Strictly speaking, this doesn't count as a room; it's more like a hole that's been dug out.
The room was eerily dark and gloomy. With each step further in, it seemed to grow colder and more tinged with blood.
Apart from a faint green light in the very center, there were no other light sources.
Inside the huge, transparent fiberglass enclosure in the very center, three blue spiders, each almost the size of a human head, were fiercely baring their fangs and claws.
Seemingly having gone without food for some time, the three spiders frantically climbed out of the fiberglass, making eerie noises.
"This harmful thing, someone actually feeds it with blood."
Mu Nanxun twitched the corner of his mouth. That so-called Grandma Arno was really no pushover.
“My grandma just keeps them around for fun, and incidentally uses them to discipline disobedient fox spirits. Most importantly, she uses them to hide the key. If I hadn’t told you, you would never have guessed that the key to open the chain is in these spiders.”
Jiang Shanshan was also a little smug.
However, it was the first time she had ever seen the giant blue spider in the glass tank. Just one glance gave her goosebumps and made her feel a chill.
"I...we had an agreement. I'm just showing you the way; the rest is up to you. I don't want to get bitten by this spider."
Mu Nanxun glanced at her and asked, "Which spider's belly has the key inside?"
"I...how would I know! This is my first time here too. If Grandma Arno finds out I brought a human in and took the key from the spider's belly to save Yi Yi, she won't let me get away with it. Figure it out yourself!"
"..." Mu Nanxun's eyes darkened. Not knowing who had the key, he decided to kill all three spiders. After all, keeping such creatures around would only cause trouble.
He pulled out a dagger, aimed it at the fiberglass in the center, and threw it. With a "bang," the dagger shattered the fiberglass precisely.
A spider was killed on the spot, blood splattering everywhere, and a strong stench of blood filled the entire cold room.
But there was no key inside its belly.
Mu Nanxun frowned, threw a poisoned arrow, which struck a spider in the heart. The spider struggled a few times and then died, leaving blood all over the ground.
The key still hasn't been found.
"This should be the last one. Strange, didn't Grandma say that the blue spiders here are particularly fierce? I see this one not moving at all, and you killed two of them at once. Could this one have been scared to death?"
Seeing that the blue spider didn't move, Jiang Shanshan mustered her courage, took a step forward, and peeked out.
The remaining spider was indeed less agile than the previous two, lying motionless inside the fiberglass enclosure.
Mu Nanxun became somewhat wary; there must be a reason behind such strange occurrences.
He didn't believe that the spider that the Spirit Fox Clan leader had painstakingly raised with his blood would be so fragile that it could be scared to death.
"Don't get too close, I feel like something's not right."
Mu Nanxun reminded him. It wasn't because he was worried about Jiang Shanshan, but because he was worried that if she messed things up, he wouldn't be able to get the key and rescue Yi Yi.
However, the spider really did look like it was dead, completely motionless.
Jiang Shanshan grew bolder, glancing mockingly at Mu Nanxun, "Tch, look at you, so tall and strong, yet so timid, afraid even of a dead spider. I thought you were a real man, I was wrong about you. What's so scary about a dead spider? Didn't you want the key? I'll get it..."
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