Dawn Spider

Chapter 13: Hongzhu, you are really good at making up stories
Under the banyan tree, the two mountain masters, Si Kui and Hong Zhui, had a brief discussion.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain stayed here to guard the divinely bestowed seeds of the Tin Leaf Vine, and also brought Jin with him to avoid any unexpected danger.

Lord Sikui continued to follow Lord Famu to hunt evil spirits.

"Goodbye, Lord Famu!"

"Master Sikui, please come back soon~"

Jin Heshisan stood on top of the Red Cone Mountain Lord, raised his front paws high, and rubbed his claws vigorously to say goodbye.

Send away the two spiders,

Jin quickly crawled to the ground, picked up a piece of raw stone, held it in his claws, climbed up the trunk of the banyan tree, and scraped the powder with his front feet near the fruit cluster to release the Force.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain was also not idle. He used his claws to dig out two small nests on a mound not far away. He searched nearby for a while and moved a long slab of stone over to cover the top.

"Alright. From today on, you two little guys will live here. The jungle is dangerous, don't leave my sight. Go to the nest room and rest when you get tired."

"Roger that!"

"understand!"

Jin and Shisan agreed.

Thirteen was so sleepy that he went straight into the newly dug nest and fell asleep.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain took some spider silk, wove a hood, put it on his head to block out the light, and lay down under the banyan tree, without making any movement.

Jin continued to be busy, using up two raw stones in succession. He only withdrew his claws when he saw that the Force patterns on the surface of the Tin Leaf Vine God-given Fruit had a halo.

Then it spins silk to decorate the nest chamber, collects dead branches to make a door, and collects some moss and sticks it on the door panel to camouflage it.

After finishing the work, he retreated into the nest with peace of mind.

"The God-given seeds of the Tin Leaf Vine are stable..."

"There seems to be something strange about the Space-Time Cube..."

Jin pondered, gathered his thoughts, shifted his consciousness, and once again 'saw' the Space-Time Cube, quietly suspended in his soul consciousness.

Tried to communicate consciously, no response.

Jin thought for a moment, then retracted his thoughts and tried to absorb the natural force. Using the method he had learned from the Space-Time Cube, he meditated and transformed it into spatial force...

The space-time cube within the suspended soul consciousness immediately began to move, spinning slowly. Strands of spatial force were sucked in as soon as they were generated...

"Hiss...suck my energy!"

"What do you mean?"

Jin didn't understand at all, didn't know what was going on, and was a little panicked.

In the Force Universe, there are ten common energy attributes, namely gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder, collectively known as the seven elemental series, as well as the power series and life series corresponding to the physical constitution, and the soul series corresponding to the soul.

The space system is a transcendent power that surpasses the ten conventional systems.

Before cracking the Space-Time Cube, Jin had never heard of any race in the universe with spatial talent, nor had he ever heard of any Force life form that could master spatial energy.

"I gained spatial talent through this ancient artifact called the 'Spacetime Cube'. The process was rather tortuous and bizarre..."

"Since the spatial talent has been awakened, the core of his evolution and growth must be the spatial system."

"The Zerg don't have any space-based Force food, and their inherited memories don't contain any relevant information. So, we can only absorb the natural Force through meditation, converting it into space energy to improve our space-based abilities."

"The Space-Time Cube is sucking my energy. How can I grow?"

"Why are you sucking me in? What's the principle? There must be a limit, right? What happens when it's full? Will it do something weird to me again?"

Jin suddenly had an idea and recalled a vague message he had received when he awakened:
[Artifact control is divided into six levels, and six spatial abilities are obtained in sequence]

Jin boldly guessed:
[The artifact is accumulating energy to grant spatial abilities]

"Spatial ability!"

"Any spatial ability is invincible, right?"

When Jin thought of this, he became energetic and his mind started to work rapidly. He thought about it for ten rounds.

Anyway, I have to wait for the divinely gifted Tin Leaf Vine fruit to mature and be incorporated into the Life Sac to become a Life Seed before it can evolve and grow. There's a gap of about two months in between, so I'm free anyway, so I might as well give it a try.

Having made up his mind, Jin cleared his mind, entered a meditative state, absorbed the natural force, converted the spatial energy, and actively injected it into the space-time cube.

...

The setting sun hangs in the eastern sky,

Jin was awakened by the rustling sound next door. He went out of the nest to check and saw Thirteen extracting spider silk to arrange the nest.

"Fourth brother, please help."

Thirteen rubbed his claws and shouted.

Jin didn't say much, turned around and found some dead branches of suitable thickness and length, spun silk to stick them together and tied them together to make a door panel, and found some moss to cover it with decoration.

Simply put, Thirteen's temporary nest was set up.

The two brothers came to the banyan tree and climbed up to check the fruits given by the god of tin-leaf vine.

The bright and lustrous pattern of the Force indicates that the fruit is in very good condition.

"Fourth brother, can I bring up a rough stone?"

"Don't waste it if you don't need it for now."

"Then let's..."

Thirteen thought for a moment and asked, "Will the seeds of the Tin Leaf Vine God-given be mature in two months?"

Jin replied, "It takes about two months for the Stone to replenish the Force."

"That's quite a long time."

Thirteen grumbled and sighed, "The mountain is not as fun down there as it is up there. It's close to the jungle and very dangerous."

Jin said nonchalantly, "Isn't there a big spider guarding it? What danger could there be?"

The big spider seemed to be awake. It raised its claws to pull off its hood, straightened its two front legs, and looked up at the tree.

Jin and Shisan quickly got down from the tree and trotted forward. Shisan asked, "Master Hongzhui Mountain, are you hungry?"

Jin said, "Let's go find you something to eat."

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain: "..."

Are you two hungry?

The Red Cone Mountain Master choked for two seconds and said unhappily, "The sun is about to set, and the Silk Kui Mountain Master will be back soon. He will bring food."

Without allowing any objection, the Red Cone Mountain Lord adopted a stern tone and reprimanded, "Jin, you're a Flame Spider warrior now. Stop playing around all day. It's time to learn some serious knowledge."

gold:? ? ?

Just play all day long?

Did we just meet today?

How do you know that I just play around all day?
Jin was shocked, "Master of Red Cone Mountain, do you know any serious knowledge?"

"..."

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain was choked again, realizing that the two little spiders in front of him might be a little too smart.
The other little spiders are silly, stupid, well-behaved and obedient.

These two little things are singing a different tune~
"You're talking nonsense!"

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain picked up the hood he had woven to block out the sun while sleeping during the day, shook it, and solemnly said:

"In the natural pantheon, spider silk is a unique ability of our Flame Spider tribe. Upon awakening as a Force Warrior, the silk's toughness undergoes a qualitative increase. Bags and ropes woven from spider silk are essential tools for daily production and life, and are a life skill that all Flame Spider Warriors must learn."

"Jin, let me teach you how to knit!"

"I'll teach you the simplest method first. I'll use four strands of spider silk to weave a spider silk rope."

As the Lord of Red Cone Mountain spoke, his front legs moved, pulling out four spider silk threads from his tail abdomen, one each in his two front legs and chelicerae.

"Our forelegs and chelicerae are our Flame Spider's most flexible limbs, but they're far from sufficient to complete this complex task. Therefore, we must use our mental power to control the spider silk..."

"Spider silk has its own stickiness, and the venom in its chelicerae can neutralize and eliminate this stickiness. Stickiness is needed when weaving certain items, while others need to be removed. Stickiness is needed when weaving spider silk ropes, so be careful to remove the stickiness on the surface after weaving..."

As the Lord of Red Cone Mountain spoke, he slowly waved his front legs and chelicerae, manipulating the spider silk to crisscross back and forth.

"Jin, don't just watch, learn from it!"

"Ok."

Jin imitated the Lord of Red Cone Mountain and pulled out four spider silks from his abdomen. After a few simple attempts, he figured out the trick. His forelegs and chelicerae gradually accelerated, slowly waving them and turning into an afterimage. Soon, a thin rope more than one meter long was woven out.

"Fourth brother is awesome!"

Thirteen raised his claws and rubbed them together and shouted.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain: "..."

Jin: "Master Hongzhui, please teach me something more complicated. For example, spider silk bag."

“To learn, one must first learn to be down-to-earth and take one step at a time.”

The Red Cone Mountain Master said, "To increase the difficulty, I will now teach you how to manipulate six strands of spider silk and weave a spider silk rope. I will only teach you once, so watch carefully."

As he spoke, he pulled out the spider silk, holding one strand each in his chelicerae, forelegs, and fore-mid-legs.

"Like this, like this, like this again..."

Still not complicated.

Jin took a look and followed suit.

Soon, a spider silk rope woven from six spider silk strands took shape.

"It's just barely passable. In terms of learning ability, it's only slightly inferior to mine..."

How did you learn so quickly? The Red Cone Mountain Master was secretly depressed. He raised his claws and threw away the spider silk rope he had just woven. He retreated to advance and said:
"Actually, making a spider silk bag isn't as complicated as you might think. It's very simple, just four strands of spider silk interwoven together. There are a few tricks you need to learn and master. Now, I'll teach you. Start by weaving a small bag. Don't get distracted, and watch carefully..."

Jin carefully watched the Lord of Silk Kui Mountain weaving spider silk bags, but its movements were too fast and many details were not visible.

The Red Cone Mountain Master slowed down his teaching pace, and many of his doubts were immediately cleared up...

...

...

As the sun sets into the horizon,

"..."

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain looked at the small spider silk bag that was quickly finished in the golden claws, and his head ached: Are you a little monster?
The Red Cone Mountain Master praised him halfheartedly, "Not bad. I learned it in one try, and you took two tries to learn it, so you're not much behind me. Jin, don't give up on yourself."

"Your speed isn't good enough either. Your paws are too stiff and clumsy. Practice makes perfect. Go ahead and practice. Don't be lazy. Knit 20 tonight. I'll check them tomorrow morning..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly froze.

In the distant jungle, there was the sound of branches hitting shells.

Jin and Shisan also glanced sideways.

"Red cone!"

The Silk Mountain Master, returning with a full load, emerged from the dense forest and briefly greeted everyone. His eyes were drawn to the spider silk bag in the golden claws. He examined it carefully, rubbing his claws and speaking:

"You've learned how to weave spider silk bags so quickly?"

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain said: "I taught you, how could it not be fast?"

"Come on."

The Sikui Mountain Master said disdainfully, "Hongzhui, as I recall, you only started learning when you were an intermediate warrior, and you haven't mastered it even after two months."

Thirteen was slightly stunned, rubbing his claws desperately and shouting, "The Lord of Red Cone Mountain is lying! He told us that he learned it in one go..."

"hehe."

The Sikui Mountain Master cast a contemptuous look at him, "Hongzhui, you are really good at making up stories."

(End of this chapter)