Shan Hai Jing: Evolution from Mantis

The little bug looked up at Su Chen with some fear and embarrassment. "Sir, can I follow you?" "Follow me? What are you following me for?" Su Chen looked at the little bug in front of him with amusement. He thought it was a woodlice before, but now he confirmed that it was a woodlice after careful observation. Woodlice is not a mouse, but a beetle. It is very small and has a miscellaneous diet. It usually appears in humid places on the earth, such as bathrooms. However, this is Shanhaijing, and it cannot be viewed with the eyes of ordinary insects. Although the little bug in front of him is similar to the woodlice, it is also different. At least ordinary woodlice do not have such spirituality and wisdom to communicate with him. The little bug said in fear. "Because if I follow you, sir, I won't have to worry about being caught and used as food."

Su Chen asked in confusion. "Don't you have anywhere to go?"

"No, I came from somewhere else and have been wandering here." The woodlice shook her head.

Su Chen was even more confused. "Then why don't you go to the Spirit Tribe?"

"Emmm, no money."

The two tentacles on the woodlice's head shook, and she spoke embarrassedly.

Hearing this, Su Chen's mouth twitched, and he suddenly understood.

That's right, it seems that many insects can enter the Spirit Tribe, but it's just entering. It costs a lot of money to live there. Not to mention other things, eating, drinking, defecating, and living, etc., are no different from human society, and you have to spend money. Of course, you can barter if you don't have money.

But considering the weak situation of the woodlice, it is obvious that it can't bring anything valuable, so it can only wander outside.

Su Chen asked with a smile. "I don't mind you following me, but what good will it do for me?"

He didn't want to bring a useless burden who had to eat and live for free and rely on himself to protect him.

The little bug nodded quickly. "My lord, I am useful. My lord, don't look at me as weak, but because I have been wandering here, I know a lot of news. And I eat very little. If I encounter danger, I will hide myself and won't cause trouble for you. What do you think?"

The little bug looked pitiful and stared at Su Chen expectantly.

Seeing this, Su Chen did not answer immediately, but asked after thinking for a while. "Do you know a lot of news?"

"Yeah."

The little bug nodded immediately. "Because I have been wandering, I usually have nothing to do except looking for food. I like to listen to other bugs discuss things, so I know a lot."

Under the expectant eyes of the little bug, Su Chen grinned. "Okay, let you follow first."

The little bug was overjoyed when he heard this.

But the next second, Su Chen said again. "Don't be too happy yet. I just want you to follow me for a while, but not all the time. After all, I often go to other places, and it's inconvenient for you to follow me. Do you understand?"

"Yeah, thank you, sir."

Little Bug didn't have so many thoughts. As long as he could be stable for a while, he would be satisfied.

Seeing that Little Bug agreed, Su Chen also smiled and said. "Let's go, let's explore other places."

"Okay, sir."

Little Bug quickly twisted his body and followed behind Su Chen's buttocks. The tentacles on his forehead shook from time to time, and he seemed very happy.

On the way, Su Chen asked Little Bug. "Do you have a name?"

"Name? Everyone used to call me Little Bit." The woodlice shook her head and whispered.

Hearing this, Su Chen smiled. "Little Bit? That's fine. Little Bit, do you know what tribe this ruin used to be?"

"I know."

Little Bit followed Su Chen's footsteps and told him the news he knew after getting close to him. "This ruin used to be home to a tribe called the Wing Tribe, which was a kind of flying insect that was said to be very powerful. But in the end, for some unknown reason, all of them died overnight, and the tribe became a ruin."

"Wing Tribe?"

Su Chen asked with a flickering look in his eyes. "Have you seen those white insects crawling out of the ground here?"

"Yes, those insects are very scary, and they make strange noises that make people lose their minds. Many powerful insects died from this trick."

"Are they related to the Wing Tribe?"

"I don't know." Little Bit shook his head and said. "But I heard that those strange insects have been here for a long time, and their number has increased since then. It seems that as long as you eat the liquid in the body of the strange insect, you will be transformed into a strange insect."

"Is that so?

? "

Hearing this, Su Chen was startled and nodded, secretly thanking himself for not thinking of tasting the liquid before.

At this moment, there was a click, and the ground cracked.

A pale insect immediately crawled out.

Obviously, the words of the two awakened the pale insect.

No need to say more, Su Chen slashed with a knife, and the wind turned into a slash, killing the pale insect as soon as it showed its head.

Su Chen already had a clear feeling about the wind power he controlled, that is, it could not exceed ten meters at most.

Once the wind he controlled exceeded ten meters, he would lose control.

And within ten meters, he could control the wind at will. Of course, it was definitely impossible to stir up a storm with just one thought, which I am afraid that he will not be able to achieve it even if he consumes all his physical energy.

More importantly, he pulls in a breeze.

However, he can further enhance his attack by constantly pulling and compressing.

At present, Su Chen can control the wind to compress on the blade, thereby increasing the cutting power of the blade, and can also compress the wind to form a wind blade or slash to launch a long-range attack.

It can only be compressed ten times at most. After ten times, Su Chen will lose control and it will dissipate on its own.

......

With the death of the pale insect, white liquid splashed, and the tempting breath was emitted again.

Su Chen wanted to take the little one away, but he didn't expect that the little one immediately grabbed Su Chen.

"My lord, don't you want white crystals?"

"White crystals?" Su Chen was stunned and asked in confusion. "What is that?"

The little one was also stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly explained. "My lord, sometimes some white crystals appear in the bodies of these white insects. That's a good thing. I heard that eating it can make the insects stronger."

"White crystals? "

Su Chen looked at the pale insect corpse not far away suspiciously, walked over curiously, asked the little one to point out the location of the crystal, then pulled a gust of wind to his right hand and gently cut the corpse.

The corpse cracked open, and a white crystal immediately appeared in front of him.

"Really?"

Su Chen immediately put it in his backpack.

[You have obtained the item: Life Embers.]

[Life Embers: When a complete life passes in a short period of time, the last ember crystal will be left. For any living being, taking it can enhance itself.]

"Life Embers?"

Su Chen's pupils shrank and he looked at the pale insect corpse.

"In other words, the lives of these insects passed away in a short period of time? "

That's not right.

This bug has obviously lived for a long time, and it just died when it met me just now. It didn't die in a short time!

Su Chen scratched his head, a little confused, but didn't think too much, and took the embers of life without hesitation.

A warm current passed through his body, and the display box popped up immediately.

[Your vitality has increased.]

[Strength +0.1.]

"Huh?"

Su Chen was stunned, and then he quickly clicked on the attributes to check. When he saw the changes in the attributes, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

"It actually directly increased the attributes? And the increased attributes are the incarnation attributes? "

In the attribute panel, the power of the incarnation attribute increased by 0.1.

Although not much, for bugs, this improvement is not small.

And this is only the improvement brought by a life ember, what if it is more?

Hiss!

Su Chen couldn't imagine it.

"No wonder this place looks so dangerous. The scarlet beetle came here to explore just now. Maybe it's because of this?" Su Chen couldn't help but exclaimed.

With such good things, anyone who wants to become stronger will probably not refuse to come here.

Little Nod nodded and said. "That's right, but white crystals were not so easy to get before. But recently, I don't know why, the number of bugs here has increased, and they are more active, and white crystals have become easier to get than before."

"But not many bugs know this now."

Hearing this, Su Chen asked with a smile. "Then how did you know?"

"Hehe, I learned it from the scarlet beetle. "Little Bit said embarrassedly. "I learned it by listening to it talking to itself after it caught me."

"Then you are quite amazing." Su Chen couldn't help but praise it.

After all, they were caught to be used as food, and they still had time to listen to others talking to themselves. Most people don't have this mentality.

After being praised by Su Chen, Little Bit's face turned a little red, and he smiled foolishly.

Su Chen raised his hand unhappily and patted Little Bit on the head, and asked. "How did you find out that there are white crystals in this insect?"

He had killed a lot of them before, and now he knew that there was such a thing as the ember of life.

After a while, I am now hesitating whether to return the same way.

Little Bit immediately pointed to the head of the corpse and explained. "Look, sir, the patterns on the head of the bug with white crystals are different, there will be a triangle."

Su Chen looked and nodded, and indeed saw a triangular pattern on the forehead of this corpse.

"So those I killed before are all gone?"

"Yeah, I checked for you, sir, and there is none." Little Bit nodded.

Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that his luck is not good, but it's good, at least he doesn't have to return the same way.

And...

Su Chen began to discover the role that Little Bit brought to him.

At least there is a lot more information than what he knew, which is quite useful.

After learning about the embers of life, Su Chen did not delay and ordered. "Let's go, continue to set off, there is still some distance to the destination."

According to the forager's induction, this place is still far from the second opportunity.

However, he originally came here just to pursue opportunities, and now that he has the embers of life, his heart is a little more passionate than before.