Spider's Cubs

When all eight people passed, Tom propped up the crack in the glass door and let Zhao Xin pass first before quickly letting go and drilling in.

The glass door immediately closed behind him, locking a group of ten people in the office.

This is a large hall, which is divided into several small compartments by a 1.2 meter high plastic board. Each compartment has a desk and chair, and there is naturally a computer on top, which is the place where clerks work.

Although the environment has become very large in people's eyes nowadays, the layout here can still be recognized.

The vulture led the way ahead and led the crowd down the main road in the middle of the compartment. Once you reach the end, turn right and pass through a corridor to reach the office of the owner of this factory, which is the destination of their trip: the safe.

The last typhoon blew a broken glass window in the office, and the subsequent strong winds caused the office to turn upside down. The floor was littered with paper and miscellaneous items, which added to the complex road conditions for the crowd traveling. They need to be careful when crossing various obstacles and always be wary of objects that may obstruct their vision, as there may be dangerous creatures hidden there.

They were careful all the way, and when they reached two-thirds of the way, the mooncake at the front of the team suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Kent asked.

Mooncake refers to an A4 paper lying horizontally in the middle of the road, "There seems to be something moving underneath."

"Grey Wolf," Kent ordered, "go lift that piece of paper and see what's going on. Be careful of the danger. Everyone else is on guard!"

A piece of A4 paper is 210mm x 297mm, but now in people's eyes, the paper with text printed on the back is equivalent to a 5-meter-wide and 7-meter-long cardboard.

The grey wolf held an assault rifle in one hand, highly guarded, and gently lifted the paper with the other hand. The vulture and others also pointed their guns at the area and stood ready, ready to kill any monster that jumped out from below.

Under one corner of the paper were some melon seed shells, cigarette butts, and other miscellaneous items. The gray wolf had just been holding his breath nervously, but now he didn't see anything unusual. It was only then that he took a deep breath and said, "Nothing, a false alarm."

"That's not right, I just saw... that one. If you open it a little more, it's moving again!"

The gray wolf raised the paper again and saw a white oval object with a diameter of nearly 4 centimeters slowly stretching and retracting inside.

"This is..." The gray wolf looked at the white object in surprise and aimed his gun at it tightly.

"Don't move!" Tom warned in a low voice, "Gently put it down, this is a spider egg."

"Spider eggs?" Kent's face changed greatly upon hearing this. "Grey wolf, as he said, gently put them down and don't disturb them. There are hundreds of spider cubs in a spider egg, don't disturb them."

Upon hearing this, the gray wolf's entire body stood up with sweat and hair, and his hand holding the paper trembled slightly. He slowly bent down and gently lowered the paper.

Just as the paper was about to cover the spider egg again, a half cut cigarette butt next to it suddenly moved and hit the spider egg. The spider egg instantly burst open, and a dense swarm of small spiders burst out from the opening.

"Wow!" The first one to be attacked was the grey wolf, with over 600 spider cubs the size of their fingers scattered and escaping. Several of them hurriedly climbed up from his feet, causing him to pull the trigger with his already tense right hand. The assault rifle fired several shots with a snap.

Tom quickly reached up and held his hand, avoiding being hit by others. His other hand helped him push away the little spider crawling on his body.

"Don't be afraid, it's just little spiders, they're even more scared than us." Tom patted the gray wolf's shoulder and looked at the little spiders scattered like a tide, "but I'm afraid things aren't that simple. We... don't do well! Let's go!"

Tom grabbed Yang Caishan and walked inside, while Kent immediately waved his hand, urging everyone to gather and accelerate their pace.

"I'm afraid there are more spider eggs around." Tom remembered the experience of returning to the rental building with Liu Lian and Li Zexin to search for crystals. Countless spiders of different sizes fell from the sky overnight, and if it weren't for electric toy cars, they might not have escaped the encirclement.

They walked briskly for a while and saw many little spiders constantly running out around them. Indeed, as Tom had anticipated, there were more spider eggs hidden around them. Just now, one of the eggs was startled by them. The little spider that exploded and fled in all directions probably disturbed the other spider eggs. The disturbed little spiders broke out of their cocoons in advance and fled in all directions.

"What are you afraid of... they're so small." The vulture looked around as it walked, "and Duan Fei also said, they're even more afraid than us."

"That's because they just woke up!" Kent said solemnly, "If they're attracted to our scent later, they won't be as talkative."

Tom nodded and said, "Normally, newly hatched spiders don't need to eat anything. They need to molt their skin, but..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw dozens of little spiders running towards them from behind.

"We are in high demand now," Tom sighed. "The world has changed."

Kent looked at the charging little spider and immediately waved his hand, "Mooncakes, activate the flamethrower."

Tom immediately stopped and said, "Don't do it."

The mooncake froze for a moment, then quickly activated the flamethrower. Blue flames spewed out, and dozens of little spiders that rushed up immediately turned into flames and stood up dead.

These little spiders are very small, to them they are only equivalent to fingers thick, but they cannot withstand a large number, making people's scalp tingle.

"Hahaha, come on!" The vulture shouted excitedly on the side, shooting its assault rifle back and forth.

Tom chuckled and dragged Yang Caishan forward, saying as he walked, "These little spiders don't pose much threat, but the big spiders may be nearby. Exposing our flamethrowers early will make them wary."

"A few little insects who only know how to weave webs, how can they understand these things?" said the vulture disapprovingly.

Zhao Xin now trusts Tom more, "I think Duan... Duan Fei is right. Maybe these spiders have mutated and their intelligence has also increased."

Ken nodded generously and admitted, "It's because I didn't think twice. It's not my fault for mooncakes. Everyone move forward with caution!"

Tom's evaluation of this Kent captain has taken it to the next level, after all, he dares to admit his mistakes. A leader who is good at summarizing and openly admitting their mistakes will often reflect, which will maximize the experience they gain and enhance themselves.

Tom himself is such a person, he naturally knows how rare such a captain is.

The little spider did not have much intelligence. Just as it woke up from its egg web, it was suddenly attracted by the smell of human flesh and blood, and instinctively rushed towards the ten of them. Just now, those dozens were just the fastest ones, while the rest became sluggish for a while and naturally rushed towards them.

Looking at the little spiders surging from the plastic boards, trash cans, chairs, and the ground behind them, everyone's scalp became even more numb. This quantity at least exceeds hundreds or even thousands.

"Hurry up!" Tom waved at Yang Caishan and ran to the side, dragging the paper with 100 arm strength to the middle of the road. "Mooncakes helped me drive away the little spider."

There was no need to use a flamethrower just now, but the situation has taken a sudden turn for the worse. Faced with so many small spiders, we can only use it.

The mooncakes didn't move, and under Kent's command, he walked over and burned the first wave of little spiders with a flamethrower.

At this point, the flamethrower's firepower reached its maximum, with its long tongue spitting out. Wherever it went, the little spiders turned into sparks, but the number was too large, and groups rushed over, unable to burn them all.

These spiders are too numerous, and the assault rifles in Kent and others' hands are useless. After Tom dragged the paper, he shaved a few wooden blocks off the table legs and piled them onto the paper.

The A4 paper was very large, with several more sheets piled up. The little spiders had already crawled onto the paper. As soon as Tom dropped the wooden block, the tongue of the mooncake swung over and immediately ignited the paper. The fire spread rapidly, and if it weren't for Tom's quick eyes and quick hands, he would have been engulfed by the fire.

"Mooncakes, what are you doing?" Kent cursed, "Duan Fei is right next to you. Are you blind?"

"Sorry, I didn't see it." The mooncake took a few steps back to avoid a high fire.

Tom's hair had been roasted off, emitting a burnt smell, but he didn't mind. He waved his hand and said, "It's okay, the scene is too chaotic."

The pile of paper slowly burned up, and according to the past, people could easily stamp it out with just one foot.

But in the eyes of today's little people, this is just a house on fire.

The little spider was indeed tempted by human flesh to attack them. Just now, the tongue of fire from the mooncake came and went too fast, so the dead little spider did not suffer, and lived without feeling pain.

But now, in front of a mountain like fire. The closer the little spiders get, the hotter they feel. This discomfort caused them to develop fear, which triumphed over instinct. Also, because I was just born, the concept of space had not yet formed, and I didn't know that there were other ways to reach the goal besides going straight, there was also a way to go around it.

Fear and confusion, coupled with not being too hungry, caused these thousands of little spiders to hover in front of the fire and not continue to catch up.

Ten people walked five meters and turned around to find that the little spiders had not caught up, which was when they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's too scary, so many spiders," Yang Caishan said with lingering fear.

Kent only discovered after inspecting the damage that the mutated soldier ant she was riding on had been left in place, and now she is probably competing with the little spiders.

"Continuing forward, we must seize the time to obtain the mission items and leave here," Kent ordered. "With so many spider eggs, there are probably many spiders here. We must leave before they attack us."

Everyone quickly quickened their pace and walked for a while before finally arriving at the front door of the factory director's office.

The door is tightly locked, but it won't make it difficult for them. Kent pulled out a piece of blue crystal and handed it to Yang Caishan, saying, "Miss Yang, we will escort you all the way here. Next, it's your work time."

Yang Caishan felt a bit intimidated, as she felt that once she opened the safe, the team might turn against her. So he hesitated and looked at Tom, who nodded at her, encouraging her to take action.

Yang Caishan took the second level sapphire, grabbed it in her hand, and then touched the locked door with one hand.

"Alert!" Kent ordered, "She may need some time, everyone, pay attention to the surrounding environment, especially above her head."

Tom, along with the others, pulled out his assault rifle and remained vigilant around.

However, apart from the blazing fire ahead, the surroundings were quiet, which made the mentally tense crowd feel suppressed.

After about two minutes, Yang Caishan wiped the sweat off her forehead and said, "Alright."

Tom pushed the door and it was indeed pushed open.

"Vulture, you go first with the mooncakes, and the others follow."

The mooncake still carried his flamethrower on his back, carrying the flamethrower and walking in first, while the vulture followed closely behind.