CHAPTER 600: CHAPTER 598: INSECT MUSEUM

Although he was a fit forty-year-old, Lu Chen directly refused to engage in such dangerous activities, only asking for ten devoted superpower users.

Someone still needed to manage this military fortress, so Luo Cong thought it over and gave up on the idea.

He equipped those ten people with the most comprehensive gear and supplies, and when he approached Lu Chen, he said only one sentence, "I know you have your strengths, but try your best to come back alive."

Lu Chen shook hands with him and officially led his team to the vehicle, leaving the area.

The location of Luohe was not easy to find because there used to be a Bunker here, and there wasn’t much external development; the small mountain road that led there was covered with dead branches and leaves after long neglect.

Today was an overcast day; the humidity in the mountain forest was high. Su Mo sat in the vehicle, yawning while watching the trees rapidly receding on both sides, and glanced at the map in her hand, "We need to find a place to camp before it gets dark."

The dense mountain forest hardly had any places to stop and rest, so after dark, Lu Chen parked the vehicle by the roadside. Because ten soldiers had joined to help, Su Mo took on the responsibility of cooking. She didn’t let them gnaw on dry food, instead, she cooked fresh vegetables.

During the two days on the road, everything was peaceful until that morning when a thick, pungent smell woke Su Mo. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a dense fog with visibility of only two or three meters.

She immediately woke everyone up, and Lu Chen wetted several towels and handed them out, "Cover your faces, there might be something wrong with the fog."

With their faces covered, everyone packed up their things and, once all the vehicles were stored in the Space, he decided to lead everyone on foot.

Su Mo also felt that driving in thick fog was unsafe and could easily lead to an ambush by mutant creatures.

To prevent anyone from getting lost, no one was allowed to be more than half a meter from another person; the mountain path in the woods was eerily quiet.

The closer they got to Luohe, the thicker the fog became, persisting for several hours with no sign of dissipating. Su Mo heightened her hearing to the maximum, listening to the sound of leaves rubbing in the forest, holding her breath in concentration.

It was too quiet, so the flapping of wings seemed especially abrupt.

"There’s something."

She already had her Tang Blade in hand, looking around cautiously. The new Spiritual Superpower User on the team also sensed something was off, "There are unidentified creatures coming from all directions."

The sound of wing flapping, approaching nearer and nearer, but now the fog was so thick that even Su Mo couldn’t see clearly what was in the forest.

Lu Chen stopped, "Stay alert."

Li He, being an important figure, was immediately protected in the center by everyone; as a Healing Superpower User, he couldn’t afford to get hurt.

Mingled with the flapping were some faint noises, like something dragging on the ground and rustling leaves.

Within Su Mo’s line of sight, the first mutant creature burst through.

She had seen it in Luo Cong’s notebook: a mutated Goliath Moth, with an excessively long abdomen resting on the ground, and a body so large it could almost be compared to half the size of a human.

"It can only fly at low altitudes," she frowned.

The creature’s body was too massive; it seemed that its wings on both sides struggled to beat. Of course, this did not stop it from spreading its blood-red wings, shooting its proboscis out towards them.

Lu Chen’s hands formed an Ice Blade and directly blew the head off the low-level beast.

However, it was not only one of those things, the disgusting body dropped to the ground as countless giant moths rapidly approached, their wings beating furiously.

It was as if they were communicating with each other, collectively swarming out of the dense fog that severely limited visibility, plunging towards them.

"Don’t get bitten!"

Someone yelled, and everyone released their superpowers and huddled back-to-back, facing the swarm of giant moths that were flying at them.

Because they were engaged in battle, most people’s facial towels fell off, exposing their noses and mouths to the fog. From the bodies of these Moth Giants, each time one died, a large amount of white substance secreted from the blood-red wings and dispersed into the air.

This substance was too fine, only Su Mo noticed something wrong immediately, she quickly covered her nose and mouth, shouting loudly, "Cover your nose and mouth! There’s something in the air! Cover up!"

In a frantic scramble, everyone quickly protected their noses again, and dozens of giant moths, under Lu Chen’s command, did not disrupt their formation, on the contrary, they were quickly dealt with.

Nevertheless, some of the fine dust in the air still made its way into many people’s stomachs, and symptoms soon appeared on some, with bulging veins on their necks and a suffocating feeling of being unable to breathe as seven or eight people collapsed to the ground.

Li He, who had been well protected at the back, took the initiative to treat everyone.

As expected, everyone was infected with the virus.

He quickly conjured up orbs of light to chase away the virus, Su Mo felt a trace of relief, "Thank goodness we brought Li He with us, otherwise our losses would have been much greater."

Ordinary virus infections Li He healed quickly, and it took less than half an hour to treat all seven or eight people, but he himself was somewhat exhausted and was picked up by Jianxiong.

Lu Chen, staring at the still oppressing fog before him, said, "There should be an Insect Museum not far from here, let’s take shelter there first, and move on after the fog clears."

Continuing on like this with severely obstructed sight was too dangerous.

Clearly, everyone had the same thought, and they once again plunged into the pervasive fog.

Su Mo couldn’t help but worry, this was just the periphery, and it was hard for her to imagine what kind of chaotic scene Luohe would present.

The deeper they went, the lower the visibility became; the rugged mountain path was now covered with vines of unidentifiable species, and as their feet stepped on these intertwining vines, which resembled a body’s network of blood vessels, Su Mo’s alertness reached its highest level.

This felt like the massive root system of some mutant plant, spreading out in a frightening spectacle.

Fortunately, the architecture of the Insect Museum was already faintly visible in the distance. By now, it was almost noon, yet the dense fog showed no sign of dispersing.

At the entrance of the Insect Museum, the two glass doors had been shattered, as if something had forcibly broken out.

The Spiritual Superpower User was scanning the inside situation, and then reported to Lu Chen, "Nothing has been found inside for the time being, it seems safe."

The man took the lead, ascending the steps and walking in.

On the white walls on both sides, all kinds of insect specimens were hung, some of which had fallen to the ground due to damage, spilling the specimens from inside.

Carcasses of various insects, almost unrecognizable without reading their names, fell out of the frames onto the floor, some even crushed by something.