They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 52 The True Hibernating Insect (Seeking recommendations and further reading)
Faced with the passageway leading to the temple with the insect motif in the air, Danlei did not rush forward.

It wasn't that Danlei chickened out at the last minute, but rather that rushing over recklessly would be foolish if he ended up trapped on the other side and couldn't get back.

So, as usual, Danlei plans to send a puppet to scout ahead.

However, before sending the camera-equipped puppet over with the Nichirin Greatsword, Dan Lei summoned Sasaki Kojiro's clone just in case.

Dan Lei knew that once the puppet passed through the gate of the Quantum Sea, it was likely to lose contact. Therefore, Dan Lei programmed the puppet to move back immediately if it lost contact.

The process of using the flying sword to transport the puppet went smoothly; once it reached the portal, it was simply thrown in by inertia.

Then, Danlei waited expectantly for the reaction.

However, the next second, the entire puppet flew out of the door, and the scene of the door ruins suddenly changed, with a giant insect leading its minions through the door.

Dan Lei recognized this insect; it was a real stinging insect he had fought countless times while playing Starry Sky Railway in his past life.

Upon seeing this thing attempting to cross the gate of the Sea of ​​Quanta to arrive here, Dan Lei immediately shut down all the earth vein absorption arrays without saying a word.

However, closing the ley line absorption array only deprives the ley line lake of its magical power; the gate to the Sea of ​​Quanta will still remain open for some time.

Now Dan Lei has fully explained the legend of Eji Hazo.

As long as that ley line lake remains unobstructed, even if it's left unattended, the immense power of the ley lines will eventually accumulate enough magic to open the gate over time, thus temporarily opening it.

At this time, a super-large sandstorm will appear on the ground. As for the legend of the clan's population flourishing after the sacrifice, it is most likely due to some reproductive power passively overflowing from the gate.

It should be noted that the current Star God of Breeding, Tayzyuros, has already perished, and his fate has been smashed and dismantled by the Amber King.

Taizyuros's original breeding fate was such that it would turn into an insect upon contact.

However, after Amber King removed concepts such as clusters from its destiny, the current destiny of breeding is truly reduced to its most original concept.

Dan Lei speculated that the temple in the Sea of ​​Quanta might really have sealed away the remains of Taizyuros, and perhaps quite a lot of them, otherwise it wouldn't have been so effective that simply opening a door would have allowed the aura of the Path of Reproduction to leak out here.

As for the insect carapaces on the hands of the original tribe of Aijihazo, they were clearly left behind by insects that escaped from this temple.

It has to be said that Aijihazo is very lucky. Over the years, the insects that have emerged have all been low-level insects, few in number, with limited reproductive capabilities, and their combat prowess is not high, since they can all be killed by local creatures and humans.

However, Danlei's act of sending puppets into the temple has clearly disturbed some of the insects. The large true stinging insect, along with many young stinging insects and secondary stinging insects, directly passed through the gate and came to this world.

In other words, the Danlei Earth Vein Absorption Array closed early. After the large True Hibernation Insects were transported, the power of this gate was exhausted and slowly closed, resulting in not many young and secondary hibernation insects emerging.

At this moment, the sandstorm around them had not yet dissipated, and Dan Lei was the only person in this space.

Therefore, the insect swarm, which had been dormant for countless Amber Periods, headed straight for Danlei.

However, this was exactly what Danlei wanted.

This large true hibernating insect did not make Dan Lei feel completely outmatched. As for the juvenile hibernating insects and secondary hibernating insects, at least in terms of perception, these two types of low-level insects were not strong.

This is likely because these insects have been dormant for too long, resulting in limited energy reserves.

Therefore, Danlei also planned to take advantage of the surrounding sandstorm, which prevented the insects from flying out and killing them. Otherwise, the sudden appearance of breeding insects in Aijihazo would definitely attract the attention of the Interstellar Peace Corporation.

Dan Lei has no time to consider the pros and cons of letting Interstellar Peace Company know about this incident; he only knows that the later Interstellar Peace Company finds out, the more advantageous it will be for him.

So, facing the charging larvae, Dan Lei had Sasaki Kojiro's clone transform into a spirit form, imbuing his entire body with the power of the Hunting Fate and releasing a flying sword, along with all the magical puppets he had created during this time.

Therefore, when the swarm of young hibernating insects pounces down, they immediately face dozens of magical puppets.

However, the quality of the puppets in Danlei's hands was really uneven. The vast majority were Yoriichi Zero puppets made in Demon Slayer, with only seven or eight being metal puppets used for construction in the magic workshop.

When the wooden Yoriichi Zero-style weapon encounters a swarm of juvenile hibernating insects, it can only serve to block them briefly and then make a single cut; it's basically useless.

The metal golems can hold out for a while, but the insects' sickle-like limbs and mouthparts are generally ineffective at destroying them.

However, these puppets only need to block for a moment before they come into play.

Dan Lei's ultimate move here is still the Sun Wheel Greatsword. With the blessing of the Hunting Fate, even without activating the high-heat mode, it can instantly penetrate the carapace of the young insect.

Moreover, Danlei remembered that the young insects were weak against fire, so he launched a fireball magic attack at them and successfully caused effective damage.

As is well known, breeding insects will self-destruct if they are killed.

Although the self-destruction is not very powerful, it only blows open one's own shell like a fragmentation grenade. A slightly more experienced Fate Walker can withstand it with their own Fate Power.

But you still have to withstand the impact. You can withstand the self-destruction of one or two, but try to withstand thousands and thousands.

However, this self-destruction has its advantages and disadvantages. For example, when Dan Lei attacks from a distance with his flying sword, the force of his self-destruction hits his allies, greatly hindering the attack speed of the remaining insects.

It's important to know that the large true hibernating insects didn't bring out many juvenile hibernating insects or secondary hibernating insects this time. Let alone darkening the sky, the number of dragonflies hovering low in the sky in Danlei's previous life's neighborhood in the summer was more than the number of insects here.

Therefore, after wiping out the first wave of attacks, Dan Lei immediately launched a counter-attack by riding his flying sword.

Of course, the Zerg swarm didn't know what cowardice was. Seeing Danlei's charge, they naturally stabilized their bodies, which had been knocked back by the friendly fire, and launched another attack.

However, Dan Lei was quite unethical at this moment. He directly used a substitution spell to put his familiar unicorn into the air, gave it a fire enchantment, and then commanded it to use its signature tail whip.

So, the swarm of insects charging towards Danlei saw a giant beast suddenly appear in front of them, and then its huge body and tail hammer crashed into them, followed by a 360° tail whip that was on fire.

The second wave of larvae and secondary larvae charging towards Danlei were mostly destroyed on the spot by the horned beast's aerial sweeping attack.

Although the unicorn fell to the ground with a wail the next second, its tail injured by the insect's self-destruction, Danlei, its heartless owner, didn't care.

Given the unicorn's defenses, falling from that height onto the sand would at most result in minor injuries, not death. As for the tail injury, it could be treated after the fight.

Danlei's most important target now is still the large true cricket high in the sky, because this thing has started to lay eggs, and its swollen abdomen has begun to spray eggs at Danlei.

Moreover, the eggs hatched very quickly. The first two eggs didn't even fly to Dan Lei before they turned into a small circle of larvae and pounced on Dan Lei's face.

(End of this chapter)