113: Moonbug bombs! Raiding the insect salt burrows!

Su Lie followed the Holy Light passage, winding his way until he reached a cavern hall more than three hundred meters deep underground.

Scattered on the ground here was a pile of red sesame seeds.

These were not real sesame seeds.

Instead, they were the remains of a Source Insect Secret Demon.

Su Lie took out the identification crystal and pointed it at this pile of "sesame seeds."

[Source Insect Secret Demon Remains: Purple Epic Quality; The corpse of a Lord-level Insectoid. After consumption by avian life forms such as chickens, ducks, or geese, there is a certain probability of awakening a Destiny Talent or Skill. It is guaranteed to allow this type of life form to grow from juvenile to adult.]

"What a great item!"

Seeing this, Su Lie's eyes lit up, and he immediately placed the remains into his ruyi pouch.

After the Source Insect Secret Demon remains were taken away.

Su Lie discovered a scroll beneath the remains. He opened it and his eyes widened: "It's actually a manufacturing blueprint!"

[moonlight bug bomb Manufacturing Blueprint: Purple Epic Blueprint. By consuming any quantity between 1 and 1,000 explosive potato, any quantity between 1 and 10,000 moonlight pearl, any quantity between 10 kg and 100 kg of insect corpses, and any quantity between 1,000 and 100,000 monster crystal, one moonlight bug bomb can be refined.

moonlight bug bomb: Purple Epic. After feeding it 10 monster crystal, an attack target can be designated for the bomb. The bomb will fly close to the target and detonate itself. Flight range is 100 meters, flight speed is 10 meters per second, and the explosion yield is equivalent to the energy produced by 1,000 tons of TNT explosion.

Length: 2 meters, Width: 3 meters, Height: 1 meter, Wingspan: 6 meters.

Note: This bomb has a 60% chance of failure. If the moonlight bug bomb is not successfully produced on the first attempt, the blueprint will not disappear.

Note: This blueprint will only completely disappear after a moonlight bug bomb has been successfully produced.]

This was a type of bomb whose appearance resembled a round-headed Scarab Beetle.

It possessed a pair of shiny black wings and a pair of transparent wings.

It also had a pair of sharp mouthparts.

It looked exactly like a black Scarab Beetle.

But unlike a real Scarab Beetle.

Its abdomen was an oval luminous body.

"Good heavens! What kind of bomb is this? It's clearly a missile!"

Seeing this, Su Lie quickly stored the moonlight bug bomb Manufacturing Blueprint in his possession.

Afterwards.

He found the source of the explosion in the adjacent cavern hall.

This was an independent space.

A large number of moonlight pearl were scattered on the ground.

Su Lie collected these God-tier moonlight pearl.

After counting carefully.

Su Lie found that there were exactly 90,000 moonlight pearl.

Evidently.

The Source Insect Secret Demon had intended to use the maximum limits of the formula to refine the Moonlight Bomb, but the attempt failed, resulting in a violent explosion.

Due to the chain reaction caused by the explosive potato and the instantaneous release of all Holy Light from the thousands of moonlight pearl, the Source Insect Secret Demon was instantly killed after running less than 10 meters.

"Manufacturing this thing is truly dangerous!"

Su Lie sighed.

Including these moonlight pearl.

The total number of moonlight pearl Su Lie held had reached 135,300.

He immediately went to several dark caves nearby.

In one of the caves, he found a Treasure Chest locked with chains.

When Su Lie approached the Treasure Chest.

Clatter!

The chains instantly unlocked.

The Treasure Chest bloomed with a purple light.

Immediately after.

A large number of insects emerged from the surrounding darkness.

These insects were only the size of a fist, but they all had red eyes, like Vengeful Spirit seeking souls in the darkness.

When they approached Su Lie, they all stopped.

Then they turned and left.

And headed off in other directions.

Su Lie was secretly delighted by this sight, and quickly took the Treasure Chest and put it into his ruyi pouch.

Subsequently.

He walked towards an underground cave that emitted a faint green glow.

When Su Lie arrived at the entrance, he was startled: "What is this thing?"

He saw that.

A thin layer of water flowed across the floor inside the cave, covering the entire hall and disappearing into a crack beneath the stone wall on Su Lie's left side.

Through the crack, Su Lie heard the surging sound of an underground river.

And on this floor covered with water, a layer of green crystals, about 80 centimeters thick, was piled up.

These crystals were not transparent but emitted a green fluorescence in the darkness.

"The Source Insect Secret Demon's poop?"

Su Lie considered a possibility, then shook his head, rejecting the idea: "The Source Insect Secret Demon is an aggregate of insects. Shouldn't its poop be smaller than sesame seeds? How could it be this big?"

Hesitantly, he took out the identification crystal to examine these green crystals.

[insect salt: White Common Quality. Salt crystals excreted by the Source Insect Secret Demon after feeding.

These crystals share the same function as salt but contain minor toxins. Use may cause adverse reactions such as diarrhea, numbness in limbs, and drowsiness; severe cases may experience hallucinations.

However, when cooked with special ingredients, the toxins in the insect salt can be neutralized.

Note: This insect salt contains the aura of the Source Insect Secret Demon. Life forms whose level is lower than the Source Insect Secret Demon have a 90% chance of being corrupted into an Abomination upon using this insect salt. Please purify the contamination before consumption.]

"Huh? This stuff... it's great!"

Su Lie's eyes lit up, and he smiled.

It could replace salt crystals and be used as a trade item.

Especially at this moment.

Most Survivor who haven't found salt must be experiencing problems.

If he sold the insect salt, he would definitely be able to trade for valuable resources.

This trade was suitable.

Having said that!

Su Lie hurriedly collected the insect salt, which covered a full 2,000 square meters, into his ruyi pouch.

While he was collecting the insect salt.

A large number of insects crawled out of the various openings around him.

Among these insects were plump grubs, poison insects spewing toxic gas, and Abomination insects emitting dense black aura.

There were also a large number of Scarab Beetle and thread-like silk worms.

Although they could not see Su Lie, who was in stealth, they could see the diminishing insect salt.

When they tried to investigate the area where the insect salt was disappearing.

They were driven away by the insect repellent effect on Su Lie's clothes.

Because of his two God-tier Talent, Pollution Immunity and Severe Toxin Immunity, Su Lie was fearless of the contamination and Deadly Poison released by the insects.

Just like that.

These insects approached Su Lie like fools, then automatically turned and left, only to turn around and crawl back toward Su Lie when they touched the cave wall.

They repeated this action over and over again.

Soon.

Just as Su Lie was about to completely clear out all the insect salt in the cave.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

The insects inside the cave started calling out anxiously.

Su Lie heard dense climbing sounds, and an intense sense of crisis spontaneously arose.

He ignored the remaining insect salt and quickly retreated along the path he came.

When he walked into the light.

He saw that.

Hole after hole had broken open in the dark walls around him, and large numbers of insects were crawling toward the area where the insect salt was piled up.

Crash!

Some tunnels even collapsed because there were too many insects.

"Oh no! I need to leave here quickly! If the tunnel collapses, it will be incredibly difficult to get out!"

Seeing this, Su Lie quickly ran towards the outside of the cave.

At this moment.

A mass of red mist floated out of the underground cave where he had been collecting insect salt.

This mass of mist was smaller than the Source Insect Secret Demon and lighter in color.

The agitated Insectoids nearby stopped upon seeing this, prostrating themselves on the ground as if in submission.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

In a short while, hundreds of streams of mist descended upon the area.

When these streams of mist saw that only one square meter of insect salt remained, they all let out unwilling roars.

It was also at this moment.

Su Lie heard a chaotic chorus of insect cries that made his head feel heavy.

Ignoring everything else, he quickly climbed the earthen wall to the cave entrance.

Just then, Xuxu, transformed into a Mist Phoenix Bird, descended from the air and grabbed Su Lie's shoulders with her talons.

Whoosh!

Su Lie slowly flew up amidst the sound of the wind.

RUMBLE!

It was also at this moment.

The underground cave beneath his feet suddenly collapsed, and the Holy Light that had been flowing back toward the sky vanished completely.

The sky grew dark at this moment.

Su Lie looked up and saw that the world outside the oasis had turned completely red, and a terrifying thought crossed his mind: "Holy crap!..."