After a long time, Li Qing and his group finally found a hole in a low pile of weeds that they could crawl into.
After several attempts, Dahei still couldn't climb into the narrow opening like the cat. Li Qing had no choice but to give up on the plan and let Dahei wait there. They would try to get out as quickly as possible.
In this way, only Li Qing and Li are left with combat power. Li Qing reiterated that the prepared stone axes should be used as little as possible, as the purpose of this trip is only to collect the blood of the Queen Insect.
After confirming that everything was in order, Li Qing was the first to climb in.
The entrance to the cave was very narrow and long, making the crawling process extremely difficult. Moreover, the temperature inside was very high, causing Li Qing to feel a sense of suffocation as soon as he crawled in, which was very uncomfortable.
With great effort, Li Qing raised the torch and shone it ahead. He finally saw that the road ahead gradually became flat, large enough for people to stand side by side and walk with difficulty. He turned back and reminded them, "We're almost there. Below is the insects' home. It's very dark down there, so be careful. These insects' eyes have probably degenerated long ago. They find their way by sound. We don't know what kind of insects they are yet, so don't be hasty."
The three nodded cautiously and followed behind Li Qing in silence.
Fortunately, even though the two were injured and not very useful, their combat skills were still excellent. After entering the area, they did not throw any tantrums and followed Li Qing's instructions all the way.
Once inside the cave, Li Qing was astonished to find that it was a huge maze. Not only were there many intricate forks in the road ahead, but there were also several exits. Li Qing even saw three or four exits not far away from the path he had come in through. These exits looked no different from each other, but he hadn't noticed them when he was looking carefully.
Just as Li Qing had expected, the environment here was quiet and rather stifling—which was to be expected, since this was the deepest part of the underground!
Li Qing made a gesture, signaling everyone not to wander off. He then carefully walked forward, and at any fork in the road, he knelt down and pressed his ear to the ground.
After a moment, Li Qing shook his head, stood up again, walked in another direction, and knelt down as before.
This action was repeated about three or four times. Finally, Li Qing stood up, pointed to the way he had knelt down, and said, "Let's go, this way."
Li leaned closer to Li Qing and whispered, "What were you doing just now?"
"Listen to the sounds. If you can hear echoes or similar noises, it means there's something ahead," Li Qing said.
His perception is already very strong. Even if he doesn't hear things very accurately, he can still get a general idea of what sounds are.
“I heard some vague sounds in those places just now, and I didn’t know what was ahead, so I chose a safe path to take.” Li Qing chuckled. “Anyway, any path here will definitely lead to where the Queen Insect King is. All roads lead to Rome, but we’ll try to choose the safest one.”
Li sincerely admired, "That's quite impressive. No matter how much a warrior trains, they could never do that. Totem warriors are just different."
Li Qing smiled, took the torch, illuminated the road ahead, and continued walking forward.
Li Qing's judgment was very accurate. The path they chose was indeed very quiet, and relatively speaking, the oxygen reserves were slightly more comfortable than the other paths. This allowed the four of them to relax even though they knew they were in a wormhole.
What's rather strange is that since choosing this path, Li Qing has never seen any other forks in the road, instead leading them down a single, dead-end path—which is quite different from Li Qing's initial idea.
However, since there wasn't much danger along the way, Li Qing thought about it and didn't pay much attention to it.
Completely isolated from the ground, Li Qing couldn't judge how long they had been walking by looking at the sky; he only knew that they were moving forward without any bends in the road.
This made Li Qing feel somewhat uncomfortable.
This went so smoothly.
Just like when I first arrived here.
With these doubts in mind, Li Qing walked on for an unknown amount of time before finally seeing another cave entrance ahead.
The opening was slightly higher than usual, and the torch flames couldn't reach inside. Li Qing could only see that when they reached this spot and stopped, the torch flames began to "self-motivate" to flicker.
This means there's something ahead!
"what to do?"
Li clearly noticed something was wrong and asked.
Li Qing smiled bitterly and said, "What else can we do? There's no way out here. If they fight us to the death, we'll fight them. If they're afraid of fire, then we'll just pretend this never happened."
Lieyan said, "Things might not be that simple."
Just as the flames opened, countless green or milky white insects suddenly scurried out of the pitch-black opening.
Just as Li Qing said, they live underground all year round and are terrified of the torches in the hands of the four people. When they sense the light approaching, they all try to escape from this place through the exit in fear.
The swarms of insects surged outwards in an endless stream, so numerous and densely packed that it was almost dazzling to look at.
Flame was terrified of small insects. Startled, she shrieked and hopped around several times, afraid of coming into contact with them.
"Don't move around," Li Qing's face darkened. He thought to himself that he was really unlucky. He had finally found a relatively quiet road, but this was the result. "What if you attract the big guy out here? The terrain here is narrow and not suitable for fighting."
Atuna asked, "Is it the Queen Insect?"
Hearing this, Li Qing laughed in anger and snorted, "It's not that easy. It would be great if it were the Queen Insect. The Queen Insect wouldn't live in such a dark place."
"What is that?" Li asked.
Li Qing said, "Based on my guess, it should be similar to worker ants."
"Worker ants?"
“Yes, worker ants are generally responsible for taking care of the queen or collecting food... In short, worker ants are responsible for doing all the work. And those larvae that ran out just now must have been just laid by the queen. Larvae like these are not yet able to support themselves, so they are usually handed over to insects like the worker ants I mentioned, which mainly do odd jobs. And these insects are much more loyal to the queen than we are. When they see outsiders like us, they will probably go crazy and kill us.”
"Moreover, these insects must be poisonous."
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