Chapter 20 Monster in the Cave

The opponent moved very quickly on the silk net. His sudden appearance frightened Zhou Xu so much that his heart skipped a beat.

At this moment, what appeared in his field of vision was a giant purple-red spider that was estimated to be as big as an off-road vehicle! The eight huge spider legs were covered with chilling cilia.

Right in front of the main body, on the protruding head, there are eight black eyes piled together. Just looking at them is enough to make people with trypophobia feel uncomfortable.

Below the eyes, the hideous mouthparts that opened and closed in a specific pattern made people's scalp tingle.

For Zhou Xu, a modern man, this is definitely a monster.

The intense fear erupted like a volcano, causing him to shiver all over.

"Fuck! Run, run!"

Without having time to think, Zhou Xu took the lead and ran away. Although Dashan and others didn't know what happened, they immediately followed and did not dare to stop for a moment.

Zhou Xu didn't know how long he had been running until he began to feel dizzy and his eyes went dark. He then quickly reached out to hold on to the black tree next to him and sat down against the trunk.

[Damn it, I have hypoglycemia...]

It took him a while to recover, and then he looked up at the mountains surrounding them.

I saw Dashan and the others looking at me nervously.

"I'm fine."

Hearing Zhou Xu's words, Dashan and the others were obviously relieved, but then they couldn't help but ask more questions...

"Chief, what did you see in there?"

Dashan's question made Zhou Xu's mind reappear with that figure, and his emotions have not yet completely calmed down.

After taking a deep breath and adjusting himself, Zhou Xu told Dashan and the others what he saw in the huge cave.

After hearing this, Dashan and the others had the same look of fear on their faces as he did, and they couldn't help revealing it.

Obviously, Zhou Xu, a modern man, is not the only one who is afraid of this giant monster.

He never imagined that such a big creature lived in the depths of the dark forest!

[My goodness, are there still monsters like this in the primitive world? ]

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Zhou Xu quickly realized that he was wrong.

Don’t forget, this world still has those old gods and summoning rituals. It is indeed not a normal world.

Following this line of thought, it would be wrong for him to make a fuss just because a big spider appeared.

"Where did we run from?"

"This way."

Following the direction indicated by the mountain, Zhou Xu activated the "Eye of Insight" again to look over there.

If that giant spider chased out, it would be impossible for his "Eye of Insight" to fail to catch it given its huge size.

After confirming that the other party did not chase him out, Zhou Xu felt greatly relieved.

If you think about it carefully, he was the only one who discovered the other party unilaterally with the "Eye of Insight" at that time, and the big spider might not have discovered his existence.

He was frightened by the monster spider that was completely beyond common sense, and for a moment he lost the ability to think.

Now that he has calmed down a little, his mind quickly opens up completely...

[If the living habits of this big spider are similar to the spiders I know, then its hunting method should be mainly to wait for its prey. In other words, it is unlikely to take the initiative to attack.]

[Does that mean that as long as I don't go into the depths of this dark forest, I can temporarily avoid it? ]

He certainly didn't want to be neighbors with such a horrible monster.

The first thing that came to my mind after I calmed down was whether I could find some way to kill the giant spider.

For example, standing outside the cave, throwing a torch in, and burning the spider to death! This method was quickly crushed by Zhou Xu and thrown into the trash can.

Not to mention the lack of ignitable materials in the cave, let alone throwing a torch in, even if he threw a pile of fire in, it might not burn.

Even if it could catch fire, the big spider is probably not stupid. No matter how stupid it is, it still has the animal's survival instinct, right?

If the fire starts, won't it run away?

It is not realistic to want to burn the other person to death directly.

Under this premise, there are only two paths left for Zhou Xu.

One option is to quickly prepare and migrate with all the people in the tribe away from here.

The other option is to prepare quickly, but to think of a way to kill the big spider! In the short term, migration is a relatively safe approach, at least they can effectively avoid the threat from the big spider.

But at present, the food and fresh water problems of their tribe have not been solved.

At the same time, apart from this black forest, their current knowledge of other areas is basically zero.

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In other words, I have no idea where to go.

If they migrate in this state, they may easily run out of food and fresh water, and die on the way.

On the contrary, if they choose the other option, they will have to endure the threat from giant spiders, but the good thing is that this area can still provide them with relatively stable fresh water and food resources, allowing them to survive.

Zhou Xu was not opposed to escaping. After all, among the Thirty-Six Strategies, running away was the best one.

But he couldn't keep running away like this forever...

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu made up his mind.

"Damn it, kill it!"

Zhou Xu stood up as he spoke.

"Dashan, put marks like this on the trees around you."

As he spoke, he picked up a stone and drew a cross on the tree behind him.

"Starting today, arrange for someone to watch this cave every day. As soon as the giant spider makes any movement, come and report to me immediately!"

"At the same time, send someone to inform Fei Que and the others. Although they are all outside, they'd better be careful. I have to go back to the tribe first."

After arranging things here, Zhou Xu hurried back to the tribe.

Facing a spider monster of that size, it is really hard to have a head-on fight, and the only option is to outsmart it.

Along the way, he actually already had a general idea in his mind.

Now it just takes a little more time to make this idea more detailed and clear.

During this time, Zhou Xu did not allow himself to be idle. At this moment, he was checking the clay bowls that were being dried.

He did intend to kill the giant spider, but what if he couldn't?

People always have to prepare a way out for themselves. It is impossible to go down this path forever.

And this pottery allows them to effectively store fresh water.

If they can't kill the giant spider and need to run away, the fresh water stored in pottery can allow them to go further, greatly increasing their chances of finding a new habitable place! 　Updates are here, and thanks to book friends '轻风徐徐' and '随便及简单' for their rewards!

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