novelraw Chapter 348 - 5: Swarming Insects Emerge
Chapter 348 - 5: Swarming Insects Emerge
Chapter 348: Chapter 5: Swarming Insects Emerge
"Li Chang’an!"
At Chu River’s loud shout, Li Chang’an sprang up in the office, suddenly alert: "What happened?"
Assistant Xiao Zhai also heard the shout. Just as he was about to call and inquire, the office door was slammed open. The Spiritual Ability User they had met just a few hours ago, now looked serious:
"Li Chang’an, the flying insects from nearby provinces and cities are all heading this way."
Everyone’s faces changed dramatically.
...
Until now, the flying insects remain the biggest crisis they face. At this moment, regardless of the accuracy of the information, no one dares to take it lightly.
Li Chang’an’s mind raced, he already had several contingency plans, but...
Chu River was still a step too late.
Even before he could verify the authenticity of this information, a message from the front-line detection point came through—
"The flying insects are pouring out in full force, rapidly moving towards the base!"
Pouring out in full force...
Li Chang’an furrowed his brows: "Everyone, respond to the Level One alert. Each community should once again check for exposed food in the area, lock doors and windows, avoid direct contact with the insects, and rigorously seal water sources to prevent their entry—"
"Front-line detection, monitor the situation inside the nests in real-time, and be prepared—"
...
The insects came so swiftly and unexpectedly, under the current state of the base, Li Chang’an was confident that there wasn’t anything that could attract them so frantically.
Then, the only possibility must be the collaboration between Lei Yu and Song You. Could it be they didn’t ensure a sealed space when transferring the goods?
With this in mind, he quickly made a call to confirm, while also glancing at Chu River—
If that were true, now, Miss Chu would need to be sent to the insect nest to perform spiritual protection and safeguard the water source.
Meanwhile, he didn’t forget about Chu River’s mention of several provinces and cities. Lei Yu’s call had long been unanswered, so he cut it off directly and quickly dialed the red internal line: "Red Star 24 Base, Li Chang’an, requesting to view real-time satellite monitoring of surrounding provinces and cities."
Approval came quickly from the other end, and soon, the screen in front of him rapidly switched. In the continuous zoom of the satellite images, above the four surrounding provinces and cities, large clusters of black clouds were moving swiftly towards the Red Star Base.
Based on satellite trajectory calculations, at the latest, within 6 hours, they would all reach the airspace above the base.
Li Chang’an’s expression turned grim.
The country’s most elite forces are all stationed at the coastal border defense. Currently, the base is relatively peaceful, and the insects don’t attack humans. Each base has military power, but to exterminate such a massive number of insects in a short time...
It’s too difficult!
...
Just then, Lei Yu also called back:
"The collaboration has been secured. We were just sending the other party out, Chang’an, we—"
Before he could finish, Li Chang’an said sternly: "Did you not hear the alarm? The whole city is on alert. Hurry over!"
Lei Yu was momentarily stunned—he was planning the secret chamber to facilitate the handover of the goods to Song You at the appropriate time. The chamber was well soundproofed, so he missed the first wave of alarms.
But now, without hesitation, he rushed out the door, accompanied by Li Chang’an’s stern words over the phone and the continuously looping external alarms.
—Major trouble has arisen!
Without a word, he quickly made his way to the car by the roadside.
His running speed was faster than ever before, and his body surged with abundant energy. Lei Yu didn’t notice the unusual flow within himself; he was just starting to worry—
Why did the flying insects arrive so quickly? Their plans hadn’t even had time to be implemented. What exactly attracted them?
...
The phones and footsteps in the municipal building rose and fell in waves, already in emergency deployment mode. Li Chang’an had immense faith in his abilities, aware that Chu River wasn’t speaking, but now, there was no time to ask about these things. The pressing task was to confront the imminent enemy.
But Chu River knew that the insects’ arrival wasn’t due to a mishap in the food transfer as Li Chang’an presumed, but rather because of those three drops of Spiritual Spring.
...
The human body is as wondrous as the mysteries of the universe, still unexplored. The origins of Song You’s three drops of Spiritual Spring are unknown, as is their magical nature, but seeing Song You transform from a useless state into a golden physique, even surpassing normal human cellular activity, it’s no wonder he maintained his youthful appearance unchanged even after more than 40 years.
In this effect, the Spiritual Spring is not inferior to the ability of spiritual power to cleanse the body, and even surpasses it!