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Chu Yunsheng thought about it for a second. It didn't matter which way they went, because he didn't know where they were going.
They came down too fast. If they went with those humans, they might be able to get familiar with the underground situation. But it was too late now, they could only rely on themselves.
"The one in the middle!" Chu Yunsheng quickly sent a message to his "companions".
Dumb Insect and Little Red immediately led the way. Old Purple was the most powerful one, so it stayed at the back. Chu Yunsheng was in the middle.
Withdrawing the Earth Fire energy that was flowing around his body, the seven bugs that lived in the darkness crawled quietly in the darkness out of habit.
Their unique bright red eyes helped them a lot. Otherwise, if they didn't light up the fire torches, they would inevitably hit the wall.
The crack was getting narrower and narrower, and the more they walked, the more damp it became. Without any reference, Chu Yunsheng guessed that they were going deeper and deeper.
They were also going further and further away from the ground.
The seven insects didn't say anything, they just kept crawling. They trusted Chu Yunsheng more and more. This kind of trust was very strange. After Chu Yunsheng saved Qing Zai, this kind of trust became even stronger.
Water!
More and more water appeared under their feet, and the ground in the crack had almost become a muddy swamp.
If they went any further, they might all be underwater.
But they had already walked too far, so Chu Yunsheng didn't think it was worthwhile to turn back and change to another path. Insects didn't need to breathe anyway, it was just that their fire energy was suppressed in the water.
As long as they didn't encounter anything scary, they should be fine.
Moreover, the other paths might still be the same.
"Continue!" Chu Yunsheng didn't believe that humans could get out of this "underground maze". How could these seven insects, who were many times stronger than them, not be able to get out!?
After crawling for a while, Dumb Insect, who was in the front, sent back a message, "… no … way …"
'Dead end?'
Chu Yunsheng was dazed for a second, then he hurriedly jumped down from Old Jin's back and squeezed behind Dumb Insect. Sure enough, the gap became smaller and smaller. Even a red-shelled insect would have a hard time crawling in.
'Did we really go the wrong way?' Chu Yunsheng was very anxious. It would be a waste of time to go back, and it might be dangerous.
Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the other side of the crack. Chu Yunsheng was startled and immediately sent out a message, "There is something! Everyone, prepare for battle!
At the same time, he quickly pulled Dumb Insect and Little Red back to Lao Jin's side. The green-shelled insect and the worm couldn't fight yet. Although Little Green's wings were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, in this godforsaken place, they didn't need the ability to fly.
There was a hint of nervousness in Chu Yunsheng's heart. This nervousness was different from the anxiety he felt before he broke out of the encirclement. It was more like the fear he felt when he encountered the red-shelled insect for the first time.
The rustling sound was getting closer and closer. Chu Yunsheng forgot that he was already a strong insect. He was an insect that people should be afraid of, but he shouldn't be afraid of others!
"Retreat!"
Chu Yunsheng's order made the other six insects feel humiliated. When had they ever been afraid?
Although they trusted Chu Yunsheng, after all, their leader was still Old Purple. Just when they were hesitating, a flexible body suddenly appeared from behind a small gap.
Rats!
Chu Yunsheng was speechless. He even felt a little ashamed that he was scared by a few mice.
Chu Yunsheng's companions, who were "humiliated", were instantly angered. Since when did rats dare to provoke them?
Without waiting for Chu Yunsheng to react, Little Red, who basically had no brains, immediately dashed out, and with the speed of an insect, it swiftly and swiftly pinched the three mice in half.
In fact, these were three big rats that Chu Yunsheng had never seen before. Each of them was two or three times bigger than the ones in the age of light. To him, they were monsters, but in the eyes of insects, no matter how big they were, they were just rats!
The death of the three mice immediately scared away the other mice that were following them. Perhaps they were also wondering why there were suddenly seven uninvited guests in this place.
Chu Yunsheng thought to himself. Since there were rats coming from the other side, it meant that the gap was still open. He used the pliers to test the soil around him. It was very wet, but not hard.
Dig!
Dig!
Chu Yunsheng made a new decision. He asked Lao Jin to lead the way, but he didn't allow it to use fire elemental energy. He didn't know if there were any "digging insects" following them.
This order was passed very smoothly. Insects were not creatures that bullied the weak and feared the strong. Without a "Min", they were basically killing machines. They were not afraid of anyone.
Lao Jin quickly used the pliers on the side of its oval head to dig the soil. Suddenly, the soil was flying everywhere, and the seven insects were like mudskippers …
Dig! Dig! Dig again!
The more rats they met, the more confident Chu Yunsheng became.
As long as they could get through this part, maybe it would open up again.
As for the rats, he became like his companions, he was not worried at all. After all, how could insects be afraid of rats?
However, in fact, it was soon proven that he was wrong. His companions were also wrong. Because they had forgotten a very important factor – the number!
When Lao Jin dug the last narrow gap, the tunnel suddenly opened up. But Chu Yunsheng didn't have time to be happy, because the seven insects had broken into a huge rat nest.
Looking at the rats that were as dense as the stars in the sky, Chu Yunsheng realized that they were no longer the insects they used to be. Without the support of the same number of insects, they were just seven lonely insects.
Chu Yunsheng didn't know whether the rats in the age of light could gather in groups or not, but he had to believe the facts in front of him. In this era, even people would change, not to mention the rats that had a strong adaptability.
Looking at the countless human skeletons, animal skeletons, and even insect skeletons in the rat pile, one could tell that they were not easy to deal with. They would eat anything and everything!
Chu Yunsheng wanted to retreat, but it was too late. The rats were squeaking crazily and rushing towards them like a mountain of maggots. Many of them were the green-glowing rats he met in the small town outside Jin Ling city.
Chu Yunsheng didn't dare to test whether the rats had the ability to bite them to death. In this era, anything was possible. Even a severed head could fly, what else was impossible?
At this moment, he didn't have time to hide his fire elemental energy anymore. Chu Yunsheng immediately asked Lao Jin to spit out a blazing fireball to destroy the first wave of rats.
Then he immediately asked Lao Purple to rush forward. This guy's body could emit fire. Not to mention the rats, even the weaker human Skywalkers would be severely injured if they encountered it.
Lao Purple and Lao Jin's bodies were huge, so it took them a lot of effort to change their positions in the cave. Taking this opportunity, the rats once again rushed forward.
Lao Purple's body was covered in purple flames, it was like a demon from hell. It didn't even need to attack, all the rats that got close to it were burned into ashes.
However, the rats that were born to dig holes did not live up to their reputation.
Just when Chu Yunsheng used Lao Purple's huge body to block the cave and began to command the seven insects to retreat.
One after another, the rats crawled out from the moist mud on the wall and rushed towards them from all directions.
Ordinary rats were still fine, they couldn't bite through Chu Yunsheng's shells. But those green-glowing rats all shot out ice arrows at the same time, causing a lot of trouble.
Ice elemental energy could suppress fire elemental energy. Although the rats' ice elemental energy was very weak, there were so many of them, and they were in such a narrow cave.
Every time the fire elemental energy broke the ice, it would be frozen again and again. Chu Yunsheng's retreat was very slow.
The space around them was filled with rats, Chu Yunsheng felt like he had fallen into a sea of rats.
The first one to succumb was the worm. Its defensive ability was the weakest. Soon, it was bitten by the rats.
Chu Yunsheng was very anxious. Although the worm looked disgusting, it was the most important existence in this group of seven insects. Without it, they would starve to death sooner or later.
He immediately pressed the worm under his body and opened all of its shells to protect it. At the same time, he kept spitting out mucus.
If he was still in his human form, with the armor and Qian Bi sword, no matter how many rats there were, they wouldn't be able to stop him.
However, he was an insect now, so he had to face reality.
Chu Yunsheng's head was a little dizzy. He felt that his initial strategy seemed to be wrong. He shouldn't have moved Lao Purple to the back. As a result, the rats dug into the ground and cut off their escape route.
Lao Purple was powerful, but it couldn't take care of its tail, and it couldn't take care of its tail.
But he couldn't move Lao Purple to the back again. Not to mention that the gap was narrow, once Lao Purple left its current position, the rats in the cave would rush over like a flood. Compared to the number of rats, the number of rats that came from the ground was just a drop in the bucket.
Therefore, from this point of view, he felt that his initial strategy seemed to be correct.
Being in a dilemma always made people feel very conflicted, whether it was when he was a human or an insect.
He needed to come up with a new plan. If he continued to resist like this, soon there would be casualties in the group of seven insects.
They couldn't dig into the ground, but the rats also knew how to dig into the ground.
They could only move forward! Move forward!
If they used Lao Purple to open the way, they might be able to survive.
Chu Yunsheng gritted his teeth and sent a message to Lao Purple, "Lao Purple, use the flame shockwave to kill them!"
He didn't dare to let Lao Purple use the purple flame monster's strongest attack. That kind of shockwave was enough to collapse the entire gap or even the rat's nest.
Although the insects were strong, they were not invincible. If the ground sank, with such a deep and thick layer of soil, even a god would be crushed into meat paste, let alone an insect.
But they couldn't care less about that now. If this continued, maybe Lao Purple and Lao Jin would be able to get out of here alive, but he, Dumb Insect, Little Red, Little Green, and Brother Worm would definitely be buried here.
Chu Yunsheng was never a person who was willing to sacrifice himself to complete some bullsh * t mission, not to mention the insect's mission had nothing to do with him.
He just wanted to survive.
Lao Purple didn't have such a complicated thought. At the moment of the fierce battle, the little bit of intelligence in its brain was actually not enough.
Under Chu Yunsheng's command, it didn't even have time to "think". It quickly accepted Chu Yunsheng's command. In its mind, it always believed that Chu Yunsheng would never harm its own people.
The first shockwave came out from Lao Purple's body, and a huge amount of fire energy burst out. Wherever the shockwave went, it turned everything into ashes. Not even a piece of flesh was left behind.
"Go!"
Chu Yunsheng screamed loudly and urged Lao Jin to crawl behind Lao Purple.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
They quickly moved forward.
The rats following them were crawling all over the bodies of the insects behind them. Old Jin's fireballs were burning wave after wave. The situation was getting dangerous.
"Boom!"
Lao Purple used another flame shockwave to destroy the rat's nest.
The rats' eyes were probably also red, and just when they were about to go crazy, they suddenly heard a subtle buzzing sound on the top of the rat's nest.
A crack spread across the mud like a twisting lightning.
In an instant, the mice and the insects were stunned. Their animal instincts alerted them to the danger of being wiped out!
"Crack!"
It seemed like something broke!
"Puff … Boom!"
"I …" Chu Yunsheng didn't even have the time to curse. He suddenly felt a heavy weight on his body, as if he was being pressed down by a thousand pounds.
'This is the end!'
Chu Yunsheng felt a chill in his heart.
'An incompetent general will exhaust the whole army.' This was probably the portrayal of himself.
Chu Yunsheng regretted why he chose the middle crack. Why did he choose the middle crack when it was obviously not going to work?
However, there was no medicine for regret in this world. There was only a slim chance of survival.
Just when he felt the weight on his body, he suddenly felt the bottom part of his body became lighter.
Then the seven insects and countless rats, mixed with a lot of mud, fell down like a freefall.
On the surface of a huge underground lake, which had been quiet for many years, a big hole suddenly appeared on the top of the mud. It was like the sky was split open by a bucket …
It fell straight into the lake.
"Plop! Plop! Plop! " …
The sound of water falling into the water caused countless splashes of water to spread across the surface of the lake, which had been quiet since ancient times but was filled with dangerous mist.
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