As I jumped down the last rock, Tan Jiao and Zhu Jiui suddenly looked at each other and smiled, seemingly getting closer. However, when Tan Jiao met my gaze, her eyes showed a hint of pity. I knew she was worried about Zhu Jiui's innocent future. In this cave, we were now together with our past selves. The two of us held hands, not saying a word.

  But what happened next shocked everyone.

  We have seen clearly where the light source is.

  We arrived at a very large new cave. From the entrance, it was at least as wide as a basketball court. The rocks here were a pure white color like ice and snow. And they were layered on top of each other from the ground all the way to the top of the cave. At first glance, it seemed endless. It was a type of rock I had never heard of before, emitting a soft glow, making the entire cave seem like it was bathed in moonlight. The source of light we saw earlier was actually coming from inside the cave and shining out through the entrance.

  The ground is also made of such rocks, only relatively flat, as if washed by water flow. I also noticed that the groundwater arrived here and mysteriously disappeared. As if it had seeped into the ground without a trace.

  Moreover, this cave is not empty and has no end. On the rock wall, there are many small holes connected to it, inside which is a vast expanse of snow-white, with unknown depth and leading to unknown places.

  We were all stunned by this scene and remained silent for a while.

  "What place is this?" Zhu Jiyue panicked again, "What to do? Where did they go? Yan Yuan, Yan Yuan! Where are you?"

  Far away, we seemed to hear someone responding. I suddenly understood that they had probably entered those small paths to find an exit.

  "We'll just wait for them here," I said, and no one disagreed. Tan Jiao gripped my hand tightly, but her eyes were still curious, looking around everywhere.

  Feng Yan, as a mother, was also worried and shouted loudly: "Ruyin? Ruyin? Where are you? Answer Mom! I shouldn't have agreed to let her go... But she insisted on going with them..."

  My heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly felt that something was off, but before I could think about it carefully, I heard a voice respond: "Mom, I'm here."

  The sound is not far away.

  We all looked up, and the cave was so quiet that we could hear a pin drop. After ten or twenty seconds, footsteps came, and a figure emerged from a small hole. It was Chen Ruying.

  Her face was a bit pale, her eyes fell on me, then looked at my mother, and quickly walked back: "You guys are here too? I didn't find the exit on this road, mom, are you okay?"

  Feng Yan put down her guard: "I'm fine. As long as you're fine, where are they? Didn't they come with you?"

  Chen Ruying walked up to us and said: "We split up to find a way out, they should be back soon too."

  Inside the cave, there was always a dim light, so until she walked closer, we could see her appearance more clearly. I suddenly felt that something was wrong with her body, and it seemed like there was something on her back. Feng Yan and Tan Jiao were standing in front of her, while Zhu Jiuyi and Zhu Yutong were standing on the side. The two of them suddenly changed their facial expressions, Zhu Jiuyi took two steps back, and Zhu Yutong shouted: "You... your back!" Zhu Jiuyi let out a shrill cry.

  Chen Ruying was stunned for a moment, then hastily turned her body sideways, wanting to see behind her own back. So we were all able to see that on her back, there was at least one black... spider? the size of a washbasin, its limbs as thick as fingers, tightly clasped onto her neck, back, clothes and waist...

  I took a deep breath, and Chen Ruying also saw it roughly at this time. Her face turned pale, and she let out a sharp cry, suddenly falling to the ground, her whole body trembling, desperately trying to shake it off, but that spider web didn't budge. Feng Yan was also scared out of her wits, but she didn't dare get close either, grabbing my hand: "Yu, quickly save her! Help Ruying!"

  I let go of Tan Jiao's hand, and with one kick, I kicked the spider. It was kicked off by half, and the other half of its legs were still hanging on Chen Ruyin's back. With another heavy kick, I finally kicked it to the ground.

  Chen Ruying's whole body was almost curled up into a ball, still shrieking nonstop, and suddenly threw herself into my arms.

  The spider suddenly moved, scaring us all to take a step back. It opened its limbs and quickly crawled into a small hole at an incredible speed that was impossible to catch up with, disappearing in the blink of an eye. And from deep within the cave, there came a faint rustling sound, as if something else was hiding inside.

  We all stood still on the spot. Chen Ruying tightly grasped my arm, and I lowered my head to see a few extremely small blood holes on her exposed neck and shoulders. It was unclear whether they were spider bites or scratches, and there were even silver-white silk threads embedded in the flesh. Inside, there were also some fine white particles.

  Is... it parasitic eggs? My heart is skipping a beat with fear.

  I subconsciously looked back at Tan Jiao, she also saw those wounds, her eyes flashing.

  It's abnormal that there is a lake above our heads, and the rocks in this cave are also very unusual. Zhuang Yu said, we must have been to some place with abnormal cosmic energy and space-time magnetic field.

  So is the creature in this cave also abnormal?

  The story of Chen Ruying begins here.