The earth cracks and the abyss comes, and the purple glow dances in unison with the moon magnetic core.

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If it's just a dream, then I'll be your nightmare.

The gray sky forever covered by radiation fallout, the dead silent world with the wind howling, this is the nuclear continent called the underworld on the planet, a terrifying but full of miracles. At this moment, the earth, which had only been slightly shaken, trembled and let out a mournful cry under the pressure of the powerful force, and the ground that originally looked fairly solid gradually cracked, revealing dozens of dark and deep rock crevices.

No, it can't be said that these crevices are completely dark, because it was in those cracks that a lilac glow gradually appeared, and the brightness became stronger and stronger, and eventually, the source of these rays poked out of the ground.

At the end of the day, tentacles of despair and fear poured out of the cracks, tiny glowing specks of tiny specks of thin tentacles slowly climbing up the soil...... Xijie and the Xinyu man quickly retreated, and the next moment, the tentacles erupted from under the ground like fountains, forming a spectacular sea of purple dancing on the ground. That's when they got a glimpse of what the strange creatures looked like, with strange triangular heads, but no bodies like normal animals, as the purple-glowing tentacles were the only component below the head. These flexible tentacles are intertwined to form the torso and limbs, and they connect individuals to each other, just as brain cells are intertwined to form a whole.

Wave after wave, so dense that it was impossible to distinguish each individual at a little distance, formed a sea of upwells, and roared horribly at the swarm of eclipse bees that had gathered in the sky, with a deafening volume.

What the hell are those things? Xijie couldn't help but feel a wave of dizziness as he looked at the dense squirming tentacles in front of him, even though he hadn't eaten for several days, he was still a little sick to his stomach, but fortunately, the attention of these monsters seemed to be completely attracted by the swarm of eclipse bees gathered above, and they didn't show much interest in them. In fact, their presence is too small in this massive war.

The height of the Eclipse Hive floats lower and lower, and with the slow rotation of the four-leaf clover-shaped structure, the huge black crushed body seems to be able to directly smash down and flatten everything at any time, and the Eclipse Bee Swarm is always floating in the air in places that cannot be reached by the tentacles, and it seems to occupy an absolute dominant position. However, Xijie quickly denied the idea that the initiative on the battlefield was entirely on the side of the Eclipse Bee...... When the tentacles that had been climbing up the soil on the ground untied each other again, retracting near their heads, the lilac tentacles were all twisted into a ball, and then instantly unfolded.

One pair, two pairs...... Thousands of pairs of wings of light danced at this moment.

The strange creatures that were crawling on the ground like a clump of seaweed were like insects breaking out of their chrysalis and metamorphosing, and instantly transformed into butterfly-like creatures with flat, glowing wings. If you look closely, you can see that the tentacles that make up the wings are tightly connected together as if they were glued, and the airtight curved surface beats to provide enough lift.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or an inevitability, the light spots all over the wings of these strange creatures that instantly turned into flying animals just formed a somewhat terrifying grinning expression, and when they flapped their wings, this pattern that was not particularly scary when it was still instantly became vivid, as if it was a mocking look of evil spirits.

Physically, their standard name is supposed to be the Whisker Butterfly, but because they appear like demons from the Abyss, they are sometimes referred to as Abyssal Butterflies or Nightmare Butterflies.

The Whisker Butterfly, as a creature distributed on the edge of the nuclear continent, does not only exist in this area, so it is not one of those rare creatures that can hardly be found in the Arashi Star, in fact, the number of sightings of the Whisker Butterfly in later generations is not only quite a lot, but also quite a lot. In contrast to the golden dragon-scale butterflies, known as the Heavenly Guides, the bearded appearance and the way they tear apart the earth make them synonymous with death and terror, and they are legend has become the necromantic butterflies that fly in the underworld.

…… While it's true that the Nuclear Continent is called the Underworld in a sense, the Whiskered Butterflies with some resistance to radiation can survive in the marginal environment, which is already cancer-causing for the Moon Prayers.

At this moment, in the barbaric era when the fire of civilization had just ignited a faint spark, Xijie and one of the Xinyu people felt the shock of this creature for the first time. Although it is said to be the flight of the death butterfly, this kind of picture is actually not ugly and not disgusting, when you watch the countless Greybeard butterflies complete their transformation and spread their wings, in addition to the fear brought by the dense number, there is more of a dreamlike interplay of light and shadow. Countless points of light fell between the gorgeous butterfly wings, almost dyeing the gray earth a strange purple.

This beautiful picture even made Xijie almost can't help but stop and watch, but it's only almost, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, you have to have a life to enjoy it. When the cracks are stretched open to a certain size, the butterflies that emerge from the ground no longer continue to expand the gaps with their entangled tentacles, but continue to emerge from the ground in a regular manner, and when the ground is almost completely occupied by these strange tentacles, a new group of butterflies complete their metamorphosis, spread their thin wings, and join the fluttering butterfly group.

The originally menacing Eclipse Bee finally felt uneasy.

At this moment, some of the peripheral Whisker butterflies had their triangular heads upside down on the ground, their slender tentacles waving rapidly, and then breaking apart without warning, flying towards the sky eclipse swarm like a cannonball. These purple tentacles had already changed their form when they broke apart, and they became flat and hard, like whirling blades slashing through the eclipse bee colony, and the corpses of the eclipse bees that were directly cut off fell weakly from the air, and were instantly completely eaten by the dense tentacles below.

No one knows how many Whisker Butterflies are hidden in the underground world here, but soon, the Eclipse Bees no longer have the advantage of numbers, and the purple tentacles that keep pouring up on the ground are enough to make anyone feel terrified, and it is clear that they are not vegetarian and kind creatures......

The battle has finally begun.

The Bearded Butterflies that poured out of the cracks in the ground morphed and spread their purple glowing wings to face the Eclipse Swarm of Eclipse Swarms from the huge suspended nest above, a battle as fierce as a meat grinder, and countless corpses fell from the sky the moment the two armies met, dyeing the earth black and purple.

Xiyu didn't know what they were fighting for, whether it was for territory or resources, but at this time she had only one thought: run! Get out of here! The farther away the better!

They stumbled and ran on the ground, even afraid to use their flying abilities for fear of being noticed, and Shiokyu could feel it when the ground trembled violently again...... As a Xin Yu person, he sensed that the terrifying source of the magnetic field was getting closer and closer to the ground, and then slowly broke through the last barrier that stood in front of him.

She couldn't help but glance back again.

Surrounded by countless tentacles, the white orb of bright light slowly peeked out from the largest crack, emitting a soft glow like the moon falling in the sky. However, the dense tentacles and holes on the surface obviously made the sphere, which was five meters in diameter, less beautiful and moving, because it was essentially composed of countless solidified whisker butterflies.

In terms of size, it is obviously not on the same level as the eclipse hive in the sky that seems to be a floating island, but the vast electromagnetic fluctuations cover a radius of kilometers.

Lair? Core? Mastermind? Or is it a weapon?

Shioyu didn't know what that strange white orb was, she only knew that the battle in the rear was something they should never get involved in, so after just a glance, she and her companions ran forward quickly...... The sky there grew darker and darker, and the world was dark. It was heading deeper into the Nuclear Continent, but they had no choice at the moment, the path behind them had been completely blocked by the Eclipse Bee and the Whisker Butterfly, and no one wanted to turn around.

In fact, since she knew that this was a nuclear continent, Xiyu didn't believe that she could still keep this body, and now she just lived a little longer...... Compared with the clearly visible life-and-death crisis, the hidden dangers caused by radiation can be selectively ignored.

Compared with the strong physical fitness of the Moon Prayer People and the agility that they have been training in the forest all year round, the Xin Yu people are obviously not very good at sports because of their levitation ability. The child-like body lacks strong muscle strength, and even after walking a short distance, he begins to feel severe pain in his legs and feet, and is completely unable to adapt to the rough ground.

Unable to care if she would inhale a large amount of radioactive fallout, she gasped, trying to make her lungs, which were almost cracking open after a long run. Xin Yu obviously did not inherit the physical fitness of Mi Xin in terms of sports, which made her feel very uncomfortable, and the companion next to her was not much better.

In terms of physical fitness, Cangqing is really just a child as he looks on the outside, and he can't run long distances at all.

I should stay away...... When Xijie turned his head to look, the black and purple collision seemed to have become unreal, and the distance of more than a kilometer should no longer affect them. But just then, his companion seemed to notice something unusual, and he pulled the tide knot in surprise and stretched out his hand to point to a location in front of him.

Is that...... The gray earth looks like a fortress made of rough stones.

(Thanks to the book friend "Throne" for providing the setting of the Bearded Butterfly, thanks to the 100 starting coins of "もふもふ" and "Sun Flower Field" for the reward~)