I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 117

Chapter 117
The Wisdom of Ancestors

“How lucky.”

“Indeed.”

A woman with long hair dressed in a black lab coat and a bald man were smiling as they looked at those trapped inside the room.

“Ugh…”

“Someone, please help me…!”

The room was covered in white spider webs. People, wrapped in white cocoons, twisted their bodies in an effort to break free, but the threads were as tough as orc sinew, leaving them utterly immobile.

Sss.

The culprit that had turned the people into cocoons—a giant spider the size of a two-story building—lowered itself from the ceiling and approached the disturbed cocoons.

“Aaaaah!”

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As the giant spider spun the cocoon around and spewed more thread, any small openings in the cocoon disappeared completely. The man squirming inside felt nauseous, like a passenger on a ship caught in a storm, and began to heave.
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Satisfied with having neatly displayed its food, the giant spider meticulously checked the other cocoons. Once it was done, it climbed back up to the ceiling.

Thump, thump.

The soft sounds of tiny heartbeats quietly echoed. They came from the countless eggs attached to the ceiling. The cocoons would become a delicious meal for the baby giant spiders.

The long-haired female researcher twirled the end of her hair and spoke.

“The timing was perfect since we ran out of prey. It’s a shame, though. I wanted to use them as test subjects.”

“Aren’t there a few left?”

“There are. But, they’re rare test subjects, so they’ll all be used for the main experiment.”
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She pouted, mumbling in a sulking voice, her sensual body swaying enticingly, though the bald man felt nothing.

“Using fresh test subjects could make you look years younger…”
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The woman, appearing to be in her mid-twenties, was a witch willing to commit any cruel act for the sake of youth. No one knew her exact age, but the bald man was well aware she was over 100 years old. No matter how beautiful, no one liked someone rotten on the inside.

“Can’t I just snag one?”

When she tilted her head and said that, the man shook his head and replied.

“It’s a critical time now. The mass production of the ‘weapon’ is just around the corner…”

“True.”

The man turned swiftly to gaze at the myriad of glass capsules.

The capsules were filled with a transparent liquid, and floating in the center was a black substance that looked like a dissolved life form. Eyes and mouths appeared and disappeared without any pattern.

“There’s really not much time left until the weapon for the massacre is complete.”

The man grinned with a face full of excitement. The woman, uninterested, spoke with a cold expression.

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“Ah, I want to quickly finish my research and go to the city. My skin feels damaged, having seen only unsightly things every day.”

She took a mirror from her pocket and began examining her face. The man composed his expression and spoke in a somber tone.

“Even if the goal is right in front of us, we mustn’t slack off. This is the most critical time—”

“Don’t you know talkative men aren’t popular? It’s so annoying.”

Seeing her sneer, the man could only let out a small sigh.

“Regardless of anything else, you must manage the capsules meticulously. If anything goes wrong…”

“Are you implying that a half-completed product could be born? Do you think I’m an idiot? How many times have you explained?”

Pretending to be disgusted, she made a gagging gesture and click-clacked away.

Gurgle, gurgle…

The man silently watched the glass capsules, then turned to find his tasks.

“…Finally, they’re gone.”

Lian, who had been watching them, quietly exhaled the breath he was holding. He was observing from a ceiling vent.

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[ Is it necessary to sneak around like a petty thief? Wouldn’t it be more fun to just slash through the enemies, partner? ]

‘It’s cooler to silently infiltrate, take out the boss like an assassin, and leave.’

[ Gasp…! You mean to hear things like ‘Unbelievable! What is this?!’ or ‘When did they take out the boss?!’ from the praises! My partner is a genius! ]

After lightly humoring the simple-minded demon sword, he confirmed the absence of any signs nearby. Then, he quietly removed the vent cover and landed silently in the lab.

Sss.

Moving as quietly as possible, Lian approached the giant spider’s habitat, which the man and woman had been looking at earlier.

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“Sob, sob…”

“Please, Lady Noah… save us…”

The voices inside were those of organization members he had heard before.

‘How can I rescue them from there?’

Breaking the glass to save them was one option, but there were only 26 cocoons. Given that there were 31 missing people, including Noah, it meant five others were held elsewhere.

‘I need to rescue them quietly and find the others too.’

Therefore, he needed to save them without causing a commotion. Lian quickly scanned the surroundings.

‘..! That’s…’

A large machine was placed in front of the giant spider’s room. Lian moved swiftly and silently like a flying squirrel towards the machine.

“Hmm…”

Faced with countless incomprehensible buttons and levers, his mind went blank.

“In times like this…”

After pondering briefly, he decided to solve it using a gag world mindset and started pressing anything randomly.

Clunk!

Pulling a lever turned off the light inside the giant spider’s room.

Beep.

Pressing a button caused water to pour down like rain inside the room.

[ Screech?! ]

The problem was that the water came from the ceiling. The eggs attached to the ceiling got soaked and began to deteriorate. The spider, confused, turned its head in every direction.

Beep, beep, beep.

Clunk, clank, thud.

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As he pressed buttons and repeatedly pulled and pushed levers, the giant spider’s room descended into chaos.

The lights flickered on and off like a nightclub, and water poured in from all directions like standing in a car wash, only to stop and start again.

“What is this?”

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

[ Screech! Kyaaa! ]

The enraged spider bared its sharp teeth to bite the robots.

Crash!

When the giant spider bit a robot during cleaning.

Boom!

The robot exploded on the spot.

[ Screeeeech! ]

The giant spider screamed, writhing in pain. By now, someone should have noticed the commotion and rushed over, but… Lian’s pressing of the ‘Noise Cancelation’ button prevented anyone from noticing the chaos.

While the giant spider suffered, the cleaning robots diligently cleaned up the webs. This included the cocoons. As the cocoons were quickly cut open, the people inside jumped out and rolled onto the floor, terrified.

Had the webs remained intact, they wouldn’t have been able to move, but the webs were already tattered and being sucked into the vacuum.

“Eek!”

“A monster!”

Frightened, the people sat on the floor, staring blankly at the giant spider as large as a two-story building. Fear had drained the strength from their bodies.

“Everyone, pull yourselves together and gather here!”

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“…!”

That resolute voice snapped them back to their senses.

“Lady Pia..!”

“Oh!”

The people who had been sitting began to walk toward Pia as if they had found a beacon of hope. However, not everyone was awakened by Pia’s voice.

“Do not leave your fallen comrades behind. Make sure to bring them with you!”

“Yes!”

“Okay, let’s move.”

Nine people, as if entranced, gathered their fallen or fainted comrades and walked toward Pia. Pia also lifted two unconscious children, one under each arm.

Having trained to some extent herself, lifting two children posed no problem for her.

‘I need to find the entrance.’

As Pia urgently scanned for the entrance.

[ Screeeeech! ]

“…!”
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The giant spider, finally regaining its senses, let out a long wail. Its black eyes began to turn red as it saw its ruined home. Extremely angry, the demonic energy in its body began to rampage.

Thud!

It jumped off the wall and landed on the floor. Numerous creepy eyes, thick and hairy elongated legs, a body adorned with vivid patterns, and teeth larger than a human torso were exposed.

Like sheep thrown in front of a wolf, they trembled weakly.

“Oh… Lian…”

Pia, legs weak, sat on the floor and began to pray with her hands clasped.

‘At least save these children… I don’t care if I die…’

Having taken Lian as her god, Pia demonstrated the sacrificial nature common among believers, praying sincerely. By then, Pia’s face was soaked with tears.

Meanwhile, Lian.

“I’ve pressed everything I could… Where’s the button to open the door?”

He furrowed his brows, unable to find the door-opening button.

“In times like this…”

He drew upon the wisdom of ancestors (a fist).

Bang!

When he struck the top of the machine with his fist, it dented as if struck by a club.

Sizzle, sizzle…

Sparks flew as if the machine had broken completely.

Vroom -..

The door to the giant spider’s room opened!

“Of course, hitting it makes machines listen.”

Lian grinned brightly and, with the demon sword in hand, headed toward the door.

End of Chapter.