“Xixi, I’m here! I’ll never abandon you!”
He Yueyue rushed back with her eyes closed, grabbing a vine and swinging it wildly without a second thought.
Xu Qian couldn’t help but roll her eyes at her and said calmly, “Alright, it’s all dealt with. Let’s go inside and take a look.”
“Huh?”
He Yueyue’s eyes snapped open. She saw that all the bugs were gone, leaving only a pile of corpses on the ground.
She gave a double thumbs-up.
“Xixi, you’re amazing!”
He Yueyue’s affection for her increased by three points. She truly admired Xu Qian. Xixi was a girl too, yet she wasn’t afraid of bugs…
The two of them walked inside slowly, an indescribable stench constantly lingering around their nostrils. Even Xu Qian felt a bit nauseated.
Suddenly, a green light appeared ahead. The two of them slowed their pace and approached cautiously.
As the green light shone on their faces, He Yueyue turned and vomited.
“Ugh—”
Xu Qian narrowed her eyes slightly, her arms crossed. The entire cave was crawling with small, greenish caterpillars and translucent green insect eggs. The eggs writhed as if about to hatch. In the center was a pool with several unrotted corpses and many small, white bone fragments. It was clear that it was frequently fed.
“Xixi, what do we do now?”
Xu Qian calmly put on gloves and tugged at some insect eggs on the wall, squeezing them. The eggs burst open like eggs. The newly hatched larvae wriggled madly in her palm. Xu Qian crushed them with a casual pinch. She paused for a moment before saying, “If we explode them, I’m worried the eggs will fly everywhere. But we’re not fire ability users, so dealing with these eggs is indeed troublesome.”
He Yueyue scratched her head. As a wood ability user, she was even less able to help.
“He Yueyue, you kill all the mutated worms that hatch. I’ll burn the eggs.”
“Yes.”
She would go crazy if she had to grab insect eggs with her bare hands like Xu Qian.
Xu Qian’s mind moved, and a piece of paper and a lighter appeared in her hand. She lit the paper with a “click” and slowly placed it on the insect eggs. The eggs instantly exploded upon contact with the fire, and the liquid splattered onto Xu Qian’s illuminated vest, sliding off. Her clothes remained spotless.
Soon, He Yueyue called out, “Xixi, done!”
“Mm.”
Xu Qian’s mind moved, and two cans of gasoline appeared in her hand. She handed them to He Yueyue and instructed, “These insect eggs are afraid of fire. Pour them directly onto the eggs and burn them.”
The two of them worked together to douse the insect eggs in the entire cave with gasoline.
With a “snap,” the lighter’s flame illuminated their faces.
“As soon as I let go of the lighter, we run.”
He Yueyue nodded heavily. Xu Qian glanced at her, clearly not trusting her one bit.
“If you don’t run fast enough, when the eggs explode, that liquid will splash onto you… sticky and gross.”
He Yueyue got goosebumps all over and wished she could run right now.
“Xixi, I’ll run first then…”
As soon as she finished speaking, the lighter fell into the insect eggs in an arc.
“Ahhh!”
The two of them turned and ran, using all their strength.
With a “whoosh,” it ignited.
“Crackle, crackle—”
He Yueyue screamed as she ran, terrified that those things would stick to her. After running out of the cave, the two of them slowly stopped. He Yueyue gasped for breath, her hands on her knees.
“Xi… Xixi, how come you’re not even out of breath?”
Xu Qian raised an eyebrow. She was a zombie, of course she wouldn’t be out of breath.
“Let’s go. Before they discover us, let’s blow up their Yu’s base.”
“Alright!”