"Squeak!"

This is...... The mother of the swarm?

Stopping to leave, Ron turned his head back and stared at the massive chelicerae that protruded from the passage above the tall Worm Castle.

Obviously, even if he is not the ruler of the swarm, at least the owner of the huge chelicerae enjoys a high status in the swarm, because when he saw the huge chelicerae stretching out, dozens of white beetles immediately put down their busy work and climbed to the insect castle one after another, and constantly patted around the huge chelicerae with the slender tentacles on their heads.

"Click!"

Unlike crickets, which also belong to the same genus of arthropods, white beetles do not have vocal organs, so apart from crawling and the sound of tentacles flapping, there is only the occasional sound of water droplets falling on stalactites in the cave.

Therefore, as soon as this crisp cracking sound sounded, it sensitively penetrated the entire karst cave, and at the same time, it began to sound continuously!

"Squeak!"

That's a lot of strength!

Although Ron didn't get too close to the Worm Castle, the hardness of the Worm Castle could be determined just by the similar luster of the surrounding stalactites in the faint light, but at this moment, under the continuous impact of the giant claw owner from the inside, the periphery of the insect swarm passage had begun to emit a trace of cracks like hair.

"Click——!"

Then, with a crumbling sound, the passage on the worm castle immediately cracked, expanding to twice its original size, and the owner of the giant claw was finally able to calmly drill out of it!

It was a ferocious insect that was completely different from the white beetle, although it had a white shell, but the serrated claws on the sides of the mouthparts of the head were inclined upwards, the dense needle-like spines on the dorsal carapace, and the spikes growing from the joints of the six arthropods were all absent from the white beetle, not to mention that it was four to five times the size of a normal white beetle, which was already the size of Ron.

If it weren't for Ron's own eyes watching the white beetle slapping its tentacles on the side, Ron would never have thought it was the same insect.

"Squeak!"

Let's call you armor beetles for now!

Looks like we're going to bring more moonshine rats!

Maybe call them Iron Fang, Scarface!

Looking at the hideous appearance of the giant worm, Ron immediately raised the danger factor of the insect swarm, originally he only planned to bring his own hundreds of moonlight rat guards, but as soon as the giant worm appeared at this moment, Ron immediately understood that relying on his own moonlight rat guards alone was obviously unable to deal with such a heavily armed biological tank.

Moreover, there is more than one such biological tank!

As Ron pondered and continued to pay attention, another pair of giant claws protruded from the passage, followed by a second identical armored giant worm, then a third, and a fourth .......

Five armored giant insects came out of the passage, and they lined up in the open space between the insect castle and the shimmering mushroom field, hundreds of beetles were busy around them, some of them were constantly slapping the whole body of the armored giant worm with the tentacles on their heads, and the other part was sending the white mushrooms that had just been harvested from the shimmering fungus field to the mouth of the armored giant insect for its consumption.

"Squeak!"

Strategic retreat!

The corners of his mouth twitched, and Ron once again raised the danger factor that had been raised just now, this time it was no longer a matter of leading more moonlight rats to find the field, but turned into an evenly matched war. Ron needs to think long-term and achieve maximum results with the least cost.

So hunched down in the shadows, Ron walked with the gentlest steps toward the tunnel where he had entered.

"Click! Click!

Unfortunately, just as Ron was cautiously moving forward, not wanting to be discovered, the armored giant worm that had crawled out of the worm castle first suddenly raised its head, and the giant claw that had been stretched upwards immediately became straight to the cave dome, and then its head shook continuously, as if looking for something in the air.

After lifting his head into the air and shaking it for a few seconds, a pair of small green compound eyes of the armored giant insect suddenly stared at the east of the cave from the back of the giant claw, and at the same time, the giant claw began to open and close continuously!

"Squeak!"

It's been discovered!

The Armored Giant Worm was looking in the same direction that Ron had sneaked away. Immediately, a chill stirred up from Ron's back, and then quickly spread throughout his body, making Ron shiver with hair all over his body.

In nature, there are some small animals that can detect the gaze of predators and flee as fast as they can, and it is clear that moonlight rats also have the same ability.

Not to mention, at the same time as the chill suddenly rose, with the sound of the giant claws crashing, countless rustling sounds sounded behind Ron, rushing to Ron's direction.

"Squeak!"

Hey, that's a look down on rats!

The fluffy fur made it impossible for Ron to hide his whereabouts, so he immediately gave up his stealth and moved his limbs in exchange for more speed. While running, Ron glanced back and immediately saw that the white beetles as round as potatoes were chasing behind him, and the fierce and hideous armored giant beetles were standing in place.

This made Ron a little helpless, after all, it was not a good feeling to let a few large beetles look down, but reason also told Ron that it was because of the contempt of the big beetles that it was easier for Ron to get out of the cave, because even if it crawled extremely fast, compared to mammals that rely on musculoskeletal drive, the hydraulic drive mode that the beetles rely on to move has a natural disadvantage in terms of movement speed.

"Squeak!"

Bye-bye!

The distance between him and the round white beetle is getting farther and farther, and Ron is running more and more briskly, the tunnel is in front of him, as long as he gets into the tunnel, Ron can quickly return to the territory of the moonlight rat, and then gather the army of moonlight rats to counterattack with the help of the power of the population!

However, the ideal is beautiful, but the change is unpredictable!

The Moonlight Rat could advance several meters in a second, but just as Ron was only a few seconds away from the entrance of the tunnel, the entrance to the tunnel suddenly collapsed, and a pair of huge chelicerae stabbed straight up from the ground, blocking Ron's path!

Even, further, the owners of the giant chelicerae shook their chelicerae continuously, violently stirring up the dirt at the entrance of the tunnel, shrinking the entrance that was originally large enough for dozens of Ron to sneak in, to the extent that as long as the armored giant worm did not get out of the way, Ron could not enter!

"Squeak!"

Damn it!

Behind him was a torrent of beetles, and in front of him was a scissor-like claw, and Ron was caught in it. However, the fiery red eyes turned slightly, and Ron's front paws had already removed the small hand crossbow from behind him, and his feet were slightly off, and then a brown shadow shot out from Ron's crossbow string, target: the armored giant worm in front!