Chapter 167: After the Swarm
The silence of the camp was once again restored, whether it was the rustling of the ground or the flapping of the wings of the flying insects in the air, even the sound of the sinister rope that had appeared from time to time around it no longer appeared, and the surging insect swarm seemed to have frozen the sound of the entire forest, leaving only a dead silence after the crossing.
"Bang", the crisp crystal cracking sound broke the stagnant silence, and also let the surrounding air begin to flow again, Pannis was too lazy to use the temperature to soften the resin barrier, and simply smashed the closure outside the tree hole with one punch, and the first one got out of his room, hung upside down on the branch and said loudly: "Come out, the insect storm is over, Vivian will do her best to reopen the defensive circle, now everyone is busy, come on, I hope it can be over." ”
"You think too much, that's impossible. The elegant queen Xià naturally did not break the resin layer as rudely as Pannis, but according to the normal procedure, after softening the resin, she tore through the barrier and drilled out, shaking her head and saying: "Anyway, dinner has just ended, everyone come out to work, there should be a chance to sleep for a while tonight." ”
"What the hell is going on, what the hell is the bug storm, is it the bugs just now? The girls crawled out of their hiding places one after another, and jumped to the ground with the other demigods, but as soon as they landed, they couldn't help but show a strange look on their faces, and Catherine said in a dry voice: "These...... Is it the traces left by the insect storm?"
The girls finally knew why Pannis would rather hang upside down in the air, and why Her Majesty the Queen would rather sit sideways on the branches, at this time they would rather not jump off the ground and look around, the expressions on the faces of the other demigod teammates are also quite exciting, and everyone should be in the same mood, because the environment on the ground is really not very good.
The ground inside the camp had been cleared, weeds and dead leaves had been swept out of the camp, and the black-brown ground was exposed. The originally wet soil was roasted by Vivien, making it warm and dry, so that even if you sat on it, you wouldn't feel uncomfortable. But now, the dry ground is gone, and the ground is covered with a thick layer of insect corpses, and when you step on it, the crisp sound of the shell shattering and the dull sound of the worm's belly being trampled on are mixed together, and it sounds like a sense of disgust, and when you look down at your feet, half of your feet are already in the layers of insect corpses. Some dead but not yet stiff bugs writhed at people's feet, as if they were still alive.
Not only the ground, but also the stove and the wooden table, the inside of the stove was already full of insect corpses, the burning flames were forcibly extinguished by the insects with their own corpses, the insects close to the wood had been burned to ashes, and the air was filled with a strong smell of burning. The wooden platform used as a table was also covered with dead insects, and even the dinner plates that everyone had used before were buried in them, and I thought that I had used the same plate to eat before. People can't help but feel the urge to vomit.
The adventurers are hardly afraid of bugs, at most they are afraid of one of them like Freya, and in previous adventures, the girls have fought with bugs countless times. It stands to reason that I should have been accustomed to similar scenes for a long time, but the difference in number sometimes leads to the difference in nature, and the hundreds of thousands of insect corpses in front of me are really shocking. Seeing insects of different sizes and hideous appearances piled up together, writhing and twitching, no matter how strong the psychological element is, I am afraid it will be difficult to accept.
"It's a bug storm. Vral struggled for a moment in the treetops. Eventually, she returned to the ground, but before jumping off, Her Majesty took out a pair of leather boots from her backpack and put them on, the original leaf shoes were almost barefoot, and she didn't want to step into the pile of bugs like that. After changing his shoes, Vral not only returned to the ground by himself, but also dragged the reluctant Pannis down with him, and explained to the girls: "A very rare natural phenomenon in the Death Forest, I am afraid that only me and Pannis have seen it among the people present, no, you should have seen it too." ”
"Well, I've seen it too. "The manticore is the only member who still lies on the tree, but no one disagrees with this, after all, the manticore doesn't wear shoes like everyone else, and if you really let it step directly on the corpse of the swarm, it is not only a matter of discomfort, but if you are stabbed and cut by the corpse of some strange bug, you may be poisoned, so it is better to let him stay in the tree. Dilly himself was also happy to be leisurely, lying on the branch and lazily said: "But that was before I met you, I had no experience when I first met you, but I had to run fast enough, otherwise I might die in the insect storm." ”
"As you can see, the insect storm is actually a very dangerous phenomenon in the Forest of Death, and our luck is really good, if it weren't for the fact that we just happened to use the tower tree as a camp, we probably would have to hide in the realm of the inherent mind. "The cause of the storm is still unknown, and some people believe that it is related to some kind of change in the energy of the leylines, but there is no valid evidence to support their opinion. Of course, the reason is not important, the important thing is that the insect storm is the insect in a certain area, suddenly like crazy, regardless of race and body type, all leave their nests and migrate to other areas, the insects are extremely aggressive during the migration process, and will take the initiative to attack any creature encountered along the way, where the insect swarm passes, all other creatures will hide themselves, and those who don't have time to hide will be like this, gnawed clean by the insect swarm. ”
Vral kicked the corpses a few times, revealing a few white bones covered in insect corpses, without a trace of flesh and blood, and the surface was covered with cracks and chips, as if they had been bitten by a huge force. Floral didn't touch the bone with his hand, but just kicked it away at random, and continued: "Not only do they attack other creatures, but they also continue to attack each other, and of course, this attack is carried out at the same time as they are traveling, and it does not affect their migration. ”
"No wonder there are so many corpses left on the ground. Catherine smacked her lips and exclaimed, "How many of them there are, there are so many corpses left in a small area." ”
"Every time there is a bug storm, there are about tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of bugs involved. Vlar nodded, "Those who can really survive to the end of the migration may not even be one in a thousand, and the rest will all die on the way." You see, some of these insect corpses were simply poisoned by the poisonous mist of other insects, and their participation in the insect storm is equivalent to giving up their own lives. (To be continued.) )
ps: Today's monthly pass has some people's names covered, for the sake of fairness, I won't thank them one by one, just here in a general way, thank you friends for your monthly pass support. In addition, it's Monday again, so let's smash the recommendation ticket, thank you greatly.