Reborn as a short-lived loli who can only live for three years

Chapter 332 Insect Nest

As we entered the cave, a damp and foul smell hit us in the face.

The cave walls were covered with thick moss, which looked very slippery.

The deeper they went, the dimmer the light became. Ying released several light ball magics to illuminate the surrounding environment.

The cave is very humid.

Drops of water flowed along the walls of the cave, dripping and making a hollow echo. They gathered into muddy puddles on the ground, reflecting a faint light.

"Where is the person who led us in?"

After walking for a long time, Ying finally remembered this question.

"do not know."

Yuishi pointed deeper: "I secretly placed a weather vane on him, and it turns out that he is deeper, further down, far away from us."

Shi Zhimeng understood the problem: "Can he run so fast?"

Yuishu shook his head.

"With his speed, no. I can think of two possibilities. First, he used some kind of force to speed up his movement. Second, there is a shortcut here."

At first glance, the cave has a single passage and there seems to be no second fork.

Tokieda Meng imagined a strange scene in his mind: "The bug is carrying him and moving quickly?"

Ying tried to imagine it again and felt that the picture was a little creepy.

"What is the composition of the magic here?" Ivy asked.

I thought Yushu was so calm that he would answer that there was no danger around, but he actually said, "A lot."

"A lot? What do you mean a lot?" Shi Zhimeng looked around in confusion.

"Magic. Ever since we entered the cave, this area has been filled with magic. According to normal judgment, there should be danger all around."

What Shu said was shocking.

Ying felt creepy again, and she huddled close to Ivy with some fear.

Nothing has happened since they entered the cave. If there are dangers all around, how could it be so peaceful now?

Chu Yu also shook his head in surprise: "My shadow didn't detect any life nearby."

I don’t know if the objects of her investigation include poisonous insects.

In order to prevent any accidents, Ivy quietly reached out and touched the cave wall, spreading the illusion magic.

In Ivy's perception, her magic power disappeared without a trace as it spread. This was the inconvenience of being sealed. But she knew that the magic power was spreading smoothly, so she could only rely on her feeling to expand the coverage of the magic power.

It was also during this process that she felt a strange touch in the palm of her hand.

The rough stone wall seemed to be wriggling, becoming slightly cool and slippery.

Ivy was so frightened that he jumped away instantly.

“Wow!” Ying was also startled. She saw Ivy rubbing his palms suspiciously with an awkward expression on his face.

"Avi, what's wrong with you?"

With the help of the light ball, Ivy repeatedly checked his palms. They were clean and not stained with anything. But the strange feeling in his heart still lingered, which was more uncomfortable than suddenly touching a poisonous snake.

“Look at the wall.” Ivy pointed to the inner wall of the cave and stood in the middle, far away from any wall.

"wall?"

More balls of light gathered near the cave wall, illuminating the roughness and dampness above.

Several people carefully moved over to observe.

The cave walls looked ordinary, and they could also observe moss and cracks in the rock surface.

For a moment, no one spoke and the cave became extremely quiet. The only sounds that could be heard were each other's breathing and the occasional sound of water dripping.

It was in this silence that another strange sound appeared.

Gnawing, grinding.

It was as if countless teeth were knocking on stone, and there was a slight gnawing sound.

"What, what is that sound?" Ying asked again in a low voice.

No one answered.

The gnawing sounds became more and more frequent, surrounding us from all directions, and the disturbing sounds could not be ignored.

But nothing unusual was seen in the small area illuminated by the ball of light.

Yuishi listened carefully to the source of the sound and speculated, "They are avoiding the light."

The dark and damp cave, with its existence that avoids light and is afraid of light, is basically an insect nest, and they just need to wait for them to see the insect itself.

"Look back!"

While waiting for the moment when the strange sound stopped, Yui Shu gave a reminder, and several people turned around in unison and looked at the cave wall behind them.

Strange bulges appeared on the surface of the rock wall.

Ying Youyou's light ball followed closely behind, illuminating the area, and all the light-avoiding poisonous insects began to move.

They are hidden in the rock walls, or more accurately, they are integrated into the rock walls.

They blend in with the rough stone walls, even the moss on top of them can camouflage them. As they wriggle to avoid the light, the bulges on the rock wall quickly deform and swim in all directions.

"It's all over the walls?" Ying swallowed again.

When she thought that the grains on the wall were traces of the crawling of poisonous insects, she felt goosebumps all over.

"..."

Ivy's eyes went dark when he realized that he had really touched the Gu worm.

As if realizing that they had been discovered, the poisonous insects suddenly emerged from the rock wall. Their bodies quickly expanded into translucent membranes in the air, and they fell from the sky like nets, trying to capture the few people.

"Stop."

Yuishi used the word spirit as a signal and spread out a wind field with himself as the center, knocking all the poisonous insects that tried to approach back to the rock wall.

The poisonous insects exuded mucus, trying to swallow the wind they captured into the rock wall.

For a moment, the surface of the rock wall was like boiling asphalt, and the rough particles kept wriggling and deforming, which was very terrifying.

After ensuring that they would not break into the wind field, Yuishi comforted everyone: "Don't panic, we already know the source of the magic power, let's keep going."

Although there was a strong sense of oppression outside the wind field, which prevented the poisonous insects from getting close, it was very quiet and peaceful inside the wind field. The wind field even kept out the disturbing gnawing and wriggling sounds.

They could only bite the bullet and move on. Everyone felt weird when they thought about the poisonous insects all around them.

"Is this a natural wormhole?" Shi Zhimeng asked.

"I think this place is more like an experimental field set up by Ran Yin." Ivy rubbed his palm again.

There was still a strange cold feeling on the palm of my hand, but there was nothing on it.

"This cave shows signs of artificial construction." Chu Yu also said.

But if this is really an experimental site, why would Ran Yin hide here? What is he doing here?

Tokieda Meng nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly changed the subject: "Teacher Yui, I didn't expect your 'Stop' was the name of your skill. I thought you were just showing off."

"Miss, you really know how to joke." Yuishu was unmoved.

After no longer being on guard against the dangers around them, they quickened their pace and soon reached the deepest part of the cave.

The steps stopped.

There is no road ahead.

Several people looked around and confirmed this.

"I didn't see any fork in the road. This is the end, and there is nothing here?" Shi Zhimeng was a little unconvinced.

"That weirdo is gone too." Ying added.

Yui pointed diagonally downward: "The weather vane is deeper, and he hasn't moved."

"How did he get down there?"

Considering that Ran Yin was a dark magician, Chu Yu suggested, "Maybe he sneaked down from the shadows? I can also take you down."