Chapter 574 - Participating in the Competition (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Once the guard finished speaking, some moving noises finally came from the cave. The three stood for a long time before a huge dark shadow crawled out very slowly, and a huge figure appeared at the gate.
It was completely black, and thick, hard shells covered its whole body. In its lower body there were more than ten thin and long legs, and on its head there were more than ten compound eyes. The body was several dozen feet high, and it looked like a gigantic mutated bug.
It looked terrible, but it was shaking… trembling as severely as candlelight in the wind, making one worried that it might flit itself upright down at any moment due to the shaking. It even extended dozens of soft tentacles from its mouth, which wrapped around its own shell-covered body in a self-comforting manner.
The corner of Lonemoon’s mouth twitched. He felt that the monster in front of him looked somewhat familiar, and especially similar to one of those from the images Shen Ying had shown him after returning to Earth. So can’t this be…
“Bug?” Shen Ying was stunned, and she stepped forward directly.
In the next instant, the giant bug opposite them trembled, and even the tentacles around his body flipped like they were electrified. Instantly, it let out a scream that rang through the clouds.
It scrambled back through the iron gate through which it just came, hitting the guard next to it.
Shen Ying moved to chase over subconsciously, but Lonemoon caught her rapidly. “What are you doing?”
“Huh?” Shen Ying was stunned, finally able to react. “Psst, just a habit!” She felt uncomfortable with seeing bugs unless she gave them a beating.
Lonemoon: “…”
Yi Qing: “…”
The guard on the side actually got angry. He got on his feet and started scolding the bug inside. But this time, however hard he lured and threatened this time, even mentioning the queen of insect race, that bug was unwilling to come out any more. In a short while, some strange crying noises even came from the inside.
The confused guard complained, “So strange, what’s the matter? Aren’t insect race the most trustworthy? Even if it didn’t want to go out, it should at least change back to human form and give an explanation. What was the matter with suddenly refusing to work?”
Lonemoon and Yi Qing silently turned towards the person beside them, suddenly wondering what Shen Ying did to the buggies in the past.
“Cough. Brother, what about the test today?” Lonemoon looked towards the guard.
“Never mind, I’ll take you to a new test field.” The guard sighed and brought the three to another field.
But strangely, wherever the three went, the situation was the same. And it actually seemed to worsen. Insects who had already agreed to help with the test didn’t even come out into the field. Some even directly ran away from backstage.
The same thing happened across a whole ten venues. The guard looked completely confused. Could the queen of insect race have some dissatisfaction with the Academy? Why did bugs who had long been agreed to come and help with the test go on strike one after another? He unavoidably started thinking about conspiracy theories. Later on, he became too pestered with the changing, and had to give the three a pass.
But those traumatized insects still didn’t dare to come out. Buggies across ten test fields stayed inside, shivering, not daring to move a step, as though they had a previous agreement. They didn’t recover until the second day, and for that reason the time of the united tournament was dragged back one day.
Yet though these giant beetles were tall, strong and had high abilities, their intelligence was low. So even when changed into human form, nobody could get a proper explanation from them. It became a strange occurrence in the Academy.
Winning for doing nothing, one could get used to, thought Lonemoon.
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