Chapter 1047: Chapter 657: Insect
“Why don’t you take the lead next?” Qin Tao, feeling a bit irritated, responded to Wu Dao, who still didn’t seem to believe him at this point.
As soon as Wu Dao heard this, he was imdiately at a loss for words.
Knowing full well that danger lurked ahead, if he tried to be heroic, it would be a classic case of courting death.
“I’m not going. You were the one who said you’d take the lead, no one forced you. What, are you too scared to go on now?” Wu Dao taunted Qin Tao.
Facing Wu Dao’s provocation, Qin Tao was also sowhat annoyed. In his view, at such a critical mont, Wu Dao still had the nerve to make sarcastic remarks.
“Enough, both of you stop arguing. There shouldn’t be many of those things; otherwise, we all might already be dead here,” Liu Hun took a deep breath, seeing that the two seed ready to continue bickering, he couldn’t help but intervene.
“No one knows if those things are still ahead of us. If we keep going, we all might die here,” Qin Tao said, frowning and then turning his gaze to Liu Hun.
Naturally, Liu Hun understood Qin Tao’s point, and one couldn’t bla Qin Tao for being afraid. After all, knowingly facing danger isn’t sothing a smart person would do.
Though pride is important, life is even more precious.
“Perhaps I have a way, though it might not be crucial, at least it serves as a reminder. At this point, I doubt anyone wants to turn back, right?” Liu Hun pondered for a mont and then nodded to the two cyborgs beside him.
At Liu Hun’s signal, the two cyborgs headed towards the front, taking the lead as the dim light made it hard for everyone to see clearly beneath the black robes.
“If we let them go ahead, and they encounter that thing, the result will be inevitable. This tactic only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause,” Qin Tao said, thinking Liu Hun had a good plan, only to realize he was sending his people to their deaths. Although Qin Tao didn’t mind, he had to remind Liu Hun.
“Of course, I understand that. But don’t worry, if it’s rely psychological, they won’t die here. Everyone, keep an eye on the torches in their hands, and if anything’s amiss, then we must fend for ourselves,” Liu Hun said slowly to everyone.
Following his words, the two cyborgs continued to move down the passage with torches in hand.
Under the guidance of these two cyborgs, everyone cautiously trailed behind. After all, if soone else was taking the risk, they naturally didn’t mind.
After all, it wasn’t their people at risk; besides, in such a situation, the fewer people left, the better for the upcoming battle for Chi You’s weapon.
“Be careful!” Suddenly, from behind the two cyborgs, Liu Hun noticed the torches in their hands starting to flicker, and his expression beca serious.
As soon as Liu Hun’s words rang out, everyone beca incredibly tense, scanning their eyes around.
But in such poor lighting, they couldn’t see what was around them.
The torches in the hands of the two cyborgs flickered slightly and then returned to normal, at which everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
“You two, co over here.” After a mont, when everyone seed settled, Liu Hun instructed the two cyborgs.
Following his words, the two cyborgs slowly walked to Liu Hun’s side, witnessing this, everyone was once again shocked.
In that situation, it seed inevitable that sothing eerie had appeared, yet Liu Hun’s two subordinates were unhard, sparking suspicion.
Knowing this situation, outside of Liu Hun, only the Poison Queen and Wu Dao were aware.
They were the most knowledgeable about the identities of the cyborgs, so even though the cyborgs were unhard, they were not surprised.
When the two cyborgs approached Liu Hun, he thoroughly inspected them. After a while, Liu Hun suddenly flipped his palm, revealing a dagger that he then viciously stabbed into a cyborg’s heart.
Witnessing this, everyone was once again plunged into shock, having never imagined Liu Hun to be so ruthless as to strike one of his own n.
While everyone was still shocked, Liu Hun ripped open the chest of one of the cyborgs and carefully extracted a small translucent worm.
“Heart-eating worm!” Seeing the dead worm in his palm, Liu Hun’s expression beca sowhat grim.
The heart-eating insect was sothing Liu Hun had once read about in a miscellaneous journal. These insects are naturally semi-transparent, making it difficult to detect their existence. Due to their small size, they can enter the human body directly through the five senses and then reach the heart, quickly devouring it.
Unfortunately, the heart-eating insects before them were consuming the hearts of cyborgs. Since cyborgs inherently possess countless viruses, these insects were poisoned to death after devouring a cyborg’s heart.
“Heart-eating insects? How could there be such things here?” Qin Tao exclaid in shock upon hearing Liu Hun’s voice.
“These are indeed heart-eating insects. I just extracted it from his heart. I felt sothing was off earlier, but since he was one of your people, I didn’t say much. Now I can confirm it.” Liu Hun turned and handed the heart-eating insect in his hand to everyone.
Looking at the tiny insect in Liu Hun’s palm, one could hardly notice it without careful observation. With its flying speed and semi-transparent state, it was a natural-born assassin in the air.
“You… why are your two subordinates…” Qin Tao looked deeply at the heart-eating insect in Liu Hun’s hand before pointing at the two cyborgs behind Liu Hun and exclaid loudly.
“These two people… to be precise, should be considered puppets. They are in a semi-living state, sothing I happened to acquire during a previous crisis. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have let them lead the way.” Liu Hun didn’t think much when Qin Tao brought this up and directly explained to everyone.
After all, everyone would eventually know about this. Whether it’s sooner or later, the effect is the sa.
“If there are many more heart-eating insects in this tunnel, what should we do next?” Soone in the crowd anxiously asked Liu Hun.
Everyone had paid such a price to get here, and they were about to reach their destination. Now, suddenly encountering such a freak occurrence left everyone a bit unwilling.
But if they continued forward, if they encountered the heart-eating insects again, they might all die here.
“Regarding this, I’m powerless. After all, I’m just a small doctor, not omnipotent. This is up to you. If you’re willing to continue, you can proceed. If not, you can turn back now.” Liu Hun shrugged indifferently.
The appearance of the heart-eating insects also worried Liu Hun, as he was just one person. If they encountered the insects again and they didn’t target the two cyborgs but targeted them, Liu Hun would be in trouble.
However, Liu Hun didn’t want to give up easily. Besides finding the Nine Nether Cold Ice, there was also Chi You’s weapon.
Although he had verbally dismissed the clan leader’s words, in his heart, he acknowledged them.
If the old man were still alive, he wouldn’t want to see the Ghost Doctor Clan in trouble. This was also a part of his responsibility, so Liu Hun had to care.
“Buzz buzz buzz…” Just as Liu Hun finished speaking and everyone was pondering what to do next, a faint sound suddenly emanated from the entire tunnel.
Liu Hun narrowed his eyes slightly, scanning the surroundings. Noticing the two cyborgs’ torches ahead flickering rapidly, his face suddenly turned pale.
“Get down!” Suddenly, Liu Hun stared intently at the tunnel ahead, couldn’t help but shout loudly.
As soon as Liu Hun’s words fell, he swiftly lay on the ground. Others with quick reflexes followed his lead and lay down as well.
However, so people hadn’t even reacted yet and stood frozen in their tracks, eyes filled with fear and pain.
In just a split second, they fell to the ground one after another, unable to close their eyes in death.
Lying on the ground, Liu Hun didn’t dare to lift his head for even a glance, as no one knew whether there were still heart-eating insects around.
After about ten minutes, Liu Hun finally raised his head to glance at the torches in the hands of the two cyborgs and saw that the flas showed no abnormalities. He finally let out a sigh of relief.
Slowly getting up, carefully sensing the surroundings and finding nothing unusual, he said to everyone, “It should be fine now…”
Upon hearing Liu Hun’s words, the others also stood up one after another. Seeing that Liu Hun stood with the two puppets without any issue, they sighed in relief and got up from the ground.
At this mont, the crowd looked at the dozen corpses lying on the ground, and everyone fell silent one after another.
These people had just reacted a bit too slowly, and thus all perished at the hands of the heart-eating insects. And this was just the beginning.
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