337: There are too many crystal cores and I can't absorb them all. I'm so worried.

Qin Shilei pondered for a moment, then rode Little Strong to Qing County, searching for a long time before finally finding a Golden Realm beetle.

He then brought this Gold Beetle back to the Space Rift exit in Changzhou City.

"Glutton, have this Gold Beetle guard this place. If you see any bugs coming, kill them."

"Yes, Master." Glutton immediately turned around and instructed the Gold Beetle.

If this Space Rift continued to expand and a Golden Realm bug came through, this Gold Beetle might not be able to stop it.

The safest option was to have a Golden Realm bug lead a group of bugs to guard the entrance of the Space Rift.

Because, according to what Qin Shilei learned from Glutton, bugs from the Insect World generally would not attack tribes led by a Golden Realm Bug King.

For now, they could only rely on this Gold Beetle, along with the tens of thousands of Scythe Beetles and nearly ten Silver Beetles it had gathered nearby, to temporarily guard this place.

Qin Shilei turned and flew back towards Changzhou City.

Changzhou City, City Lord's Mansion.

"It's been so long, and Qin still hasn't returned. Do you think he might have run off with those two purple items?"

"Probably not. He is the number one person on Blue Star; he wouldn't abandon his reputation for just two purple items, would he?"

"Then, do you think he might have gone into the Insect World and been eaten by a mutated beast, unable to return?"

"Don't be a jinx! If he dies, what will happen to the bugs outside the city?"

As Sect Leader Feng Yuxin's subordinates were discussing, a young man hurried in from outside.

"City Lord, Qin Shilei is back! He's currently asking Commander Xie to organize personnel to leave the city."

Upon hearing this, Sect Leader Feng Yuxin immediately breathed a sigh of relief and instructed, "All of us who have met Qin Shilei are strictly forbidden from appearing before him, to avoid any unexpected incidents."

"Understood," everyone responded in unison.

Outside the city, Qin Shilei sat on Little Strong's back, somewhat bored, watching the seventy to eighty thousand Evolutionaries below, who were smiling as they slaughtered the bugs that dared not resist.

Glutton, meanwhile, was in the center of the crowd, gnawing continuously on a pile of Claw Beasts.

After more than half an hour.

A person came below Qin Shilei and shouted, "Mr. Qin, the spoils of war have been collected. Would you like to come and retrieve them now?"

"Good."

Qin Shilei, who had been feeling a bit drowsy, instantly perked up.

He flew to the center of the battlefield, near Glutton, where two small mountains had been piled up.

One was a mountain of bug corpses, and the other was a mountain of treasure chests dropped by bugs.

With a wave of his hand, both the treasure chests and the bug corpses were collected into his Qiankun Ring.

"Not bad, not bad. Having tens of thousands of people work for free is truly comfortable!"

After acquiring these tens of thousands of spoils, Qin Shilei’s earlier vexation from being hunted in the Insect World immediately vanished.

Returning to Little Strong's back, he held a crystal in each hand and began to absorb them.

Three days passed quickly.

To resolve the crisis of the bug siege, the Evolutionaries of Changzhou City, like donkeys in a production team, frantically slaughtered the bugs controlled by Glutton.

Even at night, they would light torches and fight by lamplight.

Under such frenzied slaughter, ninety percent of the bugs outside the city were killed.

A total of over eighteen million bugs were eliminated.

As long as Qin Shilei went back and dug out the crystals from the heads of these bugs, he would harvest over eighteen million crystals of level two and above.

Absorbing one level two crystal could increase experience by approximately 4-5 points, which means Qin Shilei could gain at least over seventy million experience points.

Currently, he needed about six million experience points to level up.

As long as he absorbed all these crystals, he would most likely reach Platinum Peak.

"Sigh, having too many crystals also brings trouble; I simply can't absorb them all."

Qin Shilei sighed softly.

"#￥%##%" Xie Haitao, who was beside him, immediately cursed Qin Shilei in his heart for showing off.

Actually, Qin Shilei wasn't showing off at all.

What limited his advancement speed now was not the lack of crystals, but the slow speed of absorbing them.

Even if he absorbed one crystal per second, using all his time for a month to absorb crystals, he could only absorb over two million crystals.

To absorb all eighteen million crystals, he would need over seven months of non-stop absorption.

If he spent six to eight hours a day absorbing crystals, it would take two to three years.

Such a long time, and those Space Rifts would likely undergo significant changes, and the two Platinum Peak Bug Emperors could also come to Blue Star through the Space Rifts.

Even more powerful bugs might also come to Blue Star.

What would Qin Shilei use to defend against these invaders then?

Xie Haitao had no idea about Qin Shilei's worries.

Seeing him frown occasionally, he asked, "Mr. Qin, are there still complications with the bugs outside the city? Would you mind staying one more day to help us completely resolve this hidden danger?"

"We agreed on three days at the beginning, so let's stick to three days," Qin Shilei flatly refused.

Hearing this, Xie Haitao had no choice but to give up, then politely said, "Thank you for your hard work these past three days, Mr. Qin. I have already arranged a banquet at the mansion. Please grace us with your presence for a late-night meal."

Qin Shilei also felt a bit hungry, so he nodded and replied, "Alright, let's go."

With that, he lifted the other man onto Little Strong's back and flew towards the mansion he remembered.

With Little Strong's speed, they entered Changzhou City in a few breaths.

The sky was pitch black, and Qin Shilei momentarily mistook the direction. Xie Haitao, however, was a bit dizzy from the high speed and, with his eyes half-closed, didn't notice anything amiss.

He just kept flying towards the brightest area in the city.

Soon, they arrived above the villa complex with the "City Lord's Mansion" plaque.

Qin Shilei did see the plaque, but he simply thought it was Xie Haitao's true residence, so he lifted the other man and flew straight down.

As soon as he landed in front of the brightly lit villa, a woman who heard the commotion ran out from inside.

"It's you." Qin Shilei instantly recognized her as Zhu Shan, whom he had met in Beian City.

Zhu Shan was stunned, not expecting Xie Haitao to bring Qin Shilei here.

She quickly suppressed her confusion and smiled, "Mr. Qin, why have you come to Changzhou City?"

Qin Shilei said expressionlessly, "I've been in Changzhou City for three days. Didn't you know?"

"Hehe," Zhu Shan chuckled, trying to cover up, "I've been staying in the city these past few days, absorbing crystals and leveling up, so I didn't notice that Mr. Qin had been in Changzhou for three days."

"Zhu Shan, who is it?" Perhaps seeing Zhu Shan had been out for so long without returning, someone inside asked.

Qin Shilei found the voice somewhat familiar. After a moment's thought, he suddenly realized, "So Sect Leader Feng is the true master of Changzhou City!"

With that, he walked straight into the villa.

Sitting in the villa's main hall was none other than Sect Leader Feng Yuxin of the Heavenly Demon Sect.