Still hoarding supplies in the apocalypse? I'll just go on a killing spree and looting!

With each struggle, the spider silk tightened a little more.

The spider that was spinning silk could only move half of its leg, but it was still using its forelimbs to pull the silk, trying to drag Mu Xue back.

Lin You flipped over from the other side of the school bus and pounced on Mu Xue, grabbing her wrist with her left hand.

He swung his knife with his right hand, slashing at the taut spider silk.

The serrated edge of the mantis knife cut into the spider silk bundle, and the spider silk made a crackling sound as it snapped under the blade.

That thread was several times thicker than ordinary spider silk, and it didn't even cut through when I tried to cut it.

It is easily ignited by flames, yet possesses astonishing toughness, surpassing that of ordinary steel.

Lin You didn't have time to make a second cut.

Even if given the chance, Lin You didn't think she could cut the spider silk.

Lin You loosened her grip, and the mantis knife landed directly beside Mu Xue.

The shotgun had already flown far away, and all that remained in front of her was the mantis knife that Lin You had abandoned. Mu Xue gritted her teeth and picked up the mantis knife.

Turning back to the spider silk that was wrapped around her calf, she delivered another stab.

Unfortunately, the spider silk remained intact.

"Damn it!" Mu Xue looked at the approaching swarm of spiders, her eyes filled with despair.

Just then.

Mu Xue heard gunshots coming from above, two shots in a row.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two dark green blood flowers burst from the head of the spider that was wrapped around her calf.

He then trembled and collapsed weakly to the ground.

The force that had been gripping her calf so tightly had mostly disappeared, and suddenly a pulling force came from her arm.

Mu Xue was dragged over by Lin You.

The burning arm grabbed Mu Xue's calf directly. Under the scorching heat of the flames, the originally incredibly tough spider silk melted rapidly and was then ignited.

Mu Xue's calves were freed from the spider silk.

Lin You grabbed Mu Xue's arms with both hands and dragged her through the gap in the school bus to the other side.

"Bang! Bang!"

A series of gunshots rang out. Lin You shot and killed the closest spider while shouting, "Car! Quick!"

The situation is extremely critical.

They can't even utter a complete sentence; they can only use the simplest words to replace it.

Fortunately, the raging fire in front of him stopped most of the spiders in their pursuit.

Only a few scattered ones charged forward fearlessly.

Lin You shot him down, turning him into new fuel for the fire.

Mu Xue opened her right hand, and the air twisted violently—the SUV was released from the space and landed heavily on the tunnel floor.

Before the car had even come to a complete stop, Mu Xue had already jumped into the driver's seat and started the engine, a plume of black smoke billowing from the exhaust pipe.

"Beep beep"

Mu Xue slammed her hand on the car horn, and the SUV made a rattling sound, reminding Lin You to get in the car quickly.

Lin You crushed a baby spider crawling on the ground and jumped directly into the passenger seat.

"bump"

The moment Lin You slammed the car door shut, a spider's silk stuck to the door handle.

Lin You was just a hair's breadth away from being entangled in spider silk.

In this situation, getting entangled will only result in becoming food for the spider.

More spiders pounced on the SUV from the side walls and the top of the hole, but they were too small for their legs to pierce the car body, and their fangs only left a few shallow scratches on the windshield.

Several spiders that had jumped onto the hood were frantically crawling on the windshield, trying to squeeze in through the gap in the glass.

Mu Xue stepped on the gas, and the SUV shuddered.

The speed was instantly increased to the maximum.

The tires screeched as they rubbed against the ground.

The SUV accelerated instantly, flinging away the spiders that pounced on it. One of them hit the rearview mirror and bounced off, landing on the road and being swept up by the exhaust blast of a passing car.

The light at the end of the tunnel grew brighter, and behind them was a dense army of spiders.

The SUV accelerated wildly as it sped out of the tunnel, and the afternoon sun poured into the cabin.

The spiders behind them didn't chase after them; they all stayed at the tunnel entrance.

Mu Xue did not slow down, and only stepped on the brakes when she reached an open area outside the tunnel.

The two men sat in the car, panting heavily. The car was filled with the lingering smell of gasoline and the burnt flesh of flames.

Mu Xue looked down at the few small red spots on the back of her hand where the spiderlings had bitten her, gently scratched them with her fingernails, and then took out a small bottle of alcohol wipes from her bag to disinfect them.

Lin You leaned back in the driver's seat, shook out a few struggling spiderlings from her collar, and crushed them with her thumb.

I started taking off my clothes; some of the clothing on my arms was already sticking to my skin.

Every tug made Lin You's lips twitch.

This hurts so much.

Mu Xue actually laughed out loud when she saw Lin You's disheveled appearance.

However, the laughter was mixed with sobs.

Lin You rolled her eyes at Mu Xue and placed her arm in front of Mu Xue. "Take care of this for me. This feels really awful."

Mu Xue took the arm Lin You offered and looked at the crisscrossing old and new scars on it...

Some of the burns were from being ignited by flames in the tunnel, and the old, centipede-like scars left from previous battles were no longer visible.

Only large areas of burns.

And those clothing fibers stuck to the wound, every time Lin You pulled them, made her gasp.

Mu Xue stopped laughing, lowered her head and took out tweezers and alcohol swabs from the first aid kit. Her movements were very gentle, as if she was afraid of hurting Lin You.

It was as if she was trying to use this carefulness to cover up the nasal tone of her voice from crying.

Mu Xue lowered her head and soaked the molten fabric in alcohol. Only after it was completely soaked did she use tweezers to tear the fabric off piece by piece.

He then opened the alcohol bottle to disinfect the wound, saying, "You should put out your own fire before pulling me out."

Lin You didn't know why Mu Xue said that. Was it because she felt guilty or because she felt sorry for herself?

Lin You leaned back in the passenger seat, her arms trembling slightly from the alcohol, but her voice was flat, "If you get dragged back, I can't save you by myself."

Mu Xue paused for a moment.

With her head down, her expression was obscured, and when she spoke again, her voice was even hoarser than before. "So you threw the mantis knife at me so I could cut the spider silk myself. You gave me the knife, but you had no weapon in your hand, and you were squatting in the fire trying to pull me out with your bare hands. Aren't you afraid that another spider will pounce on you?"

"I didn't think that way. Whether you use a knife to cut it or use your spatial abilities to take it away, I know you can do it." Lin You looked at Mu Xue. "When you were entangled, I could only kill the spiders that pounced on you. Otherwise, we would all die."

Is this trust? Or is it the trust of entrusting one's life to another?

If she hadn't escaped, would she have caused Lin You's death? Thinking of this, Mu Xue's mood became even more depressed.

Lin You extended her other arm so that Mu Xue could continue processing it, and lowered her voice, "You did a good job, you didn't disappoint me."

Faced with Lin You's affirmation, Mu Xue felt a tightness in her chest.

She was terrified at the time; her fear of spiders made her feel that her performance had been terrible.

Wiping away her tears, Mu Xue poured some dark brown powder from a small porcelain bottle she kept close to her body and gently applied it to Lin You's wound with her fingertips.

When the wound medicine touched her still bleeding arm, Lin You took a breath, and then her brows gradually relaxed.

"How are you feeling?" Mu Xue asked in a hoarse voice.

Lin You took out a healing potion and swallowed it.

The fine bloodstains on the wound quickly subsided under the coverage of the medicinal powder, and the red and swollen edges also began to fade.

Her eyes lit up, and she poured out some more powder to continue applying it, her movements more steady than before. "This medicine really works. That old Taoist priest wasn't lying."

"It feels pretty good, cool and refreshing." Lin You's wound, which had just been treated with medicine, had already lost most of its pain.

A very thin film of medicine covered the skin, which felt slightly cool to the touch.

After applying the medicine to both of Lin You's arms, Mu Xue loosely wrapped them with clean bandages, and then carefully put the porcelain bottle back into her inner pocket.

She looked down at the layers of gauze on Lin You's arm and suddenly blurted out, "Sister Lin, what were you thinking when you turned around and didn't see me? Actually, when I was lying on the ground being dragged away by the spider, I was also thinking—what would happen to An'an if I dragged Sister Lin to her death here? What would happen to Shunzi?"

Lin You flexed her fingers; it was alright, it didn't affect the battle much.

"You're overthinking it. Get in the car. We need to drive a bit further today."

Mu Xue remained silent.

She rested her forehead on the steering wheel, her shoulders trembled slightly, then took a deep breath, lifted her head, and started the engine.

The SUV continued along the winding mountain road, the afternoon sun shining through the windows onto the faces of the two men, which were covered in ash and bloodstains.

It's not safe now; we're too close to the spider's lair.