Daily News: Insect Girls' Heavy Dependence

[Daily Intelligence System: The colossal insect beast within the Mushroom Forest has re-entered hibernation.]

[Daily Intelligence System: Arrived at the Essence Insect Liquid Collection Area. A total of 58 detailed collection locations... First location... 700 meters away... Second location...]

Because of the appearance of Astelle.

Richard's Trail Blazers team arrived at their destination after only two days' journey.

The reason is simple: the moment this cheap older sister unleashed her full fourth-tier aura, all the insects and beasts were terrified and ran away in panic...

With the death of the Silverwing Hunter Insect father and son, the fifth-tier insect beast fell into hibernation. In the current Northern Snowfield, there are truly few creatures in this area that can restrict the movements of this thousand-strong team.

But when everyone arrived

The location for collecting the essence insect venom...

Richard, however, couldn't utter a word.

At first, he thought the essence insect liquid was some kind of liquid mineral or something.

Or it could be the bodily fluid secreted by some tree or insect.

But when I actually witnessed the essence of the insect fluid...

The sight before him left Richard completely frozen in place.

In this quiet, ordinary grove of trees.

There were no mineral veins, no strange trees, and no insect or beast nests.

In this lush thicket of bushes, some as tall as a person.

In the dark corners, countless figures are vaguely scattered.

Broken steel fragments...

And scattered everywhere,

Crystal clear test tubes!

They are precisely shaped, with tubes that gleam with a cold metallic luster, and are filled with a milky white, viscous liquid.

Some of the test tubes were already broken, and the liquid inside must have seeped into the soil... which is why the plants around these broken test tubes grew the most lush and tall.

Richard frowned and squatted down.

Use two twigs to pick up a whole test tube, just like using chopsticks.

Although it looks very old, Richard can still make out the writing on it...

Because it's in Chinese!

"Third batch of releases"

"Version C Growth Accelerator: 500%"

Volume: 500ml

Test tube number: CH++10086

"Multi-use version..."

Richard's throat tightened, and even his breathing became labored.

This world is by no means just the ignorant medieval era.

There must be traces of a more advanced civilization!

And it came from Richard, that hometown I can never return to...

"It seems I was right," Asdale said softly from behind Richard.

She is now even more certain of her brother's identity:

"Is there anything you want to say, little Chad?"

Richard didn't answer Asdale; he needed to calm down.

The events of the past few days have been too horrifying, far exceeding his comprehension.

He stared at this so-called "Version C Growth Accelerator," or, in the locals' terms, "Essence Insect Liquid"...

Until Richard breathed a sigh of relief.

Make sure these test tubes are safe and won't explode.

He then instructed his pioneers to cut down the tall shrubs and collect the test tubes…

Seeing everyone getting busy, Richard turned to Asdale:

When did the essence of insect venom first appear?

Astelle suddenly frowned. It wasn't that she didn't want to tell Richard, but she was afraid that if she did, she would die right in front of her brother...

Fortunately, Gossa knew as well, and she spoke coldly, seemingly blaming Richard for not asking her directly.

"If I remember correctly, five hundred years ago, when the giant walls of the Kingdom of Kiel were built, the essence insect fluid was discovered."

"What's next?" Richard asked impatiently.

Govi cleared her throat and continued:

"The first people to find the Essence Insect Liquid were the royal ancestors of the current Kingdom of Gil. They used the Essence Insect Liquid to cultivate twelve fourth-tier knights, which led to the overthrow of the previous dynasty..."

"The first batch?" Richard's doubts deepened.

After a moment's hesitation, Goldie explained Richard's doubts:

"The batch of essence insect fluid that the royal family found was the first batch. At the same time, a group of people also found the second batch of essence insect fluid. They founded the Church of the Goddess of Life... I know a lot of details about this, but since you are not a member of the Vatican, I can't tell you too much. This has nothing to do with whether I believe in the goddess or not, because I have implanted the Flame-Emerging Heart-Destroying Worm."

Upon hearing that Gove had also been implanted with this confidentiality contract bug, Richard clicked his tongue twice but remained silent.

He was stroking his chin, deep in thought.

Govy continued to tell him some less important things:

"In the following five hundred years, some scattered fragments of the essence insect fluid were also discovered. However, judging from the symbols on those containers, they should all be from the first and second batches. I don't know where these essence insect fluids went, but they probably all ended up in the hands of nobles and the Papacy..."

Richard suddenly asked, "Is the essence insect fluid just scattered in the wild? Does no one know where it comes from?"

"I don't know. The royal family and the papacy both say it's a divine blessing from the goddess... Anyway, Glolo and I don't believe it."

Richard seemed to want to ask something else.

Gove spread her hands, indicating that she didn't know or couldn't say more.

However, the information provided by this generous Papal knight was enough for Richard to speculate.

In any case, the essence of the insect fluid comes from Earth, and it is even from its own homeland.

Even though the square characters on it have changed, Richard can still recognize them.

But then again.

Having transmigrated to this world, Richard doesn't know its written language. The only advantage is that he doesn't have a language barrier...

But this only deepened Richard's suspicions!

How come a former noble heir, who didn't have any worms implanted in his body, couldn't even learn to read?

Even if Richard inherited fragmented and muddled memories, he still knew that the original owner had never received a proper education, and even aristocratic etiquette was learned through observation.

In his fragmented memories, the people he had the most contact with were the maids in the Earl's mansion... This is why Richard, who transmigrated here, had no knowledge of entomology or some common sense about the world.

After a long silence, Astelle finally decided to say something.

She patted Richard on the shoulder:

"Don't worry, don't overthink it. Didn't I tell you? You've always been Little Chad. I promise I'll tell you the whole truth, just not now."

Richard nodded at the strange older sister, whom he now considered to be of decent quality.

He stopped worrying about the hidden secrets of this world.

Half an hour later.

The pioneers who collected the essence of insect fluid finally ensured that all the test tubes in this area had been collected.

Richard personally counted the quantity...

A total of 202 doses of the C version growth accelerator.

In other words, according to estimates.

There are a full 100 liters of concentrated insect fluid!

If the C version of the growth accelerator has the same effect as the essence insect liquid that Goldwell mentioned:

One liter can increase the number of growth days by an additional 1000%.

So this batch of essence insect liquid

This will allow you to gain an extra thousand days of growth within a hundred days!