nycdaug Chapter 152 Strange Slime
Chapter 152 Strange Slime
A scream drew everyone's attention. Rong Ming didn't have time to think too much and ran quickly toward the source of the sound.
As soon as he arrived nearby, Rongming was stunned.
Countless caterpillars were wriggling on the ground, accompanied by a strange, pungent odor that made people dizzy. In addition to the caterpillars, there were many other small insects that covered the ground, wriggling like waves. However, after seeing what they were, everyone felt nauseous and disgusted.
The caterpillars' wriggling bodies gave me goosebumps, and more importantly, they all seemed to be crawling towards Rongming and his group.
The situation was clearly dire. After realizing this, Rong Ming gritted his teeth, glanced at the insects, and ordered, "Burn them all."
The insects were discovered by a young man who was afraid of caterpillars. Hearing Rongming's words, he trembled with fear, but still obediently took out the prepared incineration equipment.
Long Xiaoxiao also noticed these things. After examining them carefully, she said to the system in a serious tone, "Uncle, those aren't Gu worms, are they? They don't smell bad."
"I don't know either," the system replied indifferently.
Long Xiaoxiao took it to heart and looked at it carefully for a long time. She still felt that something was wrong, but she also felt that since these things looked so strange, it wouldn't be a bad thing to clean them up.
While Long Xiaoxiao hesitated, the people below had already laid out the burning equipment. In order to prevent forest fires, they had prepared a lot of fire-fighting facilities and had specially used professional equipment to isolate a ring of ground for burning.
Click.
The flames burned and fell into the area, igniting a large fire.
The fire spread so fast that the person responsible for starting it nearly had his eyebrow singed. Startled, he exclaimed in bewilderment, "How did the fire get so big..."
Rong Ming was also a little puzzled: "Did you put in too much oil?"
The person next to him glanced at the oil drum and said with certainty, "No way, it's only less than half full."
While the three were talking, the flames grew stronger and spread rapidly. Fortunately, they had already used professional equipment to cordon off the area, and the flames were not currently showing any signs of spreading to the outer perimeter.
“Something’s not right…” The sweltering heat from the fire reached Long Xiaoxiao, who was directly above it. She frowned, feeling increasingly suspicious.
boom!
Bang bang bang!
A loud bang suddenly rang out, as if something had exploded violently.
Rong Ming and the others standing on the periphery were startled. When they looked up, they saw that the already raging fire had become even more unstoppable. People with fire-fighting equipment noticed the abnormality and quickly turned on their fire extinguishers and rushed forward to put out the fire.
The water was raging, but to everyone's astonishment, the flames showed no signs of abating; on the contrary, they burned even more fiercely.
Everyone was shocked.
Rongming panicked and called on everyone to grab the fire-fighting equipment and rush forward, but it was no use. The fire had already spread to the outer perimeter, and Rongming and the others were almost trapped in a ring of fire. Waves of heat mixed with the summer heat made people panic.
But no one was deterred or tried to desert their posts; everyone worked hard to deal with the flames.
Everyone was sweating profusely when someone suddenly realized something: "Could it be that the insects exploded, which is why the fire is so big..."
No one responded, but their expressions clearly darkened.
If that's the case, why are these insects here? Were they lured here on purpose? Is the goal to burn them all here?
Everyone was busy putting out the fire, so no one noticed that the clouds overhead were gathering rapidly, growing thicker and thicker until they covered the sky.
After noticing the situation below, Long Xiaoxiao immediately began to use her energy to gather clouds. Considering the strange situation below, Long Xiaoxiao spent a lot of energy to gather all the clouds she could.
slam-la-
The rain fell without warning, without thunder, without oppressive air pressure, and even the speed at which the clouds gathered was astonishing.
"It's...it's raining!" someone exclaimed.
"Look...look! It's the Azure Dragon God!"
"It's true! The Azure Dragon God must have come to save us!"
"Commander Rongming! The Azure Dragon God has arrived!"
"..."
After gathering the clouds, Long Xiaoxiao decisively entered the clouds. Then, as if telepathically connected, the system activated the holographic projection, enlarging Long Xiaoxiao's figure several times over.
With the help of holographic projection, Long Xiaoxiao's head, peeking out from the clouds, looked as if it covered half the sky, so enormous it was awe-inspiring.
The cool rain poured down, incredibly heavy, like a waterfall, crashing down and making people's heads spin. But no one cared about getting soaked; all they did was cheer and applause.
The fire began to subside under the heavy rain, and with the continued efforts of the firefighters, it was soon brought under control again and eventually extinguished.
"Thankfully, the Azure Dragon God has arrived!"
"That's right, what if the Azure Dragon God hadn't come..."
"If we hadn't come, we would all have died here."
"Hey, stop saying such unlucky things, spit it out!"
"Commander Rongming...Commander Rongming?"
"..."
Everyone sighed with relief at surviving the ordeal, but when they turned around, they saw Rongming with a serious expression, his brows furrowed, staring intently at the burning area they had surrounded.
Finally, Rongming looked up at Long Xiaoxiao, who was quietly watching them from the horizon, and bowed deeply with respect and sincerity.
"Thank you! Thank you, Azure Dragon God!" Rong Ming said sincerely.
Only then did the rest of the group belatedly follow Rong Ming in bowing, their voices ringing out in unison, "Thank you, Azure Dragon God!"
Faith value surged again.
The system praised Long Xiaoxiao, saying, "Xiaoxiao's reaction is still the fastest."
Dragon Little wagged its tail proudly: "Of course."
After thanking Long Xiaoxiao, Rongming immediately turned and walked towards the cordoned-off burning site. As soon as he entered, he felt that the strange fragrance from before was even stronger, so strong that it made him want to vomit.
Rongming cautiously took a few steps inside and saw that where there had been a bunch of caterpillars, there was now only some brownish slime left.
"Take it back," Rongming ordered.
Fortunately, they had brought some containers, so they quickly filled them with some and put them in the car.
Long Xiaoxiao had the system project her image to conceal her presence, then flew down closer to Rong Ming and the others, silently looking down at them with curiosity.
Now we can be sure that those insects were definitely not Gu worms, but they were also definitely not ordinary insects. It is more likely that someone deliberately placed these insects here to wait for Rongming and the others to discover them.