I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

"But that's just for one time, isn't it? Don't you plow the land several more times? How can one time be enough?"

Lu Ban said matter-of-factly.

"Since you can use this spell indefinitely without any cost, of course we should use the safest method!"

"One of us, you or I, must have some kind of misconception about what constitutes stability."

Xia said earnestly to Lu Ban.

"You two stop arguing, I'll do it."

The faceless man said something and then went to the cave entrance. The crystals on his face began to spread, and what was originally only half of his face quickly covered his neck, chest and shoulders.

At the same time, Lu Ban felt the surrounding temperature drop significantly.

He saw that from where the faceless hand touched, the white frost solidified, spread, and invaded the insect eggs at the bottom of the cave.

"Is it the ability to control temperature?"

Based on Lu Ban's understanding of science fiction movies, this ability is extremely abnormal. For example, a man who can turn his whole body into ice can freeze time. However, Lu Ban is unsure about the upper and lower limits of the ability of the Wasteland, which is caused by disease.

Soon, the nest filled with insect eggs turned into a frozen world, and even the air exhaled by the people on the upper level was tinged with white mist.

"With your abilities, you could transform this desert."

Lu Ban said earnestly.

"Don't say anything more, this will only last for a while, let's go quickly."

Wumian glared at Lu Ban and jumped into the pit.

Chapter 189 The Cage

The insect eggs crumbled at the slightest touch. The unprecedentedly low temperature transformed the jelly-like structure into a crisp, thin shell like potato chips. Stepping on it produced a satisfying crunch. Surprisingly, it felt quite satisfying.

Lu Ban couldn't help but stomp on it a few more times.

"...Hurry up and go."

The faceless man urged.

The worms inside the eggs turned into frozen noodles, devoid of any vitality.

Lu Ban picked up a popsicle with an insect inside and licked it.

As the popsicle melted slightly, the insects were freed from the ice. At first, they drooped limply, but soon they began to twitch and wriggle, trying to burrow into Lu Ban's skin.

"They're still alive."

He hurriedly threw it on the ground and stomped on it several times.

"The taste isn't anything special, it might need to be cooked a bit."

Lu Ban drew a conclusion.

"..."

Seeing what Lu Ban had done, Wu Mian was at a loss for words.

A putrid smell permeated the passage, and many withered fragments, possibly the remains of insects, could be seen. As the group walked along the path, the surrounding space became increasingly cramped, and suddenly the conveyor belt stopped moving.

"Be careful."

Iron Fist gave a warning, and the crystals on his arm rapidly spread, covering his wrist, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

They saw that at the end of the conveyor belt, the insect eggs appeared to be being transported out of a room.

With a single punch, Iron Fist shattered the surrounding walls, revealing an even more secluded room to the group.

"There's something wrong here!"

Echo was the first to notice something was wrong. He heard a buzzing sound in his ears, and it wasn't until something came in front of him that Echo realized it was the sound of insects flapping their wings.

buzzing-

A sharp bone spur pierced his chest, and almost without delay, more bone spurs flew out of the hole. The young man's flesh was like paper in front of those sharp spurs; the place that was hit was not just injured, but completely turned into blood and gore.

Even the flash of light couldn't escape him; he only had time for his eyes to blink and illuminate the room for a moment before all the light disappeared.

A sharp spike was inserted between his crystal-clear eyes, ripping open his skull.

Blood splattered onto Lu Ban's face, and his eyes caught the scene in the room that was briefly illuminated by the flash of light.

It was a more spacious area where countless black insects were stirring restlessly. They had sharp black spines on their bodies, which seemed to be able to launch themselves out as weapons in some way.

These insects took up almost half the space, but that wasn't the most noticeable thing.

The most eye-catching thing was the enormous creature located in the middle of these insects.

The enormous monster, resembling both a wasp and a spider, was tightly bound within a massive mechanical structure. Its eight legs were chained together, and steel spikes were driven into its body. A cage made of rock and steel confined it to the ground. Beneath the monster lay a huge, white, constantly writhing egg sac, the end of which was continuously producing insect eggs that fell onto a conveyor belt and were transported to other locations.

And many more insect eggs have hatched, which is why this vast sea of ​​insects has been formed.

Lu Ban saw that directly above the space was an irregular hole, through which light seemed to emanate, and countless insects were entering and exiting the hole, climbing on the ceiling.

At the same time, Lu Ban's [True Vision] also saw that beneath the giant queen insect, there was a coffin-like creature lying on it, seemingly guarding something.

"Faceless".

Iron Fist roared, and then the crystals on Faceless's face shattered. He seemed to have used all the strength he had in his life to let out a roar.

Frost extended from beneath his feet, completely freezing the insects at the entrance of the hole.

The water vapor inside them instantly froze into ice crystals, which bulged and burst due to the expansion of the ice, just like flowers blooming all over the earth.

The freezing cold wave solidified everything, freezing half of the space and the insects within it, and even the traces of frost spread to the queen insect's side.

However, it failed to move forward.

However, this has bought enough time for Iron Fist.

His right hand was completely crystallized, like a knight in jeweled armor, and his arm, several times thicker than before, swung down towards the ice-crystal-covered earth.

Boom—

An explosion occurred.

Lu Ban finally realized where the explosion he had first heard came from.

The crystalline arm of the iron fist exploded the moment it struck the ground, its thick body shattering into sharp fragments that flew everywhere. These fragments sliced ​​through the insects like hot blades cutting through solidified butter. Many insects didn't even notice what was happening and continued to move forward, but their legs moved while their bodies couldn't keep up, and they were separated in mid-air.

Iron Fist's hand was then revealed, only to be quickly covered by crystals, preparing for another shot.

Compared to the primitive hand-to-hand combat style of Giant Wrist, Iron Fist's ability is obviously superior. Moreover, Lu Ban saw that he did not have any strange power; he simply used technique to shatter the crystals on his arm in a special way.

In this world, there are users with different levels of ability.

Just as Ironfist was about to think of a way to fire another shot, the swarm suddenly fell silent.

The surviving insects retreated and scattered as if in fear of something, making way for them.

"what's the situation?"

Lu Ban didn't quite understand.

He saw a figure standing among the countless wriggling, soon-to-hatch insect eggs and those hideous, pitch-black worms.

It is the remains of that saint in white robes and with black hair.

In a filthy and disgusting world, it was dressed in white, its slender bare feet treading on the corpses of those blasphemous and frenzied insects, yet it remained unstained by any filth.

Its dark eyes stared in their direction, silent, as if waiting for them to come in.

"I feel like it's inviting us in?"

Lu Ban glanced at the exhausted Faceless and the Iron Fist, who was ready to shatter the crystal in his hand at any moment.

"You saw the remains of a saint?"

Iron Fist asked, looking blankly at the swarm of insects, but he could see nothing.

"Yes, it's standing right in the middle of the swarm."

Lu Ban nodded.

"Could it be a trap?"

It seemed as if Xia was kneading a ball in her hand, holding something invisible in the air.

"You can give it a try."

Lu Ban felt that if the remains of this saint wanted to harm him, they would have done so long ago, and there was no need to wait until now.

Since it's here, it must have something to ask me.

He gripped the crowbar tightly, and with his other hand materialized his "last words," ready to unleash a verbal attack on the other party at any moment.

Lu Ban arrived opposite the remains of the saint and suddenly discovered something.

The eyes of the saint's remains are strangely similar to the eyes of the queen insect.

The next moment, the queen insect slowly moved her body, bringing over her huge abdomen full of eggs.

Lu Ban looked at the Queen Insect and then at the remains of the Sage.

Then I looked at her abdomen.

"???"

Could it be... courtship?

Chapter 190 The Chosen One

Lu Ban always felt that people cannot, or at least should not, do this.

Although he didn't rule out the possibility that some people in this world had extraordinary talents and unique preferences, looking at those eight shiny black legs, the terrifying mouth, the slightly opening and closing of the end of the abdomen, and the wriggling of the tentacles, Lu Ban felt that he shouldn't belong to those people.

The happiness belongs to them; Lu Ban has nothing.

Seeing that Lu Ban remained unmoved, the remains of the sage took a step closer.

Although she has fair skin, she looks quite pretty.

But Lu Ban is not that kind of person.