Chapter 42: Tragedy

The cannibalism of these ghost-faced spiders killed each other without warning, and the three of us were a little stunned, and we couldn't understand why it was like this.

I can't help but think of something I've heard before.

Legend has it that in order to breed one in a hundred Gu worms, the descendants of Xiangxi witch Gu often put dozens of poisonous insects into an urn without food at the same time. When these poisonous insects are so hungry that their eyes are red, they will start to attack each other and devour each other, until there is only one poisonous insect left, which has become the Gu that people often say.

It's just that most of the people used by the Xiangxi Witch Gu Descendants are adult poisonous insects after all, and they are mixed together with many species. It is not surprising that many of these poisonous insects are born rivals, and will attack each other and devour each other.

And at present, these ghost-faced spider larvae in the tomb are all just hatched from the spider eggs, and some of them are still unsteady when they can't even walk, so they have begun to open their mouths and bite their brothers and sisters next to them.

This feeling, as if cannibalism is the innate instinct of these ghost-faced spiders, does not need to be influenced by anyone at all.

"These little spiders must be crazy, why are they killing each other?" Seeing this spectacular and terrifying scene in the tomb, Xiao Yue couldn't help but shrink his neck, and said with some fear.

If Li Huiyan hadn't knocked out the spider egg in her hand in time, she might have been bitten and poisoned by the ghost face spider hatchlings now, where could she still stand here unharmed.

It's just that then again, if you hadn't seen this scene with your own eyes, who would have thought that these young spiders of ghost-faced spiders would be so cruel and bloodthirsty as soon as they broke out of their shells.

It's no wonder that the species of ghost-faced spider is so rare, and it's simply the result of cannibalism.

At this time, the strange behavior of those ghost-faced spiders in the tomb completely aroused the interest of the three of us, and we all watched intently as these little spiders killed each other, and no one had any intention of leaving.

As more and more young spiders were bitten and devoured, there were not many surviving spiders left.

Somewhat similar to the previous females, the hatchlings began to grow at an alarming rate after devouring the carcasses of other hatchlings.

Originally, the baby spider was only the size of a thumb fingernail, but the largest was now the size of an adult's fist. And as more and more young spider carcasses are devoured, these surviving young spiders continue to grow wildly.

After about ten minutes, there were less than a hundred young ghost-faced spiders left in the tombway.

Each of these young spiders that survived was strong, and what was going to greet them next was undoubtedly an even more brutal battle.

Perhaps these young spiders also understand what their fate is like, and among them, only the strongest can survive to the end and become the only king.

"I see, the ghost face spider actually used this method to breed offspring, and it is no wonder that the ancestors of the ancient kingdom of the Western Regions would put the ghost face spider into the main hall and let it breed by itself, this way of breeding offspring is really too appalling."

Seeing this scene in the tomb, Li Huiyan nodded again and again, seemingly figuring out many things that she hadn't figured out before.

This is the mystery of the thousands of years of inheritance of the ghost-faced spider, and it is also the most direct reason why its population cannot reproduce and grow.

But there is no doubt that the offspring of the ghost-faced spider bred in this way can definitely adapt to any cruel environment.

"Will there be any danger if we stay here?" Seeing that the number of young ghost-faced spiders in the tomb was getting smaller and smaller, and the size was getting bigger and bigger, I couldn't help but start to be a little worried, and asked Li Huiyan.

"There shouldn't be any problems, these ghost-faced spiders have been fighting for so long, even if they survive in the end, they will definitely be too tired to die, and it is unlikely that they will still have the energy to attack us." Li Huiyan thought about it and guessed.

Hearing this, I also thought to myself and felt that Li Huiyan's words made some sense.

To survive among thousands of young spiders, the physical exertion is extremely enormous. Especially later on, as these young spiders get bigger and bigger, the battle between them becomes more difficult, and it is no longer possible to bite a young spider as easily as before.

Thinking like this, I finally put my mind at ease for the time being, but I still thought that if something really went wrong for a while, I had to run away with Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue immediately.

Time passed slowly, and as I had expected, the surviving ghost-faced spiders in the tomb became more and more difficult to distinguish between each other as they got further back.

Two ghost-faced spiders of comparable size tend to attack each other many times, and they can't actually kill each other.

However, fortunately, there are still a lot of ghost-faced spiders at this time, and some ghost-faced spiders who have gradually increased their IQ with the growth of size have also understood the truth that cranes and mussels compete for fishermen's profits.

It is common to see two ghost-faced spiders of the same size and strength fighting each other in the graveyard, and suddenly without warning, a third ghost-faced spider jumps out from the side, biting one of the ghost-faced spiders to death in the middle of the battle.

Images like this are repeated in the burial chamber over and over again.

In the blink of an eye, there were originally about a hundred ghost-faced spiders, but there were only about twenty left, and the bodies of these ghost-faced spiders had grown to the size of a vegetable plate.

Originally, the grimaces that did not grow on the faces and backs of the young spiders after breaking the shell had been fully formed at this time, and they became more terrifying and abnormal one by one.

"Rice cakes, you said that they will all die in the end?" The ghost face spider's cookie-cutter repetitive fight scenes made Xiao Yue a little bored watching on the sidelines, and couldn't help but say to me

"Probably not." Hearing this, I said uncertainly: "If it were so easy to die together, it would be impossible for the ghost-faced spider to breed in the tomb for so many years, where would we still be able to encounter it." ”

"Well, Zhang Sannian and I have similar thoughts, these ghost-faced spiders should still have skills that we don't know to avoid the same fate." Li Huiyan also nodded on the side and said.

As he spoke, four or five more ghost-faced spiders in the tomb were bitten to death by their companions.

As the number of ghost-faced spiders in the tomb became smaller and smaller, the battle between them became more and more fierce, and there was a piercing hiss from the tomb, accompanied by the dull sound of the ghost-faced spider crashing against the stone wall.

"Hey, rice cakes, what do you think these guys eat when they stay in the tomb for so long?" Xiao Yue asked again.

I was stunned by her question, and I didn't know how to answer.

I've never thought about these questions, but when Xiao Yue asked me like this at this time, I felt a little incredible after thinking about it.

Ghost-faced spiders have been breeding in this general's tomb for at least 2,000 years, and it is impossible for a tomb robber to break into this place every time to become food for their mouths, so how did they survive? It's impossible not to eat, right?

The ghost-faced spider is not a fairy, even if it is a fairy in mythological stories, it has to eat and drink and absorb the aura of heaven and earth.

I have to say that Xiao Yue has a lot of quirky ideas on weekdays, sometimes although he is more brainless, sometimes he says things that are ingenious, and he can often think of places that others have not thought of.

"Maybe there are other secret passages in this tomb that we don't know about, and the ghost-faced spider may have left the tomb through these secret passages to hunt for prey in the outside world." Eventually, after thinking about it, I had to come up with an answer that I didn't even believe.

Xiao Yue pursed her lips when she heard this, obviously sneering at my answer.

"What Zhang Sansan said is not impossible, but...... I guess it has something to do with the owner of the tomb, since the owner of the tomb chose to put the ghost-faced spiders here to guard the tomb for him, there must be other backhands that we don't know about, which can ensure that these ghost-faced spiders will not starve to death in the tomb. Seeing this, Li Huiyan couldn't help but say.

Xiao Yue obviously didn't believe what we said, and was about to say something more, when the ghost-faced spiders in the tomb had a new change again.

The ghost-faced spiders who had been attacking each other before suddenly seemed to have communicated well and began to split into two hostile teams.

One of the teams had only five players, while the other had eight.

We saw that the team with a smaller number of Ghostface Spiders was significantly larger, and the two teams fought to defeat the team with the larger number of spiders.

"Why are these guys so high in IQ?" Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but smack my tongue a little, the ghost-faced spider was far more intelligent than I expected.

As he spoke, the battle between the two teams of ghost-faced spiders had already taken on a one-sided situation, and the larger team was forced to retreat again and again, but most of them had been bitten to death in a few moments. Although the rest swore to resist to the death, it was certainly inevitable that the catastrophe would be inevitable.

After another two minutes, the other team of ghost-faced spiders had all been bitten to death on the ground.

And the five ghost-faced spiders, who were originally allies with each other, suddenly retreated at this time and became hostile to each other again.

After waiting so long, it's finally time for the final showdown. I can't help but look forward to it, and I really want to see which ghost-faced spider can stand out from the battle of thousands of ghost-faced spiders and become the last king.

The battle began once again, this time even more fierce than before, and the five ghost-faced spiders had grown to the same size as the original female spider.

The eerie grimace and long legs as sharp as the scythe of death have all become sharp weapons for them to fight at this time.

There was a dull sound in the tombway, and the five ghost-faced spiders came and went, guarding against each other and attacking each other.

On the moss-covered stone wall of the tomb, deep marks were cut by the sharp long legs of the ghost-faced spider, which looked very chilling to the bottom of the heart.

I couldn't help but wonder if I would be cut in two if I were pulled by the sharp legs of this ghost-faced spider.

"Let's stand back." Thinking of this, I couldn't help but take a few steps back, and said to Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue at the same time.

Hearing this, the two of them also took a few steps back at the same time, obviously realizing the danger of those ghost-faced spiders in the tombway.

"When only the last two ghost-faced spiders are left, we'll get out of here." I thought about it for a moment and said to the two of them again.

The terrifying combat power displayed by the ghost-faced spider was far beyond my expectations, and I was so confused by the breeding checkmate ghost-faced spider that I was not so concerned about the danger of the ghost-faced spider.

At this moment, seeing that the long legs of the ghost-faced spider could easily cut deep marks on the hard stone walls of the tomb, I couldn't help but feel a little weak in my heart.

As I spoke, I retreated, and three ghost-faced spiders fell down the graveyard again, leaving only the two largest and red-eyed ghost-faced spiders.

"Let's go, it's really dangerous if you don't leave." Seeing this, I hurriedly said to Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue, and at the same time turned around and walked towards the tomb behind me.

As much as I'd love to see which ghost-faced spider would make it to the end, it wasn't that important compared to my own life.

But just as we were about to leave, a snow-white spider egg about the size of a thumb bounced against the stone wall and rolled towards us.

The white pearl-like ghost-faced spider egg was impartial, and it had just rolled to the foot where I was about to fall.