The insect eggs shattered upon touching. The unprecedented low temperature turned the jelly-like structures into thin, crisp shells like potato chips. When you stepped on them, you could hear a crunching sound. It felt really good.

Lu Ban couldn't help but step on it a few more times.

“…Let’s go.”

Wumian urged.

The worms in the eggs also turned into frozen noodles, no longer having any vitality.

Lu Ban picked up a bug popsicle and licked it.

The popsicle melted slightly, and the insect was freed from the ice. It hung down limply at first, but soon it twitched and squirmed, trying to drill into Lu Ban's skin.

“Still alive.”

He hastily threw it to the ground and stepped on it several times.

"It doesn't taste anything special, maybe it needs to be cooked."

Lu Tan came to a conclusion.

“…”

Looking at what Lu Ban did, Wumian didn't know what to say for a moment.

The passage was filled with a foul smell, and there were many withered debris, which might be the corpses of insects. Several people walked on the road, and the space around them became smaller and smaller. Suddenly, the conveyor belt stopped moving.

"careful."

Iron Fist gave a warning, and the crystals on his arm quickly spread, covering his wrists, ready to attack at any time.

They saw that at the end of the conveyor belt, the eggs seemed to be transported from a room.

Tie Quan raised his hand and with just one punch, he shattered the surrounding walls, revealing an even more secluded house in front of them.

“There’s…something wrong here!”

Huiyin was the first to realize that something was wrong. He heard a buzzing sound in his ears. It was not until something came in front of him that Huiyin remembered that it was the sound of an insect flapping its wings.

Buzz buzz buzz——

A sharp bone spur pierced directly through his chest, and almost without any delay, more bone spurs flew out from the hole. The young man's flesh and blood was like paper in front of those spikes. The part that was hit was not only injured, but also turned into blood foam and splattered.

It was difficult to escape the flash of light. He only had time for his eyes to flash, lighting up the room for a moment, and then there was no light anymore.

A sharp spike pierced between his crystal-like eyes, tearing his head open.

Blood splattered on Lu Ban's face, and his eyes caught the scene inside the house that was illuminated by the flash for a moment.

It was a more spacious space, in which countless dark insects were stirring. They had sharp black thorns on their bodies, which seemed to be able to be ejected as weapons in some way.

These bugs occupied almost half of the space, but this was not the most noteworthy thing.

The most eye-catching thing is the huge creature located among these insects.

The huge monster, which looked like a wasp and a spider, was firmly bound in a huge mechanical structure. Its eight legs were tied with chains and its body was nailed with steel nails. The cage made of rock and steel trapped it on the ground. Under the monster was a huge, white, constantly wriggling egg sac. The end of the egg sac was constantly producing insect eggs, which fell onto the conveyor belt and were transported to other places.

And more insect eggs have hatched, forming this vast sea of ​​insects.

Lu Ban saw that there was an irregular hole right above the space. There seemed to be light inside. Countless insects were flying in and out of the hole and climbing on the ceiling.

At the same time, Lu Ban's [True Vision] also saw that under the huge queen insect, there was a coffin-like creature, which was crawling on it, as if guarding something.

"Faceless."

Tie Quan shouted, and then the crystals on Wumian's face exploded. He roared as if he had used up all his strength in his life.

Frost extended from under his feet, completely freezing the insects at the entrance of the cave.

The water vapor in their bodies instantly froze into ice crystals, which swelled and burst due to the expansion of the ice, like flowers blooming all over the earth.

This freezing cold wave solidified everything. Half of the space and the insects in it were frozen. Even the traces of frost spread to the Queen Insect.

Only, it failed to move forward.

But for Iron Fist, this has bought enough time.

His right hand was completely crystallized, like a knight in jeweled armor, and he swung his arm, which was several times thicker than before, and smashed it towards the ground covered with ice crystals.

Boom——

An explosion occurred.

Lu Ban finally knew where the explosion he heard at the beginning came from.

The crystal arm of the Iron Fist exploded the moment it hit the ground, and its sturdy body broke into pieces, turning into sharp fragments that flew everywhere. These fragments cut through the insects like a hot blade cutting through solidified butter. Many insects didn't even notice all this and continued to move forward, but their legs and feet moved, but their bodies didn't have time to keep up, and they separated in the air.

Iron Fist's hand was revealed at this time, and was quickly covered with crystals, ready for another shot.

Compared to the primitive melee method of Giant Arm, Iron Fist's ability is obviously more outstanding. Moreover, Lu Ban saw that he did not possess any magical powers, but simply used skills to explode the crystals produced on his arms in a special way.

In this world, there are also users of abilities of different levels.

Just as Iron Fist was about to think of a way to launch another attack, the swarm suddenly became quiet.

The surviving insects retreated as if they were afraid of something, and scattered, making way for a path.

"What's going on?"

Lu Ban didn’t quite understand.

He saw a human figure standing among the countless squirming eggs that were about to hatch and the hideous black insects.

It was the remains of the saint in white clothes and black hair.

In this filthy and dirty world, its clothes are whiter than snow, and its slender bare feet step on the corpses of those blasphemous and crazy insects, but it is not stained with a single speck of dirt.

Its dark eyes looked over here without saying a word, as if waiting for them to come in.

"I think, is it asking us to come in?"

Lu Ban looked at the exhausted Wumian and his iron fist that was ready to explode the crystal in his hand at any time.

"Did you see the remains of the saint?"

Iron Fist asked, he looked at the swarm of insects blankly, but he could see nothing.

"Well, it's standing right in the middle of the swarm."

Lu Ban nodded.

"Could it be a trap?"

Xia seemed to be rolling a ball in her hands, holding an invisible object in the void.

“You can try.”

Lu Ban felt that if the remains of the saint wanted to harm him, they would have done it long ago. There was no need to wait until now.

Since it appears here, it must be looking for something with me.

He gripped the crowbar tightly, and with his other hand he materialized [Last Words], ready to launch a verbal attack at the other party at any time.

When Lu Ban came to the opposite side of the saint's remains, he suddenly discovered something.

The eyes of the saint's remains are inexplicably similar to the eyes of the worm queen.

The next moment, the Queen of Insects slowly moved her body and moved her huge abdomen full of insect eggs over.

Lu Ban looked at the Queen of Insects and the remains of the saint.

Then he looked at the abdomen again.

"???"

Could it be... that this is a courtship?