Those who reincarnate must die.

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Two hundred kilometers north of the underground city lies a colossal insect hive. (Google search for more information)

According to the intelligence gathered by the Dugu siblings, this is the largest insect hive closest to the underground city and is the biggest threat to the underground city. Every time the rescue team goes out of the city to search for supplies, they have to be wary of attacks from this insect hive.

However, at this moment, the appearance of this insect nest is somewhat abnormal.

The mountain-like insect nest was surrounded by the corpses of various insects. Some had been burned by flames, some had been cut into several pieces, and some had even been crushed into mincemeat. In short, they died in different ways, as if they had been attacked by an army.

As for the central insect nest, one could faintly hear fighting and explosions coming from underground.

Finally, with a loud bang, half of the insect hive collapsed. From the rubble, a group of reincarnators emerged. Leading them was a bald man with a small mustache wearing a kimono, followed by a strong, bespectacled man in a white suit and a gruff man with a red mustache carrying a large knife.

Ikeda Matsu, Hanagata, and Visen—this is the sixteenth altar of the Shen tribe!

"These bugs aren't anything special..." Redbeard Vinson flicked the insect blood off his broadsword. "It's shameful that this world was wiped out by a bunch of trash!"

"You can't look at it that way..." Ikeda Matsu crossed his arms and stepped on the remains of an insect: "This world is basically in the age of cold weapons, and there are very few supernatural powers such as magic. It's already quite remarkable that it has survived this long under a disaster of this scale."

As he spoke, Ikeda Matsu turned to look at his teammates behind him: "Have you killed all the basic Mantis monsters to the maximum limit?"

"That's about right," everyone replied. Hanagata stretched his wrists. "Low-level bugs only cost an average of two or three cents each, and high-level bugs aren't expensive either, plus they're scarce. This world may seem like it's teeming with monsters, but actually, there's not much profit to be made."

After upgrading to Heroic level, the requirements for the Reincarnator at the altar have also increased. Apart from some special rules, killing a monster of the same strength at Heroic level yields fewer points than a normal sacrifice. In addition, the weapon level has been increased to level two, so compared to when Zhang Lang came before, the points awarded for monsters in this world have been greatly reduced.

According to the Reincarnators' speculations, there are two main reasons why the altar did this. First, the altar prefers heroes to focus on battles between different races, and to encourage the killing of other races, it lowered the rewards for killing wild monsters. Another explanation is that the hero-level score is the normal score, and the altar increased the sacrifice score to accommodate new players and allow Reincarnators to grow as quickly as possible during the sacrifice stage. Because of the advancement rewards, the scores obtained during the sacrifice stage are more valuable. For the altar, consuming the same amount of resources, increasing this part is more cost-effective than jumping to a higher hero-level score.

Regardless of the truth, at least for now, after the sixteen altars slaughtered a Zerg hive, each hero only scored a little over three hundred points on average, which is a rather meager reward for a hero.

Ikeda Matsu opened the map: "There are four more insect nests nearby, but even if we wipe them all out and kill all the common insect types to their maximum, we'll only get less than a thousand points per person. It seems the only way to earn points in this world is to find those lurking Si clans!"

"But who knows where those Si tribes are?" a short, plump woman said. "Because of our agreement with that hunter, we can't leave the underground city for more than 500 kilometers... and half of that area has been divided up by Altar Nineteen... These insect hives in our hunting grounds might not even have any Si tribe strongholds!"

"An agreement? Heh..." Ikeda Matsu sneered, "The agreement with Altar Nineteen must naturally be kept, but what right does that hunter have to restrict our actions?"

"Even if we're 500 kilometers away, how could he possibly keep an eye on everything by himself?"

"Boss, you mean..." Redbeard Vinson raised an eyebrow.

Ikeda Matsu sneered, pointing to a cluster of insect hives more than 600 kilometers north of the underground city on the map: "He definitely wouldn't dare go to a place like this alone. Isn't this the hunting ground prepared for us?"

Hua Xing, standing nearby, also had her eyes light up: "Such a large-scale insect colony, even without the Si Clan, must have many rare and high-level insects. Going there will definitely be worthwhile!"

"Smack!" Suddenly, Vincent clapped his hands together in the air. When he opened them, he saw a fly flattened in his palm.

"How come there are such tiny bugs here?" The red-bearded man clapped his hands, brushing off the dead flies...

Meanwhile, thousands of meters away at the ninth altar of the Si tribe, the golden-ringed Si tribesman controlling the flying insects to probe the area flicked his tongue: "I've discovered traces of the Shen tribe!"

"Where are you? Do you know me?" A glint of light flashed in Captain Caesar's eyes.

"At 30 degrees west of south, 4,200 meters away... the captain is a bald Shen tribesman with a small mustache. I've seen him before; he seems to be the sixteenth altar of the Shen tribe... They just wiped out an insect hive!"

"Ikeda Matsuyoshi... I've encountered him before on the dimensional battlefield, but we've never fought directly. However, judging from his skill level, he's quite formidable!" Kasien narrowed his eyes, analyzing, "Can you tell if they're carrying weapons of mass destruction?"

The Golden Ring Si Clan member shook his head: "Judging from the scene, the insects were killed using conventional methods. Judging from their conversation, they seem to be searching for our Si Clan's stronghold..."

"The fact that they dared to directly attack the stronghold suggests they might have a hidden trump card!" Kassien looked southwest. "We need to devise a foolproof plan..."

On the Shen tribe's side, after a brief rest at Altar No. 16, they set off northwards as planned.

For ease of movement, they traveled in a massive off-road vehicle—a rare bonus capable of altering its size and structure to some extent, expanding and shrinking at will. At its largest, the vehicle resembled a bus, capable of accommodating dozens of people. At its smallest, it was only the size of a skateboard, easily portable.

With the roar of the engine, the massive off-road vehicle carrying the entire altar sped across the wasteland at a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour, and was expected to reach its destination in three hours.

But before the car had gone very far, the ground suddenly began to tremble violently!

"An earthquake?" Ikeda Matsu walked to the front of the carriage, looking at the earth shaking outside. Suddenly, his eyes widened: "What...is that?"

In the direction the off-road vehicle was traveling, the ground began to rise noticeably and unnaturally, then a canyon-like crack appeared, and finally, a huge beetle burst out of the ground and blocked the way in front of the off-road vehicle!

Good heavens, this beetle's body alone is over thirty meters long, its thick carapace resembles the roof of the venue, its six thick, long legs look like six big trees stuck to its body, and its two terrifying mandibles are opened at an exaggerated angle, as if they could crush the vehicle of Altar No. 16 in half with a single blow!

Upon seeing such a terrifying monster, Altar Sixteen slammed on the brakes, and everyone drew their weapons, ready for battle.

But the giant beetle didn't attack. It simply strolled to a spot a hundred meters in front of the off-road vehicle, looked down at the reincarnators at Altar Sixteen, and then... spoke!

"It's been a long time, Matsu Ikeda."