"Boom boom"

The black mole cricket rushed over and found that there was no invader. It hit the rock formation tentatively a few times. When it found that the collision was fruitless, it rustled back in the direction it came from.

Tang Xihe said with lingering fear, "It's strange, Brother Ping! Even if the elemental content in the middle is higher, there shouldn't be so many Level 4 monsters appearing under a town. Where do they get the energy to upgrade? Even if the mutation was caused by radiation, it would take so much energy."

Chen Wangping said, "The energy aspect is easy to explain. The underground is sparsely populated, so a lot of bugs must have accumulated over the years. After the mutation, these mole crickets can accumulate energy simply by preying on their own kind. I'm even more curious: is this radiation simply emitted naturally by the uranium ore? Are there other sources of radiation? Furthermore, these level 4 bugs have such a strong desire to attack, yet there's been no news from Elder Fang at all."

"Perhaps there is a controlling force similar to the Spirit Temple behind this insect."

The water in the middle seems to be much deeper than that near Huoniu City.

He was a little bored. He came to Fangshan Town just to farm comfortably, raise animals, go fishing, and spend a few leisurely days with Xihe.

How come I encountered such a strange thing again?

Sighing, Chen Wangping took out more than a dozen radars and placed them at several entrances to the mine tunnel to monitor the movements of insects anytime and anywhere.

We won’t open the underground river for now. Tomorrow we’ll ask Mr. Fang where there’s any other water source. We’ll restore Little Tiemu first. That way, even if we go out to do something, we’ll feel more at ease with Little Tiemu and the guard robot at home.

Tang Xihe noticed that he was upset, so he put his arm around him and said softly, "Brother Ping, this is how things are in this crappy era. When we become stronger, we won't encounter this kind of thing."

Chen Wangping smiled, put his arm around Tang Xihe's shoulders and said, "I hope so. Let's go home and see if there's anything good on these black bugs."

Back on the ground, it was already dark. Looking through the formation, I could see that only a few houses in the town outside still had lights on, and most of the houses were pitch black.

Chen Wangping walked out of the formation, took out the mole cricket corpses, placed them on the ground and sorted them out.

Looking closely, only the tough armor on the surface of the mole cricket's skin was glowing with the system's light, while the rest of the body was not.

He called a maintenance robot and carefully peeled off the mole cricket's skin. He used a war elephant to absorb the radiation from the remaining parts and then threw them into the fertilizer machine to make fertilizer.

The peeled mole cricket's skin was black and felt very tough, and the marks left by the previous battle had now become much lighter, as if it was repairing itself.

[Level 4 Mutated Cricket Skin]

【Application: Forging material】

[Special Effect - Intermediate Elemental Resistance: Mutated mole cricket skin can resist 60% of elemental attack damage, ignoring elemental special effects (upper limit: Level 5 psychic)]

[Special Effect - Primary Self-Repair: Mutated mole cricket skin can consume nutrients to repair minor injuries when in contact with insect flesh]

[Note: Carefully selected special effects are naturally powerful]

After looking at the properties, Chen Wangping tore off a few severely damaged pieces and threw them into the insect meat, preparing to see the repair effect tomorrow.

To be honest, this elemental resistance effect is too powerful, resisting three-fifths of elemental damage.

If they come in large numbers, it will be almost impossible for equal numbers of psychics to resist.

Looking at the notes, he felt more and more that there was a secret in the underground river.

As for the current situation, we can only continue to develop and observe the situation. If we can win, we will fight. If we can't, we will change places.

If he could fight for it, Chen Wangping still didn't want to give up Fangshan Town.

As for the mole cricket skin, he plans to go to the coal mine next time, kill some millipedes, and use these two kinds of insect skins and shells to make some armor. He is sure there will be a surprise.

Back in the room, the two continued to practice in tacit understanding. Although the various medicines they had obtained before had been used up and the current practice progress was a bit slow, but dripping water wears away a stone, so they still had to practice as much as possible.

Of course, Chen Wangping also kept this in mind. When he went to Leilong City, he would inquire about the cultivation resources and buy some to try.

Four hours later.

Underground in the north of Leilong City.

Two hunched men in red cloaks hurried in and reported to the man on the high seat, "Sir, the mine suppression plan is more than halfway through. Everything is going smoothly, and we expect it to be fully completed by spring."

"Well, you're doing well. I'll go check it out in a few days. If it's true, I'll apply for a divine blood infusion for you."

Hearing this, the two men knelt down excitedly and kowtowed, "Thank you very much, sir."

"Go ahead, don't let the children go hungry."

"yes."

At this moment, hundreds of meters underground in the mine, more than fifty giant black mole crickets and more than thirty giant millipedes were lying quietly on the ground, gnawing on piles of flesh and blood.

In the darkness behind them, countless insects were squeezing each other and devouring more flesh and blood.

On the high rock next to the insect, four or five men in black cloaks looked at each other in horror. They counted the giant black mole crickets before them again, but found that the number still didn't match. They discussed anxiously:

"It's over, it's over. The elite team is down 22 people. We can't even make up a full unit."

"How is that possible? We are only going to divert water from the underground river."

"I didn't hear any noise, and the body wasn't found. It disappeared inexplicably."

"Could it have been devoured by other elites? This has happened before."

As he said this, a man in a red cloak fell from a great height. Upon hearing these conversations, his expression immediately turned grim. The corners of his narrow eyes stretched to an inhuman width. He leaped down from the air and slapped the man in the black cloak several times.

"You're a bunch of losers! The elite team is important, and even if we feed you guys, we won't be able to get twenty-two!"

The men in black cloaks all knelt down and begged for mercy, "Please spare our lives, sir. We don't know what's going on."

At this time, another man in a red cloak walked over from the high rock and said in a cold voice, "Brother Qianzu, the news has been reported to the adults. If there is any trouble, it is your responsibility and mine. There is only one conclusion to this matter. The elite team is evolving into a leading team and has devoured each other. And the answer must be this."

Qianzu turned around and said angrily, "Venom Hook, that's easy for you to say, but what about the gap of twenty-two? Let's feed these useless people first and see how many elite ones emerge. The master will come to check in two days. If we can't fill the gap, the divine blood will be gone."

Hearing this, the man in the black cloak kneeling on the ground trembled with fear, and glanced at the hundreds of tattered black cloaks scattered on the ground.

Poison Hook sneered and pointed upwards, saying, "We'll do it the same way we did it before. Just be clean."