Chapter 70 Ant Nest (1)
Lei Yangzhou didn't look at him, but asked him directly: "Do you have a child named Wu You here?"
"Wu You, yes, yes, did this brat get into trouble? Please come and find him in person, Wu You, come here quickly, what did you do? Is it because of the trouble you got into at the training center last time?"
Wu You ignored him, jumped off the chair and ran towards Qin Muxue and Ding Manman. Manman held him in her arms and touched his head affectionately. She was still a little scared after seeing the terrifying electric shock chair, but fortunately she arrived in time, "Wu You, are you okay?"
"Luckily you arrived in time." Just now when Teacher Yang was about to turn on the switch, he almost used the blasting skill.
"We'll take you away right now."
"Hey, Commander Lei, although you have great power here, the school is managed by Commander Wu. Without his order, I cannot make these decisions privately." Teacher Yang was polite on the surface, but he was unwilling to give in at all. "The shelter also has its own rules. Commander Lei, please forgive me."
"I will get Commander Wu's consent. Please hand him over to me for now."
"I have no right to release him without his consent."
Lei Yuanzhou was furious. He didn't want to waste time on talking. With just a glance, the water cup in Teacher Yang's hand instantly shattered, piercing his hand with blood. "I said, I want to take him away. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you here."
Teacher Yang felt a piercing pain, as if the glass shards had pierced his flesh. "Captain Lei, I'm sorry, I can't agree to this. If I make this decision without authorization, Commander Wu will kill me."
"Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" The oppressive feeling in Lei Yangzhou's eyes almost made the other party breathless.
Teacher Yang was very conflicted. If he violated Commander Wu's rules, he would die. However, facing Lei Yangzhou's aggressive pressure, he could not resist.
A man's voice came from behind the two of them. It turned out that Old Yang had secretly sent someone to invite Chief Wu to come. At this time, Chief Wu was walking with a cane. He was a middle-aged man in his forties, and he was also a handsome middle-aged man. After seeing Lei Yangzhou, he smiled and said, "Chief Lei, I heard that you want to take the children here?"
Lei Yangzhou replied calmly: "Yes, Commander Wu wouldn't even give me this face, would he?"
He still kept smiling. "How could that be? It's just that this shelter has set so many rules from the beginning. If the rules can be violated at will, then what is the point of having rules? Besides, the academy is used to train new psychics. Commander Lei, I hope you won't meddle in other people's business."
Qin Muxue saw the legendary Commander Wu. To be able to become the commander here, his supernatural powers must be very powerful. She had indeed heard of this Commander Wu in her previous life, but this was the first time she saw his true appearance. It was rumored that he had very powerful hallucinogenic powers that made him invincible and could kill enemies without bloodshed.
In this shelter, there is really no way to relax for a moment. There seems to be smoke of war between these two people, and their relationship must be complicated.
At this time, Chief Wu glanced at Qin Muxue beside him and asked his subordinate, "Is this the new girl?"
"Yes, sir, she was to be sent to you to-morrow."
Qin Muxue's heart sank when she heard this conversation, but she was still fearless. "If that's the case, then Commander Wu, why don't you do me a favor? That child is my brother. If Commander Wu can let my brother go, I will go with you willingly."
Commander Wu carefully looked at the woman in front of him. She was in her twenties, as beautiful as a flower, with fair skin and beautiful appearance. It was not easy for her to maintain such a beauty under the natural disaster, which made him distracted.
"So that's how it is. Could it be that Commander Lei is also willing to risk his life for the woman he loves?" He looked at Lei Yangzhou suspiciously.
Lei Yangzhou shook his head. Qin Muxue was originally going to be sent to Chief Wu. Now she was provoking him herself. It was no wonder he did that. "If you want to take her away, just take her away! I have no objection."
Ding Manman was the only one who was anxious. She approached Qin Muxue and asked, "Xiaoxue, do you really want to go to that Officer Wu?"
Qin Muxue replied in a low voice, "How is that possible? I just want to clean up this place."
Before the conversation between the few people was over, the entire shelter began to shake violently. Under the violent vibration, all the tables and chairs in the room shook. Lei Yangzhou's face sank, "Oh no, that thing is about to wake up."
"That thing?" Qin Muxue was still a little confused. They all showed expressions of fear on their faces. Even Lei Yangzhou, who was always calm, showed a trace of panic on his face.
"We have made a lot of efforts to prevent that thing from appearing and to find the insect eggs, but we didn't expect..." At this time, everyone's minds were not on these children, and everyone had a different expression.
Lei Yangzhou didn't care about Qin Muxue at this time. He just pulled Ding Manman's hand and said, "Come with me to the bottom floor quickly. It's too dangerous here."
Even though he had the memory of his previous life, with the butterfly effect, everything was different from the previous life. Qin Muxue could only ask, "What happened? What is that insect egg in your mouth?"
As the shelter shook more and more violently, Qin Muxue held Wu You's hand, and Wu You held the little boy. The children screamed in panic.
Following behind Lei Yangzhou, after safely sending them to the room on the ground floor, Lei Yangzhou advised them, "Don't come out casually." Then he left in a hurry.
Only the exclusive elevator password can control that elevator. Qin Muxue had secretly memorized the password that Lei Yangzhou pressed in a panic just now. She certainly would not sit here and wait for death. Besides, there were Qu Yanbai and Shi Yan and the others. She could not abandon them both.
When Grandma Wu saw Wu You, she hugged him and said, "I was so worried. Was there an earthquake here? Otherwise, why would there be such a loud noise?"
Qin Muxue shook her head. No one knew what the situation was now. For now, all they knew was that this was still a safe place.
"Manman, take a look at the little boy's wound first. It's safer here. You guys stay here for now."
"Xiaoxue, are you going to look for Qu Yanbai and the others?"
Qin Muxue maintained a calm smile and said, "Yes, I'll leave these people in the care of you and Wu You." After saying that, she quickly left.
Manman knew that if she went out now, she would only be a hindrance. She only had healing ability and no other attacking ability. Besides, there were elderly people and children here, so she could only squat down and check the children's wounds first.
I opened the boy's collar and looked at the bruises on his body. He looked seriously injured. "Where does it hurt?"
The little boy touched his ribs with difficulty, "Yes, yes, this place."
Manman immediately placed her hand on his ribs. As her mental power deepened, she could feel that the little boy's ribs were broken. It was really not easy for him to endure such pain at such a young age.
The broken ribs caused internal injuries, which caused him to vomit blood. Under normal circumstances, he would need surgery, but with Manman here, his ribs could be easily healed with just mental power. Half an hour later, the little boy was lying in Wu You's arms and gradually fell asleep.
Qin Muxue observed the surrounding environment. She remembered that the monitoring room was on this floor, so she sneaked into the monitoring room. Now there was no one there, and only the monitor was broadcasting the situation outside.
The survivors rushed to the door of the shelter, "The bugs are coming, open the door and let us in!"
Someone was yelling, "We're all going to die, we're all going to die."
Qin Muxue looked at another screen. A huge mutant ant bit a fleeing human to death. The survivors ran around wildly, but they could not outrun the fast-moving ants. The scene was so bloody that it was beyond description.
Moreover, these ants not only bite people, but their bodies are about one meter long and have wings. They are not afraid of the cold. Dense swarms of ants fly from all directions, and more and more people are killed.
Qin Muxue hid under the table immediately after hearing a voice behind her. The people who came were Lei Yangzhou and Chief Wu. "There are so many people outside. We can let them in for now. Otherwise, they will all be bitten to death by the mutant ants."
"What do those people outside have to do with us, Lei Yangzhou? When did you become so soft-hearted?" Commander Wu took out a cigar. When he saw the mutant ants swarming from a distance and began to attack the shelter, the fine cigar lost its taste.
"With so many people outside, it will definitely attract more ants. I am either trying to save them or to save us."
Commander Wu was no longer calm. "We still have so many people with special abilities. It will be no problem for us to deal with these mutant ants."
As more and more ants appeared, the surveillance was destroyed. Commander Wu had no choice but to say, "I will send my men out immediately. You monitor the situation underground. If there is anything unusual, contact me by radio immediately."
After Commander Wu left, Lei Yuanzhou said calmly, "Don't hide, I know you are down there."
Qin Muxue could only pat the dust off her body and asked, "What was that vibration just now? And why are there so many ants here?"
Lei Yangzhou glanced at her and said, "So what if you know about this? Do you have a way to get rid of them?"
"It's not a bad idea."
"You really overestimate your own abilities. Someone like you can't even protect yourself outside, yet you still want to get rid of the ant colony."
"That's right. Even people as powerful as you can't defeat an ant colony, let alone me?" She replied.
"You..." He was obviously mocking them.
"It's the queen ant. We must find the queen ant's location and kill her before these ants can attack. The vibration just now was caused by the queen ant."
Qin Muxue immediately thought of the so-called work here. Most people had to dig tunnels, saying that it was for the purpose of building a laboratory. "Those who were sent to dig tunnels were just to find the location of the queen ant? Building a laboratory is just an excuse."
Qin Muxue didn't have time to chat with them at this moment. She had to find Qu Yanbai and Shi Yan first to confirm their safety.
Seeing Qin Muxue about to leave, Lei Yangzhou reminded her, "You'd better stay here. We have the best security measures here. If you go somewhere else and encounter danger, I won't care..."
But before he could finish his words, Qin Muxue's figure had disappeared.
When she found the location where they dug the tunnel, Qu Yanbai was still wondering, "How did you find this place?"
Shi Yan immediately came up and said, "I was just about to look for you. Are you not hurt?"
Qin Muxue shook her head. "I'm fine. Did you notice anything unusual?"
"We just dug a hole and a huge mutant ant jumped out of it. It was the biggest I've ever seen. I was scared to death. Fortunately, Shi Yan and I acted quickly and took care of it." Qu Yanbai was holding a shovel in his hand, still scared of what had just happened.
Knowing that they found the exit had been sealed, it was too late for Shi Yan to stop it.
Qu Yanbai cursed, "Fuck, what's going on? There was an earthquake just now, and then there were mutant ants, and now they're locking us up in this place again."
At this time, Shi Yan began to observe the tunnel, "There are very powerful mutant creatures here."
"Could it be that you really dug up the ant queen's nest?"
"The queen ant's nest..."
Suddenly, the ground shook and the place began to shake again. A roar suddenly came from deep in the cave.
"What, what is this..."
Shi Yan explained: "This is a mid-level mutated queen ant."
If the intermediate one is not as easy to solve as the low-level one, Shi Yan was about to walk forward, but Qin Muxue grabbed his hand and said, "Shi Yan, it's very dangerous."
"We must kill the queen ant before we can leave here. The queen ant controls all the worker ants. Her power supports those worker ants to attack humans and look for food in order to breed the next generation of young ants."
Even Qin Muxue, who had lived a second life, was not so clear about all this. She didn't know how Shi Yan knew it, but the current situation did not allow them to think too much, because several mutated ants had already attacked from the front.
Qu Yanbai sighed, "What a trouble." Fortunately, with the improvement of his own mental strength and the presence of some plants around him, his wood-based ability was quickly activated, hindering the steps of those ant queens.
Shi Yan rushed out from behind again and dismembered the ants in a few moves.
Before Qin Muxue even had time to take action, they had already dealt with all the ants.
"I didn't even have the chance to make a move, but you guys are quite fast." Qin Muxue looked at the corpse of the worker ant. The ant, magnified several times, now looked really scary, with sharp teeth, dark red body, and long antennae. It gave people goose bumps when they saw it.
Qin Muxue had already taken out the crossbow and put it on his back, ready to launch an attack at any time.
Since this is the queen ant's nest, there must be more than just these worker ants. There must be more powerful ones, so we can't take it lightly.
Shi Yan dug out the crystal cores from the brains of those ants. Although they were not big and were transparent, they were better than nothing.
Now Qin Muxue has accumulated several crystal cores. Shi Yan gave her two of the three he dug out, and threw the remaining one to Qu Yanbai, "If you kill him, you will also have a share."
"You are very fair."
Qin Muxue felt a little ashamed, "I don't think I did anything!"
Shi Yan said unconcernedly: "I am the main force, he is just a supporting one, I should take two pieces, as for how I deal with these two pieces, it is my business."
"Okay, okay, I won't fight with you for it. There should be a lot of ants down there, so there won't be a shortage of crystal cores."
The deeper they went, the colder the tunnel became, until they left the man-made passage and came to an ant's nest. The worker ants here had all been sent out to look for food, leaving only soldier ants. Soldier ants have well-developed upper jaws that can crush hard food, and are stronger than worker ants. If you are touched by their teeth, a deep cut will immediately appear on your body, which is very scary.
While Qin Muxue was shooting crossbow arrows, he was observing the situation in other caves. The ant nest was interconnected and a mutant ant might suddenly appear from nowhere.
Qu Yanbai and Shi Yan cooperated very well, one controlled the soldier ants, and the other used his supernatural power to kill the soldier ants. At this moment, Qin Muxue discovered that it was not that she could not see Shi Yan's speed clearly, but that his movements seemed to transcend the concept of time. He should be able to teleport a short distance and avoid attacks from the enemy.
Moreover, his hands could not only turn into short blades, but also long blades. The soldier ants had their heads chopped off and their crystal cores dug out before they could touch him. Qu Yanbai continued fighting while absorbing their mental power.
Qin Muxue was shooting from a distance. With her current ability, she could control the water, but unfortunately this was a cave and there was no water at all.
As they went deeper and deeper, they soon arrived at the center of the Nest Xue and harvested a lot of crystal cores along the way.
Seeing that Shi Yan didn't take any crystal cores and gave them all to herself, Qin Muxue asked: "Shi Yan, don't you need crystal cores? And do you have enough mental strength?"
Because of Qin Muxue's care, Shi Yan did not feel tired, and his mental power was inexhaustible. Unlike low-level psychics like them, after upgrading, psychics would have endless mental power and their abilities would also be upgraded.
"Don't worry, I'll keep the crystal core with you for now."
Qin Muxue forced him to absorb the power of a crystal core, and only then did she feel relieved. After all, Shi Yan was the main force, and she must not let him fall.
It is eerie and scary here. In a cave, there is food for the queen ant and corpses of various animals. The most are human corpses. Because the temperature is relatively low, these corpses have not yet rotted. The mountains of corpses are terrifying at first sight.
Qin Muxue covered her mouth and nose. In the end times, humans will not only face natural disasters and internal strife among their own kind, but also these supernatural creatures that will use humans as their main source of food.
As the stench became stronger, Qin Muxue and the others finally saw the legendary queen ant. This was also the first time that Qu Yanbai and Qin Muxue saw such a huge queen ant.
She was as big as a dozen adults, and her fat belly was full of worm eggs. She couldn't even move, and could only twist her fat body slightly. A strong stench emanated from her body. Even though they were determined, they couldn't help but want to vomit.
Qu Yanbai made a retching motion, "Fortunately, I haven't eaten anything greasy recently, otherwise I would have vomited. Ugh."
"With such a big queen ant, where should we start?"
Just as Shi Yan was about to kill the queen ant, several strange ants swarmed out from caves in all directions. They looked neither like humans nor ants. They seemed to be a combination of ants and humans, with the upper body looking like humans and the lower body like ants.
Qin Muxue looked at them in surprise, "Are they humans or ants?"
"The combination of humans and ants should be the ants produced by this queen ant."
The queen ant's body was very long. Qin Muxue looked forward and discovered that this queen ant actually had a human head. Although her body could not move, her head could rotate and she was looking at them carefully.
"This is a really good male. If it is used for breeding, it should produce more powerful ants?" She spoke in a sharp female voice.
Qin Muxue swallowed and said, "Why does she have a human head and speak human language?" A creature like this should not be just a low-level evolved creature.
The male ants with human heads and ant bodies around were very interested in Qin Muxue. They just wanted to find a female. Shi Yan protected Qin Muxue behind him and killed these male ants without hesitation. This time his speed was faster than before, and his methods were more brutal.
The queen ant watched her children die tragically under the knife and let out a sharp scream that almost ruptured their eardrums.
"How dare you, how dare you, kill my child? I want you to pay with your lives!" Then he shook it desperately, and the whole nest began to shake.
"If we don't get rid of her, we will be buried here and unable to get out."
The queen ant's body is huge, and her body is stuck in the cave, unable to move much.
Qin Muxue took out a crossbow and aimed it at the queen ant's head. As long as he could hit the head... "Swish", the crossbow arrow flew out, but it only hit one of the queen ant's eyes.
She screamed and twisted her body madly. As the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, Qin Muxue took out the long sword from space and cooperated with Shi Yan to chop off the queen ant's head.
Although her head had fallen off, her body was still twisting and she was even laying eggs. It was not until a long time later when they saw that her body stopped moving that they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"At least, we are not in danger of death now."
Shi Yan took out the crystal core from the queen ant's brain, which was a pink crystal core the size of a palm.
Qin Muxue's eyes lit up. "It's pink. This is a mid-level mutant queen ant. It's not easy to evolve to this level. If it weren't for the fact that she ate so many people and was so huge that it was difficult to move, I'm afraid we wouldn't be her match."
"Don't worry, I'm here."
Qin Muxue thought he meant that with several teammates around, it would not be a problem to deal with these mutant creatures. However, Shi Yan meant that with him around, it would be impossible for any mutation to hurt her. At the same time, he also discovered that Qin Muxue had become much stronger than before, and she was also growing slowly.
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