novelraw Chapter 350 - 5: Flying Insects Swarm Out_3
Chapter 350 - 5: Flying Insects Swarm Out_3
No one could answer his question, but once again, Lei Yu found himself in a state of bewilderment.
"Everything has a motive. The other party’s attitude was clearly good when we cooperated. So why add something to the water for me to drink?"
"Also, what was in the water that drove the insects so crazy?"
He touched his throat, as if he could still taste that cool and slightly icy flavor.
...
Just as Chu River was about to respond, a mass of black clouds suddenly attacked from outside the window, slamming against the glass with a bang!
The force was so great that even the specially made glass shuddered, and the entire building could feel the intense aggression.
"It’s indeed different..."
Li Chang’an felt a chill run down his spine—the insects had never been this frenzied before.
He turned to Lei Yu:
"Lei Yu, superpower user of Red Star 24 Base, are you willing to accept commands?"
Lei Yu instantly understood.
He stood at attention and saluted Li Chang’an—
"Lei Yu will comply with any arrangements."
Li Chang’an’s voice was firm: "Then, I command you to leave the base immediately—if it’s truly the substance you drank that’s attracting the insects, then you need to draw them away as much as possible."
"If the insects successfully follow your diversion, I will select an appropriate location and deploy a decisive plan to completely annihilate them."
"But your safety, I cannot guarantee."
"Did you hear that? Can you do it?"
Without a second thought, Lei Yu said, "I guarantee to complete the mission!"
With those words, he dashed downstairs and quickly ran toward the base’s exterior.
...
However, it was futile.
The Spiritual Spring had entered his body and silently dissolved. Even if Lei Yu were dissected, aside from the extraordinary cell activity, no abnormalities would be found.
Now he was running in vain, but after just a block, his voice came through the headset, slightly breathless yet filled with despair.
"The insects are here."
"Chang An, I can’t do it. They’re not attracted to me at all."
At that moment, in the monitored street area, blood was dripping from his arm as he attempted to attract the insects with this method.
But in another monitored zone, the insects, although scattered like headless flies, paid no attention to him or his blood, even as they began gnawing on concrete walls.
Li Chang’an closed his eyes.
"The whole city against the enemy—"
...
The insects were more frenzied than ever before.
Although they didn’t actively attack people, in the past, they spent more effort searching for something to bite into. Building materials were never very appealing to them and rarely got destroyed.
But now, their silhouettes covered heavy brick walls, cement, and concrete.
"Crack, crack..."
"Crack, crack..."
It was like a never-ending cursed melody.
They couldn’t find a target, and although the soldiers wielded weapons, resource consumption wasn’t enough to eliminate many insects.
After their mutation, they could no longer be regarded as ordinary life forms. In just a dozen minutes, Assistant Xiao Zhai pointed to the lime used to block the vent of the air conditioning duct—
"It’s broken."
The next instant, a swarm of insects flew inside, their bodies resilient as they charged through like a black sandstorm!
Lei Yu, who had just patched himself up, instinctively encircled Chu River, Xiao Zhai, and Li Chang’an with his electric defense. In the crackling sound of electricity, insects continuously fell to the ground under this defense. Before long, the ground was covered in a layer of black carcasses.
"This passive defense isn’t a solution..."
Li Chang’an looked at Chu River, who instinctively shielded him, then at Xiao Zhai, whose face was pale with fright, and made a decision.
"Lei Yu, go find Song You and place all the food she can provide at Fairy Pond—"
Fairy Pond was a pond not far outside Red Star 24 Base. The locals had named it for its resemblance to a fairy due to the falling waterfall.
Of course, now there wasn’t a hint of water to be seen.
But its natural depression made it an ideal spot to lay a trap and capture the insects in one fell swoop.
Lei Yu glanced at the terrain map on the screen and couldn’t help frowning—
"Insects from four provinces are heading this way, it’s too many."
In their first collaboration, Song You was reluctant to release all the resources. The three tons of food they agreed upon would likely only be enough to last while they eradicated the insects around the base.