Chapter 110 - 110 Devour
110 Devour
After getting Ou Jianjun’s approval, Ning Shi went all the way without any obstacles. After passing through the third row of city walls and the dense fortifications, he saw the boundary of the insect world.
No longer hesitating, Ning Shi leaped and entered the insect world in a flash.
After entering the insect world, he turned into a war insect in mid-air.
Because he did not understand the situation in the insect world, Ning Shi chose to fly in the opposite direction to the world boundary.
After flying for a while, Ning Shi found that the energy response in the insect world was obviously more active, and the natural environment was better than that of the World of Moen.
Looking down from the sky, there were trees hundreds of meters tall, endless mountain ranges, and wide and turbulent rivers.
Ning Shi rose to an altitude of ten thousand meters and flew rapidly in the air.
What shocked him was that after flying for 12 hours and covering a distance of more than 12000 kilometers, he still could not see the end at all.
There were either dense forests or fertile plains along the way.
Ning Shi refused to believe it and continued to fly in one direction for another 12 hours.
Still, he didn’t see the end of the continent, nor did he see the ocean.
With Ning Shi’s speed, he could fly from the east of Yunmeng Kingdom to the westernmost side of the Kingdom of Mier in a full day.
“It seems that the insect world is far larger than Saturn. Along the way, the resources in the insect world are also obviously better than those on Saturn. The insect swarm probably didn’t attack Saturn for resources,” Ning Shi pondered in his heart and decided not to fly randomly anymore.
He landed in a forest and encountered a group of insects he had never seen before.
Each of these insects was about the size of a coin. They looked like cockroaches, but their bodies were colorful.
The mottled sunlight passed through the forest and shone on their bodies, making them look very beautiful.
Ning Shi had studied Hao Meng’s research before and knew some insect language. In addition, after transforming into a war insect, he could receive special waves from the insects, so he could basically understand the insect language.
The group of insects was discussing animatedly.
“War insect? Why would there be war insects in the Mottled Forest? Could it be that they were defeated and migrated here to snatch our territory?”
“I don’t know. Let’s not provoke him. The war insects are not afraid of poison. Our poison won’t work on him.”
“Let’s go and tell the insect commander the news!”
This group of insects had originally been crawling in the forest full of fallen leaves. When they saw Ning Shi, who was now a war insect, they immediately flew and prepared to return to report the news.
Ning Shi’s wings shook, and his figure flashed, knocking down one of the insects.
When the other insects saw this, they didn’t care about the unlucky insect that was hit and immediately flew away.
“I’m lost. Tell me the location of the war insect tribe.”
Faced with Ning Shi’s interrogation, the seven-colored insect didn’t resist at all. It said frankly, “Your tribe is in the east. Fly 2000 kilometers to the east and enter the Black Crystal Forest. There is a tribe of war insects living there.”
After getting the answer, Ning Shi pushed his head forward, and the long spike on his head pierced through the seven-colored insect.
The game system didn’t react to the death of the seven-colored insect, and he didn’t absorb any energy.
Ning Shi sighed in his heart. It seemed that his dream of killing insects to gain experience points and level up was temporarily shattered.
He didn’t want any trouble, so he didn’t stay any longer. The four pairs of wings on his back flapped and he soared into the sky.
After flying east for two hours, he finally saw a red and black forest.
The mountain was made of black rocks while the trees on the mountain had red leaves. The mixture of red and black was quite eye-catching.
Ning Shi landed in the Black Crystal Forest and soon saw hundreds of war insects that looked exactly like him.
They seemed to be patrolling. The leading war insect was larger, 4 cm in size, which was twice the size of Ning Shi’s current body.
After seeing Ning Shi, it flew over and roared angrily, “Soldier, why are you moving about alone? Hurry up and return to the team!”
Ning Shi had prepared a bellyful of excuses, but they were of no use. His appearance as a war insect was the best pass, and there was no need for an explanation at all.
The captain would not listen to his explanation either.
In the war insect tribe, the soldiers were just cannon fodder and consumables. No one would care about them.
Ning Shi silently joined the patrol team and patrolled with the captain.
The Black Crystal Forest was extremely vast, and their small team was responsible for patrolling the area within a 200-mile radius.
The patrol lasted for eight hours, then all the insects flew into a black cave.
In the middle of the cave was a large pool. At the bottom of the pool was a large black diamond-shaped stone.
“Let’s eat!”
With the captain’s order, the hundreds of insects in the team flew to the edge of the pool and stuck their spikes into the water.
Ning Shi mimicked their actions. When his sharp spike entered the pool, a warm rush of energy flowed along the spike into his body.
Ning Shi felt a sense of satisfaction as if he had just eaten a bowl of fragrant white rice when he was hungry.
He wanted to continue, but he heard the captain give an order.
“Time’s up, return to the nest!”
Clearly, there was a time limit to eating.
Ning Shi followed the captain’s order and flew to a small pit with the other insects.
In the pit were many small holes. Ning Shi saw other insects drill into the small holes, so he did the same.
Ning Shi was here this time to understand the specific situation of the insect world, figure out the overall strength of the insect swarm, and it would be best if he could learn the purpose of the insect world invading Saturn.
He was off to a good start now that he had successfully sneaked into the war insects.
For the next three days, Ning Shi acted like an ordinary insect, patrolling, eating, and resting.
He gradually learned more about the war insects.
The war insects that lived in the Black Crystal Forest had a very strict hierarchy. The lowest level was the soldiers, followed by the captain, and then the lieutenants and generals, ending with the insect commander who held the highest power.
Ning Shi was just a small soldier. In three days, he had not even seen a lieutenant, let alone a general or the insect commander.
The war insects were very special. Their lives were only filled with patrolling and fighting, having nothing to do with production.
The war insect tribe that Ning Shi had joined was currently fighting against an azure insect tribe.
The azure insects looked like caterpillars. They were weak and slow, but they were good at spiritual attacks.
Creating illusions, mind storms, and mind control were all abilities of the azure insect. These abilities were the bane of the war insects, so the latter was currently in a bad situation. They had already lost a third of the Black Crystal Forest.
It seemed like they had only lost one-third of their territory, but in fact, the situation was already precarious and they were in a desperate situation.
The reproduction and feeding of the war insects relied on a resource called the black crystals.
Ning Shi had witnessed how hundreds of war insects had lifted a black crystal and thrown it into a black pool.
A few minutes later, thousands of war insects flew out of the pool.
The food Ning Shi ate on the first day was the water of the pool where black crystals were soaked.
The Black Crystal Forest was rich in black crystal resources. Now that one-third of the area was gone, it meant that the war insects had one-third fewer resources while the azure insects had one-third more resources.
In this situation, it could be said that defeat was inevitable.
Someone smart would not stand under a dangerous wall. Ning Shi was prepared to find an opportunity to leave during the patrol today and find another war insect tribe.
He didn’t expect to be attacked by a group of azure insects when he was patrolling with the team today.
Hundreds of navy blue azure insects hid under the leaves and released a collective mind storm at the patrol team.
The war insects in the team instantly fell to the ground and lost their lives without a sound.
Only two insects survived in the entire team. One was the leader. It was big and strong and had a high resistance to spiritual attacks.
The other was Ning Shi. He looked like an insect, but his Spiritual Power was actually as high as 30 points. In addition to the resistance of the tyrant body, the spiritual attacks of the azure insect soldiers were but tickles to him.
Being immune to mental attacks, the fragile azure insects were like sheep waiting to be slaughtered by Ning Shi.
Just as he was about to make his move, he realized that the captain was doing something strange.
It landed on the ground and pierced a war insect’s corpse with its sharp spike. The corpse quickly dried up and turned into dust while the captain’s body expanded.
This scene reminded Ning Shi of the formation process of the war insect armor.
The war insect armor was formed by the automatic gathering of the war insects’ corpses.
“Is the war insect’s talent to devour each other and strengthen themselves?”
Ning Shi was still guessing when the captain devoured another war insect corpse and its body grew a little bigger again, reaching about 5 cm.
Unfortunately, the azure insects would not just stand by and watch the captain move about. They activated the spirit whip, and the spiritual power of hundreds of insects gathered to attack the captain.
The captain fell without any resistance.
Seeing this, Ning Shi no longer hid. After resisting a few waves of spiritual attacks from the azure insects, he killed all of them.
Then, with anticipation, he pierced his spike into a war insect’s corpse.
[It has been detected that the host is devouring the corpse of a war insect, simulating the relevant skill…]
[A new skill has been generated. Devour, Tier 1: You can devour the corpses of war insect soldiers to strengthen your war insect body. Note: This skill can only be used when you have transformed into a war insect.]