Dawn Spider

Chapter 78 Revisiting the Huangtanshan Ruins

Take good care of the golden vine.

Master Sikui and Yin took their leave to rest.

Jin lay alone at the foot of the mound, calming his mind, shifting his consciousness, and communicating with the spacetime cube.

As if I had some kind of enlightenment,
With the breakthrough in cultivation level, the contract with the Space-Time Cube deepens, unlocking a one-time function: [Spatial Ability Grant: Blink].

This function requires injecting sufficient spatial energy into the Spacetime Cube.

Since the Black Oak Seed reward for defeating the six-year-old Blood Iron Progenitor has not yet been extracted and is occupying the Time Cube's function, it is impossible to inject primal energy into the Time Cube.

Similarly, before extracting the Black Oak Seed and before activating and using the Spatial Ability Granting function, the Soul Teleportation function cannot be activated, and the challenge cannot continue.

"..."

"Spatial abilities!"

As Jin's consciousness was pulled away from the spacetime cube, he was so excited that he instinctively stood up, his eight eyes flashing with crimson light.

"I'm only a mid-level warrior, and I can already comprehend abilities? What's more, it's a spatial ability that surpasses all ten elements!"

Jin turned around gently and glanced at the taro rooted not far away, seemingly asleep.

"Taro is also at the intermediate level, so he only comprehended one wood-type ability, right?"

"If taro can do it, then of course I can too."

"Blink? The ability to dodge attacks?"

Jin's heart was burning with excitement, but then her thoughts shifted and she began to struggle with the decision.

"Now it's confirmed that my life sac can only nurture one life seed. So, what should I do with the Black Oak God-given Seed?"

"Directly plant the seeds and cultivate them into wild, divinely bestowed seeds? Use taro's acceleration ability to help it evolve and grow faster?"

"It's still too slow, and it consumes more resources, while producing less and slower returns... It's a huge loss."

"To entrust it to silver for nurturing?"

"In the future, with the help of the divinely bestowed Force food processing equipment, I will travel around trading and make money through Force food transactions. Then, the rear territory will need trustworthy spiders to help manage it. Lord Silk Sunflower Mountain and Silver are both reliable spiders."

"The Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain already has two divinely bestowed seeds. We'll skip the rare wealthy insect among the insect race, which leaves only Silver."

"It's only right to take good care of a younger brother born to the same mother."

"It's a bit difficult for a novice warrior to nurture the divine seed. Be careful not to damage Silver's life sac... A 1-year-old intermediate Flame Spider Warrior would be just right."

"According to the plan, the Silver Breakthrough will take another six months..."

Jin couldn't wait even half a day, let alone half a year. After a little hesitation, she made up her mind.

First, find a reasonable excuse to bring out the Black Oak God-given Seed and entrust it to Lord Silk Sunflower Mountain for safekeeping.

The most important thing is to get the 'blink' ability working right away!

Next, we need to find out what the next round of challenges at the human race's dojo will be like, understand it in advance, and prepare targeted combat training accordingly.

Jin silently made her plans, climbed down steadily, and entered a meditative state.

...

Jin had planned this all along: to break through to the intermediate warrior level. So this 'vacation' was extended from 15 days to 20 days.

After 20 days, the master of Red Cone Mountain arrived as promised.

"gold?"

"Golden Leaf Vine..."

The master of Red Cone Mountain was dumbfounded when he saw the 'slender' vines that were only a little over 10 meters long, and he was speechless for a moment.

Jin calmly said, "Lord of Red Cone Mountain, don't panic! Both Golden Leaf Vine and I have successfully broken through to the intermediate level. Golden Leaf Vine broke through some kind of limit due to repeated enhancements..."

Jin recounted in detail his and Jin Ye Teng's breakthrough process.

The owner of Red Cone Mountain exclaimed with delight.

The Golden Leaf Vine has undergone a major change and should not be moved; it should remain on Silk Sunflower Mountain to recuperate.

Red Cone, carrying Gold and Taro, bid farewell to the Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain and set off for Thousand Fruit Mountain.

...

As usual, it promotes growth three times each morning and evening, assisting the Golden-Mouthed Scorpion-Tail Banana's divinely bestowed seed in accumulating energy.

The golden vines didn't come over, but the taro took root in the garden enclosed by the wire mesh.

Jin and Tianlan stood guard together beside the divinely bestowed seed of the Golden-Mouthed Scorpion-Tail Banana.

As always, Jin meditates in the evening, exercises in the morning, and practices against Tianlan in the afternoon...

Previously, Tianlan relied entirely on class superiority and racial talent to easily win.

Now, Jin is also a mid-level Flame Spider Warrior in the first year. Not only has his overall physique and mental strength undergone a qualitative change, but his spider silk has also been greatly enhanced, with higher toughness and strength, and the extremely fine spider silk is also finer, as delicate and sharp as a blade.

A two-meter-long thin thread is coiled into a spider silk bullet, which is only 2 millimeters in diameter. The smaller size allows for faster control of the projectile's speed.

However, while Jin is growing and evolving, Tianlan is also making progress. It has completed two age-based evolutions and is now a 4-year-old intermediate warrior, with a significant age advantage.

Overall, gold is superior.

Jin changed the rules: Tianlan could be touched by spider silk, but could not be bound or captured; being captured meant losing. Conversely, in an afternoon of combat, as long as Tianlan wasn't captured more than three times, she would win. The two sides traded blows, each with their own wins and losses.

...

Half a month passed quickly.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain arrived on time and chatted with the Lord of Wild Indigo Mountain and Elephant Pu, discussing the management of their respective territories and sharing farming experiences. As they chatted, the topic veered off course, and they began gossiping about the embarrassing incidents of other insects in the kingdom. After laughing and joking for a while, they started talking about the treasure chests of that alien civilization that contained food made of primal energy...

The treasure chests were mainly taken by the lord-level warriors of the Flame Spider Kingdom and the Ivory Island Kingdom, who then distributed them to their juniors.

Currently, more than two thousand warriors from the two kingdoms are on duty day and night, constantly trying to crack the treasure chest's password.

This includes the Lord of Red Cone Mountain, who, along with a high-level Flame Spider warrior named Qingqi from the same mountain, is responsible for a treasure chest. Every day, whether they have time or not, they have to take time to try at least 1 passwords.

Jin seized the opportunity to interject, asking:
"Lord of Red Cone Mountain, it's been almost a year, hasn't it? Still no opening?"

"If we open it, we won't waste so much time talking."

"What's the status of the Cyathea Mountain ruins on Ivory Island? Are they still being excavated?"

"The last accident resulted in losses, but the gains were greater. So, I heard they increased their digging efforts. But I haven't heard of any gains."

"What about Huangtan Mountain in our Flame Spider Kingdom? What's the situation there now? Are there more insects going there to dig for treasure?"

"Wrong! There are no insects left now."

The owner of Red Cone Mountain said with a hint of schadenfreude:
"Due to the previous incident on Ivory Island, the Flame Spider Kingdom specially invited the Eshu Insect King, who specializes in studying the relics of alien civilizations, and the Sumeru Insect King, whose evolutionary level is as high as the peak of the 8th instar and whose earth-type perception ability is extremely strong, to go to Huangtan Mountain to carefully inspect it. Only after confirming that there were no safety hazards were they allowed to continue digging."

"The ruins at Huangtan Mountain are so dilapidated that you can't find anything there to begin with. They're full of pits. Now that two professional insect kings have confirmed it, there's really nothing left. Only a fool would bother digging there."

"Forehead……"

Jin Shengying suggested, "That's great! Let's go take a look!"

Ok?
You little purple-haired brat!
Are you deliberately contradicting me?
Are you going against me in front of my friends?

The master of Red Cone Mountain, adopting the authority of an elder, scolded, "I told you, you won't find anything good here. Only a fool would go. Jin, are you a fool?"

Aren't you the fool?

Jin was about to retort when the Lord of Red Cone Mountain pressed him down with a claw.

"Jin, I have some bad news. I didn't tell you earlier because I was afraid of upsetting you, but now I think it's necessary to say it."

"...Bad news?"

"I visited Silk Palm Mountain six days ago. Your golden vine has sprouted flower spikes. Guess how many flowers there are?"

"One?"

"correct answer."

The master of Red Cone Mountain is staring at Gold, wanting to see it sad and heartbroken.

cut!
Jin Yeteng had foreseen this long ago, and Jin was already mentally prepared; now it's just a matter of verification.

Jin ignored him completely, adopting a serious tone, and said solemnly, "Let's talk about the ruins. Lord Red Cone Mountain, don't be too superstitious about the Insect King's strength. If the Eshu Insect King and the Sumeru Insect King could really detect the situation a thousand meters underground, the Ivory Island incident wouldn't have happened."

"Last time I went to the Huangtanshan Ruins, I chatted with that water armor warrior named Xihua, and it told me that there's a Pit 0 that's not open to the public..."

"I suspect that the Sumeru Insect King can at most confirm that there is no potential danger in Pit 0 of the Huangtanshan Ruins. No danger does not mean there are no good things."

"Thinking in reverse, now that we've confirmed there's no danger, can we just dig as hard as we want without worry?"

Before the Red Cone Mountain Lord could ask a question, Jin continued, "After chatting with Xi Hua last time and asking around, I have roughly deduced the location of Pit 0."

The Red Cone Mountain Master suddenly realized something and asked, "Jin, last time, you insisted on digging Pit 17, and you even chose the direction. Could it be that..."

Jin said, "That's right! That road leads straight to Pit 0."

The master of Red Cone Mountain was greatly moved upon hearing this.

Jin finally raised its paw and pointed at Taro, who was listening intently to the conversation, and said, "Taro works hard, let's take it out to play and relax."

"Splash! Lap! Lap! Lap!"

The taro shook its leaves vigorously in agreement and quickly pulled its roots out of the soil.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain found a way out and strongly agreed, saying, "Yes! That's right! Treasure hunting is a small matter, just for fun. We should take Taro out to broaden his horizons."

Jin then asked, "Tianlan, you rarely leave Qianguo Mountain to play elsewhere, right?"

Tianlan listened to the conversation with great envy and looked hopefully at the Lord of Wild Indigo Mountain.

Lord Wild Indigo Mountain agreed, "Sky Blue, take 100 raw stones and let's go play together."

"Okay! Thank you, Lord Wild Indigo Mountain!"

Blue sky cheers.

"I'll also bring 100 rough stones."

Jin emphasized, "Everyone mind your own business. Red Cone Mountain owner, you'll have to pay for your own raw stones."

"Row."

"Pack up, pack up, let's go."

Red Cone Mountain, carrying Gold, Sky Blue, and Taro, sped along the ridge of the branch mountain range towards Yellow Sandalwood Mountain.

(End of this chapter)