The little cousin of the group is actually a genius in cultivating immortals

"What is this place?" Mo Mo stretched out his finger and was about to touch the silk net on the rock wall.

It is carefully woven from countless thin silk threads, which form an intricate web on the uneven rock surface.

"do not move!"

But he was stopped by Zhao Wenting.

"These silk webs could be from spiders, or from the thread-foot ants we saw yesterday, or from some other mutated animals. They have a wide range of uses. They could allow this 'native' to sense the presence of prey through the vibrations of the silk webs and then attack quickly. Or they could be used to maintain a suitable temperature and environment. There are mutations in the creatures here, so we'd better not act rashly."

After hearing what Zhao Wenting said, Mo Mo obediently retracted his little paws and dared not move around anymore.

"Yan Mu and I will go in first to find out what's going on. You three stay here now. Since the information has led us here, Pei Ming should be nearby."

Mo Mo, Liang Chuxin and the supernatural police officer Li Hu nodded, and quickly formed a small circle with their backs together to stand guard on the spot.

In the dim light, you can see that the inside of the silk tunnel is smooth and shiny. Inside the nest, the silk tunnel branches into countless branches and small rooms. The light becomes dimmer as you go further, so Zhao Wenting lights a torch.

The first room they entered was a place that looked like a dining room. It was filled with various animal skeletons, some of which looked old and some of which were new. The air was filled with the stench of rotting meat. The second room was more like a nursery, where off-white insect eggs were carefully placed in cradles woven with silk threads, waiting for new life to hatch.

"This shouldn't be a spider hole, but more like an ant nest." Yan Mu looked at the many huge insect eggs and began to analyze.

"If I'm not mistaken, it's most likely the giant thread-foot ant we saw yesterday." Zhao Wenting said and walked out, intending to continue exploring.

"Then there is only one possibility for Pei Ming to be here." Yan Mu suddenly opened his eyes wide, "as food."

"Yes, we have to hurry."

"How can you be sure that he is still alive? Could it be that he has already..." Yan Mu did not say the rest of the sentence.

Zhao Wenting paused stiffly, then said expressionlessly: "Whether he is dead or alive, we must take him back."

"it is good."

In the center of the nest is the female foot ant's 'throne', where she guards her offspring and territory. This one is even bigger than the one I saw yesterday.

After calling Mo Mo and the other three together, they planned to bypass the nest and explore the cave on the other side.

Mo Mo breathed gently, and the faint pain from the wound made her feel a little painful with every breath.

Just as they were about to reach the cave entrance, a foot ant came towards them. Zhao Wenting and Yan Mu looked at each other, and they quickly rushed up. The huge impact pushed the foot ant into the dark part of the cave. Mo Mo and the others followed in.

"Roar--!"

Due to the huge size of the foot ant, it could not be solved in one go, so it opened its mouth and made a sound, as if to "inform" its companions.

"Not good! Let's go!" After Zhao Wenting gave the order, he didn't bother to deal with the ant anymore. After tying it up together, several people ran quickly in many caves.

From the tunnel behind him came the chilling roars of many giant thread-foot ants.

"Huh! I can't take it anymore. I have to be honest. If I had known it was so dangerous, I would not have come." Mo Mo leaned against the rock wall, gasping for breath and complaining while covering his wound.

"Mo Mo, it's bleeding again. What's wrong? Does it hurt?" Liang Chuxin looked worried.

"How about this? You two stay here, I'll go out and lure away the foot ants. After Mo Mo gets better, you guys go straight to finding a way out of the cave, and the young master and I will split up into two groups and continue searching for Pei Ming's whereabouts." Yan Mu suggested that the five of them act separately.

"This is the only way. I don't want to drag you down, and I don't want to delay the search for Pei Ming." Mo Mo agreed with Yan Mu's plan. She leaned back in pain, hoping to rest against the rock wall to relieve the pain in her body.

"Crash-!"

Before he could lean against the rock wall with all his strength, Mo Mo and the "wall" behind him fell straight back.

"Bang!" The result was that Mo Mo lay under a meat cushion and fell heavily to the ground.

Because the tunnel was filled with the white silk webs of the thread ants, no one, including Mo Mo, noticed that this was not a wall.

Liang Chuxin helped Mo Mo up.

"Ahem—!"

Suddenly, the wall wrapped in huge silk threads let out a few dull dry coughs.

Mo Mo and Liang Chuxin took two steps back in fright, while Yan Mu and Zhao Wenting stepped forward cautiously.

"Crash!" The huge silk net was cut open, and a familiar but pale and haggard face appeared inside.

"Pei Ming?!"

It was easy to get, it turned out that Pei Ming was indeed brought back as prey, and was wrapped up like a "wall" standing in the dark cave, being used as stored food.

**

At night, there are scattered stars hanging in the night sky.

Mo Mo sat on the rock, hugging her knees and staring blankly. Her body shrank into a tiny ball, and her shadow also became a tiny ball.

Liang Chuxin was busy grilling meat.

"Now all we have to do is find a way to get back." Mo Mo's voice sounded weak, "But there's not a single person to be found in this place, there are only some mutant creatures and ordinary wild animals."

"Does it still hurt?" Yan Mu reached out and touched her forehead. When he saw Mo Mo shaking her head, he turned to look at Zhao Wenting and Pei Ming with a complicated look in his eyes. He said, "The remaining poison in Mo Mo's body has not yet been cleared, and now the wound is seriously infected. We need to go back as soon as possible. At least the resources in this world are better."

Zhao Wenting was silent.

"Brother Amu, I came here on my own initiative, so I can't blame anyone else." Mo Mo knew what Yan Mu was thinking and stopped him in time.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. If you hadn't saved me..." Pei Ming's expression changed very slightly, but Mo Mo saw guilt in his dark eyes.

"Pei Ming, we are not only colleagues but also friends. There is no need to say such things," Mo Mo explained.

Pei Ming looked up at her in amazement.

"Do you remember the caves of the foot ants? We have searched around here and there are not many signs of biological life. Foot ants are social animals. There are so many white bones in their caves. In addition to proving their abilities, they also reflect their unity, cooperation and navigation." Mo Mo seemed to remember something, "I wonder if these can help us?"

Zhao Wenting raised his eyebrows. "Of course it is useful. It means that they are much more familiar with this area than we are. And how do they get such a large amount of food? It must be that we haven't found the gathering place of these creatures yet."

"Yes! According to the analysis given by the chief of the Tsukuyomi tribe, the more concentrated the creatures are in each area, the richer the spiritual energy is. And places with rich spiritual energy generally have teleportation portals." Yan Mu added with his eyes lighting up.

"Then I know what we should do." Mo Mo's lips were pale and cracked, and her originally pale face took on some orange-red color under the light of the fire. Her eyes were shining, and she had hope of returning home.