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Demon Lord!!!

The Queen of the Weave Shadow Nest was very alarmed.

It almost had a stress reaction, nearly vomiting out the half-digested male spider.

"Demon Lord?! A new Demon Lord?! This... how is this possible! I mean... why here of all places! Damn it!"

It was anxious and angry, stamping its eight legs restlessly, its enormous body swaying on the cotton-white spider web, the entire Palace seeming to turn into a giant trampoline.

Arakdo's fear was no less than that of this Cave Lord.

For no other reason than that.

The impression that the supreme Reggie Dragon Demon Lord had left on him was too profound! Once upon a time, he was also a member of that vast army.

And that lord merely cast a glance, causing thousands upon thousands of demons, including him, to tremble and prostrate themselves on the ground.

He didn't want to return to those days.

But he didn't want to be enemies with the Lord Demon Lord even more...

"Your Majesty... it seems that Hell has not forgotten this place, we must make a choice!"

"Choice?"

Arachinos suddenly stopped swaying.

Pairs of scarlet pupils moved downwards, looking down at the minister who spoke wildly with a posture full of oppression.

"Choice?! You want me to surrender? Never! I've had enough of the Demon Lord's rule! My children can only be my nourishment, the Weave Shadow Nest will never be slaves! To hell with Hell, to hell with the Demon God!"

It roared, its emotions becoming more and more agitated.

However, when it said the last sentence, its plump and enchanting body still trembled uncontrollably.

Cave Spiders were still different from Ratfolk, the latter had never believed in the Demon God at all, and no one cared about their lies, but Cave Spiders still believed in the Demon God a little!

Of course.

This was different from surrendering to Hell.

Those pampered High-level Demons had long abandoned the Demon God, they didn't care about returning to the surface at all, but they still sent the Demon God's children to their deaths on the ground without explanation!

Yes—

Arachinos had never betrayed the Demon God, it was those guys who distorted the Demon God's meaning who were wrong!

As for the curse just now, it was purely because it was too emotional and accidentally misspoke.

After all, it was newly pregnant, and it was normal for its emotions to be unstable, it believed that the Demon God must be aware of its loyalty! Watching the Queen fall into madness, Arakdo's body trembled even more violently, his big head stuck tightly to the ground, as if he was about to dig a hole on the spot.

"No—that's not what I meant!"

Arachinos roared in fury.

"Then what do you mean! You better explain it to me! Otherwise, I will now! Immediately! Eat you!"

The instant it heard these words, the hardest chitinous bones in Arakdo's body went soft, nearly causing it to flip over.

However, it was, after all, the resourceful Arakdo, a brave and intelligent general under the Cave Lord.

Its brain raced, and it quickly came up with a plan.

"We... we can feign submission to him first!"

"Feign submission?"

Arachinos narrowed its eyes, gazing at the tiny spider beneath it.

Hmm? That sounds a bit interesting.

"Explain in detail."

Faced with the suppression of bloodline, Arakdo trembled, making chittering sounds, but it still forced itself to calm down, speaking in a low voice.

"The Lord Demon Lord... I mean, the Demon Lord, chose this place as the entry point to enter the Maze, presumably after careful consideration. I speculate that, in that guy's view, compared to the other forces in the Maze, the Weave Shadow Nest is obviously the least threatening... Ah, I don't mean to belittle you."

Arachinos waved a foreleg dismissively, continuing with interest.

"I don't care, continue!"

Arakdo breathed a sigh of relief and continued.

"Since we are not the main obstacle for the new Demon Lord to enter the Maze, then he obviously has no reason to attack us... as long as we don't run into him ourselves."

"Not only that, but now the Maze is divided among many heroes, which is precisely when he lacks the most support. If we take the initiative to find that guy at this time to express our willingness to submit, presumably even if he knows this is our expedient measure, he will turn a blind eye to our insincere behavior."

"In this way, we can gain valuable breathing time, advance to attack, retreat to defend... and even subtly blame the chaos on the first floor of the Maze on our mortal enemies—those Lizards hiding in the sewers!"

Seeing that the Queen was already tempted, Arakdo slowly raised its head, adopting an excited tone.

"When the new Demon Lord and Reggie Dragon's old subordinates are fighting to the point of mutual destruction, we will surely have accumulated enough power!"

"When that time comes, our chance to avenge our shame will come!"

In the main hall below the Demon Lord Territory, the Cave Spiders were already lined up against the wall, and the Magic Crystals, as thick as thumbs, were piled up into small mountains.

At first, the players weren't very skilled at mining, having to use knives for a long time to find the location, and in the end, they were sprayed with a face full of spider juice, forcibly putting on the aura of putrid plague.

Fortunately, the players had no sense of smell, otherwise the stench alone would have caused a large number of casualties.

However, this situation did not last long.

As they mined, these players mastered the knack, quickly going from one every three minutes to three every minute, and the fastest could even do one every three seconds.

It was just a pity that there weren't enough Cave Spider corpses.

Otherwise, if these try-hards were given a little more time, they might have figured out the process of assembly line dissection.

In the corner of the hall.

A Skeleton Soldier stood in front of a spider corpse, rubbing its index finger against its chin, and after a long time, it muttered thoughtfully.

"Interesting."

Seeing [Tables and Stools] squatting mysteriously in the corner again, Gou Shi, who had nothing better to do than wander around, couldn't help but curiously approach.

"What's up, buddy? Growing mushrooms here too?"

"No." Brother Tables and Stools shook his head, "Just discovered something interesting."

"What is it? Tell me about it." Thinking this brother had found some bug, Gou Shi's eyes lit up, urging him to say more.

Brother Tables and Stools didn't hide anything and told him about his unexpected discovery.

"This thing called Magic Crystal seems to be mainly distributed in areas with dense neurons."

The air was subtly quiet for a moment.

Gou Shi initially thought this brother hadn't finished speaking, but after waiting for a while, he realized that was all he had to say, and a blank expression appeared on his face.

"Uh... is there a problem with that?"

Brother Tables and Stools touched his nasal bone with his index finger, and said with a hint of excitement in his voice.

"No problem... but don't you think it's interesting?"

Gou Shi: "..."

Doesn't understand! This is just a game setting! He couldn't understand what was interesting about it at all! However, Brother Tables and Stools didn't think so and continued to ramble on.

"Crystals that only form after a creature dies, and they all coincidentally accumulate near the nervous system! I dissected the Ratfolk's corpse, even the Ratfolk BOSS's corpse, and found similar situations! Even players... similar things can be found on players' corpses, and it's right at the back of the neck!"

But what's the point of that?

Gou Shi really wanted to ask this question, but he felt it would be too unromantic, so he sighed helplessly.

"You and that One Leaf Knows Autumn guy must get along well."

"Maybe."

This weirdo didn't seem to care about getting along with anyone, just muttering to himself.

"If only I could get a recently deceased human corpse..."

Gou Shi: "..."

On the other side, [Xiao Wan Can't Get Enough], who had just finished cleaning, dragged her tired body back to the Demon Lord Territory from the Maze.

This game is addictive, but playing it for a long time is also tiring, just like going to work.

But having said that.

Being able to move, she was already very satisfied.

This is probably the value of a fully immersive virtual reality online game! Thinking of the broad prospects of this game after its public beta, she suddenly felt all the fatigue in her body swept away, and the hardship in front of her didn't seem so hard anymore? Wait—

Was I being CPU'd? Just as student Xiao Wan was thinking about finding a place to log off without getting in the way, she suddenly noticed that everyone was looking at her.

Not just players.

Even the NPCs squatting in the Stone Prison were staring straight at her, as if looking at a monster.

Just as Xiao Wan was confused about what was happening, she heard the banter of several Skeleton Soldiers.

"Good heavens..."

"We're all still shirtless, how did you get dressed?!"

Xiao Wan was slightly stunned, and followed their gazes to look down, only to see her ribs, humerus... wrapped round and round with spider silk, looking like a sputtering spinning machine.

The thought that this stuff came out of a spider's mouth or butt made her face turn dark.

Although her face was already dark to begin with.

"Go to hell!"

She angrily picked up a stone and threw it out, but it was a wasted effort, hitting nothing.

Seeing this, the few grinning skeletons scattered and disappeared in a puff of smoke. She couldn't catch up even if she wanted to, and could only sit dejectedly in the corner.

At this moment, two kind-looking skeletons walked over and squatted down beside her, one on the left and one on the right.

"Need any help?" The skeleton on the right smiled gently at her, a line of poetic ID floating beside its head.

[Whale Fall North and South]

Xiao Wan was touched.

Indeed—

There are still kind players in this world!

However, being a socially awkward person to begin with, she was too embarrassed to trouble others so much in the game, so she politely waved her hand.

"No need, no need, I'll just get it off myself later."

"Don't be so polite!" The skeleton on the left put an arm around her shoulder and said with a cheerful and hearty laugh, "Our boss is working on ideas to make money! Because you look like you're alone, we decided to start with you first—"

"Hey! How am I supposed to make money if you say it all!"

Whale Fall North and South glared at her fiercely, then looked at the blank-faced Xiao Wan, cleared its throat lightly, and the gentle and intellectual smile returned to the skeleton's face.

"Never mind her, my bestie's brain isn't normal, she occasionally says things without thinking... Please forgive her this time for the sake of her being a corpse, okay?"

"Damn it! What do you mean my brain isn't normal? And besides, aren't you a corpse yourself!"

Just as the skeleton on the left was protesting aggressively, the blank-faced Xiao Wan finally saw her ID clearly—

[Shark Drop Things]

"Pfft..."

What kind of name is that?! Seeing the guest in front of them laugh, the two skeletons immediately stopped arguing and squeezed out business-like smiles from their faces.

Whale Fall North and South: "Um... please allow me to introduce ourselves, we are running a Skeleton Dry Cleaning Shop!"

Shark Drop Things: "You can think of it as a startup!!!"

Whale Fall North and South: "That's right, because—"

Shark Drop Things: "The Lord Demon Lord's reward is too little, we can't even afford equipment with just the mission income! And also, those try-hards are outrageous, they reached Black Iron in two days! Can you believe it?! Are they even human?! They must be skeletons in real life too!!"

Whale Fall North and South: "In short—"

Shark Drop Things: "We've decided to go solo! It just so happens that you try-hards are only focused on working and don't have time to take care of your personal hygiene, so we thought we might as well open a bathhouse for scrubbing!"

Whale Fall North and South: "Yeah, yeah, even though there's no water, it's still okay to scrub! I heard there are bathhouses without water in the north!"

"No, there aren't, probably..."

Xiao Wan was just about to weakly say that her home was quite far north, but before she could open her mouth, she was interrupted by a certain someone whose aura was comparable to a great white shark.

"Listen to me first!"

Xiao Wan: "Yes! Yes...?"

Who exactly is the customer here! Shark Drop Things: "And the result is! Those guys live way too rough! They don't care about the smell on their bodies at all, and they say with good reason that they can't smell it anyway, so stinking out the other side is a win! Stingy guys, doesn't anyone think about Lord Demon Lord?!"

"That's the situation," Whale Fall North and South said with a smile, touching Shark Drop Things' head, and continued to say to Xiao Wan, "Want to experience it? You don't have to worry about anything, just leave your body to us... only 1000 Hell Money."

1000 Hell Money?

Which is...

1000 jins of coal?! Xiao Wan, who had just wanted to support their business, almost reflexively shrank her shoulders and distanced herself from these two black-hearted Skeleton Soldiers.

"I guess it won't work..."

Shark Drop Things sighed in disappointment, but didn't force it, just muttered a quiet complaint.

"I knew it... no one would accept it!"

Whale Fall North and South was also a little regretful, but still comforted her bestie.

"Starting a business is always bumpy, just treat it as accumulating setbacks."

Watching the two of them singing in harmony, Xiao Wan envied their friendship and couldn't help but make a small complaint.

"You guys... could actually do cross-talk, it feels like it would make more money than a dry cleaning shop."

"Really?!" Shark Drop Things, who had been depressed the second before, pounced in front of her in surprise and grabbed her hand, "Tickets! How much money are you willing to pay!"

The ghost fire burning in the skeleton's eyes seemed to have turned into the shape of Hell Money.

"10... Hell Money?"

"So little!"

Shark Drop Things made a deeply hurt look, her right hand pressed on her empty heart.

Whale Fall North and South seriously pondered for a moment, her eyes flashing with intellectual light.

"Hmm... cross-talk? But I always feel that a beauty bathhouse would be more marketable."

Xiao Wan: "Skeletons... can't be scrubbed, right."

Whale Fall North and South: "Can't we just open our mouths?"

Xiao Wan: "Uh... uh? Are we talking about the same thing?"

Their understanding of scrubbing seems to have diverged.

Fortunately, Whale Fall North and South had realized the problem and finally gave up on the idea, sighing in the process.

"Forget it... it seems this path won't work. I'll just wait until I'm reincarnated as a Slime to consider it."

Hearing this, Xiao Wan breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she was curious as to why being reincarnated as a Slime would make it work, her intuition told her that it was better not to inquire too much.

At least, this game doesn't currently allow reincarnation as a Slime, so the trend shouldn't be led astray by these two treasures.

But then again, this was the first time she had chatted with people for so long in the game.

She felt like all the fatigue of the day had been healed...

Shark Drop Things: "Speaking of which, everyone else only has some mucus on them, why do you have so much spider silk? Were you carried away by the BOSS?"

"It's not that, it's mainly Lord Demon Lord's task..." Xiao Wan recounted her encounter just now with some embarrassment.

Because she was afraid of spiders, the Demon Lord sent her to clean, and when she came back to her senses, her body had become like this.

"Well... how pitiful," Whale Fall looked at Xiao Wan sympathetically, carefully examining her body covered in spider silk, and said helplessly, "I'm afraid this stuff can't be taken off... why don't you try roasting it with fire, or just commit suicide?"

Xiao Wan sighed.

"Well, I'll think about it."

Looking at the frustrated Xiao Wan, Shark Drop comforted her with a smile.

"Don't be too sad, it's actually quite nice not to take it off, it feels like a wedding dress."

Whale Fall: "Oh? The kind that's torn to shreds?"

"Hey, you know your stuff!" Shark Drop got up and nudged her with her elbow, grinning and saying, "Send me a copy of the information, let me appreciate it!"

"It's not impossible... but now I suddenly have a new idea I want to put into practice."

Whale Fall stroked her chin, and the look in her eyes as she stared at Xiao Wan suddenly became fiery.

"What do you think... how about using this stuff to make clothes?"

Clothes?

Xiao Wan was stunned for a moment, and her eyes lit up.

This idea seemed good...

Speaking of which, she hadn't even thought of it! Because it wasn't very convenient to move around, she happened to know some handicrafts, such as knitting sweaters, scarves, and embroidery.

"But Skeletons don't need to wear clothes?" Shark Drop stroked her chin, looking disapproving. "And these guys don't care about their image at all, why don't we just do cross-talk—"

"Stupid!"

Whale Fall knocked her on the head.

"When I say clothes, you only think of clothes, think about it further! Like backpacks, someone always needs this, right? Especially for those try-hards, bringing more supplies can save them trips home! They can also pick up more treasures!"

"Not to mention armor, and bandages! It would be a headache if a bone suddenly broke while exploring the Maze, right? Tie it up with our bandages and you can fight again! Don't you think it will sell like crazy as soon as we make it!"

"Holy crap! Holy crap, holy crap!" Shark Drop looked at her best friend excitedly, the ghost fire shaking in her Skeleton head turned back into the shape of Hell Money. "You're really a genius! That's right! And Ratfolk skin! Maybe that'll work too!"

"That's a must!" Whale Fall had a confident smile on her face, then turned her gaze to Xiao Wan, extending her right hand, "After all, this inspiration came from you... How about it? Want to do it together?"

The answer was obvious.

Looking at those sparkling eyes, Xiao Wan simply couldn't refuse.

She wanted to try.

Even in the game, she wanted to try to find the value of her existence.

And the most important thing was...

She really didn't want to mine anymore.

If this continued, this mmoRPG with unlimited bright prospects would almost be turned into a coal mine simulator by her.

Watching Xiao Wan put her hand on the back of Whale Fall's hand, Shark Drop also excitedly put her hand on top.

"Yay! The first leather factory in the Great Cemetery is officially established!"

"Don't be in such a hurry to cheer," Whale Fall, having completed the ribbon-cutting ceremony, placed her hand on Shark Drop's shoulder, pushing her towards the Lord Demon Lord workshop, "Since you've decided to do it, do it well, hurry up and make some preparations!"

Making weaving equipment requires many materials, including wood for building spinning machines and such.

However, the entrance to the North Peak Mine is currently blocked by an air wall, and no one can go outside.

But Whale Fall felt that since the NPCs were so intelligent, negotiating should be a viable solution.

After all, the store even sells hardware tools, it would be too strange if there were no materials to use!