Lu Liran walked over and took a look. The bug was squashed by Ah Kang, leaving a handful of bodily fluids and green blood, mixed with some white, thin silk-like things. He didn’t know what they were.
Jiang Kun also came over to take a look. He frowned in disgust and couldn’t help but shake his head and said: “Even if you slap a bug, picking up a bug that big and slapping it, and shooting out its intestines, that’s disgusting.”
“Intestines?” Ah Kang felt even more disgusted when Jiang Kun described it. He quickly rubbed his hand against the stone wall next to him and said with a bitter face: “This insect flew up to me and stopped on my collar, so how could I resist hitting it…”
Jiang Kun followed his words and his eyes fell on his collar again. As expected, it was also a pool of green blood and body fluids.
Jiang Kun let out a “tsk” sound, distanced himself, pointed to the river flowing next to him, and said: “How much can be removed by rubbing against the stone? Go and wash it quickly.”
Ah Kang looked at Lu Liran, and instead of going directly to the water to rinse, he asked Lu Liran: “Is it okay, Mr. Lu?”
Lu Liran said “Hmm” and asked him: “Is there anything abnormal in the palm of your hand? Is it itchy, red or swollen?”
Ah Kang shook his head.
Nan Guo took a look at the corpse of the insect that had been rubbed off, and said with a “ha” laugh: “This is a sharp-billed flower sap insect, which is an insect that lives on plant flower sap. It can also pollinate, so it’s not harmful, so you don’t need to be so nervous.”
Ah Kang was relieved when he heard this. If it’s a vegetarian insect, then it will be fine.
Jiang Kun glanced at Nan Guo suspiciously. When did this man become so kind?
He asked: “How big is the sharp-billed flower sap insect? It looks like it’s half the size of a palm.”
The professor replied: “All the creatures here are bigger than we know. Are insects an exception?”
Jiang Kun choked. He was so overwhelmed by Professor Nan’s rightful deduction for a moment, unable to find words to refute, as if it was quite reasonable?
And quite creepy.
Thinking about it, although some bugs are disgusting, they can be crushed to death with one foot, but what if these bugs blinked and turned into things that couldn’t be crushed to death…
Jiang Kun and Luo Qi glanced at each other subconsciously, and coincidentally saw the fright in each other’s eyes.
Lu Liran naturally thought of everything the two of them could think of. He asked Ah Kang not only to wash his hands, but also to take off his clothes. He used his dagger to cut off the piece of cloth stained with the insect’s bodily fluids and blood, and burned it with fire before continuing on his way.
Some bugs can come by following the same smell. Although it is rare, Lu Liran must be careful and will not let go of even the slightest possibility.
Ke Ji saw Lu Liran carrying Ah Kang and washing him in the water. He even cut off the dirt on his collar and burned it, completely eliminating all hidden threats. A flash of light flashed in his eyes——
Such a cautious, meticulous, yet decisive Omega belongs to him.
Poor Ah Kang was pushed into the water by Lu Liran and washed away several times. His hands almost rubbed off a layer of skin before he was let go by Lu Liran.
After this experience, Ah Kang no longer dared to do what Lu Liran was not allowed to do. Even if another insect flew onto his collar, he would never reach out to smack it, but would carefully fan it away.
Oh no, he doesn’t have the collar anymore.
Seeing how careful Lu Liran was, Luo Qi couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief and whispered to Jiang Kun: “No wonder you have so much confidence in Mr. Lu. There are many cautious people, but I have never seen anyone who can do something as subtle as Mr. Lu.”
Jiang Kun blinked and looked at Luo Qi: “Ah, you think I meant this? No, I meant he can fight.”
Luo Qi: ?
Jiang Kun recalled that after meeting Luo Qi and the others, Lu Liran had no chance to show off his skills. No wonder Luo Qi showed such an expression.
He patted Luo Qi on the shoulder and said: “It’s okay. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand now. There will always be a chance to see it when he gets hungry.”
Luo Qi: ??
Jiang Kun wanted to say something else, but Lu Liran said: “Okay, don’t delay here, keep going.”
Jiang Kun had no choice but to suppress what he was eager to say, lest he be taken out by Ke Ji alone to warn him, which would be too embarrassing.
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Luo Qi looked away, glanced at Nan Guo, and said indifferently: “Since Mr. Lu said there is no problem, then I have nothing to worry about.”
Nan Guo nodded with an uncomfortable smile: “Yes, Mr. Lu has cleaned up all the insect liquid. It is impossible to lure those insects out.”
Luo Qi frowned and ignored him.
Nan Guo didn’t mind either, he turned back happily, and continued to follow Lu Liran step by step.
The obvious pile of bones that was visible to the naked eye just now was only seven or eight meters long, but the surrounding path of carrion corpses was much longer than this.
Although the exaggerated and eerie white bones were never seen again, the path on which the soles of the feet were stepped was equally disgusting and disturbing.
Jiang Kun and others could not stand the smell at first, but they did not expect that after walking for a while, the smell became no longer so unbearable.
Jiang Kun thought with a grimace, had his sense of smell finally succumbed to reality and assimilated?
Lu Liran walked in front holding a torch, shining the torch to the left and right from time to time, as if he was looking for something, but never found the target.
Luo Qi saw this a few times and couldn’t help but cross over to Nan Guo and walk to the front, asking Lu Liran in a low voice if there was anything new.
“I was just wondering, there are no flowers around here, why did the sharp-billed flower sap insect fly to Ah Kang.” Lu Liran was a little confused. In his experience, all accidents that could not be explained logically would become hidden dangers.
He held up the torch and looked around, also wanting to see if there were flowers blooming in the crevices of the rocks above.
Luo Qi understood what he said and immediately returned to his seat and asked Ah Kang behind him.
Ah Kang shook his head blankly: “I don’t know what’s going on. Maybe there were some flowers blooming there just now?”
Seeing that he couldn’t ask for any useful information, Lu Liran told them to stop thinking about it for the time being and focus on the road beneath their feet.
Ah Kang nodded and was about to move forward when he was suddenly stopped by Lu Liran.
He looked over in confusion and subconsciously retracted his foot, but Lu Liran shouted to stop.
Now Luo Qi and Jiang Kun understood. They immediately picked up Ah Kang and lifted him up into the air.
“What?!” Ah Kang exclaimed, extremely insecure.
Lu Liran twitched his lips when he saw this: “Why are you picking him up?”
“Don’t you want to look at the soles of the shoes?” Jiang Kun asked.
Lu Liran directly pulled off Ah Kang’s shoes, “Is it just a matter of getting him to take his shoes off, is it more difficult than you guys picking him up in the air?”
Jiang Kun: “…”
Luo Qi: “…”
Jiang Kun reacted extremely quickly and looked at Luo Qi: “Why are you holding him? I’ll give you a hand!”
Luo Qi: ???
Ah Kang was finally able to land on foot. He stabilized his balance and jumped to Lu Liran’s side to see what was on the sole of his shoe.
“Is this a flower?” Ah Kang asked.
There was a lump of something whose original appearance was stuck to the soles of his shoes. It was stained by the dirt they stepped on. There is also a layer of red and green flowers and leaves that can be vaguely seen, and the flowers and leaves seem to have plenty of juice, dyeing the soles of the shoes.
Ah Kang’s eyes were a little confused, and even he himself didn’t know when he got this stuff.
On the other hand, Nan Guo’s face changed slightly when he saw it, and he stared at Ah Kang without words, feeling a little resentful and a little depressed about wasting natural resources.
Lu Liran responded and said: “It seems that the flowers on the soles of the shoes attracted the insects to you. Use them to wash away.”
As he said this, he casually handed Ah Kang’s shoes to Jiang Kun.
Jiang Kun choked, and with some disgust, he picked up the shoes that were stained with stolen goods and washed them in the water obediently.
“Fortunately, the flowers on the soles of your shoes don’t attract other bugs very much, otherwise we would have been so busy along the way.” Jiang Kun threw the cleaned shoes to Ah Kang and said with a smile.
Ah Kang also happily put on his shoes and patted his chest: “I just attracted a vegetarian insect, it’s okay, okay.”
“Finding the cause will make me feel relieved to continue the journey, otherwise I always think about it.” Luo Qi sighed in relief and said with a smile.
Nan Guo looked at Ah Kang with difficulty, wondering how this man could be so lucky to step on what he threw…
He estimated that his glass ball would break when he threw it out, and the contents inside would naturally fall out. It’s just that the male anaconda is the best at capturing dynamic things. He only knows that the grass was in the ball before and hit the mountain so recklessly, but he doesn’t know that the grass fell out and was trampled to pieces.
Nan Guo clenched his fists, and in his heart, he didn’t know how much he regretted his only remaining divine grass. But at that time, the male anaconda’s bloody mouth was right behind his head. If the bait hadn’t been thrown out, he would have become the food in the anaconda’s belly.
He took a deep breath and comforted himself in his mind that it was okay, they should be close…
There are more and more mutants here, and the body size of the creatures is becoming larger, which proves that they are getting closer to the place where the divine grass grows.
It can be regarded as a coincidence, a blessing in disguise.
Nan Guo glanced at the stunned Ah Kang again, this fool.
But how could the sap of the divine grass only attract a small flower sap insect? Nan Guo was a little puzzled. Although the flower sap insect was the most sensitive to the flower liquid and the like, it shouldn’t be the only one that flew in.
Could it be that he have stored it for too long, or the storage method is improper, so the effect is not good?、
Nan Guo felt strange.
While Nan Guo looked at Ah Kang frequently, Ke Ji was also paying attention to Nan Guo’s performance. He had been walking at the end of the team. If it weren’t for a bright torch, Jiang Kun and others would have almost forgotten his existence.
He is like a shadow in the light, and reducing his presence makes it easier for him to observe.
Ke Ji was deep in thought and suddenly shone the torch on the ground. The orange firelight illuminated the rotting soft meat on the ground more clearly, making it even more disgusting.
Jiang Kun just felt a sudden light at his feet out of the corner of his eye, and subconsciously looked down, feeling a little nauseous.
“Mom, what are you doing!” Jiang Kun twitched the corner of his mouth and looked away in a hurry.
The things on the ground were soft, white, yellow, gray, gray, red…Jiang Kun’s limited adjectives were not enough to describe the shock he saw.
The drone camera followed Lu Liran closely, thus preventing the audience in the live broadcast room from seeing this clear scene.
Lu Liran heard the movement behind him, stopped again, frowned and looked at Jiang Kun: “What’s wrong?”
Jiang Kun felt aggrieved, but he couldn’t say anything, so he pinched his nose and said: “No, it’s nothing. I was just shocked when I first saw my feet in the firelight.”
Upon hearing this, Ah Kang and Luo Qi subconsciously looked towards Jiang Jun, and saw the torch in Ke Ji’s hand lighting up the ground between them.
Luo Qi scanned it and immediately closed his eyes. He had to think of something happy to get rid of the images in his mind.
No, it can’t be driven away, it’s deep-rooted.
“Ugh——” A sound of retching came from the side. Luo Qi almost thought it was the sound he made. When he opened his eyes and looked again, he saw Ah Kang holding on to the stone wall and bending over unbearably.
Lu Liran knew that Ke Ji would not be interested in looking at the pile of things on the ground for no reason. He frowned and also picked up a torch to light up the surrounding ground.
“The flowers and plants he stepped on were not ordinary flowers and plants.” Ke Ji lowered his voice and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “You were walking in front of Nan Guo and you couldn’t see his appearance. Apparently he recognized the flowers and plants on the sole of that shoe, but he didn’t say a word.”
Lu Liran was a little surprised at what he heard, but he didn’t have much of a surface reaction, he just held up the torch and pretended to shake it around on the ground.
The drone camera also followed to capture the scene illuminated by torches.
——Then it’s not just Ah Kang who needs to vomit.
[My mom, I’m going to vomit across the screen]
[Is this what Brother Lu and the others walked along the way?!]
[Vomit]
[This is too damn a mental test]
[I feel like I can smell that suffocating smell through the screen…]
[Is Beauty a devil?!!! Why are you doing this if you have nothing to do, aahhh]
[Isn’t it good for me to forge ahead in the dark without knowing anything QAQ]
Lu Liran reacted very quickly. He only needed Ke Ji to mention the anomaly in Nan Guo, and he could immediately connect all the clues.
He thought of the male anaconda that suddenly went crazy and accelerated towards him, of the spherical object that flashed past his field of vision before falling into the cave, and combined with Nan Guo’s various unusual behaviors.
Lu Liran immediately understood Ke Ji’s intention.
“If the flowers and plants that Kang’s soles stepped on are really…” Lu Liran pursed his lips, his nerves tensed slightly, “Then it’s impossible to attract just one insect.”
Ke Ji nodded.
While the two of them were talking, they heard some subtle rustling sounds suddenly mixed in with the sound of water around them. This kind of movement had happened occasionally before, like stones breaking, small stones rolling around, or sounds in the cave.
This sound only sounded occasionally before, but now it is getting louder and louder, and there is a faint illusion that it has become powerful.
Luo Qi and Jiang Kun, who were originally retching due to Ah Kang’s influence, now suppressed the rolling in their stomachs and throats, held their breath and raised their ears, trying hard to hear the movement.
“Do you feel that this sound seems to be approaching us?” Jiang Kun swallowed and couldn’t help but speak to break the weird and disturbing silence at the moment.
Lu Liran grabbed the torch and quickly swung it around, but saw nothing, just like before.
Luo Qi suddenly exclaimed: “Wait a minute, Mr. Lu, I seem to have seen something…”
He hesitated, he shook the flashlight twice before turning it on, and pointed the beam at the ground not far away.
There seemed to be something bulging in the rotten yellow-white mud on the ground.
Seeing this, Lu Liran narrowed his eyes coldly, put away the dagger in his hand, and replaced it with the long sword on his back.
He approached cautiously, and then without hesitation stabbed the sword into the arching mud. He saw that the place, which was only slightly arched, suddenly struggled like crazy, throwing out all the rotten dirt around it.
Lu Liran felt the strength of the struggle under his hand, his eyes became colder, and the tip of the sword in his hand turned and squeezed, completely making the thing under the sword completely silent.
Only then did he pick out what was inside, and saw a thing about as big as the palm of his hand, with a long mouthparts open and a body like a worm, that mouthparts seemed to be able to retract and retract into the head, and it still maintains the posture of attacking the long sword. It is extremely weird and fat.
Everyone couldn’t help but take a breath when they saw the worm on the tip of Lu Liran’s sword, and subconsciously looked at the hills of rotting corpses around them——
God knows if there is something like this in there too?!
“There’s a commotion over there too!” Jiang Kun exclaimed in a low voice with sharp eyes.
Sunnyshies: I was busy before, so I didn’t pay much attention. I saw a comment about the “reptile” or the lizard being pop with a single strike from the previous chapter. I really didn’t think about much about it before, thinking, maybe the reptile was smaller…after all, when I was a child before, I used to catch tadpoles, those tiny frogs with cute little tails. They look so cute. I live in a low-lying area, and flood is very common, so we still have to go to school even if there was a flood. There were many tadpoles right below our classroom door at that time, and the tadpoles were so cute, I caught a few and hid them with in my palms. Going home, I thought of hiding them in my pocket, but I was startled when one of them suddenly jumped in my palms. The wet, cold sensation gave me shiver till now, I was so scared, I suddenly “wiped” my palms on my skirt with force…oh man, that was…goosebumps.
There’s also another incident about frogs which made me hate them so bad. It was flood season again. It was at night, I was going downstairs, and well, it was flooded downstairs, so I have to wear boots. And I usually just wear boots, casually, carelessly…well nothing will really happen, right? No! There was a frog inside one of the boots! It was the worst. Man, shivers right through my spine! I hate frogs. And sometimes, I could teleport suddenly inside the house out of no where. It was another flood season, and a huge toad from who knows where, suddenly appeared below my bed, oh man, it was such a bad morning.
Anyway, down to the business. I changed the “reptile” in that chapter to “creature”. Actually, there’s no mistake there, it was “reptile“. At first, I thought it was a typo, but the author used this words repeatedly in ch 198. I searched if there was other meaning to “reptile”, and it could be used as “spectators”. Anyway, I changed it to “creature”…but I will always put tl notes on the “creature” just to be sure.
Maggots 😭😭😭😭😭😭 and that thing sounds like a bot fly 😭
I’ve taken more psychological trauma in this chapter than from all the actual horror novels I’ve read
+100000209393920101 I cant….the mental images in my head cant be removed every time i read this 😭😭
Ikr 😭😭😭😭
But frogs are so cute!
Especially the colorful ones, they look like they could be a delicious snack 😋 😵
Truth be told, I’ve never held a frog with my bare hands… I still hope I won’t ever have to hold one
THE TADPOLES?! 😱💀 Oh thats hair raising 😱
Ah ok, thanks for the clarification.
Suddenly you hear go go go go under your bed then it continues. Now you have to find that living gongdrum in 1.00 am. Typical rainy night in tropics rural.