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One of the patrolmen on the slope was swinging his blade slower and slower, and it seemed he would soon be unable even to lift his arms. In the end, he could not withstand the tugging of several spider silk lines and was yanked clean out of the formation.
His comrades could not reach him in time. They could only watch helplessly as he tumbled down the slope and was instantly swallowed by the heaving black tide of spiders.
His shriek did not last long, but it seemed to echo inside everyone’s heads, setting their nerves on edge.
A thought pricked at He Lingchuan. Tigers and wolves kill by clamping the vitals, so death typically comes in a single bite. Spiders, on the other hand, kill with one bite after another. So how did that man die so quickly? Judging by the way he had been reeling, it was not exhaustion but poison.
Plenty of spider species carry virulent venom.
The guide quavered. “Why have the burrow spiders gone mad?”
That was a revealing bit of information. Liu Tong asked him, “They usually lair here?”
“Y-yes.” The guide’s voice was no louder than a mosquito’s, nearly drowned by the uproar on the slope. Only the two nearest men could hear him. “They’ve never bothered people.”
“Is there any way...
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