Chapter 34: Another Discovery

  Just as I was preparing for a heroic sacrifice, the voice behind me almost made me laugh to death. To my surprise and delight, it turned out to be Zhou Huan speaking, and I was so happy that I would have even called her mom if she had asked me to.

  Since I had my back turned and couldn't see anyone, I excitedly shouted: "Is that Zhou Huan? Hurry up and save me!"

  As the footsteps approached, Zhou Huan bypassed me and appeared in front of me. At first glance, I was startled to see that this woman had become much thinner than when she left, her pale face devoid of any radiance. She forced a smile at me and said, "I really didn't expect it, you actually still have the courage."

  I saw that she was still able to joke around, so I thought it shouldn't be a big deal and quickly said: "Can we chat later, are you daring enough to put me down first?"

  Zhou Huan chuckled and didn't say anything else, reached into his pocket and pulled out a lighter, lit it, and burned the spider web.

  Nor do I know what principle, the spider web itself has a very large viscosity and is extremely hard. After being burned by this flame, it ignited instantly, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into ashes. I also fell to the ground with the disappearance of the spider web.

  He quickly scrambled up and patted himself, saying: "Why are you alone? Where did Liangzi and the others go?"

  Zhou Huan didn't answer me, she pulled my hand and turned around to run. I didn't know what was going on and didn't continue asking. We ran out very far before we stopped.

  "It's okay, looks like you're not completely useless either." Zhou Huan said as she turned her head back.

  I thought: what's going on here? Hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, where have you all been these days, do you know that I almost got eaten by a spider?"

  Zhou Huan looked around again, feeling that there was no movement, and said in a low voice: "Speak softly, I don't know where the spider that chased you went either. We all know what's been going on with you these days because we haven't left at all. One of us has been watching you from beside the camp."

  What's going on? Is this some kind of voyeur?

  Her words made me even more confused, what does she mean by always watching me? So I quickly went up to ask her what was going on. Zhou Huan looked particularly tired and didn't care about her previous image anymore, she sat down on the ground with a thud and told me what had happened.

  At that time, after they entered the forest with the sound, Hei Lian's captain immediately felt something was wrong. He could feel that there was another team in the forest besides us. Since the situation was unclear, he didn't dare to move rashly. Just as he was about to return to the camp, they were attacked by a giant spider.

  Our team's equipment was indeed sufficient, and several members fired at the same time, driving that strange spider back. Then, the miserable cries came from all directions. Captain Hei thought that the giant spider would not be just one, and it was very dangerous in the woods, so he shouted to prepare everyone to return to the camp.

  But when they arrived around the camp, they found many figures wandering around. Upon closer inspection, although they were all human, not a single one was recognizable. Everyone couldn't just return to the camp like this, so they hid in a thicket with denser grass.

  It wasn't until then that Liangzi realized I was gone, and he wanted to go look for me but was stopped by Zhouhuan. Everyone hid in the bushes, staring at the campsite, and slowly discovered that more and more people were coming over. As a result, no one slept all night, and surprisingly, Zhangzhuang appeared early the next morning.

  At this time, Zhou Huan suddenly understood that it seemed they had been followed by Zhang Zhuang's team all the way, and didn't know why this big brother of the underworld had brought dozens of people with him.

  Just as Zhou Huan and others were puzzled, they suddenly found that Zhang Zhuang's team had left one after another. After a while, I appeared, and Liang Zi immediately said in a low voice: "Qiu Ye is back, we have to go and save him."

  Zhou Huan blocked Liang Zihui and said, "Don't be impulsive for now. Zhang Zhuang and his men are clearly well-prepared. If we rashly charge forward like this, we'll definitely be trapped in the camp. Let's observe the situation first."

  So, everyone just endured the few things on their bodies and waited in place for four days. Zhou Huan could clearly determine that Zhang Zhuang's team was nearby, and at first, he wondered why they hadn't attacked him. Later, he thought of a reason - perhaps Zhang Zhuang wanted to use him to lure everyone out.

  It wasn't until this evening at ten o'clock that Zhou Huan suddenly discovered the previously missing team member Xiao Wu, who had returned to the campsite. For some reason, I followed Xiao Wu and rushed into the woods. Zhou Huan felt something was off, so she ordered the others to stay put and followed me alone. When she vaguely found the cave entrance, she saw me scrambling out of it in a panic, and then a huge spider also crawled out of the hole.

  Zhou Huan originally wanted to chase me, but was afraid to show up because of that spider. Who knew that after the spider came out, it actually abandoned me and ran in another direction? She then followed me in the direction I was running, only to find me stuck on this spider web.

  I felt a weight lift off my mind after hearing him out, as long as our teammates are still around, it's a huge comfort to me.

  "What should we do now?" I asked Zhou Huan.

  "We'll go and reunite with others first, then see how things go."

  "What if we run into that huge spider again? Wouldn't that be terrible?" I asked anxiously. "Did you bring a gun?"

  "Having a gun is useless now, there are strong men everywhere, as soon as you fire a shot, you'll be discovered. I just saw that spider heading in another direction, it's estimated that it won't come back so quickly."

  Zhou Huan probably felt the urgency of time too, stood up and pulled me to leave, I had completely lost my sense of direction, fortunately she led the way.

  The two of us circled around the forest for a big circle, and then drilled into a very dense thicket. At this time, I saw Liangzi lying on the ground with his body sideways, sleeping. The other four team members were also half-lying on the ground resting. Hei Lian's eyes were pitch black as he guarded around, obviously having not rested for a long time.

  I nodded to him and greeted him, then went to gently push Liangzi. After pushing a few times, he woke up and saw me with a surprised expression, asking in a low voice: "Damn it, boss, you finally reunited with the team."

  I asked him if anything was wrong, and Liangzi said with a tired face: "It's nothing big, did you bring something to eat when you came out?"

  I reckon the food on these people has been eaten long ago, I quickly reached into my pocket and unexpectedly found that there were two compressed biscuits in it at some point, so I hastily took them out and handed them to Liangzi.

  He was like he had seen a great beauty, his eyes lit up as he took the cookie and sent it to his mouth. He just bit one bite and stopped, turned his head to look at others, very embarrassed and said: "Sorry, sorry, I forgot you guys are starving too, come on, don't be polite, let's have some together..."

  At this time, the other team members had also woken up. Although there was no extra expression on their faces, I found that they were all staring at the compressed biscuits in Liangzi's hand, and it seemed that these people had been starving for several days.

  There were only two cookies, probably put into my pocket unintentionally before. Now there are seven people in total except me, obviously not enough to share. Liang Zi broke the cookie into seven small pieces with a reluctant expression and handed them out to everyone with a look of grievance on her face.

  Everyone was probably starving, no one was polite anymore, they just took it and threw it directly into their mouths.

  Zhou Huan asked Hei Lian Dui Zhang with his mouth chewing: "How is it? Have they left?"

  "Hei Lian's captain stared intently in the direction of the camp and said, 'On the contrary, after Qiu Ye left the camp, they didn't leave, but instead all moved into our camp.'"

  My mind was a complete mess, but when he said that, I also ran to his side and parted the grass to take a look. It turned out that this place had a very clear view of our campsite. Now, in the campsite, there were dozens of people bustling about, all wearing neat military camouflage uniforms. Some were cooking, while others held guns and kept watch everywhere. The number of people looked like it could be in the hundreds, just like a small outdoor garrison.

  I stared for a while but didn't see Zhang Zhuang, so I turned around and asked Zhou Huan: "What do you plan to do? Are we just going to keep waiting like this?"

  Zhou Huan also leaned over to my side and took a few glances, saying: "Let's wait a bit longer. If they still don't leave tomorrow, we can only choose to leave first. There are too many of them, we're not their match at all. It's just a pity about those equipment."

  I listened to her finish, and my heart became particularly puzzled. Zhang Zhuang, a person with such a high social status, didn't enjoy his good fortune at home, but instead ran to this deep mountain and old forest to do what? Could it be that these people also came for the ancient tomb we're going to visit? It's unrealistic, ah! The underworld shouldn't abandon its own work, how could they end up in such a poor state as to make a living by robbing tombs?

  At this time, other team members may also have rested and come over. Two people came to change the black face back to rest. I looked at it for a while and felt that there was no change. I turned around and sat next to Liangzi and asked if he was feeling better?

  Liang Zi lowered his voice and said, "Let me tell you, Little Sister-in-law is actually not bad. She gave most of her food to me, it seems like she's really good to you, taking care of your brother like that. I'm telling you, in the future, you must be nicer to her."

  I thought to myself, what the hell is this guy talking about? Can't he just say he's greedy and be done with it? Why drag out such a long speech and make me look like I'm not even human? I was restrained from speaking loudly because of the location, otherwise I would have gone up and kicked him a few times.

  Just as we were whispering to each other, a sentry suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Captain, captain, there's something going on."

  I saw Zhou Huan and Hei Lian rush over immediately, and even Liangzi squeezed forward to watch. At first glance, I felt something was off. With the help of the campfire and flashlight, I saw that all of Zhang Zhuang's team members seemed to be rushing into the tent where I used to live.

  I was in a state of bewilderment when I saw the people who had entered rushing out hastily, and then suddenly the tent was overturned by something. A person covered entirely in black spiders walked out slowly.

  My god, what's going on! I stared with wide eyes and continued to watch as the person covered in spiders took a few more steps forward before falling flat on their face. A small mound of dirt appeared at the bottom of the tent behind them, and countless spiders poured out of it, scrambling to climb onto the person's body.

  Oh my god! I feel a chill all over my body when I see this scene. Previously, I thought it was just a natural formation, and I even sat on it before and felt comfortable. Now it seems that it's actually the nest of those man-eating spiders...