Rebirth: I Am Super Rich in Apocalypse-Chapter 413 The Bug Got Bigger

The two walked ahead in high spirits, as if what lay before them wasn’t danger but a blissful road to heaven.

Zhang Kaiyang and the others watched them hand in hand, constantly winking and making faces at each other.

"Done, done~"

Fan Qing got so excited that he couldn’t help but clap his hands a couple of times.

As for them being together, everyone had no objections.

...

In the blink of an eye, they arrived at Half Moon Lake.

It was now surrounded by layers of barriers, presenting a very grim atmosphere.

Song Yi led a few people smoothly into the interior.

Jiang Yuan saw them and hurried over to meet them.

"Camp Commander Xie, this is Song Yi I told you about, and these are his companions. They’ve seen the situation over there before."

"Good, then please tell us all about it in detail."

Following them, the focus was on Zhang Tiezhu recounting his experiences, with the rest providing accompaniment.

For the subsequent issues, it was Song Yi who communicated, while Jhiang Yuan did nothing.

"Our main goal today is to deal with those trees. It now seems that a fire attack would be best."

Camp Commander Xie shared his viewpoint, then looked around at everyone present.

Discussing matters, naturally, requires deliberation and consensus.

"Just a few trees, we needn’t be too nervous.

If all else fails, we’ll just uproot them completely, no need to make such a fuss."

Zhang Tiezhu was actually grinding his teeth in frustration, having been tricked by one of those trees before, he felt extremely unwilling to let it go.

He had already thought of hundreds of ways to deal with that creature.

"It’s not impossible!"

Jiang Yuan considered the matter patiently, as if uprooting the trees was also a good idea.

"If we dig them out and then set them on fire, wouldn’t the effect be even better?"

"I think it’s a good plan~"

Camp Commander Xie immediately gave his approval; he had come to fully support Jiang Yuan’s operation.

Jiang Yuan wasn’t overbearing and spoke courteously.

He even sought the opinion of the camp commander.

Although Zhang Tiezhu’s approach was a bit rough, upon closer consideration, it had its merits.

The current situation couldn’t compare to times when they were well-equipped.

Therefore, following this plan was indeed reliable.

The rest had no objections either.

Camp Commander Xie went to gather people and start the operation.

They had brought more people this time, and everyone had some combat experience, all of top quality.

Jhiang Yuan followed the group, unsure of what to do.

Ye Mianmian and Fan Qing stuck close to her; they knew they couldn’t help much, so they told Song Yi they wanted to go up and take a look.

"Alright then, let’s go together."

Jiang Yuan also wanted to check for any changes above; this was the perfect opportunity.

The group began to ascend the hill, still having to take the previous route.

Although there was no longer any danger at the deep ditch, they hadn’t put up a makeshift bridge in the middle, as they simply lacked the mood and energy to do so.

Last time, they had burned down most of the surrounding trees.

Only a few trunks remained, still standing tall.

They had just approached the area when Song Yi stretched out his hand to stop everyone.

"This is close enough, let’s not get any closer, just to be safe."

"Okay!"

At that moment, no one was going to act recklessly.

If things went south, they could lose their lives.

"Look, the situation in the water seems to have gotten worse. Should we take some measures?"

Jiang Yuan watched the situation above, feeling very heavy-hearted.

"Kaiyang, didn’t you bring a drone over? My phone still has battery.

Why don’t you tie it up and send it over to shoot some videos and bring back so we can see what’s really going on?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.

Jiang Yuan actually still had a mobile phone, and it even had battery left.

"What’s up?"

"Your phone actually still has battery, Sister Yuan, is that true?"

"Of course, I used to contact customers frequently. I have three phones.

After the water and power outage, generating our own power wasn’t easy, so I thought at least I could use it as an alarm clock.

I charged this phone and turned it off; I don’t know how much power it still has now."

Her explanation made sense, so it shouldn’t be an issue.

Anyway, no one would suspect anything, it was reasonable.

Plus, this phone had a large battery capacity with long standby time.

It was normal for it to still have battery after she had turned it off.

"Turned on, there’s still 61% battery, that’s enough."

Jiang Yuan was very happy as she had specifically picked one that wasn’t fully charged to avoid suspicion of it being fake.

Zhang Kaiyang quickly went to prepare the drone, tying the phone to it and setting it to the video recording interface in advance.

Now there was no network; otherwise, they could have conducted real-time surveillance.

The drone flew over, circling around the lake surface.

"Can it go any lower?"

"I’ll try..."

With limited conditions, real-time monitoring wasn’t possible, which put the tester’s skills to the test.

Zhang Kaiyang was also extremely cautious; a fall into the water would represent a significant loss.

About five minutes later, the drone returned, trembling and wobbling before landing steadily on the ground.

Everyone hurried over to take the phone off.

The scenes in the phone renewed everyone’s understanding once again.

They saw that the insects in the lake were tumbling around, as if a nest of them had hatched, with movement above and below, constantly shaking.

Moreover, their color was much darker than before.

"Look, doesn’t it seem like the range has expanded?

Before there was only a circle around the edge, but now it’s almost reached the center of the lake."

Jiang Yuan gave no definite response, but it seemed to have increased from before.

"Not necessarily~"

Song Yi looked at the screen thoughtfully.

"The color of these insects is much darker.

From past experience, they only darken as they grow larger and stronger.

The reason they’ve expanded inward may not be because there are more of them, but because their size has grown."

This statement was like an awakening.

"Yes, how did I not think of that? It must be the case."

Ye Mianmian agreed while Jiang Yuan pushed up his glasses with a very serious expression.

"This is not a good sign, does it mean that the things in here are going to be much more difficult to deal with than before?"

Indeed, that was the case.

"Sigh, it seems our difficulties are increasing. If things don’t work out, we’ll have to implement the plan ahead of schedule."

Jiang Yuan too was alarmed; those insects could move very quickly.

If they really became desperate and came out of the lake, then all of them would be in danger.

"Before, they were just larvae about to hatch, but now that there’s a change, it proves that the lake water is beneficial to them.

In such a short time, they’ve grown this much; if we wait any longer, the consequences are unthinkable."