I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

The Stone Golem Cave wasn't very large; we only worked on it for a short while before it was almost finished.

During this time, Siri caught about seventy or eighty spiders for Murphy.

While Sri was catching spiders, Murphy went back and drove a car.

They carried about ten mountain kernels back, along with the spiders, and placed them on the desert next to Murphy's Cave, ready for the next step of processing.

Not long after Siri and Murphy finished their work, Sylph also brought back news.

This elf lady was clearly driving a bit too far; she was even a little unsteady on her feet when she got out of the car.

He stumbled four or five steps before managing to steady himself by holding onto the car door.

After taking a sip of water, he explained the situation of the Goblu and their own tribe in detail.

"The eggs of this spider have indeed been found in the mines near Mr. Gobru's place, but the spider itself has not been seen. For safety reasons, all mining operations have been suspended for the time being."

After speaking rapidly and in one breath, Sylph took a sip of water and then caught her breath before continuing.

"Mr. Goblu said that the ore might not be delivered quickly this time because of this matter, and asked Mr. Murphy for his understanding."

Murphy didn't care about that; there was still enough mine, so it didn't matter whether it came sooner or later.

On the contrary, Lynn's village, as a future business target, deserves more attention.

"And yours?"

When Sylph mentioned their village, she looked at the two with gratitude and bowed sincerely in thanks.

"On behalf of our village chief, I would like to thank you both. If it weren't for your reminder, something really bad might have happened."

When Siri saw that his reminder had worked, he breathed a sigh of relief and was pleased that it laid a more solid foundation for future cooperation.

He quickly pressed on, asking:

"Oh? Tell me more? Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Shortly after Mr. Lynn notified us, our mining area happened to check on several missing workers. Based on your guesses, we immediately sent people to investigate."

Several workers were rescued, and although most survived, a few still perished…

She spoke halfway through her sentence, her eyelids drooping slightly, her eyes lowered as she pursed her lips, exhaled a soft breath, and then continued:

"Several miners were left with disabilities, and three miners died in the accident."

After hearing this, Sri felt deeply sympathetic, but didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only sigh softly.

"Oh, please accept my condolences."

Sylph shook her head, not wanting to dwell on such an unpleasant matter.

He simply continued to share what he knew.

"The village chief said that the spiders were probably driven here by the cold wave from the north, but these should not be the main force."

The main force should be... somewhere in a cave beneath the Kulun River.

Upon hearing the words "below the Kulun River," Siri's expression instantly became slightly more serious.

If what Sylph and the village chief said is true.

The fact that these spiders can lay their eggs in a cave somewhere at the bottom of the river directly demonstrates that they are not afraid of water.

Then there is a very serious question: can this spider drift to different places along the underground currents of the river?

Even more terrifying is the possibility that even if the spider doesn't drift away with the current, what about its eggs?

No one knows where in the city its eggs will set.

And nobody knows which corner of the city it might suddenly appear in.

It may be small at first, but it will grow bigger and bigger until it becomes a giant spider that can easily prey on stone men.

"This is no small matter. Does your village chief have any evidence?"

"There shouldn't be any evidence, but the village chief wouldn't make things up without reason. There should still be some clues to follow. We'll need to look for evidence for a few more days."

Siri frowned even deeper and turned to ask Murphy for his opinion.

He turned around, only to find that Murphy had disappeared sometime earlier.

When Murphy came out again, he was carrying a large basin of water.

"Mr. Murphy?" Sylph stared at the basin of water and asked in confusion.

Sri was already used to Murphy's whimsical ideas, so he didn't say anything and just watched quietly.

After Murphy placed the basin on the ground, he casually grabbed a few spiders and threw them in.

"Where am I?"

Sylph's expression showed even greater confusion.

"They want to swim," Murphy said.

Siri and Sylph both looked at the spiders in the basin. Although their legs were tied, they were still inexplicably splashing around in the water.

The two of them instantly thought they understood what Murphy meant.

So it was just a test to see if this spider could move around in water...?

Sylph thought she understood Murphy, but Srey raised an eyebrow, feeling it couldn't be that simple.

As Siri had predicted.

The stone man didn't just let those spiders go so easily.

Murphy remembered clearly that this thing would spray spider silk for defense when attacked.

So Murphy took out his rock hammer and gave the spiders a light tap.

Immediately afterwards, the spiders thrashed about frantically in the water, continuously spraying out spider silk.

A few spider webs sprayed onto the underwater basin wall due to the angle, but remained stuck there.

Murphy reached out and scraped off the cobwebs stuck to the sides of the basin.

The stickiness did not decrease in the slightest after the spider silk entered the water.

Murphy's Spider TV is still going strong.

After testing the spider silk, it randomly picked a few of the remaining spiders and put them in the water.

While counting, I observed the spider's reaction in the water.

These spiders seem to really enjoy swimming; they're splashing around in the water, they must be having a great time.

Some spiders might have gotten too excited and were too tired, so they wanted to rest for a while.

So Murphy let them sink to the bottom and fall asleep in their favorite water.

As for when he will wake up, that's none of Murphy's business.

Murphy has never liked disturbing other people's sleep.

"Is this revenge?"

Sylph muttered something under her breath, but given that her village had just been killed by these spiders, she was naturally very supportive.

Siri, who was standing nearby, followed Murphy's train of thought and shared his findings.

"It seems that the smaller these spiders are, the longer they stay in the water."

Murphy nodded, then cruelly removed the remaining spiders from their favorite swimming pool.

"Did you bring any food? I'd like some."

Murphy turned to the two of them and asked.

"I brought some dried meat." Sylph quickly took out two pieces of dried meat from her pocket and handed them to Murphy.

Murphy placed the jerky in front of one of the spiders.

The spider then began to nibble at the food in tiny bites.

After confirming that the spider's diet included meat, Murphy immediately took the jerky away and kindly sent the spider back to its swimming pool.

The spider can eat normal meat, meaning that there is absolutely no need for this spider's diet to include stone men.

Why would those spiders prey on the stone golem?

Murphy pondered for a moment, recalling the scenes he had experienced in the caves.

It seems that only the large spiders devoured the core of the stone golem, while the smaller ones did not.

The core of the stone golem itself doesn't contain much nutrition; at most, it can generate a lot of heat.

However, this heat cannot be converted into energy.

Calories...

Murphy immediately turned to Sylph and asked.

"What were the characteristics of those miners who were killed?"

Sylph nodded, then began to think.

"Because the underground mines there are quite cold, they all carry red-hot stones with them."

After she finished speaking, she immediately began to explain.

"Red burning stone is a type of gemstone that we synthesize in our area. It can be used for warmth and heat generation."

Murphy suddenly realized.

Sure enough, these spiders were devouring the stone golem to steal its heat!

But what is the point of taking away calories?

The underground caves are cold, but don't they lay their eggs underground?

Could it be related to egg laying?

Murphy pondered for a moment, then immediately stood up.

"Let's go check out the mines over there in Gobru."