Chapter 318

Chapter 317 A Chilling Moment (Thanks to [Moon Goddess Miracle] for the bonus chapter!)

Rong Yan’s answer basically confirmed the speculation that Zhu was retired.

This century-old reverse-pulse worm mother may not have been attracted here by the spiritual vein.

Why did Ronglong do this?

Why release a single mother worm?

Why was the Rong family sent to cultivate spiritual fields in this area?

There must be a reason for all of this!

But at this level, it seems to have nothing to do with Xu Changqing anymore.

Ultimately, he was just a Spirit Envoy, and he had already fulfilled his duties.

As for the later events such as the Corrosive Spirit King, the Hundred-Year Reverse Vein Insect Mother, and even the capture of Ronglong, those are matters for others, namely, Lord He, Lord Yuan, and others to worry about.

And this wait lasted from night until daytime.

As the sun rose, a slight humming sound suddenly came from outside, followed by the ground shaking. One could clearly feel the thick earth energy rapidly gathering.

Zhu Fuxian vanished into thin air in a flash.

Seeing this, Xu Changqing immediately shook Rong Yan, who was drunk and sleeping, awake: “Don’t sleep, the Earth Vein Abyss Master should have discovered that century-old Reverse Vein Insect Mother.”

“ah?”

“What?”

“oh!”

Rong Yan jolted awake, as if startled.

The two followed closely behind and immediately ran outside.

This situation also attracted the attention of Huo Wan, Ji Mingxuan and others, but they did not come out. Instead, they opened the doors and windows and looked outside with curiosity.

When Xu Changqing and Rong Yan came out, they found that Zhu Fuxian was already standing near the spirit field where the thousand ears of golden rice had originally been planted.

Not only him, but also Yang Zhenyue, the manager of the earth veins, and Shi Yuan, the earth vein master who was two zhang tall.

All three of them had their heads down, staring at the pit in front of them.

Xu Changqing arrived quickly, first glancing at them curiously, then following their example and peering into the pit, his pupils immediately contracting.

Inside, a straight passage has been dug out. It’s unclear how deep it is, but there’s a rich flow of earth energy emanating from it.

Furthermore, it was filled with an extremely pungent, earthy smell.

What truly shocked Xu Changqing were the countless insect eggs.

Countless, they occupy the entire underground area.

Some have already hatched and are burrowing in and out of the black soil.

Some haven’t hatched yet, and are gently wriggling inside the eggs.

Unhatched insect eggs are oval-shaped, smaller than a grain of rice, and translucent, with the outline of the curled-up larvae inside faintly visible.

They attach themselves to the roots and stems of the plant or to the crevices of the soil.

The hatched larvae are about three inches long, entirely red, and as thin as red threads.

The insect’s body is covered with fine, soft scales that gleam with a faint metallic sheen when illuminated.

At the top, there is a large, serrated mouth.

It has a pair of dark red compound eyes, each the size of a pinhead, on its head.

It has tiny feet on both sides, allowing it to move at an extremely fast speed.

They relentlessly search for the remaining roots and stems in the black soil, then devour them voraciously.

Yang Zhenyue, the manager of the ley lines, said with a solemn expression, “The Lord of the Abyss and I went deep into this depleted spiritual vein to investigate and found that it was full of these insect eggs, in very large numbers.”

Especially in this location, there are countless [places/areas] available.

Xu Changqing explained, “This is because the eggs of the Reverse Pulse Worm parasitize the roots of mutated spiritual plants, and there used to be a mutated rice plant here, so this is the case.”

Yang Zhenyue and Yuanzhu Shiyuan nodded slightly upon hearing this, indicating that they understood.

Zhu Fuxian asked, “Have you discovered the Reverse Vein Worm Mother?”

Before Yang Zhenyue could speak again, Abyss Lord Shi Yuan answered first: “We found traces, but we’re not sure, so we’re asking you to identify them.”

Xu Changqing paused for a moment, then tentatively asked, “Want to… go down?”

Seemingly noticing his hesitation, Zhu Fuxian smiled knowingly: “It’s time to broaden your horizons.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a bluish light enveloped them.

Zhu Fuxian, Xu Changqing, and Rong Yan all crawled into the pit.

Yang Zhenyue and Yuanzhu Shiyuan exchanged a glance, and immediately transformed into earth energy and yellow energy to follow closely behind.

Five people, three in front and two behind, continued downwards through the pit, going deeper and deeper.

From ten to thirty meters, there were a large number of withered and yellowed plant roots and stems.

These roots are covered with tiny wormholes, the edges of which show dark red signs of corrosion, and from time to time a sticky red liquid, which is the excrement of the Reverse Vein Worm, seeps out.

You can even hear a “rustling” sound, which is the sound of the insects moving and feeding.

Beyond 100 meters, the soil is gradually replaced by bluish-gray rocks.

The rock surface is covered with spiderweb-like red lines, and at the intersections, there are bulges the size of a child’s fist. The surface of the bulges is covered with densely packed larvae, all frantically gnawing at some kind of crystal in the rock, leaving many honeycomb-like holes.

Once you reach a depth of over a thousand meters, the space suddenly expands by more than ten times.

It resembled an unknown cave, extremely dark, cold, and damp.

The “rustling” sound seemed amplified, with countless rustling noises coming from all directions, making one’s scalp tingle.

This place, or right now, is a spiritual vein that has been hollowed out by insects.

The originally pristine white spiritual veins were stained crimson by the Reverse Vein Worms, resembling a solidified river of blood.

Countless egg sacs adhered to the surrounding area, each egg sac about the size of an adult’s fist, containing thousands of Reverse Vein Worm eggs.

As the egg sac ruptures, thousands of larvae cascade down like a red waterfall.

If you listen carefully, you can faintly hear a low, buzzing sound coming from deep within.

“hiss!”

Both Xu Changqing and Rong Yan gasped in shock.

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It wasn’t until they ventured deep into the depleted spiritual veins that they discovered just how terrifying the Insect Queen truly was.

Zhu Fuxian explained: “The Hundred-Year-Old Reverse Pulse Insect Mother can produce five egg sacs every day when there is sufficient spiritual energy and earth energy. Each egg sac contains about a thousand insect eggs.”

If it reaches two hundred years, the number of egg sacs will double.

And so on, the older the plant, the higher the yield.

The word “output” is used very well.

Even seasoned individuals like Yang Zhenyue and Yuanzhu Shiyuan couldn’t help but frown after hearing this, let alone newcomers like Xu Changqing and Rong Yan who were witnessing it for the first time.

As Zhu Fuxian looked to the side, he asked, “Where are the traces?”

Yang Zhenyue pointed to the right and said, “Over there.”

Zhu Fuxian raised his chin leisurely: “Lead the way.”

Whoosh!

Yang Zhenyue flew away first.

The other four followed closely behind.

Along the way, the sights were filled with what appeared to be “rivers of blood”.

You can see bright red larvae or eggs in any corner.

After moving about a hundred meters, a buzzing sound suddenly came from ahead, and even the air began to vibrate slightly.

Soon, everyone discovered that the source of the sound was a group of winged Reverse Pulse Adults.

These adult insects are nearly a foot long, and their bodies are covered with hard, blackish-red scales. Dark red mucus seeps from the gaps in the scales, and when it drips onto the ground, it even corrodes small pits.

Its head has a pair of compound eyes, which gleam with a bloodthirsty red light.

The mouthparts evolved into curved fangs.

It trails a straight, sharp needle at the end, which shimmers with a ghostly blue light, clearly indicating that it contains a deadly poison!

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