Chapter 48 Underground Kingdom
Author: ginger porridge
The last thing in sight is the big leaves of the tree.
Thousands of words were condensed into one sentence, "It belongs to your second uncle!"
Can't even hide!
The tunnel was very long, and the bumps were uncomfortable. It reminded her of her father taking them to ride a roller coaster when she was a child, and Yan Hui, who was afraid of heights, vomited...
At that time, she was in good physical condition and couldn't quite understand it, but now she feels the same way.
When he was about to hit bottom, Yan Zi suddenly pulled off the schoolbag behind Tong Sheng and carried it on his body, with his back facing down.
"Sister Yan?"
The young boy with immature eyebrows was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he was tightly wrapped around his waist and a waist bag by the arms, like spreading his wings to protect a young bird.
This is a standard protective stance.
This time she didn't wear gloves, and her palms were cold, neither soft nor warm, but her fingers were long and strong, giving people firmness and security.
The child's voice seemed to be remembering something, and suddenly the two of them had landed -
Severe pain shot through his limbs, and his back hit something hard. Yan Zi could see his health bar shrinking sharply on the panel.
At this height, if it weren't for the fact that it was not a straight road, there was a buffer in the middle, and there was a school bag. I'm afraid that at this moment, both she and Tong Sheng would have to drive westward.
"Well……"
Unable to suppress the blood surge, Yan Zi covered his lips and forcefully swallowed the mouthful of blood, fearing that the smell of blood would attract something bad.
It was dark all around, and the child did not dare to speak. He only hurriedly took out a bandage to stop her bleeding.
The blue egg in the bag has no problem with its vitality, but it is quiet at the moment. I don’t know if it was knocked unconscious due to the strong impact.
While Yanzi was treating the injury, he took out the flashlight. He blocked it with his fingers, only a ray of light emerged from between his fingers, and he carefully shone it. After seeing the surrounding situation clearly, his face gradually turned ugly.
Although the child's voice previously said that it was blue underneath, it was indeed a dark underground cave now.
Countless small caves half a man's height are connected to tunnels, and it's unknown where they lead.
Yan Zi could see that there seemed to be several flesh-colored tentacles near the entrance of the cave, colliding with each other.
She touched something under her body, her hands were sticky.
▲ Parasitic soldier ants: P4, the perfect host for wasp and butterfly eggs. The internal organs will be gradually absorbed, but until the wasp and butterfly in the body completely break out of the cocoon, the empty shell can still maintain normal functions.
No wonder it didn't decompose immediately. It turned out to be an empty shell long ago, but it could still survive.
A childish voice suddenly pulled off the corner of her clothes.
Following his line of sight, the thing behind the hole was coming this way...
Yan Zi only pondered for a moment, then without hesitation he pulled him and hid inside the soldier ant. The soldier ant was not small, so the two of them could get by squatting and squeezing together.
The inside is almost hollowed out, and the green pupa is adsorbed on the inner wall, its head and tail shaking and squirming. Next to it is the unfinished honey that looks like fat.
It hasn't grown fully yet, and you can only see white spots all over its body, which are the newborn eyes that have not yet been opened through the membrane.
The child's voice pulled out the dagger and killed him directly.
[Bee and butterfly pupa × 1, ant shell × 1]
▲Bee and butterfly pupae: high protein supplement, edible.
▲Ant shell: a thin layer that can be used as medicine.
The half-sized animals at the entrance of the cave finally crawled over, and Yanzi could see their appearance through one of the compound eyes that had been cut out...
The insect is covered with downy hair and has an irregular-shaped head. A large bunch of pink tentacles protrude from the mouthparts that occupy half of the body.
Its gray eyes are not on the top of its head, but on each of its slender legs, arranged one by one from front to back.
▲Parasite worker ants: Responsible for carrying social tools for foraging.
Seeing one of them approaching, Yan Zi followed their example and raised a tentacle to touch it.
But the worker ant froze in place and did not respond.
The corners of her lips pursed tightly, and just when she was about to take out the harpoon, a child's voice behind her suddenly handed a blue-green conch into her hand.
"Sister Yan, try this..."
▲Wonderful Conch: A magical relic that may help you communicate in some incomprehensible languages.
This kid actually has such a thing?
Now was not the time to study this problem. Yan Zi stuck the conch in the compound eye and took the initiative to extend the tentacles this time.
"989572..."
The other party reported a series of numbers, and Yanzi only paused for a moment before realizing that this should be their job number.
But she had no idea what the number of the soldier ant she crushed to death was.
The worker ant opposite didn't get an answer twice, and seemed to be a little restless. It even began to stretch out its tentacles and touch the compound eyes of the opponent...
Yanzi knew he couldn't delay any longer, so he casually replaced it with his own number.
"142857."
As soon as she finished speaking, she was ready to take advantage of the opportunity to kill him and steal his job number.
But the worker ant immediately retracted its tentacles and turned away without even turning around.
"Succeeded?" the child said behind him, still holding the dagger in his hand.
While Yan Zi was holding the soldier ants forward, looking for the exit of the underground ant hole, he whispered to him, "They probably can't remember the ant corresponding to the job number, so as long as it's not an empty number. And its starting number is 9."
, it means that there have been so many things happening in the past, and it will always be right if you try to cover up any one."
The two moved their steps and continued walking.
The cave is much larger and deeper than imagined.
Moreover, the soil layer here is completely different from the real world, so it is impossible to tell whether the place is underground.
The road forks and forks, making it more convoluted than a maze.
Even if Yan Zi has a good sense of direction, it is difficult to distinguish.
These ant colonies behaved in a regular manner, so she did not dare to wander around. She could only follow one of them from a distance, intending to get a rough idea of the general layout first.
The worker ant entered a small hole nearby, where its feet were wet and sticky.
The shape of the young ants is even uglier than expected. The pink and white fat bodies of the ants have not yet fully grown out their tentacles, and their disc-shaped mouthparts are sharp and terrifying.
One of the soldier ant skins Chao Yanzi is wearing has a huge mouth, and you can see the body of a bee and butterfly inside, squirming around...
That picture was quite impactful.
▲Parasitic larvae: Larvae that are parasitized from the egg body will eat each other when their demands for food are not met.
The worker ants nearby brought out a piece of pale and bloodless meat, and the larvae immediately rushed to snatch it.
Yan Zi could recognize it at a glance. It was a severed human finger.
The player who landed on the island was torn to pieces by them, and the role of those tentacles and mouthparts was also very obvious, and the straws were just as convenient for draining blood.
Unable to wait for the feeding in front of it, the larva opened its mouth and tore off a compound eye on the leg of the holster, and started chewing it.
But as soon as the worker ant in front left, a harpoon stretched out directly from the broken eye hole and penetrated both sets of fat bodies...
Chapter completed!