Chapter 314: The Big Spider

Chapter 314: Chapter 314: The Big Spider

Feng Ling was up all night.

After returning to Maple Leaf Lake, as soon as it passed midnight, Li Qing’s Divination count reset. She immediately shook him awake to divine Xing Guang’s location again.

The result of the Divination was completely different from before.

"He’s moving," Li Qing sighed. "Every time he moves, it affects the accuracy of the Divination."

Feng Ling was disappointed and stared at Li Qing without a word.

Li Qing explained awkwardly, "I’m just a Divination Master. Finding people isn’t my specialty..."

He then tried to console Feng Ling, "Once you get the Eye of Horus, you’ll have your own search ability."

From the side, Huangfu Miaomiao muttered under her breath, "How are we supposed to get the Eye of Horus if we can’t even lock down his location? If you ask me, Xing Guang is about to get away."

Li Qing: "..."

Hearing this, Feng Ling grew worried too. "Xing Guang hasn’t already left Jinnan City, has he...?"

The leaves overhead rustled. Ye Zheng descended, hanging upside down. She opened a pair of blood-red eyes and said in an eerie voice, "Xing Guang is still in Jinnan City."

Feng Ling was already used to her sudden, ghost-like appearances.

"The Alien Species’ target is Bai Lu. As long as Bai Lu isn’t dead, they won’t leave Jinnan City," Ye Zheng said with conviction. "Xing Guang will definitely make a move on Bai Lu again."

Feng Ling heaved a long sigh. "Ahhh—I’m really worried Xing Guang will bolt. My original plan was to confirm his location before acting, but everything’s a mess now. We can’t find Xing Guang, the Inspection Bureau team is in trouble, and we still haven’t figured out what’s up with Bai Lu. This is so frustrating. Why don’t we just go to the tunnel tonight, plant the explosives, and stick to the original plan? We can try and see if we can lure Xing Guang out."

Ye Zheng thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay. The Jingnan Branch will be in chaos tonight, so they definitely won’t schedule any patrols for the latter half of the night. But are you sure that tunnel you picked is abandoned? Are you sure no vehicles will pass through?"

Feng Ling shrugged. "If you’re worried, we can just find a few big rocks and block the entrances to the tunnel."

Just then, Huangfu Miaomiao raised a hand.

Feng Ling raised an eyebrow at her. "What is it?"

"I have an objection!" Huangfu Miaomiao said with a serious expression. "The original plan was for Feng Ling to pretend to be injured by a Pollution Body and flee into the tunnel, creating the illusion of a near-fatal, mutually destructive battle. But Zhengzheng fought a player tonight. It’s possible Xing Guang’s group already recognizes her. Will Xing Guang still fall for the trick?"

Ye Zheng fell silent.

Feng Ling thought for a moment. "I doubt it... Didn’t we silence all the Alien Species that saw Zhengzheng?"

"Strictly speaking, we didn’t silence all of them," Ye Zheng said, recalling the events. "After the Star Association’s Alien Species created the exploding Squirrel incident in Daling Forest, they thought I’d die from the pollution and retreated quickly, so they don’t know what I look like as a Pollution Body. The next time we encountered the Star Association was in Guangshan City, where we wiped out a batch of Alien Species in front of a KTV. That’s also when you killed the Gu Insect Master. After that, when we came out of the Maze, we fought a giant leech together. The leech didn’t drop a Card and went offline. And then tonight, an Alien Species escaped right before my eyes. If the Alien Species that escaped tonight and the leech from last time both belong to the Star Association, then they’ll definitely be able to deduce that I’m on your side."

Huangfu Miaomiao immediately nodded. "Exactly! Players aren’t stupid. If they know you two are working together, why would they believe you’d fight each other to the death? It’s impossible!"

"Why is it impossible?" Feng Ling tilted her head. "Maybe the Pollution Body lost control. Infighting, arguments... Alien Species kill each other all the time. Why wouldn’t they believe that the Pollution Body and I had a falling out?"

Huangfu Miaomiao puffed out her cheeks and insisted, "Well, if I were Xing Guang, I’d find it very suspicious!"

"Ugh, this is so complicated..." Feng Ling sighed in frustration.

She knew Huangfu Miaomiao had a point, but with the situation as it was, she really couldn’t think of a better way.

"I can’t just fight myself..." she complained, holding her head. "A Pollution Body has to appear and threaten the city’s safety first, so I have a legitimate reason to fight. If the monster doesn’t show up, how can Ultraman fight? And if Ultraman doesn’t fight, how can he get a chance to be injured?"

Moreover, the Pollution Body acting as her opponent had to be very powerful. Otherwise, the idea of her being beaten to near-death wouldn’t be convincing.

Ye Zheng’s expression gradually darkened. When she and Feng Ling were discussing the plan, they had added many details to make it foolproof for catching Xing Guang. But because she had appeared tonight to rescue the Jinnan City Inspection Bureau team, the plan was now almost completely ruined.

Feng Ling said impatiently, "Oh, let’s just do it. Maybe we’re just overthinking things. Maybe Xing Guang is a total idiot who’ll come running to collect my Card the second he hears the hidden boss is about to be finished."

Ye Zheng was also unwilling to give up on the plan. She began hesitantly, "Then let’s just try..."

Suddenly, a noise came from the truck.

Feng Ling froze for a second, then turned her head towards the large truck. "I almost forgot. Is the Cat Spider about to come out?"

She walked toward the truck. After just two steps, she saw an extremely thin spider leg extend from the cargo container.

Feng Ling said in surprise, "It was in the cocoon for too long. Its legs have gotten skinny from hunger."

A second spider leg emerged, followed by a low, hoarse screeching. With a heavy CHUFF CHUFF, the entire cargo container began to shake.

Feng Ling walked closer, and suddenly two fangs the size of human heads shot out from the container! With a roar, it lunged at Feng Ling!

"Feng Ling!" Ye Zheng cried out worriedly.

Huangfu Miaomiao also stood up nervously.

"I’m fine..." Feng Ling wiped the spider’s saliva off her face and waved her hand to show there was no danger. "It’s just really hungry, so it’s throwing a tantrum."

From a tree in the distance, the Cat Owl let out a piercing shriek, trying to intimidate the Cat Spider.

But the Cat Spider’s body had grown immensely, and its ego had inflated along with it. Not to be outdone, it immediately let out a roar.

Feng Ling remembered the Cat Spider used to only be able to hiss. Now its appearance had changed dramatically, and its voice had become coarse and deep, like a boy going through puberty. Its cries were extremely unpleasant to hear.

"Alright, stop yelling." Feng Ling looked the Cat Spider up and down with disdain. "Get out of the truck first so I can see what’s going on with you. You’re so skinny you’re just skin and bones."

CHUFFING, the Cat Spider climbed out of the truck. Each of its legs was over three meters long when stretched out. Its body hair had become short and dense. Its previously round, chubby abdomen was now thin and elongated, almost like a dragonfly’s.

Feng Ling counted carefully and found that the Cat Spider’s legs were finally all there—a full set of eight.

"Look. What if I fight this?" Feng Ling turned back to look at Ye Zheng and Huangfu Miaomiao. "A giant spider suddenly appears in Jinnan City. The Inspection Bureau is short-staffed. As a Hunter, I step up to maintain the city’s peace and security, force the huge spider into a tunnel, and then an ’accident’ happens. That’s perfectly logical, right?"

Ye Zheng frowned. "It’s logical, but what kind of accident? There’s no reason a hidden boss would lose to a spider."

"For example, I get poisoned, or tangled in its web." The more Feng Ling thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. She patted the Cat Spider’s large fang. "How about it? If I give you one night, can you spin a web in the tunnel?"

The Cat Spider let out a hoarse cry, tinged with grievance.

It was too hungry. It couldn’t even produce a single strand of silk right now.