207: Chapter 27 The Ball

After climbing up, Ye Qingqing first pulled Deng Jiayu up.

The Metal Chain was wrapped around Deng Jiayu's waist.

With a surge of strength in her hands, Ye Qingqing pulled Deng Jiayu up.

Then came Huo Cunsheng and Pei Siyuan.

However, this method was not friendly to the elderly.

Because the Metal Chain was extremely hard, and the bones of these three old folks were no longer as sturdy as they were in their youth, expressions of pain appeared on all three of their faces.

Seeing this, Ye Qingqing felt very worried.

She had already pulled them up at her fastest speed, but she hadn't expected to still hurt them.

Ye Qingqing crouched beside Deng Jiayu: "Grandmother, are you okay?"

Ye Qingqing's brow was furrowed as she spoke.

Deng Jiayu patted Ye Qingqing's hand: "Qingqing, I'm fine. It's just that I'm old, and my body isn't what it used to be."

By this time, Huo Sixian had also climbed up.

Then, Huo Sixian said to the person piloting the helicopter, "Let's go."

It was only then that Huo Sixian let out a long sigh of relief from deep within his chest.

Huo Cunsheng asked Huo Sixian at this moment, "What's the situation now?"

Huo Sixian leaned his head out to look through the window: "The Official Base can no longer be saved."

Huo Sixian's words caused everyone's heart to tighten.

What the Official Base represented... it was the last official gathering place in China.

But now, even the Official Base was...

Huo Sixian looked at Huo Cunsheng: "Grandpa, this helicopter will first take you all to a safe place. Lu Huan will be there to meet you."

"As for..."

Huo Sixian paused for a moment as he reached this point.

Then he looked at Ye Qingqing.

"Qingqing..."

Ye Qingqing directly interrupted Huo Sixian's attempt to speak: "I'm going with you."

A look of difficulty appeared in Huo Sixian's eyes because the sudden occurrence of this Insect Plague had disrupted all the current plans in the base.

The upcoming rescue would be extremely difficult. If Ye Qingqing followed him, the danger factor would be very high, and the basic characteristics of these insects were still unknown.

Huo Sixian actually didn't want Ye Qingqing to come along.

"Qingqing, maybe you should..."

But before Huo Sixian could finish his sentence, Ye Qingqing directly took out three backpacks from her space.

She stuffed one onto both Huo Cunsheng and Deng Jiayu.

Those backpacks were all filled with emergency supplies.

Furthermore, Ye Qingqing placed a large amount of water and food inside the cabin.

It was all hunger-staving compressed biscuits.

She then stuffed several cans of canned porridge into the backpacks of Huo Cunsheng and the others.

After finishing all this, Ye Qingqing released Ah Huang.

At this moment, Ah Huang still didn't understand what Ye Qingqing meant.

Ye Qingqing looked at Ah Huang: "Ah Huang, during this time, you must stay by the Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother's side. You must protect them well, do you understand?"

Ye Qingqing took out a pet backpack from her space.

It was packed full of the canned food and dog food that Ah Huang loved to eat.

It weighed heavily on Ah Huang's back.

Ah Huang looked at Ye Qingqing, his eyes filled with confusion.

He didn't understand why Ye Qingqing was doing this or why she was giving him so much food.

Ah Huang used his paw to nudge Ye Qingqing's hand.

A bark escaped his mouth.

Ye Qingqing looked at Ah Huang and then moved his paw away: "Ah Huang, did you hear me clearly?"

"Protect the Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother, as well as Grandpa Huo. You must not leave their side for a single step."

"You must keep those insects far away, do you understand?"

Ah Huang could understand Ye Qingqing's words.

He also knew that Ye Qingqing was about to part from him.

Ah Huang did not agree.

Nor was he willing.

He opened his mouth and barked loudly at Ye Qingqing.

"Woof woof woof!"

Ah Huang was unwilling, simply unwilling.

Ah Huang did not want to be separated from Ye Qingqing.

Ye Qingqing sighed and looked at Huo Sixian.

"Let's go."

Deng Jiayu and Pei Siyuan stood to the side, a hint of worry in their eyes: "Qingqing, you must be careful."

Ye Qingqing turned her back to Deng Jiayu and nodded: "Don't worry, I will."

Huo Cunsheng only glanced at Huo Sixian, but he didn't say anything.

However, the worry in his eyes could not be hidden.

Huo Sixian and Ye Qingqing climbed down the rope ladder from the helicopter once again.

The moment they landed, the Black Insects on the ground swarmed toward them again, blocking the entire road completely.

Huo Sixian instantly launched several fireballs, killing the insects that were attacking from the surroundings.

But very quickly, more insects continued to crawl out from underground.

Huo Sixian and Ye Qingqing ran very fast, but those insects still continuously emerged from the ground.

The place where Huo Sixian and Ye Qingqing jumped down was at the edge of the base.

Most of the people living here were ordinary survivors.

As Huo Sixian and Ye Qingqing approached, they suddenly heard someone's cry for help.

Huo Sixian and Ye Qingqing immediately ran toward the direction of the cry.

However, they noticed that the cry for help fluctuated in volume, and it sounded as if it were separated by a layer of something.

It was impossible to hear clearly.

A cloud of worry loomed between the brows of both Huo Sixian and Ye Qingqing.

Both Ye Qingqing and Huo Sixian knew why the person's cry for help had become like that.

They only quickened their pace.

However, when Huo Sixian and Ye Qingqing arrived, they witnessed an especially unforgettable scene.

The survivor before them was covered from head to toe in Black Insects.

Those insects crawled up from the survivor's feet and then slipped through the sleeves onto the skin.

They continued to burrow into the body through the buttocks and the navel.

The Black Insects continued to crawl upward until the lower body was completely occupied and the person could no longer move.

They burrowed inside through the mouth, eyes, nostrils, and ears.

The entire process was extremely rapid.

The person only felt a wave of numbness over their body before completely losing consciousness.

Intermittent cries for help still came from the mouth.

"He-help... help... me..."

Although there was still sound coming from the mouth, in reality, that person had long since died.

The body was nothing more than an empty shell.

Ye Qingqing could even see the tiny Black Insects wriggling beneath the person's skin.

It looked absolutely horrific.

Even the veins on the face were filled with Black Insects.

The presence of the Black Insects' bodies showed through the entire skin, turning it a grayish color.

Ye Qingqing found it hard to bear, and her body instinctively wanted to retch.

Huo Sixian's condition wasn't much better either.

Finally, the person's voice ceased. When the mouth opened and closed, only Black Insects were spat out.

They were densely packed and looked incredibly terrifying.

Moreover, those insects were covered in bright red blood.

The Black Insects that had sucked blood were not only stained with it; their skin also had a reddish tint showing through.

Their bodies appeared a dark black-red.

Furthermore, their bodies had swelled by a size.

A foul stench emanated from them.

After those insects finished devouring the person, they crawled out of the body.

Subsequently, the person's body became like a deflated rubber ball, instantly collapsing into a hollow heap.