Chapter 177 Traveler
By the time the slug Wan Yi climbed back onto the wall, Moss could no longer be seen by the lake in the distance.
He jumped directly into the acid lake.
The burning sensation caused by the acid did not appear.
Of course, the cockroach that has gained the power of Unn is no longer afraid of the acid. He swims boldly in the acid, wrapping his small body in a cloak and swimming like a slug.
Finally, he left Unn's lake and entered the jungle on the shore.
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"Is this related to your mantis clan?" Wan Yi said, looking at a multi-eyed insect corpse nailed to a totem pillar in front of him.
They walked deeper and deeper into the fungus wasteland and encountered several waves of attacks from mushrooms. They were almost tired of eating roasted mushrooms, and their clones said they didn't want to eat them. Fortunately, they still had Mr. Mask, a big eater.
Fungus Wasteland Most traces of primitive civilization come from these mushrooms.
They left many totems here.
However, the totem pole in front of me is different from the previous ones. The style is quite different. It is obviously not left by the mushroom tribe. As for the corpse on it, it is naturally not that of a mantis. It looks a bit like a spider.
"This totem! Yes, it is indeed the trace of my relatives!" Cullom rubbed his sickle with excitement after hearing this.
Wan Yi's clone next to him was growing mushrooms on its body and tinkering with a spore bomb in its hand.
It absorbed the fragments of the mushrooms and completed the qualitative transformation. After initiating the qualitative transformation, there were no major changes, except that many cute green mushrooms grew on its body, especially the one in the center of its head. Among them, it specifically absorbs large amounts of a special fungal organism.
This fungal creature spews out explosive spores that are extremely unstable and contain large amounts of energy, giving them a bit of trouble along the way.
This fungal creature silently marks targets with spores within a certain range, and then releases bombs that track moving non-fungal targets.
This clone feels great. After the qualitative change, I am conducting research. After focusing on it, I am not very interested in other things.
The masked man above Wan Yi's head next to him would occasionally poke a mushroom out of his body, but he ignored it.
At this time, there were more and more totem poles and "stapled" insect corpses in front of us.
It seems that the legendary Mantis clan is not far away.
Using the totem pole as a guide, they finally had a direction. Along the way, they could see the remains of many powerful creatures. They were all hung high as if to show their glory and power, and nailed to a conspicuous place for all who passed by. can be seen by everyone.
And soon, a tall figure appeared in front.
The blue body, blade-like arms, white neck and head are exactly the same as Cullom, but it is obvious that this is a fully mature mantis in front of him.
Cullom is one size smaller than him.
"Finally seeing your kind."
"Um."
Wan Yi glanced at it, wondering why it suddenly became silent.
There may be many of them, but Wan Yi is too lazy to think about it, so as usual, Wan Yi rubs his little hands and walks up: "You are so sweet, I am the most loved cockroach in the world."
The mantis warrior quickly turned around and stepped back to distance himself, looking at Wan Yi warily.
"Intruders, destroy them!"
The big eyes on Wan Yi's helmet were half-opened: "Don't you Hallownest have anything other than territorial awareness? What the hell is the ecology of Hallownest!"
Before he could finish his words, the ferocious blade was already slashing at him.
Wan Yi retreated and dodged: "Is this what you've done since you've grown up? I don't think you're any better than you, Kurom."
Cullom waved his hands quickly: "Don't! Stop fighting!"
It stood in front of the mantis warrior in front of it and said: "I am..."
"Leave your hometown and rebel against your clan! Die!"
As a result, after the other person said something again, he was even more merciless towards Kurom.
Cullom had to use his two swords to fight with him, but he fell into a disadvantage within a few rounds.
Wan Yi looked at it and frowned: "Huh? I just praised you!"
"but I……"
boom!
Because of Wan Yi's words, Cullom was distracted for a moment, and Cullom was directly broken out of his defensive posture. The mantis warrior flew up and kicked Cullom down, and the blade went straight to its neck.
Wan Yi suddenly reached back and took out the spore bomb from the cockroach fungus' hand.
Then Wan Yi threw it towards the Mantis Warrior.
The Mantis Warrior stopped his momentum, saw a spore bomb from the corner of his eye, and quickly retreated.
boom!
The spore bomb detonated and made a dull explosion while spreading out a large number of red spores. The Mantis Warrior was obviously no stranger to this situation and waved his blade to disperse the smoke.
Then he turned around suddenly, and the blade collided with a bone nail.
Ding!
After a crisp sound, the mantis warrior's body stiffened for a moment, and Wan Yi's soul-eating wand switched to dagger mode, pounced directly on the mantis warrior's shoulder, and circled behind it.
The mantis warrior tried to struggle, but the dagger stabbed directly into its neck, declaring its end.
Boom!
Mantis's body fell down. After Wan Yi landed, he turned to look at Kurom who was getting up: "Kulom, Kurom, Kurom... what on earth are you doing?"
He easily obtained the soul of this praying mantis, which was pure white.
He was not infected, but he was still aggressive and far taller than Moss.
The clone looked at his empty hands, speechless, and took out another spore bomb from the mushroom on his body and rubbed it in his hands.
And Cullom was a little confused: "I just want to go home? Why would I become a traitor?"
The fungus clone said smoothly: "The mantis clan has a great sense of honor and is quite arrogant. No matter what the reason is, it is normal for a mantis who has escaped from the clan not to be accepted."
Looking along the way, even if we didn't actually see the Mantis clan, the numerous totem poles and the framed corpses around them already said a lot.
For a race that is so fierce, full of martial virtue, and arrogant, the most unacceptable thing is to be deviant.
"Haven't you thought about it before?" Wan Yi said to Kurom.
Cullom sat down discouraged: "Yes...but there has always been a kind of fluke."
Wan Yi and his clone looked at each other, and the clone lowered his head and continued to rub the spores.
"Are you still going?"
Cullom was silent.
"Then I'm leaving." Wan Yi and his clone stopped caring about it and continued deep into the territory of the Mantis clan.
Cullom suddenly didn't understand: "Didn't you come here just to accompany me?"
"I just got lost and came to Hallownest. The main thing is to experience the customs and customs of Hallownest. I don't want to continue to see what's going on ahead." Wan Yi said without looking back.
Kurom was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he still chose to follow Wan Yi.
Wan Yi didn't care.
A clear small lake appeared in front of him. It was not the kind of acid lake. Wan Yi let himself test the water and confirmed that there was no problem.
A village can be vaguely seen on the other side of the lake, surrounded by totems and the corpses of huge bugs and beasts are neatly bound.
"Oh ho? Another rare group of travelers. I'm glad to see you in this quiet place." A voice suddenly sounded from the side.
They turned around and saw an insect approaching that was not much taller than Wan Yi, but Wan Yi felt that the reason why the insect was taller than him was because its limbs were slender and slender.
There is a slender bone nail attached to its waist, which is slightly worn, but its sharpness remains intact.
But the temperament of this insect itself is quite gentle, not like a warrior, but more like a scholar and a traveler.
It slightly tightened the turban on its head, and its eyes swept over the two Wanyi and Kurom.
"Hello, hello, I'm everyone's favorite cockroach!" Wan Yi immediately rubbed his hands to say hello.
The insect in front of him said: "Hello little man, is your name Cockroach? My name is Queruo, an explorer who has longed for Hallownest."
"Ah, cockroaches are my race, my name is Wan Yi."
It's hard to describe in words how moved Wan Yi was at this time.
How many times, how many times!
No matter how many times he introduced himself to this world, no one would appreciate it at all. He still firmly believed that this world of bugs would not have any prejudice against cockroaches! Until today, someone except Cullom, the idiot, finally listened to his words!
"My name is Cullom." Cullom said politely.
"This is my clone. You can also call him Wan Yi, or just ignore him." Wan Yi introduced by patting the elastic mushroom on the top of his clone's head.
The clone also nodded and said: "It's best to ignore me."
Kui Ruo smiled and said: "What an interesting traveler. He has a completely different style from the silent little man before."
"We plan to go to Mantis Village, do you want Quiruo to come with us?" Wan Yi said.
"No, I've already seen it from there. I don't have the habit of staying in one place for a long time. If you are going to challenge the aggressive mantises, unfortunately I can only wish you well." Quiruo said.
But it paused and then turned around and said, "But as long as we are still in Hallownest, we will always meet again. Travel is such a wonderful thing."
"It's so free and easy." Wan Yi said.
"It's just running out of curiosity." Queruo looked at Cullom again: "Such a polite mantis is really rare. In Mantis Village, even young mantises fight to prove their strength to the tribe."
Cullom lowered his head slightly and stopped talking.
"You should have reached adulthood, but your wings have not completely degenerated. Although you have retained some of the ability to fly, the half-open and half-closed state affects your down-to-earth fighting. You may have to find a way to get rid of this state."
Cullom was a little surprised: "I have been in this state for a long time. I always thought that mantises were like this."
Wan Yi glanced at Coulom and then looked at Quiruo.
This bug seemed to know a lot, and there was wisdom hidden in his eyes.
Sure enough, the aura of a scholar is better than that of a warrior.
"You are indeed a lonely mantis." Kui Ruo said with a confident tone, "This may be related to your state of mind, which is difficult for others to touch. The mantis family is brave and good at fighting, but to put it bluntly, they are all group-dead brains. As a group of people, If you are a mantis alone, you will have to think much more than your fellow mantises."
Kui Ruo's gentle tone reminded Wan Yi of the good nature.
Gently point out the other person's problems and give them just the right guidance.
A mentor-like temperament.