Lu Ban had seen a movie before, in which a group of people were locked in an incubator and allowed to be parasitized by insects, which eventually broke out of their bodies.

But obviously, the rituals here are more bizarre.

On those eggs, Lu Ban saw tiny tentacles.

These tentacles are like octopus tentacles, winding in all directions from the top of the egg, as if trying to catch something.

From the top, these sticky, slippery, dark eggs gradually cracked, and among the tentacles, some creature seemed to be gestating.

"Can we just blow these things up?"

Lu Ban asked Xia without waiting for them to hatch completely.

For some reason, the people in the movie always had to watch these creatures hatch before taking action. Lu Ban also had no idea what serious illness they had. If it were him, he would definitely grind them to ashes.

"no problem."

Xia raised her right hand, and her palm seemed to be holding something.

“＊＊＊＊!”

She muttered a word that Lu Ban couldn't understand, and then threw the invisible object in her hand out like throwing a shot ball.

After a few seconds, the eggs were still hatching, and Lu Ban could already see the slippery surface of the ugly, wriggling larvae.

"It seems to have no effect?"

He looked at Shia.

"It'll take a while."

Shia said seriously.

Bang——

Before Lu Ban had time to look over, he heard a loud explosion behind him. The insect eggs shattered into pieces in an instant, and thick black fluids splashed onto the wall, leaving mottled marks.

"These things might be hatched from the flesh and blood of the sacrifices, and then continue to grow and become the monsters you encountered before?"

Lu Ban moved closer to the pool of blood and used a crowbar to dig out the debris.

The texture is soft and translucent, like jelly.

"Is it tasty?"

He asked.

“…”

Iron Fist was speechless.

“It probably doesn’t taste good.”

Only Xia responded to Lu Ban.

"These bugs are carnivorous and generally have a high nutritional value. I suspect that the people here may rely on raising these bugs as a food source, and then every year to thank these bugs, they create a god to worship and throw prisoners and slaves into the god to feed the bugs."

Lu Ban smelled the bug.

Suddenly, a tentacle from the wreckage jumped up and drilled straight towards Lu Ban's head.

Puff——

The tentacle cut through the skin and pierced into Lu Ban's throat.

The tentacles tried to drill into Lu Ban's skin like leeches, tearing out horrible wounds. Blood flowed out and splashed into the pool, causing ripples.

But not much blood flowed, because soon, the green grass growing out of Lu Ban's wound blocked the insect's momentum to continue drilling in and pushed it out.

Lu Ban pinched it with his hand and observed it carefully, and found that the insect was already a complete individual. Perhaps there were countless such insects in that egg. Once it came into contact with the human body, it would drill into the skin and flesh and eat the blood and flesh like it did just now.

"...You can put your hand down now. Wait, it's not still flying, is it?"

Lu Ban glanced at Xia who raised her hand, fearing that she would cast that spell at him again, and would throw both the insect and herself away.

"not yet."

Shia dropped her hand.

"So you really wanted to give me a blow?"

Lu Ban was surprised.

"The teacher told me that as long as we take care of the hostages, the monster will have nothing to threaten us."

Xia answered decisively.

"Is this how you people from the Gray Tower save people?"

Lu Ban felt that one of Xiaya and himself must have a misunderstanding in this matter.

"Of course. Otherwise, how could I watch you get eaten by a monster?"

Shia answered as a matter of course.

"It's okay. We usually kill you and the monster at the same time, and then use healing spells to revive you. Basically, your body will be the same as before!"

"basically?"

Lu Ban raised his eyebrows.

"So can you use healing spells today?"

"Tomorrow for sure!"

Xia avoided the question.

As Lu Ban was speaking, the worm lost its vitality and quickly shriveled up, like an earthworm dried by the sun.

"You two stop arguing."

Tiequan said something and came to the blood pool. The blood was gradually flowing down. It could be seen that when the platform with the insect eggs rose up, the blood flowed to the lower level through the gap under the platform.

"Where did all this blood come from?"

Wumian stretched out his finger, dipped it in some blood and sniffed it. It felt like human blood, and was still warm.

They opened the altar with the blood of a person with extraordinary recovery abilities, but such blood should have coagulated long ago after such a long time.

The blood here was obviously just shed.

You have to know that in today's wasteland, apart from humans, there are almost only insects. There are no domestic animals such as pigs, cattle, and sheep recorded in history books. Therefore, red blood is a patent of humans.

"We can go down from here."

Tiequan pointed at the gap on the platform.

"Since there are insect eggs, there must be someone laying them."

"Wait a minute, could the treasure in this ruin be the Queen of Insects?"

Lu Ban stopped the iron fist that was about to smash the altar and asked.

"No, it's just a part of it. Under the ground here, there is something hidden that can turn people into saints. The Queen of Insects exists to protect it."

Iron Fist replied.

He clenched his right fist, and crystals covered his arm. Then, he smashed the altar with his iron fist, and the entire altar shattered.

The blood-stained stone fell and a huge hole could be seen.

"After those insects hatch and grow up, they must have a place to go out, maybe they enter this hole."

Wumian said this and then called his men.

"flash."

The young man with eyes made of crystals came to the cave entrance and looked down.

Strong light burst out from his eyes, illuminating the entire space.

Lu Ban saw that the space underneath was extremely wide, with a dome about tens of meters high. Under the ground illuminated by the light was a complex mechanical gear structure.

These structures are slowly moving, moving something out.

Those are insect eggs.

Countless insect eggs were scattered on the ground in the space. These dark and crystal-clear things were densely packed like a swarm of bees in a hive. Some seemed to be still wriggling, but none of them had hatched.

The blood from the altar flowed down and fell onto some of the insect eggs. The eggs immediately began to stir, and the tops cracked, revealing their tentacles.

These insect eggs that are about to hatch are grabbed by a stone machine and placed on a conveyor belt. It is unknown where they are sent to.

And from somewhere, a conveyor belt continuously transports insect eggs, which are piled up in this room.

"Are you sure you want to go down?"

Lu Ban felt that going down directly was definitely not a good option.

"Look at these insect eggs. They were transported here. If we follow the road, we will definitely find the insect queen."

Iron Fist pointed to a corner, a pit in the direction of the conveyor belt.

"Should we clean up down here first?"

Lu Ban glanced at Xia.