Chapter 156 Deep in the Mine
The wall lamps on the rough cave walls around have been lit, illuminating this space.
Dick looked around:
There is a huge artificially carved space on each side, with simple and lined-up beds inside, which should be the residence of the miners.
And in front of the field of vision, there is a track made of hardwood, and there are several wooden two-wheeled carts on it, which should be the tools for transporting silver ore.
After moving forward for dozens of meters, there are three forks. Dick knows that these are the three passages mentioned by Ron.
Without thinking too much, he went directly into the first passage.
Continuing to go deeper, the wall lamps on both sides are not lit.
Dick is secretly alert in his heart:
It seems that the miners no longer dare to move forward, which means that there may be crab spiders ahead.
He snapped his fingers and lit up these wall lamps one by one with the flames on his fingertips.
Snapping fingers to light up the flames is a function given by the novice-level [Flame Seal]. Even when upgrading, it can still be used, and it consumes very little mana in the body, so it can be used continuously.
After walking for a while, Dick did not find any traces of crab spiders, but had walked out of this passage.
Looking back around, he found that there was a square hole not far away on the left and right.
Looking at the wooden frame outside, Dick knew that it was the end of the other passages he had not entered just now.
When he entered the passage just now, the second time, the demon hunter senses had been kept open, covering the range of the two passages on the left and right, and there was no discovery.
So now he does not need to return to the other passages.
Only then did Dick turn off the demon hunter senses to reduce mental consumption.
Looking forward again, a thick fog filled the air, blocking the scene inside.
Dick tentatively stepped into the fog and took a breath of air:
Fortunately, this fog does not have any toxins.
But it is uncertain if you go further in.
Reaching into his waist bag again, he took out a bottle of magic potion.
Unscrewing the stopper, drinking the liquid in the reagent in one gulp, and closing his eyes to resist the feeling of nausea.
After a few seconds, he opened his eyes again, and the light emitted by the cat's eyes seemed brighter.
And Dick could now see everything clearly through the thick fog.
"The [Cat's Eye Drops] really works quickly. But it doesn't last long, I have to hurry."
Then, he strode forward.
There was still a mine in front of him, but it was much more spacious than before. After walking a few steps, he found a man leaning against the wall in front of him with his head down.
Judging from his clothes, he should be one of the miners who disappeared before, and there was a large circle of dense white spider thread wrapped around his body.
Dick walked in front of him and said, "Are you okay?"
The man didn't answer.
Dick had already guessed in his heart, and tentatively patted the man's shoulder.
With a slight touch, the miner in front of him was like a cardboard box that had been placed for hundreds of years, and it broke directly.
The outer shell of the body fell to the ground with a clatter.
Dick sighed, squatted down, picked up a small piece of skull, put it in front of his eyes, and observed it carefully.
He sniffed carefully again, and finally stood up and murmured:
"It should be that the crab spider first injected the toxins in its body into his body, softening his internal organs into liquid, and then sucked out all the substances in his body.
"This person has to endure the gradual softening of his internal organs during his death. The pain is not difficult to imagine."
"Moreover, it seems that the group of monsters are really hungry, and they don't care whether humans will retaliate or not, and they just eat here.
"But what about the other four miners?
"If it is as the soldier who reported the news said before, there are dozens of crab spiders rushing into the mine, and this one person is not enough for them to eat.
"Logically, they should at least be full based on their instincts, and there are no crab spiders here, which means...
Dick had a vague inference in his mind:
This group of crab spiders has a leader, so they brought the prey they caught back to the nest and presented it to the leader.
He carefully searched the memory in his mind again, and after a few breaths, he knew the information of the crab spider leader:
Her name is [Crab Spider Queen], which is the size of a car, but her combat skills are unknown.
Because the habits of [Crab Spider Queen] are similar to those of a tiger, there is only one in each place, and their fighting methods will change with the environment.
Unknown danger?
Thinking of this, Dick concentrated his mind, activated the demon hunter sense, held his breath, and activated the demon hunter sense for the second time.
He no longer cares whether it will consume energy. If he is not careful, there may be danger ahead. They might be ambushed and killed by the [Crab Spider Queen].
Two minutes later, Dick came to this incomplete cave entrance that was only wide enough for two people to enter.
Looking forward from the cave entrance, there was no road, which was equivalent to coming to the front of the cliff.
Looking down, the depths were still foggy.
But Dick, who had drunk the cat's eye potion, could clearly observe that he was about 30 meters away from the cliff.
And the stone wall three or four meters above the ground below the cliff was full of uneven grooves, which should be climbable.
It turned out that the group of miners dug here, and it was very likely that the noise they caused alarmed the monster inside, that is, the nest of the [Crab Spider];
Then the group of crab spiders climbed up from here and regarded the miners in the cave as prey.
Dick looked around again and found a thick rope used by miners next to him.
He tied the rope to the pillar supporting the cave wall at the entrance of the cave. After tightening it, he stepped on the vertical cave wall along the rope bit by bit and moved downward.
The rope was more than 20 meters long. Looking at the distance below, Dick stepped on the cave wall with his hands and feet and landed steadily on the ground below.
Cold, damp.
This was Dick's first feeling.
My ears keenly caught the crisp sound of running water.
My eyes followed the direction of the sound, and I soon discovered a narrow and shallow stream of water, gurgling across the surface of gravel and rock in front of me. The water was only ankle deep.
Looking farther to the left and right, several large clusters of colorful brown and purple flowers bloomed quietly and gracefully, with petals trembling slightly.
"No wonder the whole body is always filled with this cold air, I must have penetrated deep into the folds of the ground.
"Such a secret and humid environment is in line with the breeding habits of [Crab Spiders]. It seems that the miners have indeed accidentally touched their nest."
He slowly stretched out his hand, grasped the silver sword on his back, pulled it out gently, and then carefully stepped across the shallow water. His steps were so light that there was no splash, as if he was afraid of disturbing the sleeping underground world. "resident".
When he quietly approached a cluster of flowers, suddenly, the silver sword in his hand was raised high, with a sharp silver light, and struck the flowers fiercely.
With a "swish" sound, the flower was instantly split into two, and a large area of foul-smelling, salty green mucus suddenly splashed out from the core of the flower;
Immediately afterwards, a huge crab spider that was split in half fell from the inside without any sound and hit the ground with a dull sound. Green blood slowly seeped out and flowed from its broken body. On top of rock and soil.