Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 144: Chapter 144: Apocalypse, I Am Not the Holy Mother 50

Afterwards, Xiao Ling chatted with Lin Shuangshuang for a while. It must be said, this girl is too good at chatting. She somehow managed to engage the often quiet Lin Shuangshuang in conversation and, in passing, learned about Xiao Ling and Sister Hong’s team.

Sister Hong’s name is Zhang Yanhong, and Xiao Ling’s name is Zhang Ling. They are biological sisters, eight years apart. Zhang Yanhong is thirty years old, while Zhang Ling is only twenty-two. However, Zhang Ling looks very young; if she didn’t speak, people would think she’s only in her teens.

Zhang Yanhong and Zhang Ling’s parents died in an accident when Zhang Yanhong was fifteen. It was a car accident, the driver was drunk driving and fled, leaving no trace. Zhang Yanhong and Zhang Ling suddenly lost all their support.

The Zhang Family was not wealthy, and with their parents gone, the sisters faced survival issues. Zhang Yanhong did not want to take her only seven-year-old sister to an orphanage, nor did she want her sister to be adopted by someone else.

At just fifteen, Zhang Yanhong gritted her teeth and dropped out of school. She planned to work and earn money to support her sister, but she was too young, and no one dared to hire her. Zhang Yanhong, helpless, could only go to the market to set up a stall to earn money.

She sold vegetables, clothes, opened a snack shop, and worked in a handicraft factory. In the end, Zhang Yanhong, with sheer determination and intelligence, built a successful business: a furniture processing factory with over three hundred workers!

As a woman, during the initial struggle, there were people who bullied her, even hooligans came to trouble her, some even harbored dirty thoughts. Zhang Yanhong was tough, and if someone bullied her, she would retaliate even more fiercely.

When hooligans caused trouble, she learned women’s combat skills diligently and fought back at them fiercely. She even crippled a man’s vital part, completely extinguishing any filthy intentions.

Despite her aggressive demeanor, Zhang Yanhong was loyal and never cheated in business. If a friend’s family was in trouble, she would unhesitatingly lend a hand. This earned Zhang Yanhong many good relationships.

After the world changed, Zhang Yanhong dismissed most of her employees and led her sister Zhang Ling and more than twenty employees who had nowhere else to go to survive, until they met Lin Shuangshuang.

Zhang Ling and Zhang Yanhong share a deep bond, and Zhang Ling cares a lot for Zhang Yanhong, even seeing her sister as a mother figure in her heart.

After chatting with Zhang Ling, Lin Shuangshuang found the bond between the sisters quite touching, fostering a stronger fondness for Zhang Ling and Zhang Yanhong.

No way!

As she planned to check on Red Jade, Lin Shuangshuang paused, her face darkening. Damn it, she had been tricked by Zhang Ling again! She had just said there was no need to immediately trust her, yet in the blink of an eye, Zhang Ling used the sisterly bond with her sister to win her favor!

Even though she could tell Zhang Ling wasn’t lying and did have a great relationship with her sister, comparable to a mother-daughter bond, it was exactly this that heightened people’s fondness! Damn, she couldn’t chat with this girl; it was a trap everywhere!

Lin Shuangshuang couldn’t quite place the feeling in her heart. Did she dislike Zhang Ling? Not really. Although this person was cunning as a sieve, she exuded an open and honest vibe, striving only for survival and better living, distinct from Li Man’s ruthless nature.

Did she like Zhang Ling? Again, no; Zhang Ling was too scheming, and Lin Shuangshuang’s least suited quality was being cunning. She wasn’t afraid of open, direct combat with clear motives, but couldn’t stand hidden conspiracies without bloodshed.

Lin Shuangshuang wasn’t indifferent to Zhang Ling’s offer of allegiance. If Zhang Ling were truly as loyal as she claimed, she’d help solve many of her worries, especially against cunning opponents like Li Man; Zhang Ling’s insight into plots would be invaluable.

Yet she couldn’t be sure if Zhang Ling would always be this way. She treated her own well, but that didn’t mean she’d treat others the same way.

Lin Shuangshuang sat in front of Red Jade, waiting for Red Jade to hatch the little spiders while pondering over Zhang Ling’s matters. Regardless, Lin Shuangshuang planned to take things one step at a time and not rush into any decisions.

Moreover, even if she wanted to keep Zhang Ling and her people, it wasn’t easy to say anything to Song Yuhang. He’d previously mentioned that Zhang Yanhong and Zhang Ling’s group could become new blood for their base.

Pondering for a long time without coming to a decision, she thought it would be better to focus on the immediate priorities, rather than overthinking.

The massive worm hill had been consumed halfway by Red Jade, and Lin Shuangshuang could feel that the energy Red Jade consumed seemed to be channeled via the web wrapping the spider eggs, providing power for the little spiders to break out.

This operation was truly miraculous. Lin Shuangshuang didn’t recall spiders having such a method of hatching eggs. Indeed, these specially mutated creatures couldn’t be understood through normal logic.

A crack suddenly appeared on an egg as white as jade, emitting a tiny snapping sound. Subsequently, more and more eggs began to crack, emitting a series of dense snapping sounds, like an unending firecracker display.

Soon, the cracks on each egg grew larger, until finally, a bright red claw first broke through the confines and emerged, followed by more and more bright red little claws breaking through the shells.

The movement of the hatching little spiders was too large and quickly attracted a large crowd. Mi Lu was very curious as she watched the spectacular scene of a bunch of little spiders breaking out, with a face full of amazement!

The fearless man, Song Yuhang, could not resist rubbing his arm; as he looked at the sudden appearance of the palm-sized red spiders, his fear of clusters kicked in.

Sister Hong and Zhang Ling’s group were unfamiliar with Red Jade and were a bit scared, so they didn’t come over.

The little spiders hatched quickly. Over two thousand spiders successfully hatched in less than five minutes.

Regardless of whether they had a fear of clusters or not, seeing so many spiders spread out densely, everyone inevitably felt a bit unnerved.

Though Red Jade’s offspring couldn’t compare to her size, being palm-sized was significant. Before the world transformed, seeing palm-sized spiders was already rare for a large-sized species.

Only Doumi didn’t sense any fear. Seeing so many mini versions of Red Jade, it couldn’t help but stretch out its large paw to poke at one.

The little red spider that Doumi poked had just emerged from its shell and got disoriented by Doumi’s paw, immediately clingy to Doumi’s paw, ready to climb up.

Red Jade extended a sharp fore claw, and the little spider that ran the wrong way climbed onto Red Jade’s body.

Red Jade spewed out a bunch of webs, encircling all her offspring, then pulled out a large number of round, fist-sized granules from her tail.

Red Jade tossed these white objects into the swarm of little spiders, who then instinctively climbed onto them and began devouring them in large bites. Like Red Jade, these little spiders had evolved sharp teeth, consuming not by sucking but by chewing and swallowing directly.