Chapter 208: The Swarm's Lair

The flare was like a slowly falling meteor, and the flashing light revealed a large area of ​​buildings from the darkness.

The shapes of these buildings are very strange, like stacked honeycombs, composed of countless hexagonal blocks.

There are layers upon layers, so densely packed that it is hard to tell how far it stretches as far as you look.

Shen Cheng was the first to come back to his senses from the shock. He used the demon armor to sense and found that he could not detect the edge of this space at all.

The others also came back to their senses one after another, but their breathing became rapid.

"Grandpa."

Han Zhiqing murmured to herself in a low voice: "Have we really discovered the civilization of the Earthlings?"

"Does this need to be said?"

Mr. Li at the side was very excited and danced with joy: "It must be the civilization of the Earthlings. Ladies and gentlemen, we will go down in history. This is definitely the greatest discovery in the past hundred years."

Although Si Han was also very excited, he still maintained basic calmness. He looked at the large group of buildings in front of him without blinking, as if he was thinking about something.

However, the excited Mr. Li could not wait any longer and took the lead to move forward.

"Ouch!"

There was a large black ground in front of him. Mr. Li took a step forward but missed the target and fell forward.

The two bodyguards behind him were too late to pull him back.

Mr. Li fell into the black ground, stirring up a large amount of fine particles.

"Save me! Save me!"

He was struggling like a drowning man, and two bodyguards quickly jumped down and pulled him up.

Shen Cheng looked at him as if he was a clown. This Mr. Li clearly possessed extraordinary strength, but he deliberately disguised himself as an ordinary clumsy person and performed this kind of farce in front of everyone.

"Bah ah."

Mr. Li spat out what had fallen into his mouth, then grabbed the small black particles on the ground that had covered his knees, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

When others looked around, they saw these black particles everywhere.

I thought it was a black ground, but after Mr. Li fell in, he realized that the ground was covered with such a thick layer of stuff.

Si Han squatted down, reached out to pick up one to examine it, then crushed it hard, put it next to his nose and sniffed it, and quickly came to a conclusion.

“It’s some kind of insect droppings.”

"What."

Mr. Li's face changed and he started to dry heave. He had accidentally swallowed a few pills just now.

The two bodyguards quickly dragged him out of the pile of feces.

Han Zhiqing also took a few steps back with a look of disgust on her face.

"Don't worry. Over time, the feces have turned into soil and are no different from the dirt."

Si Han tried to comfort her, but his expression was too grim.

The number of insects that can produce so much feces must be extremely astonishing.

Thinking of the bug outside that Mr. Li had killed with several lives lost, Si Han felt heavy-hearted.

He looked at Shen Cheng: "Next, I'll trouble you."

Shen Cheng smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I'm still waiting for your dragon blood, I won't let anything happen to you."

Si Han nodded: "I believe you."

Han Zhiqing on the side quickly said: "Me too."

"Professor, should we continue? Or..."

Mr. Li's face did not look good, and he also realized what it meant to have so much feces piled up here.

“Mr. Li, if you are worried, you can go back first, and we will complete the rest of the exploration.”

After another word of advice, Si Han took the lead and walked forward, resolutely stepping into the pile of dry feces.

Mr. Li did not hesitate for long and quickly called for his two bodyguards to follow.

The flares in the sky have disappeared, and the entire underground world has returned to pitch darkness.

Although everyone carried a flashlight for lighting, the tiny light source of the flashlight actually gave people a strong sense of oppression in this vast underground space.

Han Zhiqing felt as if there was some ferocious beast hiding in the darkness, and this small light source would attract the beast.

She followed closely behind Shen Cheng, subconsciously pulling at his sleeve with her hand.

Soon, everyone approached the nearest building.

From a close distance, these buildings look more like a beehive, with entrances lined up on the sides and concrete stairs connecting them, making them look like a huge net.

This peculiar building can only be attributed to the special aesthetic taste of the earthlings.

Mr. Li arranged for a bodyguard to enter the building to check and found that there was nothing inside.

There were no bodies, no furniture, nothing, only thick feces all over the floor.

After checking several buildings, the same thing happened. Even Han Zhiqing couldn't help but complain: "Isn't this the remains of the Earthlings? Are we actually running into the nest of the Zerg?"

"Don't talk nonsense, girl!"

Mr. Li warned Han Zhiqing because he felt that what Han Zhiqing said made some sense.

These honeycomb-like buildings do look a lot like insect nests.

Shen Cheng said: "Actually there is another possibility!"

Han Zhiqing opened her eyes wide and asked curiously, "What's the possibility?"

Si Han and Mr. Li were also looking at him.

"This should be the remains of the Earthlings, but..."

Shen Cheng picked up a piece of insect feces from the ground and crushed it gently: "All the living and dead things here have been eaten by the insect swarm, so there are so many feces."

Han Zhiqing and Mr. Li both felt a chill, and the image of a dense swarm of insects eating up everything emerged in their minds.

Mr. Li swallowed and said, "Why are these buildings still there?"

Shen Cheng smiled slightly: "Maybe it's because bugs don't eat cement."

"Your inference is the same as mine."

Si Han nodded, agreeing with Shen Cheng's words: "I just observed the body of the insect. It should be an omnivorous creature with sharp mouthparts that are enough to tear steel apart."

"Well, I have a question."

Han Zhiqing raised her hand weakly: "Hasn't Earth's civilization been extinct for a long time? Why is that bug still alive?"

Shen Cheng reminded her: "It was the Earth civilization that was destroyed, not the Zerg. If the Zerg is still alive, it proves that there are still Zerg active underground."

It would have been better if he didn't remind them. As soon as he reminded them, Han Zhiqing, Mr. Li, and the two bodyguards started sweating profusely.

Just one bug killed so many people. If there really was a swarm of bugs, wouldn't these people be bitten all over with blues?

"Let's go."

Shen Cheng didn't want to waste time on such meaningless discussions, and continued to move forward with Si Han.

All the buildings here are the same, empty except for shit.

Rather than a building, it was more like a series of tombstones. Moreover, the more Shen Cheng looked at it, the more he felt that it was more like an underground shelter than a relic of civilization.

Everyone lowered their heads and walked deeper inside, hoping to discover something different.

After walking for a long time, about one kilometer deep, Shen Cheng suddenly raised his head to look upward.

"It seems that we have really entered the nest of the insect swarm."

In his energy perception, countless energy reactions suddenly appeared above his head and were rapidly approaching the ground.

Without waiting for others to react, Shen Cheng used his telekinesis to pull everyone out of the dung pile and flew forward quickly.

Han Zhiqing screamed in panic: "What's the matter? Mr. Shen?"

The others were also surprised by Shen Cheng's sudden action, but Shen Cheng did not explain because they would know soon.

After a while, a buzzing sound reached everyone's ears.

The sound came from overhead, and the two bodyguards hurriedly shone their flashlights into the air, and countless flying insects appeared in the light.

These bugs looked hideous and terrifying, exactly like the bug that was killed outside.

"Shoot, shoot, shoot!"

Mr. Li stammered and shouted.

The two bodyguards immediately took out the guns they carried with them and started shooting at the insects in the air. The fierce gunshots quickly spread in the dark space.

Shen Cheng's flying speed using telekinesis was not slow, but these insects were also flying very fast.

And they were not catching up from behind, but falling from the entire sky, not only from behind, but also from the left, right and front.

In just a dozen seconds, countless insects fell from the sky and surrounded them.

"Ahhh!"

The two bodyguards pulled the trigger desperately, roaring with fear and anger.

Many insects that swooped down from overhead were blown up by bullets, and green blood splashed down and splashed on the two men, and white smoke rose instantly.

Their roars suddenly turned into screams, and they melted away in front of everyone's eyes in just a few seconds. Even the life-type ability user was not spared.

This scene made Han Zhiqing and Mr. Li open their eyes wide and their faces turned pale.

If they hadn't been held by telekinesis, the two of them might have collapsed to the ground.

Shen Cheng frowned slightly. The reason why he did not clean up the approaching insects was that he wanted to see whether Mr. Li, who was pretending to be a pig but actually wanted to eat a tiger, would continue his disguise.

As a result, he would rather watch the two bodyguards die than have any intention of rescuing them.

After the death of the two bodyguards, a swarm of insects that covered the sky and the earth swooped over from all directions.

"what!"

Han Zhiqing held her head with both hands and screamed in fear.

"Ahhh!"

Mr. Li next to him let out a pig-slaughtering scream even louder than Han Zhiqing's.

Si Han remained calm. He believed that the bodyguards he invited would not let everyone be wiped out so easily.

The next second, all the insects that flew over fell to the ground like hail.

In just a blink of an eye, all the insects within a five-meter diameter centered on Shen Cheng were cleared out.

The ability of Unbearable Weight is no longer of much use in high-end battles, especially since it is still a trial version, but it is still good for bullying noobs.

These insects, which are very scary to ordinary people, are even worse than mosquitoes to Shen Cheng.

All the insects fell to the ground under the pressure of gravity when they approached within five meters and could not get any closer.

Shen Cheng continued to use his telekinesis to lead the remaining three people to fly forward.

After flying seven or eight kilometers away, the insects still seemed endless, falling from the sky madly, with no sign of decreasing.

Right in front of them, there appeared a magnificent building like a palace. On the high steps, there was a huge stone door ten meters high that was tightly closed.

There are star patterns carved on the stone door, and there is also a similar operating table in front of the door.

Shen Cheng wanted to break the stone door and rush in, but Si Hanlian saw what he was going to do and quickly stopped him: "You can't break the stone door, otherwise the whole building will be destroyed. Let me open the door."

Shen Cheng sent Si Han to the side of the operating table. He immediately began to move the stars on it, and the stars on the gate also moved accordingly.

Countless insects still rushed over like moths to a flame, but Shen Cheng easily blocked them with gravity and telekinesis. After a while, the steps below were filled with layers of insect corpses.

The terrified Han Zhiqing hid behind Shen Cheng and hugged his arms tightly with both hands.

Mr. Li, terrified, also came over and tried to hide behind Shen Cheng, but was pushed away by his elbow.

Si Han had a serious expression and was also very nervous, but his hands were extremely steady and he quickly put the stars on the console back into place.

Amidst the rumbling sound, the huge stone door slowly opened.

Shen Cheng immediately used his telekinesis to grab everyone and flew them into the crack of the door.

Then he grabbed the two stone doors with his mysterious hands and closed them again, keeping all the insects out.

The thickness of this stone door is 30 centimeters, so it is unlikely for the group of insects outside to break in.

The terrible buzzing sound was isolated outside, and inside the door was dark and quiet, with only the continuous breathing sounds of Han Zhiqing and Mr. Li.

"Scared me."

Mr. Li covered his chest with his hands and sat down on the ground.

Si Han turned on the flashlight he carried with him and shone it inside.

"what!"

Han Zhiqing let out a panicked cry and hid behind Shen Cheng again.

Under the light of the flashlight, you can see that there are broken bones everywhere, densely stacked together, indistinguishable from each other.

Mr. Li jumped up from the ground in fear: "Where on earth is this place?"

Shen Cheng and Si Han looked at each other and guessed that this was most likely the last refuge of the Earthlings, where they hid from the insect swarms outside, and finally they were all trapped to death here.

Si Han raised his flashlight and shone it around, and saw huge pillars standing there.

He wanted to go inside, but there were too many skeletons and he couldn't find a place to stand. He could only look at Shen Cheng for help.

Shen Cheng continued to use his telekinesis to lift everyone into the air and fly inside.

There were bones everywhere on the ground, as if there was no end in sight. It was hard to imagine how many people had died here. It felt like one had arrived in hell.

The environment was so depressing that neither Han Zhiqing nor Mr. Li dared to say a word.

The palace was extremely spacious, but Shen Cheng soon reached its end after flying.

A statue appeared in everyone's sight.

The statue is of a mother holding a baby in her arms. The baby is smiling and holding a small black ball in his hand, holding it high.

"Stop! Stop!"

When Mr. Li saw the little black ball in the baby's hand, he became excited and even blurted out: "No, no, go over there quickly."

Not only him, even Si Han became excited.

Because on the wall behind the statue, there are murals and texts carved.

(End of this chapter)