This... this is impossible!
Zhang Chen was incredibly surprised to see this scene before him.
Because according to the mini-map, the restaurant should have been followed by a building 6 stories taller than the restaurant.
This means that what he should be seeing here should be the wall of the building next door!
And there was a gap of about two meters between the two buildings.
This indicates that this thing wasn't standing on the roof, but was suspended in mid-air.
Could it float in mid-air?
This was the first time Zhang Chen had ever seen such an existence.
The grotesque faces were neatly lined up, looking at Zhang Chen with ferocious expressions.
The next moment, a strange face suddenly sank downwards.
After sinking about a meter, the entire face suddenly turned sideways!
Although a neck couldn't be seen, one could imagine the entire neck breaking and bending at a ninety-degree angle.
It sent chills down one's spine.
Could this monster only have a head? So it could float around arbitrarily?!
Zhang Chen silently moved forward another meter.
At this moment, the prompt finally came into play:
Name: Ghost-faced Spider
Level: Mutated Type III Creature
Skills:
[Basic Atomization]: Can create dense fog, concealing its body within. A large number of Ghost-faced Spiders can create widespread smog, even temporarily altering the weather.
[Launch Attack]: Leaps up suddenly to launch a powerful strike, dealing massive damage and having a chance to stun the target.
[Paralyzing Silk]: Rapidly spits out large amounts of silk with paralyzing toxins, binding prey securely for consumption.
So it was a spider!
Zhang Chen lowered his presence to the minimum and looked closely at the grotesque face again.
This wasn't a face, but the markings on the huge back of a Ghost-faced Spider.
These spiders, entirely greyish-brown, had body colors that were almost identical to the color of the fog.
Hidden within the fog, unless their backs were facing the target, it would be difficult to detect their presence even when approaching.
So, the dense fog that enveloped Pingze City was the work of the Ghost-faced Spider swarm.
This was their natural hunting ground.
Although their strength was Mutated Level III, in reality, if they were to face survivors head-on...
Survivors, utilizing their weapons and armor, coupled with ranged attacks and some coordinated combat techniques.
They might not gain an advantage.
But in the smog, these creatures moved freely, while survivors struggled to move and their vision was obscured.
In combat, their strengths and weaknesses amplified, and no one had seen their true forms, nor did they know their attack characteristics and abilities.
Therefore, even those stronger than them had perished here.
Squeak... Squeak, squeak...
The Ghost-faced Spiders seemed to be communicating with each other in low voices.
Immediately after, these Ghost-faced Spiders began to fall freely. The moment before landing, their speed slowed, and they landed steadily!
It turned out these creatures were hanging in mid-air.
Once on the ground, these creatures disappeared from Zhang Chen's sight.
The surroundings once again plunged into chaos.
Er Pang, it's up to you!
Zhang Chen gently stroked Er Pang's head.
The latter understood and sniffed the ground where the Ghost-faced Spiders had just appeared.
Then, it suddenly leaped downwards.
Zhang Chen and Xiao Bai followed closely.
Er Pang, sniffing the scents on the ground, walked towards the tent area behind the security checkpoint.
According to the map, after passing this point and walking a short distance, there would be a park.
Which was the location of the ultimate trap.
These small spiders were not really small; their abdomens were about 1.5 meters in diameter. Including their heads and eight legs, at first glance, their area was almost the same as a small car. They all moved towards the park.
It was as if something in the depths of the park was summoning them!
Perhaps it was the mastermind controlling City Lord Jiao Qinghe.
Zhang Chen and Xiao Bai explored the tent area with Er Pang for a while.
Suddenly, Er Pang turned its head, walked towards a blue tent, and squatted at the entrance, refusing to move.
Is there something inside?
Zhang Chen looked.
This tent was only about fifty square meters, so it couldn't hold many spiders.
Moreover, if there were real dangers, Er Pang would have gone in first, not letting him scout.
Zhang Chen gently lifted the tent flap and peeked inside.
Inside were people, bound tightly by spider silk.
These people were completely wrapped in silk, with only their heads exposed.
Their heads were shriveled, as if their flesh and blood had been sucked dry, their skin loosely clinging to their bones.
They looked like skull-like heads with skin and hair.
Among them, five people's shoulders flickered with bursts of yellow light.
These were the fog lights.
Through the entanglement of the silk, the emitted light was extremely limited.
These were the five scouts who had died in the video.
At this moment, prompts slowly appeared next to these corpses:
[Drained corpses, all internal energy (including storage ring energy) has been sucked dry, cannot be collected, and will not reanimate...]
[Ghost-faced Spiders like to pile up their leftover prey carapaces to display their wealth!]