The two girls who knew the senior also snapped back to reality.

The short-haired girl frowned and asked, "Miaomiao, didn't you tell him just now that the nests here are different from the ones outside?"

The senior was so anxious that her voice changed. "I told him! And he even specifically asked about the stats of Nightmare and Hell! I told him everything!"

"Then why did he still..."

"I don't know!" The senior's voice carried a crying tone, "I told him how strong the monsters there are. The End Spider Queen has over a million combat power, and a full ten-person team of level 25s might not even be able to clear it. After he finished listening, he just chose Hell."

The shoulder-length-haired girl asked, "What level is he?"

The senior paused for a moment.

"Se... Seventeen."

Silence.

Then came a chorus of gasps.

"Seventeen? A level 17 entering a level 20 Hell dungeon?"

"At this stage, level 17 is considered at the very bottom among us, right?"

"Has the quality of this year's freshmen dropped so much? Even a level 17 dares to be this arrogant?"

"No, think about it, he's only level 17. No matter how strong his Core Card is, it's impossible for him to withstand the monsters in the Spider Nest Deep Valley Hell-level, right? The first wave is already at level 28 strength."

"Too proud. He doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth."

The discussions rose and fell. Those level 18 and level 20 freshmen had originally been worrying about whether they could clear the Difficult difficulty. Hearing that a level 17 had directly entered the Hell dungeon, the expressions on their faces changed from shock to disdain, and then from disdain to watching the fun.

"Just wait and see, he'll probably come out in a few minutes."

"A few minutes? He won't even last past the first wave of monsters."

"Did he bring a forced exit scroll? Don't wait until his Core Card is broken before thinking about running."

Hearing these discussions, the senior's expression grew uglier and uglier.

She stood in front of the light curtain, her hands clenched so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

She thought of what she had just told Su Mu, explaining the terror of the Spider Nest Deep Valley Hell dungeon and the System Panel of the End Spider Queen.

She thought those words would make him back down, or at least start from Normal or Difficult.

Yet after listening, he directly chose Hell.

And he was even by himself.

"Miaomiao, don't worry too much," the shoulder-length-haired girl comforted. "Of those who can enter Qingbei, how many are truly fools? Maybe he really has some trump card. Besides, normally everyone has a scroll to forcibly exit the nest; if he can't match them, he'll naturally exit."

The senior shook her head.

"The monsters there are too strong. If he fails to react in time and his Core Card is broken, he won't even have the chance to forcibly exit."

She stared at that light curtain.

She could only wait here.

Waiting for Su Mu to come out.

Hoping nothing happens to him.

...

Spider Nest Deep Valley, Hell difficulty.

The medium-sized dungeon no longer refreshed monsters wave by wave from a teleportation entrance, but directly unfolded the entire nest world.

At this moment.

Su Mu's dungeon space unfolded deep within his Soul. Beneath the gray sky, the three great mountains—Flower-Fruit Mountain, Lion Camel Ridge, and White Tiger Ridge—stood quietly.

The surface of Bibo Pool shimmered with a dim light, and the Southern Heavenly Gate hung above Flower-Fruit Mountain, shrouded in clouds and mist.

Right before him, in the originally empty valley, a huge mountain rose out of nowhere. The entire mountain was pitch-black, its surface covered in densely packed holes, as if it had been gouged through by countless sharp claws.

Rustling sounds came from deep within the holes, as if something was writhing inside.

This was Spider Nest Deep Valley.

A hollowed-out mountain, a nest filled with countless spider webs and egg sacs.

The first wave of monsters poured out from those holes.

Densely packed.

Su Mu glanced at them roughly; there were at least a thousand of them.

They crawled out from every crevice of the mountain, their eight jointed limbs moving rapidly across the grayish-white Ground, producing a fine clicking sound.

Their bodies were pitch black, their abdomens bloated, and dark red markings grew on their backs. Their eight eyes gleamed with a dim green light in the dark.

Su Mu cast Appraisal Technique.

【Monster Appraisal】

【Name: Deep Valley Poison Spider】

【Level: 26】

【HP: 68,000 / 68,000】

【Atk: 4,200 / 4,200】

【Def: 2,100】

【Agility: 860】

【Combat Index: 38,600】

【Skills: Venom Spray (Ranged single-target, deals 1.5x damage and applies a Poison effect), Web Entanglement (Binds the target for 2 seconds), Group Hunt (Damage increases by 20% when three or more attack the same target simultaneously)】

【Remarks: Basic monsters of Spider Nest Deep Valley. Extremely numerous, highly cooperative, and skilled at overwhelming opponents with numbers.】

Level 26, combat index of 38,600.

Compared to monsters of the same level outside, these stats were not considered high.

But the problem was the quantity. Over a thousand of them, and they cooperated seamlessly.

No wonder even the Normal dungeon required at least a five-person party, and the Nightmare dungeon required a full ten-person team.

But for Su Mu, the more monsters, the better.

With a thought in his mind,

Little Drill-Wind sprang up from beside the Lion Camel Ridge stone tablet, his dark cyan figure transforming into a residual shadow as he cut into the spider swarm.

His short blade flashed out of its scabbard, splitting the skulls of the three frontmost poison spiders with a single slash. With a backhanded sweep, another five were cut in half at the waist.

White Bone Demon stood on the mountain path of White Tiger Ridge, her bone whip lashing out as a grayish-white Fire Curtain unfolded, covering the entire valley.

Patch after patch of poison spiders turned to ashes in the flames.

Benboerba and Babobaben leaped out from Bibo Pool. The two Catfish Demons cruised back and forth at the boundary between the water and the land, killing the poison spiders attempting to flank them one by one.

Green Lion King lay prone on the throne of Lion Camel Ridge's main peak, without even opening his eyes.

For the first four waves, he didn't even need to make an appearance.

Su Mu stood high in the Sky, watching his experience bar steadily rise.

In just four waves, his experience had accumulated to ten percent.

The accumulation of Momentum value was also extremely rapid, maxing out basically once every eight minutes.

The fifth wave.

The Broodmother Spider Queen crawled out from the depths of the nest.

Its size was dozens of times larger than ordinary poison spiders, and the egg sac on its abdomen occupied almost half of its body.

Its eight jointed limbs were as thick as pillars, leaving deep indentations on the Ground with every step.

Its back was covered with a layer of dark green carapace, which was densely packed with tiny holes from which viscous liquid seeped out from time to time.

Su Mu cast Appraisal Technique.

【Monster Appraisal】

【Name: Broodmother Spider Queen (BOSS)】

【Rank: B】

【Level: 28】

【HP: 420,000 / 420,000】

【Atk: 28,000 / 28,000】

【Def: 16,000】

【Agility: 4,200】

【Combat Index: 248,000】

【Skills: Oviposition (Lays a batch of small spiders every five minutes or when HP drops by 10%; the quantity decreases with each laying, up to ten times), Venom Fountain (Large-area venom spray, dealing 2.0x damage and applying continuous poison), Spider Queen's Coercion (Reduces the attack power of all enemies within range by 15%), Egg Sac Burst (Detonates its own egg sac when HP falls below 20%, dealing 3.0x damage to the surroundings)】

【Remarks: Fifth-wave lord of Spider Nest Deep Valley. Proficient in swarm tactics with extremely strong egg-laying capabilities.】