"What is that?"
At the sight of the enormous Spider, a creature that defied every law of nature, they all raised their weapons and aimed at its corpse, ready to pull the trigger.
Even with its fatal wound in plain sight, they were still afraid.
For one simple reason.
The thing was far too intimidating.
Their fear was written into their genes.
Even dead,
it sent a shudder through the depths of their souls.
Beside the Captain, someone murmured as though talking in his sleep, "What kind of fucking place is this?
"A Spider can't grow that big.
"This isn't the prehistoric Carboniferous period. Never mind anything else—the oxygen levels alone couldn't sustain a Spider like this.
"Are we even still on Earth?"
When the man finished, the Captain glanced at him and abruptly snapped out of his daze.
He, too, had been stunned.
Looking at the dead giant Spider, the Captain knew they were in trouble. Whatever was happening here was beyond their ability to handle. They needed reinforcements.
Everyone here was an elite, a trained and experienced specialist.
They had spent years in their respective fields and frequently worked in the wilderness.
The creature had overwhelmed them for a moment, but they soon recovered. Once they did, they all arrived at the same conclusion.
Retreat.
Get out first. This was not a situation they could handle right now.
Whether it was the gigantic Spider or the monster that had killed it, either could easily take their lives. They had originally thought this was a case of people killing one another—some of the bodies bore signs of injuries inflicted by other people. They had never expected the Western Hunan Mountains to harbor such deep secrets, or that the real danger would come from the bodies they had yet to