I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 701, Section 2.5, Chapter 40: The House of Silk and the Dollhouse

The spacious atrium was covered with tough white spider silk, leaving almost no place to step.

The spider silk on the ground is extremely sticky; once you get stuck, it's almost impossible to escape without peeling off a layer of skin.

The cat-eared boy fell from the sky, landing lightly on one foot without making a sound. He slightly raised his eyes, his sandy-gold cat-like eyes fixed on the spider mother, who was coiled on the web and frantically spinning silk due to agitation. He asked in confusion, "Why did she suddenly riot?"

Ling Tong lightly jumped and landed on the spider silk connecting the second floor. She looked down at Xin Bai and said, "They succeeded over there."

Originally, the plan was indeed to split into two groups: one to deal with the Spider Mother, and the other to deal with Miss Lily and Joan. However, since Joan and the Spider Mother have a parasitic relationship, separating the Spider Mother and the Puppeteer in reality creates a paradox. Therefore, Ling Tong and Mu Yegui, through discussion, focused on Miss Lily's identity. Since the existence of these two conflicted, a third party must be responsible.

If the Spider Queen and the Puppeteer were related, then Miss Lily's existence would be separate. However, this argument is untenable because the Spider Queen does not parasitize the Puppeteer. Therefore, it can be concluded that the Spider Queen and the Puppeteer are not related.

Since they are not mutually related, there must be a third party involved. Lily, the Spider Queen, and the Puppeteer already form a very stable triangular relationship, making it even more likely that the Spider Queen's breakthrough lies with Lily. Alternatively, unless a completely new fourth party appears, the probability that the breakthrough lies with Lily is 100%.

In other words, the Spider Mother's mission must be carried out simultaneously with Miss Lily's.

This is why Mu Yegui left the mask and the power stone to Ling Tong.

Killing the Spider Mother was Ling Tong and Xin Bai's job, while Mu Yegui and Fei only needed to cut off the supply source.

No matter how powerful or fearless the Spider Queen may be, she still needs a nutritional supply because of her parasitic existence. If her supply is cut off, even if she is invincible, she will be unable to move, and then it will be easy to deal with her.

While Ling Tong and the others were figuring out how to kill the Spider Mother, Mu Yegui had already thought of cutting off their escape route before dealing with this issue.

The two sides' approaches are not entirely different, but rather completely unrelated.

In the end, Mu Yegui prevailed.

To paraphrase Xin Bai: Mu Ye is indeed cunning, but to call her innocent would be an insult. She has an innocent and cute face, but all she has is a wicked heart.

"Ling Tong! Have you thought of a solution?!" Xin Bai shouted angrily while dodging the spider mother's silk attacks.

Xin Bai and Ling Tong both entered that door, but due to Ling Tong's reserved emotions and physical condition, the Spider Mother's main target of hatred ultimately became Xin Bai. No matter how Xin Bai tried to hide, she could not shift Xin Bai's focus.

Therefore, Xin Bai took on the responsibility of attracting the Spider Mother, while Ling Tong was responsible for thinking of a solution.

"Hmm." Ling Tong responded, muttering something to herself. The next second, the power in her palm turned into fragments.

At the same time, a loud 'bang' came from the air, as if a taut string had suddenly snapped.

Ling Tong ran towards the Spider Mother by stepping on the spider silk, while taking out the mask that Mu Yegui had given him in his other hand.
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[14] The Mask of Reality and Illusion

Rank: Crown Prince (SS-level)
Introduction: The front is real, the back is illusory; everything has two sides, so don't be fooled by appearances.

Passive: When the black side is up, physical fitness is increased by 150%; when the white side is up, observational acuity is increased by 20%.

Active: Wearing the white mask allows you to see everything hidden until the mask is removed. Wearing the black mask will make your form ethereal, invisible, and untouchable until the mask is removed. (Use immediately after viewing [Shatter]: After wearing, the white mask will become a fatal weakness; the black mask will cause your form to completely vanish. The owner cannot break the item.)
Cooldown time: 3 days

Review: This is a perfect mask, hand-carved by the puppeteer himself, embodying all his painstaking effort. Using it to peep on someone bathing would be a complete waste!
No one had ever experienced what it was like to break an item, including Mu Yegui, whose earlier claim that others would break items was based on hearsay. Ling Tong only realized the truth of the matter after actually seeing how to use the item; it was completely different from what she had heard.

"So... it's not that the item breaks when someone else uses it, but that the item only breaks when someone attacks it," Ling Tong murmured.

The difference in information is probably because others were props that were accidentally broken, while he was a crown prince with the authority to view the specific contents of the broken props.

No one knew that Ling Tong's Crown Prince privilege was to view the specific hidden information of broken items, and he had never used this privilege until Mu Yegui mentioned broken items, at which point he remembered this Crown Prince privilege that he had forgotten about.

This broken prop contains a wealth of information. While the Crown Prince's prop is useful, it can also become his greatest weakness. Once broken, it will cause him to suffer a backlash. If Mu Yegui is wearing this white mask, then if the mask is broken, Mu Yegui will die completely.

Similarly, Mu Ye in this example can be replaced with anyone else.

Therefore, wearing...

As Ling Tong thought this, the Spider Mother was getting closer and closer to him, and he would be caught in the attack if he was not careful.

"Are you done yet?!" Xin Bai shouted impatiently from the first floor.

After running to the closest point to the Spider Mother, Ling Tong did a somersault and jumped onto the Spider Mother's back. She then raised her hand and stabbed the mask in the Spider Mother's body hard, with the white side facing outwards.

"Xin Bai, attack the mask and shatter it."

Amidst the spider mother's fierce struggle, he leaped back onto the web and then used his sword to cut all the silk threads surrounding her, one by one.

Without the silk threads to hold it in place, the spider mother fell down.

Xin Bai stood on the first floor watching the Spider Mother fall from the sky, while he assumed an attack stance and rushed out the instant the Spider Mother landed.

The mask shattered under the attack, and Xin Bai slowly turned his head to see the giant spider figure gradually dissipate into a phantom.

The ring, now without its original container, fell to the ground and bounced a few times before rolling forward until it came to a stop when it bumped into a pair of black cloth boots embroidered with green bamboo leaves.

A pair of slender, fair hands slowly descended and picked it up.

A sneer rang out, sounding both sarcastic and contemptuous.

Meanwhile, Xin Bai and Ling Tong, on the other side, didn't see this at all. After dealing with the Spider Mother, they ran up the stairs without hesitation, preparing to meet up with Mu Yegui and the others.

The last paragraph is something those who know will understand; some may have already guessed who it refers to.

Having defeated the Spider Queen, it's time to begin the final dungeon walkthrough; this dungeon is almost over.

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(End of this chapter)