Rebirth: I Am Super Rich in Apocalypse-Chapter 458: Guardian of the Insect Queen

"At that time, the Second Master was extremely clever and knew that there was another group of people on the side of the cave, so he sent a few of us to check it out.

But the weather was too cold, so we took shelter in the Consort Tomb.

It was because of this that we avoided a disaster."

"Consort Tomb?"

Camp Commander Xie raised a question, which Song Yi answered directly.

"There is a tomb here. All we know is that it belongs to a consort from the Tang Dynasty.

They wanted to develop it into a tourist attraction initially, but everything stopped for some unknown reason.

However, some areas have been cleaned up."

According to Dong Dali’s words, they took shelter in the passageway of the Consort Tomb.

Although it is hard to understand, the wisdom of the ancients is not something that modern people can imagine.

When the earthquake happened, they felt it there too, but the tomb was safe and did not collapse.

"After things stabilized, we went back and found that everything there was gone.

All the people in the village had disappeared.

Even more, we heard noises coming from underneath the ground.

So terrifying~"

Dong Dali seemed to be recalling something terrifying, and his eyes were filled with fear.

Jhiang Yuan also remembered the sounds from underground and the blood seeping through the cracks when they were digging.

It was indeed hair-raising.

When Dong Dali returned, he naturally went looking for people. Hearing noise, he couldn’t just stand by idly.

So, what they experienced, this group of people probably went through as well.

"How did you get here then? And what about your companions; where did they go?"

Song Yi was still able to focus on the key points, and immediately asked the crucial question.

"Dead, they’re all dead. I was found by the rescue team and brought here."

Such an explanation seemed reasonable.

"And what about those insects? Explain quickly."

"The insects, they are the children of the Insect Queen.

If all the people are gone, they can take over the entire society."

Could it be that the next era belongs to insects?

That’s too absurd!

"What do you know? The Insect Queen is very powerful. The insects will be everywhere."

Camp Commander Xie listened and furrowed his brows tightly.

"Then you might have miscalculated. The so-called Insect Queen of yours is just the big insect among those trees."

Jhiang Yuan blurted out the truth, and Dong Dali seemed to be caught off guard.

"How do you know about this? What did you do to the Insect Queen?"

Clearly, the matter was still relatively under wraps; many people were not aware.

That included the former residents of Half Moon Lake Village.

"It’s dead. It’s only a big insect.

It’s not as godly as you claim, having a whole village guarding it. How ridiculous."

Jhiang Yuan purposefully said this, and Dong Dali was clearly provoked.

Struggling, he tried to rise from the chair, his face twisted with rage.

"You know nothing! The Insect Queen is a god, having lived for over a hundred years. You think you, a woman, can desecrate it—

Ah~"

Before he could finish speaking, Song Yi slapped him across the face.

"Dare to curse my woman; you’re asking for death!"

Damn, that was so cool!

But she didn’t want to watch; it felt a bit too gory.

This man now couldn’t pinpoint his place, but Song Yi knew how to handle things.

Soon, with Camp Commander Xie playing the good cop and Song Yi playing the bad cop, they would get everything out of him.

Her presence here was of no use; it was a good time to go back and check on Ye Mianmian.

The new house over there was almost set up.

Zhang Tiezhu and the other person were being all lovey-dovey, so she didn’t want to bother them anymore.

Once she was home, she took some rest—it was getting late, and she was feeling a bit hungry.

After having dinner, Song Yi also came back.

He called her over, and Jhiang Yuan didn’t shy away but directly brought him a self-heating rice meal.

It had been a long time since he had eaten one, and Song Yi didn’t hold back.

Additionally, she got him a can of Sprite.

Once he was fed and watered, they started to discuss serious matters.

"What exactly is going on? Did you get anything out of them?"

"Yeah, the person is indeed from Half Moon Lake. We probably saw him when we went there, but there were too many people at the time, and we didn’t notice.

We were also preoccupied with the lake’s problem, so we didn’t pay much attention."

"And what about the bugs? What’s going on with them?"

Song Yi sat down opposite Jhiang Yuan with a solemn face, ready to talk business.

"Actually, he doesn’t know very much about it either.

All he knows is that there’s an Insect Queen there, and everyone has to serve it for their entire lives.

Even in death, they get eaten by the Insect Queen."

Jhiang Yuan sighed—it turned out that what the old lady had said was true.

"It’s terrifying. Zhang Tiezhu also barely escaped a disaster then."

"Yeah, indeed, I don’t know whether it was because the Insect Queen was sleeping or just didn’t like his scent."

Song Yi analyzed, but he wasn’t entirely certain.

Who can guess the thoughts of an insect?

"So, about the insects now, is it the same one?"

"Yes, he brought the insect eggs here.

They were all in hibernation initially, but then they grew up as it got warmer and hatched. frёewebnoѵēl.com

You remember that older sister, right? The first one to be infected with the bugs?"

Jhiang Yuan quickly nodded. She remembered her; at that time, they didn’t know it was a bug that caused the trouble.

"She got infected because she worked in the boiler room where it was much warmer than the outside, making her one of the first victims."

Song Yi shared his analysis with her, putting together a string of clues after getting a confession from the person involved.

"And what about those bugs in the warehouse? Was that his doing too?"

"Yeah, he said he wanted to breed bugs, and that led to what we see now.

With fewer people going there, he naturally had the time and space."

Jhiang Yuan nodded—it was not because she had burned the quilts that he had charged at her but because of the bugs.

He really did want to kill her!

"But, we said before.

Everyone’s pimples might be related to the previous rain, right?

Now it’s starting to be linked to this person, and it just doesn’t make sense!"

Song Yi took her hand, his expression unchanged.

"Yuanyuan, what do you think?"

"It just feels wrong. The Insect Queen is around here.

But now the infection isn’t just here; the other bases are experiencing the same problem!

If we say it’s all because of the Insect Queen, that’s definitely unrealistic."

Song Yi looked at her serious expression, and smiled affectionately.

"It’s true. So, I think that rain probably had something to do with it as well.

Dong Dali also doesn’t know for sure, he can’t pinpoint the exact reason.

Right now, we’re also feeling our way across the river."

"Sigh, I thought we had a breakthrough, but it seems we’re still in a dead end.

Dong Dali has some nerve, raising those bugs and willing to risk everyone’s safety."

Speaking of which, that’s pretty shameless.

"Yuanyuan, you don’t need to worry.

This person was just a minion in Half Moon Lake.

Most of the secrets are known only to Second Master Teng."