Just then, a sudden change occurred.
The insects emitted a deafening hiss, and intertwined flower branches darted out from all directions, slithering swiftly along the ground, and one of them wrapped around Xiao Cheng's ankle.
She was dragged heavily to the ground, the barbed thorns digging deep into her flesh, tightening their grip. Blood slowly oozed out, and the stench of blood seemed to further arouse the insects, causing them to thrash about restlessly and swoop towards Xiao Cheng.
Fang He cursed under his breath, squatted down and tried to cut the flower branch with the shards of the lunchbox, but the branch was much harder than he had imagined. The remaining branches began to attack Fang He, leaving bloody marks of varying depths on his hands.
His wound reopened, and blood flowed down the veins on the back of his hand, dripping onto Xiao Cheng.
"Go your own way, don't worry about me." Xiao Cheng frowned.
The insects were getting closer and closer; she could even see their complete forms clearly. They weren't exactly the same as the ones in the pill; they were probably larvae, moving much slower than the adults. The adult insects looked even more disgusting, with a fleshy growth the size of a sesame seed on their heads.
Fang He remained silent, silently increasing the speed of his cutting. His fingers pressed against the upper edge of the fragment, the flesh deeply indented and turning white from the excessive force.
Before the insects could completely surround the two of them, the flower branch was finally broken off by cutting and tearing, and a viscous, dark green liquid oozed from the break.
Xiao Cheng immediately recognized it; wow, they even had the injections.
Hua Zhi winced in pain and shrank back. Fang He breathed a slight sigh of relief, looked up at the swarm of insects, and reached out to pull Xiao Cheng up from the ground: "Can you run?"
"Yes." Xiao Cheng gritted her teeth and endured the pain, not daring to waste any time, and continued forward with a limp.
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