204: Entering another world

Watching this scene, Zhang Xiaoli chuckled, "Shi Lei, why do I feel like you're a capitalist exploiting others?"

Qin Shi Lei laughed, "Aren't I just afraid the crystals are too hard and might chip their teeth?"

The Ant Queen, capable of understanding human speech, nudged her master with her antennae, then bared her gleaming, sharp teeth.

It seemed to be saying, "Master, my teeth are perfectly fine; they won't chip."

Qin Shi Lei playfully chided, "I know your teeth are good. Guard this cave for me, and I'll reward you with a few crystals then."

The Ant Queen, satisfied with her master's promise, contentedly crawled into the cave.

An Qian said with some worry, "Shi Lei, can the ants really guard this place? Although they can deal with the bugs, the losses are not small. They've probably lost one to two hundred thousand just getting here."

Qin Shi Lei calmly stated, "Our Ant Army numbers at least tens of millions. Even if two hundred thousand die each day, they can last fifty days."

"After fifty days, perhaps we can figure out a way to resolve the Space Rift problem."

"What's more, after devouring bugs, those ants can also undergo Evolution, and the Ant Queen can continuously lay new ants. Perhaps in a few tens of days, the Ant Army's strength will increase rather than decrease."

Upon hearing this, An Qian also let go of her worry and turned to say, "Then do we not need to risk going through the Space Rift to the Other World?"

Qin Shi Lei shook his head, "I don't know if bugs that even the Ant Army can't handle will emerge from this Space Rift, so it's still necessary for us to go to the Other World to investigate."

Seeing that the Ant Army had already secured the exit of the Space Rift, everyone decided to return.

That night, Kong Qingshu, Zhang Qiang, and Xie Haimei successively advanced to the Silver Realm.

With the three of them guarding Hope City, Qin Shi Lei and his companions could rest assured going to the world on the other side of the Space Rift to investigate the situation.

The next morning.

Qin Shi Lei, An Qian, and Zhang Xiaoli arrived at the cave in the valley again.

"Let's go down."

The three quickly reached the bottom of the cave by descending a long rope.

In their view, every minute, two or three beetles emerged from the azure Space Rift.

As soon as a beetle appeared, countless ants swarmed forward, overwhelming it.

"Hold onto me tightly."

Qin Shi Lei released the rope, and the three of them fell together into the Space Rift below.

The three only felt a momentary darkness before they appeared inside a cave.

Before they could even clearly see their surroundings, they discovered a gleaming Scythe Beetle slashing down.

Qin Shi Lei kicked forward, sending that Scythe Beetle flying.

He quickly scanned his surroundings and found it was a cave about ten square meters in size.

Twenty to thirty meters to the right, there was light shining in, which was presumably the cave's exit.

Just then, seven or eight more Scythe Beetles surrounded them.

Qin Shi Lei released the two women, took out his Blood Soul, transformed into a phantom, and swiftly killed the more than ten beetles in the cave.

He charged out of the cave entrance, holding his Blood Soul, "Let's break out first."

An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli also took out their weapons and followed closely, rushing out.

Soon, the three arrived outside the cave, and looking up, their eyes were filled with shock.

This was a valley several thousand meters deep, and as far as the eye could see, it was densely packed with bugs, probably hundreds of thousands of them.

There were Scythe Beetles and silver beetles, as well as a type of gray beetle similar to the Scythe Beetle, and even dozens of large flesh masses, twenty to thirty meters tall, distributed around the valley.

"Hiss!"

Upon discovering Qin Shi Lei and their three intruders, the bugs in the valley immediately let out countless hissing roars, then surged towards them.

Even a thousand Silver Realm peak survivors facing such a situation would probably only be able to turn around in a panic and escape back to Blue Star through the Space Rift.

However, Qin Shi Lei and his companions had already anticipated this situation.

An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli simultaneously summoned their pets.

Xiaofei and Xiaoqing appeared and immediately spread their wings, flying high into the sky.

Qin Shi Lei and Zhang Xiaoli leaped with force, each grabbing onto Xiaofei's and Xiaoqing's talons, allowing the latter to carry them high into the sky.

An Qian, meanwhile, unfurled her Phoenix Wings and also flew rapidly skyward.

Countless energy attacks from below bombarded Qin Shi Lei and his companions, but none could catch up to the astonishing speed of Xiaofei and Xiaoqing.

Qin Shi Lei quickly climbed from under Xiaofei's talons onto its back.

Looking around, he finally had a chance to properly observe this Other World.

Aside from the bug-filled valley, all around was an endless forest.

It was like a primeval forest on Earth, only the trees were taller and larger, with giant trees over a hundred meters tall visible everywhere.

He looked down at the valley below.

Qin Shi Lei immediately shouted a warning, "Keep flying higher."

He saw that the tops of the dozens of large flesh masses around them simultaneously opened wide mouths, firing half-meter diameter flesh balls at them like cannons firing ammunition.

Seeing that the flesh ball was about to hit Xiaofei.

Qin Shi Lei waved his hand, sending out a bolt of lightning to strike the flesh ball.

Boom!

The flesh ball exploded violently, like a high-energy bomb, causing a fierce tremor in the air.

Looking at the yellow liquid splattering after the flesh ball exploded, Qin Shi Lei suspected these flesh balls also had strong corrosive properties.

After being hit and triggering more than ten explosions, Qin Shi Lei and his companions had already ascended several hundred meters into the sky, leaving the attack range of the flesh balls.

Qin Shi Lei took out his binoculars and observed the Insect Valley below again.

Aside from a few types of beetles in the valley, he didn't find any particularly unusual bugs.

An Qian flew to Qin Shi Lei's side and said with some doubt, "Do these bugs not have a leader like an Insect Queen?"

Qin Shi Lei said with some uncertainty, "There should be one, but we haven't found it yet."

He paused, then added, "Let's go check out the surrounding forest first."

Although An Qian could fly, her Phoenix Wings were formed from vital energy and consumed a lot, so she couldn't stay in the air indefinitely.

Soon, the three landed about ten kilometers from that valley.

An animal resembling a musk deer suddenly darted out of the bushes and fled into the distance.

"There's an animal!" Zhang Xiaoli exclaimed in surprise.

This was the first non-bug animal they had seen here.

Just then, a Scythe Beetle also emerged from the same bushes, immediately pouncing on the animal and pinning it to the ground. With a swing of its scythe, it killed the creature.

It then turned to look at Qin Shi Lei and his companions.

"Bugs need to eat too, so it's not strange to find other animals."

Qin Shi Lei said, while swiftly killing the Scythe Beetle that lunged at him.

An Qian asked, "So what do we do now?"

Qin Shi Lei pondered for a moment, then pointed in a random direction and said, "Let's walk a hundred kilometers in this direction first, then we'll make a plan."

He currently lacked the ability to quickly eliminate the bugs in the valley, so he planned to first explore this Other World.