Chapter 438 Invitation
Bugs, scatter!
They looked ferocious, had sharp fangs, and their sharp claws left traces on the ground.
No matter how you look at it, they were ready to attack, as if they would pounce on the three people in the next second, tear their bodies into pieces, and then eat them all.
But now, they are retreating!
In just half a minute, the crowded insects retreated two or three meters.
The insects in front were roaring, and the insects behind were also screaming. There were too many of them, and they were crowding each other and even stepping on each other, but no one came forward!
"Oh... My God, am I dazzled?" Bearded Sergei exclaimed in disbelief. He rubbed his eyelids hard twice, unable to believe what he saw.
In one sentence, the swarm of insects will disperse?
What kind of power is this? The legendary oracle?
In Bear City, there are also level five and even level six creatures, but Sergei feels that those people cannot do this, and they are still in the category of "human".
The power that Suxia displayed in front of him was beyond Sergei's understanding.
Before, he never thought that anyone could repel the Zerg with just one sentence.
Today he saw it for himself, there really are people like this!
"Can he communicate with the will of the Zerg?"
Sergei thought of what Suxia had said before, "Let all your bugs scatter." Is the "you" in this sentence the overall will of this insect nest?
Or is it the mysterious insect queen deep in the insect nest?
Or a leader creature?
No matter which one it was, Sergei was shocked and filled with disbelief.
Even he is like this, not to mention little Peter next to him.
"They...they actually obeyed and dispersed..."
The skinny young man opened his mouth with a look of shock on his face.
Even his father, the legendary Lord of Bear City, the man who seemed to be made of steel, did not have such strength.
The tension and fear in little Peter's heart seemed to slowly dissipate with those words, just like the insects around him, and could no longer occupy his heart.
Today, what the young man saw and heard while following Su Xia made him understand a truth.
As long as you are strong enough, nothing is impossible!
At the same time, the team members outside the insect nest also discovered something unusual.
The army of insects on the ground that had been roaring at them suddenly became quiet for a moment. Every insect was stunned for a moment, and then began to make hissing sounds again.
But these sounds were obviously much smaller than before, and there was less madness and ferocity in the sounds.
"Eh...what happened?"
The team's liaison officer exclaimed in surprise.
"Why don't these damn bugs continue to pounce on us?"
"Maybe they finally realized that our altitude has exceeded their upper limit of jumping."
"Haha, he must be scared by our beating!"
"Don't be so narcissistic. It's obvious that Sergei and Little Peter have played a role in the insect nest below. They may have found the leader creature..."
Everyone was not stupid, and almost everyone thought of the three people who entered the insect nest.
The current changes must be related to the three people inside.
Judging from the insects' reactions, the three people below should be making smooth progress and may have already chopped off the leader creature's head.
…
In the insect nest.
Su Xia walked in front, with several high-intensity flashlights floating at his sides. He walked slowly, as if he was strolling at home, without any sign of nervousness.
"It's just a small insect nest, still some distance away from an intermediate insect nest. Although there are many insects, it is not as many as the one in the oasis camp. It's not even one-tenth of the number in the oasis camp."
The darkness in front of the insect nest was gradually driven away by the strong light of the flashlight.
As he took a step forward, the dense swarm of insects in front of him retreated to the sides, as if welcoming a king and making way for him to have a wide path.
Behind him, Sergei and little Peter followed closely.
Several minutes had passed, but the shock in their hearts had not subsided. Instead, it became more intense as time went by.
"These bugs are actually retreating to both sides!"
From just now till now, the scenes that appeared before their eyes made them feel extremely incredible.
How did the masked man do it?
The two of them walked forward, guessing in their hearts.
In their minds, every guess is inseparable from the word "powerful". Only sufficient strength can allow them to see everything happening before their eyes.
“Squeak—squeak—”
A bug bared its teeth at little Peter, its mouth cracked, its sharp fangs covered with germ-filled mucus that had stretched into threads, its narrow eyes full of ferocity, as if it would pounce at any moment.
But when little Peter walked past it, it just bared its teeth and did not move forward. Instead, it took a step or two back.
"This is a split worm. It has two heads. It is said that the consciousness of the two heads is different and very confused. Sometimes the two heads even bite each other. It is one of the least obedient soldiers among the low-level creatures. But even it dare not move forward, as if it has received orders from some supreme will."
"Next to it is a corpse-eating worm. It is said that they are never full and will pounce on flesh and blood as soon as they see it, but now they have stopped..."
"And that unicorn worm..."
Little Peter followed Su Xia and was shocked as he recognized more and more insects.
He had only seen pictures or videos of these insects in the literature before, and rarely saw living creatures.
In the past, when I occasionally saw living creatures, I would not observe them so closely. I would just kill them from a distance and would not even turn over the corpses, because insects are social creatures and killing one might attract thousands more.
"If little Maria knew what I'm going through, she would definitely admire me." Thinking of this, little Peter suddenly felt happy. After the tension in his heart dissipated, his face was not so pale, but a little rosy, and his body was no longer so tense.
Now, as long as he follows Su Xia, he will feel safe enough.
More than ten minutes passed in a flash. This dark and damp insect nest seemed to have no end. The roars of insects could still be heard in the deeper parts. It was impossible to count how many insects there were.
During this process, little Peter became more and more courageous, and even took out his mobile phone to take a few selfies of himself and the insects around him. In the photos, he had a bright and sunny smile, revealing a row of white teeth.
"Dear little Maria, you won't believe where I am now..."
While he was happy, he also felt a little regretful. He wished little Maria was here too.
On the side, the bearded Sergei had a completely different expression. With burning eyes, he carefully looked at every area in the hive, thinking that this was a great opportunity to record.
If I miss today, once Su Xia leaves, there will be no such opportunity again!
"Little Peter, quickly use your phone to record the video." Sergei reminded hurriedly, "This kind of precious video is rare. When you go back, submit it to the Bear City headquarters. Maybe you will get a medal of honor. Even if you don't get a medal, at least you will get verbal praise, and your father will be happy for you!"
"Yes, I had forgotten about it. Luckily Uncle Sergey reminded me!" Little Peter was startled, and immediately started filming and recording the video according to Sergey's instructions, explaining as he recorded.
On this planet, the contact between humans and Zerg is very rare, and there has almost never been any formal understanding of each other.
Before the rise of the Zerg, the human race had been defeated by the mechanical race.
After that, the Zerg were also defeated by the Mechanoids and scattered around the world, forming independent hives.
The two races were defeated by the mechanical race one after another, and there was no chance for them to communicate or understand each other.
"If this video is well shot, it may be selected into the teaching materials of Xiongcheng!"
Sergei was very happy. He also took notes , but he spent more time assisting little Peter and helping the young man get more rewards.
"This is a great gift." Sergei said to Su Xia sincerely, "My masked friend, I will always remember your help. After leaving the hive, you must come to our gathering point and let me express my gratitude to you with a sumptuous dinner."
"Okay, I'm hungry. I haven't eaten much for a while." Su Xia said with a smile.
In the insect nest filled with death and stench, the three humans were so out of place that there was a sense of disharmony.
In this strange feeling and atmosphere, Su Xia led the two of them and walked forward for more than ten minutes.
During this time, the surrounding insects just roared softly, showing strong hostility, but none of them pounced on him.
The deepest area of the insect nest gradually appeared before the three people's eyes.
Looking around, this area is covered with a large amount of dark red flesh and blood film, which is slippery and sticky. It is present both under the feet and above the head. If you step on it, you can easily fall if you are not careful.
Piles of insect eggs of varying sizes stick to the thin film of flesh and blood, absorbing nutrients from the entire insect nest.
“Bang…Bang…Bang…”
Strong heartbeats could be heard from inside many of the eggs.
A beam of strong light is shone over, and through the thin outer membrane of the eggs, one can see that inside these eggs are curled up small insects, most of which have long tails.
After walking forward for a few more minutes, the three finally reached the deepest point, where the insect mother was.
"Is that the worm queen?" A hint of curiosity appeared on little Peter's tender face. He looked straight ahead and held up his mobile phone to record.
It was a huge and bloated creature, and its specific species could not be identified.
Her head was very small, about the same size as a human's, but her abdomen was enormous, hundreds of times larger than her head. Her limbs were almost invisible, and the epidermis of her abdomen was stretched very thin, becoming translucent, as if it would burst into a ball of thick pulp at any time.
At this moment, she was expelling an oval worm egg the size of a basketball from her tail, with disgusting and sticky pus attached to the egg.
Several swift bugs are responsible for taking away the eggs and placing them in suitable locations to allow them to grow slowly.
"Yes, I am the insect queen." A voice sounded, and it was the bloated creature speaking.
"ah?"
Little Peter was startled and subconsciously shrank back, obviously not expecting this huge monster to answer him.
Su Xia was very calm. He had seen insect queens in this form before and was not surprised by it.
The survival mode of the insect queen is actually similar to that of the queen ant in the ant nest. It was not originally in this form. The proportions of her body, limbs, and head were once uniform, and she could move around like ordinary insects.
But after she becomes a worm queen, her body will gradually become bloated and deformed, turning into an ugly monster with a huge belly.
"You should know why I'm here." Su Xia walked forward and said to the bloated insect queen.
"I will make them retreat back to their nests and never enter that city again." The Insect Queen replied in a low voice.
"Not only that, you are not allowed to attack any humans again."
Su Xia didn't come to negotiate, he came to make demands, and if the other party didn't agree, he didn't mind taking action directly.
"Don't worry, I will restrain them." The Insect Queen said in a calm voice, looking at the three of them, and still agreed.
The two consecutive concessions surprised Sergei again.
You know, the insect queen is the core of a nest. For the development of the nest, she will let the insects plunder any resources at all costs and almost never restrain the insects.
"Where is the leader creature?" Su Xia asked.
“Here…”
A gigantic unicorn worm walked out from the shadows. It was over six meters tall. The horn on its head was like a steel needle, and its scales were like solid rock, giving people a strong sense of oppression.
But, this bug is just a third-level creature.
If placed in an intermediate insect nest, he would have no chance of becoming a leader creature and could only be a high-level soldier.
"You...what do you want to do?" The leader creature could also feel the queen's aura on Su Xia, and he was also surprised that Su Xia was a human being.
"Break off one of your fangs and give it to this child." Su Xia patted little Peter's head.
"What? What did you say?"
The unicorn beetle widened his eyes. No one had ever dared to make such a request to him.
Not to mention him, Sergei and little Peter were stunned and felt Su Xia's strength again.
This kind of toughness, with a hint of unreasonableness, will take whatever it likes and won't waste time communicating.
"You don't have to give it to me. I will do it myself." Su Xia said indifferently, releasing a spiritual energy fluctuation belonging to a level five creature, and looked at the unicorn worm indifferently.
"I……"
The unicorn beetle's body trembled. The fluctuation of the fifth-level creature on Su Xia's body frightened him. It was a powerful force that made him unable to resist.
If he didn't, Susha would probably beat him to death and take the souvenirs from his body.
He lowered his head silently and chose to surrender.
Then he stretched out his claws, grabbed his sharpest fang, and twisted it hard. With a snap, the tooth broke!
"Please keep it..."
He carefully placed the tooth next to little Peter.
This tooth is nearly half a meter long, slightly curved, and extremely sharp. It can penetrate gold and split stone. It is an excellent souvenir or a melee weapon.
Little Peter's eyes lit up. He could go back with such a precious tusk and brag about it to his loved ones!
Su Xia nodded slightly: "Yes, this tooth is good."
"Thank you, Mr. Mask!" Little Peter said excitedly.
"You're welcome. Just wrap it up and sterilize it with high temperature before use."
"yes!"
"Let's go, it's time to go back."
This time when he came to the insect nest, Su Xia originally planned to kill the insect queen and the leader creature.
However, the insect queen here was very sensible and had a connection with the queen, so Su Xia changed her mind.
Keeping her alive would also help to better control the swarm.
"Please wait a moment." The insect mother suddenly spoke.
"What's wrong?" Su Xia turned around.
"You... the aura on you..."
"She was in the South, I did meet her."
Su Xia did not hide anything and told the truth, but there were some things that could not be said too clearly in front of Sergei and little Peter.
Hearing this, the insect queen was filled with excitement and said directly in Su Xia's mind: "If you can see the queen again, please convey my loyalty to her. I am Gerda, her most loyal warrior."
"good."
Su Xia agreed, but he didn't know when he would see the queen again.
When we get back to Coral City, we'll ask Yi Yi and everything will become clear.
If drinks are still missing from the tavern, it means the queen is still there.
Yi Yi also didn't expect that after stealing wine for half his life, he would now become the one being stolen.
