Chapter 1112 Notes of a Returning Traveler 186

Black Egg let out a short meow, then pulled out a spider the size of a fingernail.

Seeing Xie Ning's wide eyes, it couldn't help but raise its little chin and meow—

Seeing the kitten's proud little face, Xie Ning reached out and scratched its chin. "Wow, Black Egg is so powerful! If it weren't for you, I would have been bitten by a spider tonight."

Although Black Egg tried its best to appear indifferent, its wagging cat tail couldn't lie.

After laughing, Xie Ning picked up the dead spider with a tissue and examined it closely. This thing shouldn't have been on her bed. After all, the inn was old and dilapidated, and it was inevitable that there would be snakes, insects, rats and the like. So when she entered the room, Xie Ning sprinkled insect repellent powder around the room.

They also paid special attention to the area around the bed.

So why did these spiders and flies appear?

The flies were alright, since Xie Ning hadn't burned incense, but the spider was truly strange.

Xie Li, who was in the next room, was experienced and noticed something was wrong when she saw the flies, but she couldn't figure out why they were there.

As for the spider that appeared on the bed, she knew about it. If she wasn't mistaken, it was probably a kind of Gu worm, something the innkeeper wouldn't use.

It must have happened to those three people I met today.

I just don't know what the purpose of this Gu worm is.

She wasn't worried about Xie Ning. Even though Xie Ning had no experience with this kind of thing, Black Egg was there. That little thing was intelligent, and worms generally couldn't get close to it.

Xie Li pondered for a while before taking out a small wooden figurine with joints, dripping a drop of her own blood onto it, dotting the figurine's brow with a pen, and then placing the figurine into the teacup where she kept the spider.

The spider seemed to have caught a whiff of something and quickly crawled onto the little man, but it began to melt as soon as it touched the blood on the little man's body.

Until a spider-shaped black mark was imprinted on the little man.

"Da da da—"

Under Xie Li's gaze, the little figure suddenly moved, shaking its head and running towards the door, leaving a small red dot with each step... elongated, that was her blood.

Seemingly drawn by the smell of blood, the banging sounds at the door grew louder and louder, accompanied by a strange creaking sound.

The little wooden figure wasn't even as tall as the threshold. When it ran to the door, it crashed into the threshold with a bang and shattered into pieces.

Xu Chuan, who was leaning against the door in another room listening to the noise, suddenly groaned, and something resembling blood vessels bulged out on his face, gradually spreading a blood-red color all over his face.

It was a backlash; both of the baby Gu worms died.

Xu Chuan quickly took out the medicine from his chest and took it, which calmed him down a bit, but the pressure on his neck was still difficult to reduce, and he would probably need to rest for several days.

But they are leaving tomorrow.

Even while panting heavily, Xu Chuan still glanced at the situation outside the door.

But apart from the constant thumping and creaking sounds outside the door, there was no other movement. Deng Xiangu, who was carefully watching the outside, also noticed this.

He muttered a curse under his breath, "Useless."

If they succeed, they will be able to find out what's outside. Of course, that's only one of their purposes; the other is to see the strength of those things.

It was such a waste of the camera she had specially commissioned to be made.

I don't know if I'll be able to capture those things tonight. The ones I took before were all blurry, probably due to magnetic interference. So today she specially drew some spells on them to enhance their stability.

The orange-red sunrise, shrouded in thick fog, resembled a painting.