After leaving the dormitory, Tong Tong took me to the dark area behind the factory. We walked to the wall near the factory's back door.
Tong Tong followed Zhao Ying's lingering Yin energy. It was the same route she had taken when she left the factory. From this route, I could see that Zhao Ying had been very careful. Not only did she take the dark path, but she also had to climb over the wall to get out of the factory.
Although the Miao women's voodoo had a mysterious and unpredictable power, the voodoo could not improve their physical fitness. Zhao Ying was still a girl with a weak physique. It was really hard for her to climb in and out of the factory with such high walls.
Of course, I didn't need to climb over the wall. I went to the back door and asked the security guard to open the door for me.
Before I moved here, Chief Wang had told the people in the factory to cooperate with me no matter what I wanted to do in the next few days.
After we got out of the back door, Tong Tong took me and continued to walk forward.
Although there were a lot of workers in this electronic industrial zone, it was only the inside of the factory that was lively. The outside was desolate, especially the back of the factory. It was a wasteland. Although there was an asphalt road, there were no street lights, and there were very few cars.
I could see that Zhao Ying wasn't ignorant. After using the venomous insect to kill so many people, she had been hiding in this desolate place for the past few days.
After walking along the asphalt road for around ten minutes, Tong Tong took me to a dirt road. After walking for a few hundred meters, Tong Tong pointed at a two-story house not far from us. "Zhao Ying is hiding in this house."
I had investigated Zhao Ying's situation. She was from Guizhou, and she didn't have any relatives in Shenzhen. The house in front of us couldn't be her relative.
If she had been staying here for the past few days, perhaps she had also cast a venomous insect on this house.
My heart became colder. If that was the case, Zhao Ying didn't deserve my sympathy at all.
Venomous insects were mysterious and unpredictable. I didn't dare to intrude, so I asked Tong Tong to check the situation first.
Tong Tong flew into the house. Less than half a minute later, he came back out. "Zhao Ying is in there. Moreover, there are two other people in the house. However, they are dead."
It was just as I had thought. Zhao Ying had also cast a venomous insect on this house.
After confirming this point, I no longer had any misgivings in my heart.
In addition, Tong Tong told me that the courtyard and the rooms inside the house were filled with poisonous insects. As soon as we entered the house, Zhao Ying would find us.
In this situation, I didn't dare to rush in. I thought for a while and called the spirit serpent. "Do you know how to destroy these poisonous insects without letting Zhao Ying know?"
In the end, the snake spirit shook its head and said that the Gu worm was connected to the Gu Mother's life. As long as the Gu worm died, the Gu Mother would definitely sense it. As a Gu breeder, Zhao Ying would definitely know.
There was no other way. It seemed like he could only force his way through.
I asked the spirit serpent. After I confirmed that it wouldn't be a problem for him to deal with the mother Gu, I asked him to go to the courtyard. After he had cleaned up the insects in front of him, I would follow him.
Gu worms could increase the strength of the snake spirit, so he might as well take this opportunity to let it eat its fill.
After listening to me, the spirit serpent was so excited. He rubbed his palms and dashed into the courtyard. It was dark, so I couldn't see what he had done. Then, I heard a painful groan from upstairs. It was Zhao Ying's voice.
Gu worms were connected to one's heart. If the spirit serpent had swallowed those insects, it must have hurt Zhao Ying a lot.
Around one minute later, the spirit serpent returned from the courtyard. He looked satisfied. "All the insects in the courtyard have been cleaned up. Don't worry," he told me.
I brought Tong Tong and the spirit serpent to the house. Since Zhao Ying had found us, I didn't hide my tracks. I directly went to the front door and kicked it open. I asked the spirit serpent to walk in front of me while we entered the house together.
As soon as I entered the room, I was startled. On the ground not far from the door was a badly decomposed corpse. I could vaguely recognize that it was a middle-aged man. However, his body was still moving. It looked really strange.
After taking a closer look, I found that it wasn't the corpse that was moving. Instead, it was the corpse that was crawling with countless worms. Those worms were moving back and forth on the corpse, making it look like the corpse was moving.
I felt disgusted. I had seen so many corpses, dried corpses, and skeletons, but none of them had this disgusting feeling. The sight of so many small insects squeezing together made my scalp tingle.
The spirit serpent's eyes brightened. It looked as if it had just seen a delicious meal. It directly stormed forward and used its tail to pick up the corpse. Then, it shook the corpse in the air. Countless insects fell from the corpse. The spirit serpent's big mouth grabbed all of them and stuffed them into its mouth.
I couldn't see any insects on the corpse, but the spirit serpent was still holding the corpse and shaking it in the air.
I thought it was a glutton, so I said to it, "There are no more insects on the corpse. Don't mess with the corpse. Hurry up and go upstairs with me."
The spirit serpent turned around and looked at me with disdain. "This corpse is a breeding pond. The mother insect is inside. Otherwise, why do you think there are so many insects?"
Then, the spirit serpent eagerly shook the corpse, trying to find the mother insect.
I curiously looked at the spirit serpent. The mother insect wasn't in Zhao Ying's body. Was it in the corpse?
What is a breeding pond?
The spirit serpent really knew a lot about breeding insects.
Before I could ask, the spirit serpent shook the corpse. A dark red ball of meat the size of a lighter suddenly fell from the corpse. It looked like a fat caterpillar. After it fell from the corpse, it didn't fall to the ground. Instead, it flew toward the stairs.
Perhaps it was because it was too fat, but its flying speed was very slow. Moreover, it was shaky. I couldn't help but worry that it would fall.
After seeing this fellow, the Snake Spirit suddenly cackled and threw the corpse down. With a shake of its tail, its huge body flew forward. In an instant, it ran to the side of the chubby caterpillar and used its tail to wrap around it before flying back to my side.
"Is this the mother insect?
Why does it look similar to a gu insect? "
I looked at the huge red caterpillar and asked the spirit serpent curiously.
The spirit serpent sighed and explained to me, "How can it look similar?
This isn't an ordinary mother insect. It's a Qilin insect!
I didn't expect that such a rare insect would still exist. "
Qilin insect?
I carefully looked at the fat caterpillar, but I couldn't see any similarities between it and a Qilin. I was about to ask the spirit serpent again, but it couldn't wait. It directly threw the fat caterpillar into its mouth. Then, it coiled up on the ground and slowly swallowed it with a face full of enjoyment.
Looking at the way he was chewing slowly, this chubby caterpillar seemed to really be something precious.
Right at this moment, a painful scream came from the staircase not far from us.
I lifted my head and saw that Zhao Ying had come downstairs. She stood at the staircase with blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. While screaming, she glared at the spirit serpent. Her face was full of anger and fear.
As she screamed, she slowly sat down on the staircase. She clutched her chest with both hands as if she was in great pain.
I didn't find it strange. The mother insect was connected to the one who raised it. Once the mother insect died, the one who raised it would be hurt badly.
However, it was a little strange. The mother insect was usually attached to the one who raised it, and it wouldn't come out easily. However, Zhao Ying's mother insect was placed on a corpse. Then, before it could see the person, the spirit serpent took it out and ate it.
The skills of the one who raised it were all on the mother insect. Once the mother insect died, the one who raised it couldn't control the other insects.
Shortly after, the spirit serpent swallowed the mother insect. It even burped in satisfaction. Then, it told me that it was going to rest and went back into the compass.
On the staircase, Zhao Ying looked at me with an ashen face. Her eyes were full of disbelief. She asked, "Who are you? Why do you have a king insect?"
King insect?
Is she talking about the spirit serpent?
She must have mistaken me for someone else, so I didn't reply to her. Instead, I said to her, "You don't need to know who I am. You've harmed so many people, so someone has to seek justice. I came to seek justice for those innocent people."
Zhao Ying smiled in disdain. More blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. She said to me in a weak and hoarse voice, "I've said it before. None of those people were innocent. They all deserved it."
Seeing her face, I felt an unknown flame of anger in my heart.
She had done such a terrible thing, but she still acted as if she was doing justice for the heavens. It was really infuriating.
I pointed at the body on the ground and asked her, "All right, we'll do as you said. Those people were wrong, but what did this person do wrong?
Just because you wanted to hide here, you killed him. Is this what he deserved? "
Zhao Ying pursed her lips and lifted her head. She pondered for a while then said stubbornly, "I want to take revenge, but I only have the mother insect. If I want to raise a lot of insects in a short time, I have to use people to raise them."
I shook my head. "No matter what excuse you have, you've killed innocent people."
Zhao Ying suddenly laughed. She held the railing and stood up. She looked at me with resentment and stubbornness.
"All of you Han people are the same. You only know how to bully people and talk about morality. But who has ever thought about me?
Those people ruined my body. I can't live anymore. But before I die, I want to take revenge. I'm a woman. If I want to take revenge, I can only rely on my own insect. But I only have the mother insect. I can't kill people. What else can I do? "
"We Miao people clearly distinguish between kindness and grudges. We repay kindness with kindness, and take revenge with hatred. If I can't even take revenge before I die, I won't be able to enter the embrace of the Jiu Li God after I die … If I want to kill those people and raise insects in a short time, I can only use human corpses to raise them. What else can I do?"
After listening to her words, I didn't know why, but I didn't feel as angry as before. After staying silent for a long time, I opened my mouth and said to Zhao Ying, "With your personality, you're not suitable to work outside … Now that you've killed people and taken revenge, there's no reason to kill innocent people. You should go back to your hometown."
Zhao Ying suddenly coughed. While coughing, she said, "I can't go back … The Kirin insect isn't an ordinary mother insect. It's my life insect. I've raised it with my blood since I was young. It's connected to my blood. If my life insect dies, the person who raised it dies … I've killed so many people. I should die too. That way, no one will owe anyone anything."
Then, she slowly sat down on the stairs. Her eyes suddenly became bright. She stared at me and continued, "But I've contacted my mom. She'll come to see me soon. You … Even if you have the King of Venomous Worms … I … Mom …"