The Cubs Can’t Possibly Be This Well-Behaved! – CH15

Chapter 15

The logistics department’s first-floor lobby was vast, and with only Su Ci and the others standing there, it felt especially empty.

As they stared at the cracking window and listened to the eerie noises echoing in the hall, Luo Shengfei’s face turned deathly pale.

If the monster outside broke in, there were just the three of them—plus a caretaker with no combat experience. There was no way they could handle it!

Sensing the heavy atmosphere, the other male passenger who had run in with them forced a strained smile and tried to appear calm.

“Don’t worry,” he said, “The monster won’t come in. It’s never happened before…”

But as the cracks on the window’s surface multiplied, his voice trailed off, clearly losing confidence.

Based on past experience, monsters from the red mist didn’t attack buildings. Yet now, with the building’s defenses already breached—even if it was just one protective window’s metal plate—how could they guarantee this monster wouldn’t enter?

Watching such a massive creature damage the protective layer was terrifying, and no ordinary person could remain completely calm.

The young woman, who had been looking at the map, closed it and drew a handgun from her belt, holding it ready in front of her.

“There was just a battle, wasn’t there?” she said grimly. “Where are the operations unit members?”

If the fight was still ongoing, the operations team wouldn’t let the monster attack the logistics building unchallenged. But if the battle had ended, then… did that mean—

The operations team had been wiped out?

Hearing her analysis, Luo Shengfei shuddered. “That can’t be, right?”

Instinctively, he denied it, yet the logic made sense.

Seeing the three sinking into despair and fear, Su Ci thought for a moment and then offered some “reassurance”:

“Maybe there’s more than one monster.”

This earned him three furious glares.

Although his statement wasn’t wrong—it was possible the operations team was dealing with a different monster, leaving no time to intervene here—it only made the situation seem more dire.

Su Ci blinked innocently, while beside him, the small boy, Number One, listened to their exchange. Despite the tension and fear, he somehow felt like laughing.

As the lights flickered on and off, the four adults stood in awkward silence.

Eventually, Luo Shengfei sighed in defeat. “To be safe, let’s get out of here.”

Whether or not the monster would break in, the eerie whispers and laughter that filled the air were unbearable.

Moreover, perhaps due to being exposed to high concentrations of pollutants, Luo Shengfei found his emotions increasingly difficult to control. Painful and tragic thoughts kept surfacing in his mind.

The man nodded. Just moments ago, he had been adamant that the monster wouldn’t come in, yet now he was the first to head toward the stairwell. His pace quickened until he was nearly running.

The young woman, gripping her handgun tightly, followed close behind.

Luo Shengfei, noticing that Su Ci was still standing in place after taking a few steps, hurried back to grab his arm and dragged him along.

Seeing the man and woman heading upstairs, Luo Shengfei suggested, “Let’s go to the underground storage. If we split up, we’ll be less of a target, and the storage area has better defenses…”

However, before he could finish, his legs buckled, and he collapsed onto the floor, dragging Su Ci down with him.

Number One, who had been running alongside them, halted immediately and looked at Su Ci with worry.

Su Ci managed to steady himself, but Luo Shengfei, now sprawled on the floor, had his eyes shut tight, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. His face twisted with anger and fear.

“No! Please, spare me!”

Luo Shengfei’s eyes remained closed as he seemed to spiral into some kind of hallucination. His muscular, robust frame twitched uncontrollably as he cried out in pain. He looked utterly vulnerable and pitiful.

“Hee-hee… hee-hee-hee…”

Su Ci tilted his head slightly, catching faint sounds of delighted laughter. This laughter was lighter and more childlike than the eerie giggles heard earlier, like a mischievous kid relishing a prank.

Su Ci frowned but remained still, his expression calm as he observed the situation.

His companion lay unconscious on the floor, the metallic protective wall trembled more violently, and the peculiar laughter lingered in the air.

Despite being alone in the vast, desolate lobby, Su Ci’s slender frame exuded a serene presence. His jet-black eyes, shimmering like obsidian, held not a trace of fear—only a spark of curious inquiry.

Seeing Su Ci so composed, Number One felt his own fear wane. He crouched beside Luo Shengfei, stretched out a small hand, and cautiously poked the man’s cheek.

Though soft, the texture was nothing like the caretaker’s smooth, delicate skin, Yi Hao thought to himself.

The sound of the rain intensified.

Crack… crack…

The relentless noise of shattering glass filled the hall, like the tolling of a death knell. Luo Shengfei’s body convulsed even more violently as his nightmare deepened.

At that moment, the metal protective panel was forcibly pried apart, and something thin and writhing eagerly slithered through the cracks in the windowpane.

It was a filament-like strand, glistening faintly red as if saturated with rainwater.

“Alert! Alert! A large unidentified life form—”

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!

The warning lights on the walls were extinguished one by one, as the invasive threads pierced and destroyed them. Each blow was accompanied by a burst of static-laden screeches, and soon, the deafening alarm was silenced.

The murmurs and laughter also ceased, leaving the lobby in an eerie stillness.

Boom!

A clap of thunder rumbled, casting a massive, shadowy figure against the shattered window—a looming presence that was both silent and terrifying.

“Ahhh! Ahhhh!”

Luo Shengfei suddenly let out a piercing scream, his voice echoing in the hall as if he were experiencing the depths of despair in his dream.

His cries shattered the brief silence, like a butterfly thrashing in a spider’s web, causing every thread to vibrate in response.

The taut silk thread silently retracted from the shattered alarm and converged back into a single strand before darting straight at the wailing Luo Shengfei on the ground.

Crack… crack…

The sound of shattering glass grew louder and more frequent, blending with the relentless patter of rain, a macabre death knell.

The thread landed on Luo Shengfei, and in a mere instant, it wrapped around him, encasing him in a cocoon.

The monster orchestrating the chaos had begun reeling in its prey.

The thread tightened, and Luo Shengfei’s screams intensified. The previously subdued whispers and laughter resumed, now more frenzied than ever, like a mad celebration.

Amid this tense and terrifying moment…

Su Ci extended a single finger.

Yes, he simply raised his index finger.

A slender, fair digit with a healthy pink hue at the tip, it casually reached out and touched the silk thread that had stretched taut across his path.

The gesture was entirely nonchalant.

It was as though the thread just happened to hover before him, and out of sheer curiosity, he decided to give it a prod.

And then…

Snap.

With a faint sound, the blood-soaked thread tightly binding Luo Shengfei suddenly…

Broke.

Screeeeeeeeeee!

A furious, piercing shriek reverberated from outside the window. The already cracked pane, unable to withstand the auditory assault, shattered entirely with a resounding crash, scattering glass shards across the floor.

Su Ci’s eyes widened slightly, and he instinctively tilted his head upward.

As his gaze climbed, he saw a colossal spider.

The creature towered at least two stories high, its pale red bristles standing on end. Its grotesque body was covered with an uncountable array of multifaceted, blood-red eyes, which glared down at him with murderous intent.

Screeeeeeeeeee!

As Su Ci lifted his head, the giant spider waved its two massive front limbs menacingly, mandibles spread wide as it let out a shrill, furious screech, threatening to tear him apart in the next instant.

How fierce…

Su Ci blinked slowly, seemingly unfazed.

The enraged spider’s lunging forelimbs abruptly halted mid-air.

From furious motion to complete stillness, the limbs seemed to be struggling against an invisible, immense force. Not only did they fail to descend, but they also stiffened and began to retreat, inch by inch.

Ultimately overwhelmed, the massive spider recoiled violently. Its piercing, agonized cries echoed as it was hurled back, as if swatted away by an unseen hand.

As the spider vanished from sight, Su Ci snapped out of his daze and glanced around.

The creature had not entered the lobby—it seemed what he had seen was merely an illusion.

Screeeeeeeeeee!

The ear-piercing screeches outside continued, but the giant figure clinging to the window retreated swiftly, revealing the torrent of blood-red rain beyond.

Shortly after, the sounds of combat reached Su Ci’s ears—members of the operations unit had finally arrived.

As the giant spider fled, the eerie phenomena in the lobby began to subside.

The disorienting whispers and eerie laughter faded away. Su Ci vaguely caught the sound of a childish voice, distant and full of grumbling curses, as it receded into the distance.

Finally, the cursing voice faded into complete silence.

The lobby was strewn with shards of broken glass. Strangely, though the rain outside continued to pour heavily, not a single drop splashed inside, as if an invisible barrier was holding it back.

Su Ci cast a few glances outside before retracting his gaze. Lowering his head, he turned his attention to Luo Shengfei, only to meet a pair of black-and-red eyes.

The child tilted his head upward, staring at Su Ci unblinkingly. It was impossible to tell how he had processed the events that had just transpired.

Su Ci didn’t seem to mind. In a soft voice, he said, “It’s over now.”

The child nodded, his bright eyes continuing to study Su Ci for a moment before shifting his focus alongside him to the fallen Luo Shengfei.

Luo Shengfei’s upper body, including his entire head, was encased in threads, leaving only his legs exposed, trembling and twitching on the floor.

With the monster no longer in control, the threads loosened, and the blood seeping from Luo Shengfei’s wounds appeared to have been absorbed into them. The strands became smooth and pristine, faintly glowing with a pale red light that exuded an eerie air.

Su Ci reached out and pinched the broken end of one thread, lifting it with interest to inspect it.

Unexpectedly, as he tugged, the threads binding Luo Shengfei began to retract, flowing off his body with a fluid motion as if part of a seamless stream.

When the retraction finally stopped, only about ten centimeters of thread remained.