Thirteenth month of death

Chapter 168 Destroying the Insect Nest
Li Daosheng and Hua Que stood in front of the Career Guidance Office, looking at the staff member who called himself Zhao An.

There is something so wrong here. A staff member just died of insect infestation, but the Career Guidance Office has recovered and a new staff member has appeared.

A low mechanical sound could be faintly heard from inside the door, as if some huge gears were slowly turning.

"Do you want to go in?" Hua Que raised an eyebrow, a hint of caution in his tone, "I feel like I'm being led by the nose..."

Li Daosheng did not respond, but looked around with a serious look.

"Let's go in and take a look." Li Daosheng said in a low voice and walked in.

Inside the door is a spacious hall with various promotional posters hanging on the walls, all of which are about "career guidance".

The people on the posters are smiling, as if they are looking forward to their future work.

However, Li Daosheng felt something strange in these smiles.

In the center of the hall stood a long table. Standing behind it was a uniformed staff member who called himself Zhao An. He wore a standard professional smile, but his eyes were empty and lifeless, like a puppet being manipulated.

"Welcome to the Career Guidance Office," the staff member said mechanically. "Please fill out the form and we will arrange the most suitable job for you."

Li Daosheng and Huaque looked at each other, and alarm bells rang in their hearts.

Hua Que smiled lightly, walked forward, and said frivolously: "Oh? So what kind of jobs do you have here?"

The staff member still smiled and picked up a form from the table and handed it to Hua Que: "Please fill in your personal information first. We will recommend suitable positions for you based on your strengths and interests."

Huaque took the form, glanced at it, and found that the questions on the form were extremely detailed, even including some extremely private information.

She frowned and threw the form on the table: "Sorry, I'm not interested in your work."

The staff member's smile didn't change at all, and his tone remained mechanical: "Career guidance is a necessary process for the Tanlong settlement, and all residents must participate. Please cooperate with us."

Li Daosheng stepped forward and said coldly, "We are not residents here, we are just tourists."

The staff member's empty gaze suddenly changed, and a hint of strangeness appeared in his tone: "No matter where you are from, as long as you enter the Tanlong gathering place, you must abide by the rules here. Please fill out the form, otherwise we will take compulsory measures."

Before he finished speaking, several "staff members" in uniform suddenly appeared around the hall.

Their expressions were identical to the man behind the desk: their eyes were empty and their movements were stiff.

A hint of dissatisfaction flashed in Hua Que's eyes, and he whispered to Li Daosheng, "It seems that we are being treated as 'new employees'."

Li Daosheng nodded and glanced around: "Be careful, these people are not right."

The battle is about to break out.

Huaque took the lead, her eyes glowing green as she tried to control the actions of these "staff members".

However, as soon as her ability was activated, she felt a strong resistance, as if something was resisting her control.

"Something's wrong!" Huaque whispered, "Why can't I invade and control this batch..."

Li Daosheng did not hesitate. He picked up the long sword, which glowed white. His speed suddenly increased, and he rushed towards the nearest "staff member" in an instant.

However, just as his sword was about to pierce the opponent, the "staff member's" body suddenly twisted and deformed, the skin broke, revealing the blue-black insect flesh.

"Is this... transformed into an insect?" Li Daosheng was startled and quickly retreated.

At this moment, the walls of the hall suddenly began to wriggle, as if coming to life. Cracks appeared in the walls, and countless dark blue insects crawled out of the cracks, rapidly approaching the two.

"It seems that we are surrounded." Huaque chuckled, but there was no panic in his tone.

Li Daosheng gripped his sword tightly and whispered, "Let's rush out."

The two of them, one in front and one behind, covered each other and moved quickly towards the exit of the hall.

Li Daosheng swung his sword, and the sword energy cut the approaching insects into pieces, while Hua Que used her ability to control the movement of the insect swarm. What gave Hua Que a headache was that these densely packed little insects were difficult to control and did not listen to her.

"Hua Que, try to control those staff members now." Li Daosheng said.

Huaque nodded, understanding what he meant.

Her eyes glowed green as she exerted all her powers, trying to control those insect-like "staff members".

This time, her ability finally worked.

The bodies of those "staff members" suddenly stiffened, and then began to attack each other, disrupting the swarm's movement route.

"It works!" Huaque looked at Li Daosheng.

Li Daosheng seized the opportunity and used his sword to split the wall in the hall where the bug had crawled out.

Behind the wall of this career guidance office, there is actually a small insect nest!
The densely packed insect eggs were emitting a yellow-gray light, flickering like a beating heart.

Li Daosheng did not hesitate. He filled the long sword in his hand with true energy and swung it out again and again, destroying the insect eggs in the wall like cutting melons and vegetables.

As the eggs shattered, the entire job selection center began to collapse. Various unknown liquids suddenly gushed out from the walls on all sides and from the ground, and the entire room began to shake violently.

"Let's go!" Li Daosheng shouted.

The two men rushed out quickly, and the moment they rushed out of the career guidance office, the entire building collapsed and smoke and dust rose up.

Standing in front of the ruins, Li Daosheng and Hua Que looked back and saw that nothing was left.

"So simple?" Hua Que was a little unbelievable. Compared with the previous two places, this place didn't seem weird enough.

Li Daosheng glanced at her and said, "It's because you're here that things seem simpler. Whether it's the big bug that a human transformed into, or the small bug that crawled out later, they wouldn't be so easy to get rid of."

Hua Que raised his right arm and said frivolously, "So, you're going to accept my favor this time?"

"Let's go to the next location."

Li Daosheng ignored her.

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At this time, after receiving Li Daosheng's affirmative answer, Ren Ou, Chu Ge, and Sun Qianyun were already exploring the underground insect nest.

The underground is interconnected with many passages and gullies, and it is impossible to know where the deepest point is.

One person with two bugs can only move forward slowly and kill any bugs they encounter.

After walking as deep as possible for a while, the three of them fell silent.

This underground insect nest is really amazing!

The walls were covered with insect eggs, so densely packed that it made one's scalp tingle.

The black spear in Ren Ou's hand trembled slightly, and electric arcs jumped on the spear, making a slight crackling sound.

He wanted to clear away the insect eggs, but was stopped by Chu Ge.

Chu Ge scribbled a few words on the ground: "Keep them. I seem to have found a way to get to the deepest part."

Ren Ou looked at him, and Chu Ge did not hide anything and wrote a few words:
"It's the nature of insects that the closer you get to the center of a nest, the more eggs there are."

"We walked in the direction where the eggs were most densely packed."

(End of this chapter)