218: Half of the giant worm at the foot of the mountain

Winged Insects covered the sky and earth, flying from afar, causing the light in this space to dim.

After these Winged Insects appeared, they did not attack Gu Qinghan and the others; instead, they flew towards the insect corpses on the ground.

Compared to the dead Cang Worms, a single Winged Insect appeared exceptionally frail.

However, the number of descending Winged Insects was incalculable, and they actually managed to lift the bodies of the Cang Worms.

Gu Qinghan now fully understood the previous hint:

Follow the corpses.

Rather than following the corpses, it was more accurate to say that only by following these Winged Insects carrying the corpses could he find the Lord of the Secret Realm.

And as expected, these Winged Insects did not carry the bodies of the insects that had died from Gu Qinghan's poison.

Gu Qinghan said nothing, leading Zhang Kuang and the other two to fly in the direction these Winged Insects were heading.

This time, no monster attacked Gu Qinghan, and Gu Qinghan also saw the true appearance of the area below.

In this Secret Realm, there were countless basins like the one they had seen before, densely distributed across the land.

Above each basin, there were swarms of Winged Insects hovering.

Along the way, Gu Qinghan even saw many Winged Insects, almost all of them carrying something.

Some carried the corpses of monsters, while others carried insect eggs that looked like stones.

What was more interesting was that the Winged Insects carrying insect eggs all headed towards the various basins, and the destination of those carrying corpses seemed to be the same.

Kim Taeyong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly scratched his head and whispered to Meina beside him:

"This place is like a large farm; I get this feeling when I visit my uncle's farm."

Although he lowered his voice, the few of them were very close, so they naturally all heard him.

Gu Qinghan's expression remained unchanged; in fact, he had the same feeling.

The monsters seen here so far could generally be divided into two types.

One type of monster was the insect beast.

The other type was the insect.

The monsters in these basins were various insect beasts, bizarre and strange, yet they seemed to be managed by those insects.

To put it in a more direct term, they were being farmed.

The abilities of these insects were very singular, but they all seemed to be uniformly commanded by the Lord of the Secret Realm.

But it was undeniable that their division of labor was truly clear.

Winged Insects were responsible for transport, Zhan Insects for combat, Cang Worms for transporting combat units... Gu Qinghan even felt that there should be more insects responsible for specialized tasks here.

This Insect Tide Secret Realm was the Lord of the Secret Realm's farm!

Those Winged Insects collecting corpses were most likely recycling them as food.

Currently, the only point of confusion for Gu Qinghan was why his Death Poison would make the Lord of the Secret Realm compromise.

Even if his toxins contaminated some food, such a large farm shouldn't mind.

Gu Qinghan's vigilance increased, and he remained alert for any potential dangers that might appear at any time.

After flying for an unknown period, Gu Qinghan realized that their destination seemed to be the mountain peak they had seen before.

As the distance shortened, Gu Qinghan vaguely felt that the mountain peak resembled a giant beast prostrate on the ground.

He immediately stopped, casually intercepted a Winged Insect, and said:

"The place you want to take me to might be dangerous; I cannot fully trust you."

He was certain that the Lord of the Secret Realm could hear his voice, and a few seconds later, he indeed heard the prompt Zhang Kuang received once again:

"Meeting with the Lord of the Secret Realm will grant a hidden reward for this Secret Realm.

Leaving now will grant one diamond-grade reward and access to the Insect Tide Secret Realm instance."

Gu Qinghan's eyes narrowed slightly; this Lord of the Secret Realm actually gave him two options.

The second reward was already enough to make many people envious, but the first reward exuded an alluring aura.

Why did the Lord of the Secret Realm intentionally want him to meet it? Given its intelligence, it could be a conspiracy.

But looking at its attitude, it didn't seem to insist on Gu Qinghan going, merely offering a choice.

The other party even directly allowed Gu Qinghan to kill a portion of the Cang Worms, expressing sufficient goodwill.

Two choices lay before Gu Qinghan, leaving him unsure of what to choose for a moment.

After a long pause, Gu Qinghan suddenly looked at Zhang Kuang and asked:

"Is the information obtained by your talent guaranteed to be true?"

Zhang Kuang was also stunned, as he had never encountered such a situation before.

However, he roughly understood why Gu Qinghan asked this and said:

"Boss, if it's previous information, it has indeed always been true and useful.

But this situation is too bizarre; who knows if it's a special effect of this Secret Realm.

If you ask me, since you're already so powerful, it's better to play it safe and just take the guaranteed reward."

Zhang Kuang's meaning was clear: he suggested Gu Qinghan choose the safer approach.

He was a very timid person, so he would never choose to take risks when there was sufficient profit.

But Gu Qinghan directly ignored the latter half of his words; he only needed to know that all the information the other party had received before was correct.

This game had its own rules, which meant that as long as Zhang Kuang wasn't lying, meeting the Lord of the Secret Realm would definitely yield a hidden reward.

A hidden reward from a diamond-grade Secret Realm, Gu Qinghan knew without thinking that it would be extremely valuable.

Thinking of this, Gu Qinghan let out a light breath and once again followed in the direction those Winged Insects had left.

It wasn't until the sky began to darken again that Gu Qinghan approached the mountain peak.

He stopped high in the air, with over a hundred skeletons ready at any moment to guard against potential dangers.

But Gu Qinghan's gaze was mostly drawn by the scene here.

As far as his eyes could see, Winged Insects were almost everywhere, carrying the corpses of various insect beasts and insects.

These corpses were directly thrown by them at the foot of this mountain peak, and then... slowly merged into the ground.

Only at this moment could Gu Qinghan see that this mountain peak truly seemed to be formed from a giant beast.

However, this giant beast seemed to have been weathered by time, showing no discernible features.

And beneath this giant beast was a segment of a massive insect.

That's right, it was a segment, not an entire insect.

Meina had long since been scared and hidden in Kim Taeyong's arms, while Zhang Kuang, that fellow, had already hidden in Meina's arms.

Gu Qinghan looked at this scene and also felt a faint chill.

That segment of the insect was not inanimate; it seemed to be observing him from afar!

Gu Qinghan felt that this half-segment of the insect should be the Lord of the Secret Realm in this Secret Realm.

Although this insect looked plump and harmless.

But just this half-segment of its body was already hundreds of meters thick, and its length was immeasurable.

What made Gu Qinghan's eyes narrow the most was the countless stone-like insect eggs around this creature.

These insect eggs varied in size, the smallest being about the size of a person, and some even as large as a Cang Worm.

Gu Qinghan suddenly realized that he had miscalculated.

He also understood at this moment why the other party didn't allow him to use poison skills, yet didn't care how many insects died.

Because, after these insects died, they would serve as food for the Lord of the Secret Realm!

All the insects in the entire Secret Realm were produced by this creature, yet they ultimately all served it.

What was the other party's purpose in doing this?

Gu Qinghan looked at the other party's missing half-segment of a body; that might be the answer.