Qingshi became less and less confident as he spoke, so Yang Yu patted Qingshi on the shoulder again.
"It seems to be quite common for monsters to mutate. Now the monster still retains its original characteristics, it should only have mutated to produce toxins, so you are helpless against this poison.
You have witnessed history.
It seems like you want to continue being a desert guide, so if that's the case, remember this experience well.
In the future, you will be able to brag about guiding passers-by through the desert.
But don't forget what you have to do. This is no time to be surprised. Tell me more about the spider's behavior."
Yang Yu's words were like thunder in Qingshi's ears. Qingshi calmed down his surprise and told him about the kind of spider monster he knew.
That spider-like monster is called the black-legged broodmother spider. An adult is almost as big as a cow. They do not have powerful toxins themselves, and they rely more on teamwork to capture prey.
Just like the name of this spider, the broodmother spider is always found carrying many offspring, and black-legged broodmother spiders of all ages gather around it.
When hunting, the older spider pups will first tear the prey's skin apart, and then the younger spider pups will drill into the wound and continue to gnaw until the prey is bitten to death.
Just by listening, you can tell that their tribe is an old torture king.
However, in the desert, there are more ferocious creatures than it, and the black-legged broodmare spiders that have completed their prey are not safe. At this time, the young black-legged broodmare spiders will curl up into a ball like they just did, and use the slope of the sand dunes to roll back to their mothers.
Once the babies become fertile and are about the size of a pig, the broodmare spider will leave their mother and hunt on her own.
The golden desert python is also one of their staple foods, so finding the golden desert python is indeed not a difficult task for them.
After two years of hunting, the black-legged brood mother spiders will officially begin courtship. The brood mother spiders that are attracted to each other will come together and roll in the sand for the last time in their lives. Afterwards, the female spiders will eat the male spiders and use them as food for their children.
Qingshi wanted to pour out all the knowledge in his head to Yang Yu and the others, hoping that they could think of a solution.
One broodmother spider isn't scary; what's scary is a family of spiders that hunt in groups.
The black-legged brood spider they had just seen was not big, and looked like it had just hatched from an egg. Such a spider could not be too far away from its mother.
That underground maze is most likely where their mother is.
After listening to Qingshi's explanation, Yang Yu looked towards the underground maze.
It is basically impossible for real living creatures to exist in the underground maze.
Although the monsters in the maze can indeed cause various abnormal conditions, those abnormal conditions are more like weakening magic, similar to Bai Jin's [Weapon Corrosion], which has the same effect. There are very few abnormal conditions that cannot be solved by potions.
Unfortunately, this alone does not allow us to conclude that the black-legged broodmother spider is not a monster in the underground maze.
According to the information Yang Yu had learned, if the underground maze had not been conquered for a long time, it was possible that monsters would be released from the underground maze to attack everywhere.
The monsters in the underground maze are very realistic before they are defeated. Some monsters even bleed and feel pain. It is not uncommon to see one or two monsters with simulated ecology emerge from the underground maze.
It is precisely because the monsters in the underground maze are so real that Yang Yu finds it so difficult to determine.
We have to actually defeat it to find out whether it is a real creature. If it is a real creature, it will definitely leave a corpse just like the spider encountered in the Goblin Maze.
Thinking of this, something suddenly connected in Yang Yu's mind.
They all look like some kind of spider, and they all have toxins that other spiders don't have, and they are all in the maze.
Could there be some connection between them? Opening the task panel, Yang Yu found the task that required clues to start.
So far, the task is still full of question marks on the screen and the progress is not moving forward.
If the spider is really related to this mission, it must not be let go easily.
After resting for a while, Yang Yu explored the surroundings of the barrier on the pretext of "looking for other spiders". During the journey, Qingshi could feel something moving in the sand.
However, they did not attack Yang Yu and his team. Instead, they moved away from Yang Yu as if they were going off work, entered the barrier, and then took advantage of the last bit of light in the desert to blatantly enter the underground maze.
"Snakes become sluggish in the cold night, and that may be why they went back. What do you want to do now?"
"What do you mean?"
Qingshi looked at Yang Yu with a puzzled expression, obviously not understanding what Yang Yu meant.
"Should we go into the underground maze with them, or rest here and wait for them to come? You have to think carefully. Both methods have risks."
Yang Yu paused.
"The danger of entering the underground maze is self-evident. Waiting outside also carries corresponding risks. We cannot rule out the possibility that the broodmother spider already knows that we are targeting them.
After all, we just let three of them escape. If we do that, even ordinary creatures will sense our malicious intent and fight us to the end.
What's more, monsters with a certain level of intelligence are likely trying to lure us into their traps."
Hearing Yang Yu say this, Qingshi fell silent.
After a long, long time, until dazzling stars appeared in the sky after the sun's afterglow faded, Qingshi finally asked:
"How confident are you that you can capture the spider in that underground maze?"
Yang Yu smiled, "How confident I am, we won't know until we go there. I am very opinionated. If I encounter danger, I will run away without saying anything.
As long as the mountains remain green, there will be no shortage of firewood. "
Qingshi took a deep breath. His father once taught him that the desert is ever-changing and there may be all kinds of accidents. If he doesn't have the courage to move forward because of these accidents, he will eventually be buried by the yellow sand called self.
As a desert guide, you must not be confused from the moment you step into the desert. Your confusion will only bring fear to the people you guide.
With his father's teachings ringing in his ears, Qingshi made a decision.
"In that case, let's go take a look at that underground labyrinth. I must rescue my father. In order to become an excellent desert guide, his teachings are indispensable."
Yang Yu smiled and nodded, and immediately organized his partners to make comprehensive preparations.
Then they followed the sand dunes and crossed the barrier.
And when they officially stepped onto the square platform, a voice suddenly sounded in the barrier.
"[Welcome to this underground maze. I don't know why you are here, but I will give you a test here. If you don't have the courage to accept the test with your life, you still have a chance to leave.]"
(End of this chapter)