Chapter 137 It’s Impolite to Hug Again
"What do they mean?" Ai Wanxin asked.
Lin Xin raised her tearful eyes and choked up, "They...they will eat their own kind that are injured or dead..."
Ai Wanxin frowned slightly. There were tens of thousands of spiders here, and the entire Wolong River was occupied by them. If they were given more time to reproduce, who knows how rampant they would become.
The flames on the little fox suddenly grew larger, and it flew around the mountain wall, temporarily driving back the restless spiders.
But after it flew past, the spiders that had temporarily retreated came over again like a dark cloud.
"Is there a way out from here?" Ai Wanxin asked very quickly.
Lin Xin pointed at the water hole where Ai Wanxin fell and said, "You can get out by following the underground river."
Taowu leaned forward and rushed down. Ai Wanxin lay on its back and grabbed the cold wrists of Lin Xin and Tan Xuan with one hand each.
"You go first." Taking advantage of Taowu's upward force, she threw the two men to the top of the cave.
"Ah——" The two people cried out in surprise and their bodies swung out like swinging on a swing.
There were two snapping sounds, and the two men pressed their limbs firmly against the wall of the cave. After a slight pause, they looked back at Yang Jici's body on the spider web, turned around and crawled into the hole dripping with water with tears in their eyes.
The flames on the little fox went out. After the threat disappeared, countless black spiders with round bellies and thin legs crawled out from the holes in the mountain wall.
The tiny tapping sounds of the toes touching the rocks were almost continuous.
In the darkness, the spiders' eight eyes emitted a faint red light, and they quickly approached the corpse of the big spider on the web from the mountain wall.
Ai Wanxin sat quietly on Taowu's back, a dull golden-orange whip hanging from her hand.
The tip of the whip seemed like a fairy wand that had burned to the last bit, with only a spark occasionally bursting out from the tip.
Just as the first spider was about to step onto the web, a spark fell from the tip of the whip and landed on the back of the big spider. The big spider caught fire, and the golden-orange flames quickly spread along its four pairs of long legs to the spider web beneath it.
The spider web was dripping with flames like a melted candle. The big spider, having lost its support, was wrapped in flames and fell upside down into the abyss.
Yang Jici's pale face and closed eyes were swallowed by the flames and the darkness of the abyss, and he slept forever in this bottomless cave.
The spiders, having lost their food and frightened by the fire, hissed angrily.
Ai Wanxin shook the whip in her hand, and a bright fire snake flowed from her fingertips to the entire whip.
She swung her hand, and the long whip with a whistling sound hit the mountain wall. The tip of the whip exploded the largest spider, making a loud bang in the empty cave.
This was like a clarion call for attack. The black spiders on the cave wall shot up like a geyser, and transparent and sticky spider webs shot towards her in the air.
The flames on the whip surged, Ai Wanxin swung his arm, and the whip rolled faster and faster in the cave. The spider silk licked by the flames instantly caught fire, igniting the spiders leaping in the air.
The spiders curled up like meteors and fell into the abyss.
Every time the fire whip was swung, it created a whirlwind of fire. The whirlwind hit the walls of the cylindrical cave like waves, smashing and burning all the spiders that tried to escape.
Ai Wanxin's last whip hit the mountain wall hard. The cave, which was riddled with holes etched by spider holes, could no longer withstand such a powerful force, and a lightning-shaped crack radiated from the mountain wall upward and downward.
Cold underground river water gushed out from the cracks in the cave ceiling, and then with a loud splash, the brittle rock wall collapsed instantly, and the river water poured down.
Taowu carried Ai Wanxin on his back in the air to dodge the falling rocks and slabs. The little fox chirped and was almost hit on the ear by a falling rock.
Ai Wanxin made a prompt decision and said, "Let's go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Taowu and the little fox leaped up.
Taowu moved very quickly among the fallen rocks. Ai Wanxin lowered her body and tightly grasped the short hair on Taowu's neck.
A strong breeze blew in her face, and cold water droplets wet her long eyelashes.
Taowu and the little fox rushed out from the gap in the top of the cave like lightning. In the distance, a hazy light appeared in Ai Wanxin's sight.
Lin Xin and Tan Xuan, who had not walked far yet, were clinging to the cliff beside the river and waving at her.
Taowu and the little fox flew past the two of them, hooked their worn and dirty coats with their hind claws, and quickly rushed towards the exit with them.
A fireball slammed into the entrance of a cave covered with vines and spider webs on the Wolong River, making a thunderous sound.
He Yang and Pei Junlin, who received Yin Yanhan's message and rushed over to search for Ai Wanxin along the river, suddenly turned back and rushed towards the place where the smoke was billowing.
When the two arrived, they happened to see Ai Wanxin jumping down from Taowu's body in mid-air and being caught in Yin Yanhan's arms.
He Yang shouted angrily: "Hey! Just hug me once, it's rude to hug me again."
Ai Wanxin was supported by Yin Yanhan, and the impact of the fall was relieved, and she quickly stood up.
Pei Junlin flashed to Ai Wanxin's side, held her arm and looked her up and down and asked, "Baby, are you okay?"
Ai Wanxin was now soaked, with mud and mucus all over her hair and clothes. She didn't look well no matter how you looked at her.
He Yang came forward, not caring about anything else at this moment. His eyes fell on the two girls who were put aside by Taowu and Little Fox.
Lin Xin and Tan Xuan stood up awkwardly, supporting each other, and closed their eyes in pain because of the sudden sunlight.
He Yang asked uncertainly: "Lin Xin? Tan Xuan?"
The two opened their eyes and nodded. He Yang showed joy on his face and asked hurriedly, "Where is Academician Yang? Where are the others?"
Lin Xin and Tan Xuan looked at each other, and then turned to Ai Wanxin for help.
Ai Wanxin saw the fear in the two men's eyes, and turned to He Yang and said, "Captain He, Academician Yang and the others are buried in this mountain. They just escaped death. Don't push them so hard."
Although He Yang was mentally prepared, his expression still darkened when he heard the news.
Ai Wanxin changed the subject and said, "Don't stand here, let's talk about it on the way. Oh, I'm freezing to death."
He Yang looked at her with mixed feelings.
Something must have happened in the cave, but it was harder than climbing to the sky to get the truth from Sweetie's mouth.
The group walked back towards the mountain path they came from.
Ai Wanxin kept an eye on Lin Xin and Tan Xuan's actions. She felt relieved when she saw that they were trying to control themselves and walk on their feet like normal people.
He Yang must not know that they are spider-fusion humans. If he finds out, he might not even be able to enter the base.
After getting on the military Hummer, He Yang said to Lin Xin and Tan Xuan while driving, "Can anyone tell me what happened after entering the mountain?"