The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 467 Insect Mother

The sound came from the direction where Meros the cat was.

Looking up, I saw that the jar it was holding in its mouth was now open.

The contents of the jar turned black at an alarming speed the moment it was opened.

The blackness spread rapidly like ink, turning the entire jar pitch black in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, the contents of the jar seemed to be propelled by a powerful force, surging downwards like a raging black torrent.

The speed of this black torrent was astonishing.

Like lightning, it hurtled straight down at the swarm of insects that had turned into a giant net.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

"呲呲-"

"..."

The moment the black torrent made contact with the swarm of insects, a faint but dense sound suddenly rang out.

The sound was like countless tiny insects whispering, or like countless fine needles piercing the eardrums at the same time, sending chills down one's spine.

However, this eerie sound lasted for less than a few seconds before abruptly stopping, as if an invisible hand had suddenly grabbed its throat.

Immediately afterwards, the two groups of insects merged together naturally, like old friends who had been separated for a long time, without any hindrance.

They intertwine and entwine with each other, as if they were one species that had never been separated.

"Meow~"

With a soft meow from the cat Meros, a dazzling light suddenly burst forth from the inside of the jar in its mouth, which had been completely blackened.

The light had a unique fluorescent green color, like a firefly twinkling in the night sky. Although it was not dazzling, it was exceptionally bright, like a beacon in the darkness.

The moment the light appeared, the swarm of insects that had been greedily feeding on free energy seemed to receive some mysterious command. Suddenly, like a surging tide, they swept towards the protective shield with a hole in it.

They were incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, like a group of hungry sharks that had caught the scent of blood, they pounced madly toward the gap.

Just as the swarm of insects was about to reach the opening of the protective shield, an attack from the door shot straight towards them like a bolt of lightning.

This attack carried immense energy and was extremely fast, as if it were designed to catch people off guard and then annihilate all threats in an instant.

So, at this critical moment, the two powerful forces collided violently at the opening in the protective shield.

In an instant, light shone brightly, energy surged, and the entire space seemed to tremble.

"Click—click—click-click—"

The series of sounds was like countless mouths gnawing at the same time, or like countless saws cutting at the same time. The sounds were sharp and piercing, making people's hair stand on end.

As the sound rang out, the swarm of insects, whose corpses were constantly falling from the attack, managed to withstand the fierce attack by continuously replenishing their ranks with more insects.

Although the insect corpses continued to fall, the attack seemed to be blocked by an invisible force, unable to continue.

"Meow--"

Just then, the cat Meros suddenly let out a low meow.

The meow sounded particularly abrupt in the noisy environment, and it brought Li Si back to his senses.

"Alright, I'll go take care of that now."

Upon seeing this, Li Si immediately spoke up.

"Now? What can we do?"

Linglu looked at Li Si with a blank expression, seemingly still recovering from the shock just now. She asked hesitantly.

"I have to take you to close that door."

"If we don't do this, it will be like a monster that can never get enough of itself, constantly drawing energy from its surroundings and launching attacks. Although its speed may gradually slow down over time, this does not change the fact that it poses a threat to us."

Li Si said with a solemn expression.

Before he finished speaking, Li Si had already walked quickly to the side of the cat, Meros.

"Snapped--"

He raised his hand and gently patted the body of the Meros cat, reminding the fearsome Meros to look at him.

A crisp sound rang out, and the cat, Melos, looked down curiously, only to see Li Si standing next to it, stretching out his hand and looking at it.

Its big, round eyes blinked, as if in response to Li Si's question about what he was going to do.

So Li Si waved his hand as a gesture.

Immediately afterwards, the cat, Meros, looked at Li Si's outstretched hand and gently patted the can it was carrying in its mouth with its front paw.

After the jar was slapped, the swarm of insects that had been surging inside suddenly stopped abruptly, as if receiving some kind of command.

The next moment, the swarm of insects was as if it had been torn apart, and a channel was forcibly split open in the middle, with no insects left in the channel.

At the end of the passage, a plump, pinkish-white worm suddenly appeared before Li Si's eyes.

The large insect's lower abdomen was constantly wriggling, and eggs were being produced one after another.

It turns out that the light that had been vaguely seen in the swarm of insects was emitted by this large insect.

This large insect is quite different from other insects.

It has a pair of big, round eyes and looks very cute and adorable.

Its body is chubby, and each of its little paws is short and tiny, making you want to touch it.

It can be said that the appearance of this large insect is quite different from the insects people are used to, and it can even be described as "cute".

Without a doubt, this large insect should be the queen of the swarm, or the "brain" of the swarm.

The other insects all obey its commands, forming a close-knit team, with the mother insect at the core of this team.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

A soft hissing sound came from inside the mother insect.

The cat seemed to sense something. It looked down at the mother worm still lying in the jar, then stretched out its paw again and patted the jar even harder than before.

The mother insect was awakened by the sudden disturbance. She slowly opened her round eyes and looked around with a somewhat confused gaze.

Then, as if hearing Meros's command, the queen insect suddenly emitted a dark red light from its lower abdomen, a light that was brief and dazzling like lightning.

Immediately afterwards, an egg of a completely different color from the other eggs slid out of the mother insect's body.

This egg was several sizes larger than the others, and its color was also much deeper, a dark red, as if it contained endless vitality.

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