They discovered the trap only because Yang Weite accidentally knocked over a can of Honey Flavored Canned Food.
Honey was one of nature's most precious nutritional gifts.
To ancient people, it was food reserved for gods—honey, milk, wine, the kinds of things found only in heaven.
Spiders did not eat honey or Royal Jelly, but they loved eating bees! Drawn by the scent of honey, a spider lying in ambush could not resist its instincts. It crawled out of an underground burrow, hoping for a quick snack.
It was spotted by the scouts advancing ahead.
After killing the spider, they carefully used Drones to investigate the path it had taken. Then they discovered in horror that the forest ahead concealed an astonishing number of terrifying killers.
They had burrowed underground and hidden beneath the earth, forming an enormous ambush ring.
Even infrared scans had difficulty detecting them.
They were cold-blooded creatures, their body temperatures matching the environment.
They were good at enduring hunger. One meal could sustain them for half a month.
So they had more than enough patience to wait for everyone to step into their trap.
Once they entered the Spider Cave, escape would be impossible.
Fortunately, they were still far beyond its outer perimeter.
They immediately turned back.
Only a few spiders were unwilling to let the meat get away and chased after them from their burrows, only to be blasted into pulp.
The other spiders gave up. The distance was simply too great.
They patiently waited for the next batch of prey, or for the animals they had raised to grow up.
There were no Tigers, giant pythons, Wolf Packs, leopards, or other apex predators here. The spiders had eaten them all.
They raised herds of wild cattle, deer, and goats here.
Once those animals grew