Chapter 36

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With a "slap," this kick hit a spider, which instantly burst into a bloody mess and shot out like a cannonball.

With two more "slaps," this bloody cannonball pierced through the remaining two spiders and hit the rock, finally stopping.

The last three spiders were all dead.

Chu Nan panted, slowly retracting his right leg, feeling a bit dazed.

Was that kick just now really from me?

That power, that speed, it was like a cannonball, creating a terrifying wind, and he had no doubt that even a zombie with several times the strength of an ordinary person would be split open and broken into two pieces if hit by this kick.

"Third-level awakening... why, not only has my overall physical quality improved, but my right leg... has been specially enhanced..."

Chu Nan muttered to himself. After the third-level awakening, if his overall physical quality had improved to twice that of an ordinary person, then his right leg's strength had at least reached five times that of an ordinary person's right leg.

If combined with the third-level adrenaline stimulation, this power would become incredibly terrifying.

The comprehensive improvement in physical quality allowed Chu Nan to briefly stimulate his adrenaline without causing severe aftereffects, which was his most delightful discovery.

After all, with a strong physique, the potential stimulation of adrenaline, as long as it was not excessive or prolonged, the body could withstand this load, and the impact on his body would be much lighter.

After killing more than ten spiders, new primal forces flowed in the gene center that had evolved to the third level. Chu Nan pulled the dagger stuck by a dozen spider threads and found that the spider corpses also moved. He frowned and threw the dagger, turned around, and jumped back into the cave below.

Just now, he had absorbed a large amount of about forty pineal glands and successfully broke through. The pineal glands he had previously collected numbered around two hundred.

Continuing to use the magnifying glass to energize the remaining withered pineal glands, he then absorbed the primal forces within. Soon, the abundant energy in the remaining one hundred and sixty to seventy pineal glands was all absorbed by him.

To further evolve the third-level gene center, the required gene primal force increased exponentially. Even after swallowing one hundred and sixty to seventy pineal glands and absorbing the energy from the spiders he had just killed, he still failed to break through again.

However, Chu Nan sensed the primal force fluctuations in the pineal gland in his mind and knew that although he hadn't broken through, he was not far from it.

All the collected pineal glands were absorbed by Chu Nan. He put away the precious magnifying glass and didn't bother to search for the pineal glands in the spider corpses on the ground. First, it was too dark to find them, and second, he was worried about the safety of others and wanted to find Tang Sanli and Su Yao.

Before, he lacked the strength, but now, with the third-level awakening, he had the strength to break out. Moreover, he might break through again during the process of killing these spiders.

After all, he had just swallowed the primal forces from one hundred and sixty to seventy pineal glands, including the special pineal glands of the undead, one of which could be equivalent to several pineal glands of zombies.

Re-emerging from the cave, Chu Nan picked up the dagger on the ground, turned it over, and finally cut off the spider threads one by one.

He pressed his ear against the rock wall and listened carefully.

Soon, he heard a faint rustling sound from one direction and immediately ran down that passage.

The narrow passage gradually widened, and soon, Chu Nan ran into a cave and found a group of spiders crowded there. On the far wall, there was a small cave, not much larger than a basin, barely enough for a person to crawl through. It was covered with spider threads, and a spider was stuck in it, blocking the entrance.

Other spiders kept trying to squeeze in.

Hearing the commotion behind, the spiders scattered and surged toward Chu Nan.

Chu Nan, holding the dagger, turned his body to avoid the dozen spider threads shot at him. He slashed with the dagger and cut a jumping spider in half, gaining a gene primal force.

The spider split into two halves and fell, and the other spiders rushed forward. Chu Nan stimulated his adrenaline, enhancing his abilities, and kicked out with great force.

"Slap, slap, slap," he immediately kicked three spiders to pieces.

At the same time, two spiders pounced on him. Chu Nan turned the dagger, and the two spiders that had just stuck to him fell to the ground, their bodies splitting open, green fluid flowing out.

Seemingly hearing the sounds of the battle outside, a voice came from the cave entrance blocked by spider threads and a spider corpse: "Who's out there? I'm Chen Mo!"

"It's Professor Chen," Chu Nan responded. "I'll come to save you right away."

His figure flashed, and soon, he had dealt with a dozen spiders, absorbing a dozen gene primal forces. Chu Nan took a deep breath, truly feeling that he was getting closer to breaking through again.

If he broke through again after the third-level awakening, what new realm would it be? Chu Nan was increasingly looking forward to it.

Using the dagger in his hand, he cleared the spider threads and the spider corpse blocking the small cave entrance, which was slightly larger than a basin. Then he saw Chen Mo, who looked quite disheveled, crawling out.

"Why are you here?" Chu Nan was surprised.

Chen Mo smiled bitterly. "Don't ask. I don't know what happened. While fleeing, I accidentally pushed the rock wall, and it turned, trapping me in a narrow stone room. Fortunately, there was a small passage like a dog hole on the side of the room for ventilation. I searched for a long time but couldn't find a way out. Instead, these spiders started crawling in through this passage."

"Fortunately, the entrance to the passage was too small, and the spiders could only crawl in one at a time. I guarded the entrance and killed quite a few. When they realized the situation, they started spraying silk, but it couldn't stick to me. In the end, I used a spider corpse to block the entrance, which was stuck by the silk, preventing them from entering."

"But I didn't dare to go out either, so we were in a stalemate. Fortunately, you came."

Chen Mo continued, "Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise. Relying on these spiders, I broke through to become a second-level awakener, so my strength has been restored."

"What about the others?" Chu Nan asked, a bit worried. "We don't know how to get out."

He felt that this place was like a maze, easy to get lost in.

"It's simple. Follow the spiders, and we'll naturally find the exit. We don't know, but they do," Chen Mo said straightforwardly, listening for a moment. "Let's go this way. There's a lot of commotion, maybe we can find the others."

Facing a deep, large passage, the two of them ran down it and soon heard loud shouts.

"It's Tao Zhi!" Chen Mo said, speeding up and rushing forward. They saw a large cave at the end of the passage, where Tao Zhi, Su Yao, and Tang Sanli were surrounded by over twenty spiders.

On the ground lay the corpses of a dozen spiders.

Chen Mo burst forward with his strength.

Chu Nan glanced and immediately saw that Tao Zhi, Su Yao, and Tang Sanli had all become stronger.

Tao Zhi and Su Yao, like Chen Mo, had broken through to become second-level awakeners, while Tang Sanli had awakened to become a first-level awakener.

Clearly, the previous cave tremors and the activation of the mechanism had separated the spider monsters into many groups, each with a different number. This made it easier for everyone.

Before, they had fled because there were too many spiders, and the dozens of spider threads shot out together were impossible to block.

But once the spiders were separated into many groups, with each group having a few to a dozen spiders, those with the strength of Su Yao or Tao Zhi had a chance to fight back.

They were already close to breaking through, and after killing some spiders earlier, they fell into the cave and encountered smaller groups of spiders, gaining the ability to counterattack and break through one after another.

After all, to break through from the first level to the second level, the required gene primal force was not much. To break through from the second level to the third level, much more was needed. Chu Nan estimated that it would take killing eighty to ninety zombies to break through. As for breaking through from the third level, even more primal force was needed, possibly over two hundred zombies.

Tang Sanli had good luck, killing two spiders and successfully breaking through.

Su Yao, Tao Zhi, and Tang Sanli encountered a larger group of spiders, about thirty to forty, and were surrounded. They fought back with all their might. By the time Chu Nan and Chen Mo arrived, they had already killed a dozen, leaving about twenty.

Chen Mo and Chu Nan joined the fight.

After evolving to the second level, Su Yao, Tao Zhi, and Chen Mo were much stronger than before.

Su Yao was proficient in various martial arts and combat techniques, and her physical quality was already better than that of ordinary people. Now, with the second-level awakening, her physical quality had further improved, and with the second-level adrenaline stimulation, she could move and change positions quickly, making the scene wide enough for her to display her skills. The spider threads couldn't even touch her.

With a swift movement, she reached the side of a spider, and with a heavy kick from her left leg, she hit the spider's back from above, making a "slap" sound.

The spider was immediately splattered with green fluid, its body flattened.

Another spider shot out a thread, but Su Yao crouched and swept it away, sending the spider flying and crashing into the cave wall.

This kind of awareness, speed, and agility, without years of martial arts and combat training, even a second-level awakener would find it hard to achieve.

Even a group of four to five ordinary second-level awakeners would find it difficult to match the current Su Yao.