Dawn Spider

Chapter 7 The spider has an ulterior motive!
The flame spider is accustomed to hibernating during the day and active at night. The fundamental reason is that the predators that threaten its life are mostly active during the day, while the prey hunted by the flame spider are mostly active at night.

Treasure hunting is day and night.

...

The sky was gloomy, and the orange sun hung in the center, scorching the earth.

Thirteen carried a mist bead on his back and followed Jin weakly.

Both brothers were not in a very good mood. After working hard for a whole morning, they only harvested one.

The news spread throughout the mountain, and tens of thousands of spiders joined in the treasure hunt. There were far more spiders than fog beads.

"Fourth brother, is it going to rain soon?"

"It's supposed to rain heavily tonight."

"Well, how about we..."

Thirteen began to back out.

Jin said nothing, but climbed up a big tree that was burnt but not fallen, and looked out from above.

Not far away is a lush green forest.

Before they knew it, the brothers had wandered to the edge of the scorched earth ruins.

"I suspect that the boundary between the scorched earth and the jungle, where the flame power of Mount Sikui collides with the tide of fog, is where the most fog spirits and fog beads have died."

Jin tapped the tree trunk with his forefoot as he analyzed and described the situation. He paused, quickly climbed down the trunk, and called out, "Thirteen, let's look for it where the scorched earth meets the jungle! If it's still hard to find, we'll go back up the mountain."

"Fourth brother, is there no danger?"

"This is the north. The fog tide came from the north. Most of the living things along the way, especially the large animals, died."

"But, doesn't it say that animals possessed by fog spirits will become evil spirits?"

"The transformation from a normal life form to a half-Force life form is a process that will definitely take some time. It should be fine for the next day or two, but after a few days, the jungle will probably become extremely dangerous."

"Oh... then, Fourth Brother, let's go?"

After spending a few days together, Thirteen discovered that his fourth brother was not as bad as Spider Mother had claimed. On the contrary, his fourth brother was a brave, careful, smart and courageous spider.

Thirteen followed behind Jin, quickly moving through the tangled mass of burnt trees and dead branches.

They soon arrived at their destination. Ahead was a half-burnt forest, which was also the place where the two forces had their most intense confrontation last night.

for safety,

Jin raised his paw to signal Thirteen to stop, and then he climbed up a tall, burnt tree, lay on the high ground, and watched and reconnoitred intently.

Observe for a while.
I felt relieved only after I confirmed that there were no other spiders active nearby and no other living creatures were seen.

"Absolutely safe!"

"action!"

Jin led the way ahead, searching along the half-burned woodland.

"Click! Click! Click!"

"Fourth brother!"

Thirteen, who was walking behind, suddenly rubbed his claws, cheered in surprise, and then ran to a tree that was burned in half and fell down.

He struggled to get into the charred branches and soon came out holding a sea-blue crystal bead.

"Fourth brother is awesome! There really is one here!"

"Don't get excited, wrap it up."

"it is good!"

Thirteen extracts spider silk to work.

Jin climbed up the trunk of a bare tree next to him again and stood on the high ground to watch.

--Um?

In the distance, there is a banyan tree with a burned crown.
Jin keenly noticed something odd about the tin-leaf vine clinging to the tree trunk. The lush vine, only ten meters long, still had its flower spikes, but the flowers had fallen abnormally, and there were no fruits...

Looking closely, I saw that it had not been burned. Looking even more closely, I saw a single snow-white flower still standing on a spike of flowers. It was much larger than the more common tin-leaved vine flowers and was particularly eye-catching.

Jin's heart suddenly skipped a beat for some unknown reason.

The most recent Zerg knowledge inherited from the awakening of the last molt: [When a plant produces a divine seed, nutrients are prioritized for the seed. Starting from the flowering period, the flower bearing the divine seed requires a large amount of nutrients for growth and development, which may cause other flowers on the same plant to develop poorly. The petals of the flower bearing the divine seed have the ability to absorb natural force. Since the growth process requires a large amount of force, the flowering period will be longer.]

All the characteristics match perfectly!
Not only was it stunted, but other flowers on the same plant withered and died.

——A God-given seed that is still in the flowering stage?
Jin suppressed his excitement, looked around, confirmed that there was no danger, turned around and quickly climbed down the tree.

"Fourth brother, what's wrong?"

Thirteen noticed that something was wrong with Jin's emotional state, and he straightened his legs and became nervous.

"No danger."

Jin first soothed her, then said solemnly, "It seems, I suspect, that I saw a divine seed in the flowering stage, still in the process of gestation?"

"God-given seeds?"

Thirteen doubted, not quite believing it, "What? Where?"

"That way, it's not far."

Jin raised his paw and pointed in a direction, saying, "Come closer and you'll see!"

Thirteen sped up, drew spider silk to wrap the sea-blue mist bead he had just found, and tied it to Jin's back.

Then we set off, running quickly, and came to the big banyan tree whose crown was burned by flames.

After a brief observation, I locked onto the location of the only flower spike of the tin-leaf vine and climbed up the trunk of the banyan tree to get closer.

Although he has not awakened the Force, he has seen many Force plants and Force fruits in the mountains.

You can feel that this white flower has a special scent...

"Yes, it's the God-given seed!"

Jin knocked the tree trunk with his front paw, giving his verdict.

"The God-given seeds of the Tin Leaf Vine!"

Thirteen was equally certain, and said regretfully, "Unfortunately, the inherited memory shows that this thing is metal-type, which doesn't fit with our Flame Spider Warriors... nor does it fit with Fourth Brother's lightning-type."

"It's not a big deal. Can't God-given Force Food be exchanged?"

Jin didn't mind at all.

It should be noted that in the star field ruled by humans, a planet with life may not be able to give birth to a "God-given seed" in a million years.

In human society, an ordinary warrior may not even have the chance to see a Force plant once in his lifetime.

The Force Food produced by Force Plants is a rare resource of the highest level that cannot be bought with money.

Now on the Zerg planet, we have found a God-given seed so easily?
Moreover, if one awakens and becomes a Force Warrior, one can also take it into the Life Capsule and nurture it into a God-given Life Seed that belongs only to him? The fruit produced is a wealth resource that belongs only to him!
...

After observing silently for a few seconds, Thirteen asked, "Fourth Brother, what should we do now?"

Jin analyzed, "Last night, Master Sikui used his abilities beyond their limits to combat the fog tide, which must have consumed a lot of his mental strength and energy. He's probably resting and recovering in the cave right now."

"Compared to the God-given seeds, the value of the mist beads is nothing."

Jin called out, "Let's go back to the mountain!"

"what?"

Thirteen was shocked. "Fourth brother, what do you mean? Are you planning to tell the Sikui Mountain Master? If it knows, then the things will be its own, right?"

Thirteen said worriedly, "The inherited memory shows that the God-given seed is a symbol of the favor of the True God of Nature, and is extremely precious and rare. The Spider has an evil mind! If they kill us both, the seed will belong to the Lord of Sikui Mountain."

"..."

"You're quite alert."

After a long period of observation, it seems that the Lord of Silk Kui Mountain is not that kind of spider. Jin pondered for a long time, rubbing his claws, and said:
"Of course we can't tell it. Let's go back to the mountain and try to exchange the mist beads for something..."

(End of this chapter)