At the beginning, I traveled through the wilderness, and I controlled the beasts to survive.

Dean Wu sighed:

"There are not enough personnel. We don't need too many people to find the mother worm. You two are the two most powerful ones in our academy. Sending you there is already the best configuration."

Lena then added:

"By the way, Han Ning, there is a place where Soul-nurturing Grass exists near the Electric Cannon Insect's habitat. It is one of the important raw materials for making Spirit Condensation Liquid. According to records, Soul-Nursing Grass also contains a certain amount of spiritual energy."

"This place is a relatively closed environment discovered by Mr. Taman. According to his records, no other insect master has discovered it yet. If you want to go, you can go and have a look."

Mental strength……

Han Ning nodded: "Okay, I understand."

Originally, in his understanding, mental power could only be used to borrow spiritual power talents to help soul beasts improve their combat power in a short period of time.

Yesterday, he initially learned the method of merging spirits, letting him know the importance of mental power. When there is a lack of energy and crystals, mental power can help the soul beast absorb more spiritual energy and improve elemental affinity.

In this way, cultivating mental power has become a very important thing.

After chatting about important things, Dean Wu looked at the dark circles in Liena's eyes and frowned slightly:

"Ms. Lena, your workload is too heavy. Didn't the two assistants I assigned you share your work?"

Lena waved her hands and excused them:

"No, no, no, they are working very hard, but because they have never learned language knowledge before, it will be more difficult to learn a completely unfamiliar language again. I predict that in about five to six days, they will also be able to master the basic knowledge of insects. Basic grammar of human language and completed some basic translation work.”

"That's good... Ms. Liena, if you need help with anything, just ask and we will do our best to fulfill your request." Dean Wu smiled slightly.

…

When leaving the conference room, Han Ning and Lu Xiuning took over a detailed map of the Insect Continent produced by the Insek tribe from Lena.

On the map, not only have the insect characters been translated into Xia characters, but also what kind of spirit beasts are distributed in each area, which areas are the territory of the insect master family, and the degree of danger are clearly divided.

It's much more detailed than the map left by the insect man before.

The dense black lines on it form a complex topographic map, among which a route marked with red lines crosses the map.

"657 kilometers. The target location is a mountain range northwest of the college. It needs to pass through a tribe of insect masters and pass through the territories of three extraordinary groups."

Han Ning looked at the small dot representing the college in the lower left corner of the map and thought to himself.

In addition, there is an illustration of the soul beasts of the Insect Continent, which records about 300 kinds of dangerous soul beasts. However, Liana translated it in a hurry, only the names and related attributes, and the detailed introduction was only a rough description of one or two sentences.

However, for Han Ning and others, it is already extremely precious.

"Teacher Lu, let's hurry up and try to return to the academy before dark."

Han Ning and Lu Xiuning walked out of the dormitory side by side.

"Before dark? It's almost 10 o'clock now. It's a 1,200-kilometer round trip. Are you sure you can come back before dark?" Lu Xiuning stood at the door of the dormitory building, counting his luggage and wondering.

"Haha, you will know if you come with me." Han Ning beckoned mysteriously, gesturing for Lu Xiuning to sit on the egg cake's back.

Omelet galloped all the way out of the academy area.

Suddenly, two huge bloody bees over 3 meters in size emerged from behind two clusters of water plants and flew straight towards the direction of the two people.

"This...is this? You have mastered the insect control technique of the insect master?"

The moment Lu Xiuning saw the two big bees, he first showed a wary expression. Then he saw Han Ning's calm face and quickly understood something.

"It's not the insect master's technique, it's the ability of my all-encompassing spiritual silkworm. It can simulate the form of insects."

Han Ning touched Omelette's head and said gently,

"Egg Pancake, go back to the spirit beast space and rest for a while. I will release you when you are safe."

"Ji!" Omelet responded obediently, nuzzling his master's palm with his head.

After taking the egg cake back to the soul beast space, Han Ning pointed to the two suspended bees in front of him: "Each person rides one. I have tested that they are very fast. They can fly up to 250 kilometers per hour. They are the best insects I have ever seen." It's the fastest flying one."

As he said that, the two bees landed on the ground obediently and crawled in front of the two of them.

These two bees were the kind of bees he had finally found that were suitable for use as aerial vehicles after he came out of the ruins yesterday and stayed in the bloody grassland for a while.

The 3-meter-long body is a smaller version of the Vientiane Silkworm simulation, allowing an adult to lie flat on their back.

The wings grow on both sides of the body, and the back is covered with dense red down, making it very comfortable to sit on.

Han Ning guessed that this was probably a high-quality insect population released by a tribe of insect men, but he intercepted it halfway.

"As expected of being recognized as a treasure by Taman Insect Master, there is indeed something there."

Lu Xiuning sighed, and sat on Bee's spacious back together with his wood demon.

At the same time, Han Ning and Yin Yi sat on another bee.

Under his command, the two bees flapped their wings and flew towards the northwest.

The two bees passed through the endless yellow-brown swamp, and the terrain below gradually changed. On the left, there was a vast blood-colored grassland, and on the right, a stretch of fuzzy rolling mountains appeared.

The trickles between the swamps converged once to form a winding and rugged river, dividing the bloody grassland on the left and the mountains on the right, bringing abundant water to the creatures on both sides.

The moment he saw the river, Han Ning lowered his head and browsed the map carefully, took out his walkie-talkie, and said to Lu Xiuning, who was flying more than ten meters away: "Fly 100 kilometers further, and you will see the Gray Stone Mountain recorded on the map. The Gray Stone Mountain is this It is the highest mountain within a range of hundreds of kilometers, and there are some powerful spirit beasts living in it. The climate on the top of the mountain is very unstable, with thunderstorms happening all year round, and sporadic electric cannon bugs living there."

"However, before that, about 50 kilometers ahead is the edge of the territory of a bug master tribe. There is a certain probability that you will encounter bug servants. I suggest letting Egg Pan run on the ground and use mimicry to walk through that section. road."

It wasn't that Han Ning was afraid of the insect servants that might appear. He was worried that if he beat the younger one, the older one would come out and get into unnecessary trouble.

Lu Xiuning only replied with two words: "Okay."

After a brief discussion, the two decided to take the land route instead. The running speed of Egg Pancake would be slower than the flight speed of a bee, but it was safer than the flying speed of Egg Pancake, unless there was a soul beast passing by that exceeded the level of Egg Pancake, or an insect with a certain amount of mental power. Master, otherwise you wouldn’t be able to see through the mimicry at all.

Lu Xiuning only discovered the abnormality of the egg cake's mimicry at a very close distance.

The only being with higher spiritual power than him is the insect master.

…

The journey was smooth, and except for the sporadically passing insects, there was no trace of the insect servants.

More than an hour later, a towering mountain peak gradually enlarged in their field of vision.

"The Electric Cannon Insect is located at the top of Greystone Mountain. Fortunately, Egg Pancake is a member of the lizard family, otherwise it would be difficult to climb this mountain road."

This is a steep mountain peak that is almost at an 80° angle to the ground. There is no way into the mountain at all. The entire mountain is gray-white, like a large conical pillar, piercing the sky.

The steep mountain is covered with scattered green vegetation, and some large insects can be seen moving in and out among the plants.

Looking further up, the top of the mountain was obscured by thick white fog, making it difficult to see how high it was.

"There are no birds. I don't know if you have noticed it. Where there are insects, there are no birds. Previously, when we were in the misty valley, copper-feathered flying falcons appeared, and the insects were almost extinct." Lu Xiuning withdrew his gaze.

"Maybe it's because the insect master specially removes birds. This place is not far from the insect master's territory, so it's normal to see no birds."

After chatting for a while, the two didn't stay too long. Han Ning spotted a relatively gentle route into the mountain and let Omelette climb up.

Han Ning hid the two bees in the woods outside. He was worried that if the bees flew straight to the top of the mountain, they would be attacked by the spirit beasts living on the gray stone mountain. Thunderstorms often occur here, so if they were struck by lightning, they would be safe. Oh no.

"Chi chi chi chi~"

At this point, the advantages of the egg cake are revealed. Its four broad claws are like suction cups, firmly sucking on the rock wall. Although the mountain wall is steep, the egg cake is still as flat as the ground, and even travels faster than on land. In one minute, he sprinted towards the top of the mountain flexibly.

Following the instructions on the map, the two of them moved in an orderly manner toward the location where the electric cannon bugs were active.

Along the way, the two quickly passed through the mountainside.

When we got here, the white mist in the mountains became more intense.

There was plenty of water vapor, and the sounds of creatures growing in the woods on both sides of the cliff gradually increased.

"Egg cake, be careful!"

Han Ning's mental power suddenly moved, and he sensed something approaching quickly from the left front.

"Yinyi, get ready for battle." His mental power just sent out a signal.

The next moment, a thick black shadow suddenly burst out of the mountain in front, swung its long tail, and hit the two people on the egg cake's back hard.

It was a large snake with an earthy color, covered with sharp diamond-shaped scales, and thicker than Han Ning's waist.

Almost at the same time.

Yin Yi's body lit up with bright green light, and twenty radiant thorns cut through the strong wind and cut into the black shadow.

昘昘～

Since the qualification was upgraded to C, Yin Yi's flower thorns have stronger penetrating power. They stab at the same position continuously and instantly pierce the big snake's waist and separate the head and tail.

Lu Xiuning's wood demon attack followed closely, beating the big snake blocking the road into a pulp in the blink of an eye.

"An awakening-level rock viper." Han Ning flipped through the Insect Master's illustrated book and recognized its identity. Then with a movement of his mental power, he immediately sensed dozens more rock vipers of different sizes jumping up.

"They are all entry-level rock vipers, nothing to worry about, Yin Yi."

"Ling~"

Silver Ripple's flower thorn adjusts its direction in the air, shooting 360 degrees without blind angle.

Egg Pancake did not choose to attack. It expanded the protective range of the stone ball and enveloped itself to protect the safety of the beast master on its back.

Lu Xiuning ordered the wood demon to jump along the rock wall and into the air. Its body became twisted and thick, and transformed into a dozen identical wood demons, which silently clung to the body of the rock viper.

All rock vipers possessed by the wood demon became weak, twisted, and fell limply to the ground.

Han Ning looked at the petite wood demon in front of him with white spots on his body with great interest: "Teacher Lu, your wood demon's ability is quite good, is it an illusion?"

"Yes, its mental power is very strong. I have planned to train it to focus on the path of illusion." Lu Xiuning is also very satisfied with his wood demon.

"Rustling, rustling~"

The crawling sounds around him became increasingly dense.

Worried about attracting the attention of other stronger soul beasts, Han Ning did not want to stay here anymore and said:

"It's probably the vibration caused by the egg cake's walking that attracted their attention. Don't be wary and rush forward."

Bang bang bang.

"grumble!"

The egg pancake is like a high-speed truck, hitting and killing rock vipers one after another that dare to intercept in front of it and are not afraid of death.

Yin Yi and Wood Demon kept throwing out vines to collect the possible crystal stones in the rock viper's body.

After resisting the first batch of attacks, these guys could no longer catch up with the egg pancakes, and were left far behind by them, unable to rage.

This was just a small episode and didn't cause any disturbance to the two of them.

After this battle, Egg Pancake learned better and kept his pace as light as possible, swishing up the rock wall.

After climbing about one kilometer vertically on the mountain road, the clothes on the backs of Han Ning and Lu Xiuning were unknowingly soaked in mist.

"~It should be around here."

Gradually, a relatively flat rock platform appeared in view.

This is a relatively flat open area with few trees. There are several rugged boulders piled up about ten meters in front, and a little further away, it is close to the cliff.

Along the way, there were no surprises or dangers, and no dangerous soul beasts were encountered.

"The Electric Cannon Bug is used to coming out during thunderstorms. When it's full, it likes to lie on the rocks, bathe in the mist, and do some sexy and shameful things..."

Lu Xiuning recalled Taman's careful description of the life of the Electric Cannon Bug in his notes. He walked to the rugged boulder, took off his waist bag, rummaged inside, and took out a small plastic bag containing light green minced meat.

After untying the plastic bag, a strong fragrance mixed with a faint fishy smell hit his nostrils, making Han Ning subconsciously hold his breath.

Aromatic bait can theoretically attract the arrival of electric cannon insects.

If they wanted to find electric artillery bugs in the deep mountains and old forests, they didn't know when to find them. They planned to take the initiative to lure them out.

Han Ning commanded Yinyi and Egg Pancake, standing around to protect Teacher Lu's safety.

After placing the aromatic bait in a ventilated place on a large rock, at Lu Xiuning's signal, the two quickly walked to a bush with slightly dense vegetation more than ten meters away and squatted down, waiting quietly for the target. arrival.

The mountain breeze blows, and the fresh smell of vegetation is mixed with wisps of rich fragrance, floating in the deep mountain forest.

About twenty minutes later, after Teacher Lu Xiuning was stung by countless small flying insects on his cheeks and arms, Han Ning's ears moved slightly and he heard a high-frequency vibration of his wings. A slight rustling sound.

"Coming!" Han Ning held his breath and looked in the direction of the boulder.

Under the hazy light, several one-meter-tall figures suddenly appeared.

They have spindle-shaped bodies, slightly larger compound eyes, and dark lines around the eyelids. They have two wings on their backs, and dots of gray scales fall down as the wings flap.

Gray-winged sand moth?

unlucky!

Han Ning secretly complained after seeing his "worm" appearance.

This is a low-level insect that doesn't even have an F rating.

The smell of aromatic bait can not only attract electric artillery insects.

In order to prevent the gray-winged sand moths from eating the fragrant bait, he whispered to Yin Yi beside him: "Knock these moths unconscious and throw them away."

"Ling~"

Yinyi shrunk her body, waiting for the three moths to approach quietly. She suddenly moved her body, swaying the blades and jumped out of the grass, and gently flicked the vines towards the three moths.

"Ling~"

Yinyi picked up the moth's body, flicked it into the distant forest, and then returned to Han Ning's side.

Calm returns to the mountains and forests.

I hope no other creatures will appear again...

Han Ning prayed silently.

Perhaps his prayers had an effect.

After waiting for another ten minutes.

There was a sound of flapping wings in the small holes near the cliff.

Not long after, four azure figures appeared in their field of vision.

These four blue figures are one big and three small.

The leader was a carabid-type insect with curved antennae on its head, a pair of translucent insect wings on its back, and a sharp long tail similar to an inverted triangle, with tiny blue electric lights flashing at the end.

Electric cannon bug!

Each electric cannon insect is no more than 2 meters in size. Among many giant insects, they are considered to be very petite.

According to Taman Insect Master's notes, adult Electric Cannon Insects can have the strength to awaken to IV, and the leader among them can barely grow to the extraordinary level through a special cultivation method.

They have the ability to control thunder and lightning. During thunderstorms, they will absorb the abundant electrical energy in the atmosphere and store it in the electric sac of their bodies for use in battle.

In addition, their body tissues can also produce a certain amount of electrical energy, but compared to natural thunderstorms, the amount of electrical energy produced by organisms is lower.

Ordinary electric cannon bugs were not Han Ning's target. Even if they were captured, they could not be taken back for breeding. Only the female bugs could be found.

However, finding traces of electric cannon bugs means that there is a nest of electric cannon bugs nearby!

Taking advantage of one of the smaller electric cannon bugs that was eating without paying attention, Silver Ripple flew out of the vines, tied it up, and pulled it over.

Its other three companions reacted immediately, put down the fragrant bait in front of them, and flew towards this direction.

But soon, a guy who was exactly the same as the disappeared Electric Cannon Bug, except that it was slightly blood red, emerged from the grass, pretending that nothing happened, and continued to sneak in next to the three Electric Cannon Bugs, eating the aroma. bait.

"Buzz?"

Another characteristic of short-lived insects is that they have relatively low IQs. The other three electric cannon insects did not notice anything unusual about their companions. When they saw their companions returning, they continued to eat.

Waiting patiently for them to finish eating, a total of four electric cannon bugs flew into the cave.

Hiding in the grass, Han Ning closed his eyes, and the blood-red vision of the puppet appeared in his brain, following its companions through the dark cave.

Passing through one passage after another, a mountain lair with an area of ​​about 200 square meters came into view.

Han Ning controlled the puppet, swaying left and right in the nest, and then found a pile of unhatched eggs and some wriggling larvae in a corner.

The social structure of electric cannon insects is not like that of bees or ants. There is no queen ant to lead them, and everyone's actions are relatively loose.

While the other electric artillery bugs were not paying attention, Han Ning commanded the puppet to grab a bunch of eggs and a few fat larvae that looked very much like female bugs, and flew out of the cave in a swish.

It wasn't until its figure disappeared that the other electric cannon bugs reacted belatedly, organized a dozen of its kind, and chased after it.

On the other side, Han Ning suddenly opened his eyes: "It's done!"

Immediately afterwards, he directed Yinyi and Egg Pancake to run to the entrance of the hole where the electric cannon bug might appear.

After waiting for about a few minutes, a bloody electric cannon insect rushed out of the cave.

Then, Yinyi and Egg Pancake blocked the entrance of the cave with the huge rocks they had prepared.

Teacher Lu’s wood demon also laid a circle of hallucinogenic fog around the rocks.

After doing this, they didn't hesitate, got on the egg pan's back, and ran down the mountain.

…

After running to the bottom of the mountain, Han Ning breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no electric cannon bugs were coming from behind.

He looked at the several female worms grasped on the limbs of the puppet worm.

The front two insect limbs of the Electric Cannon Insect Puppet each hold four female insects.

The last two insect limbs hold 8 light blue eggs the size of eggs tightly.

The young female insect has a plump appearance, with wrinkles on its body, which is almost as long as an arm. The whole body is light blue, and there is a pair of blue dot-like slight protrusions on the head. Under the grip of the puppet, it keeps emitting There was a subtle electric glow, as if trying to resist.

Fortunately, the size of the puppets is more than one meter, otherwise it would be impossible to hold them.

Lu Xiuning took the copied notes, compared them carefully, and nodded: "It is indeed a female worm. There are 8 female worms in total, which should be enough for reproduction."

As he spoke, he sighed: "At first I thought I would have to go through a fierce battle to snatch the female worms from the swarm, but I didn't expect that it would be so easy with the All-Seeing Silkworms around."

"I told you, I'll catch you before dark."

Han Ning smiled, looked down at his watch, and realized that it was just afternoon, so he took out a basket made of vines that he had prepared a long time ago, and put the female worms and eggs into the basket, letting Yin Yi Hanging it around his waist, he then said:

"Teacher Lu, the time is still up, why don't we go to the valley 30 kilometers away to see a piece of soul-nourishing grass growing there."

"Okay." Lu Xiuning nodded in agreement.

30 kilometers is not far, it’s just a matter of passing by.

The area where the soul-nourishing grass grows is in a valley surrounded by mountains. The location is relatively remote. Only the Taman insect master has discovered it so far.