204: Chapter 24 The Insect Plague Strikes

At first, everyone thought it was an earthquake.

Ye Qingqing had already prepared herself to take Deng Jiayu and Pei Siyuan into her space to hide.

But soon, Ye Qingqing sensed that something was wrong.

Because although the ground was vibrating, it was far from the point of the mountains shaking.

In fact, it wasn't even swaying; it was just vibrating.

Ye Qingqing immediately released her Gold-element ability, standing ready.

The vibration lasted for about two seconds.

At that moment, Ye Qingqing summoned Ah Huang, who was still running wild in her space, to come out.

Animals' senses were much sharper than those of humans.

Ah Huang had been rolling around in the grass inside the space, but suddenly his vision went dark, and he appeared by Ye Qingqing's side.

Before Ah Huang even had a chance to wag his tail at Ye Qingqing, he sensed something was off.

Ah Huang let out a series of barks: "Woof, woof, woof!"

"Woof, woof, woof!" he barked.

At the same time, Ah Huang dashed out of the room and into the courtyard.

He kept barking incessantly at the ground.

Ye Qingqing saw Ah Huang sniffing the soil.

She suddenly realized that something was wrong somewhere.

If it were an earthquake, Ah Huang wouldn't be lunging toward the dirt like that.

So, this clearly wasn't an earthquake, but Ye Qingqing wasn't sure exactly what it was yet.

However, she soon found out.

After Ah Huang barked at the ground a few more times, a look of terror suddenly appeared on his face.

Ah Huang suddenly grabbed Ye Qingqing's trouser leg in his mouth, barking while dragging her toward the indoors.

Seeing this, Ye Qingqing immediately followed Ah Huang and rushed back into the room.

The moment she returned to the room, Ye Qingqing slammed the door shut.

Then, Ye Qingqing saw dense swarms of tiny Black Insects suddenly surge out of the ground outside the house.

At first, it was just a few scattered Black Insects.

Ye Qingqing had never seen those insects before.

A single insect was about the size of a thumb.

However, those insects were covered in dense, tiny Spikes.

At first glance, one couldn't see them clearly, but Ye Qingqing was an Ability User; her refined body allowed her to clearly see the Spikes on the insects.

Every spike had a barb on it. Ye Qingqing couldn't help but imagine what would happen if human skin came into contact with these Spikes.

Originally, Ye Qingqing wanted to go out of the room and eliminate these small insects.

But the next scene completely stunned her.

Initially, there were only a few scattered insects on the ground, but gradually...

Ye Qingqing noticed the vibrations on the ground were becoming more and more intense.

The holes from which those insects had burrowed out were also getting larger.

Gradually, a massive number of insects suddenly gathered in those holes.

Those insects were like a flood surging from the ground, dense and packed, scrambling to crawl out.

One after another, the Black Insects gradually covered the entire courtyard. Unease began to spread in Ye Qingqing's heart; this was an insect plague.

This was an insect plague that had never happened in her past life.

Ye Qingqing panicked instantly.

Panic rose in her heart; she didn't know what would happen after this insect plague.

But those tiny insects devoured everything in the courtyard as they rushed out of the ground.

They were like locusts; where they passed, not a single blade of grass remained.

Deng Jiayu and Pei Siyuan also panicked as they watched the vibrations before them.

"Qingqing, what do we do now?"

"Are these... insects?"

Panic flickered in Deng Jiayu's voice because she had never seen such insects. These bugs bit into anything they saw—and not just food, they bit everything.

As a result, the chairs, tables, and even several old cardboard boxes in the courtyard were completely devoured by those insects.

Just then, Huo Cunsheng's voice suddenly came from next door.

Pei Siyuan blurted out, "Oh no!"

"Your Grandpa Huo is still next door!"

"He told me today that he was taking a day off!"

Hearing this news, the heart Ye Qingqing had been holding in suspense finally sank.

Initially, Ye Qingqing thought that if these insects continued their devouring...

She would take Deng Jiayu and Pei Siyuan into her space to hide.

But now she heard the news that Huo Cunsheng was next door.

Ye Qingqing panicked for a moment.

"Grandpa, Grandma, I'm going next door to get Grandpa Huo."

"Ah Huang!"

As Ye Qingqing spoke, Ah Huang rushed to the window and breathed a blast of fire at the insects.

The insects immediately scattered in fear after coming into contact with the fire.

The smell of burning filled the air.

The ground continued to vibrate.

Insects were still pouring out of the courtyard incessantly.

The insects piled up higher and higher.

Ye Qingqing knew that it wasn't just near their courtyard; likely the entire base, and even the area outside the base, was surrounded by insects.

However, after discovering that these insects were afraid of fire, Ye Qingqing immediately formulated a plan.

She turned to look at Deng Jiayu and Pei Siyuan.

"Grandpa, Grandma, take these fire sources first. Those insects shouldn't be able to get into this house for the time being. You go to the top floor first."

"I'll take Ah Huang and go rescue Grandpa Huo from next door."

As Ye Qingqing spoke, she pulled out many torches from her space.

She also brought out diesel and ignition devices.

Among them, the most numerous were Flamethrowers.

If those insects really managed to break in, these Flamethrowers would be the first line of defense.

Pei Siyuan and Deng Jiayu looked at these items and immediately nodded.

"Alright, Qingqing, be careful. If things really get bad, just leave that old man Huo there."

Deng Jiayu's face was full of deep sorrow, but her words were incredibly sharp.

Ye Qingqing's lips twitched. "Okay, I understand. Grandma, stay safe."

Deng Jiayu sighed, then took the items and went upstairs with Pei Siyuan.

As for Ye Qingqing, she glanced at Ah Huang. "Ah Huang, can you do it?"

Ah Huang gave a bark.

Ah Huang's inner monologue: There's nothing this Lord Dog is afraid of!

Ye Qingqing took a deep breath before heading out and finally lit a torch.

The moment she pushed the door open, Ah Huang immediately spat a ball of fire from his mouth, incinerating all the insects in front of them.

When Ye Qingqing and Ah Huang went out, she immediately shut the room door.

The insects had been busy gnawing on other things.

But the moment they saw Ah Huang and Ye Qingqing emerge, all the insects immediately dropped what was in their mouths.

They swarmed toward Ah Huang and Ye Qingqing one after another.

In the eyes of these insects, Ah Huang and Ye Qingqing were like two walking delicacies.