Chapter 214 The Little Larvae
Chapter 214 The Little Larvae
Hearing the voice that was clearly that of a young larva, Chen Xuan looked up in surprise.
The male insect that was pleading for help from them and the female insect behind them were also stunned for a moment, looking up or turning around in the direction of the sound.
They saw a small larva, about five or six years old, standing not far from them.
The little larva was wearing a loose white garment, simple in fabric and style, with the hem hanging down to its feet and many tears at the bottom.
It was covered in blood and dust, looking rather dusty and dirty.
"How can there be such a tiny larva here?!"
A female insect who had cleared four dungeons exclaimed in disbelief.
The dungeons he had experienced before were mostly between players and male insects disguised as monsters.
Once a certain time is reached, or a rule is violated, they will transform into monsters and begin attacking the players.
Even so, he had never seen any larvae that small in those dungeon worlds.
Chen Xuan was also surprised that such a small larva would appear here.
This instance has gone so far as to allow such tiny larvae to become players?!
Just as Chen Xuan pushed aside the male insect in front of her and was about to go to the larva,
The female insect that had spoken earlier had already started walking towards the child.
"You little larva, how did you get here? It's dangerous here, come to me quickly... Ugh!"
The female insect walked forward as she spoke, then suddenly stopped, staring blankly down at the long, cylindrical object that had pierced through her abdomen.
"alert!!"
Chen Xuan was startled when she saw the thing piercing through the female insect's lower back. She stopped in her tracks and shouted.
He quickly pulled out his energy gun, raised his hand, aimed ahead, and searched for the incoming attack.
"Pfft... Ugh..."
The object that had pierced through the female insect's abdomen did not come out this time; instead, it penetrated even deeper, making a bend from the female insect's back and accurately aiming at the heart from behind, piercing it through!
The female insect had just raised her hand and grasped the rope-like object. Before she could even draw her weapon to fight back and escape, she felt a sharp pain in her chest and immediately vomited more blood.
Then came a churning pain in her heart, and the female insect's hand, which had been gripping the object piercing her abdomen, snapped away.
It involuntarily began to soften, slowly drooping down, clearly lifeless.
If Qi Min were here, he would definitely be able to recognize that the object as an umbilical cord connected to the baby.
But here, they are all insectoids from another world. Even if they get pregnant, they usually lay fully formed insect eggs, so they don't know what this is.
"Hehe, sitting on her shoulders, holding her by the shoulder, the child can't reach his mother's legs..."
The innocent and ethereal voice rang out again, the nursery rhyme-like singing now filled with eeriness and danger.
"Sitting on her shoulders, holding her by the shoulder, the child can't reach his mother's legs..."
"Sitting on her shoulders, holding her by the shoulder, the child can't reach his mother's legs..."
One after another, tender and ethereal voices rang out, entering their ears in layers.
However, what accompanies the song is not just that.
Behind the larvae, which were about five or six years old, one after another strange-looking but not very large humanoid fleshy balls began to appear. Calling them fleshy balls was not actually accurate.
Because some of these fleshy lumps only have half a body, either the left or right side, fused together like a deformity.
However, some have several hands or feet in different locations, growing in various parts of the body.
It resembles a bizarre artwork created by an abstract painter who suddenly became inspired.
But upon closer inspection, one will find that these fleshy lumps, regardless of their shape, are actually...
Without exception, all of them, whoever possessed even the slightest human-like features, were essentially children.
It looks both eerie and chilling.
After these larval-like creatures appeared, they didn't give Chen Xuan much time to think things through before launching an attack.
One after another, resilient red and black umbilical cords, like countless octopus tentacles, attacked Chen Xuan and his companions.
"Pfft..."
"Pfft..."
"Ahhh!! Ugh... Help..."
Several male and female insects that were close by were hit directly and cried out for help in pain to Chen Xuan, who was trying to escape, and the other female insects.
But Chen Xuan was busy defending and blocking the attacks, and had no spare time to save the male and female insects that had been pierced by that thing.
Those male and female insects that escaped unscathed, and were not targeted and pierced by the umbilical cord, had already gradually retreated, running wildly in the direction where Ling Yi and his group had left.
Only one or two female soldiers from other armies, along with female insects who had previously been female soldiers, remained in place, blocking the way alongside Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan knocked off an umbilical cord that almost pierced the female soldier next to him, but he didn't notice that another umbilical cord had wrapped around his wrist and pierced through his palm, knocking the energy out of his hand.
"Well……"
The energy gun fell to the ground, and Chen Xuan couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
But his body's fighting instincts kicked in, and with lightning speed, he pulled out a dagger with his left hand and swiftly severed the umbilical cord, which was still twisting and deepening.
The umbilical cord, which had been cut, seemed to be in pain as well, and suddenly pulled back, leaving a bloody, black hole in Chen Xuan's palm.
Blood gushed from the wound, and Chen Xuan gritted her teeth, switching the dagger in her left hand back to a fully charged gun, and began to fight back as she retreated.
"There's too much of this stuff, get out of here!!"
While fighting, Chen Xuan spoke to the female soldier who was still engaged in battle.
The female soldiers and female insects had already decided to retreat, so they immediately moved closer to Chen Xuan and fought and retreated together with him.
Chen Xuan stepped back slightly, put away the energy gun with her left hand, took out a quantum bomb, pressed the button, said "run," and threw it forward with force.
Upon seeing this, the other female insects immediately followed suit.
"Boom... Bang bang bang!"
The quantum bomb first exploded with a loud bang, but after the explosion, several smaller bombs that could explode again began to pop and explode in the corridor like fireworks.
Many of those who had climbed onto the walls and even the ceiling were blown down, and only then were the attacks temporarily halted.
Chen Xuan and the female insect behind her seized the opportunity and ran away without even glancing back.
The group had traveled some distance when Ling Yi, wanting to wait for Chen Xuan to return with the insects, ordered a halt and a stop to maintain vigilance.
Suddenly, they heard the sound of something running rapidly towards them.
Ling Yi and Liu Zhe, who knew what they had done, exchanged a glance and immediately realized something was wrong.
He ordered the female insects with guns to take out their weapons and stand guard, then led the frowning and worried Lin Simiao back the way they came.
A few scattered male and female insects, their faces filled with fear and apprehension, ran towards them.
"What's wrong? What happened?! Why are you the only ones here?!"
Ling Yi looked behind them but didn't see Chen Xuan. He immediately spoke up sharply.
"A monster...a monster..."
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