They are trapped here.

At that height, unless one can fly, it's impossible to leave from there.

With so many forks in the road, which one should they take?

Xiong Ga gritted his teeth, picked up a small stone from the ground, and angrily threw it forward.

The pebble made a crisp sound when it fell to the ground.

"How can there be so many holes here!"

"Huff, huff..."

Li Qing could hear Xiong Ga panting.

He could understand Xiong Ga's feelings.

Xiong Ga is concerned about his tribe and wants to go back as soon as possible.

But wasn't he also concerned about the tribe?

Li Qing sighed.

He knew he had two choices. The first was to turn back and walk all the way to the crossroads they had come from. If they were lucky, the swarm might have already gone back, and they could use that opportunity to return to their tribe. After all, there was only one straight path they had come from, so at most they would just waste some time and wouldn't get lost. But if they were unlucky, they would end up back here anyway, and...

"Damn it, I'm so unwilling to accept this!" Li Qing said unwillingly. "I finally made it here, what's going on with these cave entrances!"

The second option was very simple: they could just take any road and see if they were lucky enough to reach the exit. However, the chances of that were extremely slim, and Li Qing was unwilling to risk his life to gamble with his luck.

Xiong Ga had reached the earthen wall and started trying to pry off the clods of earth with his hands, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pry off a single one.

"The soil here is as hard as rock. I really don't know what could possibly carve so many roads through such hard ground!"

After several unsuccessful attempts, Xiong Ga cursed angrily and punched the earthen wall hard.

He looked towards the cave entrance, a hint of bitterness suddenly creeping into his voice: "Do we really have no choice but to turn back? We've already come so far..."

Li Qing bit her lip, about to speak, when at that moment, countless whiteflies swarmed out from the path they had come from.

"Was it because it was frightened by Xiong Ga's punch that it ran out?"

Compared to the predicament they were facing, these whiteflies were nothing. Li Qing watched blankly as the whiteflies swarmed out like they were fleeing a disaster. He simply picked up a twig and gently shooed away some of the whiteflies that were about to crawl towards him.

"These guys are such cowards."

Xiong Ga chuckled self-deprecatingly, then punched the earthen wall again, this time with even greater force.

“I want to see just how many whiteflies there are on our road!” Xiong Ga said. “That’s good, so we can save ourselves some trouble on the way back and won’t have to worry about bugs falling on our heads all the time.”

Li Qing said in a strange tone, "No...it doesn't look like it."

Xiong Ga: "What?"

Li Qing swallowed hard; he wasn't entirely sure either, but...

"I have a feeling that something is coming from the cave entrance. These insects must be scared to have fled from the cave entrance."

“Simply put, it’s racial oppression,” Li Qing would rather his analysis be wrong, but compared to being scared by Xiong Ga, his “theory” sounded more convincing. “Just like those dark swarms of insects before, they… were afraid of that guy, which is why they ran out of their ‘home’ where they had lived for so long.”

Xiong Ga's expression changed. He instinctively picked up a few thicker branches and a few larger stones with his left hand. "That makes sense. We were so safe on the way here that I forgot there was danger here."

Li Qing followed Xiong Ga's lead and grabbed some weapons for self-defense. However, the thickest tree branch here was only about the size of a minor's arm. How could he possibly fight off an enemy with such a weapon? It would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!

Li Qing looked up.

The sky was so blue.

Can they survive this ordeal?

It's all my fault for being too weak!

Li Qing clenched his fists, his heart pounding.

Looking into the depths of the cave entrance.

A few seconds later, Li Qing's guess was indeed "confirmed".

The ground began to shake, and even the ground above our heads was affected by the tremors, with small stones and other debris falling down. The situation underground was even worse.

Everything was shaking, and sand was constantly being thrown out of the holes.

After the sand and soil came the whiteflies.

Whiteflies were also found in the other burrows, and there seemed to be a great many of them, even more than they had seen on the way here. Before long, the ground was covered with a swarm of whiteflies. They were numerous and chaotic, moving aimlessly on the ground. Some crawled onto the earthen walls, seemingly wanting to leave, but their small bodies made it impossible for them to crawl vertically on the surface. Many of them fell to the ground.

But this did not stop them from trying to leave. They kept trying, and the number of whiteflies wanting to leave increased. Soon, the area under the stone wall was full of whiteflies.

They are fleeing.

Li Qing smiled wryly and said to Xiong Ga, "Tell Zong Mao that we're going to fight. This time, a big guy is coming, and there's nowhere to run."

He could hear the sound approaching him at an incredibly fast speed from a great distance. This reminded Li Qing of the tremor he had felt while traveling. Now, he realized that his guess at the time was absolutely correct; that feeling was coming from the guy who was now heading this way.

So who exactly is this guy...? As the other party got closer and closer, Li Qing's heart couldn't help but race.

“Fighting here would greatly reduce our combat effectiveness… Judging from the sound of it sliding on the ground, it really is some kind of snake,” Li Qing thought to himself. “These kinds of creatures are extremely tenacious. Even if you cut off its head, it might still be able to bite to death any fool who dares to offend it in a short time.”

Closer, even closer!

It's getting closer!

Li Qing gripped the tree branch tightly.

He knew it was no use.

But this makes him feel better.

Less pressure.

He stood side by side with Xiong Ga.

Mane stood before them.

The two did not speak or exchange any words; even the mane remained silent.

Faced with immense pressure, even breathing seemed to become difficult.

Suddenly, Li Qing roared, "They're here!"

Both of them arched their bodies slightly at the same time, and their manes let out an angry roar.

at the same time.

That guy also appeared in front of the two of them.

It was a huge centipede, as tall as a person, requiring three or four adults to encircle it and lift it up, with nearly a thousand tentacles!