The careful bypassing of the spider hell full of cobwebs and silk sacs is too oppressive, with the stark contrast between newborn life and desperately struggling prey, combined with the ubiquitous deadly threat and hordes of enemies eyeing each other, causing a tremendous psychological strain.

However, to bear these is the fate of mercenaries, the strong can freely roam in the vast land of Pavatiga, can be admired by most ordinary people, and can get far more than ten times the ordinary people's reward, of course, there is a price, and bearing these is one of the costs. Therefore, neither of them complained, but walked slowly on the slimy cave floor, leaving the crystals and the spiders behind them.

The second tunnel was much easier to walk than the first, there weren't so many trap-like spider silks, and there weren't any small spiders crawling around. Indeed, the tunnel more than 30 meters wide is also full of a large number of spiders, but the formation of these spiders is very neat, the left side enters, the right side leaves, and the cargo goes to the ground, and the small spiders in the two directions do not cross at all, which improves the efficiency to the maximum.

"The rate at which their intellect is growing is simply horrible. Standing at the entrance of the cave, Moria sighed, "I even have some doubts now, the intelligence of the mutant spider mother is already on par with normal people, and even if there is a gap, it will not be too different." I don't think I'll be surprised if it waving its eight legs to say hello to me in a few days. ”

"But you don't seem to be too worried. Shuer asked, confused.

"There's nothing to worry about, it can't go back to Pavatiga. And even if you go back, it doesn't matter, those hidden demigod beasts in Pavatiga, including some of the top legendary monsters, have a few intelligence inferior to us, they are already intelligent creatures, and this spider is still a certain gap with them. Moreover, it is all born from this special crystal, once it leaves the energy of the crystal, it will metamorphose from generation to generation, knowing that it will return to its original state, so there is nothing to worry about. ”

"Well, it's complicated for me to think. Shur nodded, looking back at the cave behind him, "Did you notice that there are traces of a fungus blanket on the ground?" ”

"Well, there is, but it's thin, which means that the swarm was destroyed by the spiders not long after it established its supporters here?"

"Wei, what does the thin fungus blanket mean?"

"Representing the time of expansion, the characteristic of the blanket is that it thickens with the time of birth, and finally reaches an extreme value. In addition, Your Excellency, according to your order, I have compared the crystal situation, although there are only two clusters of crystals, even if they are fully mined, it is impossible to use up seventy percent of the crystal's energy in three days, and it is even more impossible with only one creature. ”

"Understood, thank you. Shul tapped on the bracelet in gratitude and explained to Moria, "I discussed with Vi just now, this place should have been occupied by the swarm before we arrived, but not long after we occupied, we and the mutant spider mother came, and then it went straight here and destroyed the nest of the swarm. ”

"Wait. Moria suddenly thought of something, "Where's the point of detachment?"

"You guessed it, my sense detachment point is just ahead, not too far away. Shule chuckled, "Our old rival seems to have come straight to the point of detachment, but unfortunately he was blocked by the swarm. ”

"Heh, it looks like it wants to go home too, if its intelligence is really what I thought, should we be glad that the swarm saved us?"

Lin Jing is right, if the intelligence of the burrowing spider really reaches the level of intelligent creatures, then once it enters the detachment point, it will destroy the stability of the space, causing all the exits to be closed at the same time within ten minutes, then everyone can only stay here and annihilate with the space.

"In other words, it is still attacking inward, trying to capture the area of the detachment point, and these sounds are probably the ones they made when they fought the swarm. Shuer groaned and said, "The only thing that is strange now is that there should not be too many insects in it in theory, how can it stop its tidal attack, is there any other exit?"

"Just take a look, maybe the insects inside are particularly strong, one top 10,000. ”

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

Although there are many small spiders hiding and coming in, they are very orderly, and they are much easier to walk through than the tunnel outside. Another tunnel trek of several hundred meters, the sound of the battle is getting louder and louder, obviously approaching the destination, in the noisy sound of battle, even can already hear all kinds of strange sounds made by the vocal organs of some insects, although it is not full of dying screams like ordinary battlefields, but these strange sounds are also terrifying enough.

Rushing out of the second tunnel, the two found that this underground cave group was like several meatballs threaded into a string, the tunnel was a bamboo stick, and the cave was a meatball, one after the other, and the further they went, the larger the scale of the cave.

As soon as they entered the second cave, the first thing the two of them did was to find a place that was not in the way, so as not to be affected by the battlefield, yes, this cave of tens of thousands of square meters, in which there were only a few stalactite pillars, has become a battlefield for two insect ** battles.

The battle mainly took place at the exit at the end of Cave 2, where the swarm occupied the vicinity of the exit, relying on the terrain to defend it, while the spiders could not attack, and the battle was extremely fierce, with a large number of casualties every second.

The bottom bugs of close combat rushed to the front line in groups, swooping on the enemy's front line wave after wave, while firmly guarding the comrades behind them, large groups of strange snakes and insects were crowded into a lump, constantly spitting acid from the mouthparts to the front, the formation of the bottom bugs would occasionally separate a few gaps, and the huge beetles like a hill took heavy steps, rushing towards the spiders like heavy chariots, and behind them, the bottom bugs re-closed the line, leaving no chance for the opponent.

And the line of the little spiders is not inferior, although they have a single class of troops, and the terrain is also at a disadvantage, but their individual strength is enough to crush the opponent, and they have spider silk spit as a long-range attack method, and they always maintain an advantage over the enemy. It is difficult for the bottom bugs to hurt them, and even if the giant bugs rush over, they can only cause minor casualties, and then they will be torn apart by hundreds of small spiders that pounce on them. The only thing that can cause trouble for the little spider is the strange snake and worm, the acidic liquid will corrode the carapace of the little spider, once the carapace of anyone is eroded, it will be difficult to escape the pursuit of the bottom bug.

The stone walls and stone roofs of the cave are another battlefield, and a large group of large cockroach-like insects lie on the walls, spitting out a foul, sour liquid in front of them, and the small spiders sprayed by the liquid are also corroded by their counterparts on the ground, but they are more fortunate that they can retreat calmly without the pursuit of the melee bottom bugs, and return to the safe area behind them to recuperate.

The most conspicuous thing is the mutant spider mother, the huge size makes it difficult not to pay attention to it, the spider mother is not participating in the battle now, but is entrenched in the sea of spiders like a boulder, eight blood-red eyes are staring at the battlefield ahead, I don't know if it is an illusion, from these eight originally only indifferent eyes, as if you can read a trace of impatience.

"It hurts. Lin Jing lay on Xiu'er's ear, and the exhaled air blew Xiu'er's ears itching, "Who can hurt it?"

Although it had cut off two legs by the mercenaries before, it was obvious that it had already shed its shell once under the stimulation of energy, and its legs had grown back again. It stands to reason that with its legendary terrace strength, the world has not found any creature that can hurt it, but the carapace on its back is obviously another large crack, and there are still body fluids oozing out of it. There was also a cut in the abdomen, which did not hurt the internal organs, and the thick white muscles rolled outward, and the green blood continued to drip downward.

"Surely these things don't hurt it. Shuer's gaze fell on the exit controlled by the swarm, "If you can hurt it, I believe that the murderer is not comfortable, or he is already dead, or he is just cultivating in it." ”

"Do you want to go inside?" Moria made a rude gesture while Shure couldn't see her, "You don't really think we'll never be discovered, it's a battlefield." ”

"I didn't say that if I go in now, they won't fight forever, the spider mother needs to go back to absorb energy, and then produce small spiders for them to replace, the insect swarm is at a disadvantage, and it shouldn't be pursued, and it will end sooner or later." ”

"What if we are affected before the war is over?" Morea suddenly fell to her stomach, dodging a swatted bottom bug, "like this. ”

"Don't forget that we're carrying life-saving things. Xiuer patted his waist, and under the loose holy robe, there was a bright yellow metal belt, which was a portable folding device retrieved from the Soul Clan's base, "As a last resort, let's jump directly, although it will disrupt my plan, but it is better than throwing my life here." ”

"Huh? I almost forgot. Moria was stunned for a moment, and immediately came to her senses, and said in a jumping voice, "Then let's try to get in now." ”

"Hey, you're making trouble again. Shuer said angrily, "Wait for me honestly." ”

Fortunately, they didn't wait too long, and the mutant spider mother suddenly stood up, dragging her body whose wounds had begun to heal, and turned around and crawled towards the crystal cave. Behind it, the spiders shrank rapidly, turning from offensive to defensive. The insect swarm cooperated very tacitly, and at the same time began to shrink the front, and the fierce battle was declared to stop in more than ten seconds, and the two sides skillfully scrambled for the corpses on the ground and dragged them back to the caves they occupied.

"You see, there is a truce, keep up. Silence returned to the battlefield, and Shure patted Moria's deer on the back, and the two of them followed closely behind the retreating swarm, silently touching the swarm's position.

"Look over there, there's the point of detachment. Shur pointed to an empty area in the cave, the whole cave was almost filled with bugs, only there was not a single bug near it, there must have been many bugs devoured and destroyed by the detachment point, they had already suffered.

The cave is different from what you imagined, there is no other exit, and there is no road to the surface, it is a complete dead end. On the ground, except for a few supporters laying out the fungus blanket, there was only a huge nest building, which emerged from the ground like a large open mouth, and the two of them watched as a large number of insects continued to pour out of the building's large mouth.

"I've seen similar buildings outside, in stereoscopic images. Moria said in surprise, "This can't be connected to the outside, and troops can be transported from the outside." ”

"It's hard to say, and it's not important. Shure pulled Moria to crouch down, "See, that thing hurt our old rival." ”