Su Mo took an ordinary look and followed them inside.
After entering the well, Li Qian’s spiritual power had not stopped, and the map in his mind became highly concentrated when they entered the electrical conduit.
To avoid falling behind, everyone was running inside the conduit, and the dense footsteps masked some strange sounds.
They moved quickly because they wanted to leave the city before it got dark.
There were many forks in the electrical conduit, and at each intersection, Zhang Jun would stop to confirm the direction, and now three different paths lay before them.
They paused temporarily, waiting for him to confirm the route.
Su Mo saw that Li Qian had been standing at one conduit entrance without moving, so she walked over and saw him staring at a broken filament on the pipe, about half a meter long.
"Spider web?" Her heart suddenly lifted, "Isn’t it said that Jumping Spiders generally don’t spin webs?"
"Yes, but it might not be a Jumping Spider," Li Qian said, wrapping his fingers with the hem of his clothes and pinching the filament, a long white strip, with exceptionally strong adhesion.
Li Qian looked further into the conduit and whispered, "There’s someone inside."
"Someone?" Su Mo was even more surprised, she glanced at Lu Chen who was discussing routes with Rong Bai near Zhang Jun, and when she turned around, Li Qian had already walked in.
"Where are you going?" she asked in a low voice.
"Just checking, it’s not far," Li Qian said as he walked lightly into the unknown, always feeling safer when the danger was within his grasp.
She pursed her lips and still chose to follow.
The path was similar to the one they had been on, but after only advancing about ten meters, the light at the turn went out, as if something had destroyed it.
This did not affect Su Mo’s night vision; she followed closely behind Li Qian and when they saw the so-called person, they both paused.
"Cocoon?" Su Mo’s eyes widened as the person on the ground was wrapped in white silk into a human cocoon, and several bodies were also stuck on the walls of the conduit.
"It seems we need to speed up," Li Qian whispered, "the person is inside."
Su Mo nodded and was preparing to retreat when a series of rapid taps came from ahead.
The two immediately pressed themselves against the wall at the turn; she stealthily peeked her head out. This spider looked nothing like a Jumping Spider, entirely black, furry, with its mouthpart’s sharp arc stabbing directly into the cocoon.
The huge cocoon was instantly sucked flat.
Su Mo watched with trepidation, she turned and signaled Li Qian with her eyes, and the two quickly retreated.
Just as they reached the conduit entrance, there stood Lu Chen outside, about to enter. Seeing him, Su Mo ran over and grabbed his hand, "We need to hurry."
Jianxiong came over and asked, "What’s wrong, sister? You seem very flustered."
"There’s a new species of spider here," Li Qian said quietly from behind.
As soon as Rong Bai had confirmed the route, upon hearing this, they quickly moved.
Zhang Jun was pulled so suddenly that he almost didn’t catch his breath.
Their footsteps grew quieter and quieter. Su Niang, holding Ling Ye, was struggling, so Jianxiong took Ling Ye over his shoulder.
"Thank you," Su Niang whispered her thanks immediately.
Zhao Changsheng also gave her a hand to ensure she didn’t fall behind, "Hurry."
As they entered the third conduit, Bai Ling was struggling to keep up without a vehicle as transport, and soldiers constantly passed her. She struggled to keep pace, yet still lagged increasingly behind.
By the time the group of ordinary citizens behind her saw her, the tall, short, fat, and thin group of four, they walked very quickly and soon reached her from behind.
The taller individual suddenly pushed her to the ground.
Bai Ling’s cry of pain echoed through the tunnel, causing the soldier in front to run back and help her up.
The yell made Su Mo, who was at the very front, break out in goosebumps.
Li Qian even shouted directly, "Run!"
They kicked into a frantic running mode in the tunnel, as the neighboring tunnel began to fill with the constant clicking sounds.
"They must have come out," gasped Su Mo, sprinting desperately.
One by one, pitch-black spiders emerged from a side tunnel, and their webs shot out from their spinners, instantly cocooning those who could not dodge in time.
Loud screams erupted from the group of ordinary people at the rear.
Seeing the throngs of male spiders crowding the entire tunnel horrified Bai Ling, her heart nearly stopping; she was too slow. She glanced at the tall man who had pushed her and who was now in front, and snatched him back by entwining vines around his waist, pulling him back.
The unprepared tall man was directly dragged into the spider’s maw.
With someone delaying the spiders, Bai Ling scrambled up and ran, but her stamina failed her, and she only escaped by grabbing a soldier to shield her.
The soldiers ahead, having witnessed this scene, darkened in expression and silently distanced themselves from her.
Su Niang, being older, was running out of strength despite Zhao Changsheng’s support; Li Qian wanted to go back to help but Jianxiong pushed him forward.
"I’ll go," he quickly turned around and carried Su Niang.
They were still far from the direction leading out of the city, but the underground spider army had completely awakened.
"They’re coming," whispered Li Qian, his eyes fierce behind his glasses. With a flesh shield behind, they had to engage in fight head-on at the front.
Su Mo saw ahead in the tunnel, which was densely hung with cocoons of people.
She pulled out her Tang Blade, determined to fight her way through.
The leading few people, always ready with their superpowers, engaged as soon as the first spider appeared; Rong Bai, glowing with a golden light, was the first to charge.
The spider immediately shot silk from its abdomen, but Rong Bai formed a giant golden shield in his hands, catching all the silk on it.
The spider tried to retract its silk but was directly impaled under the abdomen with the Cold Ice Barbs conjured by Lu Chen.
Rong Bai ran up and kicked the massive head, green fluid bursting out, revealing a Crystal Stone inside. Without stopping to look, he grabbed it and moved on to the next one.
Su Mo, protected by Lu Chen at the back, didn’t even get a chance to strike. She looked back only to see the soldiers had been forced to use fire in the tunnel, as hordes of spiders swarmed towards them from behind.
"Round... Jumping Spiders!" As a local of Yan City, Zhang Jun recognized them instantly, his breathing turning erratic.
Su Mo grabbed him by the collar and asked, "You recognize them?"
Zhang Jun’s face had turned nearly white, his gaunt eyes rimmed with black: "That’s the male spiders out hunting, so many of them, there must be a female queen nearby."
"Female queen?" Su Mo immediately thought of the ant hierarchy and cursed under her breath.
"The female queen’s size is generally about ten times larger than that of the male spiders," stammered Zhang Jun.