"We succeeded."
Someone exclaimed in surprise.
Minsheng was also very happy.
Just as everyone was celebrating, Sister Meng's voice followed.
"How naive."
His condescending tone, looking down on everyone, prompted many people to swear.
Sister Meng let out a few strange laughs.
"Just bugs, there are plenty of them."
The insects seemed to be deliberately directed, and they started playing a game of Jenga in one direction.
Eventually, it formed a huge black sphere.
The sphere began to roll.
As they approached the wall of fire, the outermost insects were quickly ignited and burned, making a crackling sound.
A foul stench permeated the air.
But no one was happy.
After sacrificing the outer insects, the insect swarm crossed the sea of fire and spread once again.
The spreading blackness resembles surging waves.
Everyone was swept up in it.
"We need to find a way to leave."
The wind picked up, and Lin Zhisui and Uncle Shui worked together to barely hold it off again.
Lin Zhisui's tone was heavy.
The captain hasn't arrived yet.
Moreover, he received a hint from Qin Tan that there were even more formidable enemies present.
Qin Tan cannot be exposed yet.
Now they have to figure out how to solve their current predicament themselves.
"Move the fire towards the window."
Lin Zhisui manipulated the wind, burning a path with flames.
The entrance was heavily guarded, preventing them from getting through.
However, the window is a breakthrough point.
The insects were burned through, creating a path that allowed the bright world outside to shine through.
Without saying a word, Uncle Shui grabbed the man and threw him out.
Some of the quick-thinking individuals started running towards the window.
Lin Zhisui conjured a fire tornado, barely maintaining the escape route.
But there are too many people here.
People are packed together, and in the rush to escape, there's no room for gentlemanly behavior of yielding to others.
Several people bumped into each other by the window and tried to climb out together.
As a result, it blocked the window opening.
When the people behind push it out, it inevitably takes a long time.
And this kind of thing is still happening.
At that moment, everyone was focused on escaping for their lives.
It was as if they could be saved simply by jumping out of that window.
"Don't push, it'll slow you down the process."
Some people shouted warnings, but no one listened.
Everyone wants to be the one who leaves first.
And in order to gamble on this possibility, everyone is pushing forward with all their might.
Some of the smaller people were caught up in the misery.
Min Sheng's legs were not as nimble as those of ordinary people. Even though she was willing to leave last, the crowd that she was passively swept along did not give her a chance to make way.
In the chaos, her left prosthetic leg was knocked off.
He lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Don't step on me.
Minsheng held his head in his hands, his voice trembling.
Just as she was about to be trampled, a hand reached out from the crowd and pulled her up.
It is Qin Tan.
Are you alright?
Qin Tan looked Min Shengsheng over to make sure he was alright, then helped him up and pushed him to the back to clear a path.
It was only then that Minsheng realized Qin Tan's extraordinary nature.
"Aren't you... afraid?"
Throughout the entire ordeal, she didn't seem to detect any fear on Qin Tan's face.
His calm gaze was like a stagnant pool, without a ripple.
Looking at Qin Tan like this, Min Shengsheng felt inexplicably at peace.
"I'm not afraid."
Qin Tan shielded Min Sheng behind her and whispered.
"They're here."
Minsheng saw Qin Tan's gaze fall on the staircase leading to the second floor.
She looked over as well, and then her body stiffened.
The immense panic caused Minsheng, who was already standing on one leg, to sway unsteadily.
It was Qin Tan's steady hand that supported her.
"What exactly is that?"
The voice sounded slightly broken, with a hint of hysterical madness.
All I could see was something crawling down the stairs.
The huge, white, and plump belly was squeezed into the stairs.
The soft flesh was covered with black holes, and the oozing mucus made the thing make a squeaking sound when it moved.
And now, those worms are still crawling out of those black holes.
This is the mother body of the Gu worm.
At the very front of the mother's body is a human face.
The face had human features, but it was distorted, looking at the crowd in a way that was neither crying nor laughing.
The torrent of pollution swept over everyone's spirituality.
At this moment, a being of such high spirituality as Qin Tan heard countless whispers in her ears.
Those murmured words seemed like a call.
Some people started bleeding from all seven orifices.
"Close your eyes."
Qin Tan covered Minsheng's eyes with her hand to prevent her from experiencing sensory stimulation and triggering a stress reaction.
Even with his vision obscured, that extraordinary image remained etched in Minsheng's mind.
At that moment, Minsheng heard a voice.
"Come here, come here..."
"Child, come to Mommy's side."
Each sound was intimate and familiar, just like her gentle mother at home.
"It's fake, it's fake."
People were suffering and kept muttering about it.
Those sounds made her head feel like it was going to explode.
There were many people like Minsheng, whose screams pierced the sky.
Those who couldn't evacuate in time huddled on the ground, clutching their heads and crying out.
Those who were afflicted by the Gu poison had tears streaming down their faces.
They were seduced and rushed toward the location of the mother Gu.
Even those with broken legs were struggling to crawl on the ground using their arms.
In their oddly shaped postures, they resemble fledgling swallows returning to the forest, so eager to get started.
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