Not to be outdone, the opponent stood up in a flash, even higher than Zhu Erniang.
It was a giant black and gray python. Its body was coiled in the reeds and its exact length was unknown, but its chest diameter was close to five feet (1.6 meters) and it had whiskers under its jaws.
It opened its mouth in protest, and the fangs that popped out were like scimitars and were more than four feet long.
The wind happened to be blowing towards the shore, and He Lingchuan soon smelled a fishy breeze.
The swords were tense and the battle seemed to be about to begin. He Lingchuan quietly hid back.
I don’t know how the two parties communicated. After about ten breaths, the giant python lowered its head and Zhu Erniang also retracted her legs.
After a while, the python demon turned its head to the north and meandered away.
Zhu Erniang watched it leave, then slowly crawled back.
Passing by He Lingchuan, it suddenly said: "Are you so excited that you think you will have a chance to escape when the two powerful forces are fighting?"
"How can you?" He Lingchuan smiled very perfunctorily.
"Boshanjun loves to eat humans the most, and they eat them raw. The prey swallowed whole by it can still feel itself being digested in its stomach." Zhu Erniang seemed to be laughing too, it has lived for thousands of years.
, is he not as smart as a young boy? "If you fall into its hands, your end will be ten times worse!"
Then it walked slowly back to the devil's nest with a big belly.
The storm dissipated before it started.
In He Lingchuan's opinion, the giant python is more afraid.
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It is worth mentioning that during this period, spiders often found water corpses in the swamps. Sometimes they were wild animals, sometimes animals, and sometimes humans, often accompanied by a large number of driftwood boat planks, which were basically washed down from the upstream.
of.
These are the consequences of the Han River floods.
He Lingchuan also occasionally discovered the floating corpses of soldiers from the Yuan Kingdom. After so many days of floating in the swamp, they were swollen to the point where only the clothes on their bodies could be identified.
I don't know how the war in Yuanbei is progressing. He can't go back, so he can only dig a hole silently and let them bury themselves in peace.
In fact, in the past ten days, he noticed that the attitude of the spider group towards the two humans changed from neutral to unfriendly.
Especially for Dong Rui.
Not Zhu Erniang, but the swamp burrowing spiders.
This must be attributed to Dong Rui's cruel and inhumane conduct in conducting experiments. Well, he has no way of spiders. The spider monsters designated as experimental subjects were still intact and healthy when they came out. They came out with six or seven broken legs, some of which were light.
The limbs were enlarged, some feet were mounted backwards, and some were swollen as if water had been injected into them, and they even swayed when walking.
Some have lost their heads, some hit the cage crazily and don't recognize their relatives, as if they are suffering from mania.
Anyway, there are all kinds of strange things, and there is no good end. Not to mention the spider demon who has developed intelligence, even He Lingchuan shuddered when he saw it.
He finally understood why this guy could arouse the anger of both humans and gods in all countries:
You can jump based on his upper limit, but you still can't touch other people's lower limit.
He Lingchuan reminded Dong Rui more than once, and even Zhu Erniang came to see the demon puppet master after hearing the spider group's protest, but he was blocked by him saying "If you don't do it this way, it won't happen."
Oh, can it be done by doing this? He Lingchuan is not optimistic.
Every time he passed by a spider swarm, He Lingchuan could feel the malice coming from the spiders when he heard the squawking sounds behind them. The Devil's Nest Swamp was not a place where they could stay for a long time. Even if Zhu Erniang was willing to let them go in the end, these little spiders would probably be thinking about them.
Settle accounts after autumn.
But at least for now, with Zhu Erniang's order as a talisman, He Lingchuan is still safe. The spider monsters are simple in nature and have better discipline than worker bees. In addition to giving Dong Rui a beating, he wanders around under the cold eyes of most spiders.
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After a quick walk, He Lingchuan discovered that the actual volume of the Demon Nest was at least twice as large as the Chifeng Mine. The passages and caves were more solid and spacious, and even had comprehensive defenses. After all, there were more than a dozen businesses operating here.
Years ago, it was built in a hurry over there in a few days, and the quality was very different.
Just looking at the size of this demon nest, he knew that the predators who originally lived here were of a high level. He didn't know how the Bega Kingdom defeated it back then.
Here's the weird thing -
Logically speaking, that battle should have been quite brutal, but he didn't see many magical powers or traces of indiscriminate bombardment here, or even any damage caused by the fighting.
You know, even if only three patrol teams entered the Chifeng Mine, they left many traces there.
Perhaps, the Demon Nest at that time was too powerful and could repair itself?
There are too many things that don't make sense.
However, the structures of the nests created by the tormentors are all very similar. After all, they all imitate the human body.
He Lingchuan wanted to walk around Panchang for a few times, but was stopped every time, saying that it was a restricted area. The spider guards at the door were almost as big as the guards at Zhu Erniang's door, and they were grouped into groups of three to guard to the death.
He Lingchuan has good observation skills and found that the frequency of burrowing spiders coming in and out of this place in groups is much higher than that of other places in the Demon Nest.
And what they transported were fluorescent spores, grass, algae, and even some fermented fertilizers. It was the first time He Lingchuan saw that the monsters were also skilled in composting.
Seeing this, he had an idea.
Burrowing spiders are not originally creatures with strong ability to act collectively and are relatively loose. However, once monsters appear in this group, it is likely to transform into a biological structure like a hive and ant nest. If nothing else, leopards are originally loners.
The family of Leopard Demon Quartz will live, cooperate and practice together, and their descendants will still do this even more than a hundred years later.
Nowadays, these burrowing spiders have an orderly division of labor and cooperation, and their care must be to make a living by eating.
Finally one day, He Lingchuan found several burrowing spiders walking inside, carrying something like glutinous dumplings on their foreheads. They were white, soft and still moving.
He had seen this thing in his dream——
Aphid larvae.
Sure enough, Zhu Erniang led the spider group to start their own business in the Devil's Nest!
Start a ranch.
The length of the human intestine is astonishing, at least six meters long when stretched straight. The total space in the Devil's Nest is not small. Although it cannot be compared with the old nest in the Ghost Needle Stone Forest, the spiders only need to control the temperature, humidity, and carpet.
It can grow vigorously, the aphids can produce honeydew, and the spiders have a stable source of food.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He knew that these cave spiders would not easily change their diet to only eat fish and shrimp.
However, in reality, Zhu Erniang was not burned by He Lingchuan in the aphid pasture, otherwise it would never put humans in its nest, which is too close to the pasture.
Should he repeat his old tricks and repeat what he did in the dream in reality? But even if he could escape from Zhu Erniang's territory, how would he break out of the mirage at the edge of the swamp?
He Lingchuan made secret plans and occasionally consulted Dong Rui.
Now, apart from eating, drinking and having sex, Dong Rui was focused on the experiment and wanted to work hard for thirty days. He didn't take He Lingchuan's new information seriously and just said "oh" lightly.
If the burrowing spiders open a pasture, let's do it. What does it have to do with them?
He Lingchuan pressed his hand that was holding the medicine bottle and said like a gnat, almost only the two of them could hear:
"It's been more than half a month. Let me ask you, can Zhu Erniang's medicine be made?"
Dong Rui glanced at the door and whispered: "No."
"..." Is it so straightforward? "Then you try a ball!" Still not thinking of a way to escape?
Dong Rui sighed, and said with the patience of teaching a layman: "It is not difficult to prepare the medicine for making demon puppets. I have experience and skills, and there are even some ready-made medicines that can be fine-tuned. The biggest problem lies with Zhu Erniang herself."
"What happened to it?"
"No two beasts have exactly the same characteristics, just like demon puppets. The point of creating them is to cause non-directional mutations." Dong Rui shook his head, "But Zhu Erniang is an ancient demon fairy, although she uses transformation to reduce her cultivation. , but its body and demonic nature are too stable, well, it is not only stable, it is as solid as a rock. Giving it these medicines may not be of any use, at most it will cause diarrhea."
"To take a step back, if the drug takes effect, it will have to endure intense and long-lasting pain. I have tested so many monsters, and during the process of transforming into monsters, no one can endure it."
The process is extremely painful, but the result is unknown. Just to fight against Yuanli, is Zhu Erniang willing to pay this price?
He Lingchuan was puzzled: "Then what have you been busy with these days?"
"Using living ancient demons and their remains for experiments, even just a small part of them, is such a luxury opportunity!" Dong Rui said with a smile, "It also has a group of disciples and descendants, which are just like downgraded copies of it. They still volunteered to do it for me. Experiment, where can I usually find such good opportunities?"
In the past, when he wanted to create demon puppets, he would kill them alive first. The higher the level of the demon beast he wanted to capture, the greater the risk he took. Otherwise, how could he be wanted by Bega Kingdom?
This is simply his happy nest for scientific research.
"What are you going to do when the time limit is up?" He Lingchuan reminded him to focus on practical issues first, as time flew by so fast.
Dong Rui scratched his head: "Let's talk about it later."
After being interrupted several times by He Lingchuan, Dong Rui quit the workaholic mode. Of course, it was also because his mind was a little overwhelmed after high-intensity work.
The moon was full tonight, so the two of them simply walked to the entrance of the Devil's Nest Cave, sat by the water in the sinkhole, drank, and watched the silver light fall over the ground.
He Lingchuan always had good wine hidden in his storage ring, so he took it out now, one jar for each person.
Looking up from where the two of them were, they could see that the full moon was like a silver basin, and the light shining on the water was as bright as a star.
Dong Rui stared blankly for a while, then let out a long sigh.
Do people like this still know how to lament the spring and autumn? "Why are you sighing?"
"It's nothing." Dong Rui stopped wearing a mask. No creature in the swamp thought he was ugly. In the eyes of the spider demon, He Lingchuan was probably as ugly as him.
When he drank, a little drink leaked from the crooked corner of his mouth.
He Lingchuan had become accustomed to that miserable face, so he asked him again: "What's going on with your face?"
Dong Rui only drank and kept silent.
After a while, he wiped the drink from the corner of his mouth and said, "A woman did it."