Of course, Yang Xiaojin knew what Ren Xiaosu had gone to do. But how could she possibly tell Cheng Yu?
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was following "Old Xu" from afar. Meanwhile, "Old Xu" was following behind the tarantulas. Slowly, Ren Xiaosu realized the fog was getting thinner and thinner in the direction he was heading. When he entered a small mountain stream, everything became clear.
Just now, Ren Xiaosu discovered something very strange. Many of the people in the group had clearly been attacked by the tarantulas, but he did not see any corpses or bloodstains on the ground. This was something that defied common sense.
Therefore, after assuming the tarantulas were deliberately released into Mt. Shenchi by the Pyro Company, Ren Xiaosu felt there might be some other secret behind the tarantulas.
Of course, if it got too dangerous, he would immediately turn back and leave Mt. Shenchi with Yang Xiaojin, Luo Lan, and the others.
Ren Xiaosu was walking carefully in the mountain stream. The stone walls on both sides of the stream were dark, and this mountain stream was very similar to the Sky Canyon in the Jing Mountains. When he looked up, he could only see a sliver of light.
When he looked up, Ren Xiaosu was surprised to see countless white silk sacs hanging from the stone walls. They looked like huge, broken cocoons.
Ren Xiaosu was cautious and did not make a sound. "Old Xu" was staring at the tarantulas not far ahead. If they were too close to each other, it would be very dangerous.
Moreover, "Old Xu" could already see the tarantulas dragging new cocoons up the stone walls and hanging the humans they had just hunted.
The faces of the people in the cocoons could no longer be seen. They were all bound by the thick spider silk and did not struggle or resist. It was as though they were already dead.
Ren Xiaosu carefully sized up these "cocoons." Perhaps this was how the tarantulas stored their food?
Therefore, the reason he did not see any blood or corpses earlier was because the tarantulas wanted to drag their prey back to their lair and slowly eat them.
In front of where Old Xu was hiding, the stone walls on both sides were covered with densely packed black caves. It was unknown where they led to.
Ren Xiaosu did not know if the people who had been captured by the tarantulas were still alive. He did not intend to take the risk to rescue them. He had roughly counted the number of tarantulas in the area, and there were probably hundreds of them.
The wild beasts in the wilderness all had the habit of protecting their food. This tarantula didn't seem to be much different from wild beasts. If he were to save them, it would be very awkward if the tarantula treated him as an enemy who had stolen their food.
Faced with such a tarantula, even Ren Xiaosu would have to turn around and run.
But just as Ren Xiaosu was about to leave, he saw through Old Xu's field of vision that there was a strong flashlight shining at the end of the mountain stream.
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. Who was the person in front of him? How could he sneak into such a place at this time?
When the strong flashlight shone on the stone walls, the light made the tarantulas restless. However, someone in the dark mountain stream said, "Looks like we've got prey again. I wonder if there are any supernatural beings among them this time."
Another person grumbled, "How can it be so easy to find supernatural beings? The higher-ups are really making things difficult for us."
"I heard a group of people from Mt. Wuzhai has come in. We might be able to find something today."
Ren Xiaosu quietly listened to the other party's conversation. The other party was clearly from the Pyro Company, and these tarantulas were probably raised here by them specifically for hunting purposes.
Previously, Ren Xiaosu had wondered why the Pyro Company did not retaliate after the Anjing House issued the order to intercept the Pyro Company. Later on, they even organized a large group of people to head to the Sacred Mountains. Why did the Pyro Company not retaliate and just let them in?
Right now, Ren Xiaosu had a vague guess that the Pyro Company might also be using this opportunity to collect the DNA of supernatural beings!
Outside of the Sacred Mountains, the Pyro Company would have to put in a lot of effort to capture a supernatural being. Furthermore, they might even suffer heavy casualties in someone else's territory.
But the Sacred Mountains were the Pyro Company's home ground!
Back at Stronghold 73, the Anjing House and the Pyro Company had schemed against each other. Neither side's schemes were inferior, and the Pyro Company had even used the tunnels to kill many of the underground world's experts.
This time, it was reasonable for the Pyro Company to come up with a plan to counter the Anjing House and the various consortiums' supernatural beings.
But he could not understand why these five people would dare to come in here and fight for food with the tarantulas since the tarantulas could not communicate with humans, right?
Ren Xiaosu and "Old Xu" waited quietly as they wanted to see what the other party would do.
When the tarantulas sensed the bright light and threat, they crawled towards the five Pyro Company members. The black tarantulas on the stone walls were covered in fluff, and they were so densely packed together that it made Ren Xiaosu feel a little trypophobia.
Suddenly, he saw through "Old Xu" that a member of the Pyro Company took out a black box from his backpack. An ear-piercing sound reverberated through the mountain stream. When the tarantulas heard this sound, they no longer pounced at them. Instead, they all retreated into the black holes on the stone walls like a tidal wave and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. The Pyro Company actually had a way to restrain the tarantulas. The sound emitted by the black box might sound fine to humans, but the tarantulas instinctively felt repulsed and afraid of it.
However, he heard the Pyro Company member say with a laugh, "Hehe, these spiders really don't learn their lesson. If we don't thoroughly study their DNA, how could we possibly release them?"
"Cut the crap and quickly take our prey away," a Pyro Company member said.
"Wait, there's someone there!"
Someone with especially sharp eyes spotted "Old Xu" from several hundred meters away in the dim light.
"Who's there?" the Pyro Company member said sharply.
With a whoosh, the five of them unsheathed their sabers from their waists.
Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and decided to leave. He had already obtained a lot of information, so there was no need for him to get entangled with the Pyro Company members. What if those spiders went berserk and came crawling out again?
But just as he was about to leave, the palace suddenly spoke.
Ren Xiaosu's face darkened. Why did they have to issue the mission at this moment instead of earlier?
The Pyro Company members on the other side approached them bit by bit. They made tactical hand signals to each other and wanted to fan out and chase after them.
But before they could take two steps, they heard a strange sound.
Immediately after, they saw Ren Xiaosu slowly approaching them while skipping a rope and singing a nursery rhyme, "Let's paddle … Let the boat push away the waves …"
The five members of the Pyro Company were originally advancing forward, but this scene shocked them so much that they kept retreating. For a moment, they did not know what strange thing they had encountered.
"What the fuck is that!"
"Don't tell me it's another freak created by those people in the mountains!"
These people were not afraid at all when they came to the tarantula's nest. But when they saw a strange person skipping and singing a nursery rhyme approaching them in this dark mountain stream, they were scared!
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