NOVPUBChapter 676: Chapter 674: Exploring the Insect King Cave
Chapter 676: Chapter 674: Exploring the Insect King Cave
“Where exactly?” Sally asked.
“Just ahead, in the Insect King Cave,” the man told Sally.
[Host, the Insect Queen is not there. The Insect Queen that Xiaomei scanned is hiding in the root cave of the World Tree.]
[Hmm.] Sally naturally did not doubt what Xiaomei said and immediately looked at the man with suspicion in her eyes.
The man took Sally to the Insect King Cave.
There were Insect Beast guards here.
However, when they saw the man, their looks were very contemptuous, and when they looked at Sally, it was as if they saw delicious food, revealing their greed.
Sally asked the man, “Are you sure the Empress is here?”
“Yes, may I have your last name?” the man asked Sally.
Sally replied, “Wen.”
“Is Lady Wen pregnant as well?” the man continued to ask, leading her into a cave.
As well? Who else is pregnant… Sally nodded nonchalantly, “Yes, it’s almost time.”
The little Insect-man suddenly cried.
The man hurriedly said to Sally, “Lady Wen, please wait here for a moment; I’ll get something for the child to eat.”
“Oh,” Sally watched what he was going to do.
But as soon as the man left the cave, an iron door sparking with electricity blocked the entrance to the cave.
“Lady Wen, this place is specially prepared for you superpower users. Just wait for the Insect Queen to come back and eat you bit by bit,” the man’s face twisted into a fierce and evil expression.
Sally looked at him calmly, “Since that’s the case, considering I’m already a prisoner, why don’t you tell me who you really are? Is the child in your arms actually yours?”
“It is mine, born to me by the Empress. You just wait to become food. Maybe the Empress will give birth to another son for me!”
“Another son?”
“The Blazing Insect King is my son. As for this one, he’s a waste; he was supposed to be executed but was secretly raised by that maid. Now he’s as good as dead!”
After saying this, the man twisted off the little Insect-man’s head, ending its life.
“Even beasts do not devour their young, you’re worse than a beast!” Sally frowned, waved her hand, and unleashed Divine Power, splitting the electric door in half, and the shattered door decapitated the man’s head!
She took the little Insect-man from the headless corpse of the man.
Sally sighed with pity and used a Fire Talisman to send him off, “May you be reborn in a better place next life.”
[Host, should we let the children out again? They are eager to fight monsters.]
[…Heh, they really are eager. Are you sure there’s nothing dangerous or filthy here?]
[There’s nothing, and there’s a treasure cave further inside.]
Sally transferred the children, who were jumping around anxiously in the System Space, back out.
Then she clapped her hands and said, “Alright, our mission today is to take over the Insect King Cave and seize the treasures inside.”
“Okay!” The little ones shouted in unison.
“Let’s go—” Sally said with a smile.
A group of little ones immediately scattered around and started killing the Insect Beasts.
Sally strolled toward the direction of the treasure cave.
She occasionally surveyed the structure of the Insect King Cave, [It’s twisty and complicated, like a labyrinth.]
[Yes, Host, Xiaomei has decided to develop a game map based on the Insect King Cave.]
[…That’s good, make it even more complicated next time, or these little guys will get the hang of it.]
[We can let Xiaohao and the others play it; they don’t know.]
[I miss them a bit. Shall we go back after the mission is done?]
[Sure, Host.]
Sally opened up the full view of the System Map, watching the children kill Insect Beasts everywhere.
Little Dot and Little Beibei, with Defensive Talismans protecting them, left a trail of fire wherever they went; the Insect Beasts burned to ash upon contact without even a chance to scream.
[Two arsonists!] Sally couldn’t help but chuckle.
Xiaomei said: [Eh? Host, why don’t you check the chamber ahead?]
Sally followed the instructions given to her.
She had planned to come here anyway because the System Map showed this area in complete darkness, which probably meant there was something special here.
Little Miqi had also made her way here.
Seeing Sally, the little girl stretched out both her hands, “Mom, I killed ten monsters.”
“Good job, Little Miqi is really great,” Sally praised.
The little girl’s face beamed with pride, “Are there any monsters in here?”
Sally replied, “Shall we go have a look together? It’s quite dark inside, Mom will take a Fire Talisman.”
“No need.” Little Miqi took out a lantern from her Little Storage Bag.
Sally recognized the lantern, “Huh? Isn’t that your grandmaster’s?”
“Yes, Mom, I found it in the storage room of the System Space.”
“…” Alright then, the little girl had started to help herself to her belongings.
“I’m just borrowing it, I’ll put it back after I’m done,” Little Miqi replied, “Aunt Xiaomei knows.”
“Next time you have to tell Mom, you can’t just take things without asking, understand?” Sally touched her head. Because of her extraordinary Talent, nobody stopped her from going anywhere, but that also made it hard for her to tell where she could and couldn’t go.
“Mmm, I’ll ask next time if it’s not mine,” Little Miqi nodded her head.
“Good girl~” Sally took the lantern and wiped it.
Qing’s voice came from inside, “Apprentice, have you missed your master?”
“…No, just using the Chaos Light,” Sally replied, “By the way, Master, where are you now, and what are you doing?”
“Master is at the Ancestral Dragon Tomb, sending Tong Tian Divine Venerable off to the Origin Realm, then I’ll play chess with Elder Heng in a bit.”
“Oh? Tong Tian Divine Venerable is going to the Origin Realm?”
“He’s always wanted to, but that place is pretty boring.”
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what you find boring might be paradise to others.”
“True, where are you, apprentice?”
Looking at Little Miqi, Sally replied, “I’m doing a System task, currently on Insect King Star in the Yatena Star System.”
“Got any local specialties?”
“The specialty here is insects, all kinds of them.”
“Okay, bring one back for your master to study.”
“If I find a suitable insect egg, I’ll bring it back for Master.”
“Grandmaster, grandmaster, I’m Little Miqi, I miss you so much, did you miss me?” Little Miqi moved up to the lantern and said with a giggly smile.
Qing laughed heartily, “Of course, I missed you. From now on, this lantern is a gift to Little Miqi, you can chat with grandmaster anytime you like.”
“Mom, did you hear what Grandmaster said?” Little Miqi asked Sally with a smile beaming on her face.
Taking advantage of the situation, Sally smiled and said, “I heard, from now on, this Chaos Light is yours.”
“Thank you, Mom,” Little Miqi said happily.
Sally touched her head, “You’re welcome~”
Then she addressed Qing, “Well, Master, you carry on with your busy schedule, we are going to continue our exploration. Please send regards to Ancestor Heng for us.”
“Alright, have fun,” Qing cut off the Spiritual Sense connection.
Sally and Xiaomei continued deeper into the cave.
The Chaos Light left no darkness untouched. Thus, everything inside the cave gradually came into view for Sally and Little Miqi.
Mountains of white bones! Some were human, others belonged to different creatures!
“Wow—” Little Miqi exclaimed, “So many bones!”
Sally’s attention was drawn to the thin layer of dark grey mist surrounding the bones, which must be what was affecting Xiaomei’s scanning abilities.
[Xiaomei, what is this?]
[I’m not quite sure, its data is showing as unknown. Host, would you like to collect it?]
[Yes.]
Sally took out a gourd-shaped storage artifact from her Space Ring and targeted the dark grey mist, starting to collect it.
