Those who reincarnate must die.

The Dugu siblings and Zhang Lang went to the city lord's mansion together.

On the way, facing this taciturn and somewhat intimidating man, the brother and sister were a little hesitant to speak. However, halfway there, seeing Zhang Lang's Hunter's Bow transformed into an arm guard, Dugu Lan couldn't help but ask:

"How many stones is your bow?"

Zhang Lang turned to look at her: "How much does one stone here weigh?"

"Me here?" Dugu Lan frowned. "One hundred and twenty pounds..."

Zhang Lang knew what a "jin" (a unit of weight) was like here; it was roughly the same as in his hometown and the main world—five hundred grams. Converting that to the maximum tensile strength of nine hundred kilograms…

"Fifteen bushels!"

"Huh?!" Dugu Lan swallowed hard. "That explains why I couldn't open it. Fifteen shi? Is that for human use?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl realized she had misspoke and instinctively covered her mouth. Fortunately, Zhang Lang didn't seem to care.

The three arrived at the city lord's mansion and met Lord Lin. Zhang Lang didn't waste any words: "I want a larger map, and I also want to know about the neighboring prefectures... I mean, the other nearby provinces!"

"Other places?" Lord Lin and Dugu exchanged bewildered glances. "What are you going to do?"

"The swarm of insects attacking the city today isn't from Jiangdong Province. I suspect it's a swarm sent from Lindao!" Zhang Lang said. "I chased them for thirty miles and found them landing in Weicheng to rest... This means their nest isn't nearby! They were brought in from a very far place specifically to attack Xingchen City!"

"Even so, that doesn't necessarily mean it's outside Jiangdong Road, does it?" Dugu Chen asked curiously. "Jiangdong Road is so vast, it could be some other insect nest further away?"

"Impossible!" Zhang Lang looked at them. "All thirteen insect nests in Jiangdong Road have been destroyed by me!"

"What did you say?!" Upon hearing this, Lord Lin and the Dugu siblings were both taken aback!

"How...did you do that?" Dugu Chen swallowed hard.

Zhang Lang glanced at him: "Found it, infiltrate, kill the insect king, destroy the cave..."

"No, that's not what I meant..." Dugu Chen shook his head. "I'm asking how you're so sure there are no more insect nests in Jiangdong Road? Jiangdong Road covers nearly a thousand miles, and it's only been a few days. Are you sure you can cover the whole area?"

Zhang Lang looked at them: "The insect nest is very large and conspicuous. As long as you are at a high enough position, you can see the insect nest hundreds of miles away!"

"Impossible!" Dugu Lan retorted, "Jiangdong Road is all plains, with very few hills, let alone mountains! Where would you find a place to climb high and enjoy a panoramic view?"

"No need to climb!" Zhang Lang said casually, "Jumping is fine too!"

"A...jump?" Lord Lin couldn't understand at all, but the Dugu siblings, who had witnessed Zhang Lang's fighting posture during the day, began to believe it...

"In short, I need topographical information about the area around Jiangdong Road..." Zhang Lang said, "Insects use ultrasound to transmit information, so they can't be too far from their nest! Therefore, it should be near the border. Running around in circles would be too time-consuming; I need to narrow down the search area!"

"Run...one lap?" The three of them took a deep breath...

Lord Lin quickly brought over a geographical map of the surrounding area, and the Dugu siblings also provided clues based on their years of experience traveling the world.

Based on his experience over the past few days, Zhang Lang had roughly figured out the patterns of the insects' nesting: first, the ground must be flat; second, it must be near a water source; and third, the soil must be suitable for burrowing—neither too soft and prone to collapse, nor too rocky and difficult to dig… In addition, he could also roughly determine the location by using the tree monsters responsible for transmitting information within Jiangdong Road…

To be honest, during the daytime siege, Zhang Lang could have located the insect hive using the ultrasonic waves emitted by the tree monsters… but that would have inevitably led to the fall of Star City… Now it's nighttime, and the insects are resting, so there's no need to use ultrasonic waves for command. Therefore, tracking ultrasonic waves is rather unreliable…

Soon, based on the clues provided by the others, Zhang Lang identified three possible locations... However, considering that a location capable of mobilizing a million insect troops would certainly not be a single insect hive, but most likely like the one north of Sunset Fortress, consisting of a dozen or so insect hives gathered in one place, with even stricter requirements for the terrain... After screening, one place emerged as the most likely!

"Let's go here!" Zhang Lang marked an X on the map, picked it up, folded it, and put it away. "I'll go now, and if I don't find it, I'll be back before dawn!"

The location marked on the map was over four hundred li away from Star City—a round trip in one night? However, the group had become somewhat numb to Zhang Lang's "outrageous words" by now…

After deciding on his target, Zhang Lang set off immediately. However, he did not head straight for the target location. Instead, he first arrived near the city where the insectoids were resting. He leaped hundreds of meters high, taking in the scenery that covered an area of ​​dozens of miles in radius!

For insects to transmit information over long distances, they must rely on tree insect monsters. Zhang Lang, high in the sky, used his extraordinary eyesight to memorize the locations of tree insect monsters within a radius of dozens of miles. After landing, he immediately and as quickly as possible eliminated all the insect monsters that were transmitting signals!

In this way, no matter where the insect hive is tomorrow morning, the message commands will not be transmitted here. To "restore the signal", the tree insect monsters must be sent out again, which will take some time!

After doing all this, it was almost midnight. He found the location marked on the map and started running!

Speeding across the flat plains at full speed, it took less than an hour to reach the destination!

Although its attributes have improved significantly since it was first acquired, the increase in running speed is quite limited... It seems that the speed achievable through simple running has basically reached its limit...

Zhang Lang had also researched relevant information in the main world and knew that the fastest wheeled ground transportation was the high-speed rail, which only reached a speed of three or four hundred kilometers per hour, about the same as his current full-speed running. To increase the speed further, a technology called magnetic levitation would be needed... It seems that if he wants to move faster, he really can't rely on running on his legs anymore!

Soon, Zhang Lang arrived at the border of Jiangdong Road. Ahead, he saw a mountain peak. According to their speculation, the insect swarm should be on the river plain a few miles away behind the mountain peak!

Zhang Lang leaped high into the air, flipped over in two steps to the top of the mountain, and finally saw the huge swarm of insect nests!

"It really is here!" A glint of light flashed in Zhang Lang's eyes as he scanned the interconnected insect nests of varying sizes. "Eleven in total, this should be it!"

There was no need for infiltration; he simply jumped from the mountaintop, drawing a perfect parabola, traversing thousands of meters, and landed precisely on the outer wall of one of the insect nests. He smashed through it and crawled inside, then descended along the passage!

Having destroyed so many insect nests these past few days, he'd learned a lot about the insects' nest-building styles. They were all basically the same, and the passageways followed a pattern. Moreover, experiments had shown that the insect king would almost always sense an intruder entering; there was no need to be stealthy, as that would only waste time! Just charge in!

After overcoming numerous obstacles, Zhang Lang quickly found the insect king of the insect nest and killed him!

Then, he killed the kings of the other nine smaller nests one by one, until only the largest nest in the very center remained.

Zhang Lang narrowed his eyes and stepped into the main nest, which resembled a giant mountain!

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