Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

As Chen Mu pondered, he suddenly felt a strong "malicious warning" coming from above.

He instinctively dodged to the side, avoiding a black-armored cockroach soldier that had quietly climbed up a load-bearing pillar, intending to attack from above.

But this pause also prevented him from dodging the black-armored cockroach soldiers chasing closely behind him, and he was hit hard by a black-armored cockroach soldier that lunged at him from behind.

Boom-!

Chen Mu crashed through a wall and landed in a shop, rolling twice on the ground, wincing in pain.

Ignoring his injuries, he first scanned his surroundings to avoid being finished off by other Black Armored Cockroach Soldiers.

Upon seeing this, I was stunned.

There were no grotesque and terrifying cockroach soldiers around him, only walls covered with various small musical instruments, and a piano where he was lying, and a mummified corpse behind the cash register.

After going around in circles, they've fought their way back here.

Chen Mu suddenly had a sudden thought: no wonder he was pulled out of the elevator on the fourth floor.

Because the freight elevator is stopped on the fifth floor.

The person who took the freight elevator to the fifth floor was likely the survivor behind the counter. He escaped to the fifth floor via the freight elevator after the insect plague on the second basement floor completely broke out and went out of control, but he still died in the end.

Thinking of this, two questions suddenly popped into Chen Mu's mind.

First, why did this guy die here? Second, why did he have to die here?

The first question is easy to guess. It's very likely that this person also ate the insects disguised as food, but was so capable that he survived until he reached the fifth floor before dying.

But this brings us back to the second question.

Why did he risk his life to come to the fifth floor instead of going to other buildings?

No, there's another problem.

Chen Mu suddenly thought of something.

Because they first saw the scene from the fifth floor, they naturally assumed that the food was brought up by the survivors.

But after seeing the scene on the second basement level, he realized that he had been prejudiced.

If this survivor escaped from the second basement level and then died here, then he must have already known about the strange insects disguised as food.

How could he possibly be carrying food under such circumstances?

Where does the food here come from?

"Could it be... that he brought food that was confirmed to be free of insects? That's impossible. The fact that I survived the scrutiny of that dark night outside means that the food contained some kind of strange insect..."

He was being chased quite closely, but Qi Xie happened to be at the entrance of this music room, so he pulled the black-armored cockroach soldiers who were trying to squeeze in over and beat them up together.

This gave him ample time to think.

"In that case, there's only one possibility... these foods, no, these insects, came to the fifth floor on their own!"

What's on the fifth floor that would make this survivor risk his life to come here, and also attract these insects?

Considering why I went to the underground parking garage, it's not hard to figure out the source.

piano!

The sound of pianos drew me to the music room and the underground parking garage!

Why are both the survivors and the insects looking for the piano?

Considering that there may be an intelligent entity behind these insect swarms that can transmit information and command all insects.

Furthermore, it is common knowledge that insects in nature primarily communicate remotely through pheromones and sound.

It is highly likely that the intelligent entity behind the swarm directs it through some kind of audio, and this audio piano can also be created and influence the swarm.

Now, thinking back carefully, I realize that whether I was here or in the underground parking garage, I wasn't attacked immediately after seeing those insects disguised as food.

This suggests that the sound of a piano may induce a dormant state in insects!

Chen Mu finally figured out the reason behind the matter.

There's a truck that transports pianos in the underground parking garage.

It is highly likely that after the insect plague fully erupted, the survivors accidentally played the piano and discovered the effect of the music on these strange insects.

Of course, since there is intelligence behind the swarm, this small problem is definitely not enough to fight against these strange swarms, so the underground was still lost.

The survivor in the music room, despite being infected with insects, managed to escape to the fifth floor, but died before he could even touch the piano.

His obsession, under the influence of a strange contamination, turned into a ghost, sitting at the piano and playing, just like in the underground parking garage.

This also attracted some insects disguised as food, which then went into hibernation near the music.

As Chen Mu figured this out, a few drops of cold sweat trickled down his forehead, confirming two things.

First, it's strange that no matter how miserable a person was in life, their only instinct after death is to want to harm others.

Although these ghosts are not very intelligent, they are not unaware that they are already dead.

Their purpose in playing the piano is no longer to put the insects inside their bodies into hibernation, but to attract both the insects and people!

Secondly, the intelligence behind the insect swarm is not low.

As the shopping mall is the main venue for the swarm, how could the intelligent beings behind the swarm not know that there are ghosts playing the piano on the fifth floor and in the underground parking garage?

But it ignored it and instead allowed its insects to hibernate near the piano.

This is because the sound of the zither attracts not only insects, but also people!

The first reaction of any traveler upon seeing this scene would undoubtedly be to eliminate the weaker ghosts to ensure their safety!

When the awakened swarm of insects arrives, it will deliver a truly fatal blow to the travelers while they are off guard and preparing to eat!

This is a trap!

Hearing the piano music, it's easy for anyone to suspect it's a trap.

But who could have guessed that the danger wasn't with the ghosts but with the food?

Chen Mu swallowed hard.

He couldn't imagine whether, without the system's "be careful with food" warning, an unsuspecting human would really be at risk of survival after stepping into this trap.

Who would have thought that insects could disguise themselves as cookies and instant noodles?

Is this what they call eerie?

No wonder the human civilization of the previous world was completely destroyed...

At this moment, Chen Mu gained a new understanding of the eerie danger.

However, at the same time, a sense of joy also rose in his heart.

A piano can fight off insects!

As long as the piano can be played, all troubles will be solved!

Thinking of this, Chen Mu tried his best to get up and approach the piano, but he failed.

The impact had been too great for him, and now that his adrenaline had subsided, he felt excruciating pain in his arms, ribs, and thighs, as if they were fractured.

"Damn it, get moving!"

Chen Mu gritted his teeth, wanting to gulp down a bottle of emergency painkiller, only to find that the bottles and jars at his waist had also been broken in the battle just now.

Just then.

There was another loud bang.

Qi Xie, holding a black-armored cockroach soldier, crashed through the wall and fell into the music room, landing next to Chen Mu.

The former grabbed a recorder from the wall and pierced the latter's head, pinning him to the ground.

"Mr. Lu!"

Chen Mu's face lit up with joy, and he pointed to the piano, saying to Qi Xie:

"Piano! Quickly, use the piano to deal with them!"

Qi Xie wiped the blood splattered on his face. Hearing Chen Mu's shout, he was stunned for a moment, then looked at the heavy piano on the display stand.

"good!"

After saying that, Qi Xie picked up the piano and smashed it across the room.

Chen Mu's mouth instantly formed an "O" shape.

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