I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Then, below the task description, a few lines of text spread out from the already solidified oil.

[Task Difficulty: Enhanced]

[Mission Objective: Find the Queen Insect]

Mission Objective: Survive

[Mission Objective: Obtain Du Danping's Melody Fragment]

"Du Danping!"

Lu Ban finally saw that familiar name again.

Prior to this, at the Nanhua Private Renji Hospital in the abandoned town, Lu Ban had already obtained two Melody Fragments.

The third one has finally appeared in the wasteland.

However, the description of this task is too simple and crude, and it is undoubtedly related to insects.

"The mission requires finding the queen bug, and it seems like it might involve protecting someone while searching for the bug, and surviving after finding the bug is also part of the mission."

He had roughly outlined the mission: to protect one or more scholars who study insects, search for traces of the insects, eventually find the queen insect's location, and then escape.

Lu Ban still needs to try to kill the Queen and obtain her Heart of the Swarm.

It's simple and direct, no riddles needed, and very reasonable.

As for Du Danping's melody fragments, Lu Ban suspected they were also on the Queen Insect, but he couldn't say what role these fragments played.

This time, Lu Ban had no companions and had to go alone.

"I hope Old Cui is alright."

Lu Ban couldn't help but pray for Trist.

Which god are you praying to?

Suddenly, Feng Yu, who was standing to the side, asked as if he could read Lu Ban's mind.

"Well... so it seems there really isn't any god we can pray to."

Lu Ban thought for a moment and realized that there were no gods or saviors in this world, so he should rely on himself.

Chapter 483 [The Queen's Egg]

Having determined the task, Lu Ban needed to prepare a method for efficiently eliminating the insects.

Do you know how to kill insects?

Lu Ban was clearing away the dishes and asked Feng Yu in the living room while washing them.

"Kill insects? Why don't you just use insecticide?"

Feng Yu found it somewhat amusing. Even the little fishman Lu Ban could kill without batting an eye, so why didn't he understand when it came to insects?

"I'm referring to those big bugs in the wasteland, the kind that want to have sex with small bugs."

Lu Ban quickly washed the dishes and chopsticks, answering as he washed his hands.

"Oh, whose bug has taken a liking to you?"

Feng Yu smiled.

"I'm not quite sure either. I was in too much of a rush before and didn't ask for the name."

Lu Ban spoke the truth.

He saw the coffee table in the living room shake, as if a cat had jumped down from it.

"The insects of the wasteland, tsk tsk, they are very difficult to deal with. As long as one insect survives, a new swarm will be born again."

Feng Yu thought for a moment and then spoke.

"You need the Heart of the Swarm, don't you? This thing isn't a real heart; it's a source of pollution. The destruction of the civilization in the wasteland was probably also due to the involvement of these swarms."

"You mean the Heart of the Swarm can transfer?"

Lu Ban thought about it and realized that it made sense.

I had all the insects shouting Halloween, but in the end, one of them became the new queen. This shows that the Heart of the Swarm is not something that actually exists inside any one insect.

"You know that insects share consciousness, right?"

Feng Yu asked a question, and only continued after seeing Lu Ban nod.

"The swarm is actually the form of the will of the Heart of the Swarm. The so-called 'Heart of the Swarm' does not refer to the Queen's heart, but the heart of the entire swarm."

"So, the swarm of insects in the wasteland is itself a kind of organism? Then how do I get the Heart of the Swarm?"

Lu Ban pondered for a moment. If the swarm of insects scattered, there would always be one that could escape and become the new queen, and so on, generation after generation.

As he pondered this, he came up with the idea of ​​the Queen's Egg that he had seen before.

According to the description of this item, as long as Lu Ban provides some parts of his body, a queen insect can hatch from the insect egg. Then, before the queen insect grows up, he can directly take the heart of the insect swarm...

After thinking it over, Lu Ban decided to abandon the plan.

Perhaps the people of the wasteland accidentally obtained the Queen's Egg and tried to use the insects to fight against something, which ultimately led to the destruction of the entire world, even though humanity's enemy was gone.

It's too early for the world to keep insects as pets right now.

However, Lu Ban thought about it for a moment. If the Queen's Egg could grow and reproduce when added to a human body part, could it also grow when added to the body parts of other organisms?

If the swarm's growth and reproduction capabilities are truly that strong, it should merge and reproduce with powerful creatures from other lands, evolving into an even stronger swarm. This [Queen's Egg] is such a manifestation.

Lu Ban thought that if he went to otherworldly places like Fog City or Twilight City and used the bodies of the people there to create swarms of insects, it wouldn't be long before those two otherworldly places became like the wasteland.

"Great idea, I'll definitely do it next time."

Lu Ban didn't have any grudge against these alien realms, but having witnessed these severely polluted alien realms and the cognitive biases caused by the pollution, he knew very well that so many alien realms could not coexist peacefully.

"So, if I want to get the Heart of the Swarm, I need to gather all the Swarm members together, kill them all, leaving only one, and take it before it starts to reproduce, right?"

Lu Banyun paused for a moment.

If you still have something like Halloween, then controlling the Queen of Insects doesn't seem too difficult; the hardest part is actually finding all the Insects.

"..."

Thinking of this, Lu Ban immediately opened [Silent Department Store] and found the items he had seen before but hadn't bought.

【Cat poisoning】

【pollute】

[An adorable cat; seeing it brings a sense of healing.]

In some parts of the wasteland, curses are a tangible phenomenon, and they take on countless forms because of saints.

This cat can make anyone who sees it abandon all evil thoughts and focus on petting and satisfying it, even to the point of giving it their all.

"Kitty, hehe, my kitty."

Price: 99999 Quiet Points

Lu Ban felt it was a really good deal to get a powerful control item for just 100,000 Silence Points.

More importantly, this thing is originally from the wasteland, so using it to deal with the insects of the wasteland is like using the original ingredients to cook the original food—a perfect match.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ban immediately wanted to buy it.

He paid Silence Points, and soon a little kitten appeared in his hand.

The little kitten was orange with some stripes, and it made a soft, babyish voice, constantly stomping on Lu Ban's palm with its pink paws.

"It's quite cute."

Feng Yu, who was standing to the side, glanced at it and commented.

Lu Ban kept staring at the cat, holding it in his hand as if it were a precious treasure.

Feng Yu sensed something was wrong. She avoided looking at the kitten and patted Lu Ban instead.

"Wake up."

Shaking Lu Ban's shoulders, he didn't move, and then hugged the cat.

"Kitty, hehe, my kitty."

Lu Ban grinned foolishly, his mouth practically watering.

"?"

Feng Yu immediately stood up, thinking about how to take the cat in without touching it.

Suddenly, Lu Ban lifted the cat up again, buried his face in its soft, furry belly, and began breathing heavily.

"Kitty, let me have a sniff, kitty."

Lu Ban's actions clearly exceeded the cat's expectations. It struggled and tried to escape, even resorting to its claws and kicking wildly with its hind legs, leaving bloody scratches on Lu Ban's skin.

But soon, the green grass covered the wound, rendering the cat unable to move and powerless to resist.

Lu Ban was still frantically petting the cat, as if he were sucking on some kind of nectar.

After a moment, the cat suddenly stopped moving and went limp.

At the same time, Lu Ban lifted his face off the cat's belly.

"What was I just doing?"

He looked at the cat in his arms, somewhat confused about what he had just done.

But soon, his memories returned, and Lu Ban remembered the cat's characteristics.

"...So it temporarily shielded its special properties to escape from me?"

Lu Ban glanced at Feng Yu.

Feng Yu looked at Lu Ban with the same disdainful gaze one would give someone trash.

"Humans cannot, or at least should not."

Chapter 484 Canned Cats