Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse-Chapter 797 - 493: Swarm in the Night (4,600 words!)

Chapter 797: Chapter 493: Swarm in the Night (4,600 words!)

About ten meters away from the jungle, Xu Xin heard some hurried footsteps in the jungle, and then a small figure rushed out from the treehouse.

It continued to rush forward, coming to their side.

"Xiaotaozi, why are you here?" Lou Fei’Er asked in surprise, "Didn’t you just go back?"

"I can’t stand it anymore!"

Zeng Tao was covering her mouth with one hand while frantically flapping the other around, even though she had reached Xu Xin and the others, she kept waving it around desperately.

"Alright, alright, there are no bugs now."

Upon hearing Lou Fei’Er say this, Zeng Tao finally stopped her hand movements and began to gasp for air.

She had held her breath and rushed all the way here.

Xu Xin looked in the direction she had come from.

The sight that entered his eyes made him instinctively widen them.

The jungle was very dark, and nothing could be seen.

But the outer part was illuminated by moonlight and starlight.

It could be seen that at the jungle outskirts, a large circle of flying insects had flown out!

They were swarming chaotically at the jungle’s edge, under the starlight, appearing like clusters of black dense spots moving erratically, making one instinctively not want to go near.

Xu Xin immediately took out a blue-grade red berry and ate it, gaining night vision.

"I’m going crazy! My treehouse is full of bugs!" Zeng Tao, eyes teary, squatted on the ground with her hands on her head, "What’s going on! Why are there so many bugs!"

"...Did you not close the windows?" Jin Yue asked.

"...Only one window wasn’t closed..." Zeng Tao hugged her legs and sat on the ground, looking utterly exhausted, "How was I supposed to know bugs would come in... And, so many bugs..."

"Alright, alright, then stay in my treehouse, I don’t have any bugs there."

"No, I want to stay in Xu Xin’s treehouse! Nothing good happens staying with you!"

"You little brat, complaining already!"

"What’s wrong, I’m just complaining about you, so what!"

By this time, Xu Xin had reached the edge of the jungle.

The closer to the jungle, the louder the insect noise.

Of course, it’s just some normal-sized little bugs, after all, compared to the large bugs in the underground world, this sound seemed much weaker; he was already used to it.

Lou Fei’Er and Zeng Tao were still facing off, while Jin Yue followed Xu Xin over.

"Brother Xin, if you’re going in, better find something to cover your face," Jin Yue suggested, "Otherwise, you really can’t breathe."

Xu Xin looked at the swarm in the jungle.

The swarm seemed to have no aggressiveness and didn’t fly towards him as he anticipated, instead, they moved and flew on their own in the jungle.

The airborne swarm did not fly chaotically in the jungle like Xu Xin imagined, instead, it seemed somewhat orderly.

Every one or two meters, a large cluster of swarm formed a constantly moving insect sphere in the air, fluctuating within a meter range.

The amount on the ground and on the trees wasn’t as many as Lou Fei’Er described earlier.

Most trees still showed no insects.

However, wherever insects crawled on a tree, it was densely packed with insects.

They didn’t look disgusting; they were a type of black beetle.

The insects on the ground were also in groups, not forming large clusters in the air, but instead...

Like marching ants, they lined up in rows on the ground, crawling in a strip-like formation.

As long as you’re careful, you won’t step on them.

"This..." Jin Yue paused slightly at this sight.

"What’s wrong?" Xu Xin asked, hearing her puzzled voice.

He took a slight step back to avoid a swarm seemingly flying towards his face.

Simultaneously, he looked down at the ground.

Outside the jungle, the ground within daylight’s reach towards the jungle edge was covered with insect corpses.

These were likely the insects that crawled or flew out from the jungle wanting to escape during the day, yet under the sunlight, they probably lasted only a few seconds before dying in the scorching sun.

And then, they were laid out on the ground.

Densely packed.

All insect corpses.

"When we left earlier, these insects weren’t behaving like this." Jin Yue explained.

"Hm? How were they earlier?"

"Earlier, as Fei’Er mentioned, they were disordered." Jin Yue frowned.

At this time, the other two came over as well.

"Why, are you all going in!" Zeng Tao looked wary, "I refuse to go in! You go if you want!"

Lou Fei’Er was extremely surprised: "Ah? These bugs, why are they suddenly so orderly?"

It seems it was indeed as Jin Yue said.

The insects began moving orderly.

Orderly activity...

Xu Xin felt a bad premonition.

These insects, although each one is small, are extremely numerous.

If they erupted collectively, they would undoubtedly be formidable!

Moreover, it’s not just their inherent power; they might carry viruses or something, which could pose a threat to the survival of those they injure.

Zeng Tao’s treehouse had already proven that this swarm could crawl into treehouses!

As for why her treehouse was different from Xu Xin’s, invaded by the bugs...