Chapter 1599: Brain Bug

Then why did the insect puppets fly here? Are these two Tian Yun's disciples? He Lingchuan was pondering when Dong Rui already said: "Look at the wall, look at the windowsill, there are still several beetles! Oh, oh, the ancestor bug is probably on them!" Then their tracking method was generally no problem. He Lingchuan gave the order: "Take them down, I want them alive."

He Lingchuan walked to the window and gestured to Wanqi Liang under the window, who understood and got up to go to the alley opposite the Tonglai Inn.

The two people in the room opposite were almost finished eating when a gust of wild wind suddenly blew in, "Whoosh-snap," and slammed the window shut.

The windows of this inn opened horizontally, with hinges above the window lattice. To open the window, one had to use a prop rod to hold it up. This gust of wind was outrageously fierce, directly blowing the prop rod away!

Several insect puppets that had been parked on the windowsill were also blown to the ground.

The room door rattled, luckily not blown open.

The people in the room were startled, and the chubby one subconsciously stood up to open the window.

But as soon as the window was pushed open, the chubby one was shocked to find someone standing under the window!

He was startled and instinctively exclaimed and retreated, but the moment the window opened, the person raised his hand and threw three flying darts! At such a short distance, the chubby one couldn't dodge at all, and was hit by one each on his shoulder, arm, and chest.

"Enemy..." He quickly grabbed a pocket and was about to recite the spell, but he was numb from his chest to his tongue, and the word "enemy" didn't even come out, and he felt dizzy and couldn't stand.

There was fast-acting anesthetic on the darts; let alone a person, it could knock down a small elephant.

The change happened in an instant. The injured man was taken aback, but reacted very quickly—

Not saving his fellow disciple, but turning around and rushing toward the door!

Although this move was a bit immoral, it could truly save his life at a critical moment.

Moreover, while running, he ordered some insect puppets to block the opponent, and some to clear the way for himself.

The beetles "whoosh" flapped their wings, drilled out from every corner, and accompanied him, actually numbering in the hundreds or thousands, with quite a momentum.

Then he pulled open the guest room door and rushed out without looking back—

Or rather, rushed in.

Then, it became quiet outside, and the second floor of the whole inn was also quiet, with no sound at all.

The chubby one lay on the ground and couldn't climb up, originally a bit resentful, but soon turned into surprise and confusion.

Didn't the second senior brother run away?

Where were the footsteps?

Where was the creaking sound of the stairs?

Why did all movement disappear as soon as the second senior brother went out the door? The remaining dozens of insect puppets suddenly flew around in the room like headless flies, and then landed on the chubby one's neck and arms, extending their mouthparts in his terrified gaze, and suddenly began to feast! Looking closely, these insect puppets actually looked slightly different. Some had mouthparts like saws, which could cut open the victim's skin; some were suckers; and some were sharp needles like mosquitoes, which could pierce directly into blood vessels to suck blood.

Oh no, backlash! The chubby one was terrified, but couldn't scream.

He knew this was a manifestation of insect puppets losing control and attacking targets at will.

He could even see that the beetle sucking blood on his nose was becoming redder and redder!

The person who had just ambushed him also entered the room, closed the window casually, and helped him drive away the dancing insect puppets around him.

This person was covering his face.

Strangely enough, the insect puppets didn't attack this person at all, as if he were just a piece of wood.

After only ten breaths, the room door creaked open again, and He Lingchuan and Dong Rui walked in, dragging the "second senior brother" with them.

But the second senior brother was stiff, also limp all over, with only his eyeballs rolling around.

What exactly happened just now?

He rushed out of the guest room, jumped down the stairs, and shouted "Fire" while running.

According to his experience, shouting "thief" or "robber" would only make others retreat, and only by shouting "fire" would other guests and neighbors come out to help.

But the inn lobby was empty, and even the shopkeeper and waiter were gone.

Then he was beaten down and dragged back to the second floor.

He clearly manipulated the insect puppets to attack the opponent, so why did the buzzing sound of the beetles' wings disappear completely after re-entering the guest room?

Where were his insect puppets? He Lingchuan didn't care how much inner drama he had, and threw him directly next to the chubby one: "Who is your master?"

Both shook their heads repeatedly.

The chubby one shouted: "I don't know what you're talking about."

Dong Rui laughed: "Refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."

He still had to use his methods.

But before he could take out his small tools, the two on the ground suddenly screamed and convulsed, rolling all over the floor.

Their pain didn't look fake, because both of their faces were purple and their bodies were swollen, their hands and feet bulging like balloons.

Dong Rui was startled, forced open their eyelids to look, and the capillaries were actually dark purple.

"Hold them down, back facing up!"

He Lingchuan and Wanqi Liang each suppressed a captive and turned them over.

Dong Rui didn't have time to explain, and pulled out a dagger, stabbing directly into the back of their heads! This knife stabbed straight into the Yuzhen acupoint, and then jerked upward.

It looked fierce, but no blood was seen; instead, a small purple bug was poked out by the tip of the knife, twisting and struggling.

They were only a little bigger than rice weevils, and just as fat. Seeing the air, they twitched twice and died.

The chubby one also twitched violently twice and stopped moving.

He Lingchuan reached out and pressed lightly under his jaw: "Dead."

Dong Rui was checking the other captive, not even raising his head: "His life is already tied to the brain bug. The brain bug is dead, so he can't live either."

This captive was gasping in terror, but the swelling all over his body was fading at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the balloon had been deflated.

"Alright, this one doesn't have to die." Dong Rui stuffed a pill into his mouth, "Fortunately, I was fast, and picked out the brain bug before it released the toxin."

Fast? He Lingchuan looked at the chubby one who was purple all over; he died truly miserably.

"Why would the brain bug be triggered?" Originally, these two had been squatting in their heads just fine, so why did they suddenly go crazy?

"This thing can only be triggered artificially, and the effective control range is less than three hundred zhang!" Dong Rui stood up and said urgently, "Tian Yun must know we tracked him, so he wants to kill them to silence them!"

In other words, Tian Yun was less than three hundred zhang away from them?

"Fennel Inn!" He Lingchuan reacted very quickly, pointing back toward the Fennel Inn, "Go!"

Wanqi Liang put the chubby one's corpse into the storage ring, and grabbed the second senior brother Yang Chi from the ground, jumping out through the window.

He quickly followed He Lingchuan's footsteps, but moved high and low, walking on the rooftops.

When He Lingchuan had just searched over, he saw this luxurious and high-end Fennel Inn at the intersection, less than two hundred zhang away from the Tonglai Inn.

Sensing that Tian Yun might be nearby, he first thought of this place.

At this time, the Fennel Inn was still brightly lit. He Lingchuan gestured, and seven or eight Yangshan guards dispersed to the four sides of the inn, jumping over the wall and entering. ===== CHAPTER 1600 =====