318 The Snow Silkworms in the Ravine (1/2)

”How would this be?” Bogner was pointing to a ravine up ahead. It was very deep, and the way in was only ten or so meters across. It only needed a little sprucing up to become a rather outstanding point of defense.

A map of the Pascal Region popped out in front of Chen Mu from a fantasy card, and he marked their current position. Xi Ping's gaze also fell onto the map. ”There are three small forts in the vicinity. They are about 600 kilometers away, so not too far and not too near. They belong to different powers, which is rather favorable for us.”

Chen Mu pondered a moment and nodded. ”We'll station ourselves here to start.”

Seeing that the boss had made his decision, Bogner quickly gave the orders. ”Go check out the ravine, Xiaobo. For such an excellent ravine to go unused, I reckon there must be something up inside.”

Xiaobo muttered plaintively, ”Why am I always the one to be injured? I'm the electricity, I'm the light…” Although he looked rather reluctant, he flew up and readily executed the order.

Before long, the communications card suddenly transmitted Xiaobo's exclamation. ”My god, there are bugs in here. A lot of them!” It could be seen from the image transmitted by the communications card that there were piles of snow-white, small bugs squirming all over the place.

Brenton's expression changed, and he said with a trembling voice, ”It's the snow silkworm! No wonder there's no one here. Who would dare to come where there are so many snow silkworms?”

”Snow silkworms?” Chen Mu tilted his head to ask.

”Yes. It's a kind of insect that lives in the icy and snowy regions. They can spit out an energy body that contains cold breath. It doesn't have much power, but it can be trouble in large numbers. There's nothing useful on their bodies, so no one wants to waste energy to hunt them down.” Although Brenton was still young and didn't have much experience, he did have a lot of theoretical knowledge.

He suddenly called out. He closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again, wearing a puzzled expression. ”There must be something in the ravine. The concentration of metallic compounds is very high.”

Everyone then remembered Brenton's area of expertise was smelling with perception. Up until then, everyone felt it was a strange kind of perception.

”What special characteristics does the snow silkworm have?” Chen Mu asked seriously. He was rather happy with the ravine. It would be too bad if they were to abandon it so easily.

Brenton furrowed his brow in thought. ”They are social in large numbers, and apart from being able to shoot out cold energy bodies, they have no other abilities.”

”Is poison effective?” Chen Mu responded quickly, coming up with that in the first minute. Since he wasn't a pure card artisan, the pattern of his thought wasn't so restricted.

”Poison?” Brenton's expression turned a bit unnatural. That term was a little far off for a card artisan. After thinking about it, he said, ”I don't know. You can give it a try.”

Chen Mu nodded. When it came to concocting poison, they didn't lack for that sort of personnel on the team. Wei-ah was the ace among them, though he was better at using all kinds of plants and animals in the jungle to concoct them. Chen Mu could do a little himself, but he was far from Wei-ah's ability.

Still, there was a professional on the team—Sue Lochiro. As a high-level medical card artisan, understanding poisons was a required course and the object of some research. However, when it came to poisons and that kind of thing, except for some girls with rather special temperaments, it wasn't something ordinary girls liked. But Sue Lochiro knew the basics. Although she had an uncomfortable expression, she still gave a slight nod. ”I'll give it a try.”

The poison was quickly prepared and put into a special reagent bottle.

Looking at the dense snow silkworms all over the ravine, the rustling sound of their creeping gave people a chill. The snow silkworm was about the length of an adult palm and a little thicker than a thumb. Chen Mu sucked in a breath of air and threw the reagent bottle, which traced a parabola before falling among the snow worms.

There was a light pop as the reagent bottle smashed, and a ball of green mist rose up with a hissing sound.

The snow silkworms were immediately stirred up. In the area enshrouded by the green smoke, they were writhing in pain. The power of that ball of poisonous gas was perfectly evident; within a few short seconds, the snow silkworms enshrouded by the green mist had already turned stiff. A light green layer suffused their originally white bodies.

Wind raged outside the ravine, but there was no wind at all inside.

Watching the green must quickly dissipate, Chen Mu and the rest couldn't help but look overjoyed. That method was effective, after all. There were so many of the snow silkworms filling the huge ravine that it gave everyone the creeps.