Chapter 23: Never Say Die

A chill rose from the bottom of my heart.

Lan Xiu is next to him, and on the right is Qing. Whose body is that? Is it one of the three guards, or You Zhuo?

Suddenly, Anlang felt his vision flash.

People are very sensitive to light in the dark, and he clearly felt that the entire cave had become darker.

What's going on? Is the moon blocked by clouds?

An Lang subconsciously turned around and found that the moon was no longer in its original place, but had moved to the left.

What's going on?

Then he was startled.

That's not a moon, it's clearly a huge eye!

It emitted a faint light, a light blue color, but had no pupils.

An Lang almost screamed out loud, it was Lan Xiu who held his hand tightly.

[Don’t make a sound] Lan Xiu wrote stroke by stroke on An Lang’s hand.

【Night Blindness】he continued.

An Lang managed to calm his mind and began to pay attention to the huge star beast outside the cave. It was like a mountain blocking the outside, but thanks to it, almost no wind could blow in.

It's impossible that this star beast is blocking the wind for them.

The most likely possibility is that this star beast is the mother of the group of little star beasts inside!

Oh my god, they actually broke into the nest where the star beasts hatch eggs!

It was crawling outside, with one eye facing outside the cave and the other eye facing inside. No wonder An Lang only saw one eye and mistook it for the moon.

It blinked very slowly, as if it had fallen asleep.

An Lang caught a glimpse of the small light spots inside gradually dispersing, and it was conceivable that the corpse had been completely consumed.

His breath was choked. If he didn't move, when the little star beast climbed onto them, even if it was blind, it would know that they were food, but by then it would be too late!

Suddenly, An Lang felt Lan Xiu pinching his hand again, and then something cold was stuffed into his hand.

This is……

In the darkness, a black shadow suddenly grabbed a snowball on the ground and threw it to the right. With a snap, all the small spots of light instantly moved to the right.

At the same time, Lan Xiu pulled An Lang and rushed towards the tail of the giant star beast.

There was a small gap, and the only wind came in from there.

A teeth-grinding clattering sound came from behind, suggesting that they must have multiple pairs of legs on their abdomens.

"Run!" You Zhuo's voice came from behind.

It was dark outside and the wind was blowing snow down all over the sky.

The huge star beast stood up with a loud bang, as if it had hit the ice.

An Lang ran too slowly, and Qing, who caught up with him from behind, carried him on his shoulders.

From a distance, he saw You Zhuo transformed into his original form and fighting with the Ice Star Beast, and Lan Xiu's running shadow was getting further and further behind.

After Qing jumped several times in succession, their shadows merged into the wind and snow.

Qing ran tirelessly until a hint of gray appeared on the horizon.

The day finally dawned.

But the snow showed no sign of stopping.

Qing put An Lang down. He was breathing heavily. Running long distances was not an easy task for this female insect whose glands had been removed.

"Those three guards drugged the fire. I was planning to keep watch, but I ended up falling asleep."

"I heard strange noises in the middle of the night, and when I opened my eyes, I saw them ripping your clothes." Qing pursed her lips. "There are almost no male insects on Wengta Glacier, let alone a high-level male insect like you."

"I guess Reed wants you to breed the female insects in Yongmen Village."

"This way, the new Orchid Clan will be more beautiful and powerful, and his 'products' will not be out of stock."

But how could these guards not be envious of the high-ranking male insects? Since they had already decided to imprison An Lang, there was nothing wrong with letting them have a taste of the new life, right?

"It's not the time for star beasts to hatch, but the heat from the fire may have caused them to hatch prematurely. Two guards were bitten to death. Fortunately, your female servant has also woken up. She put out the fire and is ready to take you out."

"Then the Star Beast Queen returned." Qing sighed. He comforted her, "We're very close to Yongmen Village now. Let's go back to the village first. As for your female servant, the villagers will help you!"

An Lang was shivering from the wind. He wrapped his black snow hat tightly around him and said, "Can you give me a hand? I really don't have any strength left."

Qing stretched out his hand.

With a click, a silver bracelet was buckled on his hand.

"Your Mightiness?!"

An Lang looked at him coldly.

"Don't even think about breaking free. These shackles are specially made. While I may not be able to locate you successfully inside them, I can definitely deliver an electric shock."

Qing was silent for a moment, then grinned: "When did you find out?"

"As a bug that hunts ice-field star beasts for years, yet you don't know how to avoid their nests? Do you think I should trust you?"

"You were able to run towards Yongmen Village in the dark, but you spent a long time searching for the cave yesterday. That doesn't make sense, does it?"

"I've said so much, it's your turn."

"I didn't lie completely." Qing whispered, "Reed really needs a sperm bank with high blood purity."

"If you were really just a B-rank male insect, I wouldn't dare take such a risk."

"But you are a pure-blood, Your Highness."

"I owe all this to you! If I can eat you, I can awaken again!"

He shouted the last two words with gritted teeth, and with a hatred that cut into his bones, he suddenly broke his thumb and took off the handcuffs.

"Ah——" Qing let out a miserable cry.

The handcuffs were given to An Lang by Lan Xiu in the cave. They did have an electric shock function, but the bad thing was that the criminal entry function was not turned on, and the biometric information on them was still Lan Xiu's.

An Lang originally thought that there was a huge conspiracy behind Qing, but he didn't expect that it was the original owner who was blamed.

Taking advantage of Qing's moment of collapse, An Lang took off running, even having to spread out his wings. His thin wings barely flapped a few times before the wind and snow blew them off course.

It was freezing cold and Anlang was almost freezing to death.

He had not been flying for long when he began to feel hot and even wanted to tear off his windbreaker.

Oh no, he's starting to get hypothermia. If this continues, he'll definitely not be able to wait for Rayleigh and the others to rescue him.

Fortunately, Qing did not lie. This place is really close to Yongmen Village.

An Lang saw a black shadow in the white snow.

Yongmen Village was also very dangerous, but he had no choice. He had no fire on him, and if he stayed in the wind and snow for any longer, he would be frozen to death.

He stumbled towards Yongmen Village, ready to walk into the trap, but unexpectedly, the village was very quiet.

Not a single bug.

What's going on?

An Lang kicked open a door and wrapped himself in his only warm clothing. Shivering, he lit the dark green blood in the stove, drawing a little warmth from the blazing fireplace.

Damn, I’m freezing to death.

What's wrong with these bugs?! We're supposed to catch them! Damn it, at least give us some food!

Anlang curled up by the fireplace, and it took him a long time to feel his limbs again.

His stomach was growling with hunger, his whole body was aching and tired, and his eyelids felt like they weighed a thousand pounds, but the sword of Damocles hanging over his head did not fall.

Damn it.

What about the people in this village!

despair.

despair.

despair.

Heavy footsteps were heard.

An Lang was shocked.

Is it the bug or the green in the village?

If it was a bug from the village, he would surrender. If it was a green...

An Lang scooped the dark green liquid from the fireplace into the cup and said, "I'm sorry."

With a "bang", it seemed like something heavy fell.

There was no more movement after that.

An Lang pursed his lips, holding the cup in one hand and the lighter in the other, and slowly approached the window.

A female insect was lying not far away.

His body was covered in blood, except for his white hair which seemed to blend into the snow.

Holy shit! The villain?!

An Lang approached cautiously, lifted the white hair covering his face, and found that it was indeed the villain.

What's going on?

But the big villain is always better than Qing.

The villain can even talk.

An Lang sighed and began to move the villain into the house.

If he had known he was a villain, why would he have extinguished the fireplace?

Unlucky Anlang worked tirelessly to light the fireplace again.

"Ouch."

After finishing all this, An Lang started to see stars in front of his eyes.

He hadn't eaten all day, and he was running and flying in the snow, so he was really exhausted.

"Big villain, wake up!"

An Lang sighed. It was getting darker outside. Wasn't this lit room meant to show Qing the way?

Fortunately, the structure of the house was still warm. An Lang thought about it and felt that he should be able to survive by covering himself with a quilt.

He put out the fireplace again.

"It's not that I want to take advantage of you, villain, I just don't have enough quilts and I don't dare to light the fireplace." An Lang muttered as he pulled the blood-stained clothes off the white-haired female insect.

"Tsk, so much blood, no wonder the little face is pale." An Lang wrapped the quilt around the villain and then got in.

The white-haired female insect was frozen like a popsicle, and all the heat that Anlang had accumulated with great difficulty was consumed. Anlang's upper and lower teeth began to chatter.

"I've braved the cold and snow to warm you up. Even if you have a conscience, you can't pull my head off, big villain." An Lang sighed, "A bug should be grateful."

An Lang opened his hands and brought the cold female insect into his arms.

After that period of cold, the female insect gradually regained its body temperature.

An Lang could hear the female insect's heartbeat.

You won't die if you jump so loudly.

I wonder what happened to Lan Xiu and You Zhuo...

He was thinking vaguely and gradually fell asleep.

And beside him, the pair of pink eyes like peach blossoms quietly opened in the darkness.

He turned his head and saw that the male insect's lips were tightly pursed even in his sleep.

It seems that he was frozen too hard, his mouth is black.

Poor thing.

The white-haired female insect slowly reached out and embraced the male insect in her arms. His body temperature rose a lot, and the male insect kept burying his frozen nose in the crook of his neck.

If I don’t escape this time, I will never be able to run away again.

He silently repeated the name in his heart with a sense of unfamiliarity.

Anlang.