After leaving the forest, Qi Yuan continued to move towards the second checkpoint. All of the scouting Insectoids had been killed, and without the protection of Shadow Jump, Qi Yuan became even more cautious.
Fortunately, their luck was not bad. Not long after leaving the forest, they found another Insectoid Nest.
Without a Rank 4 Elite Insectoid Nest, in front of the Rank 4 Blazing Angel, the Insectoid Nest was like a free lunch box.
Very quickly, the Blazing Angel once again controlled ten Rank 3 Insectoids, sucking the rest of the Insectoids into a pile of dried corpses.
With the recovery of her strength, the number of Insectoids that the Blazing Angel could control also slowly increased.
Qi Yuan originally wanted to try his Mechanical Control to see if he could control Insectoids like the Blazing Angel, but whether it was Rank 3, Rank 2, or Rank 1, he could not control them. In the end, he could only give up.
Under the command of the Blazing Angel, the nine Rank 3 Insectoids acted as the vanguard, moving stealthily. She possessed a Insectoid with a hard carapace that even Qi Yuan did not know the name of, carrying Qi Yuan through the wilderness.
Qi Yuan sat on the Insectoid's hard back. Although its running speed was extremely fast, it was abnormally stable. The only flaw was that its carapace was too hard, even harder than a hard seat. The ride was too uncomfortable, and one could not help but want to give it a bad review.
When the Hard-carapace Insectoid ran at full speed, its hard carapace rubbed against each other, but it did not make too much noise, as if there was a noise suppressor.
What interested Qi Yuan the most was the four legs of the Hard-carapace Beetle.
The outer appearance of the Hard-carapace Insectoid was like a giant Ahn 'Qiraj Beetle. Its legs were four sharp curved appendages. These were appendages that completely went against the mechanics of the old era. When it ran, it actually did not sink into the ground. The sharp appendages lightly touched the ground, and it could fly a few meters, not even leaving behind footprints.
Riding on the black "Ahn 'Qiraj Beetle," Qi Yuan quickly arrived at the second checkpoint. Compared to the strange forest at the previous checkpoint, this checkpoint was much more dangerous.
This was a large underground insectoid nest, much larger than any of the nests Qi Yuan had encountered before. Other than the absence of a Type 4 elite insectoid, there were a shocking 27 Type 3 insectoids. In addition, there were hundreds of Type 1 and Type 2 insectoids mixed together. Even a Type 4 aptitude user would be surrounded and killed in the nest.
Unfortunately, this group of insect beasts had encountered a Blazing Angel!
The Blazing Angel's ability was a perfect counter to the Insect Sea Tactic. Destroying such a huge Insect Nest was just a waste of time.
After Qi Yuan promised the Blazing Angel a strand of Asterite energy, the Blazing Angel controlled a group of Zerg beasts to charge into the hive. Qi Yuan was outside the hive, leaning against the back of the Ahn 'Qiraj Zerg beasts, waiting leisurely.
The angry roars of the insectoids came from underground. Very quickly, the light dots representing the insectoids on the insectoid detector began to rapidly decrease.
The underground insectoid nest was in chaos. Although there weren't many invaders, there were more and more betrayers. The Blazing Angel was like a formless ghost. Wherever she passed, Type 3 insectoids would continuously betray the nest and begin to madly attack their companions.
The betraying insectoids seemed to be endless. The roaring insectoids became fewer and fewer, only more and more corpses appeared. Half an hour later, the roaring and killing sounds in the nest finally subsided. Qi Yuan rode on the black Ahn 'Qiraj Zerg beasts and slowly walked into the cave.
Inside the huge Insect Nest, there were broken and shriveled corpses everywhere. The thick smell of blood filled the air and lingered in the air.
Perhaps because she had absorbed too much fresh blood, the Blazing Angel in the form of a little girl, although she still had a cute and naive look, Qi Yuan could still smell the smell of blood in her body. Her hair had also become increasingly red like blood, as if she had turned from a Blazing Angel into a Bloody Mary.
In the deepest part of the Insect Nest, which was as spacious as an underground palace, the Blazing Angel stood in a pile of broken corpses. Eleven Type 3 insectoids with relatively intact bodies were neatly surrounding her. They were half squatting on the ground, like a group of huskies waiting for their master to feed them.
After seeing Qi Yuan, the Blazing Angel immediately floated over, her face filled with anticipation as she waited for her reward.
The eleven 'huskies' turned their heads in unison. Pairs of eyes of different sizes stared at Qi Yuan.
"Well done!"
Qi Yuan ignored the gazes of the 'huskies' and rubbed the Blazing Angel's hair. Then, he condensed a strand of Asterite energy.
The Blazing Angel held the energy and happily returned to the encirclement of the 'huskies', slowly tasting it.
Qi Yuan looked around. Only then did he realize that in the cave, other than the corpses all over the ground, there was a circle of insectoid eggs of different sizes at the edge of the wall.
That white Sign In Light Beam shone gently on the insectoid eggs, as if it was incubating them.
Qi Yuan jumped down from the Ahn 'Qiraj insectoid. His right hand touched the gentle beam of light, and the second Talent Point formed in his body.
These eggs …
Qi Yuan did a rough count. There were more than forty eggs. Among these insectoid eggs, the big ones were bigger than millstones, while the small ones were only the size of a fist. This seemed to be a specialized incubation room.
There were so many insectoid that laid eggs, and they were even placed together!
Qi Yuan vaguely felt that something was wrong. Reproduction should be a very private matter for any race. If they were insectoids of the same race, it might be possible for them to put their eggs together to incubate. But for so many insectoids of different races to put their eggs together, it was a strange thing.
Qi Yuan looked around and used his Area Detection to observe for a while. As expected, he found some clues. This pile of insectoid eggs did not seem to have any abnormalities, but inside, most of the life force was already very weak. Some insectoid eggs were even completely dead.
Only a fist-sized insectoid egg was abnormally full of life force. The rich life force seemed to have absorbed all the life force of the other insectoid eggs.
This insectoid egg!
Qi Yuan's eyes flashed. He suddenly realized that it was not a coincidence that the Sign In point appeared in this pile of insectoid eggs. It was because there was something wrong with this insectoid egg.
What kind of insectoid egg was this?
Qi Yuan used his Area Detection to observe carefully for a while, but he did not get the answer he wanted. In the core area of the insectoid egg, there seemed to be an invisible force field. Rank 1 Area Detection could not detect the situation inside at all.
No!
If this insectoid egg also belonged to this insectoid nest, then who put it here?
Those rank 3 insectoids would definitely not be willing to let their own offspring become nutrients. Therefore, the other insectoid eggs definitely did not belong to this insectoid nest. They must have been looted from other places!
There was no lack of rank 3 insectoid eggs among the insectoid eggs. To be able to plunder so many insectoid eggs just to hatch this insectoid egg, this was an organized action.
Therefore, this insectoid nest must have a leader!
Judging from the size of this insectoid nest, the leader was very likely to be an elite insectoid!
Therefore, this was an elite insectoid egg?
Qi Yuan suddenly thought of the Blazing Angel.
The stronger the species, the more energy it needed.
The Blazing Angel had been sleeping in the incubation chamber for hundreds of years. In the end, it was Xu Kui and Xu Xiaoshuang who helped her gather a lot of energy before she was awakened. He still did not know what kind of monster was hatching in this insectoid egg.
The stronger the insectoid, the more ferocious it was. Even if it was a newly hatched insectoid, it was still full of aggression and would definitely not be easily tamed.
He wondered if the Blazing Angel could control this unhatched insectoid egg?
Qi Yuan had a thought and called the Blazing Angel over.
The Blazing Angel stared at the insectoid egg for a while with a curious expression. She reached out and touched the insectoid egg.
The insectoid egg seemed to feel threatened and trembled slightly. A strong life force started beating like a heart.
Hualala!
Saliva suddenly dripped from the corner of the Blazing Angel's mouth.
"This!
Delicious! "The Blazing Angel swallowed her saliva and said.
Qi Yuan felt a headache coming on.
In the eyes of the Blazing Angel, there were only two kinds of things in this world. One was delicious!
The other was not delicious!
"Try to control it!" Qi Yuan said.
The Blazing Angel swallowed her saliva. She was obviously unwilling to give up on this mouthful of food. However, she did not dare to go against Qi Yuan's will. She tried to control the life within the insectoid egg but unexpectedly failed.
The failure was not because she could not control it, but because the control required for this insectoid egg was beyond her expectations.
The Blazing Angel frowned and looked back at the eleven 'Huskies' that were sitting in a row eating fruits. She chose two of the most heavily injured insectoids and released her control on them. The other nine insectoids immediately swarmed them and ate them.
Only nine of the eleven 'Huskies' were left.
After releasing part of her control, the Blazing Angel tried again. This time, the Blazing Angel and the insectoid egg were in a deadlock for nearly a minute before she finally succeeded in controlling it.
Controlling an unhatched life was actually more difficult than controlling a rank 3 insectoid. Qi Yuan vaguely realized that the insectoid inside might be stronger than he had imagined.
While controlling the life within the insectoid egg, the Blazing Angel seemed to have given up on eating it and stopped drooling over it.
"It's coming out!" The Blazing Angel suddenly said.
As if to confirm the Blazing Angel's words, the insectoid egg jumped again.
Qi Yuan looked at the insectoid egg and then at the corpses on the ground and said:
"Don't incubate it here, take it away!"
Although the insectoids in this insectoid nest were all dead, there might be an elite insectoid leader here. If it discovered that its egg was being controlled by someone, there might be another fierce battle.
The Blazing Angel naturally did not doubt Qi Yuan's words. It walked in front of an insectoid that was being controlled and casually stuffed the jumping insectoid egg into its mouth. After watching it swallow it, it lightly clapped its hands.
Qi Yuan and the Blazing Angel led a group of controlled insectoids and hurriedly left the insectoid nest. They quickly rushed to the next checkpoint.
Qi Yuan rode on the Ahn 'Qiraj beetle while the Blazing Angel rode on the insectoid that swallowed the egg. The two of them walked side by side while the other insectoids scattered around, acting as pathfinders.
Qi Yuan glanced at the two balls of light that represented the Tier 2 Talent Points. In less than a day, he had obtained two Tier 2 Talent Points, as well as an egg that he suspected to be an Elite Insectoid Egg. This was a bountiful harvest.
Even compared to the harvest in the old city, it was not inferior at all. Moreover, there were still four more checkpoints waiting for him to check-in.
Those were four powerful rank 2 talents, and there might even be the door to rank 3.
Qi Yuan looked at the Blazing Angel whose eyes were empty. He did not know what it was thinking and could not help but sigh.
Although the investment in the Blazing Angel was huge, the returns it brought were equally shocking.
If it wasn't for the Seraph's powerful abilities, not to mention the subsequent checkpoints, just this Insectoid Nest with dozens of Class 3 Insectoids and that strange man-eating forest were places he couldn't set foot in. He could lose his life on the spot in a matter of minutes.
More than a thousand rank 1 energy cores in exchange for a loyal rank 4 fighter. No matter how he looked at it, it was a profitable trade.
When the sky was about to turn dark, Qi Yuan finally saw the third checkpoint. It was a sparkling lake. In the middle of the lake, a white beam of light was quietly floating on the surface of the water.
Looking at the checkpoint that was so close yet so difficult to touch, Qi Yuan could not help but complain.
"First it was a man-eating forest, then it was a huge underground insectoid nest, and now it's giving me the middle of a lake. Other than the sky, the locations of these checkpoints are really all covered."
The lake was not very big, but it was not small either. It was dozens of acres.
If it was just an ordinary lake, it would not be difficult to swim over and check-in. However, the problem was that he did not know how deep this lake was, and who knew how many dangers were hidden inside.
Even standing beside the lake, the area detection could not detect the depth of the lake. Looking down, he could only see a black void, as if the bottom of the lake was a bottomless The Abyss.
Qi Yuan wanted to give it a try and had the Seraph throw a rank 3 insectoid into the lake.
Splash!
Splash!
The insectoid swam awkwardly towards the center of the lake. On the calm surface of the lake, ripples spread out. Qi Yuan stared at the insectoid in the lake until it swam out of the area detection range. Suddenly, a whirlpool appeared in the middle of the lake. The insectoid that was swimming with all its might suddenly sank and did not surface again.
Qi Yuan's heart sank. With his eyesight, he could not even see what had just happened. A rank 3 insectoid disappeared without a struggle, leaving behind a series of bubbles.
The ripples on the lake gradually calmed down. The deep and dark water was like a monster with its mouth open, waiting for the next prey to walk into its trap.
The Seraph also stared at the water in a daze. Her eyes were filled with confusion and anger.
Did she know the underwater monster?
"What are you looking at?" Qi Yuan asked tentatively.
The Seraph pointed at the calm lake and said angrily, "It stole my food!"
The corner of Qi Yuan's mouth twitched.
I shouldn't have f * cking asked!
Time passed bit by bit, and the light gradually dimmed. The night that was extremely dangerous for ordinary aptitude users was no longer dangerous for Qi Yuan. With the current strength of Qi Yuan and the Seraph, the Polluters that could awaken in the night were not as dangerous as insectoids.
Facing the calm lake, Qi Yuan began to think of a countermeasure to sign in. The monster in the lake could quietly drag away a rank 3 insectoid, which meant that there was at least one elite insectoid inside. Even the Seraph could not defeat an elite insectoid underwater. Moreover, with the size and depth of this lake, there might not only be one elite insectoid inside.
Darkness fell, and the insectoids returned to the insectoid nest. The Polluters drilled out of the ground one by one. In addition to the human Polluters, there were many other Polluters in the wilderness. They were the masters of the night.
After a while, Qi Yuan discovered an unusual place. During the day, not a single Insect Beast dared to approach the lake. However, at night, the Polluter Beast did not care about the dangers of the lake and attempted to hunt him and the Insect Beasts that were squatting by the lake.
Could it be that the monsters in the lake were as picky as the Seraph and did not eat the Polluters?
Qi Yuan had a thought and said to the Seraph:
"Catch a few Polluters and throw them in!"
Although the Seraph did not understand what was going on, she obeyed Qi Yuan's advice. The controlled insectoids quickly dispersed. Not long after, each of them came back with a struggling Polluters in their mouths.
Plop!
Plop!
A few Polluters were thrown back into the lake. Their survival instinct made them struggle with all their might.