Chapter 717: Spider Nest

Inside the spider nest, Hyrule and Audrey's exploration is progressing smoothly.

There were not many spiders left in the nest, and Evelyn killed three of them with a "lightning beam" not long ago. The remaining spiders in the cave seemed to realize that the catastrophe was imminent, and most of them slipped through the back door of the nest. gone.

Hyrule and Audrey have hardly encountered decent resistance along the way.

It wasn't until entering the widest grotto in the center of the nest that a group of female spiders eager to protect their eggs rushed out, trying to prevent them from breaking into the nursery.

"Ringa!"

Hailar raised his hand and blasted a "Frost Nova", which froze all the female spiders blocking the entrance of the grotto.

Audrey was not polite either, she charged up with a shield and a sword, and killed the group of slow-moving spiders covered in hoarfrost one by one within two minutes.

After clearing the last wave of enemies, Audrey and Hyrule stepped over the corpses of spiders and walked into the grotto.

With the help of a miner's lamp, they found a large thick spider web in the center of the cave.

With several stalagmites as fulcrums, the spider silk is criss-crossed and densely woven, like a huge net bag.

The net bag hanging in the air carried about a dozen mutated spider eggs, each as big as a pumpkin, with a chalky outer shell with black spots.

Between the neatly arranged spider eggs, there is still a faint blue light flickering.

Hailar adjusted the projection angle of the miner's lamp, shining it on the gap between the two spider eggs, his face couldn't help showing joy.

"The sorceress really didn't lie. There are indeed some mineral particles scattered on the spider web. Judging from the color and texture, it is very likely to be magic crystals!"

"I'm a little confused about this."

Audrey stood in front of the spider web, frowning slightly.

"There are no natural high-purity magic crystals in the world, only raw magic crystals, and these ores don't look much different from ordinary rocks."

"The mined rough stone needs to go through many complicated processing steps such as washing, beneficiation, crushing, calcination, filtration, distillation, and crystallization. Only after removing impurities can the magic crystal with a purity reaching industrial standards be extracted."

"After this entire processing process, an average of 100 tons of ore can be extracted to produce 1 pound of finished magic crystals that meet industrial standards."

"I wouldn't be surprised if we found a vein of magic crystals in the spider's lair, but look, those blue crystals stuck to the spider's web are clearly quite high-purity magic crystals, which is incredible!"

"In this spider's lair, there shouldn't be a magic crystal ore refining factory hidden, right?"

Hearing Audrey's question, Hyrule also stroked his twin ponytails and fell into confusion.

"This matter is indeed very strange. Since we can't figure it out, let's ask Joan."

Hailar held his little finger in his mouth and whistled.

Gulu heard the whistle, and flew over climbing the rock wall.

"Joan, have you seen us? I have a question for you."

Facing the choker, Hailaer spread out his palm, held up a magic crystal that had just been picked from the spider web, and showed it to it.

In fact, it was shown to Joan, who had established a "visual link" with Gulu.

At this moment, magic power surged above Gulu's head.

A translucent spherical force field emerged from the void, about the size of a fist, emitting a soft gleam, looking like a big eye.

Both Hailar and Audrey are calm about this place.

This spherical luminous body is a magical observation point created by Joan with the "Eagle Eye Technique".

The full name of "Eagle Eye" is "Eagle Eye and Sharp Ear".

The observation point created by this spell can not only see, but also hear the surrounding movement.

Hailar faced the observation point, showing the magic crystal in his palm that was only the size of a corn kernel.

At the same time, Audrey expressed her confusion about the origin of the high-purity magic crystal in the cave.

The magic observation point turned silently, staring at the spider web for a long time, as if thinking.

After about two minutes, there was another wave of magic power in the cave, and a small golden whirlwind emerged.

Audrey and Hyrule walked up to the whirlwind and listened attentively.

In the eyes of the wind, Qiao An's voice came, and the first sentence shocked them all!

"The magic crystal in Hailar's hand is actually the excrement of mutant spiders."

"What?! You're not kidding me!"

Hailaer flicked his wrist, suppressing his nausea, and finally resisted the urge to throw away the magic crystal in his hand.

"Of course this is not a joke, mutant spiders really have the magical ability to refine magic crystal ore."

Joan's words continued to be heard in the whirlwind.

"Including mutant spiders, many strange creatures active in the Underdark were originally ordinary insects and animals, not much different from their distant relatives in the surface world."

"The reason why it has mutated into such a huge, grotesque shape, and even has supernatural abilities is mainly because it is infected by the magic power in the leylines."

"The so-called 'earth vein magic power' mainly refers to the rays released by the underground magic crystal veins."

"When organisms are exposed to this kind of radiation for a long time, they may mutate. This is how mutant spiders were born."

"The monsters born from the radiation of magic crystals all have a similar quirk, that is, they are fanatically greedy for magic crystal ores. They are either keen to collect magic crystal ores and use them to decorate their lairs, or they simply swallow the ores as biscuits. .”

"The quirk of the mutant spider is the latter."

"The mighty power of nature is so miraculous. During the long evolutionary process, the mutant spiders have gradually formed a special digestion ability, which can dissolve and decompose the raw magic crystals swallowed in their stomachs, remove impurities, and purify them into industrial-grade magic crystals. .”

"During the digestion process, the mutated spider will absorb part of the magic crystals, thus gaining the energy to continue evolving and mutating."

"The leader of the mutated spider group, as well as their more powerful distant relatives, actually became stronger, smarter, or both through devouring a large number of magic crystal raw stones and continuously absorbing magic power."

"However, only a small part of the magic crystals that the mutant spiders can digest and absorb, and some of them are difficult to digest, and are excreted by the mutant spiders, which are the small bean-sized magic crystals that Hailaer showed me just now."

"The mutant spiders cherish these precious excrement very much, carefully collect them, and pile them together with their own eggs, so that the young spiders can fully enjoy the magic crystal radiation and get nourished by magic power during the hatching process, which can greatly reduce the number of young spiders. mortality rate, become healthier and smarter."

After listening to Joan's explanation, Audrey and Hailaer were deeply eye-opened and refreshed.

It turns out that the digestive organs of the mutant spider are equivalent to a miniature magic crystal ore refinery.

The magic of nature's creation is really incredible!