"Wait a minute." Xie Xuan leaned in to take a closer look, and Xiao Yao cooperated by spreading out his hands.

Another white grain of rice fell down. This time, Xie Xuan and the others saw clearly where the white thing came from. It actually fell from the branch.

Xiao Yao almost threw the branch away, "What is this?"

Xie Xuan finally figured out what was wrong.

Cicadas need trees to lay eggs. Since there are still cicada pupae underground here, theoretically there must be trees here for them to reproduce.

Although these cicadas are already 100% infected organisms, the many infected organisms that Xie Xuan saw outside the wall have not gotten rid of their previous living habits.

Leeches still live in water, locusts still fly in swarms, and cicadas are of course no exception.

But a large portion of these infected organisms will also be different from their previous selves.

"These are cicada eggs. The cicada pupae we just dug up will lay their eggs in the tree branches after molting. Generally speaking, these eggs will hatch in the spring of the following year." Xie Xuan said.

Song Zhixian and Xiao Yao looked at Xie Xuan, and Xiao Yao couldn't help but say, "You know a lot of weird stuff."

Xie Xuan was stunned for a moment. She originally thought that she remembered these because of the memories she had traveled through time, but after she discovered that there was a part of Bai Ze in her body, she couldn't help but wonder if the information database inside Bai Ze was subtly influencing her?

But now is not the time to think about these things, "It is not advisable to stay here for long, let's leave quickly."

Xiao Yao immediately packed up the branches and the cicada eggs that had fallen out, but as soon as they stood up, something unexpected happened.

The first sound was the sharp chirping of a cicada, even harsher than the noisy chirping of cicadas in Xie Xuan's memory, as harsh as the sound of a boiling kettle.

Xie Xuan and the others immediately walked outside, but the entire forest behind them began to make noises. The entire gymnasium began to shake with the rustling sound of leaves colliding.

Almost in the next second, more cicadas chirped around them, and the harsh and sharp sound even made them tinnitus and deafness for a moment.

"Turn off the sound reception of the helmet!" Xie Xuan immediately turned off the external sound reception of the helmet.

It was like wearing noise-canceling headphones. The sharp sounds around him suddenly became much smaller, but they did not disappear completely.

When they were attacked by the sound, many palm-sized brown insects appeared on the surrounding walls at some point.

If these insects were shrunk ten times, they would be the cicadas that Xie Xuan was familiar with.

But these cicadas were just like the locusts they had seen last time. Not only were they huge, but their mouthparts, which they used to suck sap from trees, were apparently so sharp that they could easily penetrate their heads and suck out their brains.

The number of cicadas is still increasing.

Xie Xuan had previously been able to dig up cicada pupae from the ground a few alleys away, which proved how many cicadas there were here.

These cicadas had no intention of attacking Xie Xuan and the others. Xie Xuan held the dagger in his backhand and walked carefully towards the passage they came in.

But this peace was only a brief illusion. When the inner walls of the gymnasium were almost completely covered with brown and black cicadas, the attack began without warning.

This is an attack more terrible than the locusts that passed through.

At least locusts have a simple means of attack, only sharp teeth, but as the number of cicadas increases, helmets are no longer very useful.

The piercing sound seemed to pierce their eardrums, causing pain in their ears and heads. They also had to be careful not to be pierced in the head and heart by the cicada's mouthparts.

The shadow that had been acting cute all the time also turned into a five-meter-tall giant to help Xie Xuan and the others fight the bugs, but Xie Xuan's devouring ability made it as difficult to deal with the infected creatures as it was to deal with a mutant.

The cicadas circled around the black shadow, but even if the shadow caught them in its hands, they could still flap their wings and escape.

This is like using a mage to fight a monster with high magic resistance.

And if they could be classified, the level of these cicadas was obviously much higher than the locusts they encountered last time.

The three of them were desperately killing insects in order to leave, but the insects seemed to have intelligence and kept forming walls of insects on the path they had to take to leave.

Under the continuous noise attack, Song Zhixian and Xiao Yao's mental state was also affected, and the supernatural powers they could exert were also weakened a lot.

But it seemed like these cicadas were endless. As soon as one batch was killed, another one popped up. Even when the previous batch had just fallen to the ground and its legs were still twitching slightly, the next batch had already come up to attack Xie Xuan and the others.

If they don't fight back or defend, they will die. In this case, let alone leaving here, they will probably die here.

Xiao Yao set fire almost numbly, but the fire was not lethal enough to the cicadas. Some of the burning cicadas could continue to attack him, causing him to suffer many wounds.

Xie Xuan's head hurt so much that it felt like it was about to split open. She gave herself an injection of sedative to wake herself up.

In the past two days, he first encountered an infected town, and now he encountered infected creatures. Apart from the vitality in the shadow, Xie Xuan's own supernatural powers have not recovered much.

She is now like a hybrid car. The battery that devours supernatural powers is fully charged, but it can only be used to start the car and not to drive it, and the gasoline belonging to Bai Ze used for driving is pitifully small.

But if they keep hiding it now, they will have to confess here.

Xie Xuan stretched out her hand, and white mycelium quickly spread out from the palm of her hand, temporarily creating a safe space like a spider web.

"Let's go!" Xie Xuan shouted.

Song Zhixian and Xiao Yao did not say anything pretentiously like "Let's go together, we won't abandon you". Their special abilities were now severely depleted, and their mental and physical conditions were very poor. If they didn't leave at this time, they would only be holding Xie Xuan back.

The white mycelium was being destroyed and rebuilt every second, and the black shadow giant was working hard to clear a path for them.

Xie Xuan's already limited supernatural power was being consumed rapidly. She was following behind the two people, but just when she was a few steps away from leaving the gymnasium, her supernatural power was completely exhausted.

As soon as the white spider web disappeared, swarms of cicadas rushed over impatiently.

Xie Xuan had to turn around and pick up the dagger to fight back.

In less than two seconds, the exit was completely blocked by the swarm of insects. Xie Xuan could only hope that these cicadas would not chase Xiao Yao and Song Zhixian out of the gymnasium.

After his supernatural powers were exhausted, his body became weak. Xie Xuan had no choice but to lock himself in a transparent cage and wait for death.

Now she can only hope that Chongming will come and rescue her quickly.