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"According to what you said before, Mr. Gao Muming, if the people who come here can identify us, we will be directly exposed to the horrific situation of being hunted down?"

Spider-girl recalled what Gao Muming said when he persuaded her to move not long ago, and the worry on her face was obvious.

"Wakaba-san's situation is different now."

Hearing Spider-Ko's concern, Takagi Akira's eyes flashed and a confident smile appeared on his face.

"Humans will use 'identification' on us first because they don't have any clues about our identities."

"I am an unknown person living in the Elro Great Labyrinth for a long time. I will most likely be regarded as a demon trying to cause trouble in the Elro Great Labyrinth. For safety reasons, humans will choose to 'identify' me."

"As someone who does business with adventurers, I have already secretly made my identity known to humans."

Spider-girl looked at Gao Muming with some confusion.

"Mr. Gao Muming, I don't quite understand. According to what you said, you just made a deal with a few adventurers. How did you secretly let the fortress guards know about your identity?"

When he heard Spider-Ko's question, Takagi Akira's smile remained on his face.

"It's very simple. In order to continue doing business with me, the amount of daily necessities that the adventurers will send down is not a small amount. This unreasonable behavior will definitely be noticed by the fortress's defenders."

"For any abnormal situation that occurs in the Elro Great Labyrinth, the guards of the fortress will be very nervous and will definitely conduct strict inspections. After the inspection, the guards of the fortress will receive relevant information from me from the adventurers."

"In this way, my identity as a strong man who has a spider monster as a summoned beast and trains in the Elro Great Labyrinth will be confirmed by the fortress defenders."

"With a powerful monster as our common enemy, the patrolling soldiers will not use provocative 'identification' against a 'strong' human like me."

"Hearing you say that, I feel a lot more relieved."

Spider-Man nodded, then turned and walked towards the cave he had just passed.

Watching Spider-Girl leave without saying a word, Gao Muming quickly asked.

"Where are you going, Ruoye?"

When Spider-Chief heard Gao Muming's question, he did not give a direct reply.

"I was in such a hurry running back just now that I dropped my prey on the way. I'm going to get it back now. I'll also set a safe trap while I'm at it."

After hearing what Spider-Girl said, Gao Muming quickly raised his feet to keep up with Spider-Girl's pace.

"I see. I'll go with you and help you carry your things back."

As he spoke, Gao Muming looked at the spider beside him, whose size had shrunk compared to when she left before, and worry was obvious on his face.

"Miss Ruoye, you should eat something first. You've shrunk like a spider."

When Spider-Girl heard what Gao Muming said, she was stunned for a moment.

"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed that my body has shrunk."

Then Spider-Man's face showed an expression of realization.

"I was running away at high speed while casting spider webs to fight those giant wasps for such a long time, but I didn't feel exhausted. It seems that the skill I possess should have the effect of converting energy into my body size and storing it."

"I will simply set up a spider web trap and then eat something to replenish my energy. I'll trouble you, Akira Takagi, to protect my safety."

"Just leave it to me with confidence."

After a while, Spider Girl set up two spider webs and began to tear the corpse of the giant bee monster. Gao Muming closed his eyes with a gun, concentrating his consciousness on his other senses to perceive the environment in the Elro Great Labyrinth.

After Spider-Girl had eaten her body back to its previous plump state, she stopped eating, patted her swollen belly with her legs, and showed a satisfied smile.

"I am full."

After hearing what Spider-Girl said, Takagi Akira opened his eyes and looked at Spider-Girl.

"By the way, Ruoye-san, looking at the corpses of these giant bee monsters you brought back, the task I asked you to do before must not have gone smoothly."

Hearing Gao Muming's question, Spider Girl touched her head full of eyes with some embarrassment.

"Something went wrong. The stone must have hit the upper-level General Bee Monster in mid-air. I was unable to measure the distance to the first level of the Elro Great Labyrinth."

"I see. Just as I thought, it can't be accomplished easily. The giant bee swarm is indeed quite troublesome. We should slowly think of a solution."

Just as Gao Muming was stroking his chin and thinking, Spider Girl suddenly spoke.

"By the way, Mr. Gao Muming, I have killed many advanced giant bee monsters before and gained a lot of experience. I have met the conditions for upgrading."

Gao Muming was not surprised to hear what Spider-girl said. After all, many of the giant bee monster corpses that Spider-girl brought back belonged to high-level giant bee monsters, and their experience should have reached the level where they could evolve long ago.

"Wakaba, do you remember that I mentioned before that I would fall asleep during evolution? I am very relieved to know that you came back to let me protect myself when I fell asleep during evolution."

Spider-girl looked at the pleased expression on Gao Muming's face and couldn't help but frown and mutter to herself.

"I always feel that the way Gao Muming looks at me is like a child who has grown up and listened to advice."

After Gao Muming dragged the remaining giant bee monsters back to the center of the shelter, Spider-Girl crawled back into her own nest under Gao Muming's gaze, and then issued an evolution command to the system.

The moment she chose to evolve, Spider-Girl rolled her eyes and fell asleep.

Below, Takagi sensed that Spider-Girl's breathing had become steady, and he knew that she had fallen asleep.

Gao Muming spread the deerskin on the ground under the spider's nest, closed his eyes, tightly grasped the gun handle with both hands, and sat cross-legged on the deerskin.

As his own perception ability improved, the environment about 10 meters around Gao Muming became gradually clearer in Gao Muming's perception, like a three-dimensional model.

This situation made Gao Muming open his eyes wide in shock.

"It feels so clear. The blurry feeling I had before is nothing compared to this. Has my mental power reached a certain level, or have I developed a method of mental perception?"

Gao Muming began to try to expand the three-dimensional model he perceived in his mind. The moment the range of perception expanded, a feeling of powerlessness came over him.

Knowing that he would get injured if he continued to force it, Gao Muming quickly reduced the range of his perception and restored it to the original range of about 10 meters.

Gao Muming tried to maintain this perception in the hope that it would last forever, but after just a short while, he felt a dull pain in his head.

Gao Muming quickly exited that deep perception state, shook his head and let out a long sigh.

"The effect of perception in this state is really good, but the mental drain on me is quite great."

"Come to think of it, this feeling is very similar to the effect of the skill 'Perception' in the plot. Maybe this is the first step for me to learn the skills of this world."

Takagi Akira shook his head, which was becoming a little confused due to excessive consumption of mental energy, and tried to clear himself up.

"I may be a little too optimistic. Sensing the surrounding environment with pure mental power can also have similar effects. This may just be some practical application brought about by my mental power breaking through the bottleneck."

“Forget it. Whether it’s a sign of learning a skill or not is not something I need to worry about right now. After all, although the quality of my soul in this world is higher, the quantity is really too small. Even if I really learn a powerful skill, I’m afraid I’ll be like a certain Explosion Magician, dead after one shot.”

"However, this kind of perception is very convenient for me who has no night vision in the Elro Great Labyrinth. I can try to compress the perception range and make this perception ability permanent."

Just when Gao Muming was wondering whether this method was feasible, the spider girl who had evolved into a small spider monster ran out of her nest and pounced on the monster's corpse with shining eyes.

"I ate a lot before the evolution, but I'm hungry right after the evolution?"

Looking at Spider-Girl's actions, a thoughtful expression appeared on Gao Muming's face.

"When a monster's level is raised, it can recover instantly, but after evolving, it becomes extremely hungry, contrary to its normal state. Why is that?"

"I always feel like there must be some reason for this. Could it be that the more physical strength you have before evolution, the more attributes you will gain after evolution?"

"Anyway, Spider-Girl's food is easy to obtain. I can let Spider-Girl test my guess. Even if it's wrong, she'll just lose a little food and energy. If I'm right, it will be a lot of good for Spider-Girl."

Thinking this, Gao Muming walked towards Spider Girl.

"Wakaba-san."

Hearing Gao Muming calling her, Spider Girl turned her head to look at Gao Muming, and the words she recited while she kept chewing food echoed in Gao Muming's mind.

"Is there something urgent that has you looking for me so urgently? Takagi Akira-san."

For the first time, Gao Muming felt that the skill of "talking" that allows people to communicate with others without disturbing their mouths while eating is a very good skill.

"I have a guess about your current situation."

Spider-girl was communicating with Gao Muming while chewing the food in big mouthfuls.

"My current situation? I had a good meal just now, but I'm starving again right after evolving. But evolution requires a lot of energy, so I'm not surprised that I'm so hungry after evolving."

"I also think what you said makes sense, Ruoye-san."

Takagi Akira first nodded to Spider-Ko to show that he agreed with her point of view, and then expressed his own thoughts.

"But I have a different opinion. Before the monsters in the Elro Great Labyrinth evolve to a certain level, most of them are brainless and act on instinct."

"Even you, Ruoye, who is well fed and well-drinking, feel so hungry after evolving because of the huge consumption of energy. Wouldn't those monsters that evolve directly after meeting the conditions die suddenly during the evolution due to lack of energy?"

After hearing what Gao Muming said, Spider-Man slowed down the frequency of chewing thoughtfully.

"What you said does make some sense."

"You also think what I said is interesting, right?"

The smile on Gao Muming's face became more and more obvious, and he continued to speak.

"I think that the energy required for evolution is not that much. The reason why you feel hungry after evolution is that when your body evolves, it directly extracts all the energy in your body to a very dangerous level, and then uses the extracted energy to directly strengthen the basic attributes of the evolved body."

"Do you have any basis for this conjecture?"

Hearing Spider-Ko's question, Takagi Akira nodded.

"As for evidence, I have some relevant evidence to support my claim. According to my intelligence, even if the evolved monsters are of the same species, they will have slight differences in their hard power if they are of the same level."

"I think a large part of the reason for this individual difference is related to the energy contained in the body during evolution."

After eating a lot for a while, Spider-Girl, who had finally gotten rid of her hunger, summarized Gao Muming's speech.

"If there is a difference in strength, it is probably due to individual differences. The evidence you provided is not very convincing. In other words, this is just your personal speculation, and there is no final conclusion, right?"

There was no embarrassment on Gao Muming's face that came from being questioned and refuted. He just looked at Spider-girl with burning eyes.

"Yes."

"But as I get stronger, I don't have to worry about food shortages. There's nothing to lose by trying. From now on, before each evolution, I will eat a big meal to ensure that I have enough energy."

After reaching a consensus through communication, Gao Muming turned around and left without disturbing Spider-girl while she was eating, and walked towards his bed.

"It's only been a short while since I woke up, why do I feel so tired?"

Gao Muming thought about it and then began to review what happened after he woke up.

"I was scheming against the adventurers, and I had to be on high alert for monsters invading from the passage without the spider web traps. I also consumed too much mental energy because of my experimental abilities."

After reviewing the situation, Gao Muming couldn't help but feel upset.

"More things happened in such a short time than in the past few days. The worst thing is that I was so nervous for my life that I couldn't relax. No wonder I feel so tired now."

He really didn't have the energy to cook, so Gao Muming simply took out some food left by the adventurers to fill his stomach, and said something to Spider Girl before going to bed.

"By the way, Ruoye, the things I got from trading with adventurers are all here. You can take care of improving the food. I'm going to rest first."