Ye An

The mutated gnat crawled on the rock wall, constantly stretched its body, shook its tentacles, and caught the scent floating around. It didn't seem like it was going to attack, but more like it was alerting to some kind of danger.

Ye An was puzzled, looked intently, and found that there was a sound coming from the cracks lying across the ground, and then, a large group of yellow-brown mist gushed out.

Look carefully, it is not fog at all, it is clearly countless flying insects, flapping their wings quickly, gathering into a ball in the dark underground, spreading out quickly, and rushing straight towards the rock wall.

"It's a midge." Xiao Yun recognized the type of flying insect, and immediately erected an ice wall beside the two of them, with a solemn tone.

Moth midge?

Ye An knew about this kind of flying insect, but he had never seen the mutated species.

In his impression, this kind of small bug often appears in damp places in the home, and it is most common in sewers, and it is not aggressive to people.However, he did not dare to say what kind of species after mutation and evolution.

Judging from the swarm flying out of the cracks in the ground and rushing fiercely towards the rock wall, it should be far from harmless.

After Xiao Yun recognized the midge, he immediately erected a barrier around the two of them, which also made Ye An realize more clearly that this mutated flying insect is very dangerous.

The moth midges rushed towards the rock wall aggressively, more precisely, they were the mutated midges that rushed towards the rock wall.

Compared with the midges, which are more than ten centimeters long, the moth midges are extremely small, even smaller than the opponent's antennae and arthropods.However, the number is more, and a large piece is pressed down, easily covering the entire rock wall.

Moth midges are constantly flying out from the cracks in the ground, following the trail of their companions, and pounce on the uncovered midges.

Once close to the target, the mutated midge will stretch out the straw from its mouth, find the joints of the gnat, use the thorn at the tip of the straw to pierce in, and suck the gnat's body fluids.

Midges have a hard shell and can resist various attacks, even birds that feed on insects, but there is no good way to deal with these midges.Even the mutated flowers that grow underground keep a respectful distance from the moths and midges, in case these little insects fly under the petals and suck up all the juice that the flowers depend on for their life.

Some midges spotted Ye An and Xiao Yun, and immediately flapped their wings and flew over, but they couldn't do anything about the hard ice wall.

The straws in their mouths are spiked, but not strong enough to pierce the ice.In addition to the limited length, it is basically frozen when it touches the ice wall, and before it can escape, it is surrounded by cold breath and dies in the cold wind that wraps around the ice layer.

In just a few minutes, the ice wall was covered with a layer of frozen corpses of midges, but the number of midges did not decrease at all, which shows how huge the population is.

Ye An stood behind the barrier and observed the situation around the rock wall through the uncovered gap.

Most of the mutated gnats were trapped, and their bodies were covered by layers of midges, struggling desperately to no avail.

A small number of midges were lucky enough not to be caught by the midges, and they were desperately burrowing into the cracks in the rock wall, trying to escape.Unfortunately, the effect is minimal.

The attacks of the moth midges became more and more fierce, and they seemed to kill all the mutant midges.

Just at this moment, a gust of wind suddenly rose from the ground, whistling and sweeping past, brushing against the rock walls and insect swarms, as if carrying flames, trying to burn everything in the past.

There was a crackling sound from outside the ice wall, and it was the carcass of the moth midge bursting into pieces in the wind.

Unable to withstand the wave after wave of heat, the ice wall began to melt from the outer layer.

Xiao Yun continued to strengthen the inside, but still couldn't keep up with the melting speed of the outer layer.Ye An found a cave where the two could hide, immediately grabbed Xiao Yun's hand, and dragged him to rush over.

The passage in front keeps narrowing, and only half of the feet can be stepped on.

Seeing the hot wind blowing again, Ye An made a decisive decision, directly carried Xiao Yun on his shoulders, squatted down slightly, borrowed strength from the rock wall with his feet and one hand, jumped forward suddenly, and fell into the cave dangerously.

The cave was pitch black, and the ground was slippery and covered with moss.

Ye An supported the rock wall to ensure that he would not slip out of the edge, and only after he stood firmly did he put Xiao Yun down.

With both feet on the ground, Xiao Yun quietly looked at Ye An, without speaking for a long time.

Ye An took a breath, put one hand on Xiao Yun's shoulder, and said, "I'm in a hurry, forgive me."

Xiao Yun shook his head, he understood how dangerous the situation just now was.Ye An's judgment was accurate and he made the best choice. He has no dissatisfaction.The reason why he remained silent was that he was surprised that he accepted it well, not even the slightest surprise.

The two stood in the cave, their eyes quickly adapted to the darkness.

The hot wind outside the cave did not dissipate, and continued to sweep past, and the midges that had no time to escape were drawn into it, and burst into pieces in the scalding heat wave.

In less than a moment, the fallen mutated midges had already laid a thick layer on the ground, and some of the small ground cracks were filled, showing a yellowish-brown color that was very different from that of the rock formation.

After the hot wind receded, there was a burning smell outside the cave, which came from the broken corpses of moth midges.The midge that survived by luck has already gone back to the ground and disappeared.

After a while, the mutated midges hiding in the rock crevices appeared one after another, shook their tentacles to confirm the situation, then climbed down from a high place, and devoured the still steaming carcass of midges.

This scene was unexpected, but it seemed reasonable.

Ye An looked at the entrance of the cave for a while, and found some black substances left on the rock wall, which looked like broken mushroom umbrellas.

"Wait a minute."

Ye An signaled Xiao Yun not to rush forward, turned around and stepped out of the cave, drew out his dagger, and used the tip of the knife to dig out a piece of wet mud covered with black particles.

Bringing the wet mud into the cave, Ye An carefully removed the particles sticking to it, recalled the situation when the wind passed, and tried to hit and crush it with a stone.

Because there were too few particles, they failed to burn, and the smoke disappeared quickly, but it was enough to prove Ye An's guess.

Dry mushroom mushrooms and hyphae can burn, and friction and collision can produce flames. When large pieces gather, they can completely trigger a terrible fire.

Fortunately, it was the rainy season at this time, and the air was extremely humid, even in the dark underground there was no shortage of water vapor.In the area where the sea of ​​flowers blooms, there is no possibility of drying and burning.

Only the area where the flowers cannot extend has become a place where the hot wind howls and wreaks havoc.

But it doesn't stop there.

With no more material to burn, the effect of the hot air is to reduce the number of midges and, by the way, provide food for the midges.

After figuring all this out, Ye An disposed of the black particles and planned to leave the cave with Xiao Yun.

Before the two of them could walk out of the cave, there was a sudden sound from inside the cave, and a small amount of rubble fell from the ceiling of the cave and rolled to Ye An's feet.

Almost at the same time, familiar energy gushed out from the gap.

Ye An and Xiao Yun looked at each other, knowing that the other party had the same guess as their own, and looked at the crack at the same time.I saw a gleam of light looming in the dark rock cracks, exuding a crystal luster, just like calcined spar!