ATPnovel Chapter 118 Incubation Bag
Chapter 118 Incubation Bag
Eighth floor.
The number of nest-guarding insects has decreased significantly compared to the number on the seventh floor.
It gives people the illusion that the "nest" has no other means of resistance.
One of the leaders, who was directing his men to clear away the nearby insect eggs, couldn't help but say to Wang Xiao, "Boss Wang, the situation on this floor seems a bit different from the previous ones. Could it be that those insects are playing some other trick again?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiao stopped in his tracks and began to carefully examine the situation on the entire eighth floor.
Logically, the higher they go, the stronger the insects' defenses should be as they get closer to the top floor.
It's impossible that after sacrificing the 'Devourers' and a large number of 'Nest Guardians,' the entity hiding behind and commanding the insects would realize it was outmatched and choose to give up the fight, right?
This doesn't seem like something an insect could do.
"Something's not right. Is there something I'm missing?"
Feeling increasingly uneasy, Wang Xiao suddenly raised his hand to signal the group to stop, and then scanned his surroundings again.
As they walked, the number of nest-guarding insects on the eighth floor decreased dramatically, with only a few scattered ones intercepting the group.
Although this floor had more unhatched insect eggs than the other floors below, its defenses were not on the same level as the seventh floor.
One of them tentatively asked, "Boss Wang, could it be that we've already scared off those insects?"
Wang Xiao shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Impossible. Although these insects have evolved intelligence, their nests are of utmost importance to them. They will never give up so easily."
Just then, an ability user who had made a discovery while leading ordinary people to clear insect eggs in other areas rushed over and exclaimed to Wang Xiao and the other two, "Boss Wang! Quick! Come with me!!"
"Has he discovered something?"
"Just follow along and you'll see."
Seeing that others had made a discovery, Wang Xiao immediately led his men to follow in the footsteps of the ability user.
Led by that person, Wang Xiao and the others quickly passed through a slime passage modified by insects and arrived at an extremely spacious place, where they also witnessed a scene that they would never forget.
The original eighth-floor shopping mall and the ninth floor were completely connected, and not only that, all the buildings between the two floors were also demolished.
In the very center of this enormous space, a huge tumor hangs from the mall's ceiling.
The tumor was six meters tall, and its surface was covered with vein-like patterns, making it look like a giant heart from a distance.
……
Looking at the tumor hanging in the center, Wang Xiao began to try to learn about the tumor through the system.
He thought that this time he could only obtain some basic information about the tumor through the system, just like before, but he didn't expect that this time he would successfully trigger the "information extraction" deep mining effect.
As the "Information Unraveling" technique was activated, specific information about the tumor quickly surfaced in Wang Xiao's mind.
[The mother insect's hatching sac]
[Description: The special hatching sac produced by the Abyssal Soul Claw's queen during her evolution is primarily used to protect the queen during evolution and shield her from external interference.]
The current incubation progress is 72%.
[Special Note: The hatching sac possesses extremely strong defensive capabilities and self-repair abilities. It can also absorb nutrients from the 'nest's' food pool to provide a continuous life-sustaining supply to the evolving queen. Once the hatching progress reaches 100%, the queen's life level will significantly increase.]
As he looked at the information revealed through the sifting through the clues, Wang Xiao's pupils suddenly contracted.
If the queen insect were to successfully complete her evolution, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Seeing Wang Xiao's subtle expression, one of the leaders quickly asked, "Boss Wang, have you figured something out?"
Wang Xiao withdrew his gaze and slowly said, "This is an incubation sac used for insect evolution. The creature evolving inside is the insect queen responsible for incubating this batch of insects."
One of the leaders exclaimed in surprise, "Boss Wang, are you kidding me? How do you know that the queen insect we're looking for is inside this thing?"
Wang Xiao calmly replied, "My ability."
Upon learning that Wang Xiao had used some kind of ability, the doubts in everyone's hearts immediately dissipated by more than half.
After all, there are just too many abilities among those with superpowers.
"Then we..." Knowing what was going on inside, the other insectoid leader gripped his weapon tightly, his gaze towards the tumor filled with murderous intent.
Wang Xiao calmly said, "Break it before it completes its evolution, and then completely eliminate this biggest hidden danger."
The group exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.
The two leaders immediately began to organize their forces.
After the battle, of the hundred members they brought, less than forty are still able to fight.
The leader of the mid-sized faction ordered, "Prepare crossbows for ranged attacks, and get the Molotov cocktails ready too!"
Another leader added, "Melee fighters, provide cover!"
The team quickly took their positions, and a dozen or so team members holding crossbows drew their bows, aiming the arrows at the huge tumor.
The others gripped their weapons tightly, watching their surroundings warily in case any nest-guarding insects suddenly appeared and caused trouble.
Wang Xiao stood at the back of the group and did not immediately launch an attack on the incubation sac.
Just in case, Wang Xiao planned to have others test the defensive strength of the incubation sac first.
After observing how the hatching sac reacts when attacked, an effective attack can be launched based on the hatching sac's defenses.
"shooting!"
At one of their commands, more than a dozen crossbow bolts were fired simultaneously, piercing the huge tumor!
puff!puff!puff!
The arrow pierced the surface of the tumor, but only penetrated to a depth of less than three inches.
The tumor trembled slightly, and the arrows that had pierced the skin were slowly expelled. The wound that had been torn closed healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"My attack was blocked! This thing's defense is too strong!" a crossbowman couldn't help but curse.
"Mine too!"
"Use Molotov cocktails!" the leader ordered decisively.
Several team members immediately lit Molotov cocktails and threw them forcefully at the tumor.
The glass bottle smashed onto the surface of the tumor, and flames instantly spread!
However, the surface of the tumor secreted a layer of viscous liquid. When the flame came into contact with that liquid, it began to gradually go out, leaving only a few charred marks.
"This thing isn't afraid of fire?!" Everyone's expression changed.
"I'll give it a try!" A ranged ability user, somewhat skeptical, began to activate his ability and pull the composite bow in his hand.
While others tried other methods, Wang Xiao looked at the incubation sac thoughtfully.
"Information Unraveling" only told him that the incubation sac had extremely strong defense and self-healing capabilities, but did not specifically explain its weaknesses.
Although the attacks from others had little effect, at least they proved to Wang Xiao that once...
That means physical attacks can still damage it; the reason they can't break through the hatching sac's defense is simply because these people aren't strong enough.
After confirming the physical attack was effective, Wang Xiao stopped wasting his phone, grabbed his broadsword, and strode forward: "I'll handle this."
Seeing this, everyone quickly made way for them.
Even those who were about to unleash their abilities withdrew them and stepped aside.
After all, it had only been a short while since Wang Xiao had single-handedly fought the Devourer and easily killed it, so no one present would doubt Wang Xiao's strength at this moment.
Wang Xiao stopped about ten meters in front of the tumor and began to slowly channel his spiritual power into the horizontal blade.
The dull blue patterns on the blade lit up again.
"Let me see if you can block this blow..."