Chapter 192: Bizarre in 3…2…1…!
“Haiya!” Followed by a comical shout, Compass Carburettor threw the pouch he had, watching it land far away in the cave.
The insects indeed moved away from it, but they continued to scuttle around only a centitre away from it. So, the contents of the pouch only repelled them away for a centitre.
“…” Compass Carburettor stared at it, controlling his urge to facepalm.
Neena patted his shoulder this ti, saying, “Your grandma’s recipe works, but is just not potent enough. She must have given it to you to ward off mosquitoes and not a sea of insects.”
“But, this still gives an idea.” Compass Carburettor quickly recovered as he tugged the string tied to the pouch, pulling it back as he said, “if we make a boundary using the powder from this pouch…”
“No, that won’t be effective enough.” Rhizen said, pointing at so centipedes among the crowd of insects, “They’ll simply act as the bridge for the rest of the insects to climb over. And even if they don’t do it voluntarily, the other insects might kill them and use their carcasses for this.”
‘Of course, I know that. I want Neena to continue expending her ntal Energy. Her bag is just a regular piece of cloth.’ Compass Carburettor subtly frowned, trying his best to not look at the sea of insects.
Currently, they had reached one end of the cave. And, forming a boundary three tres behind them was a sea of insects.
The mont Neena retracts her ability would be when this sea of insects drowns them.
But, there was another reason he didn’t wish to look at them. Rather, even if he didn’t look at them, he was able to sense them. After all, trailing from a significant portion of them were ntal Energy streams.
Since they were generating ntal Energy streams, it ant that they were capable of conscious thoughts. And, the denser the ntal Energy stream they generated, the more intelligent they were and similarly powerful their brainpower was.
Most of the ntal Energy streams were so thin that he barely felt them. But, since he felt them, it ant that the insects were able to think beyond their thoughts that were spurred through instinct and genetic bias.
Moreover, a couple of ntal Energy streams from the sea of insects were pretty thick, at least ten tis the regular insects. And they were what alard him.
It ant so insects were calmly watching their actions while plotting to kill them, of their free will.
Even though he wished to remain in the sa place longer to waste as much ntal Energy reserves of Neena as possible, he still had to find the truth of this world’s power structure that would erge sooner or later.
And, Rhizen was the key to achieving that. Since two Systems had arrived to hinder/kill him, it confird his suspicions that Rhizen would indeed obtain so power here.
So, only by knowing the thod to obtain the power would he be able to plan his subsequent sches.
Thinking as such, he looked at the rope in Neena’s hands, saying, “I’ll try to head to the other side first. We’ll keep the bag behind in such a distance that the radius of its effectiveness still envelopes .”
“And, once I ensure the other side is safe enough for us to get down and travel for an escape path, the both of you would simultaneously get into the tunnel so that…” He continued speaking about the plan.
“And, if suppose I sense any urgency, pull back.” Compass Carburettor said, showing the rope, “I’ll be tying this to my leg. So, it’ll be easy for you to pull back quickly.”
“Be careful,” Neena said in worry while Rhizen nodded in seriousness, showing how he would bet his life on his responsibility.
Nodding, Compass Carburettor didn’t waste any ti and climbed into the tunnel, beginning to slowly crawl forward. He failed to see any insects before him and so began to move forward.
A bit later, Rhizen pushed Neena’s bag into the tunnel. There was a rope on both its ends. One end was attached to the leg of Compass Carburettor so that he would be pulling it along with him while crawling forward. Moreover, the length of the rope ensured he was always under the influence of the bag’s insect repellent effect.
The other side of the bag’s rope trailed towards the duo waiting beyond the tunnel. Neena was in charge of holding the rope. In case Compass Carburettor signalled an ergency, she would pull the bag to avoid it hindering his return while Rhizen pulled him back.
“It’s fine, this side is pretty safe indeed.” Compass Carburettor said after so ti, landing on the other side as he looked around, failing to find any insects. Moreover, the size of the cave had beco vast, spanning a breadth of 30 tres and a height of 70 tres. As for the length, he couldn’t see its end.
‘This is such a huge place. Does it run throughout the Eastern Range?’ Thinking as such, he watched Rhizen and Neena crawl through the tunnel. He tugged the rope they had tied to themselves, allowing them to crawl faster while spending less energy.
“This…is amazing!” Neena was surprised once she landed on the ground and looked around, noticing the massive space before her.
“Wait, sothing’s there.” Rhizen was suddenly alard as he whispered, telling them to quiet down. As they untied the rope around them, he continued to listen to the sounds in the surroundings, soon locking onto a source as he motioned for them to follow him.
As they tiptoed through the cave, Rhizen peeked over a stalactite that had beco a pillar after touching the ground, for a mont shuddering as his eyes widened.
Neena peeked over when Compass Carburettor closed her mouth, preventing her from shrieking just when it seed like she was about to do so.
The creature was just too big to be sothing from their planet. It was still a centipede, but its length was sothing on a whole other dinsion.
Two tres!
The centipede spanned two tres in length, slithering along the cave as it soon passed over a slope. After staring at each other, the trio gulped before silently tiptoeing the centipede, soon crossing over the slope as a horrifying scene flashed before him.
All of them even forgot to breathe.
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