Chapter 207: The Kepler Giant Insect Nest

When humans come into direct contact, it does not melt like touching sulfuric acid; instead, it exhibits a parasitic nature, burrowing into the human body. Human cells become infected, mutate, and then expand and explode, with body fluids turning into venom of the same attribute and spreading. This type of Giant Insect is of a very high level; basically, regular Giant Insects have to prostrate themselves when they see one.

These types of Giant Insects are rare in number, but in battles against humans, they have caused massive damage to human mecha legions. Currently, Alliance scientists have been researching the composition of this toxic mist. What is clear is that this toxic mist possesses extremely strong biological properties, especially its assimilation of carbon-based cells, which is inconceivable—it feels somewhat targeted.

It took a bit of time to deal with this Giant Insect; the higher the level, the harder it is to control. If things go wrong, the Giant Insect can even self-destruct. Fortunately, this one was still handled under Li Hao's gentle marathon-like methods.

Li Hao controlled the Giant Insect to move based on its instincts. At such times, Giant Insects often retain their most important pathways. Li Hao gave the K23 signal as much as possible, using it on the Razor or the Lurker; they would be confused, but when used on this one, there was a clear reaction.

He was still a bit excited, as this showed that K23 really had a connection with the Giant Insects. But as he went deeper, problems gradually emerged: the temperature kept rising, and at the same time, the pressure was also becoming stronger. This Venom Giant Insect moved rapidly through the complex tunnels, clearly very familiar with this route, which was completely different from what Li Hao had controlled in the past.

This temperature and pressure made Li Hao's control over the Giant Insect become difficult. Li Hao had to strengthen the output of his Soul Power, not only for the Ocean Heart but also out of intense curiosity—what exactly is in the boundless tunnels of Kepler?

The temperature was rising. For a while, he couldn't see any Giant Insects at all, but as the view suddenly opened up, Li Hao saw a scalp-numbing variety of Giant Insects, large amounts of venom, and other unheard-of Giant Insects. The massive cavern they were in was like a world at the Earth's core, completely translucent, and the bright spots embedded in the stone walls were the Ocean Heart!

It could be seen that these Giant Insects were mining the Ocean Heart. Li Hao felt the venom's instinct, controlling the Venom Giant Insect to head toward the nearest piece of Ocean Heart, and then the Venom Giant Insect's mandibles began to bite.

However, the Ocean Heart was not as easy to mine as it looked; the surrounding rock was incomparably hard. Even with the bite force of a Giant Insect, it could only be worn down bit by bit. He could see that some Giant Insects would dig the ore out, swallow it, and then leave toward the deeper parts of the cavern, while other Giant Insects poured out from dense, countless holes that led to who knows where.

Li Hao watched with a numb scalp, not daring to act rashly. Within the same species of Giant Insect, there is no such thing as cross-level observation or provocation.

He didn't want to fall short of success; such opportunities were rare. Now that the Ocean Heart was right before his eyes, Li Hao lay in wait, letting the Venom Giant Insect bite continuously; as long as he could get one piece down, it would be enough.

The Venom Giant Insect was tearing away. From time to time, other Giant Insects passed by it, but they didn't pay much attention. He didn't know how long it had been biting, but Li Hao felt that this Giant Insect's bodily functions were rapidly declining. This was also a sequela of possession; it seemed that once a Giant Insect was controlled by him, it would collapse after a long period of time.

Li Hao could only take the risk and hurry; he didn't know if he would have another chance to come here. The Venom Giant Insect finally bit off a large piece of something that looked like black rock, but Li Hao knew this was not the so-called rock of Earth. Then, the Venom Giant Insect didn't pay attention to its surroundings but scurried along the path it had come from.

Li Hao carefully controlled the Venom Giant Insect to swallow the whole rock containing the Ocean Heart into its stomach.

Can't see me, can't see me, can't...

Suddenly, Li Hao felt a chill. Why had all these Giant Insects stopped moving? Damn it, why are they all looking at me?

In the vast cavern, countless Giant Insects that had been biting began to gradually look toward the Venom Giant Insect where Li Hao was.

Li Hao didn't know how they had discovered him, but he was certain that they had definitely discovered an abnormality. At this moment, he couldn't afford to think too much; the Venom Giant Insect crawled at full speed and scurried out with a 'whoosh'. He could clearly feel that these Giant Insects were stunned, appearing extremely shocked.

Suddenly, one of them emitted a strange sound, and immediately, rustling sounds erupted all around. Behind Li Hao, a rumbling sound broke out.

At this time, there was no point in thinking; Li Hao operated the Venom Giant Insect to crawl frantically, wishing its parents had given it more legs.

He didn't know how long he had been running, but the sound behind him gradually faded. However, Li Hao also felt that the Venom Giant Insect's body was gradually stiffening. Observing his surroundings, he chose a hidden corner and stuck to the wall to climb up; in this regard, Li Hao was relatively experienced.

Giant Insects are not very interested in the crystallized corpses of their own kind; as for the rest, it depends on fate.

Li Hao left his mark, a golden light flashed, and the Giant Insect stopped moving completely.

At this moment in the Dormitory, Li Hao suddenly opened his eyes, sat up straight, and gasped for air, his whole body soaked.

He checked the time; it was already night. Recalling the place where he had hidden the item, not bad, not bad, he finally had a harvest. Next, he would find an opportunity to handle it slowly. In fact, Li Hao was already accustomed to this kind of transmission; counting it up, it was also the best way to improve his power and control precision. It was just that wanting to bring things back, even if only a little bit, was extremely, extremely difficult, and the consumption was immense. But for A Youyou, no matter how hard it was, he had to do it.

Ma Laoshi was right; a man cannot just talk without acting.

But if he wanted to transport it, he had to find a quiet place, and he had to ask for leave. He didn't know exactly how long it would take, or even if he could succeed.

Rumble, rumble...

His stomach protested violently, and a fierce sense of hunger struck. Li Hao felt he could eat a cow and rushed to the cafeteria.

In the team training ground, the others were still in full swing. The return of Luo Bi, especially because his strength had greatly increased, made the Cougar team members very fanatical, driving the entire training atmosphere to be very good.

Tianjing and the Round Table Knights also received the news. Although it wasn't clear how he had improved, the scene was quite frightening. By the time it reached Luo Bi's level, this progress was definitely not a small matter. Especially when he first arrived, facing Aofei, Luo Bi was still relatively peaceful, and one couldn't feel the dominance of the "Mad Lion" at all. But now, although he was still wearing bandages, the look in his eyes already carried the passion of a hunt, and he couldn't wait to get on the field immediately.

Ma Long didn't know whether to cry or laugh; Luo Bi wanted to personally coach him, and as soon as his injuries healed, he would spar with him. This put Ma Long under immense pressure, but this was clearly a good thing, indicating that within the Tianjing Team, one of his talents was superb, enough for even Luo Bi to look at him with high regard.

Sheng Man also came after finishing her homework and was wiping sweat for Ma Long. Recently, Sheng Man had unlocked a new skill: gentleness. "I heard Luo Bi chose you?"

Looking at Sheng Man, who was like a curious baby, Ma Long saw a trace of worship and disbelief in his girlfriend's eyes. This was the first time Ma Long had overturned Sheng Man's perception of him. Ma Laoshi finally experienced the pleasure of expansion. "Isn't this normal? Besides me, who else could it be? The burden of the revival of Tianjing Martial Arts rests on my shoulders."

In the past, Sheng Man would definitely have teased Ma Long, who always felt good about himself, but today she didn't. "If one day you can defeat Luo Bi, I will worship you!"

Worship—coming from Sheng Man, it was clearly meaningful. Ma Long smiled smugly. "It's a deal!"

Although the possibility was not high, he still felt a change; he was starting to show the charm of a real man.

From now on, he would change his "pretty boy" persona and become a true powerhouse. Why were the people from Cougar looking at him with such sharp eyes...

The Sniper competition had already been played for several rounds today. Among the snipers of the four teams, Zuo Xiaotang's level was second only to Alzi and Mo Yu, and stronger than Luosi. In the past, Zuo Xiaotang's initiative was relatively poor, and his style was on the cowardly side, but today he was unusually brave, his desire to fight was extremely strong, and he particularly liked the aggressive, life-or-death, one-for-one playstyle. Currently, his record was at the bottom.

"Is he really okay like this?" Sheng Man looked at the training combat and individual shooting training results. In the dormitory, they had also isolated Lu Ying. Everyone has their own way of living; Sheng Man and the others didn't like it before, but they would respect it. However, for Lu Ying to treat Zuo Xiaotang like this was crossing the line. She stood on Zuo Xiaotang's side.

"He has to get over the hump; bottling it up isn't good. Being willing to vent is a good sign," Tan Ziyuan said softly.

Sheng Man suddenly looked at Lu Lingxiao with a lecherous look. "How about Lingxiao sacrifices her beauty and seduces this little fatty?"

"I think that's possible," Tan Ziyuan also joined in the fun, making Lu Lingxiao very embarrassed.

"What about Li Hao? He's not here again. He's a pretty comfortable Team Leader. It's bizarre that people from other teams don't have any objections to him being like this."

"He's probably still sleeping."

"What, sleeping?" Sheng Man and Lu Lingxiao looked at each other. Tan Ziyuan usually wouldn't be wrong; she now had a thorough grasp of the entire team's situation.

"I heard Aofei and Luo Bi mention it. Li Hao's situation might require a large amount of sleep to replenish the consumption of his Mental Power, or he is conducting a type of meditation that we cannot understand."

"Huh? That's so mysterious. We've known Li Hao for over a year; why didn't we notice it before?"

"No, the first time I saw Li Hao, I felt this person's eyes were very special," Lu Lingxiao said, tilting her head.

Tan Ziyuan nodded. "Who told you to only have Ma Long in your eyes."

"Ma Laoshi is amazing now; the Mad Lion specifically named him for one-on-one training. This pond of Tianjing is almost too small to hold him," Lu Lingxiao couldn't help but tease.

"Hmph, with me here, it's not his turn to get cocky!" Sheng Man's "big sister" persona came out.

Zhou Naiyi was training with Aofei, adapting to the precious time after awakening the Golden Zone. Just awakening is a very important stage; how to understand and consolidate the Golden Zone is crucial. Having the guidance of a powerhouse like Aofei was definitely Zhou Naiyi's good fortune.