"Xian Sister! I'm here!! I absolutely won't abandon you!"
He Yueyue, eyes closed, rushed back and, without thinking, grabbed a vine and swung wildly.
Xu Qian couldn't help but roll her eyes and said lightly, "Alright, it's all handled. Let's go inside and take a look."
"Ah?"
He Yueyue suddenly opened her eyes and saw that all the insects were gone, leaving only corpses all over the ground.
She gave two thumbs up.
"Xian Sister is so awesome!"
He Yueyue's friendship with Xu Qian increased by three points.
She truly admired Xu Qian; Xian Sister was also a girl, yet she wasn't afraid of insects...
The two slowly walked inside, an indescribable stench constantly lingering around their nostrils.
Even Xu Qian felt a little nauseous.
Suddenly, a beam of green light appeared ahead. The two slowed their steps and approached.
As the green light shone on their faces, He Yueyue turned around and vomited.
"Ugh—"
Xu Qian squinted her eyes slightly, her arms crossed.
The entire cave was crawling with small, greenish-yellow caterpillars and translucent green insect eggs.
The eggs writhed, seemingly about to hatch.
In the center was a pool of water, containing several uncorrupted corpses and many fragments of white bones.
It was clear they were regularly fed.
"Xian Sister, what do we do now?"
Xu Qian calmly put on her gloves, pulled off some insect eggs from the wall, and squeezed them. The eggs burst like eggs.
Newly hatched larvae wriggled wildly in her palm.
Xu Qian crushed them with a casual pinch. She paused for a moment before saying, "Exploding them, I'm worried the eggs will fly everywhere.
But we're not fire ability users, so dealing with these eggs is indeed troublesome."
He Yueyue scratched her head. As a wood ability user, she was even less capable.
"He Yueyue, you kill all the mutated insects that have hatched. I'll burn the eggs."
"Yes."
To her, being asked to grab insect eggs with bare hands like Xu Qian would drive her mad.
Xu Qian moved her thoughts, and a piece of paper and a lighter appeared in her hand.
She lit the paper with a "click" and then slowly placed it on the insect eggs.
The moment the eggs came into contact with fire, they exploded, and liquid splattered onto Xu Qian's gleaming coverall, sliding off.
Her clothes remained spotless.
Soon, He Yueyue called out, "Xian Sister, done!"
"Mhm."
Xu Qian moved her thoughts, and two cans of gasoline appeared in her hand.
She handed them to He Yueyue and instructed, "These insect eggs are afraid of fire. Pour them directly onto the eggs and burn them."
Together, they poured gasoline all over the insect eggs in the cave.
With a "snap."
The lighter's flame illuminated their faces.
"Once the lighter is dropped, we run immediately."
He Yueyue nodded heavily.
Xu Qian glanced at her, clearly not trusting her at all.
"If you don't run fast enough, after the eggs explode, that liquid will splash onto you... it's sticky."
He Yueyue's skin crawled at the thought, wishing she could run right now.
"Xian Sister, I'll run first then..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the lighter arced and fell into the insect eggs.
"Ahhhhhhh—"
The two turned and ran, using all their strength.
With a "whoosh," the cave ignited.
"Crackling—"
He Yueyue screamed as she ran, terrified of the things sticking to her.
After running out of the cave entrance, they slowly stopped.
He Yueyue panted, her hands propped on her knees.
"Xian... Xian Sister, why aren't you even panting."
Xu Qian raised an eyebrow. She was a zombie, so of course she wouldn't pant.
"Let's go. Before they discover us, let's blow up their Yu family base."
"Alright!"