[Name]: Bai Jie (Bai Zhi)
[Title]: ...
[Race/Species]: ...
[Vitality]: 99 (MAX)
[Skills]: High-Tier Intimidation Lv.4, Invisibility Camouflage Lv.4, Mutated Venom Lv.5, Egg Laying Lv.5, Leg Blade Slash Lv.11, Bite/Maul Lv.11, Razor Spider Silk Lv.11, Urticating Hair Venom Needle Lv.11, Venom Arrow Shot Lv.12 (MAX), Corrosive Deadly Toxin Lv.12 (MAX)
[Talents]: ...
[Satiety]: 99%
[Body Length]: Leg Span 88cm
Skill: Bite/Maul did not stop.
"If only I had Spirit Siphon, at least I wouldn't be so stuffed..."
Bai Jie glanced to the side. Bai Huahua lay on her back, deep asleep, her fair white round belly exposed. The spider thought with a certain dark humor:
"If I hit 100% and still can't evolve, I'll just siphon this silly sweet girl's spirit energy..."
At last, the moment Satiety reached 100%, the Calamity Python had been fully consumed.
Ding! A system notification sounded in that instant.
[Meeting species evolution conditions. Evolution imminent.]
The golden-white little snake, still deep in slumber, had no idea she'd just barely dodged a disaster.
"It's finally coming! I feel like I'm about to burst..."
"So, what will I become next?"
Bai Jie closed its eyes, satisfied and full of anticipation, and sank into a deep sleep.
...
Some unknown time later, when Bai Jie awoke, the sky was still black.
As expected, Bai Jie found a shed skin by its side, and simultaneously caught a pungent, thick smell of smoke.
Opening its eyes to survey the area, it discovered flames burning on the shaded northern face of the back mountain, slowly creeping toward the summit where Bai Jie's nest lay.
"Uh... looks like the lightning from the fight with the Calamity Python ignited the trees, and I was so busy running that I forgot to put out the fire."
"But honestly, there wasn't much I could do about it anyway. It's not like I can spray water or anything."
Bai Jie felt a little guilty, a little helpless.
Out of concern, Bai Jie left its spider nest and crept closer to where the fire was spreading. As its senses expanded, it detected some firefighters entering the back mountain, working hard to extinguish the flames.
And not only that—some Enforcer machines had also shown up!
This made Bai Jie's heart tighten. The memories of its human past and the instincts of an eldritch creature both made it deeply apprehensive about confronting human authorities face to face.
Fortunately, the fire hadn't spread to the summit, and the Enforcer machines were busy helping put it out.
"One spark on the mountain, and the police chief falls in love with me."
"My apologies... blame the Wu Gu Clan for this."
The question was, how much longer could this uneasy peace between itself and humans last?
Only strength was the bedrock of its safety.
Its eight eyes reflected the raging flames that lit up the sky. Bai Jie took a deep breath and, with a touch of nervousness, opened its Status Panel.
Its mind instantly trembled.
[Name]: Bai Jie (Bai Zhi)
[Title]: Demon Spider Bai Zhi, Night Goddess Nyx
[Race/Species]: Gu-Devouring Demon Spider (Half-Demonic Evil Body)
[Vitality]: 101
[Skills]:
Ten Thousand Binding Threads Lv.1 (NEW), Spider Sense Lv.1 (NEW), High-Tier Intimidation Lv.5, Invisibility Camouflage Lv.5, Mutated Venom Lv.6, Egg Laying Lv.6, Leg Blade Slash Lv.11, Bite/Maul Lv.12 (MAX), Razor Spider Silk Lv.12 (MAX), Urticating Hair Venom Needle Lv.12 (MAX), Venom Arrow Shot Lv.12 (MAX), Corrosive Deadly Toxin Lv.12 (MAX)
[Talents]: Poison-Refining Gu, Spirit-Devouring Body, Thunder and Lightning Control
[Satiety]: 98%
[Body Length]: Leg Span 100cm
"A new title, Demon Spider Bai Zhi?"
Based on the experience of gaining the "Night Goddess Nyx" title, Bai Jie guessed that a certain number of creatures had called it "Bai Zhi," giving rise to this new title.
Vitality didn't spike dramatically after this evolution like before—perhaps the requirements were higher now.
Though it only increased by two points, reaching 101, it had still broken through one hundred!
Bai Jie felt its strength had undergone an earth-shattering transformation, far more than just the superficial two-point Vitality increase.
It even felt like testing whether it could break through an encirclement of machines and modern firearms. But of course, that was just a passing thought.
"The new race name is 'Gu-Devouring Demon Spider'—is it because I devoured too many gu insects from the Wu Gu Clan?"
Even more curious was the "(Half-Demonic Evil Body)" note attached to the race name.
A flash of insight struck Bai Jie's mind: "The character 'demon' appears in both the race name and my lifeform designation. This might be an important signal..."
It continued reading.
After this fourth evolution, many skills had reached max level, and two completely new skills had appeared!
Thump. Thump.
Reading the skill descriptions, Bai Jie's heartbeat quickened sharply.
[Ten Thousand Binding Threads]: Newly awakened skill. Consumes spiritual power to freely alter the texture and length of spider silk. Extremely tough and sticky—capable of binding and adhering to all things. As skill level increases, skill effect improves and spiritual power consumption decreases.
The system used the term "spiritual power" in its description for the first time, likely to accommodate Bai Jie's cognitive habits—it was how the spider itself referred to that strange energy.
"Consume spiritual power... alter texture..."
"Doesn't this greatly enhance the spider silk's trapping potential?"
"Maybe if I'd had 'Ten Thousand Binding Threads' against the Calamity Python, I wouldn't have needed so much silk."
The other new skill was no less impressive.
[Spider Sense]: Newly awakened skill. Not only can it sense danger, but it can also transmit sound through spider familiars and those infected with Mutated Venom. As skill level increases, it can further predict the source and direction of danger, and the communication range expands.
Bai Jie's mind stirred, grasping the significance of "Spider Sense": "So that means I can now communicate with Lin Binbin over long distances through the little spiders?"
In terms of appearance, Bai Jie's leg span had reached a full meter. Anyone who saw it would gasp "monster."
The patterns and color scheme were largely the same as before the evolution, though the patterns that were once only concentrated on its back had now spread to its abdomen. The urticating hairs on its belly were dyed a deeper pink too.
The biggest change was in its eyes.
Its eight eyes, once as deep and dark as ink, had turned into a deep, mysterious blue-violet.
The mountain fire was finally extinguished by morning. Bai Jie had also spent two hours testing its "Ten Thousand Binding Threads."
It wasn't in a hurry to test "Spider Sense's" communication function yet, and instead headed down the mountain.
Bai Jie planned to see if it could stake out Wang Miaoyin before morning classes started.
What the spider didn't know was that it wasn't the only one searching for Wang Miaoyin...