Endless Throne - Chapter 16

Coach Wang’s face changed slightly, seeming to want to speak but stopping himself.

Lin Yebai had never seen Coach Wang show such a complex expression.

His eyes reddened, tears glistening in them, his lips trembling slightly. He seemed to have much to say, but ultimately remained silent.

“Mommy?” The little spider’s voice was very sweet and somewhat confused.

Why wasn’t Mommy speaking anymore?

The seven little spiders had slightly different voices – some soft, some crisp. When they spoke, their voices were childlike and adorable, enough to make people overlook their fluffy bodies and the terrifying colorful patterns on their surfaces.

Coach Wang mulled over what he wanted to say. He had initially wanted to scold them, but finally, under the innocent and naive gazes of the little spiders, he opened his mouth:

“Don’t call daddy anymore. Just call big monster.”

He sighed deeply, his back slightly hunched, seeming to have completely compromised. His whole person appeared much more weathered.

Perhaps this was fate.

The little spiders stared blankly at Coach Wang, expecting him to say more.

“The big monster was killed by your Uncle Lin.” When Coach Wang had followed the trail to find them, the big fish was already dead, and Lin Yebai was confronting Zhang San.

The big fish’s head was separated from its body. From the cross-section of the wound, it should have died under Lin Yebai’s blade.

Even knowing that Lin Yebai was extraordinarily skilled, seeing that straight, headless giant koi, Coach Wang still felt an indescribable shock in his heart.

“The monster was so big… like a huge mountain, with such long, sharp teeth… super scary. Is it really dead?”

One little spider tried hard to gesture the big monster’s appearance.

With eight short legs, no matter how it gestured, it was all in vain.

The little spiders looked toward Lin Yebai with admiring eyes, though still with some fear.

“Dead.” Lin Yebai was always much gentler with children, his voice clear and soft.

“Wow! Uncle Lin is so amazing——” One little spider immediately raised two front legs.

“Uncle Lin is a big hero!” Another little spider also imitated, beginning to clumsily clap.

“I like Uncle Lin!”

“I like Uncle Lin too~”

The little spiders surrounded Lin Yebai, overjoyed and excited as if celebrating New Year, but they always maintained distance, not daring to actively touch him. They instinctively felt that Uncle Lin was very dangerous and might eat people at any time.

“Uncle Lin, how did daddy… the big monster die?” The little spider that hadn’t gotten an answer returned to the original question, almost saying it wrong but correcting itself in time under Coach Wang’s complex gaze.

“Electrocuted.” Lin Yebai stated the big fish’s cause of death.

For aberrants, being illiterate was really disadvantageous. If the big fish hadn’t crashed into the high-voltage power station, dealing with it would have required much more effort.

“Ah?” The little spiders didn’t quite understand.

“Don’t you have electrical outlets at home? You can’t stick your little feet into them because electricity is very dangerous.” Coach Wang patiently explained.

“But it also has magical uses. After the computer is powered on, you can watch cartoons…”

Hearing the keyword “cartoons,” the little spiders immediately became excited, crawling around Coach Wang and even climbing on top of his head, forming a seven-layer spider tower.

“Mommy, I want to watch Peppa Pig!”

“I want to see Little Sheep.”

“Where does Peppa live? I want to play with her…”

“We’ll watch when we get home tonight.” Coach Wang showed extraordinary patience and gentleness.

“Uncle Lin, have you watched Peppa Pig?” One little spider moved closer to Lin Yebai. Uncle Lin, who could defeat monsters, was undoubtedly a super big hero.

“No.”

“Wow~ We can watch together tonight!”

“Okay.”

“Pinky promise.” The little spider actively extended one spider leg.

Lin Yebai extended his little finger and made a pinky promise with the little spider’s leg.

“Uncle Lin, we want to make pinky promises too…” The other six little spiders lined up, waiting on the side.

Coach Wang showed an apologetic expression, afraid the little spiders might offend Lin Yebai.

“Okay.” Lin Yebai made promises with each of them in turn.

He leaned down slightly, tucking several strands of scattered long hair behind his ear, revealing his handsome features. His pale fingertips touched the black spider legs. Outside the truck window was pitch darkness, with blood-red beast eyes appearing and disappearing. It was clearly a strange and sinister scene, yet at this moment it seemed somewhat tender.

[I Am a Little Green Dragon]: I also want to make pinky promises with Yebai baby!

[Crispy Shark]: awsl what kind of divine contrasting cuteness is this?

[Strawberry Yakult]: Yebai baby, do you know what Peppa Pig is?

[Super Rich Tangerine Seat]: Sooner or later this cat will find Yebai baby and get enough snuggles

“I also want to make pinky promises, can I…” Zhou Yuan was driving and saw this harmonious scene in the rearview mirror, his heart filled with longing.

“I’ll make a pinky promise with you.” Coach Wang extended his rough, strong hand.

“I don’t want a male Mommy!” Zhou Yuan was shocked and quickly withdrew his gaze, concentrating on driving.

Coach Wang wanted to curse but held back. The children were present, so he couldn’t swear. He endured it.

The truck drove into the residential complex and stopped downstairs. The entire complex was pitch black, with not a single light on.

Zhou Yuan rolled down the truck window, looked outside, and made a confused sound.

“Is there a power outage in the complex?”

“Why is there a smell of smoke? And firelight?”

“Whose house is that? Is there a fire?”

“That’s your house.” Lin Yebai’s gaze fell on the flickering firelight on the third floor, quickly recognizing this as Zhou Yuan’s room.

“Ah?” Zhou Yuan instantly froze, letting out a groundhog-like scream.

“Ah! My wife is gone——”

“Peppa Pig… wuwuwu…”

“Mommy, Mommy, is Peppa Pig gone?”

The little spiders looked toward where the firelight was, their eyes watery with tears.

“Maybe it’s still there. I’ll go upstairs to check if I can rescue the USB drive.” Coach Wang had the little spiders stay with Lin Yebai while he first went into the stairwell to check the fire situation.

Lin Yebai quickly closed the truck windows. The fire was getting bigger and the smoke was too heavy, stinging the eyes.

Zhou Yuan followed behind Coach Wang when a black mass suddenly fell from above. He dodged aside, and the black mass suddenly made chicken sounds.

“Cluck cluck——”

It flapped helplessly in the air, with charred black feathers falling down.

The chicken cries gradually became more miserable. Before it could land butt-first, Zhou Yuan grabbed it by the neck just in time.

Other feathers also fell off, and finally Zhou Yuan was left holding only a bald chicken. It covered its chicken butt with great shame, its eyes vacant, as if it had lost its soul.

“Was it you who started the fire?” Zhou Yuan’s grip on the chicken’s neck gradually tightened, and an egg rolled out from the chicken’s butt.

“Even if you lay a golden egg, I’ll still twist your chicken head off.”

“Wait before killing it, let’s put out the fire first. There’s a gas tank in the room.” Coach Wang urged.

Zhou Yuan casually stuffed the chicken into the cargo box and went upstairs with Coach Wang.

Lin Yebai stayed in the car, constantly alert.

The fresh blood and flesh scent from the big fish attracted the aberrant residents in the complex. Intimidated by the blood bead’s aura, they only dared to spy from the shadows.

The blood moon hung in the sky, surprisingly bright.

The mutated plants in the complex stretched their bodies freely under the moonlight, rapidly growing new branches and leaves, completely different from their wilted daytime appearance.

The edges of the building shadows were outlined in red by the moonlight, taking on a bloody hue. The entire world seemed like a hellish underworld.

The complex had lost power. Aberrants hated light and would instinctively avoid lit areas, but the truck lights obviously had no deterrent effect.

The blood bead was still emanating the aura of a mid-level aberrant. Over time, it gradually couldn’t suppress the aberrants’ instinctive craving for flesh and blood.

They had already lost their reason and were only driven by desire. Lured by the sweet scent of blood and flesh, they didn’t even care about their lives, leaving their hiding places and approaching the car.

Compared to their companions, mid-level aberrant flesh was undoubtedly more tempting. If there were enough of them, even a mid-level aberrant would become their food.

When hunting, they displayed their remaining intelligence, keeping silent and not interfering with each other, slowly approaching and patiently watching their common prey, looking for the right hunting opportunity.

“More and more aberrants are gathering. We need to quickly move to a lit area.” Lin Yebai noticed the changes in the aberrants. Staying longer would be very dangerous.

“Mommy——”

“Come down quickly——”

“Mommy, there are so many monsters staring at us——”

“Mommy, I’m so scared!”

“Mommy, I won’t watch Peppa Pig anymore…”

“Uncle Zhou, come back quickly——”

The little spiders looked toward the burning area, hoping to call Coach Wang and Zhou Yuan back. The more timid little spiders spoke with crying voices, curled up in balls.

Lin Yebai was about to speak when suddenly there was a loud bang.

In the instant of explosion, the entire world seemed to shake.

Fire reached the sky, walls collapsed, the windshield was cracked by falling bricks, and all the little spiders began crying together.

At this moment, the aberrants finally found their chance to ambush. No longer concerned about the nearby firelight, they charged directly toward the truck.

Looking roughly, there was a dense mass of them – both humanoid and beast-form aberrants, with blood-red pupils reflecting the crimson moonlight, their forms showing various mutations.

Lin Yebai moved to the driver’s seat, quickly recalling the steps Zhou Yuan and Coach Wang had used to drive.

[Uchiha Boba Milk Tea]: First start the engine, then press the clutch

[I Am a Little Green Dragon]: Oh my! So many monsters! Baby, run away!!!!

[Sexy Spider Louis]: Will Old Wang and Xiao Zhou be okay?

[Super Rich Tangerine Seat] tipped star coins x10000

[Super Rich Tangerine Seat]: Cat prayer! [Clasped paws]

Lin Yebai couldn’t distinguish which pedal to press and tried them all. With detailed explanations from the live stream audience, the truck started with difficulty and charged forward with impressive momentum.

“Uncle Lin! Have you driven a car before?” The little spiders were thrown together, so scared they forgot to cry.

“No.”

“What about bumper cars?” Another little spider hiccupped from crying, full of hope.