Li Qing's action made Lie Yan lower her head even further, making her look like a young girl experiencing her first love.

Li clearly couldn't stand this anymore. He walked over to the two of them, coughed lightly, and said, "Alright, we've rested enough. We should find a way to find the Queen Insect and leave this place."

That's what they say, but how to find the Queen Insect? For now, the four of them can only keep their heads down and keep going. Anyway, as the mother of these giant insects, the Queen Insect has an extremely high status and certainly won't live on the edge. As long as they keep going in, they will eventually find the Queen Insect.

Leaving the cave of the eight giant insects unscathed boosted the four men's confidence. The torches would burn for a long time, enough for them to complete their mission.

The rest was over, and the four continued on their way. The road ahead gradually became more difficult to walk, with uphill and downhill sections, mostly at a 45-degree angle. It was very difficult to walk, and a slight misstep could result in a fall.

These paths might not matter to giant insects; they could fall from great heights without getting hurt. But for humans, it's a different story. These bipedal creatures are particularly adept at navigating such challenging terrain.

The road had become even narrower. At first, the four of them walked side by side, but gradually, only one person could crawl at a time. The four of them had no choice but to change their method and crawl with difficulty like giant insects in this terrain.

The difference between good and bad lies in one thing—there is only one path.

Fortunately, this proved that they hadn't gone the wrong way, and there must be something ahead. But the unfortunate thing was that they had no idea what was ahead. Maybe if they were lucky, they could find the queen insect directly, or maybe they could run into the insect nest. Anything was possible.

"There seem to be fewer insects here, but it's much more humid."

Li Qing complained.

He hadn't sweated much during the fight, but the environment here was so terrible that he was already drenched in sweat after crawling for just a short time.

Li said, "Bear with it, this stretch of road shouldn't last too long... Wait, Mai Zi, there seems to be something above us!"

Li Qing was taken aback, but then he heard the same sound.

"What a strange sound, what is it?"

Atuna immediately sensed it and asked.

The two looked puzzled, but Li Qing was all too familiar with this strange sound. He beamed and said, "Gentlemen, perhaps that's the Queen Insect up there. We've now arrived beneath her!"

"No way?" Li said in disbelief, "It wouldn't build its nest so high up, would it?"

If it weren't for the limitations, Li Qing would have confidently assured everyone, saying, "It's definitely true. This is all based on experience. You would never guess what I went through with that guy back then!"

Li Qing continued, "In short, let's get out of this place first. This place is really terrible. If anything happens, we'll be at their mercy!"

That's right. Li agreed wholeheartedly. As the "leader," he immediately started crawling forward even faster after hearing this.

After a rest, all four of them were still quite energetic. Soon, they crawled forward at a very fast pace for a long time until they encountered another downward landslide.

The landslide was very large. From the perspective of the four people inside the cave, there was a wide-open space in front of them, which meant that there should finally be a normal road to walk on.

Two consecutive thrilling "adventures" have left Li Qing with a deep psychological fear of landslides. In addition, the suddenness of this landslide gave Li Qing a bad feeling. He asked Li, "Be careful, don't rush to slide down, be careful there is something below."

Even without Li Qing's reminder, Li was a more composed soldier than Chu. He did not act rashly, but instead used one hand to support himself on a protrusion above his head, and leaned half of his body down to try to find out what was below.

After a few seconds, seeing that Li didn't move, Li Qing asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Li still did not reply.

"Is there danger below?"

"No... it's not dangerous, it's just a bit disgusting."

Li Dao.

"There are giant insects or insect eggs down there too? That's pretty disgusting."

“It’s not those things,” Li said. “This place down below seems to be where these strange insects store food. Hey, I even saw the carcass of a huge beast! I’ve been here for so long and have hardly seen a single wild animal. Could it be that these giant insects have captured them all here?”

Li's words really piqued Li Qing's curiosity, and he began to eagerly want to jump down and see what was going on below.

After saying a few words, Li added, "It's hard to explain in detail. Let's go down first. Don't worry, this slope may seem dangerous, but it's much safer than the ones we just experienced. Just be careful not to see the giant insects spit out their food. That's really... disgusting."

As she spoke, Li slid down the slope.

Following closely behind was Li Qing.

After Li Qing slid down, he finally understood what Li meant. The slope was indeed very safe, with relatively rough soil, so they could walk down without even "sliding." Below them was an extremely soft "green bed" covered with the leaves of many unknown plants, which could greatly reduce the injury of those who slid down.

Of course, all of this pales in comparison to Li Qing stepping onto the green bed, standing up, and looking at the view ahead.

Before them lay a vast expanse of wild animal carcasses. These beasts were mostly unlike those found on land, each one strangely shaped and enormous, appearing far more ferocious than land animals. Yet, none of them were unscathed; some had their bellies gaping open, others were missing their heads, and without exception, they all appeared to have died of poisoning—each covered in white spots. Upon closer inspection, one would discover that some of these spots were left by the toxins released from the giant insects' bodies when they killed them, while others were living insect eggs! These damned giant insects, after devouring these behemoths, had actually laid their eggs directly on their bodies!

What's even more horrifying is that most of these wounded beasts have dried up all their blood, and some are even just empty skeletons!

This clearly proves one point.

These insects not only eat meat, but also love to drink fresh blood, as if fresh blood is an indispensable dish when they eat!

"It seems that the poison in that strange bird's body is quite severe. If we had gone back any later, we might have only seen the bird's corpse."