After a while, Lu Yuan asked Xiwen to dim the lights a little.
Xiwen did as instructed, and the lights dimmed, becoming less glaring.
Then, Lu Yuan saw something dark wriggling.
So he quickly said to Xiwen, "Slow down, slow down, just let the robot move forward a little bit more."
Xiwen nodded, then controlled the remote-controlled car to continue moving forward, slowly illuminating the road.
Such a slow and gradual increase in brightness can cause living beings to lose their instinct for fear.
Finally, after the insects inside had adjusted, the lights gradually came on.
Lu Yuan and the others then realized that there was a giant caterpillar, about two meters long, lying in the cave.
The caterpillar's rear end was constantly expelling eggs, one after another, as if it were defecating.
Meanwhile, insects kept crawling around its mouth and being fed into it, so it ate in the front and defecated in the back.
"Damn, that's disgusting. What's the point of these bugs? They eat in the front and then excrete in the back. What's the use?"
After pondering for a long time while pinching her chin, Chen Yan slapped her forehead and shouted loudly.
"I understand. It eats those low-level insects as its own nourishment, and the new generation of eggs it produces are definitely more powerful than the previous ones."
Lu Yuan was slightly taken aback: "Wow, this works? Then can we get an egg that's about to hatch?"
"I'll give it a try."
A look of excitement appeared on Xiwen's face.
The car was already equipped with a portable clip when it was modified.
Clips can secure a vehicle and prevent it from being moved.
This time it came in handy; he used the small clips in front to carefully examine each egg in the vicinity.
Finally, we found an egg that was already somewhat translucent, and the shape of the insect inside was clearly visible.
The cart immediately closed the clamp, holding the insect eggs in its arms, and then slowly drove towards the cave entrance.
They were worried that the car would make too much noise and be discovered by the mother insect.
Fortunately, there was no movement, and the mother insect didn't move either, as if she didn't care at all about the palm-sized car.
After the car finally drove out of the cave, it sped straight ahead and finally left the cave.
The group quickly drove the car back upstairs.
The group placed the egg on the table. Chen Yan, who had already put on gloves and a protective mask, placed the egg in a glass box.
Inside the glass box was a glove, which allowed her to dissect the insects without touching the eggs.
Moreover, the glass box is a very good structure. This structure allows the insect to live as if it were in the outside world without causing it any reaction. In the event of an explosion or other incident during dissection, the glass box can prevent the venom from spreading.
So the testing process officially began, and step by step, the insect's file was finally completed.
Lu Yuan glanced at the insect's file and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that even after evolving, this insect is only slightly stronger than before. They discarded some of their sharp teeth, which were replaced by a small wing. This wing cannot support their own weight and can only glide briefly!"
As Lu Yuan spoke, he glanced at the final result, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
"It seems the danger we're facing now isn't too great. In that case, let's charge the car and see how big this cave really is. We absolutely must find the last queen insect. That two-meter-long insect we just saw definitely wasn't the queen!"
Everyone nodded in agreement; such a large number of insects could not possibly have been produced by a single two-meter-long insect.
There will definitely be a behemoth factory continuously laying eggs underneath.
But nobody knows where it is right now, so they plan to just stay here and see if they can find it.
After the car was fully charged, it set off again. This time, in order to increase the car's range, Xiwen added a battery pack.
Although this makes the car move slightly slower than before, its increased range makes it much more powerful.
Soon, the car returned to the cave and continued along the road.
He passed through the mother insect that was constantly laying eggs and continued walking towards the cave.
The car kept moving forward, and Xiwen kept a close eye on the car's battery level.
The battery was still relatively strong. Although the first battery had been used up, they had already traveled nearly two hundred meters. The cave was long and winding, and they didn't know how deep it was.
However, once they discover the deepest point and find the central mother insect, their chance will come: kill the mother insect, protect their home, and continue to live.
So the school bus continued to drive ahead, the road was still rugged, and they encountered several dangers along the way, almost being crushed under those huge insects.
Fortunately, the small vehicle moved at a relatively high speed, moving back and forth over the insect eggs. Lu Yuan felt that he had already adapted to this place densely covered with tiny white dots.
However, at that moment, a shout suddenly came from downstairs.
"Oh no! There are bugs ahead!"
Lu Yuan immediately picked up his binoculars and looked in the distance.
Sure enough, a rustling sound came from a building in the distance, followed by a very familiar voice.
Isn't that the sound of a black beetle?
He immediately shouted to the crowd, "Run! To our destination number one!"
Without any hesitation, everyone grabbed their belongings and sprinted towards Base One.
Lu Yuan categorized all the buildings in this place into numbers one through three hundred.
There are a total of 300 buildings, which is equivalent to 300 hiding places.
As long as Lu Yuan says which number it is, they will know where it is.
Number One was a relatively safe location that they had designated.
After packing their things, everyone ran as fast as they could.
Behind them, the beetles were searching everywhere inside the building. As soon as they could squeeze in, a large number of insects would swarm in.
Then these insects will find food everywhere inside; these insects are so hungry that their ability to consume and absorb food is too strong.
This is to enhance the reproductive capacity of the mother insect, while the insects that are already on the verge of death will voluntarily run into the cave to become food for the mother insect.
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