dark moon

Chapter 258 Battlefield
Carefully bypass the spider hell full of cobwebs and silk sacs, which is too depressing, the contrast between the new life and the desperately struggling prey, coupled with the ubiquitous deadly threat and swarms The team is eyeing the enemy, which brings huge psychological pressure to people.

However, it is the fate of mercenaries to endure these. Strong men can roam freely in the vast land of Parvatiga, can be respected by most ordinary people, and can obtain more than ten times more than ordinary people. Rewards, of course, come with a price, and bearing these is one of the costs.Therefore, neither of them complained, but walked slowly on the sticky cave floor, leaving the crystals and spiders behind.

The second tunnel is much easier to walk than the first one. There are not so many trap-like spider silks here, and there are no little spiders crawling around.Indeed, the tunnel more than 30 meters wide is also filled with a large number of spiders, but the formation of these spiders is very neat. They enter on the left and leave on the right. Those carrying goods walk on the ground. There is no intersection between the small spiders in the two directions. Efficiency is increased to the maximum.

"The growth rate of their intelligence is simply terrifying." Standing at the entrance of the cave, Moria sighed sadly, "I even have some doubts now that the intelligence of the mutant spider mother is already on par with normal people. Even if there is a gap, It won’t be too different. I think in a few days, I won’t be surprised if it waves its eight legs and says hello to me.”

"But you don't seem too worried." Shuer asked doubtfully.

"There's nothing to worry about. It can't go back to Parvatiga. And it doesn't matter even if it goes back. Those hidden demigod monsters in Parvadiga, including some of the top legendary monsters, have a few with weak intelligence. As for us, they are already considered intelligent creatures, but this spider is still far behind them. Moreover, it was born from this special crystal. Once it leaves the energy of the crystal, the following generations will It will continue to degenerate and return to its original state, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Okay, I thought it was complicated." Shuer nodded and looked back at the cave behind him, "Did you notice that there are traces of germ carpet on the ground?"

"Well, there is indeed one, but it's very thin. Does this mean that the insect swarm was destroyed by the spiders not long after they established support here?"

"Wei, what does thin culture carpet mean?"

"Representing the expansion time interval, the characteristic of the carpet is that it thickens with the time of birth, and finally reaches an extreme value. In addition, Your Excellency Commander, according to your order, I have compared the crystal situation. Although there are only two clusters of crystals, even if It is impossible to exhaust 70.00% of the energy of the crystal in three days even if you mine it with all your strength, it is even less possible with just one creature."

"Understood, thank you." Xiu Er knocked on the bracelet to express his gratitude, and explained to Moria, "Wei and I discussed it just now. Before we arrived, this place should have been occupied by insect swarms, but Not long after we occupied it, we and the mutated spider mother came, and then it went straight here and destroyed the swarm's lair."

"Wait a minute." Moria suddenly thought of something, "Where is the escape point?"

"You guessed it right, I sensed that the escape point is in front, not too far away." Shuer chuckled, "Our old rival seemed to be heading straight for the escape point, but unfortunately he was blocked by the swarm of insects. ”

"Heh, it seems like it wants to go home too. If its intelligence is really what I imagined, should we be thankful that the swarm saved us?"

Lin Jing is right. If the intelligence of the cave spider really reaches the level of intelligent creatures, then once it enters the escape point, it will destroy the stability of the space and cause all exits to be closed at the same time within ten minutes. Then everyone can only stay. Here, it is annihilated together with space.

"In other words, it is still attacking inward, trying to capture the area of ​​the escape point. These sounds are probably made when they are fighting against the insect swarm." Shuer said in a deep voice, "The only thing that is strange to me now is that Theoretically, there shouldn't be too many bugs inside, so how can we block its tidal wave of attacks? Are there any other exits?"

"You'll know if you go and take a look. Maybe the bugs inside are particularly strong, one can be as strong as ten thousand."

This is of course nonsense, but one thing is right, just go in and have a look.

Although the number of little spiders hiding in and out was very orderly, it was much easier to walk than the tunnel outside.After another several hundred meters of tunnel trekking, the sounds of fighting were getting louder and louder, and we were obviously getting closer to our destination. Amidst the noisy sounds of fighting, we could even hear the various weird sounds emitted by the vocal organs of some insects, although it was not. It was full of death screams like an ordinary battlefield, but these strange sounds were scary enough.

After rushing out of the second tunnel, the two found that the underground cave group was like several meatballs strung together. The tunnels were bamboo sticks and the caves were meatballs, one after another. The further they went, the larger the size of the caves. big.

As soon as they entered the second cave, the first thing the two of them did was to find an out-of-the-way place to hide in so as not to be affected by the battlefield. Yes, this cave of tens of thousands of square meters with only a few stalactite pillars has become The battlefield where two insect swarms are fighting.

The battle mainly took place at the exit at the end of Cave No. [-]. The insect swarm occupied the vicinity of the exit and relied on the terrain to defend, while the spiders were unable to attack. The battle was extremely fierce, with a large number of casualties occurring every second.The low-level insects fighting in close combat rush to the front line in groups, hitting the enemy's line like a tide, while firmly guarding the comrades behind them. Large groups of strange snakes and insects are crowded into a pile. , constantly spitting acid forward from its mouthparts, and the formation of the bottom bugs occasionally separated into a few gaps. The huge hill-like beetles took heavy steps and rushed towards the spider like a heavy chariot. Behind them, the bottom bugs The front was closed again, leaving no chance for the opponent.

The little spiders' front line is no less impressive. Although they have a single type of troops and a disadvantageous terrain, their individual strength is enough to crush their opponents. They also have spider silk spitting as a long-range attack method, and they always maintain an advantage over the enemy.It is difficult for insects at the bottom to hurt them. Even if a giant insect rushes over, it will only cause minor casualties, and will then be torn apart by hundreds of small spiders that rush towards it.The only thing that can cause trouble for little spiders is strange snakes and insects. The acidic liquid will corrode the little spider's carapace. Once someone's carapace is eroded, it will be difficult to escape the pursuit of the underlying insects.

The stone walls and top of the cave are another battlefield. A large group of large cockroach-like insects lie on the wall, spitting out a dirty and sour liquid forward. Fate, but they are luckier. There are no melee bottom bugs chasing them. They can retreat calmly and return to the safe area behind them to recuperate.

The most conspicuous thing is the mutant spider mother. Its huge size makes it difficult not to notice it. The spider mother is not participating in the battle now, but is entrenched in the sea of ​​spiders like a huge stone, with eight blood-red eyes staring ahead. On the battlefield, I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but a hint of impatience can be read from these eight originally indifferent eyes.

"It's injured." Lin Jing lay next to Xiu'er's ear, and the breath he exhaled made Xiu'er's ear itch. "Who can hurt it?"

Although two legs had been cut off by mercenaries before, it had obviously shed its shell once under the stimulation of energy, and the two legs had grown back.It stands to reason that with its legendary strength, there is no creature in the world that can hurt it. However, the carapace on its back clearly has a large crack, and there is still body fluid leaking out of it.There was also a cut on the abdomen, which did not damage the internal organs. The thick white muscles rolled outwards, and green blood dripped downwards.

"These things in front of me will definitely not hurt it." Shuer's eyes fell on the exit of the insect swarm control. "If it can hurt it, I believe the murderer will also feel uncomfortable. He is either dead or recuperating inside."

"Do you want to go inside?" Moria made a vulgar gesture while Xiure couldn't see her, "You don't really think we will never be discovered, do you? It's a battlefield there."

"I didn't say go in now. They won't fight forever. The spider mother needs to go back to absorb energy and then produce spiderlings to replace them. The insect swarm is at a disadvantage and they probably won't pursue it. Sooner or later it will end."

"What if we are affected before the end of the war?" Moria suddenly lay down and avoided a bottom insect that was swatted away, "Just like this."

"Don't forget that we are carrying life-saving things." Xiuer patted his waist. Under the loose holy robe, there was a bright yellow metal belt hidden. It was a portable jumping device retrieved from the Soul Clan base. "As a last resort, let's jump directly. Although it will disrupt my plan, it is better than losing our lives here."

"Eh? I almost forgot." Moria was taken aback for a moment, but immediately regained her spirits and said bouncingly, "Then let's try to go in now."

"Hey, you started causing trouble again." Xiuer said angrily, "Just wait patiently."

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait too long. The mutated spider mother suddenly stood up, dragged her body with wounds that had begun to heal, turned around and crawled towards the crystal cave.Behind it, the little spiders quickly shrank, switching from offensive to defensive.The insect swarm cooperated very well and began to shrink their front at the same time. The fierce war came to a halt within ten seconds. Both sides skillfully fought for the corpses on the ground and dragged them back to the caves they occupied.

"Look, it's a truce, keep up." Silence was restored on the battlefield, Xiuer patted Moria's back, and the two followed closely behind the retreating swarm, and they entered the swarm without a sound position.

"Look over there, that's the escape point." Shuer pointed to a blank area in the cave. The entire cave was almost filled with bugs, but there wasn't a single bug approaching there. There must have been many bugs that were swallowed and destroyed by the escape point. , they have already suffered a loss.

The cave is different from what I imagined. There is no other exit, and there is no way to the ground. It is a complete dead end.On the ground, apart from a few supporters laying the creeper, there was only one huge nest building, which drilled out of the ground like an open mouth. The two of them saw a large number of bugs constantly coming from the big hole of the building. gushes from the mouth.

"I've seen similar buildings outside, in the three-dimensional image." Moria said in surprise, "This can't be connected to the outside and can transport troops from the outside."

"It's hard to say, and it's not important." Xiure pulled Moria down and squatted down, "You see, that thing hurt our old rival."

(End of this chapter)