After much deliberation, Xiao Feng felt that there was a good chance Hu Zhenqing was telling the truth.

Referring to what Darcy said earlier, the "monster" had many tentacles, which matched up with Hu Zhenqing's description of the giant spider.

"What kind of attacks does that oversized spider have?" Xiao Feng asked as he walked.

"It spits silk from its mouth," Hu Zhenqing said, a look of lingering fear on his face. "And the spider silk can stick to the ground. I saw with my own eyes a foreigner who had fallen to the ground trapped and then impaled through the chest by the spider's leg. There's no way he could have survived."

Everyone's expressions grew darker. If they were in a game, this giant spider they hadn't yet encountered would undoubtedly be a major Boss.

The bullets couldn't destroy it, which means it has extremely high defense, and the silk it spits can stick to the ground, which means it also has control skills.

In addition to being able to easily pierce a person's chest with its legs, its attack is obviously no low threat.

Thinking about these things, everyone felt uncertain. Could they even fight it?

At this point, Xiao Feng, who had been staying close to Hu Zhenqing, suddenly asked, "Did you run all the way back in the dark like this?"

Everyone knew that when the encounter happened, Hu Zhenqing didn't have any lighting equipment. In an environment where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, it was lethal at any moment.

Of course, when they met Darcy earlier, he also didn't have a flashlight or similar lighting equipment.

But the issue is, Darcy is dead and can't explain anything anymore.

Hu Zhenqing immediately understood that the other party hadn't let down their guard against him and smiled bitterly as he pulled a palm-sized flashlight from his pocket.

"The battery's low, but it can barely work."

As he spoke, he turned on the flashlight.

The light was dim, and the lampshade was broken, but as Hu Zhenqing said, it allowed them to vaguely see, enough to be usable.

At this moment, Lin Zhiyan stepped forward quickly, tugging on Xiao Feng's sleeve.

Xiao Feng understood she had something to say and called Fujiwara Keiaki over to take his place next to Hu Zhenqing, then headed to the back of the group.

"If Hu Zhenqing isn't lying, do you think we can handle that giant spider?" Lin Zhiyan asked in a lowered voice.

Xiao Feng shrugged, smiling, "How could I estimate that without seeing it? For now, we can only take it one step at a time. If we can avoid it, we should; if not, there's nothing we can do."

"Have you ever thought about... retreating?" Lin Zhiyan hesitated before asking the question she had been meaning to ask.

It was well known that Xiao Feng loved money, but surely not to the extent of risking his life.

According to Lin Zhiyan's thinking, Xiao Feng should have been looking for a way to retreat long ago.

After all, under the previous agreement, even if they found the treasure, it would all belong to Sun Shijie. There was no need to risk their lives.

As for Xiao Feng being afraid of the poison Sun Shijie used earlier...

That was a possibility and made sense!

But intuitively, Lin Zhiyan didn't believe that was the whole truth.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Feng spoke, "Do you believe in intuition?"

Lin Zhiyan paused, not knowing what Xiao Feng meant by this question, but nodded anyway.

"Since you believe it, let me say it outright—my intuition tells me moving forward is the right choice..." At this point, Xiao Feng flashed a mischievous smile, put an arm around Lin Zhiyan's shoulder, and pulled her closer.

Lin Zhiyan was momentarily stunned and instinctively wanted to counter.

However, before she could move, she heard Xiao Feng say, "It's simple, really. With so many traps, whatever's hidden must be extraordinary. We'll just take something while Sun Shijie's not paying attention, and this trip won't be in vain."

"..." Lin Zhiyan was speechless, even momentarily forgetting her discomfort.

So, the reason this guy kept moving forward was to steal something?

"Anything else you haven't said?" Lin Zhiyan asked coldly.

Xiao Feng shook his head, "No."

"Then let go!" Lin Zhiyan said angrily, her voice low to avoid drawing the group's attention.

No matter the situation, their posture was still quite ambiguous.

Xiao Feng awkwardly withdrew his hand but quickly put it back, laughing as he said, "There is one more thing."

"Say it."

"You're...pretty!"

Lin Zhiyan was stunned. She never expected Xiao Feng would say something like that.

I'm pretty?

Do you need to say that!

No, that's not the point.

The point is, he actually flirted with me?

Realizing this, Lin Zhiyan was about to react, only to find Xiao Feng had already moved back to the front of the line.

...

With Hu Zhenqing leading the way, their pace significantly improved.

The most basic benefit was not having to stop anxiously to check for traps whenever they encountered a dead body.

In fact, the reason for the previously long travel time, aside from the size of the catacombs, was that nearly half the time was spent stopping to search for traps. Including meals, water, and adjusting their state, moving fast wasn't really an option.

But with Hu Zhenqing leading, they didn't need to stop at all; they just kept walking.

At this time, Lin Jiaxuan, in the middle of the group, gave Lin Zhiyan a curious look, "Sis, are you running a fever?"

Lin Zhiyan continued walking along as if she hadn't heard.

"Sis?" Lin Jiaxuan couldn't help but tug on Lin Zhiyan.

Lin Zhiyan paused, as if waking from a nap, and asked, "What is it?"

"I was talking to you, why didn't you answer?" Lin Jiaxuan questioned. "And why is your face so red? Are you having a fever?"

"Is it?" Lin Zhiyan reached for her cheek, finding it indeed a bit warm, internally cursing Xiao Feng as she shook her head, "I'm fine, no need to worry."

"Something's off; it's like you've got something on your mind," Lin Jiaxuan confidently stated before pointing at Xiao Feng in the front ranks, "I saw you two talking at the back earlier. Did he bully you?"

"Impossible!" Lin Zhiyan said evasively. "There's really nothing. Don't worry about me."

"Really?"

"Would I lie to you?"

Lin Jiaxuan remained skeptical but didn't press further.

Lin Zhiyan, meanwhile, felt a bit disheartened.

She was disappointed in herself for getting distracted. Worse, her sister had noticed and nailed the truth with one statement. Didn't she have any pride?

After sulking, Lin Zhiyan felt disbelieving that she was shaken just by one remark from that guy. How could this be possible?

Yet, no matter how much she didn't want to believe it, reality was as such.

Lin Zhiyan took several deep breaths, trying to clear her mind of chaotic thoughts.

Ahead, a giant spider still awaited them; continuing to be distracted would be a quick way to meet her end.

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