The battle proceeded faster than Zhang Chen had anticipated.
Only fifteen minutes had passed.
The tide of insects had scattered.
The mother insect had probably faced reality.
So many insects had charged forward, yet not a single bit of energy had been transmitted back, and all of them were gone for good.
What was there to fight?
Insects weren't like zombies; they didn't understand fear at all.
They were mutated creatures, and they knew fear.
Squeak! Squeak~
The mother insect let out a strange cry, then turned and began to climb the nearby mountain.
The vegetation there was dense, and once it burrowed in, it would be difficult to catch.
Don't even think about running!
With a few rapid flashes, Zhang Chen immediately appeared before the mother insect.
This creature's appearance was vastly different from the Hexagonal Monster Insects. The Hexagonal Monster Insects were tubular in shape.
This one, however, was flat, its body surface area comparable to a small car.
But its thickness was only half a person's height.
Squeak~
The mother insect suddenly swung its sharp foreclaws at Zhang Chen.
Crunch, crunch!
Zhang Chen dodged slightly to the side, extended his hands forward, grabbed its foreclaws, and with a fierce tug, snapped them off.
The mother insect shrieked in pain.
But Zhang Chen placed a foot firmly on its back, preventing it from moving an inch.
Such a large creature, it was too difficult to take away...
Or else... should he try the [Subjugation Potion]?
As this thought crossed his mind, Zhang Chen took out the [Subjugation Potion] from his ring.
At this moment, a prompt reappeared:
[The Subjugation Potion only works on humanoid creatures. If you have plenty of Ice-Condensing Flowers, it's fine to waste a bottle!]
Hmm...
Since the prompt said so, Zhang Chen had to put the Subjugation Potion back.
Something this large, if disobedient, couldn't even be put in a backpack...
What to do?
Squeak! Squeak!
The mother insect struggled fiercely on the ground, its pincer-like teeth protruding from its mouth.
Along with a series of shrieks, some saliva dripped down.
Hiss... Zhang Chen suddenly had an idea.
Xiao Bai, come here for a moment!
Zhang Chen called out to Xiao Bai, who was enthusiastically arranging the corpses of the Hexagonal Monster Insects.
The latter immediately sprinted over.
Xiao Bai is here!~
Xiao Bai's pink tracksuit was covered in green monster juice; she'd need to change clothes again.
Um... Can you help me hold this guy down? Don't kill it, and don't let it escape!
Okay, Xiao Bai received the order!
Xiao Bai walked over and took a look at the mother insect.
With a few crunching sounds,
She directly pulled off the mother insect's remaining legs.
Holding all four remaining legs in her hands, she waved them before Zhang Chen and said with a smile:
How is it? Am I smart? Without legs, it can't run away!
Zhang Chen's face was covered in black lines...
Although its method was a bit different from what he had imagined, it was still a solution.
Mm... Xiao Bai is so smart...
Zhang Chen took out ten thousand energy cores from his storage ring and placed them in his palm.
These cores instantly condensed into a large block of energy crystal, emitting a unique aroma only the mother insect could smell before it.
Squeak! Squeak~
Attracted by the energy cores,
The mother insect's saliva began to flow copiously from its mouth.
It worked!
Zhang Chen immediately took out an empty 5L purified water bottle and placed it under the mother insect's mouth, starting to collect its saliva.
Fortunately, the mother insect's saliva was pure and transparent, with a slightly viscous texture; at least it didn't look disgusting!
Thus, Zhang Chen collected two large buckets, a total of ten liters of the mother insect's saliva.
Only then did the mother insect stop moving completely.
It seemed to have been tormented quite a bit.
Zhang Chen took out the Thousand Bone Saber and directly ended the mother insect.
He then collected the sentry towers on the battlefield and gathered all the Hexagonal Monster Insect corpses and the Black Guard corpses on the ground.
Ding! Congratulations on obtaining:
[Energy Core] *340,000 + 272,000 (80% Talent Bonus), [Concentrated Energy Core] *110, [Mutated Gene Fragment] *30, [Foul-Smelling Insect Meat] *1300, [Sturdy Carapace] *2500, [Insect Heart] *2, [Advanced Pet Food] *55...
There were also some weapons and armor equipment.
However, their levels were not high, so Zhang Chen casually threw them on the ground.
These supplies immediately transformed into supply boxes, scattered beside the corpses of the Black Guards.
As soon as Zhang Chen left, survivors from the surrounding area swarmed in.
Hey, what did you find? I found a decent crossbow; I finally have a ranged weapon!
Hey, this shield is good; it can also reduce piercing damage by 50%, a great weapon against insects!
I found [Insect Repellent Incense]: repels low-level insects within a 30-meter radius for 30 minutes. This is really good stuff!
This leather armor is nice; it's much lighter and more flexible than my heavy armor. Great!
The big boss doesn't want so many good things? Isn't that too wasteful!
A group of people happily began to pick through the items.
Some even almost came to blows over a weapon...
For other survivors, these items were treasures, but for Zhang Chen, they were just garbage that occupied storage space.
Their stats were so poor, they weren't even worth dismantling.
Moreover, Zhang Chen's energy cores were growing exponentially at this time, having once again reached over 4 million!
Since insects had a very small chance of dropping [Concentrated Energy Core], Zhang Chen's count of these also increased.
He now had a total of 810 [Concentrated Energy Cores], with an 8% upgrade progress!
Into the city!
Zhang Chen called out to Xiao Bai and, riding Er Pang, ambled in the direction the Black Guards had fled.
This road led to a luxurious hotel.
It was likely that the leaders of the Black gang were all in this hotel.
Since Zhang Chen had taken action against the gang's subordinates, their leaders would likely not let it go.
Never mind, he'd go directly to settle things, to eliminate all future trouble.
Zhang Chen deliberately walked slowly, giving the leaders of the Black gang ample time to prepare.
Let them gather all their most elite combat forces together, so Zhang Chen wouldn't have to search for them one by one.
Wipe them all out in one go, simple and efficient!
At this moment, a string of survivors followed behind Zhang Chen.
They appeared to be strolling casually and carelessly, but their peripheral vision was constantly glancing at Zhang Chen.
Enemies?
Zhang Chen frowned.
No!
Many of these people looked familiar; he had seen them at the city entrance!
Soon, Zhang Chen understood!
These guys weren't trying to ambush Zhang Chen, but rather to follow him and pick up the leftovers.
The gatekeeping Black Guards who had just died had yielded so many good items.
If it were the gang leader, even discarding one useless item would definitely be enough to significantly boost his own strength!
It was like the relationship between sharks and pilot fish; the sharks did the heavy eating, and the pilot fish cleaned up the food scraps between the shark's teeth...
Seeing through these people's intentions, Zhang Chen suddenly had a thought.
He truly didn't have time to sell this junk, but someone else did!
Zhang Chen quickly opened the chat interface and sent Isaac a message:
I need to talk to you!