Chapter 92.3

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“Heh, II-49, just remain quiet and lick the mud under my feet,” Bee Master sneered.

As he put away his blood honeycomb, he felt his throat surge, and he spat out a black and red chrysalis the size of a pill capsule. This cocoon was almost precisely the same as the bee chrysalis that Dog IV-1 gave to Wei Xun, except that the bee chrysalis in Dog IV-1’s hand was more blood-colored than black, and appeared like it had black stripes on a red background. However, the chrysalis in Bee Master’s hand had red stripes on a black background. It was completely opposite in color scheme.

Bee Master’s cheeks trembled, and he revealed a pained expression.

This was the mother bee which he cultivated with great effort. The bee chrysalis in IV-1’s hands was a child bee. As long as the Bee Master used some means to stimulate the mother bee chrysalis, IV-1 could receive his message, no matter whether IV-1 was on the tour or outside the Travel Services.

Child bees were easy to cultivate, but it was rare to cultivate a mother bee. Bee Master had exhausted all his resources and only cultivated three of them. If he only had to communicate with the other, he could simply stimulate the mother bee, and no harm would come to her. However, what he wanted to do now was to transform the child bee that could only transmit messages into a parasitic wasp with special bee venom that could penetrate and control the human body.

To do so, he could only transform the mother bee, so that the same changes would simultaneously reflect on the child bee. The transformed mother bee would never be able to evolve further after this…

But ever since Bee Master knew that II-49 was also on the tour, he had to use all his means to prevent that guy from destroying his plans. His expression turned cold and he did not hesitate any longer as he tore open the chrysalis with special bamboo tweezers, revealing the sleeping insect inside. Then, he took amber honey and poured it into the chrysalis to transform the mother bee little by little.

Seeing the shape of the mother bee being transformed slowly, Bee Master showed a somewhat gloomy smile, tinged with ambition. It was more worthwhile for him to spend a mother bee to control Wei Xun than II-49.

“In the end, whether the plan operates smoothly still relies on me!”

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“Leader Wei, is the descendant of the eagle flutist okay?”

On the SUV, Fang Yuhang remained silent for a while before he finally asked worriedly again. During the break at noon, the descendant of the eagle flutist suddenly fell into a coma and bled from his seven orifices, which really shocked them all.

Fortunately, there were two Lamas who were proficient in Tibetan medicine, and they poured Tibetan medicine in time for the descendant of the eagle flutist. It seemed that his situation had stabilized a little, but he was still in a coma.

Ji Hongcai saw the black caterpillar crawling on the road with his sharp eyes and immediately asked if the descendant of the eagle flutist had been poisoned by an Insect of Evil. However, both Lamas said no seriously, and when they asked other questions, the Lamas stopped responding.

However, when Wei Xun asked, they finally spoke. They said that the descendant of the eagle flutist had neglected the godly insect under Tagla Membar, so he was punished. He seemed to be poisoned, but in fact, this was not life-threatening. As long as he sincerely repented and sought the forgiveness of the gods, or waited until they reached Xiaolin Temple and they requested the Lama of Xiaolin Temple to read a scroll for him, he would recover naturally.

The tourists would naturally not believe this superstitious reasoning given by the Lamas, but they were in the wilderness now, and they could faintly hear the howls of one or two wolves. It was not safe here. It was possible for them to detoxify the descendant of the eagle flutist right now, but they might throw the entire tour group into danger.

The situation of the descendant of the eagle flutist was indeed as the Lamas said, but he was unconscious and his face was blue. Other than that, there were no major problems. Since the situation had escalated to this state, everyone had no choice but to get in the cars and drive towards Xiaolin Temple at a faster speed.

With Wei Xun taking the initiative to look over the descendant of the eagle flutist, the man was placed in their car. Even the two Lamas, who had originally planned to chant sutras for the descendant of the eagle flutist in the hope that he would atone for his sins as soon as possible, did not say much. They believed that Wei Xun was the emissary of the guardian deity, Tagla Membar. They probably thought that with Wei Xun by his side, the descendant of the eagle flutist would recover faster.

The snow leopard was dissatisfied with someone occupying the back seat, and it constantly roared at the descendant of the eagle flutist and used the paw that it always used to bury its shit to show how much it disliked him. In the end, it listened to Wei Xun’s commands and jumped to the trunk, before grabbing the back of Wei Xun’s seat and insisting that its head had to be leaning by Wei Xun’s head.

After Wei Xun calmed the snow leopard, he pretended to check the condition of the descendant of the eagle flutist, and then asked Xiaocui to bite him.

Those Insects of Evil on the road that they had seen just now were obviously summoned by Wei Xun. Although there might be some danger of his means being exposed to the public eye, based on how Wei Xun usually behaved, this potential danger would be nipped in the bud because it wasn’t how he would act based on public perception.

He had used Xiaojin to suck the blood of the descendant of the eagle flutist before, but the effects of him being controlled by Wei Xun had not been obvious at that time, which might have something to do with him being the pathfinder. To be on the safe side, it was better to poison him directly.

In the car, Wei Xun asked Xiaocui to bite the descendant of the eagle flutist again. First, it was to absorb the toxin of the Insect of Evil, so that the body of the descendant of the eagle flutist would no longer be damaged. After all, it was unclear what had happened to him. And since he was the pathfinder of the tour, Wei Xun wouldn’t let him die this way.

Second, it was to let Xiaocui parasitize an egg under the skin of the descendant of the eagle flutist. It wasn’t as if Wei Xun wanted to hatch the insect under his skin to control him, since Xiaocui had no such ability. It was merely because these newly bred eggs were the most sensitive to various energies, so one could tell what happened to the descendant of the eagle flutist after he retrieved the egg from his skin.

Sure enough, when Wei Xun took out the egg under the cover of a blanket, he saw that the eggs, originally pure and white like pearls, were covered with black fur.

Black fur?

Wei Xun pondered, could it be said that the descendant of the eagle flutist was controlled by the devil? Otherwise, how could there be black fur growing on the egg?

But after looking closer, this black fur was different from the black fur growing on the black haired human skins. The black fur on the human skins were thin and soft, like strands of hyphae, while the black hairs on the insect egg were tough and long, and slightly thicker, more like……

Human hair?

Maybe the devil had not possessed him. Wei Xun acted like he was exorcizing a demon, and took out the Gusin thangka, the Nine-eyed Dzi Beads, and other similar things before shaking them by the face of the descendant of the eagle flutist, but he didn’t respond. On the contrary, when the snow leopard growled in a dissatisfied manner at him, the unconscious descendant of the eagle flutist frowned, as if he was trying to hide from it.

The devil, the snow leopard, and the abyss…

Wei Xun felt a few thoughts spin in his mind and had some clue as to what was going on. Because he was taking care of the descendant of the eagle flutist in the back seat, Fang Yuhang didn’t mention that they had to exchange roles, and had been working hard in front of the driver. The other SUVs had at least rotated their drivers once. The SUVs galloped on the highlands at full power. The road they took was far away from human habitation and there were many wild animals.

Along the way, they had seen a small herd of Tibetan wild donkeys and a few wild yaks walking alone. They had never even seen the shadow of wolves, but they often heard the howling from the wolves. It might be because there was a snow leopard in the convoy. The nearest wild animal was a wild yak as big as a small elephant, but it simply chased the car for a while and stopped. That made the passengers feel relieved.

Only Wei Xun seemed calm, but inwardly he was tense as he focused his attention on the two chrysalises.

Dog IV-1 said that the chrysalises would hatch in the afternoon, and it was already three o’clock in the afternoon, and they would reach Xiaolin Temple after a swift journey taking just over 2 hours.

If the Bee Master was going to do something, it would be at this time.

At this moment, the two bee chrysalises in Wei Xun’s hand had morphed in appearance. They were originally black and red, but now, they were pearly in color, like sand gradually turning into pearls in a clam shell. Their original color was no longer visible.

Theoretically speaking, they were the first two eggs laid by Xiaocui after she mutated to a Mother of the Swarm.

That meant that when these two chrysalises entered Xiaocui’s stomach, they were wrapped in a layer of egg shell while they were reproduced.

This was the strength of the mother insect. It had a strong assimilation power. After it ate the eggs of various demonic insects, the characteristics of those insects would be reflected in the various eggs. In this way, no matter what race the tribe of demonic insects were, they would naturally obey the mother insect and serve as its subordinates to expand its territory.

This was also the cunning characteristic of a mother insect. If it wanted to breed eggs by itself, it required a lot of time and energy to lay eggs and hatch them. If the mother insect was weakened and an enemy wanted to devour it, the mother insect was powerless to stop it.

Therefore, the newborn female insects usually relied on their “godsons” to lay down a territory first, capture sufficient prey, and then start laying their own eggs.

However, Xiaocui was currently only a Farara-class female insect. It was easy for it to assimilate inferior or low-class demon insects, but it was very difficult to assimilate middle-class demonic insects, especially when the opponent was not an egg, but a semi-mature insect that has cocooned. It was nearly impossible to control them then.

However, after Xiaocui swallowed the two chrysalises, it sent a message to Wei Xun. The demonic bee in this chrysalis was not a normal middle-class demonic insect.

It was a type of underdeveloped and malnourished demonic bee. Even if it emerged from the chrysalis, it would soon die. Moreover, they relied on other bees to survive. It could be said that they were born as larvae, and they yearned to be loyal to their mothers.

And their mothers were just ordinary female insects, not a mother of the swarm.

Furthermore, they had never seen a mother as good as Xiaocui!

Therefore, Xiaocui was certain that it could control the two bees, and Wei Xun gave it three drops of blood to help it assimilate them. This was the best method to control them. Even if these insects’ power was beyond the control of the mother insects, during the short timespan after they hatched, they would be controlled and would be full of affection for the mother of the swarm at that time. And at this time, Wei Xun would subdue them with a drop of blood.

If the other party’s intention was to control him, Wei Xun wondered whether he should pretend to be controlled. After all, he had an ambitious goal in mind. He was thinking about whether he could turn the other party’s bee colony into his after leaving the tour.

At this moment, the bee chrysalises in Wei Xun’s hand suddenly trembled slightly and were about to break out of the shell! Wei Xun acted. The pearl-colored shell on the surface of the chrysalis was concealed, and it turned red and black again. The next moment, he saw the snow leopard roaring. It was because, unexpectedly, two poisonous snakes got into the SUV at some time without being noticed by the passengers.

It was Dog IV-1, who was in cahoots with the mastermind!

“Be careful, IV-1 has arrived!” Wei Xun sternly reminded.

Without hesitation, he took his knife and slashed at the poisonous snake. He originally planned to fight with many poisonous snakes to make the audience feel that the situation was more dire, but the snow leopard was too brave! Seeing that a poisonous snake had dared to attack Wei Xun, it rushed forward instantly and angrily clawed the snake in two with one of its claws. The huge body slanted over, almost crushing the back of the chair and stepping on the descendant of the eagle flutist.

Don’t trample him to death!

Wei Xun acted again. The bee chrysalis that was about to hatch fell out naturally, rolling past Wei Xun. And he was so focused on the battle that he didn’t notice the bee chrysalis at all.

Seeing that the red and black chrysalis had a crack, he knew that the demonic bee inside was about to emerge. Yet, Wei Xun felt relieved. It was the best possible outcome that he had forecasted—the demonic bee in the chrysalis was completely controlled by Xiaocui!

The poisonous snakes that caused the mess were wiped out by the snow leopard, and the car smelled of snake blood. Fang Yuhang almost lost his grip on the steering wheel when he heard Wei Xun’s commotion, and quickly contacted the people in the front and rear SUVs. The four SUVs were all parked on the side of the road now, and Fei Lezhi and the others hurriedly came over to render their assistance.

In this chaos, the demonic bee tore open its chrysalis and was about to break out of it!

Everything was going according to Wei Xun’s plan!

But the next moment, a sudden change occurred.

He saw the descendant of the eagle flutist, who had been in a coma for a long period, suddenly sit up. At this moment, no one could react in time. He instantly rushed to the bee chrysalis that was hatching, and swallowed the chrysalis and the black bee inside the chrysalis in one gulp!

The author has something to say:

It’s time to start stacking dolls!

The descendant of the eagle flutist controlled by Hair Ghost II-49 swallowed the bee that Bee Master used to control Wei Xun, but Wei Xun was now controlling the parasitic bee controlled by Xiaocui!

Hair Ghost II-49: Haha, you didn’t expect that!

Wei Xun saluted solemnly: I didn’t expect it, I really didn’t expect it.

Sob, sob, I’m very sorry that the balance is insufficient and the lottery failed. It’s ready and reopened! At the back end, it shows that it will re-open today, but I don’t know jjwxc well enough to reopen it, qaq, I don’t know when the sign that the lottery failed to open will be removed, tat

Tonight, I will randomly distribute 500 small red packets to compensate everyone, okay!