Chapter 90 The Spider King of the Mine
The two ran to a corner, their torches illuminating the area.
Qin Jiu was unharmed, but on the ground in front of her was a dark, smashed mess.
The stone floor was actually smashed and cracked.
Qin Jiu pointed at the dark, gooey thing: "Is this the shadowy monster that tried to ambush you earlier? I had just finished applying the medicine when this lousy thing fell down from above and landed right on my head! I smashed it flat with one punch, it was disgusting!"
Chen Leying suppressed her shock: "So, you're the one who hit the broken stones on the ground?"
Qin Jiu cracked his knuckles, his expression unchanged, and said, "It must be a coincidence, right? How could I have such strength to smash a rock? That's not the point. Mengmeng, come and take a look first, is this the shadowy monster that ambushed you?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a hissing sound from above.
Meng Qingyin recognized the voice all too well. "That's the voice the shadowy monster is making! Be careful!"
No sooner had they finished speaking than a giant black spider landed in front of the three of them.
The black spider was covered in hair and nearly a meter long, with a pair of red eyes that looked particularly blood-red in the dim cave.
[Mine Spider King: A monster that exists only in mines, its entire body is highly venomous!]
Upon seeing the Spider King's message, the three of them retreated simultaneously.
The Spider King hissed continuously, poised to strike.
Meng Qingyin scooped up the baby spider: "This spider is poisonous, you can't eat it."
The little one struggled in her arms: "Master, I'm not afraid of poison! It's such a big spider, I'll go eat it!"
Meng Qingyin held onto it tightly, saying, "You can eat it after we've finished dealing with it."
The Spider King was too big; the little ones were no match for it.
Chen Leying took out a steel fork, its sharp tip gleaming coldly.
Her expression was as cold and stern as a steel fork: "This Spider King is not easy to deal with, so be careful not to get hurt."
Since Qin Jiu didn't have any ranged weapons, he simply picked up a large rock from the ground: "Okay, let's keep our distance and break it with ranged attacks!"
Meng Qingyin has a heavy knife and a stun baton, but only the stun baton can be considered a mid-to-long range weapon.
At this point, using a heavy knife is clearly inappropriate.
The Spider King's eyes swept over the three of them, and he chose Qin Jiu, who was furthest away from Meng Qingyin.
With a push of its hind legs, it leaped in front of Qin Jiu in the blink of an eye, and stretched out its spiked forelegs to slash at Qin Jiu's waist.
Qin Jiu retreated repeatedly until she reached the stone wall, just as the Spider King's sharp forelimbs were about to slash her.
Qin Jiu shouted and lifted a nearly 200-pound boulder, smashing it forcefully against the spider king's forelimbs.
The large rock actually broke off the spider king's forelimb!
At the same time, Chen Leying aimed at the Spider King's eyes and threw the steel fork with all her might. The steel fork pierced straight into the Spider King's eyes, and the Spider King rolled on the ground in pain.
Qin Jiu, who was closest to it, was forced back to the corner and was about to be stung by the tumbling spider king's spikes when Meng Qingyin rushed forward and swung her stun baton.
When the stun gun touched the spider king's severed limb, a series of crackling sounds of electricity followed, and the spider king's massive body crashed to the ground, never to move again.
Meng Qingyin pressed on, taking out her heavy sword and slamming it down on the Spider King's head. It was as easy as chopping vegetables; the Spider King's head and body were separated, and it died completely.
Qin Jiu asked in confusion, "Why isn't there a notification for killing and dismantling the target?"
Meng Qingyin didn't understand either. In the past, when she killed desert lizards and wild boars, she would receive a kill notification and be asked whether she wanted to dismantle them.
How do I kill this spider king? There are no prompts.
Chen Leying: "Perhaps it's because the Spider King is a mine monster, and its effects are different from other monsters?"
"That's the only explanation..." Qin Jiu shrugged, looking at the Spider King's corpse. "What a pity, I was hoping to taste what spider meat tastes like."
Chen Leying said calmly, "The Spider King is poisonous. Even if it can be broken down, it cannot be eaten."
Qin Jiu: "Okay."
Meng Qingyin glanced at her. "If I'm not mistaken, the rock you just lifted must have weighed over 200 pounds, right? Are you some kind of reincarnated female war goddess?"
Qin Jiu feigned ignorance: "Huh? Maybe that big rock just looks heavy..."
Meng Qingyin did not press the matter further.
She looked down at her baby: "Baby, are you really not afraid of poison?"
Little one: "Don't worry, I can digest any toxins!"
Meng Qingyin: "Okay, go ahead and eat."
The little one's eyes lit up, and it rushed to the Spider King's corpse to feast on it.
After taking a bite, it looked disgusted: "It's not tasty, the meat is too tough."
Even so, the little one still adhered to the principle of not wasting food and started eating with his head down.
Qin Jiu was stunned. "Boss, your little lamb is really tough. It even dares to eat poisonous creatures?"
Chen Leying: "Do you think it's a sheep?"
Qin Jiu was taken aback. "Huh? It has horns, what else could it be but a sheep?"
Chen Leying shook her head and continued digging for rough stones.
Qin Jiu looked at Meng Qingyin in confusion: "Isn't it a sheep?"
Meng Qingyin: "Maybe."
After saying that, he went to dig for rough stones.
Qin Jiu looked completely bewildered and went off to dig for salt.
The little one ate one bite after another, and soon only six spider legs were left.
It let out a burp, ran to Meng Qingyin's side, looked up and said, "Master, I'm full!"
Meng Qingyin glanced back and put the spider leg into her system inventory: "I'll keep it for you, we can eat it next time."
The little one stayed close to her to prevent any more careless spiders from suddenly jumping out of the hole.
Although the baby spider was already full, it could still eat a few small spiders. Meng Qingyin dug out a spider from the rough stone, and before the spider could jump out, the baby spider opened its mouth and swallowed it whole.
Meng Qingyin was in charge of mining, while Zaizai was in charge of dealing with the spiders.
The two worked together seamlessly and soon dug a large hole in the rock wall.
In comparison, Chen Leying and Qin Jiu were much slower.
There was no sun in the mine, and the three of them unknowingly spent the whole afternoon digging.
When Meng Qingyin checked the time, it was already 5:50.
It will be dark in ten minutes.
Meng Qingyin immediately picked up the baby: "It's getting dark, we need to get back to the car quickly!"
Chen Leying and Qin Jiu also realized the seriousness of the problem. If they could not return to the RV before six o'clock, they would encounter the monster in the dark!
The three put away their pickaxes and rushed back as fast as they could, but when they reached the cave entrance, they found that it had been blocked up.
There's a thick layer of rocks on top, making it impossible to see where the original cave entrance used to be!
Qin Jiu was shocked: "Are we being followed? Has someone blocked the entrance to the cave?"
Meng Qingyin stepped forward and took a look; the stone blocking the cave entrance was a single, solid piece.
She remembered that the hole was more than a meter in diameter. How big of a stone would it take to block such a large hole?
“It shouldn’t be the work of one person,” Meng Qingyin analyzed. “This is a huge boulder that cannot be moved by one person alone.”
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