Spider was out of options.
Every one of these insects, without exception, could not be called stupid. They simply refused to take any risk concerning themselves. Their lack of understanding of the greater situation was one thing, but deep in their bones, every last one of them was figuring out how to make one vicious killing, roll up their bedding, and run.
With their knowledge, and Spider's deliberate restrictions, they could not detect the existence of the web at all, much less imagine how important it was to Spider.
It said nothing more, turned, and left.
No matter what, the train's operations remained suspended. No matter how Beiling repeatedly demanded, threatened, questioned, or pleaded, Spider did not reopen the gates or start the vehicles.
Making trouble against the wind at a time like this—if it was not courting death, it was still asking for trouble!
Spider had already seen it. Beneath the seemingly calm Present World, layers upon layers of fog and static interference churned... The Star Core Association had clearly gone all out, spending heavily to conduct an intensive search and sweep across the entire Present World.
Even every spatial teleportation service within their own sphere of operation had been shut down!
It was plainly an attitude of: if I cannot get through, neither can you.
It was not as though there was no way to solve this...
After all, a Worm's true strength lay in its control over time. Naturally, there were countless exquisite little loan tricks that could easily accomplish what the Star Core Association could not.
For example, directly delivering goods to a fixed location in the past, then having someone dig them out when they were needed.
But the price required was simply outrageous. The starting cost was more than ten times the profit the