Chapter 13

The hetero-bug, as the name suggests, is a bug that is not ordinary.

People have their own "hetero-people," for example, some are born with superhuman strength or intelligence, or have exceptional vision or hearing, and some have extraordinary talents in certain areas; these people are all "hetero-people." Animals also have "hetero-animals," such as two-headed snakes in nature, three-horned cows, and many other bizarre animals. Ancient people, not knowing the reasons, believed that these hetero-animals had "become spirits."

In fact, in Qin Lang's view, "hetero-people," "hetero-animals," and "hetero-bugs" should all be the result of gene evolution or gene mutation.

Amazingly, the "Toxin Manual" that the old poison master taught Qin Lang recorded various methods of utilizing and cultivating hetero-bugs. This means that if Qin Lang obtained this blood mantis, he would have a way to utilize and continue to cultivate it, further unlocking its potential!

Just as Qin Lang was lost in thought, he inadvertently lost sight of the blood mantis!

He hurriedly looked around and finally found a hint of red in the grass:

The blood mantis had found a bright green female mantis in the grass and was mounting her back, engaging in a "shameful" act!

Qin Lang didn't expect it to be so lewd, truly a case of "satiety leading to lust"! However, Qin Lang knew that for male mantises, mating is an absolutely "pleasurable to the point of death" experience, as about half of male mantises are decapitated and eaten by the female during the act. At this moment, the female mantis had already begun her decapitation.

Qin Lang couldn't help but sigh, "What a pity," such a fierce mantis was about to become a lustful ghost.

But at this moment, something unexpected happened. The blood mantis actually let the female mantis bite its head, while its lower body worked frantically. The female mantis, who should have easily decapitated the blood mantis, found that its head was as hard as a diamond. Despite her sharp teeth, she was powerless.

After a moment, the blood mantis seemed to have had its fill, and it lewdly shook its tail, kicked the female mantis away with a leg, and then flapped its wings, flying toward Qin Lang!

Qin Lang quickly focused, protecting his head and face with his hands. He had seen the blood mantis's abilities and didn't want to be ambushed by it.

But the blood mantis did not attack Qin Lang; instead, it landed on his palm, seemingly showing a liking for him.

"What's going on?" Qin Lang was puzzled.

There is no such thing as love without a reason in this world. He knew that the blood mantis's "liking" for him was not accidental and must have a reason, but he didn't yet know what that reason was.

However, for Qin Lang, this was a good thing, as he had no idea how to capture this blood mantis, which was extremely fierce!

Moreover, the moment the blood mantis flew into Qin Lang's palm, Qin Lang immediately felt the terrifying toxicity within it, which was more than a hundred times stronger than the toxicity of the previous garter snake!

Qin Lang took a "bug food" pill, specially made by the old poison master to feed toxic bugs, from a white leather pouch at his waist and placed it in his palm. The blood mantis happily enjoyed the bug food, and then Qin Lang carefully placed it into a small black leather pouch. As soon as it entered the pouch, the blood mantis seemed very sleepy and quickly fell asleep.

These two leather pouches were given to Qin Lang by the old poison master. The black pouch is called the "Myriad Toxin Pouch" and has a very unique function: when toxic bugs are placed in the Myriad Toxin Pouch, they immediately enter a state of hibernation, avoiding fights among the bugs and extending their lifespan.

Getting a toxic bug, especially an extraordinary one, is very difficult, so their lifespan should not be wasted.

Good steel must be used on the cutting edge!

Today's practice unexpectedly brought a reward, and Qin Lang was overjoyed. Seeing that it was already late, he quickly returned to school.

Just a few minutes after Qin Lang left, a green figure appeared in the forest, moving at an incredible speed, seemingly searching for something important.

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Han Sanqiang did not sleep all night.

After being told by Qin Lang that he was poisoned by arsenic, Han Sanqiang immediately found a doctor to examine him. The results, as Qin Lang had predicted, confirmed that Han Sanqiang was indeed poisoned, and the toxin content in his blood was not low!

The doctor advised Han Sanqiang to be hospitalized immediately, but Han Sanqiang didn't agree. Although he was not well-educated, he was stubborn. In his view, since Qin Lang could see that he was poisoned at a glance, he could certainly easily detoxify him. Moreover, this time he was poisoned by "arsenic," which sounded terrifying to Han Sanqiang, who had seen many ancient dramas, so he believed it was safer to seek detoxification from Qin Lang.

So early in the morning, Han Sanqiang sent Ma Wei with two subordinates to the school to invite Qin Lang.

After all, Ma Wei was responsible for the "business" on the street outside the school and was more familiar with the situation at No. 7 High School.

Ma Wei quickly found out Qin Lang's name and class through inquiries but did not dare to disturb him rashly. He waited until the morning study session was over before leading the two subordinates to Qin Lang's classroom.

"Brother Ma, why are you here?"

On the stairs, a basketball player in a basketball uniform approached Ma Wei. His name was Zhao Guang, a typical school thug who would spend money to hire Ma Wei or his subordinates to handle problems he couldn't solve.

"Zhao Guang, what's up?" Ma Wei asked.

"Brother Ma, I want you to teach someone a lesson!" Zhao Guang said quickly.

"I don't have time today." Ma Wei seemed a bit impatient.

"Then you can do it when you have time." Zhao Guang handed 500 yuan to Ma Wei.

Ma Wei didn't hesitate to take the money and put it in his pocket.

"Brother Ma, are you looking for someone? Do you need me to show you the way?" Zhao Guang asked flatteringly.

"Class 31, Senior 3." Ma Wei said.

Zhao Guang quickly led Ma Wei and his two subordinates to the classroom. Just as they turned the corner on the fourth floor, Zhao Guang saw Qin Lang coming down the stairs. Zhao Guang thought, "What a small world," as yesterday Qin Lang had embarrassed him in this very spot. Today, they met again in the same place, but this time Zhao Guang had help.

"Qin Lang, you really chose to come to hell when the gates of heaven were open!"

Zhao Guang blocked Qin Lang's path and sneered, "Brother Ma, this is the guy who embarrassed me yesterday. Since you're here, why don't you teach him a lesson?"

Qin Lang didn't even look at Zhao Guang, focusing his gaze on Ma Wei: "Ma Wei, are you here to teach me a lesson?"

"No... no, Brother Qin, don't misunderstand!"

Ma Wei quickly explained, as he had been ordered by Han Sanqiang to invite Qin Lang. If Qin Lang misunderstood and refused to detoxify Han Sanqiang, Ma Wei knew Han Sanqiang would definitely kill him!

"Brother... Qin?"

When Ma Wei called Qin Lang "Brother Qin" in a flustered manner, Zhao Guang was stunned.

Ma Wei wished he could strangle Zhao Guang immediately. He slapped Zhao Guang and threw the 500 yuan back at him: "F*ck, Zhao Guang! You're blind! You dared to offend our Brother Qin! This is a school, so I won't deal with you here, but you better not go to the street outside, or I'll make your life worse than death!"

Zhao Guang was terrified by Ma Wei's harsh words.

Although Zhao Guang was a big shot in school, he knew that school fights were very different from those in society. Ma Wei and his people were armed and dangerous, not someone a middle school student could provoke.

"Ma Wei, since you know it's a school, why make such a big fuss?" Qin Lang didn't want to draw too much attention and gestured for Ma Wei to go downstairs to talk.

Downstairs, Ma Wei quickly explained his purpose.

"Is that so... Then I'll go see your Brother Strong." Qin Lang agreed, but he was thinking that Han Sanqiang, as a local thug, might know the person the old poison master wanted him to deal with.

Ma Wei and the others were overjoyed and quickly invited Qin Lang out of the school to detoxify Han Sanqiang.

"Hey... stop, which class are you from? You can't leave the school at this time without a teacher's note..."

Just as they reached the school gate, Qin Lang was stopped by the security guard.

Before Qin Lang could explain, Ma Wei rushed to the guardhouse window, his fierce gaze scanning the guard inside.

Seeing Ma Wei's murderous look, the guard quickly swallowed his words and opened the electric gate for vehicles, allowing Qin Lang and Ma Wei to leave the school gate with a swagger.

{Piaotian Literature}