Chapter 40: Asking for Help
The ghost-faced spider's sudden strange behavior made me a little confused.
I thought that this guy was going crazy, and it was nothing to eat the net he had weaved, and now he didn't even let go of a few of his legs, which made people feel a little hairy.
Listening to the rattling sound that came into my ears, it made me feel a little weak, this guy is so cruel to himself, if he goes crazy and bites people for a while, it won't be a dead person.
Fortunately, the ghost-faced spider was gnawing on his Hong Kong foot with relish at this time, and had no intention of attacking the three of us.
In a matter of moments, the four crunchy spider legs had been eaten by the ghost-faced spider, and at the same time, its body swelled again, becoming the size of a truck tire.
"Zhang Sansan, what is this big spider doing?" Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue stepped forward quietly, and Xiao Yue asked in a whisper on my left.
"I still want to know." I didn't look back and didn't look away from the ghost-faced spider for a half-inch the whole time.
Although the Ghostface has no intention of attacking us right now, I still have to be on the lookout for it.
After another four or five minutes, the ghost-faced spider had already ripped off its seventh leg and swallowed it into its abdomen, leaving only the last leg.
However, at this time, something happened that made people cry and laugh.
Because the ghost-faced spider had swallowed too much before, its body swelled to an unprecedented extent at this time, and its huge body blocked most of the entire tomb passage.
The expansion of the body made the ghost-faced spider use all his strength, and there was no way to stuff the last leg into his mouth.
For a moment, the scene looked a little funny. A fat round ball, kicking his legs hard, his mouth wide open, but he couldn't reach it.
The clumsy behavior of the ghost-faced spider made people laugh a little, and thanks to it, the originally somewhat depressing atmosphere in the tomb was suddenly eased a lot.
"Wow, it's so cute, I want to touch it." Xiao Yue had gold stars in his eyes, looked at the ghost-faced spider and said with a grin.
I was a little speechless, thinking to myself that this spider with a terrifying grimace feels creepy no matter how you look at it, how do you see how cute it is?
The ghost-faced spider lay on the ground and scrambled for a while, but finally failed to eat the last leg.
It suddenly raised its head and stared at me with that eerie white face with a sneering face.
"What is it trying to do?" At this time, the ghost-faced spider only had one leg left, and I didn't have the fear of it just now, and I couldn't help but feel a little strange to see it staring up at me at this time.
"I think...... It's like it's asking us for help. Hearing this, Li Huiyan said in a somewhat strange tone.
"Ask us for help? That can't be, but don't it deliberately try to lure us over and eat us. "I didn't believe it.
After all, we don't know anything about this ghost-faced spider, and the necessary vigilance is still indispensable.
After a while, the Ghost-faced Spider's originally raised head slowly drooped, and it seemed that the physical strength on its body was almost exhausted.
"Colonel Flower, I don't understand the current situation of the ghost-faced spider, is there any record of this in the archaeological illustrated book you have read?" These strange behaviors of the ghost-faced spider really made me a little confused, so I had to ask Li Huiyan.
The ghost-faced spider had eaten its webs and now its own legs, and I wouldn't be foolish enough to think it was doing it to show us kindness. Even if the IQ of the ghost-faced spider is not up to standard, it will not be so low.
Hearing my words, Li Huiyan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, trying to remember the things about the ghost-faced spider.
"Yes, I remembered." Li Huiyan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said excitedly.
"I think I've seen this in my grandfather's archaeological album before, it should have been six or seven years ago. I can't remember a lot of things, but I was impressed by the image of the ghost-faced spider eating all of his legs, and I often had nightmares because of this during that time. ”
"Tell the point, get to the point!" Seeing that what Li Huiyan said was not to the point, I hurriedly reminded her.
"Let's put it this way, the ghost-faced spider in front of me has reached the end of its lifespan. It just so happened that we had just hit the critical moment when the ghost-faced spider gave birth to its baby spiders, so it didn't have the energy to attack others right now. The reason why it eats the cobwebs and its own legs is also to increase its physical strength, so that the baby spider can be born successfully. Li Huiyan said.
"No, it's such a coincidence? This kind of thing can be encountered by us, and that is really a life. I was a little dumbfounded, and as soon as I heard Li Huiyan's words, I couldn't help but sigh.
If you don't have a certain understanding of the ghost-faced spider, even if you want to break your head, it is impossible to guess that the ghost-faced spider's strange behavior is just preparing for the birth of a baby spider.
"We can only say that we are lucky, if we had come here a day earlier or a day later, we may not have been so lucky." Li Huiyan also said with some emotion.
"Let's go, the ghost-faced spider with only one leg left is no threat to us, but it's better to get out of here sooner." I thought about it for a while and said to Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue.
I thought to myself that if I didn't leave now, when the ghost-faced spider succeeded in producing offspring, the devil knew what would happen unforeseeable.
It was still me who took the lead, and the huge body of the ghost-faced spider was on the right side of the tomb, so the three of us had to stick to the left.
Every step I take, I have to pay attention to the ghost-faced spider's movements at all times, for fear that this guy still has a trick to kill people.
And just as I took the lead and walked to the side of the ghost-faced spider, the ghost-faced spider, which had been motionless, suddenly moved. I saw it prop up on the ground with its last remaining leg, and its entire fat body spun in place, and then a grimace appeared less than half a foot in front of my eyes.
At this time, the ghost-faced spider's eyes had turned dark red, and it looked even more terrifying.
"Big brother, little brother is just borrowing a way, so you don't need to kill them all like this, right?" Seeing the grimace that suddenly appeared in front of me, I was dumbfounded, and said to the ghost-faced spider with a sad face.
The bone knife he was holding in his hand didn't know whether he should stab at the ghost-faced spider.
As soon as I finished speaking, the ghost-faced spider opened its mouth and whispered at me, and without any defense, a very fishy smell rushed to my face.
I have to say that the taste in the mouth of the ghost-faced spider is comparable to that of a biochemical weapon, and the smoke made me roll my eyes and almost fall to the ground.
"Big brother, how long has it been since you brushed your teeth, and you almost smoked to death."
I secretly thought that I couldn't stay here any longer, or I would be killed by the poisonous gas in his mouth if I didn't get bitten to death by this ghost-faced spider.
However, before I could make a move, the ghost-faced spider once again used its one-legged to prop up the ground, and then its fat body slid down, blocking the way of the three of us.
At this time, the ghost-faced spider's whole head had hung down heavily. Looking at its appearance, it seems that most of the physical strength on its body has been consumed, and it feels like it is at the end of a strong crossbow.
Despite this, the ghost-faced spider's one-legged leg, which was as sharp as the scythe of death, was still held high, making it particularly eye-catching.
"It really seems like it's asking for help from us." Li Huiyan suddenly stepped forward and said thoughtfully.
This is the second time Li Huiyan has said such a thing, and I can't help but wonder how she can see that this ghost-faced spider is asking for help.
Still, with a tentative thought, I shouted to the ghost-faced spider.
"Hey, do you want us to help you, nod if yes, shake your head if not."
Regardless of whether or not the Ghostface could understand human speech, I stood there and waited for the Ghostface to respond.
Just when I thought it was all in vain, the ghost-faced spider's shrugged head moved. Even though it had a small range of movements, I could see that its head was bobbing up and down.
I didn't expect the ghost-faced spider to really understand what I was saying, but after getting its reply, I was a little confused and didn't know how to help it.
In fact, I still have some scruples in my heart.
I've heard the story of the farmer and the snake, Mr. Dongpo and the wolf since I was a child, and I'm a little worried that if I help this ghost-faced spider now, it will poison us after it successfully hatches a baby spider in a while.
The ghost-faced spider is not a human after all, and it is impossible to expect it to keep its word.
For a moment, I was a little hesitant.
"Zhang Sansan, you don't have to worry, the ghost-faced spider belongs to that kind of very spiritual creature, otherwise it would not be able to be worshiped as a god of the ancient kingdom of the Western Regions. The main point is that it is impossible for two ghost-faced spiders to exist at the same time, as soon as the hatchlings hatch, the mother spider will die immediately. Li Huiyan's voice sounded behind me, and two or three sentences dispelled the worries in my heart.
Yes, since the ghost-faced spider can be worshiped as a god by the ancient kingdom of the Western Regions, it shouldn't be far off.
After thinking about this, I felt a little less scruples.
I took two steps forward, leaned forward slightly, and reached out to take the only remaining leg of the ghost-faced spider in my hand.
After a little hesitation, I finally slammed the leg off with a hard slam effort.
As I did this, I was almost attached to the ghost-faced spider, especially my legs were standing in front of it, believing that it could bite my legs as long as it opened its mouth slightly.
Throwing the torn leg in front of the ghost-faced spider, I retreated to Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue.
After a while, there was a crunching sound in the tomb again.
"Look, the color of this big spider has changed!" Xiao Yue's surprised voice sounded.
Actually, we don't need her to remind us, and I've already noticed the change in the ghost-faced spider. After the ghost-faced spider devoured its last leg, it began to fall into a deep sleep.
I noticed that the color of the white grimace pattern on the back and face had not changed, and the dark parts of the body had become translucent crimson.
At this point, the three of us should have passed past the ghost-faced spider and walked deeper into the tomb again.
But Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue were all watching the various changes on the ghost-faced spider intently at the moment.
"Are we still leaving?" I asked Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue.
"Let's go, don't look at it, it may be dangerous if you don't leave." Hearing this, Li Huiyan reacted, pulled Xiao Yue, who was fascinated, and whispered.
Xiao Yue reluctantly withdrew her gaze and didn't speak, looking unfinished.
I walked in front and made a detour to the side of the Ghostface Spider again, and was about to take the two of them over the Ghostface Spider again to the depths of the graveyard, but I didn't want to be surprised and it happened again.
As soon as I walked to the side of the ghost-faced spider, the ghost-faced spider's body suddenly began to expand as if it were inflated.