Chapter 1098: It Has Noticed Us

“Here we have…” Amidst the shock, Xia Na calmly counted the number of people, “Thirty-two.”

Thirty-two… In this environment, that number indeed counts as “a lot.”

“Surprised, aren’t you? Most of them were brought here from Dawn Town, with a few from nearby villages. They thought they could find a safe place to live, but instead, they fell into a spider’s nest.”

The woman took two steps forward, placed the flashlight on a wooden stool, and said, “Actually, the environment in Dawn Town isn’t as harsh as it appears. Because of the many factories and surrounding fields, many survivors have managed to barely hold on.”

“So, all these survivors were captured by the Mother Spider and brought here?” Ling Mo asked, looking around.

The woman nodded and said, “Yes, it picks some people to be the Host Bodies for the spiders, while others are kept here. Initially, they were just locked up, but as fewer zombies were captured, it started targeting these people. First, it infects some of them, then releases them nearby. Those who evolve the best become its food, while the leftovers are given to other spiders. According to it, this can be considered a production chain. However…”

“However?” Ye Kai frowned, angrily saying, “We shouldn’t have killed him so easily! Who knew that person would turn into a spider and lose all humanity!”

But the woman only looked at Ling Mo, realizing that he was the one who could make decisions. Ling Mo didn’t show excessive anger, which made her slightly disappointed. Ling Mo immediately noticed this subtle detail.

“Do you want us to rescue them?” Xu Shuhan asked.

“That’s the idea… But actually, I just need you to leave some food…” The woman looked at the nearest person and said, “They’ve been trapped in these cocoons for so long that they’ve lost the ability to move. Even if they see themselves being fed to zombies, they can’t resist. Only after mutation can they slowly regain mobility. But by the time they evolve enough to escape, the Boss and the others have already started their meal…”

“I…” The woman glanced at Ling Mo, hesitated, but finally decided to speak, “I have an unreasonable request…” “Don’t worry, we won’t harm these people, and we’ll leave the food outside for you. Now that those Spider Men are dead, what else do you want?” Mu Chen waved his hand and said.

“No… The real culprit… is not dead yet.” The woman bit her lip and suddenly dropped a bombshell.

“What?!”

Everyone was shocked and then looked at each other…

How could there be another culprit?

Although spiders are mass-produced… this is endless!

But if there really is a bigger spider here, why hasn’t it attacked first? Why let them in instead?

Could it be… this is a trap?

With this thought, Yuwen Xuan and the others immediately became tense.

The woman quickly said, “No… that thing… it’s not here. But… I can’t be sure if it has noticed you…”

“What do you mean?” Xia Na asked.

“Well…” The woman seemed a bit panicked, took a deep breath to calm down, and directly looked at Ling Mo, “Will you help them? Honestly, my life isn’t important, but they are innocent. They’ve suffered enough and can’t leave here. If you just take the food and go, then they…”

“You don’t need to morally blackmail me.” Ling Mo interrupted her again, “From the moment you repeatedly showed goodwill and led us here unprepared, I guessed that what you wanted to say was related to them. But you also said that you survived for a reason…”

Ling Mo stared at the woman without blinking, and after a series of expressions, she finally showed a sad smile and said, “You’re right, I actually have no right to say these things. Don’t listen to my righteous words; in fact, my responsibility in logistics is just to keep them alive until the day they mutate… Almost everyone among them has begged me to kill them, to stop torturing them, but I’m also afraid… I’m not afraid of death, but afraid of being food…”

“Even now, I’m begging you for my survival, and of course, for them too…” The woman suddenly rushed to Ling Mo and said, “I won’t be bitten by spiders because I carry something it gave me. Among those not parasitized, only I won’t be bitten. I’ll give this to you, please help us…”

Xu Shuhan twisted her fingers beside them, seemingly ready to agree. But as a zombie, she maintained her instinctive caution. Although she knew they were indeed pitiful, deep down, she no longer felt the same empathy for them… RÅℕỘꞖÈⱾ

Instead, Xia Na sighed softly but calmly asked, “What is the real culprit you mentioned? Why do you say it might have noticed us?”

The woman was stunned and then said, “It… I don’t know exactly what it is… I only gradually discovered later that the Boss… seems to have something hidden behind him, and he listens to that thing. I think maybe it emptied Dawn Town and did all these things under the influence and command of that thing. After all, essentially, the Boss was human at first…”

“Thing…” Xia Na glanced at Ye Lian and Li Yalin, the two female zombies thought for a moment and then silently shook their heads. Clearly, they hadn’t encountered such a situation…

“Just this isn’t enough to make you so sure, right?” Ling Mo quietly considered for a while before suddenly asking.

The woman nodded, “Yes, I… I actually saw it once…”

“You saw it?” Everyone was shocked and puzzled… What exactly is hidden behind the crazy human-headed spider…

“The Boss… it offered itself as food to that thing… I think it must be a… zombie… but it won’t completely devour the Boss…” The woman recalled, “I… I secretly followed and saw it from a distance. And… I think it saw me too.”

The woman showed extreme nervousness, her face turning pale, clearly the experience was still a nightmare for her.

The terrifying human-headed spider willingly being devoured by a zombie, and she being discovered as a voyeur, such a scene is chilling to imagine.

Though she took on logistics to survive, her courage in these matters was surprisingly large…

“I was so scared my mind went blank, and not just that thing, I think the Boss also noticed me. But for some reason, that thing took the Boss and entered the weeds… I trembled there for over ten minutes before crawling back to my place.”

After finishing, the woman urgently looked at Ling Mo, “That’s definitely not a normal zombie; it’s lurking nearby. I’ve always felt it’s observing here. I don’t know its purpose, but it’s definitely plotting something. Maybe…”

“No need for maybes.” Ling Mo’s expression suddenly changed, then he said sternly, “It has noticed us.” He looked deeply at the woman and said, “And it heard us…”

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