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Chapter 151: The Swarm: Group Consciousness
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Chase all the way out of the palace.

Until we came to a remote residence.

"General!" the two injured men shouted loudly.

Immediately, more than a dozen figures appeared in the courtyard.

Wu Wen stopped on a high wall, with his hands behind his back and his sword, standing upright and looking down at them.

The door in the middle of the room opened and a tall figure walked out of the room.

He was wrapped in a layer of plate armor, even his face and arms were tightly covered, making it impossible to see his figure.

"Ok?"

During Wu Wen's investigation, it seemed that the person wearing the armor was not a human.

But since he had seen one before, he was not surprised.

After the Gaochang general came out of the house, he ignored Wu Wen who was standing on the courtyard wall and asked the two subordinates with broken arms, "Have you found the person?"

"Reporting to the general, we didn't find it."

"waste."

At this time, the general turned his attention to Wu Wen and warned him: "I advise you not to meddle in other people's business, otherwise there will be consequences that you cannot bear."

Wu Wen smiled slightly, put the dagger into the scabbard behind him, and then took out the steel mace he had prepared long ago.

After waiting for so many days and chasing all the way here, isn’t the purpose the person in front of you?
If he hadn't accidentally killed the commander last time and hadn't gotten any information out of him, he wouldn't have been in so much trouble.

With a flick of his wrist, the spiked ring on the steel mace turned, accompanied by the sound of friction and vibration, Wu Wen jumped up and rushed towards the opponent.

The general stood still, and a dozen elite subordinates around him surrounded and attacked.

Electricity surged through Wu Wen's spine, and he swung the steel mace in his hand.

Chop, hack, poke, and smash.

This was the mace technique he had just created. There was nothing fancy about it, just the simplest and most brutal attack, coupled with an indomitable momentum. It only attacked and did not defend. It was like a mountain pressing down on one's head, or a flood or a beast, and it was unstoppable.

Then, like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, Wu Wen, without stopping, knocked down a dozen people who were besieging him to the ground, and then came to the general.

Faced with Wu Wen's arrival, the general did not react at all, but continued to stand there motionless.

Wu Wen immediately swung the whip from top to bottom.

The other party still did not respond.

Then Wu Wen's steel mace hit his shoulder heavily. In an instant, the armor on his shoulder was broken, and then the whole person flew sideways.

Just listen to a 'bang' sound.

The huge figure crashed into the courtyard wall, directly knocking over the brick and stone wall, and buried the whole person in the earth and rocks.

He didn't even try to dodge. Was this because he was extremely confident in his defense, or was he distracted?
Wu Wen took a step forward, and just when he was about to make the finishing blow, the opponent's huge figure suddenly emerged from the earth and rocks.

Wu Wen knocked away a few stones that were heading towards him, and then hit him with his mace.

This time, the opponent did not resist, but raised his arms to block.

"As long as you don't hide!" Wu Wen said in his heart.

With a clang, the steel mace hit his arm.

The iron wrist guard on the opponent's arm was instantly dented and deformed.

Wu Wen turned his waist and swung the steel mace again, hitting his other arm.

Just like before, the iron wrist guard on the arm was dented and deformed.

Without leaving the opponent any chance, Wu Wen continued to swing the steel mace in his hand.

However, before he could attack the opponent, he saw the plate armor on his opponent's body scattered and collapsed into a pile on the ground.

"what's the situation?"

Just as Wu Wen was puzzled, he saw a dwarf less than one meter tall crawling out from under the armor, rolling on the ground like a larger earth egg, and then hiding in the corner.

Seeing this, Wu Wen couldn't help but smile.

The nearly three-meter-long armor contained only a person less than one meter tall. Just as Wu Wen was wondering how he could wear such a huge armor, he saw a bunch of small black bugs crawling out from under the armor.

Seeing the densely packed pile of little black bugs crawling out in front of him, Wu Wen couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Then, after crawling out of the armor, these small black bugs, which were only the size of rice grains, all flew into the air. Like a dark cloud, they flew in groups and in an orderly manner, surrounding the dwarf.

"Since you have seen my true form, I will not let you live today, and I will make sure you die without a complete body."

As the dwarf general uttered these harsh words, the small black bugs surrounding him seemed to be able to sense his thoughts and then rushed towards Wu Wen.

"Playing with insects?" Wu Wen showed a disdainful smile on his face.

Using insects to attack him is like a moth flying into a flame. It would be better to wear the armor and fight him head-on.

Wu Wen put away the steel mace with his left hand and took out the dagger with his right hand again.

The electric field amplified, and the dagger in his hand flashed with lightning.

He thrust out a sword, then swung it in a rotation, like a windmill meat grinder, strangling the small black bugs flying towards him in large numbers.

Ah~ah~
As more and more little black bugs died, the dwarf general actually began to cry and hold his head in his hands.

"what's the situation?"

Wu Wen easily killed the last handful of small black bugs, then came to him, stretched out his hand, grabbed him on the top of his head, and lifted him up.

"look into my eyes!"

After Wu Wen's threat, the other party immediately raised his eyes and looked at him.

It only took a moment for Wu Wen to hypnotize him.

"Tell me, what's your name?"

"Qu Yi."

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As Wu Wen asked question after question, the secrets hidden in the other party's heart gradually emerged.

Just as Wu Wen thought, cultivating the alien insect mother and giving birth to children is just one step in the process.

Its real purpose is to enable people to understand the language of insects.

What is worm language?

In Wu Wen's opinion, the communication between insects, in addition to vibration frequency, mainly relies on pheromones.

When the human body is able to read and release the pheromones of insects, it becomes one of the insects.

It’s just like the dwarf general just now, commanding that group of little black bugs.

Since he could understand insect language, he could feel the pain of these little black insects when they died, so he also showed the same pain.

The reason why they want to train so many people who can understand insect language is to explore a secret, a secret of longevity.

Under the ground of their Gaochang Kingdom, there is a strange place, which looks like a fairyland left over from ancient times.

There, apart from some strange plants, only insects can survive there, and these insects have extremely long lifespans and are particularly large in size.

They wanted to explore the secret of these insects' longevity by being able to understand their language.

After squeezing out all his secrets, Wu Wen crushed his head with one palm.

"Insect language!" he whispered softly.

Regarding what the other party had just said, Wu Wen was not interested in that so-called strange place.

Instead, the insect language spoken by the other party made Wu Wen think deeply.

If it's just a single insect, it can be easily crushed to death. It seems very fragile.

But if a group of insects gather together, they can form a powerful whole.

This whole is more than just a sum of numbers.

It is their consciousness that can form a group consciousness.

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(End of this chapter)