Chapter 137 Going Hunting (8)

Ye Nai, who was peeping with a telescope not far away, attended the entire biology observation class on spider mating. She only regretted not bringing a camera, otherwise she would have filmed it and posted it online as material for nature observation or biology classes, which would have made her money.

After seeing this, she basically understood that the female spider guards the nest and waits for the male spider to bring prey. If the male spider is satisfied, they will mate.

It is said that female spiders in the breeding and mating period urgently need energy-rich food in order to lay eggs and produce healthy follicles. This is the time of the year when the meat is the most delicious and the price is also the most expensive.

I was lucky enough to come across one, I must try it to see how delicious it is.

After five or six minutes, the two big spiders separated and the male spider left. Its speed gave Ye Na a feeling that it was running for its life, as if it was afraid that if it was a step slower, it would be left behind and eaten by the female spider.

However, the female spider did not chase the male. She turned and went into the burrow, not sure whether she was resting or eating.

At this time, mycelium is gradually taking shape and connecting into one piece in the soil around the crypt.

Ye Na didn't touch it for the time being, waiting to see if there would be another male spider coming to mate. She then released a new wave of spores to chase the male spider that had escaped, and then took it directly into the space to kill it.

Then, she rode her motorcycle around the area and accidentally found a small lake with clear water. Standing by the lake, she could easily see the other side of the lake, and there were also lush trees by the water.

She came over because she saw the big tree, and then she saw the lake.

Yenne threw out a large number of spores, building an underground mycelium wall around the forest and the lake.

No matter what kind of fish, shrimps, crabs, amphibians, aquatic plants, and microorganisms are in the water, it’s always a good idea to cordon off the area first.

The growth of spores takes time, so Ye Na set up a tent under the shade of a tree, took out his computer, and opened the medical courses he had downloaded in advance to study offline.

After an hour, Ye Nai got up and moved around. She sensed that the mycelium in the soil had been roughly connected. She gave them a new order, asking them to find the water inlet of the lake and grow along the underground water veins to find the source of the water or the end of the secret realm.

The alien enemies that were wreaking havoc on the country disappeared without a trace after being driven back to the secret realm. Everyone in the country believed that they must have returned to their own world through the secret realm. The people of the whole country wanted to find this mysterious passage to the alien world and take revenge.

Tracking the source of the water system has always been an effective method, but it is not successful in the secret realm because the visible rivers on the ground are only in sections and only account for a very small proportion. The majority of them are actually underground rivers. The water veins are complex underground, and the rock layers are very thick in many places, blocking the detection of instruments.

Short-term, small-scale searches have been ongoing, but the short duration means that not many useful clues can be found, and insufficient evidence means that large-scale official investigations cannot be organized.

In addition to professional researchers, people who need to protect the researchers also need to come in. When there are too many people, money starts to burn.

The vehicles, tools, instruments, food, water, and medicine supplies are all essential. The places you go to are without communications, so a special team is needed to provide communications support. The longer you stay, the more money you spend.

Therefore, large-scale official actions with a large number of people only occurred in the first few years, and there were no more actions after that. In recent years, they have gradually become short-term actions of small groups.

Ye Nai wants to find the source of the water vein for her own sake. She regards this secret realm as her own property. Isn't it natural for her to know the details of her property?

She stayed under the shade of the tree for most of the day, and the mycelium captured four male spiders for her. When she was packing up to return, the female spider welcomed the fifth male spider, who also took the prey and mated with it. After that, the male and female were put into the space together.

By the way, the prey brought by the fifth male spider was also collected, which the female spider did not have time to eat.

At the end of the day, the mycelium had grown into the underground cave and there was nothing valuable left.

Every prey brought by the male spider is eaten by the female spider in time after mating. After eating, she returns to the entrance of the burrow with eight legs and a plate, waiting for the next male spider to come.

The mother spider needs to save energy for laying eggs, so she won't leave the leftovers for the mycelium to pick up. So this is the last prey for the mycelium to wait for.

When they were about to leave this mycelium territory, Yenne ordered to continue searching for spider nests and catch more male and female spiders, especially females. Once the eggs were laid and hatched, that large area of ​​land would become a paradise for the spider family and a forbidden area for predators and humans.

When the walkie-talkie, which had been silent for a day, was filled with noisy voices again, Ye Na stopped the motorcycle and pressed the talk button on the walkie-talkie.

"Hey, everyone." "Wow, Xiao Ye, you finally showed up."

"Where's the spider? He said he was going to catch it, but it ran out of communication range again."

"We're waiting to see your push-ups and frog jumps tonight."

"We caught spiders, five males and one female. We're going to eat spider legs tonight."

There was a momentary silence on the intercom for two seconds, followed by a tsunami of cheers.

Ye Nai said that she wanted to continue on her way, hung up the phone, and sped away at full speed.

More than an hour later, she returned to the camp and was warmly welcomed by everyone.

"It's back, it's back!"

"Oh, Kepan is back!"

Faced with the crowd that surrounded them, Ye Nai did not hesitate but stopped the car with a smile and immediately threw out the six big spiders for everyone to feast their eyes on.

Six spiders make one long swing, and the contrast is obvious.

The only big one is the female spider, the other five slightly smaller ones are all males.

"When viewed individually, it doesn't seem like it, but when placed together, the size difference between the male and female is so huge that it looks like the female is carrying the cub."

“I’ve definitely never seen this pattern before.”

"Do different species of giant spiders also have different territories?"

"Haha, it's possible."

"Which one are we having tonight?"

"Eat the male, and keep the female. If you can catch another female, you can eat it later."

Everyone knows that the female spider’s legs are the most delicious in this season, but there is only one, so you have to control your greed and eat the male one. You can have as many males as you want.

The logistics team member who had space stepped forward and took away the male that everyone had chosen. Ye Na put away the rest and returned to her tent in the camp to rest.

An hour later, everyone gathered in the middle of the camp around the campfire for dinner.

A spider has eight legs, and the logistics team members chopped off all of them, but only steamed three of them. Together with other dishes, it was enough for everyone to have a full meal. The remaining spider body and the other four legs were given to Ye Na to collect and be eaten next time.

After eating and drinking, and finishing up, everyone gathered again to count today's hunting gains.

Ye Na took out piles of rabbits, pheasants, and eggs of all sizes like pouring beans.

"Wow!"

"Did you rob their nest?"

These were all picked up for her by Mycelium. Ye Nai didn't know what the specific situation was. She just shrugged her shoulders, agreeing with everyone's statement.