The so-called man-eating spider story was actually a heavily altered version of Anaconda, with the snake swapped out for a spider. But Su Ming had barely told Little Wong a few sentences when a commotion arose in the street.
People seemed to be discussing something as they headed toward another part of the city, looking quite excited.
"Let's go take a look too."
Su Ming got to his feet, cutting off his made-up story, and led Little Wong into the street.
The surging crowd pushed them onward. It seemed as though every household had come out, all moving in the same direction.
The small city was not very large. With a population of three hundred thousand, it was about the size of a town in China. Besides, this was underground, where digging out buildings was easy, so the city's area was limited.
At the same time, due to the shortage of clean water, these residents had no idea how long it had been since they last bathed. Surrounded by them now, the various strange body odors were practically like the predator exhibit at a zoo.
"Are they back? Are they back?"
"Yes, they're back! They've returned!"
"Hooray! That's wonderful!"
"At last, the crisis is over!"
"We can keep going deeper underground now!"
The people around them kept excitedly repeating these topics. Blended into the crowd, the Sorcerer Supreme had more or less figured out what was happening.
It sounded just as he had guessed. This Underground City could lead even deeper below, where there were certain "resource points" everyone depended on to survive. For some unknown reason, the route had been cut off, and someone had gone to clear it.
That guess was probably right. Su Ming did not ask about the details, merely went with the flow, and was