Dawn Spider

Chapter 2: Thunder mutant spider?
Early morning when the Common Flame Spider returns to its nest to rest.

The endless tropical forest, the golden morning light rising from the distant sky, and the mountain peaks painted golden.

"Are you going to hang me on a tree as a warning to other spiders?"

"You won't die from hanging, will you?"

"Can I turn back into a human after I die?"

"What if I can't change back? I'll be dead then..."

Jin Dan was frightened all night and just as he fell asleep, the "spider silk bag" that wrapped him suddenly shook violently.

It felt like being thrown to the ground.

Jin quickly rubbed his claws, making a squeaking sound.

"..."

"..."

The entangled spider silk collapsed, and two big spiders stood in front of Jin. They retracted their front legs, propped up their hind legs, and looked down, overlooking the little guy in front of them.

A big spider is the master of Sikui Mountain.

On the other side is...

The two largest eyes on the other person's face were larger than his entire body.

Their eyes met, and Jin angrily retracted his claws, curled up his eight legs, and lay there obediently without moving.

"Oh!"

"It really is a mutant little flame spider!"

The unfamiliar giant spider tapped the ground lightly with its left foreleg and said firmly, "It must have stolen the fruit bestowed by the gods, Lei Linan!"

——Brother, who are you?
——Who stole the food? Is there any evidence?

Jin suddenly felt guilty and nervous.

The evidence is right in front of him: his own cracked shell and mutated purple bristles are the evidence, and he himself is the running evidence and criminal suspect spider.

Lord Sikui also tapped the ground with his forefoot, sending out a sonic message, "Lord Famu, do you think this little fellow can awaken the Force?"

—Hmm? The Force Awakens?
——Me? I'm definitely awakened.

——Lord Famu?
—Oh! That's what they care about.

—I'm not judging you. I'm just saying, it's just a bite of the peel, it's not that serious.

Jin understood the situation, and his nervousness instantly dissipated. He casually spread out his spider legs, rubbed his claws together to send a message, and politely greeted, "Greetings, Lord Famu!"

This was the first time Jin saw Lord Famu, but he had heard of its name a thousand times.

The reason is very simple. The Lord of Sikui Mountain was born in the territory of Lord Famu, and then was separated and came to Sikui Mountain to develop alone.

A few years ago, after the Lord of Sikui Mountain evolved to the Mountain Lord level, he separated 30,000 ordinary Flame Spiders from Lord Famu's territory and sent them to Sikui Mountain to develop. These Flame Spiders all knew Lord Famu and often mentioned him.

It is said that the food at Lord Famu's place is good and the portions are generous.

The food at Sikui Mountain Master's place is poor, and he often doesn't have enough to eat.

Lord Famu's territory has a good environment, is comfortable and livable, and is safe without natural enemies.

The environment in Lord Sikui Mountain's territory is poor, uncomfortable to live in, and there are various dangers.

"what!"

"What a clever little fellow!"

Lord Famu said in surprise, "From experience, the smarter the Flame Spider, the greater the chance of the Force Awakening."

Lord Famu asked gently, "How old are you, little one?"

Jin replied, "It's about 20 days away from turning two."

"Can you count? Can you keep track of time?"

Lord Famu's eyes sparkled as he praised, "Such a clever little spider, there's a high probability that it can evolve into a Force Warrior!"

"Thank you, Lord Famu, for the compliment!"

Jin said modestly, "It's all thanks to Bishop Sikuishan."

Sikui Mountain Master: "..."

I didn’t teach you~ Lord Sikui said silently in his heart.

Lord Famu continued to ask, "How old are you?"

For common flame spiders, one molt is counted as one age.

Jin replied, "11th age, not far from 12th age."

"11th age..."

Lord Famu examined it again and said with satisfaction, "Growing very fast and very strong."

Common flame spiders reach adulthood between the ages of 16 and 18, gradually settling on a molting cycle annually. During their young adulthood between the ages of 3 and 10, they have the opportunity to awaken the Force with each molt.

From experience, the little flame spiders with strong bodies and smart minds have a better chance.

Lord Famu briefly looked around and suggested, "Si Kui, you should place this little fellow near your living cave to avoid any accidents."

After saying this, he stretched out his middle leg to signal. Jin understood immediately and ran along the spider's legs, climbed onto Lord Famu's carapace, and ran along the carapace again, standing on Lord Famu's forehead.

Lord Famu led the way, heading towards the distant hillside.

After crossing the flat land on the mountainside and walking up the slope for a short distance, there is a vertical cliff in front of you. It has a flat round hole that is more than five meters wide and a little over three meters high.

Passing through the hole, there is a spacious hall.

There is another opening at the back of the hall, and beyond that is the 'bedroom'.

There is also a cave entrance sloping upwards behind the bedroom. The passage goes deep into the mountain and contains a storage warehouse.

Lord Famu was waiting in the living room.

The Lord of Sikui Mountain moved quickly, entered the storage room, and soon ran out carrying a white bag woven from spider silk.

Open the bag and you will see purple-red, flat seeds inside.

The "God-given Thunder Lin Nan Seeds," harvested just two days ago, are a product of the divinely gifted Thunder Lin Nan seeds. Containing the power of lightning, they significantly enhance the abilities of lightning-type Force Warriors and accelerate their evolution.

gold:"……"

The Sikui Mountain Master pointed to his pocket with his front paw and asked, "Little thing, is this what you stole?"

"Seems to be……"

Jin corrected him, "I didn't steal it. I picked it up from the ground. The fruit fell from the tree and landed right in front of me. I took a bite out of curiosity and nearly died."

Lord Sikui of the Mountain and Lord Famu looked at each other and agreed with Jin's statement.

Generally speaking, more than 90% of the energy of the fruits produced by Force plants is concentrated in the core and seeds, and less than 10% of the energy is dispersed in the shell, peel, and flesh.

The violent energy of the Lightning God-given Force Fruit would have killed an ordinary little flame spider if it had been a seed. But if it had been a fruit that had just fallen from a tree, and they had tasted the flesh out of curiosity, it was understandable that they hadn't died.

The Flame Spiders were born with a fire-type talent. This little guy seemed to have turned out to be a blessing in disguise, having mutated into a lightning-type.

As for the specific situation, it will be clear after another molting and growth at the age of 12.

"Si Kui, in my opinion, we should just arrange for this little guy to live in the cave."

Lord Famu said as he walked to the corner of the living room, lowered his body, stretched out his front paws, and with the help of the fire element's energy, his sharp claws penetrated the stone wall as easily as a steel knife cutting tofu. In just a few strokes, he dug out a spacious spider's nest with an entrance of about 20 centimeters and an internal width of just over half a meter.

"All right."

Lord Famu ordered, "From now on, the little one will live in the cave. Si Kui, you must take good care of him. Be careful when you walk, and don't step on him to death."

Sikui Mountain Master: "...Okay."

Jin: “Got it!”

Lord Famu warned, "Little one, you have to be careful too. The jungle is full of dangers, so don't run around. As for food, Lord Sikui will provide you with enough."

"understand!"

Jin Kengqiang agreed and prompted, "I was hung on a tree and starved all night..."

Lord Famu turned slightly, glanced toward the back of the cave, and said, "Si Kui, what Force Food do you want to exchange this year? Bring it all out, organize it, and I'll take it back."

"Ok."

Si Kui agreed and walked towards the cave where the Force food was stored.

Lord Famu turned into a dark red light and disappeared, apparently going into the jungle to hunt.

——It seems that Lord Famu attaches great importance to me.

——Why did the Force attribute change from the normal Fire Spider's Fire attribute to the Lightning attribute?

——Or is it that, in fact, Force warriors are also scarce among the Zerg?
Jin pondered silently, retreated into the pocket-sized cave in the spacious living room, and looked around.

Si Kui dragged out one spider silk bag after another from the storage cave and placed them neatly in the living room. She used her mind to control the spider silk ropes used for binding to automatically untie, as if she was counting the number.

——It’s all Force food!
——Precious evolutionary resources that are hard to come by for humans are like cabbages to the Zerg, and are casually packed in simple bags.

Jin's eyes lit up.

In the Force Universe, all life has a certain probability of mutating and becoming a Force life form, including various plants.

The Force awakening of plants occurs during the flowering and fruiting period. The seeds that are born are officially called "Seeds of the Force" and after being sown, they grow into "Force Plants."

The fruit produced by the Force Plant is called 'Force Food', which can accelerate the evolution of Force Warriors and enhance their abilities.

In the Zerg, the True God of Nature has a way to greatly increase the probability of the birth of the "Seed of the Force", so the Zerg calls the "Seed of the Force" the "Seed of God".

What's even more incredible is that the True God of Nature also gave the Zerg a god-level ability called "Life Capsule".

All Zerg warriors can place ordinary plant seeds into their life capsules and develop them into 'Seeds of the Force'. Each evolutionary stage can produce one seed, which is called a 'Life Seed'.

If it is a 'Seed of God', after being nurtured by the Life Sac, all aspects will be greatly improved, which will be reflected in the plant being stronger, evolving and growing faster, and the quality of the Force Fruit produced being better. It is called the 'Seed of God's Life'.

The evolutionary level of Sikui should be that of a 4th-year-old Mountain Master, possessing 30 Life Seeds, 28 of which are ordinary Life Seeds and 2 of which are God-given Life Seeds. One of these is the God-given Sikui, the towering tree that grows on the plain below, rooted in the dining hall where everyone gathers every night; the other is the God-given Leilinnan, planted at the foot of the mountain below.

In tropical regions, most plants do not follow the rule of blooming in spring and bearing fruit in autumn. If you plant 30 plants, there will be mature plants that can be harvested almost every month in a year.

There is an upper limit to the enhancement of Zerg warriors by the Force Fruits produced by the same Force Plant. The output of Lord Sikui Mountain's own Life Seed has long been saturated, so it needs to be sent to Lord Famu regularly and exchanged with other Zerg warriors through Lord Famu.

When Lord Sikui finished the inventory, Lord Famu returned from hunting.

With a plop, a red-bristled monitor lizard, one hundred times the size of an ordinary flame spider, landed in front of Jin.

Lord Famu tapped the ground with his front paws and said, "Little one, eat slowly, eat until you are full, and grow quickly."

(End of this chapter)