dark moon

Chapter 257 Spider Tunnel
"The source of the sound is very far away." Xiuer closed his eyes and listened for a while, "The cave amplifies the sound. I don't know the terrain of the cave, so I can't tell where it is, but..."

"But it just kept going."

"Well, I didn't hear a pause. It seemed like they were fighting." Shuer frowned and said, "Does the cave-dwelling spider still have enemies inside? It can't be insects too. Wei, is it possible for you to detect the situation deep in the cave? ?”

"No, Your Excellency, the stealth probe needs a certain operating height and cannot operate normally in the cave."

"Tsk, what a pity, this cave is indeed a bit small."

In fact, the hole is not small at all, it can even be said to be quite spacious.

The entrance is a quasi-circular cave with a diameter of more than 40 meters. Through the area sealed by spider webs, there is a spacious tunnel. Several horses can even gallop side by side in the tunnel. You can imagine how spacious it is.

There are no obvious artificial traces on the tunnel. Someone should have corrected the road based on the natural tunnel.However, after Wei's inspection, it looked like traces left by human tools. Combined with the fact that there were crystal mines inside, it was estimated that a human prospecting team had explored this place a long time ago, but gave up because the content of the veins was too low. mined.However, Wei didn't know about this. Maybe there was no record left at all, or maybe the record, like many other information, was directly recorded in the system of the main base of the galaxy and could not be retrieved after being isolated in the projection world.

Nowadays, this semi-artificial tunnel has become a paradise for spiders. Shuer and Moria walked in the dark in the tunnel, and the sound of spider claws scraping against the stone wall echoed in their ears. In the darkness, there were constant sounds. Shadows shuttled across the wall at high speed, and the dark figures were clustered together, almost blending into the wall.

Left and right, under the feet, and even above the head, there are traces of small spiders everywhere. The two of them walked very cautiously, relying on low-light vision, their eyes were fixed on the ground, and they were always ready to avoid the oncoming spiders.

The ears should also be raised nervously to receive sound information from the sides and the top of the head at any time. Perhaps because of the heavy weight, from time to time, stupid and pitiful little spiders will fall from the rock walls on the sides and top of the head. If they are not careful, It is possible for a little spider to pounce on the face. The pounce may not hurt you, but the invisibility state will definitely not be maintained.

Although he could tear open another scroll immediately and become invisible again, the little spiders are a thousand times smarter than before. Now the little spiders don't know that someone is there. Once they are discovered by them, Shuuer will not dare to become invisible again. For sure, they would not be smart enough to find a way to detect the invisible enemy. They would not have to go through too much trouble and just use their numbers to search like a net. The two of them would have nowhere to hide.

Therefore, the two of them were more nervous than in the insect swarm. If they were really discovered in the insect swarm, they would turn around and run away. It would not be easy to stop them, but here are all stone walls, and the exits are blocked by spider webs, so they can't run away. If you don't want to turn into a spider cocoon when running around, you can only be careful and be careful.

"Do you really just want to come here for reconnaissance?" Moria's lowered voice suddenly came from nowhere.The two of them no longer dared to move hand in hand. They could only move separately, trying their best to avoid the little spiders that would come out of nowhere. They could only use their voices to confirm each other's position every ten seconds. .Fortunately, spiders and insects do not have hearing organs, otherwise they would not even dare to speak.

"Huh? What does this mean?" Shuer asked in confusion, "Is there any problem?"

"There is no problem, I just feel a little abnormal." Moria paused for a while and concentrated on handling the sudden emergency before continuing, "It stands to reason that investigating this kind of behavior will not put you in a desperate situation. .The purpose of reconnaissance is to bring the information back alive, not to feed the enemy. When encountering a similar situation, if the purpose is to conduct reconnaissance, we will not enter the cave at all, because the danger is too high, after all, there are too many little spiders."

"Actually, there aren't too many little spiders, right?"

Yes, at least there were not many little spiders around the two of them at the same time.Don't look at the little spiders who kept passing by the two of them, but they came and went in a hurry, without stopping for a moment, as if they were very busy.The two stopped at the entrance to observe. These little spiders were actually changing defenses like a human army. They changed defenses every ten minutes to ensure that the spiders guarding the entrance outside maintained their strongest energy.

Those who change defenses, those who transport, and those who specialize in repairing spider webs. The little spiders have a clear division of labor and are very skilled in their movements. They must have repeated the same behavior countless times in the past two days.

Therefore, it is true that there are not many little spiders existing at the same time, but this is obviously a sophistry. Once the two are exposed, they will soon be surrounded by a tight siege. Those passing spiders can drown the two people in the darkness at any time.

"If you continue like this, I will refuse to talk to you in the future." Moria snorted dissatisfiedly, "Even the perfunctory words are insincere."

"Well, it is indeed more than just reconnaissance. I actually have my own plan." After hesitating in silence for a while, Shuer reluctantly said, "We still need to see the actual situation of the cave spiders before we can decide the specific situation. Maybe they If you don’t have time to take care of yourself, there’s no point in saying anything now.”

"Do you want them to further help us attract firepower?" Moria asked doubtfully.

"Be careful of the spider silk." Xiuer bent down and drilled through a thin spider silk hidden in the dark. The translucent spider silk can hardly see the shape in the dark, it is the most insidious trigger trap, "Almost, the purpose Similar." "Is it necessary?" Lin Jing suddenly jumped forward, jumped over the spider that had been crawling horizontally across the ground, and waved his spear viciously at this unruly personality spider that disrupted the formation, "Several worms Both of us have seen the strength of the point. No matter which point you choose, it is actually the same. Even if you mobilize some bugs, they will leave a certain number of guard troops. In the end, we can only fight head-to-head. At that time, the eight of us will work together to do our best , those bugs shouldn’t be able to stop us.”

"With fewer troops to deal with, maybe one or two more people can survive. Their life and death has nothing to do with me. I don't care, but in the final analysis, they died because of Mia's mission. She will care, so she can keep more One is just one." Shuer was silent again, and after a while he said softly, "Moreover, the situation is more complicated than everyone imagined. If we are not fully prepared, I am afraid that even we ourselves will never see Pa again. The sun is rising in Wadija.”

"So serious?" There were more than a dozen spider silk rungs in front of her. The distance between each thread was very narrow and it was impossible to get through. Moria could only use the tactics of sand and dehumidifier again to carefully remove the spider silk. Knock off.Fortunately, I brought a big bag of sand with me when I came in before, otherwise I would be in trouble now.

"I told you, it's more serious than you think. One wrong step will lead to a desperate situation." Shuer sighed, "The queen of the swarm knows what we want to do, and also knows the locations of the three escape points. Moreover, it It has been very obvious that he does not intend to let us leave. Although he does not know the reason, he definitely wants to keep us in this world."

"It now has an absolute advantage and can crush us to death at any time. It has not made any moves so far, but it just feels that the time is not ripe yet. We only have one chance. If we seize it, at least the eight of us will survive. If we can't seize it, We’ll die here together, so it’s not too much to be prepared.”

"In this case, if I don't tell the truth, I naturally have my concerns. I know that you mean well, but don't force me now, and I will apologize to you later."

"Hey, this is what you said, you want to apologize to me." Moria's tone returned to Lin Jing's unique cheerfulness, "It's up to me to decide how to apologize. I want you to brush my hair, brush it all over." God, wow, I feel so good just thinking about it.”

"Hey, can you be a little more normal?" Xiu Er really couldn't stand this strange guy.

"Eh? Don't you like brushing? Then you can help me catch bugs. No, you're not a Tuk-tuk bird, you can't catch bugs."

"I was wrong. Can I take back the promise I just made and not apologize?"

"That's..."

The two suddenly stopped talking because the nearly [-]-meter downward tunnel finally came to an end.Although this section of the road is not long, it is extremely laborious and every step must be taken carefully.Moria originally considered whether she would recommend that ordinary people go home through this escape point. After all, as long as they avoided the detection of the empty jellyfish outside, they could remain invisible all the way to their destination.

However, this idea has been abandoned for a long time. Are you kidding me? If ordinary people are allowed to walk through this 100-meter-long tunnel, they will be frightened to paralysis as soon as they enter, and then they will be discovered more than [-] times every few meters. , it was more troublesome than a head-on battle with the swarm of insects. Even her and Xiuer's excellent mental qualities were unable to hold on in the end, and they needed to rely on constant conversation to soothe their spirits.

Fortunately, it finally came to an end. At the end of the tunnel was a huge underground cave.In the middle of the cave, there is a special local crystal. Unfortunately, there are only two of them, and the light of the crystal is slightly dim. It seems that the energy inside has been greatly consumed by the mutated spider mother, and there is not much left.

The scene around the crystal and inside the cave was even more exaggerated than the previous scene in the magic pool of the Magic Tower. There were crawling silk cocoons everywhere on the ground, with spare food imprisoned inside. Although the food struggled hard, it could not escape the shackles of the silk cocoons.

At the top of the cave, there were large clusters of grape-like spider eggs hanging, each one larger than a human head. The spider eggs were not wrapped in silk cocoons because they were not needed at all. The two watched as a string of spider eggs burst. Hundreds of wet little spiders emerged from their eggs and quickly devoured their original residence.After eating the house, the newly born spiders pounce on the prey on the ground. While eating, they grow at a speed visible to the naked eye. When they are finally full, the carapace finally hardens, and the body has grown to half a meter wide, and the body is still exuding close to Energy fluctuations at the top of the Silver Level.

The walls are covered with white silk threads, and large spiders are moving quickly everywhere. This place is simply a spider hell, and the terrifying spider nests imagined in folk horror stories are nothing more than that.

"Where's the mutated spider mother?" The two asked at the same time. The mutated spider mother who imagined that she should be entrenched on the crystal to give birth continuously was not here.

"Boom", the impact and vibration that had stopped appeared again, and the sound came from another large tunnel on the opposite side of the cave.

"Go, follow and have a look, the mutated spider mother should be there."

(End of this chapter)