What should we do now?

Atuna asked.

Li Qing thought for a moment and replied, "This should be the place where the Queen Insect stores food. Logically speaking, many of its subordinates should come here to transport food for it. In other words, this place should be very close to the Queen Insect."

Pointing to the three cave entrances leading upwards, Li Qing said, "In addition to what I just said, the Queen Insect King is definitely above us, so we only have three paths left to choose from. But which of these three paths is the correct one, I really don't know."

Li walked to the carcasses of the beasts, turned over one of the huge creatures, and saw that the blood in its abdomen had drained away, and even its internal organs were almost gone, leaving only an empty skeleton. He couldn't help but shudder and said, "They really eat everything. If this kind of creature were near our tribe, probably only a Tyrannosaurus Rex could fight it."

Li Qing said, "These insects are capable of anything for their queen. Moreover, the deadly poison in their bodies is enough to kill these big guys."

Li nodded, then suddenly turned his head to the side and said urgently, "It seems like something is coming!"

The sound originated from one of the three openings that Li Qing had just pointed out.

It sounded like a large swarm of giant insects wriggling on the ground.

What perfect timing!

Li Qing's face turned green. Judging from the sound, the number of giant insects that came this time was much greater than the eight they had seen before. They hadn't expected the timing to be so perfect; they had just arrived at this place when they happened to encounter these giant insects coming to fetch food for their queen.

Blazing Flame stepped forward, facing the source of the voice, and asked without turning his head, "What should we do next?"

Her behavior at this point was completely natural, without a trace of fear, as if all of this was something she should do as a matter of course.

Instead of mocking Lieyan, he patted Lieyan on the shoulder and said, "Extinguish the torch, cover your mouth and nose, hide in the darkness, and wait for them to leave before we go out."

As he spoke, Li Qing extinguished the flame of his torch and emphasized again, "From now on, everyone must remain silent and make no noise. These giant insects will likely hide in places like this most of the time, except when they are foraging for food. This must make their hearing extremely sharp. We must not let them find us!"

Covering their mouths and noses, they stood aside. Li Qing's torch had already gone out. The remaining three looked at Li Qing anxiously. This plan was simply too absurd. But judging from Li Qing's actions, he didn't seem like he could answer their questions. They could only look at each other in confusion, wondering whether they should do as Li Qing said. In the end, Lie Yan was the first to react. After hesitating for about two or three seconds, he extinguished the torch in his hand and took the initiative to come to Li Qing's side and stand next to him.

This action set a good example for the remaining two. Atu Na trusted Lie Yan very much and immediately followed Lie Yan to stand next to Li Qing. As for Li, who was left alone, he did not want to act alone, so he also extinguished his torch and joined the other three.

The darkness was a terrible feeling. The four of them could only huddle together to confirm each other's positions. After darkness fell over the entire cave, they could no longer see the location of the giant insects. They could only judge a general location by some vague sounds.

Listening to the sounds, I crawled towards the corpses of those wild beasts. After a while, I heard some crawling sounds coming back the way they came. It seemed that Li Qing was right; these giant insects were probably carrying food.

But the annoying thing is that they don't know when this action will end, which makes everyone, including Li Qing, very nervous. They listened carefully and found that there were about a dozen giant insects just coming to carry food. If they were to expose their location, it would be a problem that four torches couldn't solve. Even if so many giant insects are afraid of flames, they wouldn't be as afraid as they were before.

Gradually, Li Qing heard that a giant insect was approaching the four of them, perhaps having discovered something.

The person next to him heard it too; it was unclear who it was, but his breathing began to quicken.

Li Qing had to release the hand covering his mouth and nose and hold the hand of the person next to him tightly to keep him calm.

In the darkness, this hand greatly encouraged the man, allowing his breathing to return to normal.

I was just passing by. This beast was just passing by!

Li Qing told himself this.

Everything will be alright!

As long as you get through this period and don't give yourself away, there will be absolutely no problem!

But just then, Li Qing suddenly heard the giant insect's voice disappear... right in front of them!

Li Qing knew without even thinking that as soon as he lit the torch, he would see the insect right in front of him!

Damn it, what is this beast trying to do!

Li Qing could even smell a foul stench emanating from the insect.

It smells awful!

Now, the hand that Li Qing had just grasped, which had relaxed and calmed down, began to tremble violently again.

He was clearly aware of the situation he was facing.

But now, apart from shaking hands, Li Qing couldn't offer any help to the person beside him. He could only slightly increase the pressure in his hand, hoping to tell him that he must endure it. If he relaxed now, everything would be over!

This kind of waiting time is incredibly agonizing for anyone. They don't know what's ahead, nor what the giant insect is here for. Time passes by second by second, but for the four of them, it feels like years have gone by.

Finally, the giant worm in front of them began to wriggle again.

Judging from the sound, it seems they are heading back the way they came; they are returning home.

But at this moment, none of the four relaxed. They listened quietly to their location. When all the sounds from their location disappeared and a long time had passed, Li Qing took the lead in letting go, exhaling a long breath of air and saying, "Phew, okay, everyone, that should be enough."

Even though the air here is so bad, Li Qing felt that there was no air more delicious than this.

God knows how long they've endured this awful stuff!

"Should we follow them next?"

The sound of flames came from the darkness.

Li Qing relit the torch, the flames illuminating his sweat-drenched face.

"Yes. These giant insects shouldn't turn back. We can light the torches now, and we can extinguish them if we encounter danger later."