Chapter 34 The Web Weaver (I couldn’t divide it into two chapters, it would ruin the atmosphere, so I posted them together, one update today)
This is a long underground tunnel, a natural cave with obvious artificial traces.
The gravel embedded in the rock wall emits a faint green fluorescence, cold water drops drip from the top of the head, and the ticking sound spreads farther and farther in the deep tunnel.
It was surrounded by white flowers, and dense spider webs were piled up in layers, forming a thick layer on the walls of the tunnel. From time to time, small shadows flashed through the spider webs, and disappeared into the white ocean in the blink of an eye.
Click click click click.
In the darkness overhead, the sound of carapace hitting the rock wall occasionally sounded, huge black shadows drifted out of sight, and rustling sounds came and went.
Go deeper along the dark tunnel, and at the end is an underground cave. The cave is wide and flat, with dense mushrooms growing above your head. The mushrooms glow with a faint green light, shrouding the entire cave in a strange and evil green light.
Under the strange light, a tall figure strode into the cave. No matter how strange the environment was, her steps were always steady and she never flinched.
As if disturbed, thousands of little spiders surged out from among the mushrooms and spider webs on the ground, swarming towards the intruder.
"Power, protection, ability, closure."
The police officer gently tapped the ground with her sword, and a circle of light appeared under her feet, surrounding her. The little spiders around her swarmed towards her, but as soon as she approached the circle of light , immediately retreated quickly as if encountering a natural enemy.
"Jeremy, I know you're here, come out."
The police officer's back was as straight as an unsheathed sword, her hand pressed on the hilt of the sword, and her eyes were pointed straight into the darkness in the center of the cave like a sharp blade.
"Long time no see, Officer Angel."
A figure walked into the green light. He was quite tall, but extremely fat, with a round waist and abdomen, and his whole figure looked like Huge water tank. The obese man wears aristocratic clothing common hundreds of years ago, with a curly wig on his head. He seemed to be just an ordinary person, but in such a strange environment, he still remained calm and calm. He walked out slowly with his hands behind his back and nodded to Officer Natalie.
"As expected, it's you, Jeremy. The case of Martha's family two years ago should have made me realize that you, the Thorn Flowers, are actually the stronghold of the cultists who believe in the Abyss Webweavers, and you are the leader of that group of lunatics."
"Haha, that little girl is a rare coming body. I also feel very sorry that she could not be the vessel for the coming of our Lord." There was a look of sadness on the round face, as if It was not as if we were talking about such evil behavior, "But fortunately, police officer, you are willing to believe my explanation and did not make it difficult for us. We can continue to serve our Lord. I am really grateful."
Speaking, the fat man The body also bowed gracefully.
"Huh, it's not too late to embarrass you now. I won't be fooled by you again this time and send people to bring strange objects to cause chaos in Crown Plaza. This crime alone is enough to execute you. More than a hundred innocent lives, Is this what your spider master wants?"
"Haha, of course, more than a hundred delicious souls are the best relief for my master's busy life."
Fat Jeremy clapped his hands. The darkness behind him surged, and two giant spiders emerged. They dragged out a gorgeous chair and placed it behind Jeremy. He sat on it with his huge body and smiled. Kind face:
"Someone is willing to dedicate them to our Lord, why should we refuse?"
"Who asked you to do it, say."
"Haha, of course it is the Railway Workers' Union. , who else can plan this seductive sacrifice more conveniently than themselves? It was done by you humans for your own benefit, why do you count it on us, officer?”
Jeremy spread his hands, showed an innocent expression, and said distressedly:
"In order to advance their railway project and penetrate the Carlos Mountains to realize their plan, they not only organized this attack on the opposition The forces protested and also planned this vicious incident to create a large-scale disaster. They made arrangements in advance and made a contract with my lord, using the lives of all those who died in the meeting in exchange for my lord's help. "< br>
“You actually sacrificed it to the souls of the web-spinners...” Officer Natalie’s face turned pale. “You not only killed them, but you didn’t even spare their souls.”
"Otherwise? We have to use waste, hehehe."
"You..." The understatement made the police officer grit her teeth and suppress her anger and said, "They want to make the Abyss Webweaver What are you doing for them? "
"The four rare things? Oh, you can say that, but in fact, they are done by us servants, not my Lord's help. , can only be counted as a necessary part of it.”
Jeremy waved to the side, and several pincer branches stretched out from the darkness behind him, with three packages hanging on them. Jeremy took off the package, threw it directly next to Officer Natalie, and said with a sneer:
"That's it. You should have gotten the other one, officer. Now I want to congratulate you." , Haha, I successfully found four murder weapons, and also found the real culprit who caused the tragedy to be sacrificed to the evil god. He is a role model for the watchers. Why are you still standing there, celebrating?"
Said, snap. He clapped his hands, and in the darkness behind him, there was the sound of countless claws clashing, as if countless spiders were clapping and celebrating with him.
Officer Natalie's face became increasingly gloomy, she stared at Jeremy warily, and said in a deep voice: "If it's not to find these strange objects, then what's the help of the web spinner? Will you admit everything so easily?"
“My lord’s help? Of course you have to keep this secret.” Jeremy said with a smile, “For the sake of safety, they want to use my lord’s power to help them keep the secret and ensure that no one Being able to discover everything they did in the square is not a difficult task for my lord. It is just a little extra work in weaving the web, and it should be regarded as a reward for offering sacrifices to them."
"Keeping the secret? Keep it like you do now?"
"Haha, if I don't let you know more clearly, how can I keep the secret?"
Jeremy spread his hands and said leisurely:
"Weaving webs is my Lord's characteristic. The secrets of the world are woven into the web of dreams. Anyone who glimpses a corner of this secret will be stared at by my lord immediately like an insect touching a spider web and dragged into the abyss of darkness. . Those railway workers who sought death to spy on this secret should be dead now. A few days ago, a mountain man spied on these strange objects. He had too little exposure to the secret, so he should not be dead yet, but he will soon. Now it’s your turn, police officer, congratulations on discovering this secret, and congratulations on your soul becoming the prey of my lord.”
Officer Natalie pursed her lips and pressed her palm on the hilt of her sword. An extremely unsettling sense of fear enveloped her body from the very beginning. In the deep darkness, there seemed to be countless desperate and strange sights, staring at her every move, as if the most terrifying hunter was silently approaching her, already showing its deadly fangs. .
The body began to feel uncomfortable, and there was a faint itching on the body surface. Jeremy’s hideous smile was full of joy and madness, but Officer Natalie did not panic, but showed a hint of coldness. smile.
“For the sake of little Martha and her family, I have been studying your spider master for the past two years, and of course I have learned about its powers and characteristics. Although its powers are not well known to the public, they are not familiar to me. It's not a secret. There is a loophole in its power. You have to find out the truth yourself before you become the prey of the web spinner. And if you use an indirect channel, such as the person who found out the truth announces the truth, then it will be known to people. , then no one who knows the truth indirectly will be affected by the web spinner.”
Jeremy's smile froze, but he quickly regained his smile: "So that was your plan. No wonder you have been stimulating soul power since knowing the truth."
"As long as I can persist until the truth is announced If you go out and die, your actions will be exposed." The police officer closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes again, the huge golden scale was already suspended behind her, "So, Natalie Ann. Geer, on behalf of the Catcher in the Rye, declares war on you."
Qiang, his sword unsheathed, pointed directly at Jeremy on the seat. At the same time, countless giant spiders walked out of the corners of the cave. They had blue-purple bodies and black chelicerae covered with bristles. They were taller than an adult, waving eight long legs and opening their blood-red human shapes. His eyes were clicking towards the police officer.
“I hope you can struggle as much as you want, haha, every bug caught in the net will struggle to the death, but unfortunately, you can’t escape.” Jeremy clapped his hands again, rustling. The terrifying sound reappeared from the shadows around the cave, approaching secretly from all directions, "We like to watch the prey struggle to the end, until it is tightly wrapped by us. I hope you can give us a wonderful performance, Officer Angel.”
“His~~”
Countless giant spiders raised their upper bodies and raised their pincers, and sharp breathing sounds erupted from the pores in their abdomens. Together, they sounded like the most terrifying opening bell. The next moment, the spider swarm suddenly moved, rushing toward Na like a tide. Officer Tully.
Facing the sea of spiders, the police officer looked as usual. She knelt down on one knee with her sword on the ground and whispered softly with her forehead against the hilt of the sword. The huge scale in mid-air became more solid and majestic. Power emerged from the invisible scales, and three light balls representing power surrounding the scales lit up at the same time.
"I will transform into a shield and protect the weak with my life. My weapons will definitely be directed at the strong enemy."
The shield-shaped ball of light shone brightly, turning into an arrow of light and sinking into the middle of the police officer's eyebrows. At the same time, all the spiders running towards her seemed to have hit an invisible wall, causing their carapace to shatter and roll into a ball.
"I will practice the law, use my life to maintain order, and vow to fight evil to the end."
The light ball patterned on the book suddenly enlarged continuously, and the pages of the book moved automatically without wind, very fast Every time I turned the page, it seemed as if countless words had penetrated into Officer Natalie's body, making every move of her body seem to contain majestic power, and her whole body was filled with endless coercion.
"I will turn into a sharp sword and fight chaos with my life. Wherever order is within reach, I will be invincible."
The gavel fell from the sky and hit the ground through the body of the police officer, shrinking smaller and smaller. , gradually integrated into the sword in her hand. Until the mallet disappeared, the sword began to shimmer, and there were waves of cold air on the blade.
Exhaling gently, Officer Natalie stood up, calmly stared at the countless ferocious spiders, and slowly raised the edge of her sword.
"Then, let you see the power of the soul-shifters when they try their best, monsters."
As he said that, the golden scales behind him exploded, and the light rain all over the sky seemed to be affected by inexplicable effects. The pull of power penetrated into Officer Natalie's body, causing her body to emit billions of radiance for a moment.
The lady police officer under the light showed a cold smile, and under Jeremy's nervous and surprised eyes, she took a step forward.
boom.
The action is light, but the effect is heavy.
The violent vibration took the foothold as the center of the circle and quickly spread outward.
It's not the ground that's shaking, it's the entire space that's shaking.
The invisible shock wave swept all around in an instant, making all the spiders around him unstable. The spiders on the roof of the cave fell one after another. For a while, the cave was in chaos.
Hmph.
With a sarcastic smile on her lips, the police officer took advantage of the spider's chaos to hold the hilt of the sword with both hands, and stabbed the radiant sword into the ground.
“Only order is the cornerstone of maintaining the world. Only order can bring the light of hope to this world.”
When the sword edge enters the ground, the light of man and sword shines brightly, and with man With the sword as the center, a strong light filled the entire cave in a breath. For a time, every corner of the cave was illuminated. Countless terrifying spiders were twisting desperately under the erosion of the light. The huge and twisted limbs seemed to want to escape from the light.
But there is no escape from light.
Pure, sacred, and hot, it seems to be the natural enemy of all evil.
Faced with their natural enemies, the spiders gathered their last strength and gathered around the fat Jeremy, wrapping him in the middle. Under the radiance of order, more and more spiders came out of their bodies. The red mist, the figure becomes lighter and lighter, and finally returns to the memories of dreamland. The remaining spiders surrounded Jeremy even more tightly, leaving no gaps.
Five seconds, ten seconds, fifteen seconds.
The expression of the police officer suddenly changed, and she pulled out her sword from the ground. With the afterglow of order, the spiders had no time to think about anything else. The police officer pointed her sword, and her body turned into a stream of light, heading towards the tunnel from where she came. Speed away.
“His~~”
The spiders behind them, who were relieved of their pressure, screamed wildly, ignoring the red mist still covering their bodies, and chased after the police officer's back.
However, after being baptized by Symmetra just now, there is no longer a spider blocking the road, and only a smooth road is left.
Even though her skin felt more and more uncomfortable, as if something was about to swell out from below, the police officer still gritted her teeth, resisted the excruciating itching, and ran towards the exit.
Just hold on for a few more minutes, as long as I spread the news, I'll be willing to die, hold on, Natalie, this is the last step to success.
However, just before the final step was taken, the running and hissing sounds of the spider behind him suddenly disappeared at the same time.
Officer Natalie felt her heart sink, and a strange and huge pressure appeared out of thin air from behind.
It was a strange pressure that was incomprehensible to mortals. The moment she felt it, the police officer's body went limp and she fell forward feebly.
The moment she fell, she seemed to see in a hallucination that she was above an endless abyss, with eight blood-red eyes slowly rising from the bottom of the abyss. Behind the blood-colored eyes, a black shadow as huge as a mountain loomed, getting closer and closer to her.
It’s just a feeling, nothing seen with the eyes, nothing heard with the ears, yet strange and terrifying, putting people in endless despair. The power of mortals is as small as flying insects. Facing this thing that comes from the soul With so much fear, he could only sink into sinking powerlessly.
The web-spinner of the abyss has found its prey.
(End of this chapter)