Dawn Spider

Chapter 3: Little Spider Looking for Mom
"Goodbye, Lord Famu!"

"Come over and play when you have time."

Jin stood on top of the head of the Lord of Sikui Mountain, rubbing his claws vigorously, and bid farewell enthusiastically.

After watching Lord Famu disappear into the jungle at the foot of the mountain carrying large and small bags of Force food, Lord Sikui lowered his head and shook himself.

The gold was shaken off to the ground.

"Behave yourself! Just stay in the cave and don't run around."

The Lord of Sikui Mountain gave a brief instruction and then walked out to the back mountain.

"..."

Jin Fan got up, looked left and right, returned to the cave and looked at his food again: the red-maned monitor lizard, the number one natural enemy of the flame spider clan.

Lord Famu had already injected venom into the corpse during the hunt, and while the surface of the corpse remained intact, the internal flesh and bones had melted under the venom. Now, it was the sweet nectar contained within the skin.

Jin found the wound where the fang had pierced his throat and sucked hard.

A rich and fragrant juice that is ten times sweeter and more delicious than fish meat.

"Cool!"

“Natural enemies taste the best!”

“There’s too much to eat!

"I've made a name for myself now. Should I take Spider Mom up the mountain to enjoy life?"

Jin soon had his fill and began to ponder the problem.

The problem is serious.
Jin knew very well that Spider Mother had always wanted to drive him away.

Spider Mom isn't stupid, she's very smart and cunning. Last night, Spider Mom clearly said that on purpose.

But, he is my own son after all. He was trying to beat himself to death last night~
But, after all, she is my mother...

"I should still pick him up. My son has made it big, so he should take me along to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."

Jin hesitated for a while, then quickly walked out of the cave and went down the mountain along the path.

After crossing the small hill, they returned to the nest where they had lived for two years.

When I pulled open the moss-covered door, I found the nest was empty.

"Where's Spider Mom?"

Jin suddenly felt a bad premonition in his heart.

It's broad daylight and Spider Mom is not at home.

"Could it be..."

Jin was very sad.

Spider Mother is very cunning. She knows that the Lord of Silk Kui Mountain wouldn't kill me for a divine fruit... Just to get rid of me, he even gave up his living nest? This is considered the prime living area of ​​this mountain forest, and he doesn't want it anymore?
Unwilling to give up, Jin crawled a short distance to his neighbor's house and tapped the ground with his front paws. "Gallus, Gallus, are you home?"

The door, which was also camouflaged with moss, was pushed open a crack, revealing two large eyeballs, staring at Jin with vigilance and questioning.

Jin raised his paw and pointed, asking, "Where's my mom? Why isn't she home? Where did she go?"

"I ran away. I don't want you anymore."

The door closed mercilessly.

"..."

Jin was stunned and sighed helplessly.

Flame spiders are naturally intelligent, but not very smart, and most of their actions are still based on biological instinct. Given the season, the mother spider must have gone looking for a strong male spider.

"It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married..."

Jin was stunned for a while, feeling depressed, and sighed helplessly again.

After thinking about it again, he walked down the hillside.

The nest is located under a teak tree near a small creek, hidden behind a bush.

"Thirteen, thirteen..."

Jin was no longer so polite and directly raised his paw to lift the door panel.

The Flame Spider species has a strong reproductive capacity, but its survival rate in the primitive jungle is extremely low. This is the only brother from the same batch that Jin has been able to contact.

Initially, there were as many as 26 spider brothers and sisters hatched in the same nest. However, due to various reasons, they kept dying. By the time they molted and reached the fifth age, only 5 were left. The mother spider simply called them the first, second, third, etc., according to the order in which they molted.

Jin is the fourth one to complete the molting at the age of 5, ranking fourth and thirteenth in the nest.

"..."

When he opened the door, Jin was stunned.

Two spiders were huddled together in the small nest, one was Thirteen, and the other was... a little female spider!

Little brother, are you in love too early?
Oh my god, they're already asleep?
It's worth it!

Jin looked uncomfortable.

Thirteen woke up from his sleep and looked at the cave entrance in confusion and bewilderment.

The little female spider was frightened and shrank back hard.

"Thirteen, what are you doing?"

"You are……"

"Ah? I'm your fourth brother, don't you recognize me?"

"Four...how did you become like this?"

Thirteen was horrified, "Didn't Spider Mom say a few days ago that you were dead?"

"Dead? Not dead! I almost died. I mutated..."

Jin explained, falling silent.

"Mutations?"

Thirteen said, "So it's a mutation. That's great. I heard Spider Mom say she was sad for several days."

I can't see how you're sad.

I even found a little female spider...

Jin Silent hesitated for two seconds, then asked, "Where's the mother spider?" "Isn't she in the nest?"

"No."

"I do not know."

"Didn't you see it?"

"I didn't see it. Fourth brother, it's getting late. I'm going to sleep first. We can talk after dark..."

Thirteen said this, raised his paw, and pulled the opened door panel back with a click.

"Thirteen, thirteen..."

Jin knocked on the door and shouted.

no respond.

Jin tried to pull again, but the guy was pulling at it from the inside, holding it tightly and couldn't pull it open.

The Flame Spiders are truly a race with little regard for family ties...

The golden forefoot tapped the ground to send a message: "My fire talent has mutated into a lightning talent. Lord Famu came to inspect it personally and arranged for me to live in the cave of Lord Sikui on the mountain..."

No response.

Jin finally said, "There's food."

The tightly closed door opened a crack, revealing a pair of suspicious eyes. "Food?"

Jin: "I can't finish eating this red-maned giant lizard that Lord Famu hunted personally. Originally, I was planning to go up the mountain with Spider Mother to eat my fill..."

With a clang, the door opened.

With a whoosh, Thirteen rushed out.

"What are you looking for Spider Mom? Fourth brother, let me help you!"

gold:"……"

Jin said, "Okay."

Thirteen called out, "Fourth Brother, let's go!"

Jin pointed to the nest room and said, "This is..."

Snap~click~
The door panel was pulled back by the little female spider.

Jin raised his claws and pulled, but the other party held on hard, with great force, and he couldn't pull it free.

"Fourth brother, forget it, let's go."

Thirteen urged and took the lead in climbing up the hillside.

The two brothers returned to the spider mother's nest again, but it was still empty.

"Fourth brother, do you want to look for Spider Mom? It's not necessary, right?"

"Do you know where it might have gone?"

"I do not know."

"So where do you think it might have gone?"

"I don't know."

"That……"

Jin paused and said dejectedly, "Forget it then."

Thirteen asked, "Fourth brother, did you really move to live in the cave of Lord Sikui on the mountain?"

Jin said angrily, "Nonsense. Did I lie to you?"

Thirteen asked, "Fourth Brother, is there really a red-maned giant lizard?"

Jin Wuli said: "...Yes."

Thirteen: "Then let's go up the mountain and take a look?"

"..."

The golden leader set off.

Since Spider Mom can’t be found, it’s only right that she take care of her younger brother.

However, this thing...

"Where's the little spiderwoman with you? Take her with you?"

"Don't worry about it."

"Whose family is it?"

"Whose? Who knows?"

"That you……"

"Hey, last night it was standing in line on the mountain and was bullied by an old spider. It had no food and was begging for food everywhere. I happened to catch a tree frog and felt sorry for it, so I invited it to eat with me."

"really?"

Jin was half-believing and half-doubting, but suddenly realized: You're not threatening her with food to get her to sleep with you, are you? That's a total criminal offense!

Jin asked politely, "Then why are you still sleeping together?"

Thirteen said angrily, "It saw that I was strong and brave, so it wanted to stick with me and not leave!"

"Oh……"

"Crack!"

Jin stopped, turned around and took a look, not dwelling on this issue too much.

Thirteen looked normal at one year old, even a bit thinner than his siblings. But after being out on his own, he'd grown up and become even stronger than Jin, who followed his mother around every day, enjoying the good food and drink.

According to the old spider, spiders with strong bodies and smart minds have a greater chance of awakening the Force.

Thirteen also seems to be a little smarter than the other spiders...

"The sun is out, let's hurry!"

Jin urged, quickening his pace and jogging up the hill.

(End of this chapter)