Chapter 402 Insect Rain

The impact of the snake rain was much greater than Lan Jin had imagined. Even for someone as strong as her, it took a lot of effort to resist the descent of these snakes, not to mention the group of plant-based mutants, who could only resist for a while at the beginning, and after that, they were basically wiped out.

After the snakes landed on them, Lan Jin could no longer resist. She stuffed Lan Qiaoqiao in her arms into her heat-insulating suit, then squatted down to protect the child, and then let the snakes land on her body and around her.

Until the screams came one after another, after a while, the impact of the rain of snakes finally disappeared, and Lan Jin dared to take a closer look at the surrounding situation.

She quickly used the lightning series, which spread from the bottom to every corner of the base. Although the mutant snakes had long bodies, they were not large in size. Even if Lan Jin only used the smallest amount of electricity, it was enough to electrocute them all and make them unable to move.

As for why not use more power——

The snakes and humans are together. Although everyone is wearing heat-insulating suits, the heat-insulating suits can only prevent tiny electric shocks. If a big thunder strikes, it is possible that both the humans and the snakes will be struck.

It doesn't matter if the snake dies, but if it electrocutes someone, the base will cause trouble for her, and who can she turn to for justice?

…

Lan Jin dealt with all these mutant snakes in just a few seconds, but the group of snakes that had landed earlier had already become active on the ground. Before Lan Jin could take action to deal with them, some people had already been bitten countless times by the snakes.

Fortunately, the snake was not only non-venomous, but also had sparring stones that could be used by psychics to absorb energy. The snake meat was also edible and had a particularly high protein content. While treating the residents' injuries, the base staff comforted them, saying, "Eat more later. You'll bite back whatever bit you."

This was just a joke, but it really made everyone feel a lot more relaxed.

Looking at the residents who were already being treated, Lan Jin came to Captain Zhang with her child in her arms. She asked, "Captain Zhang, this is strange! Why is there a rain of snakes here? We've never encountered one before. Has anyone seen one in this area before?"

Before Captain Zhang could answer, Captain Zhou, who had just arrived, said, "No, this is the first time we've encountered this kind of situation. I was just about to come over and ask you."

"Will there be another unusual situation like this? Can we contact them? Can we find out what's going on? I think if this happens twice, few people will make it to the new base alive."

It's not that Lan Jin was talking nonsense. She herself couldn't bear the situation just now, let alone others. Besides, when encountering a critical moment, she must ensure the safety of herself and Ling Jiang and others. Others may not be able to take care of them at that time.

Captain Zhou said, "I just tried to contact them, but I couldn't get through to the A City base. I also tried to contact the official base, but the result was the same."

There are fewer people on their side, so the situation is relatively good. The number of people in the official base is several times more than theirs, but the base team members are not that many. If they encounter the same situation as him, I am afraid the situation will be even more dangerous.

But in the current situation, they can hardly protect themselves, so how can they have time to worry about others?

I just hope that no matter what danger we encounter, everyone can escape danger safely.

…

After just one day of walking, they encountered a rain of snakes, and the already injured team had to slow down their pace again. They rested in the same place for two days and ate most of the snake meat before embarking on the migration journey again.

According to the time given by Captain Zhou, if nothing unexpected happens, they will arrive in three days.

But unexpectedly, this thing is continuous. Before the snake rain came, they walked for a whole day, but here they had not walked for half a day when the insect rain came.

The key point is, if the insects falling from the sky were any other insects, it would not be a big deal, but it was the kind of multi-legged insect that Lan Jin was most afraid of. Just looking at it from a distance with a telescope, Lan Jin was scared to death. Looking at the rain of insects coming from far away, she was scared out of her wits and was at a loss where to do what.

The people at the Jingshi base had never seen Lan Jin in this state before. They thought that this mutant creature that could make Lan Jin shudder must be a terrifying thing, but who knew it was just a bug, just a bug.

Although it has a few more legs, it's just a bug. Is there any need to be so scared?

Captain Zhou said speechlessly: "It's not Lan Jin, it's just a bug."

Captain Zhang said silently: "She is afraid of this kind of bugs, only this kind of bugs. Let's solve it ourselves quickly. There is no way she can do anything about this thing."

Captain Zhou was bewildered. "No, there's nothing to be afraid of. She's so strong, how could she be afraid of this?"

Don’t you think it’s unreasonable?

But what's unreasonable about that? Can't she have her own fears?

Not only Lan Jin was afraid of this multi-legged insect, but Ling Jiang also felt scared when he saw it. This was because the insect did not have any eye-like patterns on its body, otherwise Ling Jiang would have been covered with goose bumps.

This large number of insects falling from the sky had already scared Lan Jin to the point of losing her composure. Ling Jiang directly built an ice fortress for her and the children and sealed them inside.

As for the rest, even though there are many of them, they can still solve them.

…

Once again, accompanied by screams one after another, the psychics quickly dealt with the insects.

This multi-legged insect is almost non-aggressive, has no crystals on its body, is not poisonous, and based on its appearance, has no edible value. In short, it is useless.

It's still scary after the fact.

After everyone had dealt with the bugs, Captain Zhang took a look and asked curiously, "Don't you think these bugs look like those mutant creatures? Instead, they look very similar to the caterpillars from before the apocalypse."

They are originally the same species, but how big were the caterpillars before the apocalypse? The largest was only the size of a little thumb, but these insects are the size of an adult man's palm. At this size, do we still have to doubt whether it is a mutant creature?

What else could it be if not a mutant creature, the Caterpillar King?

But the number of insects falling in a rain of insects is huge. Even if there are caterpillar kings, there can't be so many. It is even more impossible for all the caterpillar kings to gather together and land only here.

However, this claim has been questioned.

Lao Gao retorted, "Whether it's a rain of snakes or insects, it doesn't seem to be focused solely on us. Following its direction, it's been raining all the way. Furthermore, this rain is quite heavy. Why would the same mutant creature turn into rain? And judging by its persistence, where will it end?"

(End of this chapter)