The helicopter was very fast, and it arrived in Wancheng in less than two hours.
Looking at the resort so close at hand, Qin Su couldn't help but feel her eyes well up with tears.
After being away from home for so long, I'm finally home.
"It's Miss! Miss is back!"
Mo Rongguang, who had been waiting at the lookout tower every day at the resort, broke down in tears the moment he saw the helicopter.
The young lady is finally back!
"Really, is it true?"
Li Tang rushed up to the observation deck barefoot, without even putting on shoes. The moment he spotted the resort's private helicopter through the binoculars, he excitedly waved his arms and shouted.
"Miss, Miss..."
The others rushed out of the room and excitedly headed for the door. Qin Su got off the helicopter and was immediately surrounded by them.
"Welcome home, Miss!"
The deafening shouts brought tears to Qin Su's eyes.
"You bunch of brats, hurry up and let the young lady into the house. She must be tired from her journey. Let her eat something and rest first."
Xu Jingzhi rushed out of the crowd to Qin Su, pulled Qin Su up and down to check her over, and after confirming that Qin Su was alright, her lips trembled several times before she spoke.
"Miss, Aunt Zhi has made chicken soup. Let's go in and have some."
All the words in the world ultimately boil down to the most sincere concern.
"Okay, it's been so long since I've had Aunt Zhi's chicken soup, I've been craving it for ages."
Stepping into the kitchen and seeing the steaming chicken soup in the clay pot, Qin Su's eyes welled up with tears.
Everyone stayed put and kept watching Qin Su from the window.
"Hehe, Miss is back."
Li Tang, positioned in a favorable position, stared intently at Qin Su, a silly grin on his face.
"Yes, Miss is back, and I feel so relieved."
Ji Ming, standing beside him, looked relieved.
The other brothers stood at the back. Although they couldn't see Qin Su, the thought that Miss Qin was in the restaurant made them as happy as if it were New Year's Day.
Because he cared too much about Qin Su, he had previously neglected Liu Xuan. Mo Rongguang only realized later that Liu Xuan had also returned.
"Fifth Young Master?"
In fact, Liu Xuan was covered in a beard and looked disheveled. If Mo Rongguang hadn't found him familiar and taken a few more glances, he wouldn't have recognized him as Liu Xuan.
Upon hearing Liu Xuan recount what had happened in Kyoto, his face immediately filled with anger.
"Those people are truly despicable. Natural disasters are terrible enough, but now they're adding man-made disasters. Are they trying to completely destroy Earth?"
"So I came back this time to try and find a solution..."
Liu Xuan explained the next steps of the plan. This matter required the cooperation of the people of Wancheng, and it was also necessary to let everyone know as soon as possible.
"I'll immediately send someone to the location you mentioned to find the entrance to the dungeon. You all rest first, and once you've rested, we'll go directly to the dungeon to investigate."
Mo Rongguang was a man of strong execution; by the time Qin Su woke up, he had already arranged everything.
"Miss, Fifth Young Master, our people have found the entrance."
The entrance is not far from the resort, but it was blocked by silt and debris from the previous floods and sinkholes, and people are currently clearing it.
Qin Su and Liu Xuan arrived at the entrance. The ruins had been mostly cleared, and they watched as everyone continued to dig through them.
ah!
Suddenly, the brother who was digging the hole at the front yelled and then fell to the ground.
Qin Su rushed over and found that his lips had turned black.
This is poisoning!
Sure enough, there was a mark on his calf where he had been bitten by an insect.
"Stop digging."
Qin Su squinted, stared at the cave entrance, and took a breath.
There's something strange inside the entrance; the poison is comparable to arsenic. If she hadn't happened to be here, this guy would probably be dead today.
He used silver needles to suppress the toxins in his brother's body, and then walked towards the entrance.
The insect was cunning; after biting someone, it withdrew.
"Bring me a piece of fresh meat."
Soon, Li Tang brought fresh meat from the resort.
The fresh meat was placed on the ruins at the entrance. At first, there was no reaction. About half an hour later, a rustling sound came from the ruins.
Then, one after another, black worms crawled out of it, rushed to the fresh meat, lifted it up, and walked back.
"Isn't that an ant?"
Li Tang stared wide-eyed at the insect, which was dozens of times larger than an ant, in disbelief.
"Could these ants have mutated as well?"
Those who had seen the mutated snake already had a guess in their minds.
Qin Su caught an ant to examine it. This ant was larger and more ferocious than the ants before the apocalypse.
Even more dangerously, they now have a toxin sac inside their bodies, and the toxins in these sacs are the same toxins that their brothers were poisoned with before.
"These ants don't have the previous mutated genes, so it's probably a natural mutation of the species."
Qin Su felt a heavy weight in her heart. Sure enough, the global mutation had occurred ahead of schedule.
"Judging from their appearance, there must be a large ant nest underground."
Liu Xuan frowned. If that was the case, it would be very difficult to enter the underground city.
"Seal this area first, so these ants can't escape."
Qin Su returned to the resort and immediately went into the laboratory.
She had never seen this kind of ant before in her previous life, and it would take time to develop a drug to combat it.
Xie Erxun followed behind, and now he was able to cooperate with Qin Su very well. In addition to cooperating, he also memorized the recipe.
Fortunately, the ants underground did not come up again during this time.
It was three days later when the drug was developed. Xie Erxun caught a few more ants to test its effectiveness.
The ants did not die immediately upon contact with the pesticide; they gradually died after about an hour.
Qin Su instructed his men to spray the entrance with medicine first, and to continue digging an hour later.
The excavation went much more smoothly after that. When they finally dug open the entrance, they found a thick layer of dead ants on the ground.
"That's too much."
Liu Xuan was shocked. He had studied animals before, but he had never seen such a mutated creature.
"Everyone be careful, there might still be mutated ants inside."
Qin Su instructed his men to continue spraying the medicine, since the underground city was so large and there were bound to be more mutated ants than just those at the entrance.
They sprayed pesticide as they moved forward, but their speed was not very fast.
In the middle of the day, Wang Shanshan came over to deliver the food.
"Miss, how are you feeling? Would you like to rest for a bit?"
Meeting Wang Shanshan's worried gaze, Qin Su realized that she hadn't told everyone that she had broken out of hibernation and was no longer a weakling.
"I've recovered and am strong now, so you don't need to worry."
Wang Shanshan looked at Qin Su's slender figure with suspicion, finding it hard to believe.
"Miss, you should still get some rest."
"Yes, miss, we're here. You can rest first and come back when the obstacles are completely cleared."
The brothers all suggested that they were really worried about tiring the young lady out.
Qin Su looked at Huo Sijin, hoping he could prove to her that she could.
Unexpectedly, the man also chimed in, "Honey, go back and rest. This place is dirty; it's not suitable for you."
Qin Su: ……
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