The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3046 Forced to Jump into the Lake

With a loud "boom," a large swarm of red bees surrounded the fleeing defensive structure.

It's true that running on the ground is not as fast as flying in the sky. Even though both of them are innate masters and are very fast, pushing the defensive body is one aspect, and the other aspect is that the Red Bee has entered berserk mode.

The queen bee in the hive was so frightened that all the red bees, under her command, relentlessly pursued the intruder and were determined to eliminate it. Naturally, the two old bees could not outrun the red bees.

Fortunately, the two are quite strong, possess defensive bodies, and each has their own domain for support, so they will not be attacked by the Red Bee for the time being.

However, the two old lads were running towards the lake, so there were no bushes to make way for the red wasps. If they continued running towards the bushes, the red wasps would have no way to surround them.

Unfortunately, they were running towards the lake, so there was nothing to cover them in the air or on the ground. Given the Red Bees' frenzied speed, they naturally surrounded the defensive structure halfway there.

Although the two old men were innate masters, they couldn't expend all their innate power on defending against the red bees' attacks. After all, if they couldn't dodge the bees' attacks, they would probably have to seek refuge in the lake; after all, bees are afraid of water, which is common sense.

However, they didn't know if the strange beasts in the lake would attack them once they entered. Therefore, they needed to conserve some of their innate power to deal with the beasts in the lake.

The two old men took turns deploying their domains, using the defensive structure as a base. As long as the Crimson Bees didn't destroy the defensive structure, they wouldn't use their domains to kill them. Once the Crimson Bees launched a frenzied attack on the defensive structure, they would use their domains to envelop the bees and kill them one by one.

Although Red Bee is quite strong, the two of them can easily kill it if their domains envelop it.

But what kept the two old men busy was the sheer number of red hornets.

Surrounded by a massive swarm of red bees, their relentless attacks rapidly depleted their innate power. Had the two not been able to take turns attacking, their innate power might have been completely exhausted in the short time they had just been there.

"Damn it! We seem to have left the black soil area quite far, why are these red bees still chasing us?" Qian Ying said urgently to Zhou Zixing while deploying her domain to kill the red bees attacking her defenses.

They needed to preserve their innate power, so they didn't use sound transmission techniques but spoke instead. Although the sound of the red bee's wings interfered, both of them were innate masters and could hear each other clearly.

When Ouyang Nan reported earlier, he mentioned that as long as they left the black soil area for about a few kilometers, the Red Bees and Red Bees would not pursue them, and no Red Bees would fly over when they approached the lake.

However, they have now traveled some distance from the black soil, yet the red bees continue their relentless pursuit and frantic attacks on the defensive structure, causing the two old men to doubt whether Ouyang Nan's report was true.

"Perhaps we disturbed the queen bee while we were collecting honey. Ouyang Nan and the others wouldn't lie to us."

"Alright, let's keep going."

However, because there were too many red bees, even though the number of red bees had decreased significantly after traveling some distance, the red bees continued to pursue them relentlessly.

All the red bees attacked the defenses frantically, tearing the outer layer of wood into shreds. Indeed, because the red bees' stingers were somewhat weak against wood, they climbed onto the defenses and began to gnaw at the outer wooden structure.

Before long, the outer layer of wood had been almost completely torn away, revealing the soil layer underneath. The red bees continued to tear at it, and the soil fell off one after another.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing had been taking turns using their respective domains to drive away and kill the red bees. However, they were expending too much energy and had to withdraw their domains, leaving the red bees to tear them apart.

However, the two increased their speed again, wanting to reach the lake as quickly as possible.

"Almost there, Elder Zhou, speed up! The lake should be just ahead." Through the glass bottle and with the help of the light, Qian Ying used her domain to drive away the red bees that were enveloping the defensive structure, and saw the reflection of water through the gaps.

"it is good."

But just as Zhou Zixing answered "okay," the defensive structure suddenly disintegrated. There were simply too many red bees; hundreds of thousands of them were lining up to tear the structure apart. The surface area of ​​the defensive structure was simply too small for the sheer number of red bees.

Therefore, with the red bees taking turns biting, the entire defensive structure was quickly destroyed, and naturally, unable to withstand it, it could only disintegrate.

With a cry of "Ah!", the disintegrated defensive structure was naturally unable to stop the attack of the red bees, and was immediately surrounded by a large number of red bees.

The area expanded, but it didn't last long before being torn apart and stung by the red bees, causing it to collapse. Then, the red bees stung them. Fortunately, there was a lake ahead, and the two old men didn't care about anything else, jumping up and leaping into the lake.

With two "plop!" sounds, the two jumped into the lake one after the other.

However, to their surprise, the numerous red bees continued to relentlessly pursue and bite the two of them, even after they jumped into the lake.

Fortunately, the red hornets are still a type of honeybee, and their attack power is greatly reduced when they enter the water, as the water obstructs their path. They soon float on the surface, unable to continue attacking the two submerged hornets.

The red bees are very resilient. Even after falling into the water, they did not die. Instead, they floated on the surface for a while before taking flight and joining the main group. Only a few red bees were pushed underwater by the two old men and choked to death.

The two old men sank into the water, held their breath, and didn't surface. Both were good swimmers, so even though the lake was very deep near the shore, they didn't drown or sink to the bottom.

The red bees circled in the sky again and again, but no one showed themselves. Finally, unwilling to give up, they flapped their wings and flew away, returning to the hive area. However, the red bees were very clever. When they passed the replacement defenses, they simply landed and began searching for the severed hive pieces.

Using their sense of smell, they quickly located the honeycomb pieces. After clearing away all the wood and dirt that were pressing down on them, the red bees tore and cut the honeycomb into pieces. Then, one by one, the red bees carried the cut pieces of honeycomb back to the hive.

Once the buzzing in the sky disappeared and could no longer be heard, Qian Ying cautiously poked her head out and observed for a while. After discovering that the red bees had indeed retreated, she finally surfaced her entire head and exhaled a long breath. She had been holding her breath for several minutes; if she hadn't been so strong, she really wouldn't have been able to hold her breath underwater.

Zhou Zixing, who was standing next to him, also surfaced and let out a long breath.

The two exchanged glances and smiled helplessly. It was truly unexpected that a dignified master of the Innate Realm would be rendered so pathetic by a mere beast, ultimately having to jump into the lake to escape the Red Bees' pursuit – truly unbelievable.

Fortunately, when they entered the lake, although it felt very cold, they didn't find any strange beasts. It seemed that the strange beasts in the lake could only be summoned by pressing a button, and wouldn't appear at other times.

Using the rocks on the shore, the two leaped up and landed on land. They used their innate power to evaporate the moisture from their clothes and bodies, and soon they were completely dry.

Upon reaching the disintegrated defense structure, they began to remove the soil, wood, and other debris, searching for the collected honeycomb blocks.

Tonight, in our efforts to collect honey, we faced numerous dangers, including being chased by red bees until we finally escaped by jumping into the lake. Therefore, if these honeycomb blocks are destroyed, tonight's work will have been completely wasted.

Unfortunately, after searching through the entire debris left after the defense system disintegrated, they couldn't find a single beehive. The two old men exchanged bewildered glances.

"That shouldn't be the case. The main components of the defense were still there after it was dismantled. I even took a look when it was dismantled, and the collected honeycomb blocks were all covered under the wood. But why are they gone now?" Qian Ying was very puzzled. Moreover, there wasn't much debris left after the defense was dismantled. You should be able to find the collected honeycomb blocks by simply lifting up some wood and soil. But why are they gone now?
“Yes, I saw it too.” Zhou Zixing moved the pieces of wood aside one by one, but all that was left were soil and branches, nothing else.

The honeycomb blocks collected and cut are not very small, so they cannot simply be smashed or disappeared after being covered by soil or wood.

As for the possibility that the honey flowed underground and was absorbed by the sand and gravel layers of the Gobi Desert, that's also impossible. After all, they collected honeycomb blocks, not extracted honey.

Besides, even honey, if poured onto a layer of sand and gravel, would leave a trace. But now there isn't a single trace.

What the two old men didn't know was that the red bees not only cut up and carried away the honeycomb pieces, but also cut up any soil, stones, twigs, etc., that were stained with honey, and carried away with them.

For red azaleas, as long as it's honey, they will collect it and bring it back. Even if the honey gets on rocks or trees, they can still use it as building material for their hives.

The two old men were unaware that the Red Bee had taken all the honeycomb blocks, and since they couldn't find them at the scene, they could only harbor various suspicions.

Finally, they realized that the red bees might have taken the hive back with them.

"Sigh, it seems we've wasted our time tonight!"

Zhou Zixing looked at the numerous sting welts on his exposed skin and felt a sense of helplessness. He had spent half a day collecting materials, only to find nothing; it was all for nothing. In the end, he was left with several sting wounds—a complete loss.

Fortunately, he and Qian Ying had taken honey beforehand and applied some honey to the exposed skin, so they didn't have to worry about the stings taking a long time to heal or the bee venom not being removed.

These stings should heal in an hour or two.