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Chapter 11 Bullying the Small
Buried deep within the massive empty shell of the giant armored spider, Luo Lan allowed the green sap to soak into the rusty shell of the current larva.
Digest first, then evolve!
With a silent thought to himself, Luo Lan already had a rough blueprint for the upcoming modifications and evolution.
[Casting - Assembly]
[Consumed Chaos Essence: 35]
[Current Chaotic Essence: 15]
As the source essence was extracted in large quantities, the bone hand was pulled out of the larval carapace that had been residing there for a long time by a force that appeared out of nowhere. Like a molting snake, it reached towards the head of the giant armored spider, covered in wet green slime.
The scarlet eye on the back of his hand began to swell, and bloodshot lines appeared on the surface of the eyeball. The pupil grew larger and larger until it was about an arm's length in diameter, just enough to fill the hole he had dug out of the spider's head earlier.
Where the giant spider once had several pairs of dark purple insect compound eyes, now only a large, scarlet vertical pupil remains, embedded there like a strange ruby.
The larger eyeballs brought a wider field of vision, and every detail of the surrounding stone walls, the dust scattered on the ground, and even the tiny water vapor particles remaining in the air were clearly visible.
After the one-eyed creature detached from the bone hand, the bone claws became bare again. The base of the arm was inserted into the mouth of the giant armored spider, and the entire arm retracted inside, hiding there.
This feels pretty strange.
Luo Lan tried to move it a bit. A section of the bone hand extended out of the mouth and pushed outward along the inner wall of the mouth. When it reached the opening, five bone fingers quickly pierced out of the giant armored spider's mouth and then retracted.
[It looks a bit like... the mouthparts of an alien in a Blue Planet movie]
With just a thought, Luo Lan could unleash bone claws from the spider's mouth, catching its opponent off guard.
[Assembled: Giant Armored Spider's Carapace]
[Tier: Black Iron]
Specialty: Grasping bristles
[Skill: Camouflage Shell]
【Grasping bristles: Each leg appendage is covered with fine, dense grasping bristles, which allow for close contact with the microscopic uneven surfaces of objects, maximizing van der Waals forces and making climbing feel like walking on flat ground.】
[Camouflage: After a brief period of adaptation to the environment, it can actively change the surface pattern, temperature, and odor of its own exoskeleton... and slow down its metabolic rate to achieve long-term low-energy lurking.]
As expected, the new body brought Luo Lan new skills and expertise.
After carefully studying the description of the new skill, Luo Lan began to manipulate his new body somewhat stiffly.
The giant tarsier spider's limbs are more than three times longer than those of its larvae, resulting in a larger stride. The same corridor passage that used to require a quick jog can now be traversed in just a few large steps.
The tactile feedback is also slightly different. When walking on stone bricks, the grasping bristles at the ends of the limbs automatically grasp and attach to countless tiny biting points, so there is almost no slippage when walking, and the foot feels solid.
Inside the spacious abdominal cavity, Luo Lan could clearly feel the larval-sized [rusted iron shell] that had previously enveloped him swaying and clanging back and forth with each step.
Don't throw away your old things; put them up for sale online.
With the brainwashing words from his past life flashing through his mind, Luo Lan had no intention of letting the materials of this old shell go to waste.
[Condensation Casting - Melting Casting]
[Consumed Chaos Essence: 5]
[Current Chaotic Essence: 10]
Inside the giant armored spider, the rusty iron larva's shell, now without the support of its bone hands, spun rapidly, melting again into streams of viscous, cold-glowing molten iron that flowed into every corner of the new shell.
However, compared to before, the current giant carapace is astonishingly large. The amount of molten iron from the old carapace could not possibly cover its entire body like it did before.
Luo Lan thought for a moment, then guided the liquid metal to flow along the thick, long leg joints, eventually converging at the very tips of the eight segments.
[Melted and reforged: Rusty iron shell the size of a young beetle]
Specialty: Rusty Iron Shell → Rusty Iron Spear Tip
[Rusty Iron Spear Tip: A spider-leg spear tip forged from rusty iron, capable of piercing the defenses of most mortal objects (Black Iron rank and below)]
The tips of the eight arthropod appendages were all coated with a dark, rusty iron color, making them sharper than before and looking prickly.
Feeling the terrifying power of this newborn body, which was several times greater than that of the previous larval carapace, Luo Lan felt an uncontrollable sense of exhilaration.
"roar--"
The menacing spider claws opened, emitting a low, instinctive hiss.
Luo Lan was stunned for a moment after shouting.
He never expected that after regaining his sense of sight and hearing, this new body would actually allow him to regain the ability to "speak".
Although this roar was far from being actual speech, it was at least a good start.
After the initial excitement, Luo Lan re-evaluated her current situation.
After a series of upgrades and modifications, his strength increased significantly, but he only had ten points of Chaos Essence left, leaving him penniless.
[I need to find a place to get some source material.]
The first place that popped into Luo Lan's mind was that narrow stone bridge, which was so familiar to her, blocking the passage between the underground palace and the cave.
Without further ado, he took eight thick, long, segmented legs and manipulated his massive body to walk back. It didn't take long before he reached the stone bridge.
A few days ago, after Luo Lan killed the young armored spider, the body of which he hadn't had a chance to devour had long since disappeared. It was unknown whether it was dragged away by other monsters or eaten clean by its own kind.
However, the large patches of dried, blackened green sap on both sides of the stone bridge still bear witness to the traces left by Luo Lan when he once hunted here.
Now, the hunter has donned a brand-new set of predator armor and returned to his hunting grounds.
The stone bridge was too narrow to support Luo Lan's current body, but he didn't intend to cross it anyway.
It lay directly on the cave wall next to it, the [grasping bristles] at the ends of its eight segments sticking tightly to the rock surface, its huge body pressed against the rock wall, as if it had taken root.
Climbing up the rock wall as if on flat ground, Luo Lan followed the dome and climbed directly into the deep and vast cavern.
At the same time, [Thermal Vision lv.1] is activated naturally, providing a different perspective in the vision of the one-eyed person.
Using thermal vision, Luo Lan quickly discovered dozens of small heat sources, representing vibrant life, wandering around in the pile of rocks filled with stalactites and excrement below the cave.
[There really is a nest.]
With the thermal vision function turned off, a sizable nest of young beetle spiders can be seen not far away.
Dozens of young spiderlings were crawling around, some nibbling on some unknown scraps, and others shoving each other.
He quietly activated his [Disguise Carapace], and the color of his carapace began to slowly change, blending into the surrounding rocks. His body temperature also dropped, his metabolism slowed down, and Luo Lan's entire body seemed to melt into the shadows.
Slowly climb up the ceiling to directly above these little insects.
Just like when I was ambushed before, I will retaliate in kind.
With a deafening whooshing sound, the massive black shadow plummeted from the cave ceiling, which was over thirty meters high!
The massive shockwave exploded throughout the cave, sending rocks flying everywhere.
The sharp, rusty spearhead, propelled by the momentum of its fall, pierced through the two young armored spiders, spraying green fluid all over the ground. The two little insects fell silent without even making a sound.
Bullying the weak with no mercy!