Volume 3 Chapter 48 Discovering the source
“Thank you.” Wu Jiaojiao swallowed, her face pale. She was so excited that she lost her vigilance and almost lost her life.
“No need to thank me, let’s figure out how to get over there first.” Zhu Mochen said blankly.
“I’ll block it, you guys hurry up.” As soon as Shao Qing raised her hand, she shot out thin vines, and entangled the purple-black vines.
The purple-black vines struggled madly with great strength. Shao Qing staggered, and was supported by Er Dai. Er Dai stretched out his hand and grabbed the vine. Together with Shao Qing, he restrained the purple-black vine.
The others took the opportunity to run forward. The purple-black vines seemed to know they were going to run and wriggled crazily, finally breaking through Shao Qing’s vines with a snap.
At this time, most of the people had already pa.s.sed by. Qin Zixi was the last one. Shao Qing moved forward and countless vines formed a cage, covering Qin Zixi in it.
Then the purple-black vine slapped down and hit the cage. The cage was almost shattered and there were broken bubbles everywhere causing the liquid to flow out. The corroded cage was crumbling.
Shao Qing ignored the purple-black vines. The two vines. .h.i.t the cage like a hammer, then it directly pushed the cage to a safe ground.
After Qin Zixi was safe, Shao Qing breathed a sigh of relief. She glanced at Er Dai and Er Dai immediately jumped forward. At the same time, Shao Qing’s vines had already reached Er Dai’s feet.
Er Dai stepped on the vine, and his body was lifted up again. The purple-black vine that stretched over caught air. Er Dai then turned over and leaped like a dove and landed easily on the safe ground.
When Shao Qing pa.s.sed through, it was probably the easiest. She disappeared where she was, and when she reappeared, she was already by Er Dai’s side.
The gaze everyone looked at her with showed some fear. After all, unknown power would make people feel even more scared than the known.
“Let’s go.” Shao Qing pulled Er Dai forward: “I’ll clear the way this time.”
Wu Jiaojiao didn’t say anything, because she knew very well that no matter if it was Shao Qing’s perception, etc, they were all much better than hers in every aspect. In addition, she was also strong. In case of any unexpected accident, Shao Qing could react faster and better than her.
So the one who walked in the front became Shao Qing. Shao Qing and Er Dai walked side by side in the forefront. The mountain walls on both sides were very steep and looked a little scary.
They seemed to be trapped in a narrow gourd. Moreover, the silence was terrible, even the crackling sound of the dead leaves on the soles of their feet was very clear.
“Everyone hold your breath.” Shao Qing whispered: “There are many poisonous fungi growing on the ground and on the mountain walls. They emit a toxic smell, which is very harmful to the human body.”
Since Shao Qing said it, they would naturally believe it, so they held their breath one by one, for fear of being really poisoned.
After listening to Shao Qing’s warning, they began to observe the surrounding environment. They then found that on the ground and on the mountain wall, there was indeed fungus with a color similar to that of the rock.
Because the color was too similar to the rock, there was no way to discover it without careful observation.
This kind of fungus looked like a fleshy membrane. It stuck roundly on the ground and on the wall. There were many small spots on the surface and it emitted a faint smell. Mixed with the rotten stench, it was difficult to be discovered.
Besides being surprised, their admiration for Shao Qing went up another few points.
“Pay more attention to your feet when you walk.” Shao Qing whispered: “There are many animals living in this environment, and the skin color will be similar to that of soil, rocks, etc., so everyone should be careful.”
Everyone expressed their understanding and they started to be more cautious.
Shao Qing now paid more attention to the mountain walls on both sides, where small animals often climbed on them. Their bodies were covered with spots.
Plants were like this, animals were like this, there was definitely a problem.
This doubt was solved after they walked for a while, because they found a miasma. The miasma was very interesting. It was clearly floating not far in front, but it didn’t spread.
It’s as if it couldn’t float through an invisible barrier.
Shao Qing asked, “Are there any fire-type superhumans? Try to see if you can get rid of the miasma.”
Miasma is poisonous. If they rashly try to go through it, they are likely to be poisoned or even attrition.
“I’m a fire type superhuman.” Jin Mingyu stood up: “I’ll try it.”
Shao Qing nodded, letting him go. Although Jin Mingyu is a very ordinary fire type, being able to become one of the heads of the four major mercenary groups in Jing Du already demonstrated his strength.
He stretched out his hand and pointed forward. A fireball slowly formed. The color of the fireball was a dark red, which looked very beautiful.
After the fireball floated into the miasma, curling blue smoke floated up. Everyone covered their noses and did not dare to breathe because the miasma that was burned was also poisonous.
Jin Mingyu was worthy of being one of the top figures in Jing Du. He quickly cleared all the miasma away. Then they were surprised to find that behind the miasma was a stinking hill.
To be precise, it was a corpse. It can be seen that the corpse was a very powerful mutant animal during his lifetime. It should be a gorilla with a particularly large body.
But it died, yet even after it died, the corpse rotted and gas was emitted forming a miasma.
From this we can see how powerful it was before death.
But no matter how strong it was before death, it was just a corpse.
Moreover, the corpse was still occupied by black bugs and became their nest. Black bugs can be seen crawling out of the corpse.
They probably reproduced and lived in the corpse. They probably formed a group with the help of this corpse.
Shao Qing couldn’t help but marvel. This was because she could see that this corpse was probably a mutant animal of rank 7 or higher when it was alive.
“I finally know why I haven’t seen such a small black bug since the end of the world, but it appeared in Country M. If my guess is correct, this kind of bug is very small in number and only has average strength. However, they were lucky enough to find this corpse, and turned this corpse into their own nest. After this powerful mutant animal died, the crystal nucleus in its body still existed. If I’m right, the strongest of this kind of insects swallowed the crystal nucleus in the corpse and is still digesting it.” Shao Qing touched her chin: “We still arrived early enough. Later on, if it digests the crystal nucleus, it is very likely to rise to rank 7 or higher. I will definitely not be able to deal with it then.”
When the other people heard it, they suddenly sweated. Rank 7? In the entire country M, the strongest superhumans were only at rank five, how could someone deal with a mutant animal at rank seven?
Their luck was really good: meeting Shao Qing and coming at the most appropriate time, otherwise it would really become an uncontrollable disaster.
“Burn it directly.” Shao Qing said coldly. The inside of the corpse has been completely hollowed out. It is estimated that all of them were black bugs. It’s better to burn it directly.
Jin Mingyu nodded, and stepped forward to set the fire. Once the flame was lit, within a few seconds, small black insects like a tide crawled out of the body.
Da Hua immediately opened its mouth in excitement, waiting for these little bugs to surrender themselves. The smell of the little bugs were much better than the little bugs they caught on the coast before.
Da Hua was very satisfied. There was a relatively large bug that crawled out of the corpse. It looked different and gave birth to a pair of wings. It could fly when the other bugs can only run.
“This should be the boss.” Shao Qing said after careful observation. As long as the boss is killed, the insect plague will collapse.
When the insects have no leader, it will be easy to deal with.
Shao Qing watched carefully, superhuman powers were useless against these little bugs. Jin Mingyu’s fire could burn the corpses, but not the little bugs.
“They eat supernatural powers. Everyone try not to get too close.” Shao Qing directed Da Hua to eliminate those little bugs. This trip was all based on Da Hua.
Da Hua was brave. After it ate some small bugs, it became dissatisfied. It stretched out its leaves, and the small vine entangled the biggest black beetle.
One bug and one flower started fighting.
How do insects and flowers fight? The insects at least have legs, but Da Hua only has petals and leaves. When the big bug came up to attack, Da Hua crackled and twitched its leaves to fight back.
Then finding the right opportunity, it swallowed this big bug.
There was no way for the superhumans to partic.i.p.ate in the battle because these little bugs eat abilities, and the powers instead give the little bugs a meal, making them stronger.
Da Hua was very powerful and the group of insects couldn’t see the timidity at all. The petals, leaves and vines were all released. Many insects were stunned by its leaves, then dragged over to be eaten.
It even swallowed the largest one while the bugs were not paying attention. After swallowing it, it gathered at the flower bud.
The bud kept trembling, as if the bugs inside it kept struggling.
As the highest-level insect, it was not simple to digest. The petals of Da Hua bulged a little here and a little there and kept squirming.
Da Hua was shaking and shaking. It was shaking in place, seeming to want to quickly digest the bugs in its stomach.
Shao Qing’s mouth twitched. She didn’t know why but she was worried that Da Hua would fall apart. As expected, she jinxed it~