was a terrifying matter.

Meanwhile.

"Gu Mengping, I’m in position and ready to take the shot," suddenly, a voice came over the radio to Gu Mengping’s ears.

"Aim at the head and use the special ammunition; take one shot to test it," Gu Mengping said softly.

"Understood."

Upon receiving the order, the next moment, a loud gunshot resounded, deafening everyone.

Instantly.

A bullet penetrated the head of the creature codenamed Alice.

The monster’s huge human-like head exploded instantly; blood and gore sprayed in all directions like rain, staining everyone in its vicinity red.

"We got it," Gu Mengping showed a look of surprise at that moment.

"Damn, they beat us to the punch." Lin Yue’s face changed when she witnessed this scene.

The shot was meant to be taken by Yuan Mingjin, whose sniping skills guaranteed a hundred percent hit rate. But the others acted faster, seizing the opportunity for a headshot.

"No, the monster isn’t dead," Li Yi’s pupils shone as he scrutinized the creature’s head with dynamic vision.

They saw the monster’s shattered head regrowing at an unbelievable rate, rapidly healing and repairing itself. In just a moment, the blown apart head was almost completely restored. Such regenerative capability was astounding, far beyond normal human comprehension.

And this shot seemed to have enraged the Spider Monster named Alice, which immediately let out a human-like roar. Buildings shook, crumbled, and, in a blind rampage, the monster charged towards Gu Mengping and his group.

"You’ve got to be kidding me, it’s still not dead?" Gu Mengping was in total shock at the moment.

He could never have imagined any creature surviving a sniper headshot and acting as if nothing happened.

"How can this be..." Not just Gu Mengping, but Yuan Mingjin and Zheng Gong, who had prepared to shoot, were also stunned.

"It can’t be killed by a headshot? What kind of monster is this?"

Yuan Mingjin didn’t know whether he should still shoot or not. If the other’s headshot had no effect, then his would likely be the same.

"Hold your fire, listen to Li Yi’s arrangements. We only have one bullet left, we can’t waste it without certainty," Zheng Gong said.

Yuan Mingjin’s face went through several changes, but then he quickly picked up the sniper rifle and moved to a new position: "The monster is going after Gu Mengping’s group; I must change my sniping spot. You stay here. This way our sniping range is expanded, and we can support at any time."

"Alright, be careful, and just say the word if you need help," Zheng Gong said with a nod after seeing this.

However, in just a moment, the Spider Monster named Alice had already raised its massive palm towards Gu Mengping and his company. Even the Spiritual Perception Masters were as helpless as ants, seeming utterly at a loss facing such a colossally sized creature.

"Everybody, get out of the way!" Gu Mengping roared.

But the monster’s speed was no joke. With booms that were almost ear-splitting, the buildings around Gu Mengping and his companions collapsed, the ground shook, and large chunks of concrete flew... Everything around them seemed to be going through an unprecedented earthquake, with buildings being wrecked and destroyed as if they were made of paper.

Clouds of dust scattered everywhere, obscuring the sight.

Facing this scene, Li Yi and Lin Yue were dumbfounded.

This creature... Is it really so terrifying?

In just a brief encounter, Gu Mengping and his group were engulfed, without even causing a splash.

And those were Spiritual Perception Masters.

"Lucky, lucky we didn’t make a move, or we would have been the ones in trouble now. This monster’s destructive power far exceeds that of ordinary Extraordinary Creatures," Lin Yue felt incredibly relieved at that moment. If they had acted just then, this would have been their outcome.

Li Yi couldn’t help but swallow and said, "Sister Lin, let’s just pretend nothing happened just now... Let’s leave this place."

How can we fight this?

The monster caused earthquakes just by moving, destroying buildings, cracking the ground; even a sniper rifle shot to the head didn’t kill it, he had no confidence in defeating this monster.

But it wasn’t just him; Spiritual Perception Masters also lacked confidence in beating the creature.

"I also think we should withdraw," Lin Yue said with a wry smile. "We were too naive to think about hunting such a terrifying monster."

"Let’s retreat for now and observe the monster’s condition, if we can’t find an opportunity to engage, we’ll withdraw," Li Yi nodded, then quickly backed away to increase the distance.

The two avoided the danger zone and quickly reached the roof of a building, observing the activity ahead.

At this moment, the monster called Alice had calmed down slightly after wreaking havoc for a while.

As the rumbling stopped, the dust settled a bit.

Amongst the ruins, the cultivators who had been attacked were completely motionless; it seemed they hadn’t managed to escape the attack range of the monster, and the pile of building debris swallowed them, their fates unknown.

No.

That’s not right.

Gu Mengping was still alive; he pushed off a concrete slab and roared as he burst forth, covered in blood, the extent of his injuries unknown.

Even a Spiritual Perception Master found themselves in a dangerous situation just now, nearly meeting their end, but fortunately, his strength was indeed not lacking, and he survived amidst the rubble.

However, upon seeing Gu Mengping apparently still alive, the Spider Monster’s white, giant hand—like a heavy-duty truck—slammed down with a boom.

"Again?"

In that moment, with his Spiritual Sense activated, Gu Mengping sensed danger and quickly dodged.

"Boom!"

A loud noise erupted before him, as that immense force easily shattered the solid concrete, leaving behind a deep imprint of a hand on the ground.

Gu Mengping was drenched in cold sweat at the sight.

If he had been hit head-on, he surely would have turned into a puddle of mud.

Even the high physical quality of a Cultivator in the Spiritual Realm would be useless.

"Keep shooting; try to find this monster’s weak spots, hey, can anyone hear me? Hey..." Gu Mengping tried to call for backup from his teammates, but there was no response on the radio; it seemed all his teammates had been killed in the previous attack.

Yet the monster called Alice fixed her gaze on Gu Mengping, as her two giant hands came slapping down once again.

Gu Mengping was shocked and hastily dodged, then shouted towards Li Yi’s direction, "Li Yi, aren’t you going to help?"

"Even you, a Spiritual Perception Master, are no match for it, what do you expect me to do? Go get myself killed? Gu Mengping, if you can’t beat it, just apologize, say sorry, and then run for it. I’m getting out of here too," Li Yi’s voice came from atop a distant building.

Is this something that could be resolved just by apologizing?

Gu Mengping was so angry he nearly cursed out loud.

But then he thought about it and felt Li Yi was right; even he, a Spiritual Perception Master, had no way to deal with the monster, so what could Li Yi, a cultivator at the inspiration realm, possibly do?

"Damn it."

Gu Mengping gritted his teeth and could only keep retreating while trying to find an opportunity to disengage and leave the monster behind; otherwise, if he continued like this, one mistake would mean his end.

At this moment.

Lin Yue was intently watching the monster, trying to find its weakness.

After watching for a long time, she couldn’t think of any way to kill the monster unless using large-scale lethal weapons to destroy it along with this district, but that was impossible. The Bureau wouldn’t agree to use large-scale lethal weapons in a city district.

"Li Yi, let’s retreat," Lin Yue whispered. "I analyzed for a long while and can’t find a way to deal with this monster. It’s too dangerous to stay here."

Li Yi nodded, understanding that the situation wasn’t something he could handle, and he was about to have everyone leave the old city district.

But when he turned around, not sure why, a pale face flashed through his mind, and then he remembered someone.

A woman named Liu Yan.

She was a normal person who had gone with him to the Ruined District to search for a Mysterious Object, but then she was killed by one of Ning Wu’s Eye-witness Techniques, bleeding from seven orifices, a very restless death.

"Sister Lin, you just said that this monster called Alice might be a creature created by humans, right?" Li Yi suddenly stopped, turned, and asked.

"Yes, from what I’ve observed, that seems to be correct," Lin Yue said.

Li Yi continued, "Let’s assume your guess is true, Sister Lin, which means this monster called Alice could very well be an ordinary person who has undergone a transformation... Even if it was an ordinary person, no matter how huge its body grows or how strong its body becomes, its nature is still that of a regular person."

"Li Yi, what you’re implying is..." Lin Yue asked with some skepticism.

"If we are dealing with an ordinary person, a cultivator’s Eye-witness Skill could end your life. Sister Lin, do you think we could kill this monster with an Eye-witness Technique?" Li Yi shared his thoughts.

Using an Eye-witness Technique against a monster that can easily kill a Spiritual Perception Master?

That sounded utterly fantastical.

Everyone knows that an Eye-witness Technique only works against beings weaker than oneself; it’s almost ineffective against those of the same realm.