Chapter 67 Spider Tunnel
"The sound source is very far away." Shuer closed his eyes and listened for a while. "The cave amplified the sound. I don't know the terrain of the cave, so I can't tell where it is, but..."
"But it keeps going."
"Well, I haven't heard of it, it seems like I'm fighting." Shuer frowned, "Does there still have enemies in the cave spider? It's not like a bug. Wei, is it possible for you to detect the situation in the depths of the cave?"
"No, you, the stealth probe needs a certain operating height, and the hole cannot drive normally."
"Tsk, what a pity, this cave is indeed a little smaller."
In fact, the hole is not small at all, and it can even be said to be quite spacious.
The entrance is a circular cave with a diameter of more than 40 meters. Through the area sealed by spider webs, there is a spacious tunnel inside, and the tunnel can even allow several horses to gallop side by side. You can imagine how spacious it is.
There are not obvious artificial traces on the tunnel. Someone should have corrected the road on the basis of a natural tunnel. However, after Wei's inspection, this is like a trace left by human tools. Combined with the fact that there is a crystal mine inside, it is estimated that a long time ago, a human exploration team had explored this place, but gave up mining because the ore vein content was too low. However, Wei was not aware of this. Perhaps it was because there was no record at all, or perhaps the record, like many other information, was recorded directly in the system of the main base of the galaxy, and could not be retrieved after being isolated in the projection world.
Now, this semi-artificial tunnel has become a paradise for spiders. Shuer and Moria walked in the tunnel in the dark, and the sound of friction sounds echoed in their ears from spider claws scratching the stone wall. In the darkness, shadows kept shuttled through the wall at high speed, and the dark figures were all in a ball, almost integrated with the wall.
There were traces of small spiders everywhere, at the left and right, under the feet, and even above the head. The two walked with great caution. With their low-light vision, their eyes were fixed on the ground, and they were always ready to avoid the spiders crawling towards them.
The ears should also be nervously raised and receive the sound information on both sides and the top of the head at any time. Perhaps because of the weight of oneself, a stupid poor little spider will fall from the rock walls on both sides and the top of the head from time to time. If you are not careful, you may be hit on the face by the little spider. If you are beaten, you may not be injured if you are hit, but the invisibility state will definitely not be maintained.
Although they can tear a scroll open immediately and hide their bodies again, the little spiders are thousands of times smarter than before. Now they don’t know that someone is there. Once they are discovered once and then invisible again, Shuer is not sure that they are not so smart that they will find a way to detect invisible enemies. They don’t need to be too troublesome. They just use the number to conduct a net-style search, and the two of them have nowhere to hide.
Therefore, the two were even more nervous than being in the insect swarm. They were really discovered in the insect swarm. At worst, they could turn around and run away. It was not that easy to stop them. However, there were stone walls and spider webs blocked from the exit. There was no place to run. If you didn't want to turn into a spider cocoon, you could only be careful and be careful.
"Do you really just want to come and investigate?" The sound of Moria lowered suddenly came from nowhere. The two of them didn't dare to hold hands and act together, so they could only act on their own and do their best to avoid the little spiders who would come out from somewhere. They could only use their voice to confirm each other's locations every ten seconds. Fortunately, the spiders and insects have no auditory organs, otherwise they would not even dare to speak.
"Hmm? What does this mean?" Shuer asked in confusion, "Is there any problem?"
"There is no problem, I just feel it's a bit abnormal." Moria paused for a while, focused on dealing with the sudden emergency situation before continuing, "In theory, the behavior of investigation will not put himself in a Jedi. The purpose of investigation is to bring information back alive, rather than feeding the enemy. When encountering similar situations, the purpose is to investigate, and not to 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 spiders."
Yes, at least there are not many little spiders around the two at the same time. Although there are little spiders passing by the two, they come and go in a hurry and don’t stop for a moment, as if they are very busy. The two stopped at the entrance and observed that these little spiders were changing defenses like human army, changing defenses once every ten minutes, always ensuring that the spiders guarding the entrance outside maintain the most physical strength.
The little spiders have clear division of labor and are very skilled in the movements. I believe that the same behavior has been repeated countless times in the past two days.
So, there are indeed not many small spiders at the same time, but this is obviously a sophistry. Once the two are exposed, they will soon fall into a siege. Those passing spiders can drown the two people in the dark at any time.
"If you continue like this, I will refuse to talk to you in the future." Moria snorted coldly, "Even perfunctory is insincere."
"Okay, it's not just a reconnaissance, I actually have my own plan." After hesitating for a while in silence, Shuer reluctantly said, "The specific situation also requires seeing the actual situation of the cave spiders to decide. Maybe they can't take care of themselves, so nothing is meaningless now."
"Do you want them to further attract firepower?" Moria asked in confusion.
"Be careful of spider silk." Shuer bent over and drilled through a thin spider silk hidden in the darkness. The translucent spider silk was almost invisible in the darkness. It was simply the most sinister trigger trap. "It's almost the same, the purpose is similar."
"Is it necessary?" Lin Jing suddenly jumped forward, jumped over the spider that had been crawling horizontally on the ground, and swung his gun fiercely at this spider who destroyed the formation and did not follow the rules. "We have seen the troops of several points of the insect swarm. No matter which point you choose, it is actually the same. Even if you adjust some of the insects, they will leave a certain number of guard troops, and in the end they will have to fight head-on. At that time, the eight of us join forces to do our best, and those insects should not be able to stop us."
"If you deal with less troops, you may be able to survive one or two more people. Their life and death have nothing to do with me. I don't care, but in the final analysis, it's because Mia died in her mission. She will care, so one more can be saved." Shur was silent again, and after a while, he whispered softly, "And the situation is more complicated than everyone imagines. If you don't prepare completely, even we ourselves will never see the rising sun in Pavatiga."
"So serious?" More than a dozen spider silks were crossing in front of them. The distance between each was very narrow, so it was impossible to get through. Moria could only use the sand and moisture removal tactics again to break the spider silk carefully. Fortunately, she brought a large bag of sand and soil when she came in before, otherwise it would be troublesome now.
"I said it is more serious than you think. One mistake is a desperate situation." Shure sighed. "The queen of the swarm knows what we want to do, and also knows clearly the location of the three separation points. Moreover, it is already very obvious and does not intend to let us leave. Although we don't know the reason, we definitely want to keep us in this world."
"It now has an absolute advantage and can crush us at any time. It has not made any moves so far, but it just feels that the time is not yet ripe. We only have one chance to seize it. At least eight of us can survive. If we can't catch it, we will die here together. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to prepare enough."
"In this case, if I don't tell the truth, I will naturally have my concerns. I know you have good intentions, but don't force me to do it first, and I'll apologize to you later."
"Yuyou, this is what you said. I want to apologize to me." Moria's tone changed back to Lin Jing's unique cheerfulness. "I have to decide the method of apologizing. I want you to bristle my hair for me and brush it all day long. Wow, I feel so comfortable even if I think about it."
"Hey, can you be a little bit like a normal person?" Shure couldn't stand this curious guy anymore.
"Hey? Do you don't like bristles? Then I can catch insects, but it's okay. You are not a tuk-tuk bird, so you can't catch insects."
"I was wrong. Can I take back my promise just now and not apologize?"
"That's..."
The two of them suddenly stopped talking, because the nearly 100-meter downward tunnel finally came to an end. Although the road was not long, it was extremely exhausting and every step was carefully taken. Moria originally considered whether to suggest that ordinary people go home by following this departure point. After all, as long as they avoid the investigation of the empty jellyfish outside, they could remain invisible all the way until their destination.
However, this idea has long been thrown away now. What a joke? If ordinary people walk through the tunnel of more than 100 meters, they will probably be scared and paralyzed as soon as they come in. Then they will be discovered more than twenty times every few meters, which is more troublesome than going head-on with the insect swarm. Even her and Xiuer's strong psychological qualities can't hold on until the end, and they need to rely on constant conversations to soothe their spirits.
Fortunately, it finally came to an end. At the end of the tunnel, there was a huge underground cave. In the middle of the cave, there were special local crystals. Unfortunately, there were only two, and the light of the crystal was a little dim. It seemed that the internal energy had been consumed by the mutant spider mother, and there was not much left.
Around the crystal and inside the cave, the scene was even more exaggerated than in the magic pool of the magic tower before. The ground was full of wriggling silk cocoons, and spare food was imprisoned. Although the food was struggling to make it as much as possible, it was still impossible to get rid of the shackles of the silk cocoons.
At the top of the cave, there were large piles of spider eggs that looked like grapes hanging. Each one was bigger than a human head. The spider eggs were not wrapped in silk cocoons because there was no need. The two of them watched a bunch of spider eggs breaking, hundreds of wet little spiders breaking out of the eggs and quickly swallowing their original residence. After eating the house, the new spider pounced on the prey on the ground, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. When they finally got full, the carapace finally hardened, and their bodies had grown to half a meter wide, and there were energy fluctuations close to the peak of the silver grade in their bodies.
The walls are covered with white silk threads, and large spiders are moving quickly everywhere. This is simply a spider hell, and the horrifying spider nests imagined in folk horror stories are nothing more than that.
"Where is the mutant spider mother?" The two of them asked questions at the same time. The mutant spider mother, who imagined that she should be entrenched in the crystal, was not here.
"Boom", the sound of shock and vibration that had already stopped appeared again, and the sound came from another large tunnel opposite the cave.
Chapter completed!