Chapter 188

189. Chapter 189: Discovery and Cooperation

"Li Yi, the battle is over, take a rest." Lin Yue walked over, panting slightly at this moment, and patted Li Yi on the shoulder: "How is it, are you injured?"

Li Yi's vertical pupils glowed, his boiling Qi and blood had not yet calmed down, he frowned and said: "Something is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Lin Yue asked.

Li Yi said: "Although the number of these spider monsters is large, in the process of fighting with us, not a single monster thought of escaping. This is very unreasonable. I encountered spider monsters in the danger zone before. At that time, a practitioner named Brother Tao led us. Brother Tao found a spider monster in an abandoned building and fought with it. In the end, the spider monster was injured and escaped."

"This shows that these spider monsters have intelligence and know how to be afraid, not just rushing to kill without brains."

"You're right. With the strength we showed, these monsters would likely avoid us and scatter if they knew they couldn't beat us. Survival instinct is something every creature possesses." Lin Yue also frowned and pondered: "Li Yi, do you mean that these spider monsters are rushing to kill us regardless of their lives for other reasons?"

"Not bad, I suspect that these spider monsters are rushing to kill us regardless of their lives because they received a certain command. And there is only one reason for spider monsters to pay such a price."

Li Yi's eyes flickered, looking at the end of the street.

"The mother spider monster is nearby."

At the end of the street, it was silent, with no trace of spider monsters, only buildings without any vitality.

Lin Yue was stunned, then nodded: "Your conjecture is very likely. If it is to protect the mother, those spider monsters will fight hard, just like an ant colony. The queen is the most important, because without the queen, the ant colony cannot multiply and grow, and will soon decline and perish."

"Zheng Gong, abandon the vehicle, follow me to continue deep into the old city district. I feel that today is an opportunity. If we are lucky, we can hunt that mother spider monster," Li Yi said afterward.

"Now? Without resting, the bullets in the sniper rifle in my hand are all gone, Yuan Mingjin still has two bullets..." Zheng Gong said.

Li Yi waved his hand to interrupt his words: "These spider monsters are just using their lives to drag us down and consume our time. If we rest, it will be impossible to find the trace of the mother spider monster again. Zheng Gong, didn't you tell me to give it a shot? Now is the opportunity."

"Alright, since you said so, let's continue forward. Two bullets are enough. Seizing the opportunity to fire a key shot can also successfully end this support mission," Zheng Gong nodded immediately.

Li Yi immediately returned to the car, then took out another bottle of golden nutrient solution and drank it all.

After a fierce battle, his stomach was hungry again.

However, after drinking a bottle of nutrient solution, the practitioner's strong absorption ability played a role, his physical strength was quickly recovering, and the Qi and blood consumed when throwing punches were also continuously replenished.

"Go."

Li Yi didn't hesitate and continued to move forward.

Seeing this, the others didn't waste time and immediately set off again.

They crossed the street full of spider corpses, and then continued along the dead silent road.

It's strange to say.

Except for that section of the road with spider monsters, the section behind was surprisingly safe. No danger occurred nearby, and not a single trace of spider monsters was seen. This was very unreasonable.

"It seems that after the fight just now, the spider monsters nearby were all attracted. Now that they have been cleared by us, this old city district has completely returned to its former safety." Lin Yue's eyes flickered, and she paid attention to the movement around her, because she was a Spirit Perception expert, the most sensitive.

But even so, she didn't sense any danger.

"The more it's like this, the more abnormal it is. And analyzing from the route the spider monsters came from just now, as long as we continue to move straight forward, we might have some discoveries," Li Yi said.

Yuan Mingjin, holding the sniper rifle, whispered: "Li Yi, I only have two bullets. If the mission doesn't end after two shots, then I won't be of any use."

"I understand, don't worry, listen to my arrangement. If it doesn't work, I will retreat," Li Yi signaled.

Yuan Mingjin nodded and said no more.

He wasn't afraid, but had to explain his own situation to Li Yi in time, so as not to wrongly estimate the team's combat power, thereby causing some unnecessary losses.

They moved forward for another section of the road.

At this time, Li Yi saw a piece of bloodiness at the intersection of a street, where some broken corpses were scattered on the ground. It seemed that a battle had occurred here not long ago, and someone had encountered misfortune and died here.

However, just at this moment.

Lin Yue suddenly grabbed Li Yi and stopped. Her expression was very solemn, signaling everyone to keep quiet.

Everyone stopped.

Li Yi looked at Lin Yue.

Lin Yue didn't speak, just pointed to the roof of a residential building in front.

At this moment, everyone looked over.

They saw a pale arm hanging down from the roof of that not-so-high residential building. It seemed to be a part of a spider monster, but this arm was too huge. If the owner of this arm was also a spider monster, then the size must be very astonishing.

However, because of the angle, they could only see one arm, but what was certain was that the monster seemed to be lying on the roof resting and hadn't discovered the arrival of the few people.

"It's that white mother spider monster..." Zheng Gong's emotions became a little excited.

Yuan Mingjin's breathing also became heavy, and he immediately pulled the bolt and loaded, subconsciously aiming over.

Li Yi waved his hand and stopped Yuan Mingjin: "Shooting from this angle can only break one of the monster's arms and can't cause fatal damage. Zheng Gong, you and Yuan Mingjin go to a nearby building to find a sniper point, be fast. Lin Yue and I will join forces to try to block that thing and win a shooting opportunity for you."

"You are doing this too dangerously. A spider monster of that size is no different from an extraordinary creature," Yuan Mingjin whispered.

"It doesn't matter if we don't encounter it, but since we encountered it, how can we not try? You are responsible for shooting. If two bullets still don't kill this thing, retreat immediately. Fighting head-on with an extraordinary creature of this size is not a good choice," Li Yi said.

"Alright, then you be careful," Yuan Mingjin nodded, and then took Zheng Gong to rush toward the tallest building nearby.

They had to occupy the commanding height at the fastest speed and find a sniper point.

Li Yi and Lin Yue also took action. They moved toward the position where the mother spider monster was, and they were very careful along the way, trying not to make any noise, so as not to startle the snake and let the monster run away again.

The terrain of the old city district was complex. Although the monster was big, it would be very troublesome to find it if it really wanted to hide.

However, just when the plans of the few people were proceeding normally.

Another team appeared in Li Yi's line of sight.

The leader was Gu Mengping and a few strange field combatants. They were covered in blood, some from monsters, some from themselves. It seemed that they had also experienced a fierce battle with a group of spider monsters, and the losses were rather serious, because Li Yi didn't see any investigators in the team, which meant their investigators had died in the previous attack.

"Li Yi?" Gu Mengping also saw Li Yi and Lin Yue. He wanted to say hello, but soon noticed something wrong.

Immediately, he looked in the direction Li Yi and the others were moving.

Afterward, his eyes suddenly shrank.

Obviously, Gu Mengping also saw the figure of that huge spider monster lying on the roof.

At this moment, Gu Mengping showed a look of surprise.

His team had been fighting spider monsters in the old city district for five full days to complete the mission. He didn't expect that they would be lucky today and find that mother spider monster. If they could successfully kill it, then this difficult mission would be completed, and by then, his securing the Golden Academy spot would be a sure thing.

However, afterward, Gu Mengping looked at Li Yi and Lin Yue again.

The mother spider monster was discovered by them first. It seemed a bit inappropriate for him to take action at this time.

Li Yi and Lin Yue were also staring at Gu Mengping at this moment. Obviously, the two of them didn't expect that other field combatants would suddenly appear at this critical moment when they were ready to take action. Although everyone was a colleague, now that the Investigation Bureau had released the Golden Academy spots, they were in a competitive relationship with each other.

Having fought a fierce battle and found the mother spider monster, naturally, it was impossible to give it away.

This was not the time to be humble.

Becoming a cross-dimensional traveler concerned everyone's future survival.

"Gu Mengping, this thing was discovered by us first. According to the rules, let us take action first. If our action fails, then you take action," Lin Yue stared at Gu Mengping and directly stated her thoughts at this moment.

This was very fair.

And it wouldn't cause contradictions and conflicts.

But the premise was that this Gu Mengping would agree.

However, Gu Mengping shook his head and refused: "I've been doing this mission for five days, not to mention the hardship during the period, and I also lost an investigator. I don't want to fall short at the last moment. How about this, let's join forces to act. Whoever kills this thing in the end will get it, so as not to hurt the harmony. How about it? This thing is not as easy to kill as you imagine. If we don't join forces, it won't be good for anyone if something goes wrong."

His proposal didn't seem to have any problems either.

Lin Yue frowned and wanted to refuse, but was stopped by Li Yi.

"Alright, let's act together. Whoever kills this thing, the merit goes to them."

"That's good, Li Yi, happy cooperation."

Gu Mengping laughed. He didn't expect Li Yi to agree so readily. However, since the words were spoken, he was not polite at all. Afterward, he waved his hand to signal, and the sniper rifle in the team immediately rushed toward the nearest high building.

Lin Yue whispered at this moment: "Li Yi, you shouldn't have agreed to him. This thing was discovered by us first."

"I know, but Sister Lin, you have to be clear that this thing is very dangerous. We are not sure we can kill it. Joining forces now is the best result, both avoiding us bearing all the risks and avoiding conflicts between the two sides... And I also hope someone can help me test the waters," Li Yi's eyes flickered.

"So that's it." Lin Yue nodded, understanding Li Yi's thoughts.

No one knew how strong that mother spider monster was. It was best for someone to test it, but the risk for the person testing it was very high, and it was very likely that something would happen.

"However, I'm worried that giving Gu Mengping a chance, if he really successfully completes the mission, then we will have made a wasted trip," Lin Yue said with concern at this moment.

Li Yi said: "Gu Mengping's existence reduces our danger. Of course, we also have to pay some price. However, the probability of his success is not very high, because there is only one Spirit Perception expert in his team, and one sniper rifle, while we have two snipers and two Spirit Perception experts."

"Two Spirit Perception experts?" Lin Yue blinked: "When did you become Spirit Perception?"

Li Yi said: "If we really fight, my combat power is Spirit Perception. Although it can't compare to top-tier ones like Yang Yi Long, it's no problem to rival an ordinary Spirit Perception expert."

He wasn't bragging.

If he really took action, he could fully exert the combat power of Spirit Perception.

"Hearing you say that, I can accept your proposal just now," Lin Yue nodded: "Then give Gu Mengping a chance, let him test the waters first, and then we will look for an opportunity to take action."

"The other side has acted, let's go, let's act too."

Suddenly, Li Yi saw Gu Mengping's group suddenly scatter, and then quickly approach that mother spider monster.

Li Yi didn't want to be a step slower, and immediately took action.

Seeing this, Lin Yue didn't say anything more, alert to everything around her, and at the same time prepared to take action at any time.

"Gu Mengping, Li Yi and Lin Yue have also acted, be careful not to let them take the lead," a field combatant said at this moment.

Gu Mengping said: "There's no way. The support signal has been sent out, so naturally, other investigators will rush over. The number of spider monsters in the old city district is too large, consuming a lot of our time. If we don't ask for help, we will have to continue consuming here, and by then, don't even think about completing a mission."

"Fortunately, it wasn't Daoist Priest Peter who came this time; otherwise, we wouldn't even have the qualifications to compete. He is both a Spirit Perception expert and a top-tier sniper, the only one in the entire Tianchang City. However, this Lin Yue is not simple either. She killed Wei Bin as soon as she broke through, mastered boxing, and passed the test of the White Bone Mural... Sigh, these people are all like monsters, really difficult to handle."

Speaking to the end, he also felt upset and simply stopped talking.

Soon.

The two teams had quickly arrived at the foot of that building.

But as soon as they approached, spider monsters immediately crawled out of the residential buildings around them, as if they had discovered them, and then they made strange calls one after another, as if sending some kind of signal.

Not good!

The appearance of such a change immediately made everyone's face change drastically.

They thought the spider monsters nearby had been killed, but they didn't expect there were hidden ones.

It's just that there were very few hidden spider monsters, and their bodies were particularly small. They didn't look like they were fighting, but seemed to be specially raised as alarms. It was precisely because these spider monsters had no danger that the practitioners didn't notice them, just like ants on the side of the road, which were subconsciously ignored by them.