Chapter 35: Man-eating Insects

The black-clad mystery man's face hidden under his hood looked extremely grim, and then a smirk appeared on his lips.

I shuddered when he looked at me directly. I couldn't read the message he was trying to convey to me from his eyes, but there was one thing that was undeniable: there was some connection between me and him.

After a confrontation, he turned and disappeared into smoke and left.

"Sen, he can't see us, look at you nervous." Lingxin saw that the man in black had left, and he was relieved to me.

"Not necessarily," I shook my head, "his departure only means that if we are left alone, the devil knows if he will change his mind and turn back." โ€

"Sen, are you sure he can see you?" Professor Xia asked me suspiciously.

"Hmm!" I nodded, "He's very deep, and I can't predict his behavior." We have to beware, he may be trying to get away with it. Let's not be taken advantage of. โ€

"Alright. Don't worry about it, if you can really see you, he just let you go, you have to thank him first? Lingxin laughed and teased me.

"Lingxin, I mean really," I looked at her solemnly, "since this man is capable of a project of this magnitude, his leadership skills and insight are obviously extraordinary, and we need to get out of here." โ€

"Well," Professor Xia nodded to the two of us, "let's leave first, and then we'll think about it in the long run." โ€

By the light of the dungeon, we cautiously walked towards the extremely narrow stone staircase in front of us.

At this moment, a laborer ran out of the opposite wall, he looked extremely embarrassed, and his whole body was completely lost.

From where he came out, I noticed that there was a narrow gap there, probably due to the angle and light, but there was actually a passage facing us sideways.

When he ran out, he fell to the ground and screamed. Ignoring the overseer's reprimand, the surrounding workers protested and stepped forward to find out what had happened.

From the shout of "Run" from the mouth of the laborer who ran out, I judged that something was clearly going on in the secret passage.

"Uncle Xia, listen to the heart, let's go down and have a look. Things are subject to change here. "I saw that I proposed to them.

"Well, it looks like something big is wrong. We'll have to see. Professor Xia nodded in agreement.

"Then let's go." Lingxin agreed.

We believe they must have been shocked by what they had just seen. Professor Xia frowned at that moment, and his expression was very solemn. However, the more strange things she experienced, the more emboldened she became, and she walked away first, leaving us behind.

After we went down, the laborers surrounded the man, and as for what they were talking about, Professor Xia said that the voice was too noisy to be heard.

At this time, the overseer whipped the onlookers with a whip before he could barely open a path.

The overseer walked over, kicked the laborer, and reprimanded him.

The dying laborer vomited the situation with his last strength, and then fell to the ground and died.

It can be seen that what he said has fully stated the situation, and everyone is agitated by this.

We tried our best to find out what he was saying, but we couldn't hear it clearly. At this moment, there was a "buzzing" sound in the secret passage.

These people all fell silent, and we subconsciously took a few steps back, and the entire dungeon seemed extremely quiet to set off the sound.

The strange voice was getting closer, closer and closer.

Suddenlyโ€”

A huge black mass floated out of the secret passage, and when it dispersed, everyone fled in terror.

"It's a bug!" Lingxin exclaimed.

As soon as she finished speaking, the people closest to the entrance of the cave were killed. The bugs swept them away, and it was only a blink of an eye, and those people didn't even have bones left.

The rest of the laborers fled desperately, and I saw one of them being attacked as soon as he had climbed the stone steps. His entire body was devoured by the strange insect in the blink of an eye, and only one bloody hand was still clutching the stone; The rest are still trying to get rid of it.

Seeing such a scene, I was terrified and felt that it was too bloody.

Professor Xia hugged Lingxin tightly to his chest and did not let her look at it.

In such a situation I wondered if we should run away too, but the bugs were so fast that it would be in vain.

Maybe we're glad we're not in that space, or we'd have to feed the bugs.

We were alone in the corner, and in the face of such a large number of insects in front of us, we seemed powerless, and watched those people being devoured one by one.

At that moment, a swarm of bugs attacked the laborers who had fled to us, and I could clearly see the bugs pouring into his mouth, then shattering his pupils, and finally his whole body turned into a mass of black debris and fell to the ground. It can be seen that the devastating power of the bloodthirsty and greedy bug is simply enormous.

At this moment, a lone bug flew in front of my eyes, and it was wandering.

It was the size of a bee, with two teeth open and closed, and a "click" sound.

Seeing this, I subconsciously grabbed it, but I pounced. "Sen, it's useless. We don't exist for it. Professor Xia noticed my behavior and reminded me.

Come to think of it, I did panic and forget about the embarrassing predicament we find ourselves in. These beings are not in the same space as us.

In the face of these vicious insects recklessly cannibalizing people, I seem very helpless and sad, after all, human life is at stake.

Professor Xia saw my distress, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Sen, this is ancient times, I have heard of these strange things for a long time, if I hadn't witnessed it today, I really can't imagine that there were so many cruel realities and helplessness in the underground world thousands of years ago. โ€

"Can't we do something about it?" I asked.

Professor Xia stared at me and said earnestly, "Sen, if we are in the same space as them, what can we do for them?" You might as well evaluate the attack power of these massive bugs! As a result, there is a sense of powerlessness, and besides, we are not in the same space now. โ€

"Thisโ€”" I frowned and looked around, the laborers still being bitten by bugs, and the scene was hard to look at.

"Alas...... We can't change history! I didn't expect that there were so many white bones behind such a glorious underground palace - by the way, I have never seen this kind of bug, and there is no record of any existing historical materials. Professor Xia patted me on the shoulder and reminded.

"Did they become extinct after that? Or did they still exist, but were deliberately erased from the book at the time? I judged.

"I don't know." Professor Xia shook his head.

At this point, Ling Xin let go of his embrace and squatted on the ground alone.

"Lingxin, don't think about it, although these pictures are real, we can see them, but we can't touch them." Seeing that she was scared alone, I comforted.

I don't think anyone who wouldn't be intimidated by these bloody scenes because of its reality.

Then, Ling Xin looked up at me, her eyes were red, and she looked extremely uneasy: "Sen, when can we go out!" It's hell here. โ€

"I don't know, maybe we'll never get out." I didn't dare to promise her anything, so I shook my head helplessly and sighed.

In the end, we were silent amid the cries for help from the laborers in front of us......