This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Thinking of this, he looked around at the surrounding environment, and then looked through the wall at the outline of the hunting insect that escaped into the depths of the hall.

The hunting insect is quite intelligent and has rich emotions. It can sense fear and the strength of the enemy.

Compared to those locusts outside that have only heads but are actually stupid and stupid, with no intelligence at all, they are so much smarter that they should be pets kept by the insect people.

Next, just follow the trail and maybe you can find the other person.

He stepped out, passed through the hall with dense and complex roots, and then came to the wide corridor leading to the road behind the hall.

This corridor was also on the verge of half-destruction, but the main structure was supported by the grown Cordyceps sinensis fungi, so it did not collapse completely.

Even so, the ground was covered with a large amount of broken rocks and gravel.

But traces of human cleaning can still be seen. Those huge rocks that would block travel were moved to the side of the road by someone, thus creating a winding path among the heavy roots.

And on this rugged road covered with roots, there are densely packed palm-sized poisonous insects and strange insects everywhere.

Even when you are walking, insects may fall on you, making you break out in cold sweats.

After flicking away a crab-sized spider, Ye Yiyi turned left and left the corridor, then entered the room on the left through the gap in the wall.

This room seemed to be a breeding room, with densely packed white cocoons covering the floor, walls and ceiling.

The white cocoon bag was no bigger than a fist at most, and it was covered with coin-sized light blue insects, almost piled up into a mountain, which made Ye Yiyi thoughtful.

"These are somewhat similar to the bugs in Camp Halville, except there aren't as many cocoons there."

"Is this for breeding these little poisonous insects?"

He stretched out his crystal-clear palm, poked into one of the cocoons, rummaged around, and pulled out a strange object that was half flesh and half wood.

"What is this?"

He looked down and a light curtain popped out.

【Cordyceps sinensis】

Chapter 572: The insect man’s cocoon bag production factory.

【Cordyceps sinensis】

Item Description: Cordyceps grown from the flesh and blood of insects.

One of the materials used to craft props.

Found in Fleshworm Nursery Nests.

Cordyceps fungi grow parasitically on the corpses of dead insects.

The insect that has emerged from its wings is dead yet not dead, and is in a superposition state of life form.

Therefore, the fungus that parasitizes on the hatched eggs.

Can interrupt metamorphosis and draw special powers from the process.

"This thing..."

After reading the item description, Ye Yiyi frowned slightly, feeling that these insect people were really imaginative.

This Cordyceps fungus actually has this kind of use?

Interrupt the emergence of the insect and draw power from it?

Then, will this power have the nature of "metamorphosis"?

Could it be that the insect people collected these things to prepare them for the ambassador who intends to transform into a flying insect?

Ye Yiyi felt that it was most likely to be the case.

"I can't let him have his way!"

Besides, since I'm here now, isn't it normal for me to take some things back with me?

Ye Yiyi put the Cordyceps sinensis away, looked up at the countless white eggs in the room, and fell into deep thought.

"But how am I supposed to collect them? There are so many eggs."

As he was thinking, he suddenly heard chaotic footsteps coming from deep inside the room.

"enemy?"

Deep in the egg chamber illuminated by the light blue insects crawling on the cocoon, several two-meter-tall, incomplete skilled slaves, covered with blue-black roots, rushed out like zombies with motor nerve disorders.

"No? This Cordyceps fungus can also parasitize Skilled Slaves?"

He looked closely and was shocked.

That's a bit of an exaggeration, brother.

The "zombie" didn't care how surprised Ye Yiyi was. It staggered halfway through its run, then pretended to fall and pounced towards him.

A golden light flashed in Ye Yiyi's eyes, and then golden lightning struck out, hitting the leading one.

As the electric arc leaped, a chain reaction occurred, splitting all the steel creations behind him.

The holy attribute is extremely effective against non-human creatures with plant bodies. When the root was stung by the golden thunder, black smoke immediately came out and it turned into fine wood chips and disintegrated.

"Bang! Bang!"

Just by hearing the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, all the skilled slaves whose bodies were wrapped in roots fell down.

"Is this thing really a guard?"

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but look doubtful.

It will fall down if struck by lightning. If this thing is used as a guard, what can it guard?

Do you want the insect people here to think they are protected?

He turned his head to look at the light screen and found that there was a soul echo coming in.

"One actually has 403?"

There are five in total, providing a total of 2015 soul echoes.

He walked to the leading body in surprise, squatted down, and used his hands to brush off the wood chips on the skilled slave's body, and found that it was completely broken.

Not only was there a large hole in the chest, but also the internal cavity with residual sawdust was exposed.

The parts on the limbs are also completely damaged, so it should be impossible to move them.

"There's not even a power core, so it's the roots that string them together, acting like muscles?"

He thought for a moment, then searched in his chest cavity again, and finally found a small bluish-brown crystal.

"What is this?"

The light curtain then popped out.

【The seeds of the autumn shell of Cordyceps sinensis are exhausted】

Usage cost: 10.

Item Description: The heart of the tree condensed from the fungus tree.

One of the immortal tree species that has the power of metamorphosis.

Can be used to parasitize other life and inorganic objects.

Dense hyphae are formed in the body, and incomplete eclosion occurs.

The Cordyceps fungus that has absorbed the power of the ancient saint insect.

Immortality and ancient spirits drive life and material actions.

It is said that it is a direct manifestation of the flying insect's immortal will.

"Performing incomplete metamorphosis on parasitic life forms and objects? This is actually a prop?"

Ye Yiyi was slightly surprised.

This is truly a biochemical crisis.

If even skilled slaves can be parasitic, then doesn't that mean they can parasitize anyone they want?

I just don't know how powerful the things created by this parasite are in combat.

If they are strong, it would not be a dream to raise a parasitic army and sweep across the borders!

But if we consider the actual combat performance of these skilled slaves...

"Forget it. That root seems extremely weak against Saints. Any random Saint-attributed cult could easily single-handedly clear this place."

He couldn't help but roll his eyes, and golden arcs flashed across the surface of his crystalline body.

While he was squatting, poisonous insects crawled all over his body along his ankles, and the smoke from their stings rose up and fell like raindrops.

He stood up and shook himself, preparing to take out the universal cauldron to disintegrate the slave.

Then I saw a large number of blue insects crawling on the cocoon bag nearby. They carried all the charred insect corpses to the side like ants, and secreted white silk to wrap them into cocoons.

"So this is the process of metamorphosis?"

He nodded thoughtfully, then took out the Moonlight Spear and cast spells dozens of times in succession, summoning nearly a hundred puppet hands.

"Come on, take off all the cocoons here for me."

Following his command, the puppet hands each chose a target and rushed out, directly inserting into the cocoon bag and digging out the Cordyceps sinensis inside.

Seeing this, the little blue bugs seemed frightened and fled away.

I didn't know where they ran to, they disappeared in an instant.

But Ye Yiyi didn't care. Just let it run away. This little bug was not aggressive at all. Even if it was killed, it would not cause any resonance in the soul. There was no need to care about it.

Then he used the Touch of Flesh and Blood, and five long crystalline tentacles emerged from the tail cone to help collect the meat worm grass that the puppet hand had taken out, and put it all into the four-dimensional chrysanthemum.

The puppeteers were extremely efficient. Nearly a hundred of them rushed forward and cleared out all the cocoons in just a few moments.

After hollowing out the cocoon and decomposing the skilled slave into pure mountain copper, Ye Yiyi opened the light curtain and took a look. Wow!

In this place alone, 937 Cordyceps sinensis were obtained!

Some of these are different from the original version and seem to be mature Cordyceps.

【Kunqing Cordyceps】

Item Description: A bacterial strain that grows from the corpse of a molting insect.

One of the materials used to craft props.

One of the Cordyceps has unique effects.

If eaten directly, it can accumulate a little power of metamorphosis.

It is also effective against insects.

The power of metamorphosis can continuously nourish and strengthen the insect body.

The insect warriors eat this to improve their strength.

Waiting for the time of metamorphosis to arrive.

"Uh... after all this fuss, it turns out this thing isn't for the ambassador, but rather food made by the insect people from insects?"

Ye Yiyi had a strange expression on her face, but she wasn't too disappointed.

Because this thing can be eaten not only by insect people, but also by ordinary insects.

And according to the instructions, if you eat too much, you can accumulate the power of metamorphosis and achieve metamorphosis.

But insect people are lives that have emerged from metamorphosis, and if they continue to metamorphose, doesn’t that mean they are metamorphosing for the second or third time?

"Does this mean that insect people can transform multiple times?"

He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"So, can dung beetles also accumulate the energy for metamorphosis by consuming Cordyceps, and then metamorphose on their own?"

His eyes lit up when he thought of this!

Isn’t this also an alternative way of evolution?

"It seems I came to the right place!"

He looked at the screen, and then his expression fell.