Chapter 43 Insect Swarm
Chapter 43 Insect Swarm
Su Jinjin's move was as fast as lightning.
Faced with the tenacious vines that even Cheng Cheng's incomparably sharp mantis scythe could not sever, she merely parted her lips and exhaled a wisp of pale blue, fragrant mist carrying a strange, cool scent.
The fragrant mist precisely enveloped the wildly writhing giant bud of the carrion flower and the entangled Xiao Wu.
Instantly, the rampaging carrion flower seemed to be paused.
The vines, which had been baring their claws and claws, stopped waving, the flower buds, covered with sharp teeth, stopped opening and closing, and even the nauseatingly sweet and rotten smell seemed to freeze.
Its massive body slumped limply, falling into an eerie deep slumber.
Xiao Wu, who was entangled by the vines, also stopped struggling, her breathing became steady and long, and she fell into a deep sleep.
It was precisely because of this dormancy that the vines, which had been tightly bound like steel, finally loosened their grip.
"Xiao Wu!" Cheng Cheng exclaimed, forgetting her shock at Su Jinjin's incredible ability, and rushed forward to snatch the boy back.
She checked Xiao Wu's breathing and, feeling that it was even, breathed a slight sigh of relief, but her face was still full of worry and confusion: "What happened to him?! Why did he faint!"
"He just fell asleep. My ability has temporarily calmed him and the flower down. They are not in any danger and will wake up soon."
Su Jinjin quickly explained, her voice calm, but her eyes scanning her surroundings warily.
The sounds of fighting and the strong odor emitted by the carrion flowers were like stones thrown into water in the silent underground passage, inevitably causing a chain reaction.
However, Su Jinjin's explanation did not appease the others.
The two people who had been watching nervously looked at Su Jinjin now with extreme vigilance and naked fear in their eyes.
"Sister Cheng Cheng! Don't believe her!" One of the men, whose face was scarred, suddenly pointed at Su Jinjin, his voice shrill with fear.
"She's definitely a Bug Whisperer! She just used that bizarre ability! Only Bug Whisperers have this special ability, there's no mistake about it!"
Su Jinjin frowned slightly, feeling somewhat helpless.
Although they learned some information from Cheng Cheng, they also knew that the Insect Whisperers were monsters that had fused with insect genes and lost their humanity.
My [Sleep Incense] skill is clearly a skill brought by my professional talent, so why is it labeled as a Whisperer?
Cheng Cheng held the unconscious Xiao Wu and looked at Su Jinjin with a complicated expression.
Reason told her that the person in front of her was completely different from the insect whisperers she had seen before, with their chaotic eyes, deformed bodies, and the stench of insects.
Su Jinjin's eyes were clear, her actions were rational, and she even saved Xiao Wu just now.
However… this special ability does indeed resemble the characteristics of a bug whisperer.
She was struggling internally.
Just then, Su Jinjin's keen ears caught a dense, chilling "rustling" sound coming from deep within the passage, as if countless tiny claws were rubbing against the rocks and metal.
Her extraordinary speed perception, granted by the [Body Modification Pill], makes her exceptionally sensitive to any sense of danger.
"I don't think we have time to discuss whether I'm a Whisperer or not." Su Jinjin's voice suddenly turned cold and urgent. She abruptly turned her head to look into the dark depths of the passage. "The commotion just now attracted more 'things.' I can feel it, a lot, very fast!"
As soon as she finished speaking, red light shone in from outside, and a deep, surging hum came from afar, accompanied by an increasingly clear, teeth-grinding gnawing sound!
Cheng Cheng's face turned deathly pale instantly. Without further hesitation, she shoved Xiao Wu towards the scarred man: "Carry him! Run!"
She glared at the other person, who was still in a state of terror, and said, "Shut up and follow me if you don't want to die!"
Then she looked at Su Jinjin, her eyes filled with determination and a lingering doubt: "Come with me! I know a place that's safe for now! I hope... you're not lying to me!"
She stopped looking at Su Jinjin and turned to rush towards the extremely hidden, narrow crack, which was obscured by huge pipes and abandoned machinery.
The crack was only wide enough for one person to barely pass through; it was pitch black inside and smelled strongly of engine oil and rust.
But once you get past this point, there will be a safe place.
Su Jinjin followed without hesitation, but she was at the back and the people in front of her were in a hurry to escape and didn't notice her.
With a wave of her hand, Su Jinjin put the Rotten Flower into her spatial storage.
Just a second before she burrowed into the crack, Su Jinjin glanced back.
At the end of the passage, a "tide" shimmering with an eerie green light was surging in—it was a dense, countless mutated beetles the size of fists, with sharp mouthparts!
Su Jinjin's eyes scanned one of the resumes.
[Name: Abnormal Beetle]
[Gender: Female]
[Professional Skill: Sharp Teeth]
Weaknesses: Vulnerable to fire and freezing.
Cheng Cheng also heard the terrifying, surging "rustling" sound, and her face instantly turned deathly pale.
She was all too familiar with that sound; it was the sound of a massively mutated beetle.
"Quick! Climb up! This is the only way to get rid of the 'fungal carpet'!"
"Fungal carpet?" Su Jinjin's heart skipped a beat; the name itself didn't sound good.
"It's a swarm of mutated beetles! Wherever they go, nothing grows, they can even gnaw through steel! Hurry!" Cheng Cheng practically shouted, her voice filled with deep fear.
The five of them quickly climbed through the narrow gap to the top of a tall building.
They safely evaded the pursuit of the mutated beetle swarm.
Su Jinjin leaned against the broken concrete railing, panting heavily, her heart still pounding.
She cautiously leaned out of the broken window and looked down—the street below was completely submerged by a writhing "tide".
That wasn't water, but millions of fist-sized black beetles! Their shells gleamed with an oily black sheen under the dark red light, like an overwhelming torrent of oil, rumbling and surging toward a certain direction of the city with a destructive and unstoppable force.
Wherever it went, abandoned vehicles were instantly swallowed up, and ordinary insects were directly devoured by the insect nest.
That scene was more terrifying than any nightmare.
Within just two hours of entering the instance, I encountered giant spiders, rampaging plants, and minions of insect whisperers. In the end, I was almost eaten alive by this terrifying "fungus carpet"!
For the first time, Su Jinjin felt a strong sense of fear towards this instance.
She could hardly imagine how other ordinary players who were entering the dungeon for the first time and had no combat experience could survive three days in this hellish environment!
What annoyed her even more was Task Two.
The system doesn't even bother with those ordinary large cockroaches.
The insects that can be recycled are all giant spiders or even quite powerful creatures!