Chapter 18

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Chu Ge was a little flustered, but the spider had already charged up to him. It bared its fangs and bit Chu Ge in the leg. Thankfully, the bomb suit was sturdy enough and withstood the bite without allowing the spider’s fangs to pierce through.

However, Chu Ge’s heart fell and cringed as he saw the millstone-sized spider chewing and holding onto his leg.

“Go and die!” he hollered and thrust his sword towards the spider. Green liquid sprayed all over, and a strange smell drifted around the area. Chu Ge was alarmed and frightened at the sight and started hacking and slashing ten-over stabs at the spider-like a mad man. It was only until the spider stopped moving, that he finally ceased his attacks.

The woozy feeling was still in his head, and at the same time, there was also a sickening and churning feeling in his stomach. He did not know if it were the effects of the poison, or was he disgusted by the spider.

He retreated from the cave entrance in a flurry. However, the nauseating feeling was still prevalent, and he was feeling weaker as time passed.

Chu Ge kept chanting in his mind, “What should I do? What should I do? Am I going to die of poison? Hold on, usually in games, poison effects last for a limited time.” The most he would lose would be a bit of HP. The reason why he felt so awful was probably the thinning of his blood. If he replenished and supplemented his HP, he should feel better.

He took out a piece of hard bread from his bag, then started gobbling it up.

As strange as it sounded, the moment he bit into the hard bread and chewed a few times, he could immediately feel warmth coursing through his body to his stomach, and then transmitting through to his limbs and bones. The feeling was so comforting! Soon, the woozy and nauseating feeling gradually disappeared. Most likely, the poison period had passed.

However, Chu Ge could not do anything for his body, which still felt weak. He could only bite into another piece of hard bread, and finally, he became fully recovered.

Chu Ge looked at the lone remaining piece of hard bread that he still owned. He thought the thing was still rather useful.

He stood up and started moving his body, and then Chu Ge realized that he was already well and fine.

The only thing was that consuming two bites of hard bread in one go made Chu Ge feel a little pitiful. However, after looking at the savage-looking corpse of the spider, the heavy feeling in his heart lessened.

Now, all he had to do was search for loot.

Chu Ge reached out towards the spider’s corpse very reluctantly. Thank goodness he did not have to touch the body for real in the Instance Dungeon. The moment his hand got close, a loot drop screen popped up.

“Spider’s Silk (Material)

Item Introduction: A yarn of spider silk, a commonly used material in alchemy.”

“Spider Leg (Material)

Item Introduction: Legs of a spider, freshly chopped off a spider’s body. The spider leg’s meat is tender and fresh, an excellent quality ingredient.”

Chu Ge was utterly speechless as he glanced at the ball of white yarn and the spider leg, with a thickness of about 30 centimeters on each hand. He silently lamented over the trash-like and useless drops.

However, the texture of the spider leg flesh looked similar to that of a crab. He wondered if it would taste good if it were grilled. Then he exclaimed, “Yikes, no way! I am not eating it.”

But Chu Ge still kept the item drops in his bag. As an experienced gamer, Chu Ge was very familiar with a specific principle—that is, equipment may become trash because of their lousy stats, but materials would never be useless. At least, they would be of some value.

But still, although Chu Ge had successfully killed off the first lesser monster, he did not dare proceed. He had to consume two bites of hard bread just to kill one more minor monster, and he only had three HP-boosting foods in his bag, plus an HP potion. If he were to continue, he would most probably end up using it all before he reached the Boss. These items were precious and could save his life, so it was not a good idea to use them while dealing with the lesser monsters.

However, the poison fog was not easy to dodge, so what should he do?

Chu Ge thought hard for a while, then he got an idea, “That’s right! I’ll just buy a gas mask!”

The poison fog was effective only when it is breathed in. If Chu Ge’s skin was to come into contact with the fog, there should be no issues.

As he decided, Chu Ge hurried out of the Instance Dungeon and ordered a gas mask that came with goggles online.

The gas masks were cheaper than he had expected—the most affordable was only a few dozen dollars, and the most expensive ones were only a little over one hundred. Chu Ge selected the best and spent $400 on two sets of gas masks. The package was sent through quickly, and it had arrived by the afternoon of the second day. After that, Chu Ge started to continue clearing the Instance Dungeon.

First, he put on the gas mask and the goggles. Although the goggles kind of restricted his view, it was still acceptable. Then, he stepped into the Instance Dungeon once again. He went back, taking the route he took the day before to the spider cave entrance. Shortly after moving past the entrance, he came to the corpse of the spider he defeated the day before. He did not hesitate and moved onwards. Soon, he encountered another giant spider with a red and blue pattern.

Chu Ge’s battle strategy was still the same. He first opened fire with an arrow, and just when the spider was about to charge at him, Chu Ge immediately shot out the second arrow. Unfortunately, the second arrow missed its target. The speed of the spider’s crawl was much faster than the Kobolds, and their bodies were very close to the ground, so it was challenging to hit it.

However, Chu Ge was not anxious. Just when the spider was about to reach him, he swiftly and smoothly switched weapons to the zanbato. Usually, in games, the same species of monsters would have the same battle methods and patterns. Unless the AI was customized to a very detailed and high level, it was very easy to find and understand the monster’s battle pattern. Based on Chu Ge’s observation, the Instance Dungeon monsters created in the Multi-universe Instance Dungeon System seemed to follow the same rule. As predicted, the movements and attacks of the spider he was fighting now were precisely the same as the previous one he faced. Just two to three meters away from Chu Ge, it suddenly stopped in its tracks. With a forceful spurt of an attack, it released a spray of poison fog.

But now, Chu Ge did not even blink an eyelid. As the poison fog sprayed towards Chu Ge, he did not have any strange reaction.

“Haha! Aren’t you stumped? I have a gas mask. Take that, bit*h! Let’s see how proud you’d be now!” Chu Ge swung his sword out to attack as he gave a battle cry. The spider was about to pounce on Chu Ge after letting out its poison gas, but it was slashed in the face by Chu Ge.

To put it simply, the spider might look menacing, but its bite force was actually very weak. It was not as painful as the nick of the Kobold’s pickaxe; after all, the Kobold’s pickaxes were made of metal. How could the fangs of the spider even compare to it? The only troublesome skill of the spiders was the spraying poison fog. But once he got immunity against the attack, it was no longer a threat.

Once again, Chu Ge slashed at the spider twice and killed it. Then, he searched for loot and got another spider leg. Besides that, he also got a spider eye, which was also material for alchemy.

Moving forward again, Chu Ge encountered the third spider. However, the new spider looked quite different from the previous two. It had eight slim legs, its body was blackish-red, and was considerably thinner than the last two. Its appearance was much more disgusting.

It was called Cavern Weaver (Seras’ Child).

“I’ll be da*ned! Who exactly was that Seras? It could bear different species of children,” Chu Ge thought. But this was not the time to think about it. He should be able to defeat the spider with his usual method. Chu Ge shot his first arrow at the gross-looking spider.

The Cavern Weaver rushed at Chu Ge head-on. Then, at about two or three meters away from Chu Ge, it opened its mouth and started spraying. But what caught Chu Ge by surprise was that the thing that came out from the Cavern Weaver’s mouth was not poison, but a ball of white spider’s silk. Within moments, Chu Ge was covered with the silk.

“Oh, crap! It was so disgusting!” Chu Ge looked deadpanned at the white sticky and turbid mess that covered his body. He tried raising his leg but found that he could not move.

Then, the Cavern Weaver charged at Chu Ge.

After that, it was flung away and killed by Chu Ge, who swung at it without thinking.

“Jeez, and here I thought you were so powerful. In the end, you still ended up under my blade,” Chu Ge tugged at the spider web on his body as he uttered to himself. He did not know what material the spider web was made of because he was unable to get it off him. But thankfully, after a few minutes, it suddenly melted away like water and disappeared.