Chapter 196 - Chapter 196: Chapter 191 Zhong Si_i (1/2)

Chapter 196: Chapter 191 Zhong Si_i

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“The locusts have evolved?”

Qin Niu’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.

After the accidental discovery of Old Master Huang’s true identity, he had already sensed from various signs that the Nine Insect Gang might be the mastermind behind the scenes.

If these locusts were really created by the Nine Insect Gang, he, as a low-rank Insect Master, must not be too conspicuous.

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.

The heroes who jump the highest often die the earliest.

For now, he could only act according to the situation.

After arriving at the Yan Family, Yan Family’s eldest son personally came down to greet him.

This also reflected Qin Niu’s higher status than before.

After all, it was all about interests.

The Yan Family now needed the help of an Insect Master to defend against the terrible locust disaster. Qin Niu, with his powerful pest control abilities that even surpassed Master Mo and Master Shi while helping the Yan Family clear pests, naturally made the Yan Family value him greatly.

“Master Qin, we have been waiting for you. Just this morning, a new species suddenly appeared among the locusts. Look, I even caught two specifically to study them.”

Master Mo Sang saw Qin Niu and immediately stood up to greet him.

There was no longer the arrogance he had before.

Are there many of these new species of locusts?”

“Not many. But their abilities are very powerful, fearless against my many layers of defense lines. Under their leadership, the ordinary locusts now have the ability to breach the defense line. Although only fifty or sixty of these dark golden locusts with black spots on their heads were discovered today, they nearly broke through my defenses.”

Master Mo Sang, still shaken, recounted his encounter of the day.

“Fortunately, I still had some tricks up my sleeve, otherwise the defense would have definitely been breached today.”

Every Insect Master has some tricks up their sleeve.

The fact that Master Mo Sang had to resort to his last resort is enough to show how formidable these locusts were.

The new locust was a size larger than the ordinary locust, dark golden in color, and its two hind legs were not thick but appeared slender and elongated.

They were somewhat like the legs of a katydid.

In terms of combat ability, locusts are relatively inferior within the Orthoptera. Besides strong endurance and decent defense, they probably only had strong reproductive capacities.

Katydids are mostly solitary.

Locusts, on the other hand, like to move in swarms, whether it’s desert locusts, migratory locusts, or smaller wart locusts, all enjoy moving in groups.

When their numbers swell to a certain extent, they are like an overwhelming force, more terrifying than invaders entering a village.

Katydids too, belong to the Orthoptera order-how strong is their combat ability?

The ‘swordsman’ mantis is almost an invincible existence in the insect world.

Even the formidable insects like centipedes and scorpions are within the mantis’s diet range.

When a mantis becomes ruthless, it can even kill the ‘husband’ on its back.

Occasionally, one might find a smaller mantis lying on the back of a female, but that male mantis’s head would be missing.

This sight often sends shivers down one’s spine.

Yet even such fierce creatures sometimes fail in hunting katydids and are counter killed instead.

Beyond that, katydids sometimes can also counter kill formidable opponents such as spiders and hornets.

It’s hard to imagine that katydids, with their delicate, slender bodies, could unleash such ferocious combat abilities.

Some Insect Masters believe that katydids have inherited the combat talent of crickets and are much larger in size.

This is the reason they can defeat strong opponents.

Qin Niu picked up the cage holding the locusts and looked closely at it.

“This should be a new species bred from a cross between locusts and katydids. Their combat abilities are far superior to ordinary locusts, and their flying capabilities should also be strong. Additionally, they possess powerful stridulating skills.”

After examining, Qin Niu made a preliminary identification of this new species of locust.

“Exactly, exactly! When they charge, they are like fierce warriors on the battlefield, not only taking the lead but also emitting a sharp and high-pitched stridulating sound. The other locusts, hearing this, will follow suit and charge. Each one is fearlessly valiant, and their combat abilities are much stronger than under normal circumstances.”

Master Mo Sang nodded vigorously in agreement.

‘The defense line I’m guarding has not yet encountered this new type of locust, and if it does, I may not be able to hold it.”

Master Shi’s abilities were much weaker than Master Mo Sang’s.

With the emergence of this new species of locust, even Master Shi was not in the mood today to embrace the maidservants and seek pleasure.

Instead, he was suffused with a faint worry.

If his defense line was breached, his comfortable life in the Yan Family would come to an end.

“Master Qin, I’m afraid we’ll need you to think of a solution for this matter.”

Seeing that the two Insect Masters invited from the city were somewhat at their limits, Yan Family’s eldest son could only put his hope in Qin Niu.

“Difficult!”

Qin Niu shook his head and sighed.

Of course, this was just a facade.

With Qin Niu’s current strength, not to mention insects of this level, even stronger ones would be within his capabilities.

After all, even the Corpse Bee so powerful from Old Master Huang had been captured by him.

“Master Qin only said it’s difficult, and didn’t say it’s impossible to deal with – that means there is a way. I also know that asking Master Qin to deal with such powerful insects, it wouldn’t be right to calculate the labor costs by the old standards. As long as Master Qin agrees, the price is negotiable.”

Yan Family’s eldest son was shrewd enough to hear an opportunity to negotiate and immediately expressed his willingness to pay more Silver Money.

“Hmm… These locusts possess formidable combat capabilities and can even emit piercing shrieks to attack. They’re quite tricky to handle. A slight misstep and my insects might be counter-killed, resulting in significant casualties. Such a loss is almost fatal for us Insect Masters,”