Chapter 94: What Exactly Did We Miss?!
In the Live Stream Room, the scene was stark white.
Those who didn’t know might have thought it was snowing on the Floating Continent.
But upon closer inspection, one could see that the white was alive, wriggling, and twisting.
This wasn’t snowflakes at all.
This was simply a swarm of bugs!
“Damn! What the hell am I running into every day? My trypophobia is about to act up!”
“Protein! Excellent protein! Protein everywhere!”
“Each one is as fat as a maggot… They actually look a little cute?”
“Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about the word ‘cute’?”
“At this rate, there must be at least a hundred thousand of them, right?”
“Perhaps more! Judging by their size and the coverage of this entire mountain, it’s at least a million.”
“Qi God, can we take a detour? Just looking at these bugs makes me shudder, and the thought of them crawling all over me…”
“Sakura Matou is ecstatic!”
…
Standing in front of the wilderness, looking at the almost endless bugs, Qi Xuan couldn’t help but frown slightly, then slightly organized his thoughts, and introduced to the camera:
“Everyone should be able to see these white bugs. They are called Eight-Bladed Bugs. They have four Body Segments and eight legs, all of which are blade-like limbs shaped like sickles. They have a needle-shaped Mouth in front, which contains toxins.
Under normal circumstances, Eight-Bladed Bugs exist in the form of Colonies. Each Colony has a few hundred to a few thousand. If you only encounter a Colony, with my current strength, it’s easy to get rid of them, and it’s even possible to kill them all.
But the number in front of me, covering the mountains and plains, is no longer just a matter of Colonies.
If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the breeding season of the Eight-Bladed Bugs now. All the surrounding Colonies have gathered and migrated here. Everyone is having a group orgy, and they will retreat after mating.”
Qi Xuan pushed the camera closer, and you could see many bugs twisting and pressing on each other.
Some were pressing on one.
Some were pressing on several.
And some didn’t have bugs to press, so they had to press on stones.
“According to our previous investigation and analysis on the road, some thorn-like things were scattered near the foot bones, which most likely pointed to this side, but now the Eight-Bladed Bugs are blocking the way, and it’s definitely not easy to get through.
This is not only because of the cumulative damage caused by the large number of Eight-Bladed Bugs attacking, but also because the Eight-Bladed Bugs have unique Race talents. Once the number of individuals gathers to a certain limit, they can condense and splice together, mimicking various large Ferocious beasts. Their strength is extremely powerful, they cannot be killed, and they cannot be eliminated. Once entangled, it is difficult to survive.
But if you choose to take a detour, there are high ridges on both sides, and you don’t know how much time it will take to get over them, and it’s also not ruled out that there are even more powerful Ferocious beasts living in the mountains.
It just so happens that the morning’s Live Stream is about to end. Let me think of a way first, and strive to successfully pass this level in the afternoon.”
Qi Xuan closed the Live Stream Room thoughtfully.
Seeing the Light screen suddenly disappear, the netizens were about to discuss it online.
In the blink of an eye, the Light screen lit up again.
“What’s going on?”
“Qi God thought of a way so quickly?”
“Did he forget to say something?”
…
Everyone was puzzled, and soon noticed something was wrong.
Because although there were also a large number of Eight-Bladed Bugs in the video, the scale was obviously much smaller, at most tens of thousands to a hundred thousand.
Then, a fully armed team appeared in everyone’s field of vision.
Seeing their uniforms and markings, someone quickly recognized them:
“It’s France! It’s France’s Exploration team!”
“I saw the emblem of the Naval Commando!”
“Not only that, but also the 13th Dragoon Regiment.”
“And a small part of GIGN, it looks like a mixed Civil Service Position.”
“A mixed Civil Service Position is reliable. Not every Special forces is good at island warfare. There are Jungles, mountains, and maybe other terrains. A mixed Civil Service Position can better adapt to various complex terrain combat.”
“Don’t mention these things. The opponents on the island are not ordinary humans. No matter what your Civil Service Position is, those Ferocious beasts are the same to kill.”
“It’s really correct and impossible to complain.”
“It seems that France’s opponent is these Eight-Bladed Bugs? Can’t go around them?”
“It’s hard to go around, you know. Both sides are steep Rock Body that are prone to collapse. The only safe passage downwards is this one. Unless you don’t take this road and explore other places, it’s possible to avoid the Eight-Bladed Bugs.”
“No, they’re deliberately going this way! They seem to be eyeing the flower in the bug swarm!”
“Flower? Damn, there really is a flower. Such a small white flower, how could they see it?”
“Don’t you think that flower is very mysterious? The surface of the petals actually emits light, and it’s surrounded by so many Eight-Bladed Bugs, and a small area is specially left open to prevent it from being damaged. This is obviously not an ordinary flower. Maybe it’s like the Silver Steel Grass that Qi God took before, a rare Precious Medicine in the world!”
“Indeed, that flower does not seem to be an ordinary item. No wonder it would be targeted by France’s Exploration team. Besides trying to find out the environment on the island, their biggest goal is to pick various Precious Medicine of great value.”
“But the Eight-Bladed Bugs are very dangerous, and even Qi God is very afraid of them. Can they pick them?”
“It’s hard to say. After all, the scale of the bug swarm here is much smaller than Qi God’s side, maybe not even a tenth of it. With their personnel and equipment, they should be able to handle it, right?”
“I’m not worried about them being able to eliminate the bugs. I’m afraid that in the process of eliminating them, the Precious Flower will also be destroyed, and that will be a complete waste of effort.”
…
Obviously, the Exploration Team had also considered this issue.
They didn’t immediately attack the bug swarm with full firepower. After a brief discussion, they decided to send a ten-person team to cautiously go in and pick it, while the others provided support and cover in the rear.
Under the close attention of many netizens, the Reconnaissance Team held Firearms and a Flamethrower, cautiously approaching.
One step.
Two steps.
Everyone was getting closer and closer to the bug swarm.
It was obvious that they were very nervous.
When they got close, the bug swarm was busy breeding and didn’t bother with them.
When the ten people broke into the bug swarm and got closer and closer to the Precious Flower, because the bugs at the scene were too dense, a few of them were accidentally stepped on, and a sharp chirping sound burst out.
Hearing this sound, the bug swarm, which had been restless, suddenly stagnated, as if the entire world had suddenly been pressed with a pause button.
Immediately after the next second, the bug swarm exploded.
Countless Eight-Bladed Bugs crawled frantically along their legs and feet.
The ten people at the scene instantly collapsed, and they kept firing at their feet, or pressed the Flamethrower.
The bullets hardly played any role in stopping hundreds of bugs. Instead, the sprayed Flame Stream burned a large area of the bug swarm, but then the dense bugs filled the area that had just been burned, and they swarmed towards them one after another.
The Exploration Team on the periphery also fired continuously, or even fired Grenade Launcher, bombing the places where the bug swarm gathered the most.
But before they could blow up all the bugs, a series of shrill screams suddenly burst out from inside, and in the blink of an eye, the ten Elite members were left with only the Skeletons of their flesh and blood.
“Kill them!”
“Kill this group of damn bugs for me!!”
Amidst the frantic roars, the firelight suddenly became extremely dense, and the explosions continued to ring out.
Faced with the sudden outbreak of the Exploration team’s powerful offensive, the Eight-Bladed Bugs did not retreat at all, and they quickly swept towards them like a Flood.
The bug swarm had only crawled halfway, and there were still more than twenty meters away, they quickly gathered together, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into several huge white bears, suddenly jumped on the spot, jumped over twenty meters, and fiercely pounced into the Exploration team.
During this period, three giant bears were also shot and exploded by shells in mid-air, turning into countless bug rain and falling down, but those bugs that landed immediately turned into giant wolves and pounced on them.
The team members who fired were knocked down on the spot, and the self-propelled Grenade Launcher was crushed by a foot.
The Exploration Team were bitten, slapped to death, and thrown away, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of them were killed or injured.
“Retreat!”
“Retreat!!”
“I surrender!”
Amidst the urgent calls, the remaining team members fled in all directions.
The Ferocious beasts transformed from the bug swarm followed and chased after them.
Screams were heard from time to time in the forest.
Until later, it fell into complete silence.
The Light screen was then closed.
Countless netizens stared blankly at this scene.
Until Qi Xuan opened the Live Stream in the afternoon, the emotions that had fermented for a whole noon suddenly erupted like a volcano:
“France is too miserable. Such an Elite team was wiped out in the blink of an eye!”
“In a normal trench warfare, they could at least hold on for a few days. Those bugs are simply unreasonable!”
“To be honest, I can accept being bitten to death by bugs, but what the hell is it that those bugs gather together and suddenly transform? Who could have thought of being slapped to death by a bug?!”
“Qi God said before that they could turn into Ferocious beasts, and I thought he was joking. I didn’t expect that they could really transform. I just want to ask, does this conform to science?”
“As early as when the Floating Continent appeared, Newton’s coffin board was crushed.”
“In the end, no one could harvest that Precious Flower, and I don’t know what it does.”
“I hope Qi God can pick the Precious Flower after finding it, and explain it to everyone.”
“The power of those damn bugs is so terrifying, and you still want Qi God to pick the flower? Are you trying to send Qi God to his death?!”
“Others can’t do it, but Qi God may not be able to.”
“I agree with this view, but the premise is that the bug swarm is of the same scale. The bug swarm that Qi God is facing, the scale is more than ten times that of France? Even if you open a combined battalion, you may not be able to successfully break through.”
“At this level of bug swarm, once you really get trapped, you don’t even want to escape.”
“Qi God, let’s take a detour, can we not go this way?”
“Yes, even if we take a few more mountain roads, it’s better than competing with the Eight-Bladed Bugs.”
“Please, I don’t want the tragedy to happen again.”
…
A group of netizens persuaded in the Live Stream Room.
But Qi Xuan still went his own way – there was no way, he couldn’t see it.
He didn’t even know that someone had helped him measure the combat power of the Eight-Bladed Bugs.
Facing the camera, Qi Xuan said calmly:
“After thinking about it for a whole noon, I found that although these Eight-Bladed Bugs are difficult to deal with, it’s not that troublesome if you just want to pass through them.”
“As for the specific method, it’s also very simple, just let them make way for you.”
The netizens, after hearing this, immediately typed a full screen of question marks.
If the Eight-Bladed Bugs were so sensible and knew how to make way for people, could France’s Exploration team have died so quickly?
Qi Xuan didn’t talk nonsense either. He directly brought out a huge Meat Chunk, found the right position, and threw it towards the bug swarm from afar.
Amidst the rumbling sound, hundreds of Eight-Bladed Bugs were directly smashed to death by the huge Meat Chunk that fell from the sky.
But because the distance was too far, the other Eight-Bladed Bugs around didn’t find Qi Xuan, but instead focused on the huge Meat Chunk that was close at hand.
Countless sickle-shaped limbs quickly cut towards the Meat Chunk, and there were even more dense gnawing sounds below.
Before long, the huge Meat Chunk disappeared quickly under the dense feeding of many Eight-Bladed Bugs.
Seeing that the scene had returned to calm, the netizens were all at a loss.
Qi Xuan, however, said calmly:
“Let the bullets fly for a while.”
About twenty seconds later.
The Eight-Bladed Bugs, which had been calm before, suddenly began to stir.
Many Eight-Bladed Bugs that were mating, as if they had sensed a problem, actually began to bite their own kind.
And this kind of biting spread like a contagious disease, and spread quickly.
In the blink of an eye, countless bugs were in chaos, biting and gnawing at each other.
Even the bugs on the periphery rushed frantically towards the inside, and soon they actually squeezed out a white Meat Mountain made of bug swarms, and the scale of the Meat Mountain was still growing.
“It’s almost time to go.”
Qi Xuan narrowed his eyes, feeling very satisfied with the terrifying power of the Monster-Attracting Fungus.
He had actually made two other sets of plans. In order to prevent these Eight-Bladed Bugs from devouring their own kind, it seems that they are not needed now.
Qi Xuan silently dissolved a Conceal Breath Talisman in his palm, and the Aura on his body dropped to almost nothing.
He quickly rushed forward with light and agile steps, and soon he slipped into a sparse bug swarm.
As he flashed, he was like the top dancer in the world, and his feet could always accurately step on the open space, avoiding falling on the Eight-Bladed Bugs. In just over ten seconds, he had actually walked through a third of the way.
Seeing that he could rush out in at most half a minute, Qi Xuan’s footsteps suddenly stopped.
His gaze fell on a white flower in the deepest part of the bug swarm.
“Cold Moon Ephemeral?!”
Qi Xuan’s face showed an expression of unimaginable surprise.
Without any hesitation, he turned around and rushed towards the Cold Moon Ephemeral, and at the same time, he didn’t forget to quickly introduce to the camera:
“This is the Cold Moon Ephemeral, a very precious Spiritual Flower.
It can only appear in the mating area of the Eight-Bladed Bugs, but the flowering period is extremely short, no more than half a day at most.
I never expected to encounter this thing in the bug swarm, because the chance is really too low.
As for the efficacy of the Cold Moon Ephemeral, the worst quality can remove all diseases and restore body functions.
For example, AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, one dose will cure the disease.
As for the higher quality, the efficacy is even more powerful, and it can even inspire Spiritual Intelligence and turn an idiot into a Genius.”
The netizens were almost dumbfounded when they heard this:
“What kind of peerless Precious Medicine is this?!”
“How can there be such a thing in the world?!”
“Mom, Mom! Grandpa is saved!!”
“If I could take this flower before the college entrance examination （choke）…”
“Reward ten million! Urgent need for Cold Moon Ephemeral!!”
“Ten million, you’re buying chicken feathers! I’ll pay a hundred million!”
“You want to get this kind of Precious Flower for a hundred million? What a joke! I’ll pay ten billion!”
“Don’t use money, this disgusting thing, to measure the value of the Cold Moon Ephemeral! If it is sent to the Academy of Sciences for cultivation and its mechanism of action is studied clearly, it will be a treasure that can make the entire human civilization make great progress!”
…
The Live Stream Room was flooded with Barrage, and the netizens were noisy.
United Nations Temporary Management Committee.
The France representative stared blankly at the white flower in the Live Stream Room, and murmured:
“…Cold Moon Ephemeral, my Cold Moon Ephemeral!”
“What did we miss?!”
Seeing the France representative trembling all over and full of grief and indignation, the Britain representative and the Germany representative nearby smiled and stepped forward to comfort:
“Don’t worry, everyone doesn’t have it.”
“The Cold Moon Ephemeral’s flowering period is less than half a day, and no one will be able to pick it in the future.”
“Even if we send the Exploration team to the island now, it’s completely too late.”
…
Hearing these comforts, the France representative was even more sad.
Qi Xuan didn’t know anything about the outside world.
He was light and agile, trying to avoid the bug swarm, and rushed towards the Cold Moon Ephemeral.
The Cold Moon Ephemeral has different Grades. The more the bug swarm gathers, the higher the Grade of the Cold Moon Ephemeral that is born.
The effects he mentioned before are all that the lowest-grade Cold Moon Ephemeral will have.
The Cold Moon Ephemeral born on the scale of millions like this one in front of him is already quite high in Grade.
After taking it, it can even allow him to obtain the Characteristic that only Foundation Establishment Cultivator may have!
This is the reason why he risked picking it.
Otherwise, how could the mere effect of curing diseases allow him to put himself in danger?
Qi Xuan had been as careful as possible, but the closer he got to the Cold Moon Ephemeral, the more the surrounding bug swarm gathered, and the higher the density.
In the end, he couldn’t pick the Cold Moon Ephemeral without avoiding all the Eight-Bladed Bugs.
Seeing that there was no way forward, Qi Xuan no longer hesitated, and immediately activated the Swift Travel Talisman, and his speed instantly increased, and he rushed straight towards the terrifying bug swarm.
He slammed into the bug swarm, crushing countless along the way, and picked the Cold Moon Ephemeral, which was guarded by countless Eight-Bladed Bugs.
As soon as he got the Cold Moon Ephemeral, he immediately rushed out quickly.
And after realizing that the Cold Moon Ephemeral had been picked, the surrounding bug swarm instantly exploded.
Countless Eight-Bladed Bugs suddenly turned into giant beasts, almost blocking all of Qi Xuan’s retreat.
Further away, other bug swarms continued to transform into Ferocious beasts.
Seeing the towering white beast swarm, the netizens in the Live Stream Room were all shocked to the extreme:
“What a joke? How can there be so many Ferocious beasts?!”
“How the hell is he going to escape?!”
“Reckless! Qi God is really too reckless!”
“The Cold Moon Ephemeral is good, but the Eight-Bladed Bugs are even harder to deal with!”
“Quickly throw away the flower, run away!”
“It’s too late, I don’t even want to watch!”
“No! Qi God, don’t have an accident!”
…
Facing the hundreds of white giant beasts in front of him, Qi Xuan took a deep breath, clenched his right fist, and the Disintegration Talisman in his palm instantly burned out.
In the next second, as the many Ferocious beasts pounced, he bravely met them.
“Gale Palm!”
Three consecutive palms, as fast as lightning.
The giant beasts that were hit by the palm, hardly struggled, and instantly fell apart and collapsed.
With the position of the palm as the center, a thousand Eight-Bladed Bugs burst on the spot, and most of the remaining ones were injured.
In the meantime, Qi Xuan hardly paused.
Using the acceleration of the Swift Travel Talisman, he rushed forward at a rapid pace, and the Gale Palm was used continuously, and all the giant beasts that tried to stop him along the way all collapsed and fell apart.
Seeing Qi Xuan go straight in and bravely break through the scene of countless Ferocious beasts, the netizens were all stunned:
“Exhilarating! It’s really exhilarating!”
“I finally understand what it means to fight happily!”
“I didn’t expect that Qi God was already so powerful, he’s simply a humanoid tank!”
“This is a complete crushing! What bug swarm Ferocious beasts? Can you take my palm?!”
“Qi God, start a class! Please, hurry up and start a class. As long as you agree to teach Martial Arts, my three sisters are willing to do anything!”
…
Inside the United Nations temporary camp.
Seeing Qi Xuan single-handedly break through the Ferocious beast bug swarm, the representatives of various countries were also shocked to the extreme.
Before this, whether it was the Lighthouse, Germany, or France… many countries had conducted very detailed investigations into Qi Xuan’s strength.
Based on the level of strength he showed in the Live Stream Room, they conducted a large number of experimental simulations and data evaluations.
Including sending the Exploration team to the island this time, many countries used the standard of exceeding Qi Xuan’s combat power as the lowest standard for going to the island.
If the personnel quality is not enough, then use weapons to add.
It’s just that what they didn’t expect was that many Ferocious beasts on the island were too out of specification, either with amazing defense, or without giving the team members time to react, and some even had special skills.
As a result, the Exploration teams of various countries suffered serious losses.
Now seeing Qi Xuan instantly kill the Ferocious beast bug swarm, many representatives were all awakened from their dreams.
It’s not that the Exploration team was too weak, but that Qi Xuan’s strength was too powerful, and they didn’t understand it before!
Then, how could the Exploration team established with Qi Xuan’s previous strength as the standard be able to deal with those Ferocious beasts?
It was a big mistake from the very beginning!!
Thinking about this, many representatives looked at Qi Xuan with resentment.
You said you were so strong at the beginning, do we have to send so many people to the island to die?
Do you have to be so frustrating?!
Qi Xuan naturally didn’t know the resentment of the representatives of various countries. At this moment, his nerves were already tense to the extreme.
The Disintegration Talisman is indeed easy to use, but as mentioned at the beginning, there is a time limit for its use, and the consumption of Spiritual Energy is extremely terrifying.
Seeing that the Spiritual Energy in his body was about to be drained, his mind suddenly moved.
In the next second, the Spiritual Energy pumped from the Yuan Core instantly filled his limbs and bones.
With the combat endurance catching up, his offensive became even more violent.
Finally, when he exhausted the Spiritual Energy in his body again, the Disintegration Talisman time ended.
Looking at the few remaining white Ferocious beasts in front of him, Qi Xuan, who was deeply tired, took a deep breath:
“Yuan Core!”
The strong Spiritual Energy suddenly erupted, and Qi Xuan, who once again improved his endurance, quickly killed the few Ferocious beasts that rushed towards him, and without saying a word, he ran towards the distance.
