Chapter 157 A "Guest" from Another Region

Rong Yi clearly understood that the concrete structures built by the indigenous people were only enough to withstand the first wave of insect swarms. Before the second wave, or even the first wave, arrived, they needed to have effective weapons to deal with the ferocious insects; otherwise, being encased in concrete would only prolong their death.

Nearly a century of urban development has led to the emergence of many abandoned villages in the vicinity.

At first, the young and strong villagers went out to work, and later settled in big cities, bringing their families to the city to live a better life. Some elderly people who were nostalgic stayed behind, but they were too old, some were in poor health and not suitable to live alone and were taken away, while others stayed until they passed away.

Eventually, the entire village was emptied, leaving behind these uninhabited houses.

As Wei Yanqing was heading back, Rong Yi suggested staying nearby. On the way, they stumbled upon an abandoned village.

Some houses collapsed due to natural erosion from wind and rain, while others remained basically intact. The furniture inside was mostly broken, so Wei Yanqing dismantled them and used them as firewood.

Not long after they started working inside the house, the weather turned gloomy, and a storm was brewing.

The burning flames dispelled the dampness in the room, making the previously somewhat gloomy room much brighter.

Wei Yanqing took out the furniture he had stored away, intending to stay there temporarily.

Rong Yi stood at the door. A light drizzle had begun to fall from the sky, and scattered raindrops landed on the stray hairs on her forehead, covering them with a layer of translucent white water droplets.

Let's have a barbecue tonight.

After confirming that everything was in place, Wei Yanqing nodded, "Okay, I'll prepare the things. You light the stove."

This kind of weather is perfect for lighting a fire indoors and eating meat. Rong Yi enthusiastically lit the stove and waved his hand back and forth above the flames.

The grill was set up, the food was arranged in batches, and the two sat on one side.

Rong Yi was scrolling through his phone. He had to admit the phone was pretty good; it could even get a signal in this remote village. "The situation isn't good. There are female adult insects appearing."

Wei Yanqing asked in confusion, "How do we distinguish them?"

In his eyes, all the gnats look pretty much the same, and the only difference is their size at different stages of growth.

Rong Yi handed him the phone. "Look at the outer shell. The meteorite we see is actually formed by the egg carcass of the mother worm being removed and covered. The red lines on this outer shell indicate that it is the mother worm."

The photo was taken by a drone from a certain country, capturing a huge ferocious insect from high altitude. Its black back shell was covered with red lines, and it shimmered with a red glow in the dim light.

News reports initially thought it was a carnivorous worm that had grown to another stage.

"There aren't many queen insects. The best way to end this completely is to kill these queen insects, but the other ferocious insects will fiercely protect them, so it's difficult to kill them by bombing."

With current human capabilities, even if a nuclear bomb were dropped, the ferocious insects would still cover the mother insect and become cannon fodder for her; it's their nature.

Besides, what good would it do to drop all the nuclear bombs? The sabers can withstand even the radiation from space, so what are nuclear bombs compared to that? In the end, it would only destroy the environment suitable for humans and benefit the sabers.

Wei Yanqing stopped turning the barbecue. "Then we have to kill them at close range?"

Rong Yi nodded, "Yes, we also need to kill all the ferocious insects nearby, otherwise even if there is only one left, it will block the mother insect."

As she spoke, images flashed through her mind: a towering insect, as majestic as a mountain, shimmering with a red glow through the mist, surrounded by a vast array of ferocious insects.

Wei Yanqing merely raised an eyebrow and nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

Rong Yi took back his phone. "With the mother insect, the ferocious insects in this area will multiply dramatically, and the previous bombing will have been a waste."

The dead ferocious insects from the bombing can be replenished with eggs from the mother insect's egg pack, not to mention the fleshy insects that supplement it.

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Bart Country.

The once bustling city has vanished without a trace, and the gloomy weather makes the already dark places even more gloomy.

In the dim light, the red glow on the giant mother insect's back attracted all the nearby ferocious insects, who were to obey her commands and care for the eggs that the mother insect was about to release.

The mother insect is enormous, as tall as a three- or four-story building. With each movement, her claws dig deep into the ground, crushing several ferocious insects that block her path. The other ferocious insects quickly drag away and crush the corpses of their companions, leaving them as food for the larvae that are about to hatch.

Hiss——

The mother insect hissed several times, and the red light on a certain red line on her back began to roll. At a certain height of the stack of ferocious insects at her tail, it caught the egg packs falling from the inner shell. These packs were very elastic and contained many eggs rolling around inside.

The cricket that catches the egg places it next to a pile of food, which contains many human corpses, animal remains, and finally, the pulverized corpses of its own kind.

Perhaps sensing the aroma of food, the larvae inside the egg begin to struggle until they puncture the eggshell. A bunch of larvae are washed to the ground with the liquid, and the strong larvae are the first to crawl up and burrow into the food pile to feast.

In the dim sky, two fighter jets flew by one after another, spotted the savage insects, and immediately dropped dozens of missiles toward the mother insect's location.

It stands out in this environment, its position constantly exposed by the red light on its back.

As the mother insect sensed the danger, she hissed and the surrounding ferocious insects abandoned their larvae, surging towards her like a tide, completely enveloping her body.

After the deafening explosion, tens of thousands of ferocious insects were blown over. Once it was confirmed that there was no danger, the remaining surviving insects crawled away, revealing the unharmed mother insect underneath.

However, the mother beetle was furious about the bombing. All the eggs she had just laid were destroyed, and the larvae were charred along with the food pile.

It slowly lowered its head and let out a few strange cries at the ferocious insects on the ground.

The surrounding ferocious insects received the signal, and the black shells on their backs began to split and throb. This seemed to be very painful for them. Accompanied by the swarm's hissing, the hardened black shells lifted up in two pieces, and a pair of fleshy wings stretched out from inside.

Over time, the fleshy wings hardened from bloody soft flesh into a membrane-like structure.

With a flap of its hard, fleshy wings, a ring of ferocious insects took flight, and after the mother insect let out a long howl, they flew in the direction the fighter jet had left.

Humans, however, know nothing about this.

Capital City Research Office.

Inside the circular building, the researchers observed the captive worms as usual.

All the gnats lay still, and these days, as their claws grew a little longer, the researchers would use instruments to cut them off at the root.

After several attempts, the growth rate of their claws slowed down significantly, not as fast as before, which Yuan Heng found quite interesting.

The researcher, who was recording data, was busy organizing reports, all of which needed to be sent to Yuan Heng before he left work.

On the instrument screen of the X-ray scanning worm, a dramatic change was taking place inside the worm in Experiment No. 2. A rapid bulge appeared near its back, as if white bones were suddenly growing out of a pile of flesh and blood.

This was extremely fast. The black shell on its back split and moved, and the newly grown claws broke through its back. In addition to being as sharp as ever, there was a ring of raised bone blades around the claws. As the claws with bone blades slashed, the carbon fiber rope was easily cut.

Beep, beep—

The instruments emitted piercing alarms, and the ferocious insects, freed from their carbon fiber ropes, quickly climbed to the top of the building, their newly grown claws frantically attacking the transparent glass.

(End of this chapter)