Doctor will never die in a hellish situation.

Although there were only Tianhuo and Qin Duanyu at the moment, fortunately, the battle in the nest earlier had attracted almost all the Originium Bugs with combat capabilities. The few big and small bugs they occasionally encountered were easily dealt with by Tianhuo.

Because there were so many Originium Bugs, the narrow, rabbit-hole-like passages outside were simply not enough to meet the needs of this group inside the volcano. Therefore, these main passages were carved out to be exceptionally large, more than enough to accommodate several adults running side by side.

However, these passages were clearly not intended for the mother insect. Even though she used her immense strength to forcefully expand the passages, she couldn't keep up with the two running wildly.

But the deeper they went, the hotter the air became. Tianhuo didn't feel anything, but Qin Duanyu was covered in sweat and wished he could take off his hooded long-sleeved shirt.

"If I'm not mistaken, we're almost inside the volcano. Those Originium worms caused the natural disaster because they were digging around here." Noticing Qin Duanyu's unusual behavior, Tianhuo stopped and checked the surroundings before confirming.

"So, does this mean we're getting further and further away from ACE and the others?" Qin Duanyu said helplessly.

Because he was surrounded by thick rock walls, his senses were compressed to the limit. In addition, the mother insect was chasing him from behind. He had run far away and couldn't even contact for help.

"It's alright, maybe the two of us can take care of that queen insect." Tianhuo smiled mysteriously, as if he had thought of a solution.

Although I think this young lady is completely unreliable, there is only one way to go at this moment: pray that she won't mess things up this time.

After Pompeii endured countless hardships and finally emerged from the narrow passage, it found itself in a cavern even more expansive than its lair. However, there was not much to stand in; apart from a small platform, there was only a sea of ​​lava.

However, this also meant that the two humans had nowhere to hide. It cautiously searched around, preparing to eliminate the "mother insect" among the group of humans.

In the simple social structure of the Originium Bugs, the one who can command the other members of their kind is naturally the mother bug. But these humans are really strange. Why would they let such a weak individual be the "mother bug"?

He was also unable to produce vigorous offspring.

Just as it stepped onto the platform, a huge fireball crashed down. Although it wasn't enough to destroy the hard obsidian keratin layer, the enormous impact still made it stagger back a few steps.

Pompeii angrily spewed out venom, not only in large quantities but also with great power, which quickly melted a rock, revealing Tianhuo and Qin Duanyu hiding behind it.

Watching the two men desperately trying to escape, it couldn't help but think of the group of miners that Kronin had ordered it to kill. Despite such a huge difference in strength, those humans still dared to raise their pickaxes in desperation.

Their fate, of course, was to be crushed to death by Pompeii, just like Cronin's death.

boom!

The second bolt of fire from the sky struck, but this time it did not directly attack Pompeii; instead, it landed on an open ground several meters away.

That's it?

If Pompeii hadn't lacked vocal organs, he would have liked to mock that human, saying that it was even worse than the pickaxes of those miners, at least they could make some noise.

Click.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the rock beneath Pompeii's feet. It instinctively sensed something was wrong and prepared to charge towards Qin Duanyu, but another bolt of fire fell from the sky and struck it precisely on the forehead.

In that brief moment of stagnation, Pompeii lost his chance to escape. He slid down the rock beneath his feet into the lava pool, his enormous body creating towering waves, but soon fell silent.

"The rocks around here are all fragile shale, and because of the Originium Bugs' indiscriminate digging, the structure has become extremely unstable. Something as big as it could easily fall in," Skyfire said proudly as it turned around. "This time, it's a victory for human knowledge!"

In her opinion, the mother worm might not be afraid of the magma outside, but this was the deepest part of the volcano, where the magma temperature was estimated to be several hundred degrees higher. The huge temperature difference would cause the protective layer to crack, and ACE had also damaged part of the shell before, accelerating the process. It should be burned to death very soon.

"It's rare that nothing went wrong this time. Miss Tianhuo is awesome!" Qin Duanyu wiped the sweat from his forehead and prepared to call her to leave.

Ultimately, the Originium Queen was defeated, and the crisis in Siesta was resolved...

boom!

Suddenly, the two felt their feet become unsteady, and then a huge black head burst out of the rock, actually sending Tianhuo flying. She crashed heavily into the stone wall and lost consciousness.

Qin Duanyu, who was affected, had already rolled to the edge of the lava.

At this moment, Pompeii would shed a large amount of obsidian keratin with every movement, and after a while, it finally looked no different from its other kin.

The obsidian cuticle layer is not something that grows naturally, but rather a special secretion produced by Originium Bugs after they have consumed obsidian. It requires repeated application over time to achieve the level of protection against swords and guns.

Unlike its kind who relied solely on instinct and simply coated their shells with obsidian after consuming it, Pompeii, having been domesticated by humans, possessed a considerable level of cognitive ability. Having witnessed humans wearing armor, it conceived the idea of ​​using its keratin layer to create armor.

Thus, it has become the sluggish creature it is today, moving slowly and needing to gather strength before charging forward.

Thanks to the Originium Bug's extraordinary tolerance to temperature and its body, which suddenly became more agile after its cuticle layer was broken, it managed to escape from the lava pool before being roasted and launched an attack.

Looking at the unconscious Tianhuo, Pompeii's eyes were filled with hatred. It felt that simply crushing her to death was not enough to vent its anger, so it used its tail to knock away a huge rock, intending to crush half of Tianhuo's body and make her die in agony.

boom!

The boulder was smashed to pieces by a fist, and a black figure stood in front of the Heavenly Fire.

The frail human "mother insect" from before?

Pompeii recognized the newcomer by smell, but its biological instincts told it that the creature before it was extremely dangerous.

Stared at by those scarlet eyes, Pompeii suddenly felt an unprecedented fear. For the first time in her life, she, the overlord of the volcanic region, had the thought of running away.

……

"Oh no, it's going to crack!"

"It's broken... He's in, you can't go there!"

"It hurts, it hurts so much!"

Even without the protection of obsidian keratin, Pompeii was very confident in its body's defenses. Perhaps among the group of humans, only the one who dared to step forward and fight it had a slight chance of injuring it.

But this... monster.

It remembered that the group of miners had used this same adjective when they saw it.

The monster easily shattered its hard shell, then tore apart its powerful muscles, and finally wreaked havoc inside its body. Unprecedented pain surged through the body, but because its internal organs were ruptured, it couldn't even roll around or struggle.

A moment later, Pompeii's orange eyes lost their light, and Qin Duanyu, who had crawled out of its belly, dragged it a long distance by its tail and threw it into the lava like trash.

After doing all this, the red light in Qin Duanyu's eyes gradually disappeared. He disgustedly shook off the sticky fluid on his body: "I never thought that my first time entering a girl's body would be like this. It's really disgusting."

Then, his gaze fell on Tianhuo.

"Sigh, in the end, I, Bo, had to bear it all alone." Bo sighed, hoisted the unconscious Tianhuo onto his shoulder, and slowly walked back the way he came.

"Hmm...not as bouncy as Chen Sir, but soft and plump, which is also my type."

Strange sounds echoed inside the cave.

Chapter 40, Section 148: Bo Mou Likes to Play with Fire

"Ugh..." Tianhuo groaned and slowly regained consciousness.

"I got you drunk so I could take the blame and not be at a loss..." The unpleasant and meaningless singing echoed in the tunnel, making her raise an eyebrow.

As she watched the scenery recede into the distance and felt the strange sensations coming from her thighs, she finally came to her senses and realized that she was being carried on someone's shoulder. Her expression changed drastically, and she began to punch the person's back with her small fists.

"Cuo Liumang, put me down quickly!"

"Sigh, why are all the girls like this? Am I really that much of a pervert? I'm supposed to be a gentleman." Bo sighed and helplessly placed the Heavenly Fire on the ground.

"How did the Originium Mother die?" She hadn't felt it when she was being carried, but as soon as her feet touched the ground, Tianhuo immediately felt sore all over. It seemed that she had suffered some minor injuries in the impact. She barely managed to stand by the wall and asked with a frown.

Since both of them are still alive, the Originium Mother Worm must be dead. Otherwise, given its stubborn nature, it would never have allowed Qin Duanyu to leave with the Heavenly Fire.

The problem is that when the mother insect re-emerged from the lava, she was knocked unconscious on the spot. With Qin Duanyu being such a weakling, it would be impossible for him to deal with the mother insect. Could he possibly be a peerless master hiding his identity?

"After you passed out, it made too much noise and got hit by a falling rock, falling back into the lava," Bo said without hesitation. "Then Bo took the opportunity to fish you out, as easily as picking up 'that' outside a bar."

"You actually said that I am..." Tianhuo's eyes widened, her face turned bright red, and flames even appeared on her head.

As for the possibility of a mother insect being hit by a falling rock and then accidentally falling into lava, the probability is so low that it's like winning five million dollars by buying ten lottery tickets in a row, and it's not even worth considering.

After ruling out all the impossibilities, the only explanation is what Bo said.

In contrast, she was more worried about what this mantis had done while she was unconscious. She hurriedly checked her clothes, which were mostly intact except for some burn marks.

It must have been an unconscious release of some power.

Unable to perfectly control her own abilities, Tianhuo was always troubled by this. In the beginning, she even had to keep a fire extinguisher next to her when she slept, so as to prevent herself from waking up in a sea of ​​fire.

Although she gradually gained control through practice and was able to prevent a fire from starting while she was sleeping, losing consciousness like today would still lead to a loss of control. Fortunately, the intensity of the flames was nothing compared to her emotional state, otherwise she would probably have to confront the doctor honestly by now.

"Although the analogy is a bit inappropriate, you really weren't much different from those girls back then." Bo shrugged, speaking in a tone that implied he was doing it for your own good. "Besides, I couldn't just let you sleep in lava, could I? Letting pretty girls suffer like that doesn't align with my golden principles!"

At this moment, Tianhuo noticed that Qin Duanyu's coat was covered with various holes burned by flames.

"When you carried me out just now, weren't you..." Tianhuo felt a little guilty. He had kindly endured the heat of the fire to carry her out of the danger, and even if his words were a bit crude, he had still saved her life.

Perhaps he really didn't have any strange ideas, and simply wanted to save people? Tianhuo didn't quite believe that anyone would risk turning their lewd hands into braised pig's trotters just to eat some tofu.

That would be paying too high a price.

"Indeed, physical contact was unavoidable when I was leaving behind your back, and I apologize for that."

Tianhuo breathed a sigh of relief, his impression of the man in front of him improving considerably.

Little did she know that Bo's next words would completely extinguish any lingering hope in her heart: "But once you touch them, you've touched them, and the feel is really quite good. I could play with these legs for at least a year."

Good heavens, what kind of person did I become a fan of? It's one thing to be shameless in every way, but they practically said they were lusting after me. Couldn't they... couldn't they have used a more tactful way of putting it? Give me back all the gratitude I felt!

But doesn't this also show that my charm has captivated the doctor, who is even willing to take advantage of me, even if it means being roasted?

"Pervert! You lecher! You big pervert!" Despite his smugness, he still had to curse. Tianhuo immediately launched into a string of insults, but this time it wasn't full of anger like before. Instead, it carried a hint of shyness, making it sound just like "you bastard."

“That’s right. I’ve always been honest, and that deserves praise,” Bo said with no shame and considerable pride.

"I wasn't praising you, what are you thinking?" Tianhu rolled his eyes, then said somewhat insincerely, "Also, you'd better be careful in the future. Getting burned is the least of your worries, you might burn to death! Are you really not worried?"

While in Veroli, there were many outstanding men who tried to pursue Tianhuo, but after witnessing the miraculous sight of him spontaneously combusting, they all disappeared without a trace.

After all, nobody wants their little brother to turn into a roasted sausage, and not everyone can afford to be tempted by such a body.

In fact, Skyfire and Blue Poison have very similar experiences. Both were regarded as untouchable beings because of their own abnormalities. Their arrogance as young ladies was not only because they were indeed geniuses, but also a kind of protective coloration.

By the time Skyfire was able to barely control her power, the name "Humanoid Self-Propelled Fire" had already spread far and wide. Apart from her companions with the King's Staff, only the operators of Rhodes Island readily accepted her.

However, there is a difference between friends and lovers. Even the proud and arrogant Miss Tianhuo occasionally fantasizes about the opposite sex, such as that Tai... Now that Qin Duanyu is expressing his affection without reservation, Tianhuo instinctively does not want him to get hurt because of it.

"I don't mind at all. I like playing with fire, in every sense of the word!" Bo said, reaching out to touch Tianhuo's head, completely ignoring the red fire lotus that was becoming even more radiant with shyness.

Thanks to the amazing system, when Skyfire unintentionally released its power just now, the system identified it as an invading alien force and analyzed it. Although it doesn't directly produce antibodies like Blue Poison's toxin, it can completely ignore its effects by consuming sanity.

As for the loss of rationality, what does that have to do with his mentally unstable state? It's just a matter of sleeping more when he gets back. Right now, flirting with girls is more important.

"Hmph, my standards are very high. You've only barely made it into the consideration." Reluctantly watching the hand leave, Tianhuo refused to admit that it felt good, blushing and letting out a huff.

Pat my head a little longer, it's been so long since I've felt like someone patted my head!

"Yes, yes, then I will help Miss back to rest first." As he spoke, Bo took Tianhuo's arm and gently lifted her up. Contrary to her expectations, he did not take the opportunity to grope her, but was genuinely well-mannered and polite like a Victorian gentleman.