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

Ye Yiyi felt that this was probably one of the shortcomings of the deep dead.

Don't expect someone to say 37-degree words from a cold mouth.

Their emotional intelligence seems to have died along with their lives.

He saw the little bug man looking up at the sky and couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"Why do you say it's an experiment?"

He asked casually, without mentioning Fairport.

Even if it is a bug man, he is still a child. It is too cold-blooded and cruel to say to him in front of him that I just accidentally killed your father and please don't mind it.

Ye Yiyi felt that with her high emotional intelligence, she should never have fallen to the point of sitting at the same table with two dead people.

"Emerged insects are incapable of reproduction."

The white-haired deceased explained on behalf of Shaw.

"They are fundamentally different from ordinary insects and insect-men. The only way to increase their numbers is through metamorphosis."

"Insects believe that life is bound to the earth, born and dying each day. Only by 'transcending' and then 'ascending' can one escape the constraints of the planet and become a 'flying insect', free from constraints and immortal."

"Ascension... is still okay."

Ye Yiyi had an inexplicable expression.

This word doesn't sound very suitable for this Western fantasy set, but more like the concept of a fairy tale channel.

But in order to "ascend to heaven", he turned himself from a human into an insect?

And the ultimate goal of "ascending to heaven" is to transform oneself into some kind of bigger, weirder, more powerful super bug?

Is this some weird way of cultivating immortality?

"You seem to know a lot about the internal affairs of the insect people."

Ye Yiyi looked at the white-haired man and asked, "Have you had any in-depth contact with them?"

"Fairport took the initiative to disclose this in order to build a closer relationship with us."

Xiao Boer said calmly.

"They originally found this place and said they could help us repair and rebuild the Folding Tower. In exchange, they wanted to establish an insect research institute on the site."

"Insect Research Institute?"

Ye Yiyi frowned.

"That doesn't sound like a word a bug-man could say."

“Among those who traveled with them was a messenger of the archetype of life.”

Shaw added.

"I got it."

Ye Yiyi's eyes were dim as he continued to ask, "Can you confirm the position of that messenger?"

"I've heard of his name."

The white-haired man said, "Subonothus, the chief priest of the Haunting Temple of Black Mountain, is also a messenger of the Prototype of Life. He enjoyed great fame before the war and sided with us afterward. He is a compassionate and upright man."

Montenegro?

The Black Mountain in Black Mountain Fortress?

Is there a Lingering Temple in that place?

Ye Yiyi thought about it for a moment and suddenly felt that it was a little unreliable.

A decent person with compassion?

But that's not what the Ancient Saint Worm's skull says.

It clearly states that: "Among the digital life prototype messengers who were attempting to transform, it was used on one who committed the sin of blasphemy."

I don't know what this blasphemous sin is exactly, but it should contradict the description of a decent person with compassion, right?

But it is not certain whether the "Subonothus" is the "ambassador" mentioned by the Zerg people.

Because there is more than one messenger trying to transcend.

"So you agreed?"

As he spoke, he looked down at the tentacles hanging above his head, and his fingertips teased the little insect man who was curled up in the corner of the elevator hunting insects.

The little bug man was not interested in what they were talking about, or he didn't understand.

It's like a child who has to listen to adults chatting, but can't join in the conversation and can only find something to do to relieve his boredom.

From this point of view, he is no different from ordinary children.

"We had no reason to refuse at the time."

Xiao Bo'er said this, bringing Ye Yiyi's slightly wandering thoughts back.

The white-haired man shook his head and continued:

"What we didn't expect was that the messenger later brought the partial remains of a flying insect and planted a giant tree on the remains."

"Autumn Shell Locust?"

Ye Yiyi thought to himself that it was indeed so.

"We don't know what the bug is called."

Xiao Bo'er shook his head and then turned to look.

He didn't know if it was Ye Yiyi's illusion, but he seemed to see a hint of inquiry and curiosity in Xiao Bo'er's gray eyes.

"Do you know which flying insect that is?"

"I know it, but I only know its name. I don't know its specific power."

Ye Yiyi nodded, he did not hide this.

"Just knowing the name is something to be happy about."

The white-haired man's voice sounded slightly more intimate. He stared at Ye Yiyi. Although his face was still expressionless, his eyes seemed to light up.

Ye Yiyi guessed that was the instinct of the craftsmen as researchers.

Emotions will be erased, but the spirit of perseverance in exploring the unknown still exists and will not disappear with death. Instead, it will become purer as the enthusiasm fades away.

The man in white continued, "The Flying Bug is an extremely mysterious creature. It's said to be a giant insect that lives in space."

"Due to the scarcity of observational records, it has never been classified. Forget about the insect-men; even we don't know what kind of existence it is."

“The records are sparse, but at least they are not absent.”

Ye Yiyi looked over curiously, "For example?"

"The last recorded observation before the war was of a decaying butterfly appearing above the azure Eternal Moon."

I heard a familiar name, Ye Yiyi thought to himself.

The Decaying Butterfly is a sign of the coming catastrophe, and it is also one of the flying insects.

This is the description in the hymn "Butterfly".

That was also the first flying insect whose name Ye Yiyi knew accurately.

"Anything else besides this?"

"In Roanmoa, explorers have seen Minghui Mantis."

"But the record was so vague that the explorer didn't know whether he was hallucinating or not," Shaw said.

"Then how did he know the name Ming Hui Tang?"

Ye Yiyi was puzzled.

“There are certain things and entities whose names we can know in our hearts simply by looking at them.”

The white-haired man said, then gave an example.

"Like the Stasis Curse."

"..."

The elevator became inexplicably quiet, with only the "clicking" sound of the mechanism turning.

The little bug man looked around, and the dead silence made him feel a little uneasy.

"clang!"

With the sound of a mechanism engaging, the elevator stopped.

They passed through thick rock layers and came underground.

Xiao Boer pushed the lever and opened the fence gate in front of him.

Behind the door is a broad rocky area with a light blue glow. Looking up, one can see thick rock formations standing overhead. Blue-black roots shake the rocks, drilling out from the ground and sinking into the top of the rock, turning into arch pillars supporting the area.

The blue light that illuminates this place is emitted by giant fireflies clinging to the roots.

Ye Yiyi looked around and found that there was no rock wall on the left, so he could see the scene in the pit.

On the rock wall on the right, you can see man-made carvings, but they are now half-destroyed and the shape of the statues cannot be seen.

Next to the statue, you can also see an iron gate deeply embedded in the rock formation, as well as a circular metal structure whose purpose is unknown.

"where is this place?"

Ye Yiyi asked.

"A support layer once used to hold the collapsed tower in place."

Xiao Boer walked in front, leading the little insect man and pointing to the circular metal structures as he explained.

"Those structures were once the anchors from which a mechanical arm could be ejected to secure the folding tower."

"Fix the tower?"

Ye Yiyi was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked towards the deep pit on the left.

"Just how big is the Folding Tower?"

“It can be big or small, depending on the needs.”

The white-haired man said.

“Just like its name.”

"fold?"

"literal meaning."

Xiao Boer nodded and led everyone around a wall of roots and went deeper, then they ran into a group of patrolling wasp hunting insects.

Ye Yi subconsciously narrowed his eyes, with golden light flashing in his eyes.

But the group of hunting insects just took a look and then flew around and away.

"Uh?"

His eyes were dim and his expression was confused.

“That’s what Ouni does.”

The white-haired man pointed at the little bug man and said, "With him here, the bugs here won't attack us."

"attack?"

Ye Yiyi stared at the little insect man, frowned tightly, and spoke in a bad tone.

"You allow the bug people to build an insect research institute, but their bugs attack you? Is this reasonable?"

"As long as he can help us repair the collapsed tower, it's not unacceptable."

Xiao Bo'er said expressionlessly. The little bug man beside him was frightened by Ye Yiyi's stare. If he was not being led by someone, he might not even be able to walk steadily.

"So did they keep their promise?"

Ye Yiyi asked.

“Fulfill it faithfully.”