Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Chapter 376 Spider Cult

The next video started quickly.

The opening shot shows a bloodied, severed hand trembling slightly on the ground. The camera slowly pans upwards, focusing on a row of people kneeling on the ground. After scanning the kneeling figures, the camera moves to other areas, eventually entering a narrow crevice.

The screen gradually darkened and then brightened again. Suddenly, a bunch of fly-leg-like symbols appeared on the screen, along with nine naked, mummified corpses hanging upside down in mid-air.

"Ahhh!"

A scream rang out.

Immediately afterwards, the scene quickly moved back to the initially bright image.

"I'm so scared, I need to find my mom," a voice muttered from somewhere.

The scene paused briefly, then moved at high speed, finally arriving at the doorway of a room.

"Mommy, open the door! I'm your baby!" Shan Ci shouted at the door.

Soon, the door opened, and Yu Ru brought in Shan Ci, who was using Jiaozi's body.

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?" Yu Ru closed the door.

"Mom! I found something terrifying, another secret room. (???皿??)??3??"

"what is inside?"

"There are dead people! So many, hanging in mid-air like bats. And there are so many incantations there! Mom, do you want to see?"

"I'm not watching anymore, I'm dizzy. Let's leave professional matters to the professionals." Yu Ru sat down in the chair, put her hands in front of her and closed her eyes.

"What's wrong with Mom? ╭(°A°`)╮" Shan Ci flew to the small round table next to her and landed.

"I'm so tired. I feel like shooting myself. I haven't slept for two days. I'm so exhausted." Yu Ru covered her mouth and yawned.

"Mom, why don't you take a nap?"

"I can't sleep. The magnetic field here is too dirty. I've been having nightmares lately. Xiao Guang and Sister Shan told me that many bodyguards also have nightmares at night. The weirdest thing is that many of them dream about the same person, um... I should say, they dream about the same ghost, or monster."

"What did you dream about? Σ(?д?|||)??"

"They don't remember very clearly, and neither do I. I only remember that the thing I dreamed about had one feature: an eye on its head and a large spider tattooed on its chest. I guess it was related to that spider cult."

"∑(°口°?)?? Is this spider cult really that powerful? They can even control dreams? Mom, how are you? Are you being controlled? Mom, ahhh, I don't want to! (╥╯﹏╰╥)?"

Yu Ru shook her head. "I don't know. It's not certain whether this is dream control or something else. I heard before that if an evil spirit wants to possess someone and sacrifice them, this symptom will also appear. If you can't sleep well, your body and spirit will be weak, your will will not be strong enough, and your sense of justice will not be enough, then your soul will be taken away. So now we need to find more masters to come. It feels very dangerous."

"Mom, didn't we already invite the master over last week? Why hasn't he come yet? Σ( ° △ °|||)︴"

"They need to prepare the tools for their rituals, and some of these things are hard to find. If they want to come here, they need to bring everything they need. Otherwise, they won't be able to get what they want so easily. Moreover, the people who come here need to be screened. If their skills aren't up to par, they might perish here."

"Mom, will Dad's master brother come over?"

"He's not coming."

"Why doesn't he come over? Isn't he quite capable?"

“He wanted to come, but I told him not to. His wife just finished her postpartum confinement, and the baby is still small. Both the mother and child are at their most vulnerable. I told him to stay home and take care of his wife and child first, so that his wife wouldn't worry and develop postpartum complications that could ruin her life. Now, Shanren is in charge of finding a Dharma Master to come here to provide support, so he is very busy right now and can't come for a while.”

"Mom, did Spider-Man say anything to you? (p′︵‵。)"

"Yes, let me think..."

Yu Ru pondered, her eyelids slowly closing. A moment later, she sat in the chair, her head bobbing up and down. Seeing this, Shan Ci immediately cut off the video, turning the recorded video completely black. It didn't dare wake Yu Ru, and quietly waited to the side.

However, Yu Ru woke up on her own very soon.

"Mom, you're sleepy, why don't you take a nap?"

Yu Ru shook her head, "If I sleep now, I won't be able to sleep tonight. I still have to interrogate people later."

Seeing that she was awake again, Shan Ci turned the screen back on and continued recording the video. "Mom, do you remember what Spider-Man said to you?"

"I can't remember exactly, but it was probably some kind of brainwashing, trying to get me to join his cult, and then... I think I agreed, saying he was too ugly and I didn't want to follow him."

"Hahahaha! o(*≧▽≦)ツ ~" Shan Ci laughed loudly, "Mom, I'm dying of laughter! (?＞?＜?)"

Yu Ru smiled, but it was fleeting. She then said, "Actually, I think this Spider-Man might be someone who has achieved immortality."

"Σ(?д?|||)??Mom, is he a mecha human?"

"Mech-man is immortal in a physical sense, while Spider-Man is immortal in a magical sense, like someone who has attained immortality through cultivation. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Hmm? That seems to make sense. Mom, how did you come to this conclusion?"

Yu Ru turned to look at the mountain of documents piled up beside her, pointed to them, and said, "A lot of documents were found in this villa. I've looked through them all, and combined with the contents stored on the phones of the cult members below, I speculate that their Spider Cult has a so-called supreme deity. Although Madir's ancestor was the founder, his role was more like a high-ranking administrator, not a true king. The true king is the supreme deity they think of, the Spider-Man who appeared in the dream."