Chapter 200 Zhu Erniang

This cave was buried very abruptly on the hillside. It was irregular in shape and had a diameter of at least four feet at its widest point. From the angle of everyone looking up, the cave was not only not dark, but light was shining through.

That is to say, there were more fluorescent spores in the cave.

Someone couldn't help but ask: "What is this place? What is covering the cave, satin?"

The cave seemed to be covered by a whole huge piece of brocade, with four colors of silk threads: gold, red, silver, and black. The pattern was very abstract, but even under the illumination of fluorescent lights, it was full of light, like the sunset glow on the horizon.

Liu Tong said in a hoarse voice: "It's not satin, it's a spider web, and there are spiders crawling on it."

You have to look carefully to see that it is actually a layered spider web.

The weaver must be well versed in the art of light.

For the first time, He Lingchuan felt that spider webs looked more noble than silk.

"You can tell by looking at it!" The thin man stared at it intently, "This should be the mother nest of the spider monster. It has not been burned by fire."

There are indeed spiders coming in and out of this huge cave, one after another.

He Lingchuan didn't understand and asked: "I remember that bees and ants live in groups and act in an orderly manner, and spiders seem to act alone. Why do the spider monsters in the Ghost Needle Stone Forest all live in groups?"

From a distance, these spiders really look like ants, busy and busy, as if each has its own job.

"You are talking about the habits of ordinary species, but it is different after becoming a monster." The one who answered was Willow Branch, "We have an old saying called 'One person achieves enlightenment and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven'. The words are a bit exaggerated. Even if a person achieves enlightenment, there is no other place to go, and chickens and dogs don't know where to fly. But there is nothing wrong with the principle, and the same is true for monsters. After they achieve enlightenment, a large number of their own kind will soon gather around them for protection, and the offspring of monsters can also easily enter the Tao."

He Lingchuan immediately thought of the sand leopards to the west of Blackwater City. Leopards were originally loners, but this nest of leopard monsters lived together, hunted together, and defended against enemies together, and indeed became a group.

Leopards are like this, so spiders are no exception.

"But on the other hand, the number of burrow spiders in the Ghost Needle Stone Forest is ridiculously large, which means-" Willow's face was not good, "There may be a big monster in the mother nest!"

"Of course." The guide stared blankly at the huge pit on the slope, his face pale, "This is Zhu Erniang's home! It's over, we actually walked into Zhu Erniang's old nest!"

He Lingchuan looked sideways: "This big monster is actually called Zhu Erniang?" The big monster living in the spider's nest can be anything else except the old spider monster? No wonder the surname is "Zhu".

However, what does "Erniang" mean? He thought it was a special name for village wives.

The spider demon who can weave brocade has an anthropomorphic name...

"Yes, it is the master of the stone forest, the mother of all spiders." The guide trembled, "A long time ago, these spiders would eat people, and the practitioners who rushed into the Ghost Needle Stone Forest to eliminate the demons never came out. At that time, Zhu Erniang's name could stop children from crying at night in Puxigou!"

"Let's go!" He even used a tremolo, "We can't stay here for long!"

So it was a wise decision for them to extinguish the torches and hurry on their way, so as not to alarm the boss of the mother nest.

Everyone's footsteps became lighter, and they also tried to soothe the horses and make less noise.

The spiders on the shore gathered together, not hissing like before, but lying quietly on the ground, as if they didn't dare to make a noise.

Everyone walked another ten steps and suddenly found that there were several huge rocks lying on the slope above the big hole. The largest and most upright one was also illuminated by the fireflies, and there were actually three big words on it!

The thin man asked the door panel: "What is written on the stone tablet?"

"How should I know?" The door panel glanced at him, "Do you think I look like an old scholar?"

The font looked familiar, but no one could understand it.

The thin man laughed: "Maybe it's just the three words 'Zhu Er Niang'."

He Lingchuan was more surprised than them:

He had seen this font in the immortal cave by the Xianling Lake!

He had not yet read the immortal's posthumous letter he copied, and the same font appeared in the Ghost Needle Stone Forest.

Then the question came, why was there an ancient inscription at the entrance of the cave spider's cave?

And He Lingchuan also noticed that the color of the inscription was as red as blood under fluorescent lighting. Since this place is rarely visited, who painted it with red regularly? Otherwise, the handwriting would have faded long ago due to wind and rain.

"The Ghost Needle Stone Forest is really a place that gets more and more weird the longer you stay." Willow whispered, "It's not advisable to stay for long, let's go quickly."

Safety first, she is a woman with little curiosity.

Just as everyone was about to turn around, the soft satin in the cave suddenly moved without wind, and the beautiful wave-like light patterns almost blinded people.

Then, a huge figure emerged from the cave.

Its size was comparable to that of a small house, with a brown and white back, eight long legs, and bristles all over its body...

This was a giant spider, dozens of times larger than its smaller counterparts crawling on the ground.

The common feature of giants is that they give people a heavy sense of oppression visually. Even a carefree woman like Willow Tiao couldn't help turning her head.

However, the giant spider turned its back with agility that was inconsistent with its body size, and the fireflies shone on its abdomen, and everyone in the distance widened their eyes.

The abdomen of this spider demon is too beautiful.

The azure background is like the sky, and the countless white dots that are shining and changing gradually are the stars, and there are several huge light dots with yellow and red, which look very much like the main stars of the constellations.

The starry sky on a summer night is nothing more than this.

However, the giant spider monster immediately landed on its eight legs, with the star map on its abdomen hidden, making it look more hideous than beautiful.

Countless small spiders gathered around it, as if reporting.

Then, the giant spider demon took a step and headed northeast.

It looked huge, but it was silent when walking.

The spiders in the pits and valleys surrounded it in the middle, like a moon surrounded by stars.

It was not until the back of the giant spider demon passed over the long slope and disappeared into the woods that the invisible pressure faded away.

As many as 80% of the spiders followed it away, and only 20% of the guards were left outside the cave.

Everyone dared to speak: "Is that Zhu Erniang?"

The guide stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat: "It is it, it must be it!" He did not see it in person, but he was sure of it from the bottom of his heart. Such a terrible monster, can there be a second one in the Ghost Needle Stone Forest? The legend is really true.

"It went northeast." Menban hesitated, "What should we do now?"

"Go around the hillside and go north." Liu Tong whispered, "Zhu Erniang is heading for our main force."

The guide looked worried: "Can the Panlongcheng army beat it? It's the overlord here!"

He Lingchuan said only two words:

"Of course." Of course he was not sure!

The time and place were favorable, and General Nan Ke's team didn't have any advantage. Even if it was the Panlongcheng army with superior combat power, what would it do, even if it had a bonus of Yuanli?

Seeing that everyone's faces were a little stiff, He Lingchuan still encouraged everyone: "We don't have to beat it, we just need to fight and retreat, and leave the Ghost Needle Stone Forest."

That's... right. Liu Tong secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "That's the truth! Let's go."

Unfortunately, the horse the merchant was riding was suddenly frightened by a forest bird, and Xi Yuyu hissed.

Although the master immediately tightened the rope, the sound could be heard far away at night, and the spiders at the entrance of the cave heard it and came here.

"Oh no, hurry up!" If these things catch up, it will be a big trouble.

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The subordinate reported: "General, the spiders attacking the gap have become bigger and more difficult to deal with."

General Nan Ke rushed over to take a look, and sure enough, the cat-sized spiders had grown a circle larger, comparable to the size of a yellow dog. Although the movement was not as flexible as before, the spider silk sprayed out was stickier and more powerful.

At this time, another soldier reported: "The spiders are moving the fire wall!"

"How is it possible?" General Nan Ke was very surprised. He patrolled the middle of the fire wall and found that some of the silk webs sprayed by the spider monsters were not affected by fire and could be attached to the burning giant trees. So other spiders rushed up to help pull back.

These spider monsters themselves are probably not afraid of ordinary fire, but they have no intention of crossing the fire wall to fight with the soldiers in close combat. They have Yuanli to protect their bodies, and they will suffer no matter how they fight.

The best strategy is to tear down the fire wall and let the spider army in.

General Nan Ke was shocked to see the ten-zhang-long giant tree being pulled by tens of thousands of spiders. He ordered the archers to go up the tree and shoot arrows at the spider monsters. After all, there are only a few spider monsters that are not afraid of fire. If one is shot, there will be one less.

Before everyone could take a breath, they had to cut new trees to fill the gap.

How did these things suddenly become stronger and smarter?

General Nan Ke thought: "It seems that the leader is here."

He filled his Dantian with energy, and his loud voice passed over the fire wall and echoed over the entire valley: "Zhu Erniang is here, please come out to meet!"

He would do some homework before leading his troops to set off, and of course he knew that the landlord of the Ghost Needle Stone Forest was the spider monster Zhu Erniang.

The spiders' tide-like attack really slowed down, and a huge figure appeared on a small hill twenty meters away in the night.

"Are you Zhu Erniang? I am Chu Xuan, General Nan Ke of Panlong City. I was escorting a caravan through the Ghost Needle Stone Forest, but was attacked by a group of underground spiders. What's the reason?"

"Heh." A deep voice sounded in everyone's heart, "You killed my people and burned my caves. You were treacherous first, and you dare to bite me back for hurting people? Blood debts must be paid with blood."

It was indeed so. General Nan Ke said loudly: "It was the Baling people who burned your nest, not the Panlong soldiers and civilians. There is a perpetrator of injustice and a debt to the owner. You should find trouble with them."

As soon as the voice fell, two spiders stood in the gap of the fire wall.

The soldiers were waiting with weapons, but they just stood still.

Zhu Erniang said again: "Let me ask you, can you tell these two spiders apart?"

Everyone saw that the two things were of the same size, both had twelve sparkling eyes, round bodies, hairy, black legs and feet, and even the white spots on their feet were in the same position.

General Nan Ke was silent.

He understood what Zhu Erniang meant. To humans, spiders looked like they were made from the same mold, and vice versa.

This big monster was too lazy to distinguish who was from Baling and who was from Panlongcheng. Anyway, it was humans who injured and destroyed the crypt spiders, so she should seek revenge on humans.