Chapter 1561
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"That was so close!"
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief after leaving the Scarlet Centipede's bug colony. Tu Tong was the first to speak up.
"This is the first time I've heard that a Scarlet Centipede can grow three heads …" Lin Huang was more concerned about the Scarlet Centipede's form.
Although they could not use Divine Telekinesis to probe the outside world, Lin Huang and the rest could still clearly see everything that was happening outside through Lan Ling's Spell Projection.
"The probability of the Abyss's native creatures mutating is much higher than in other places. Some of the undesirable changes that might seem like aberrations in the outside world are actually another way for them to elevate. Just like that three-headed monster earlier. It's very likely that its rank has already reached rank-5.5, far surpassing its kind, "Virtuoso explained calmly from one side.
Lin Huang was not the only one who fell silent upon hearing that. Tu Tong and Lan Ling fell silent as well. Clearly, it was their first time hearing about such a special elevation method.
"But that three-headed Centipede doesn't seem to be the bug colony's leader." Lin Huang continued, "The one that made the low growl and stopped it from attacking us might be the real bug colony's leader."
"But I didn't sense any aura more powerful than that three-headed Centipede's in the Scarlet Centipede's bug colony." Lan Ling shook her head and voiced her doubts.
"That should be a Bug Queen. It might even be the three-headed Centipede's mother," Saber9 explained this time.
The Bug Queen he was referring to was not a female bug, but a female bug that had the ability to breed. A Bug Queen's status in a bug colony was very high. It might even be the entire colony's leader. A Bug Queen becoming the colony's leader had nothing to do with ability. Usually, it was because the number of offspring it bred exceeded a certain ratio in the colony. (A Queen Mother is a special type of Bug Queen. Among Bug Queens, only those with breeding abilities that exceed the limit can be called a Queen Mother.)
"That Bug Queen is very smart. Its rank shouldn't be low either …" Virtuoso said with a smile.
Although they did not say it out loud, Lin Huang and the rest could tell what they were implying.
"Do you mean that we've been discovered?!" Lin Huang asked immediately.
"I've most likely been discovered." Virtuoso nodded calmly.
Lin Huang was a little puzzled. He didn't notice anything unusual.
Tu Tong and Lan Ling did not notice anything unusual either.
Seeing that the three of them looked puzzled, Virtuoso explained calmly, "In the Demonic Bug Maze, bug swarms don't get along with each other. Conflicts were common, and it was even more common for lone Insect Beasts to be eaten by other Insect Beasts. This is also why we were blocked by that three-headed devil centipede. "
"That Three-headed Devil Centipede was actually starving just now, and it had already locked onto our Tank Beetle as its prey. Under normal circumstances, with its starving state just now, the Insect Queen would not interfere with its hunting and eating. That's because hunting a lone Tank Beetle isn't a big deal. "
"However, the Queen Insect acted abnormally and urgently stopped its attack …"
"The only reasonable explanation is that it discovered us hiding in the Tank Beetle's body. It even sharply determined that its bug swarm had no chance of winning once a fight broke out … To prevent the bug swarm from suffering heavy losses, its only choice was to let the Tank Beetle leave and avoid conflict with us. "
After listening to this explanation, Lin Huang and the rest felt that Virtuoso's judgment was probably correct.
"If it's really as you said, I suspect that we've been exposed by now." Lin Huang very quickly realized another problem. "The Queen Insect must have spread the news about us."
Virtuoso and the rest clearly realized this as well. After a moment of silence, Virtuoso turned their heads to look at Lan Ling. "We'll look for another puppet later when we have the chance."
Lan Ling nodded immediately.
Approximately less than three minutes later, Lan Ling found a second puppet — a Boa Worm.
A Boa Worm was a bug monster that looked like a giant python but also a little like an earthworm. Its body length was usually over twenty meters, and it was adept at Earth Elemental Truth.
If not for Lan Ling's curse ability, it would have been very difficult for ordinary Heavenly Gods to capture a Boa Worm. This was because they were extremely adept at Earth Escape Skills.
Seeing that Lan Ling had controlled the Boa Worm to appear, Lin Huang and the rest immediately gave up on the Tank Beetle. After killing it, they entered the Boa Worm's body.
The Boa Worm was adept at Earth Escape Skills. In reality, Lin Huang and the rest were more suitable as mounts.
There were many barriers in the Demonic Bug Maze, and the Boa Worm's Escape Skills could not pass through many places.
However, under Lan Ling's control, the Boa Worm traveled more than ten times faster than the Tank Beetle from before.
Less than five minutes after they left, a small Bug Tribe team hurried over to the Tank Beetle's carcass.
"They must've been hiding on the Tank Beetle's back earlier …" After a round of inspection, a few Bug Tribe members quickly noticed the wounds on the Tank Beetle's back.
"They've already escaped. They must've changed hiding spots."
"The marks here seem to be left by the Boa Worm …"
"Maybe they just happened to pass by."
"Whether they happened to pass by or not, we must monitor all the Boa Worms' movements closely!"
Lin Huang and the rest hid in the Boa Worm's body and traveled.
Very soon, Lan Ling determined that they had been heading in the right general direction.
Lin Huang and the rest could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
This was because if they had gone in the wrong direction, they would have to go back the way they had come. They might even have to try many times before they could determine where the general direction of the exit was.
"The general direction is correct. Next, we just need to find the tunnel that leads to the exit," Virtuoso's tone was casual.
However, Lin Huang did not forget to remind them, "We still have to escape the bug hordes!"
They knew that the news of them entering the Demonic Bug Maze had already spread far and wide.
Almost all the bug hordes in the shallow areas of the entire Maze had been mobilized, searching for them.
If not for the fact that the Demonic Bug Maze affected the Bug Tribe's own detection techniques, Lin Huang and the rest might have been discovered long ago.
"If we really can't hide, we'll fight our way out!" Saber9's tone was sinister. The expression on his face clearly indicated that he was not joking; that was what he really planned to do.
"That's a last resort." Lin Huang disagreed. "It's best to avoid fighting if we can. After all, this is the Demonic Bug's lair. No matter how powerful our individual abilities are, we're not Lords after all. We can't completely suppress the entire Maze, and we'll be exhausted to death sooner or later. "
Saber9 glanced at Lin Huang and said nothing more.
Meanwhile, Lan Ling had not said a word since the beginning. She, who had been controlling the Boa Worm with spells, was currently facing the most pressure out of all of them. She had no extra energy to participate in the discussion at all …
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