Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 373 - 148: Guardian Spirit Spider Investigates Dapo Town!_3
Spider Web (8.6%)
Spider Web Binding (3.2%)
Neurotoxin (0.47%)
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"Hey, these three traits, they seem pretty good!"
Cheng Ye’s eyes lit up.
The malaria mosquito provided toxin neutralization and filtration, but unexpectedly, the Guardian Spirit Spider supplied the actual toxin.
Judging by the collection rate of these traits, to reach 100%, it seems necessary to slaughter a hundred or two hundred Guardian Spirit Spiders.
However, the Spider Web trait looked the most promising to fill up quickly.
"If I could exchange the Spider Web for skills with enough shooting distance and strength, wouldn’t I be able to cosplay as Spider-Man?"
Cheng Ye couldn’t help but grin.
But on second thought, in the current wasteland environment, with wilderness ruins everywhere, even with Spider-Man’s abilities, they might not be very useful.
Moreover.
His gaze fell again on the parasitism probability; he didn’t expect the illustrated guide to display his risk of parasitism so directly.
"As long as I don’t make contact for more than three seconds, it’s no problem?"
Indeed, the enhancement of Life Level directly strengthened his resistance to infection sources.
But this clear presentation method still made Cheng Ye secretly pleased. It’s much more reassuring than groping in the dark and testing the safety threshold bit by bit!
Of course, the premise is to eliminate the infection source and unlock the illustrated guide to see these specific details.
Not far away, Jiang Chuan quickly came back with a handheld flamethrower similar to a spray gun.
He entered the granary and pulled the trigger at the Spider Web, pale blue flames spouted out, and the spider silk disintegrated into ashes with a "sizzle" as soon as it touched the flame.
This made Cheng Ye realize that the survival supplies he prepared before were still too ordinary.
It seems that in the future, he needs to get a special vehicle and purchase more tools for wandering through the wilderness.
Otherwise, in situations like these, he’ll have to search through ruins, wasting time.
Or...
Unexpectedly, as he was thinking, a small flame in his field of vision sensed the breath of the fire and jumped out with a "whoosh", perching on his shoulder.
The little guy blinked its round eyes, probably too full from breakfast, and just curiously looked at the flames in the granary, not flapping excitedly as it usually did.
Yet strangely, some very vague thoughts transmitted through the Spirit Link.
"Hey, this little guy doesn’t like Jiang Chuan?"
The thoughts were blurry, unlike the clear syllables in the morning, and Cheng Ye could only barely catch a hint of "stay away", "avoid", "dislike".
Cheng Ye pondered that over the past few days, the little flame often wandered out and met many people, but it was the first time it showed an aversion to someone.
"Could it be related to Jiang Chuan’s Level 5 ability?"
Without more information, he could only make this assumption for now.
However, Jiang Chuan seemed to have no perception of the small flame, perhaps because he hadn’t yet pierced through that layer of space, meaning he didn’t possess an Extraordinary Ability like Soul-Destroying Fire.
"Alright, the main parts of the Spider Web have been cleared, and the remaining parts will slowly lose their activity in a day, and no one else should come here."
Jiang Chuan turned off the flamethrower and clapped his hands.
After clearing the Spider Web, the two wandered around the granary and soon discovered the so-called underground warehouse.
As expected, the iron gate of the warehouse had also been pried away, leaving only a green stone step extending downwards, the edges of which were covered in moss and hard to navigate.
Without the presence of Guardian Spirit Spiders, the road down might have been terrifying.
But Guardian Spirit Spiders have a strong territorial sense and would never tolerate sharing space with their kind or other infection sources.
Nevertheless, the two remained cautious. Jiang Chuan walked in front, holding the Mountain-Cracking Saber across his chest, with Cheng Ye following closely, short sword unsheathed, as they cautiously moved down the steps.
Upon reaching the bottom, Cheng Ye couldn’t help but click his tongue, the underground warehouse was much larger than imagined, about five meters high and roughly four hundred square meters.
The air was thick with a heavy musty smell mixed with the earthy fishiness, more pungent than the granary above. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
He instinctively touched the wall, feeling dry and hard bricks under his fingertips, lacking any moisture.
"The moisture resistance is indeed commendable."
Cheng Ye nodded slightly, which entirely matched the description in the data that "the granary underground warehouse has excellent moisture resistance," even if the rain outside was heavy and the humidity high, there were no water droplets on these walls, making it a suitable spot for storing materials in the future.
As for the materials in the warehouse, they had long been depleted after decades of plundering.
Only a few cracked and weathered nutrient paste bags remain, enough to prove that residents from Happiness City once took refuge here.
"Wait, there seem to be words over there..." Cheng Ye suddenly raised his hand, pointing to the wall deep in the warehouse.
Jiang Chuan immediately shone his flashlight over, where the beam landed was full of deep scratch marks, dozens of them, crisscrossing like someone had clawed them out from the brick wall with their nails.
Next to the scratches, crookedly carved letters repeated one word over and over: "Water... Water... Water..."
The words were carved so deeply that the edges of the strokes had chipped the bricks, exuding a sense of desperate madness.
"It seems a lot happened here during the evacuation back then." Jiang Chuan sighed and turned away, "Don’t touch these anymore, it’s ominous."
Cheng Ye nodded, picking up a piece of broken green brick from the corner, considering this as material proof of his exploration of the abandoned granary.
He didn’t look at those scratches any further; some fragments of history, knowing too much, could suffocate a person.
