Immortality begins by swallowing the stars

Chapter 21 The corpse of the mysterious insect monster
In a canyon deep in Wushan Mountain.

Jiang Mu, whose shoulder was soaked with blood, said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Are you sure the source is here?"

Vice-captain Zhai Kong, who looked even more embarrassed than Jiang Mu, nodded: "I made three measurements using instruments, and the sources of infrasound waves are all here."

"My perception is also here." Jiang Mu nodded, with a somewhat relieved expression on his always tense expression.

"Then it's a blessing in disguise for us. Unexpectedly, being chased by the moths here not only reunited with you, captain, but also confirmed the traces of the Insect King..."

Another team member with a bandage on his head sighed, but his voice became smaller and smaller.

Although the Insect King's lair was finally found, the price paid was also heavy. Only four people from the original 12-person team appeared here.

"How about waiting for the others and waiting for all the surviving team members to gather here, and then we go to the insect king's lair together?" Zhai Kong looked around vigilantly and suggested.

"No!"

Under the astonished gazes of the other three people, Jiang Mu's expression was calm and his voice was firm: "You guys should leave here quickly. Zhou Mingsheng seems to be in trouble, and there has been no movement in his position. Let's go see them by the way. If the trouble can be solved, bring them with you." Follow them!"

"Captain! You-"

"Hear me out!"

Although Jiang Mu had his eyes closed, his sharp gaze still scanned the three team members as if they were real.

"The mental attack I prepared has only the power of two hits!"

"If the first attack fails to kill the Insect King's soul, it means that Plan A has failed."

"Plan B is for me to use a second mental attack to briefly entangle the insect king's soul, making it unable to move or escape for a short period of time."

"Then the military will launch a precision-guided nuclear strike centered on my location coordinates! In the center of the nuclear explosion at tens of millions of degrees Celsius, even a third-order monster, let alone an insect king, will be dead."

"This..." Zhai Kong's face was full of horror: "But if this happens, Captain, you will also..."

War experience with monsters shows that nuclear weapons have little effect on monsters of the second level and above.

The main reason is not only that the scale exoskeleton of the monster beast shields thermal radiation and makes it difficult to guide accurately, but also that the speed of the missile is too slow - compared to the second-level monster beast.

At the speed of a second-level monster, it can escape at least one kilometer before the nuclear missile reaches and explodes.

The power of a nuclear explosion decreases at an exponential rate from the center point outwards, and can quickly drop from tens of millions of degrees Celsius to thousands of degrees Celsius.

Although the power one kilometer away from the center point can still kill the first-order monsters, it can no longer deal with the second-order monsters. As for the nuclear radiation that is the most lethal to humans, it is likely that the second-order monsters will be further weakened. Mutations.

But if the monster can be restrained and prevented from escaping from the center of the nuclear explosion, even a powerful third-level monster would have difficulty surviving in such a situation.

What shocked Zhai Kong and others was that the military paid so much attention to the Wushan Insect King that they could even sacrifice a precious second-level spiritual master?

A smile appeared on Jiang Mu's lips: "Stop thinking about it. It's all of my own free will. No one can force me. This is the price I'm willing to pay. Let's go. The undulating mountains of Wushan can effectively block the impact of nuclear explosions. As long as If you can escape two kilometers away, your body will basically not be harmed."

After persuading Zhai Kong and others to leave, Jiang Mu turned around and looked at the mountains in front of the canyon. His eyes suddenly opened, and his eyes were as bright as the sun, filled with overwhelming hatred.

"Dad...Mom...just wait, I will avenge you today!"

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the shield made of the insect monster's exoskeleton floated up under the influence of mental power. Jiang Mu jumped up, like an arrow from a string, and rushed into a cliff above the canyon. A huge hole.

After entering the cave entrance, it seems that you have fallen into an endless tunnel.

No, not just one tunnel, but countless tunnels!It's like an enlarged version of an ant nest.

"These insect monsters dug so many tunnels?" Jiang Mu was a little shocked.

However, her intrusion obviously alerted the insect monsters in the "ant nest". One after another, the insect monsters rushed out of many tunnels, trying to intercept the uninvited guests.

Jiang Mu was like a swimming fish. With his flexible and light body, he was able to avoid the insect monsters he intercepted one after another at extremely fast flying speeds. Some of them even reached the second level.

Fortunately, the special environment of the "ant nest" also restricted the insect monsters, preventing them from gathering together. They could only try to intercept and kill Jiang Mu one by one through the complex tunnel network.

Jiang Mu rarely takes action and only speeds up to dodge. Her mental power is extremely precious and cannot be wasted on dealing with insect monsters other than the Insect King.

"It's almost there!"

Jiang Mu saw the bright light in front of him, and immediately stabbed back with the spear made of insect monster limbs in his right hand. His whole body felt like a heavy blow, but he also blocked the second-order insect monster attacking behind him and rushed out of the tunnel with the help of his strength.

"This is……"

What appeared in front of Jiang Mu was a wide space, with many ores embedded on the mountain wall that glowed like night pearls lighting up the entire space.

"They actually dug such a huge space in the middle of the mountain range?"

Jiang Mu didn't have time to be shocked. He immediately saw a red and black sphere in the center. Behind the huge sphere was a terrifying giant insect with a body that seemed to be mutilated. "Corpse! Like the remains of some kind of insect monster?"

Jiang Mu's thoughts came out one after another, and then his heart trembled again.

Even if it was just a broken body, Jiang Mu's heart was shaken. It was as if she was facing a terrifying life. Her hands and feet were a little stiff. If her mental power hadn't been able to maintain the shield, she might have fallen down.

As if they were also afraid of the aura emanating from the unknown giant insect corpse, the insect monsters chasing Jiang Mu behind him could only hiss and dare not step out of the tunnel.

"Third level? No, it is much stronger than the third level... Is there an insect monster that is more powerful than the third level monster? And there is only a broken body left... Could it be... Wait... The Insect King Woolen cloth?"

Jiang Mu suppressed the shock in his heart and looked around for the Insect King.

Suddenly her pupils trembled.

I saw that the black and red sphere standing in front of the remains of the unknown giant insect monster was slowly squirming!

Do not……

It’s unfolding!

In the rustling sound that made people's hair stand on end, countless ferocious insect legs emerged from it.

The sphere turned out to be a long, curled-up insect that looked like a centipede and a millipede!

After the long insect unfolded its body, its two huge compound eyes looked at Jiang Mu in the sky, and a fierce aura suddenly dispersed!

"Insect King! Second level advanced!"

Fortunately, we haven’t reached the third level yet!

The worst case scenario didn’t happen!

Jiang Mu's expression was solemn. Although her physical quality was only equivalent to that of a first-level advanced warrior, and her mental power was only that of a second-level medium strength, she had already mastered the secret method of mental attack and was not afraid of second-level high-level monsters.

The souls of monsters below the third level are not strong, and they do not have the innate ability of soul defense. They will definitely die in the face of spiritual attacks.

"go to hell!"

An invisible wave far exceeded the speed of sound, and it disappeared into the body of the Insect King almost instantly.

Immediately, the terrifying long insect screamed like a baby, its body that was more than ten meters long twisted back and forth, its tyrannical body continued to slap the ground, and gravel splashed everywhere.

But it soon calmed down. Its ferocious head was raised high, and its compound eyes were full of anger as it looked at the human who had just attacked it.

"how is this possible?!"

Jiang Mu looked horrified.

"How can its soul be so strong? It's already at the level of a third-order monster!"

Jiang Mu closed his eyes in despair: "It seems we have to implement Plan B..."

A trace of determination flashed in her eyes, and she was about to release the second mental attack that had been prepared to trap the opponent's soul, and send the nuclear strike message to the military through her watch.

Suddenly, countless frightened neighing sounds attracted the attention of Jiang Mu and the Insect King who was about to attack.

At the entrance of the tunnel, the neighing sound of the insect monsters suddenly stopped, and two black lights penetrated all the insect monsters along the way, rushing into the heart of the mountain like lightning.

Following closely, a figure rushed out of the cave entrance.

"Captain Jiang."

"Lu Jing?!"

Jiang Mu looked in disbelief at the figure that was floating in the air as she stepped on something that looked like eggshell fragments.

That young first-level warrior she had noticed was actually a spiritual master?

But at this moment, the figure that made her unbelievable suddenly showed a shocked look.

After Lu Jing said hello to Jiang Mu, his full attention was drawn to the terrifying long insect in the center of the mountain and the remains of the weird insect monster behind it...

"That is……"

Lu Jing couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the body of the huge insect monster that made people's hearts tremble.

(End of this chapter)