Wow!
So that huge mass wasn’t a nest—it was a cocoon!?
This was Lin Jun’s first time in this world seeing a monster that could cocoon itself.
What would a cocooned Thousand-Spindle Mayfly become?
Would it just grow larger—or evolve into another form entirely?
He didn’t know.
What he did know was that his few hundred Puji were doomed—because the 【Stasis】 effect on that giant mayfly had just disappeared.
It slipped free from the hanging peak like a dragon, soaring straight for the bat Puji hanging under the fungal platforms.
Boom—
Even knowing it was futile, Lin Jun still ordered them to fire.The fungal cannons struck its carapace—not completely ineffective.
They chipped fragments, but compared to its sheer thickness, it was negligible.
If hundreds of Puji could land every shot on the same spot, maybe they could pierce it.
But coordinating that level of precision was impossible—hitting a moving target was worlds harder than a stationary one.
Gray’s venom worked—but the quantities were too small, barely scratching the colossus.
The LV65 mayfly didn’t even bother with skills. It just drifted lazily, sweeping through platforms.
Everywhere it passed, fungal platforms shattered, Puji smashed like roadkill under a truck.
Clearly, it was furious at being disturbed mid-cocooning.
After slaughtering most of the swarm, it ascended, demolishing every fungal platform in its territory.
The squad guarding the forked passage was annihilated along the way.
Its rampage lasted half a day. When it finally coiled back into its peak, Lin Jun’s frontline had been pushed back four days’ progress.
The scraps of Puji left were being butchered by lesser mayflies. Even untouched fungal carpet was now being peeled away.
In short—back to square one overnight.
Lin Jun gathered his thoughts, piecing together its habits.
What he’d thought were “empty” passages weren’t empty—just cocooning giants.
And whether spawning or just gathering low-tier kin, the swarmlings served to feed it.
The “solo” zones with only one big insect were ones that hadn’t begun cocooning yet.
Meaning—every region likely held a giant.
And cocooning ones couldn’t simply be ignored. Kill their minions and they’d just wake up—there was no way they’d starve in silence.
That last one had broken out of 【Cocooned, Stasis】 in mere minutes.
Clearly, this wasn’t like caterpillars dissolving to become butterflies.
Which meant—if he wanted to advance, he had to fight an LV60+ mayfly head-on.
Lin Jun hated fighting giant bugs most of all…
And even if he killed one—what if another moved in? The swarm population was clearly enormous.
“Tch! If only this weren’t aerial combat. Too many terrain constraints.”
Gray could probably fight them. 【Acid Breath】 countered them hard, and she was unmatched in speed and agility.
But should he really risk bringing her down here…?
…
Did everything have to rely on Gray!?
Were Puji so useless!?
Lin Jun decided against it. Instead, he silently ramped up bat Puji production.
A week later, they surged forth—numbers multiplied several times.
One platform couldn’t hold them. He organized them into five battle lines.
The vanguard, cannon Puji, dove first, clearing the low-tier swarm that had repopulated over the week.
Though the bugs had regathered, they weren’t as many as at the start.
After losing under eighty Puji, the vanguard clawed back to the site of last defeat.
Above the hanging peak—another giant, half-wrapped in silk.
The Puji massacred stragglers before its eyes.
Uncocooned, the giant spotted the intrusion at once.
It screeched, shattering the air.
Then tore through its half-finished cocoon and charged.
The vanguard fought desperately, but just like before, the giant shrugged off the volleys—shell cracked in places, but over a hundred Puji slaughtered in moments.
Lin Jun felt nothing. Losses were expected.
The giant surged upward, intent on repeating its rampage.
But soon it flew into a dense purple haze.
【Hallucinogenic Spores LV7】
In the open rift, toxins dispersed quickly.
But with enough Puji, timing perfectly, they could still cloud it.
Would it work?
Inside the haze, its vision was gone. It still had 【Vibration Sense】, but Lin Jun had ordered every Puji silent after release.
The giant flailed blindly, wrecking things by chance.
But LV65 was too massive—spores weren’t enough to paralyze it.
Not useless, though. By the time it broke the second line, its movements had slowed.
At the third line, Puji dove straight at it.
Simple. Efficient. 【Self-Destruct】.
Explosions blossomed across its body.
Then came the big fireworks.
The fourth platform was thicker—for it held Fatty Puji.
Bat Puji carried them high, then dropped them like bombs.
The hard part—timing the self-destruct.
They weren’t real bombs. If they hit and died before triggering, wasted.
Ten Fatty Puji in all.
Already cracked, its shell split wide.
One even detonated in its mouth, blowing its mandibles off.
The mighty giant faltered, staggering midair, wailing.
Lin Jun had a fifth line ready—but it wasn’t needed.
One bat Puji drifted close, fungal tendrils clutching a full vial of Gray’s acid essence.
No holding back—it poured it all over the exposed head.
“Zzzzt—”
The corrosive hiss drowned its screams.
Its lifebar, already low, ticked down to zero.
Wings froze. The body slammed the cliff, tumbling into the abyss.
Phew—
Back then, a LV65 Flame Demon had blocked his path.
Now, a LV65 flying behemoth had fallen to him.
He couldn’t help a flicker of pride.
But he didn’t relax—he pushed the fungal carpet forward faster than ever.
Those low-level corpses were one thing.
But this LV65 carcass—there was no way he’d let other monsters touch it.
LV60+ mayflies had something extra—【Cocooning】.
And Lin Jun was dying to know what that meant.