320: Chapter 320 To see the Insect Emperor, first break the Insect Swarm!

The foundation for the growth and development of the Heze Kingdom...

Simply throw any item into the well, and you can obtain unexpected rewards!

Upon seeing these descriptions, Lin Xiao's first reaction was not excitement, but rather to turn calmly toward Yimu.

"Has there really been such an ancient well in the Cloud Palace?"

He asked very directly.

Yimu was silent for a brief moment, her tone carrying a hint of uncertain recollection:

"There is indeed one. The Wishing Pool is one of the most important holy sites of the Cloud Kingdom. During the mid-year and year-end audience days, the royal family holds prayer ceremonies in front of the Wishing Pool, but... I do not know the specific location."

She lowered her head slightly, her tone tinged with a subtle bitterness, "My status is not high, and I am not qualified to enter the core area of the Cloud Palace."

"Alright then..."

Lin Xiao nodded and was about to look at the subsequent event cards.

However, Yimu spoke up again.

"Although I do not know the specific location, I might be able to sense the general direction."

The gauze curtain swayed slightly, revealing her beautiful jawline.

"As long as it is a place where energy flows, I can sense it."

With just this one sentence, Lin Xiao's slightly disappointed mood immediately soared with joy.

"As long as you can sense it, that's enough. Once we eliminate the Insect Swarm, we can just slowly search along the general direction!"

"Since you can sense the existence of the ancient well, there is no need to select this event card!"

As he said this, Lin Xiao raised his hand and flipped over the first card.

Then he looked at the second one.

[Insect Nest Exploration]

[Why did the Scarab Beetle evolve into an Insect Swarm with a unified consciousness? And why did a powerful Insect Emperor emerge? Everything has a reason, and in the core area of the towering Cloud Palace, the secrets regarding the Insect Swarm are hidden. Go and investigate! During the exploration, there is a low probability of encountering the Insect Emperor, a medium probability of discovering anomalous areas, and a high probability of triggering an Insect Swarm riot]

Lin Xiao scanned the description.

His gaze lingered on the line "low probability of encountering the Insect Emperor" for a long time, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Past experience told him that in this apocalyptic world, "low probability" meant that it would definitely be encountered.

It was not a matter of statistical probability, nor was it because he was just unlucky every time.

It was that the plane rules themselves would push events toward the worst-case scenario.

The Insect Emperor is absolutely a Superior Being-level existence.

If he encountered it alone, he could still find a way to maneuver around it.

But if the passengers outside were to run into it, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Considering these reasons, Lin Xiao's gaze swept past this card and looked at the last one.

[The Lonely Insect Emperor]

[You observe the colossal creature before you, and a heartfelt admiration rises in your heart. You suddenly have a bold idea: what if you could establish resonance with the Insect Emperor! Thus, you cannot help but reach out your hand... Feed Curios: The Insect Emperor is very fond of these collectibles; you will obtain one or more random Curios (extremely low probability of a Curio combination appearing); Feed Equipment: The Insect Emperor is very interested in these toys; you will obtain one or more random pieces of equipment (extremely low probability of a complete set appearing); Feed stardust: stardust has a natural attraction for the Insect Emperor, but good things should be shared with good friends; you will obtain double the stardust in return (extremely low probability of obtaining a tenfold return)]

After reading the introduction of the third event card, Lin Xiao's expression became interesting.

These rewards are just too generous, aren't they?

Who could resist establishing a connection with the Insect Emperor!

Furthermore, treating a Scarab Beetle mother, a creature the size of a mountain capable of commanding billions of the Insect Swarm, like a pet to be fed.

This is something one wouldn't even dare to imagine in a dream.

Sounds crazy, right?

But precisely because it is crazy, it is even more worth a try.

Additionally, this Insect Emperor in the Cloud Palace is currently in its juvenile stage.

It will continue to advance until it attains divinity and descends upon the universe.

If one could establish some kind of bond, contract, or something else during its juvenile stage.

Then in the future Universal Insect Disaster event, wouldn't that be like using a cheat code?

Conversely, even if it fails and the Insect Emperor is angered, fighting head-on against a Scarab Beetle mother as huge as a mountain...

It's no big deal.

It's not like he hasn't killed lord-level giant creatures before.

It's nothing more than just chopping a few more times with his axe!

Lin Xiao reached out and tapped his fingertip on the third event card.

The golden card exploded the moment it was touched, turning into countless points of light that merged into his body.

Almost at the same moment, Lin Xiao felt some indescribable change.

It was an extremely pure sensory ability.

He turned his head and looked toward the depths of the Cloud Palace.

In the shadows where the starlight could not reach, a lonely existence, as huge as a mountain, was emitting hiss after hiss.

At this moment.

A new prompt appeared in his field of vision.

A line of small golden text that only Lin Xiao could see.

[You have chosen to communicate with the Insect Emperor, but the Insect Emperor does not like small humans; therefore, you need to prove your strength!]

The small golden text flashed and disappeared from his vision.

Lin Xiao was stunned.

This little bug actually has quite a sense of ritual.

But the smile on his lips did not last long before it quickly dissipated.

Because, the moment the event card disappeared, the ground began to tremble violently.

"Brother Lin, the Insect Swarm has appeared!"

Fan Sinian's loud voice rang out from outside the stone room.

Lin Xiao led Jiang Wanwan and Tian Xiwei out of the stone room, followed by Yimu with her hurried footsteps.

They saw tens of thousands of Scarab Beetles simultaneously hatching from their egg sacs.

The sound of elytra rubbing together, dense enough to create resonance, erupted from the shadows in the depths of the Cloud Palace where starlight could not reach, surging over in layers like the tide before a tsunami.

This was the source of the earthquake.

The Scarab Beetles this time were larger, the color of their chitinous shells turning from dark red to nearly deep black, and the barbs at the ends of their limbs gleaming coldly under the starlight.

They took off from the ruins of the pavilion, circled and gathered under the dome, forming patches of black clouds with immense oppressive force, surging toward the area where the circular fortifications were located.

On the circular fortification, Captain Lu Gongda was waving a small flag toward this side, shouting something, but his voice was drowned out by the buzzing of the Insect Swarm.

Not far away, the captains of each squad had already issued combat readiness orders, with shouts and the sounds of weapons being drawn intertwining.

The moment Jiang Wanwan stepped out of the stone room, she activated the domain trait of the [Time-Track Weaver] set.

Faint ice mist spread from under her feet to the surroundings, condensing into a thin layer of frost patterns on the ground.

Some time ago, when Lin Xiao was distributing skill books, he gave her a passive skill named [Arcane Surge].

The effect was very simple: after killing a Calamity Creature with a skill, the mental energy consumed by the skill is refunded, and the cooldown time is reduced by 50%.

Thus, combined with the traits of the Level 3 [Time-Track Weaver] set, she could use skills with almost no consumption and no cooldown.

And Jiang Wanwan's most basic attack skill, [Ice Arrow], was no longer the ice cone that could only freeze a few zombies from back then.

After upgrades, the skill not only had increased power but also an expanded damage range.

Combined with the spell power amplification of [Arcane Wisdom] and the area splash effect of [Ice Crystal Burst].

A single Ice Arrow was now comparable to a small missile.

Jiang Wanwan did not wait for Lin Xiao to give the attack order.

She stood firm within the fortification and raised her hand to activate the skill.

Ice-blue light gathered in her palm, compressed, and compressed again.

Then, she pushed her palm slightly forward.

A thick ice crystal arrow, trailing an ice-blue wake, shot into the densest area of the Insect Swarm in the air.

The arrow exploded within the Insect Swarm, tearing open a huge gap.

The Scarab Beetles directly hit were frozen into ice blocks on the spot and shattered into powder in mid-air.

The splashing ice crystal fragments also smashed through layer after layer of insect wings around them.

Immediately following were the second, third, fourth shots...

Continuous ice crystal arrows trailed wakes as they shot into the high sky, exploding into clusters of ice-blue flowers, without stopping at all.

The rate of fire was even more astonishing than a close-in weapon system.