Helemis had already noticed Lin Kong's approach. His ears twitched slightly and he turned his head to look at the dense forest behind him. Sure enough, he found a familiar figure standing in the distance. The murderous aura that was surging around him suddenly subsided, like a burning fire being extinguished by water.
Lin Kong met Helemis' eyes and didn't know what to say for a moment. He came out from behind the tree where he was hiding, feeling a little embarrassed: "You..."
Lin Kong thought about it and decided that it would be better to pretend he didn't know. Killing insects wasn't a good thing. "You guys chat slowly. I didn't hear anything. Let's go in first."
After he finished speaking, he sneered, turned around and quickly went into the cave. He did not dare to look back from beginning to end. He only felt that the two burning gazes behind him seemed to pierce through him.
Xuebo finally came back to his senses at this time, but he didn't pay attention to Lin Kong. Instead, he stared at Helemis and said in shock: [Heremis, no matter how strong our mental power is, we can't fight the Insect King. You are courting death! ]
[It is the king, and we are its subjects. The spiritual imprint has been engraved in its brain since birth. You won't even have time to take action before it strangles you! ]
Helemis certainly knew this possibility, but...
[Compared to being devoured, I would rather die by strangulation. ]
It's death anyway, so he prefers to fight hard.
Xuebo was about to say something when he heard the call of the Insect King again in his mind. He covered his head in pain: [The Insect King is calling us again! ]
Is he worried about Helemis's life? !
It was the first time that Helemis saw Lin Kong being so arrogant, but surprisingly, he was not angry. He asked patiently, "What else do you want? Animal skins? Bird eggs? Wild fruits?"
He actually chose to stand on the same side as Helemis.
Of course, there is nothing you can do if you are photographed.
Lin Kong choked: "What if you die?"
This pain has been following them like a shadow, day after day for decades. Just as Helemis said, they are really just puppets.
Xuepo sniffed, stared at the roast meat in his hand, and asked with drool: "What are you roasting? It smells so good."
Helemis: [I can only delay it until tonight. After today, it will notice something.]
Lin Kong seemed to be sitting by the fire, but he was actually paying attention to the movements outside. When he saw Helemis coming in, he finally couldn't help asking, "You want to kill the Insect King?"
Helemis looked at him quietly: [Have you been to the temple? ]
[Um.]
Helemis was still so unconcealed. He sat down on the stone next to Lin Kong. His face, which looked like it was carved by a knife, had a layer of orange under the firelight. His eyes were deep and unfathomable: [The insect king is in the molting period and just needs new energy. It has discovered my spiritual energy and will definitely find a way to devour me.]
[Can I...can I come in?]
Helemis stared at Lin Kong's back and couldn't help but quietly raised his hand. However, before his fingertips could touch the corner of his clothes, a shivering sound suddenly came from outside the stone door.
Xuebo paused after hearing this: [Like you said, we'll die whether we go or not, so we might as well give it a try. But if we really kill the Insect King... our species won't be able to continue to reproduce.]
Lin Kong looked around and felt like someone was missing: "Are you two the only ones going to kill the Insect King? Where's the other red-haired guy?"
Xuebo ate while mumbling: [Well, no... Didn't you say to wait until the blood moon rises before going? ]
After he finished speaking, he picked up the stick on the ground, rinsed it with water, turned his back to Helemis grilling meat, and muttered something, but it was not a good thing.
[Lin Kong, stay in the cave tonight and don't go anywhere. ]
Lin Kong's heart couldn't help but beat faster when he heard this: "Are you really going? Going tonight?"
Lin Kong was even more suffocated: "I don't want anything!"
It's Shepper.
Lin Kong thought that the magic robe could only cover the body, and it was impossible to provide 360-degree protection. He lowered his head and poked the ground with a wooden stick, looking unhappy: "Can't I not go?"
After he finished speaking, he turned and walked into the cave, leaving behind a clear trail of footprints in the white snow, leaving Xue Bo standing outside in a daze.
Lin Kong's expression changed slightly: "But tonight is a blood moon. If you touch the moonlight, your body will be corroded."
Lin Kong looked over and asked in surprise, "Why haven't you left yet?"
Xuebo stroked his chin and thought: [What you said makes sense. We can't even protect ourselves, so it's useless to worry about reproduction.]
God servants do not need to eat. It is more efficient for them to directly absorb life force. At least when Lin Kong fed Helemis before, the other party refused to eat anything. The only thing he ate was milk candy.
Of course, Helemis also heard the call of the Insect King. He said calmly: "Go if you want to. If the Insect King asks, just say that I was seriously injured while hunting and cannot fly."
Xue Amber was probably a weirdo. After entering the cave, she was not shy at all. She sat next to the fire and ate most of the meat that Lin Kong had just roasted. Lin Kong's face turned black.
When Lin Kong heard the word "reproduction", he immediately became excited. He came to Xue Pei's side and said disapprovingly, "You give birth to children to make them happy, not to make them suffer. It's bad enough to be treated as a slave by the Insect King every day, but there's also the risk of life. I would rather die than be born in such a crappy place."
[I will hunt a lot of prey for you. ]
Hermes sounded like he was giving his last words, but his tone couldn't be calmer, as if he was just going out for some hunting and would be back the next day.
Lin Kong felt angry for no reason when he heard this. He couldn't help but throw the stick in his hand to the ground and stomped on it twice: "Prey, prey, prey, I'm not that glutton like the Insect King who only knows how to eat every day!"
Helemis frowned: [Are you not afraid of death? ]
Helemis had never really thought about this, but if he really died, he might be reluctant to let Lin Kong go. After a moment of silence, he said, "I will hunt a lot of prey for you, enough for you to eat for a long, long time."
Of course, Helemis knew this: [The moonlight is more corrosive to the Insect King. I am wearing a divine robe, so I won’t be exposed to the light.]
The lack of words made Helemis unable to say many nice things, but in his thinking habits, as long as there were enough prey, he could survive. Before he died, he would try his best to save food for Lin Kong.
Helemis glanced at him and said, "You will die if you don't go."
Lin Kong: “…”
He did not go to the temple, but stood outside the cave entrance, quietly revealing his head. His long golden hair and eyelashes were covered with snowflakes, which inevitably made him look a little funny.
Xuebo: [Who? Jia Yan? He is the most "loyal" subordinate of the Insect King. How could he be with us?]
Xuepo's words sounded a bit profound, but it must be said that his guess was very accurate.
As the sun was about to set, a black figure suddenly flew across the sky and landed lightly in front of the temple. The person took off his hat, revealing a head of fiery red short hair. It was Jia Yan.
Jia Yan hesitated for a moment at the door before entering the temple. When he heard the Insect King calling him today, he was actually a little confused about whether to come or not, but in the end, the idea of obedience prevailed. Anyway, Helemis and Xuepo would come too, and he would not be the only one to die.
Jia Yan deliberately took a long time to arrive at the temple, so that Helemis and the others could arrive first, and he would wait and see what would happen. But he never expected that the huge temple was empty, except for the huge insect king in the middle, and a group of densely packed golden-shelled worker insects that were devouring the soil on the ground and processing it into materials for building the temple with their sticky saliva. The rustling noises could even be heard echoing. [My king.]
Jia Yan knelt on one knee in front of the Insect King, feeling confused and wondering why Helemis and the others didn't come. Were they eaten by the Insect King? Or...
[Jia Yan—]
The Insect King's deep, angry voice broke his wild thoughts: [Why are you the only one here? Where are Helemis and Shepper? ! ]
Jia Yan: […]
Jia Yan had always been a loner, and it was only at this time that he finally understood the importance of forming cliques. For example, today, he was the only one who came here stupidly, and the other two damn guys didn't show up at all? !
Jia Yan felt nothing but regret now. He stood up from the ground and asked tentatively: [King, how about I go find them? ]
As he spoke, he had slowly retreated to the door, just wanting to get away as quickly as possible.
However, the next words from the Insect King made Jia Yan break out in a cold sweat:
[Jia Yan, are you afraid that I will kill you? ]
Jia Yan's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he knelt heavily on the ground with a plop: [King, my life is given by you, and you can take it back at any time if you wish!]
The Insect King said nothing, but slowly moved his body to Jia Yan's front. When he was close, Jia Yan could even see the wrinkles on its old skin, and he held his breath nervously.
If the Insect King had a human form, he would probably be laughing now: [Really? ]
Jia Yan nodded with a pale face: [Really.]
The Insect King stared at him with a pair of dark eyes, as if trying to determine the truth. After a moment, he turned around and slowly moved to another place. A deep voice rang in Jia Yan's mind, making him dizzy: [Don't worry, I won't kill you.]
[I'm giving you a mission. Find out what Helemis and the others are doing. Tell me before dawn.]
Jia Yan seemed to understand something, and looked up at the Insect King in surprise: [Do you suspect that Helemis has the intention to betray you? ]
The Insect King did not answer, but said: [If it is true, bring his body to see me.]
Jia Yan: "What if it's fake?"
Insect King: [Bring his body to me as well. ]
Helemis's mental power is different from that of ordinary Zerg. If the Zerg King wants to strangle him, it will take a lot of effort. This matter is most suitable for Jia Yan. As for Xue Amber, he is simply a nobody. He only knows how to show off all day long. His ability is also the weakest. The Zerg King doesn't take him seriously at all.
[…]
Jia Yan no longer remembered how he walked out of the temple. He was already covered in cold sweat, and the wind and snow outside blew in his face, making him feel cold all over.
When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked. If Helemis and Xuepo died, Jia Yan didn't think he could survive in the hands of the Insect King. The Insect King kept him now just because he was still useful.
The sun gradually set, and a blood moon suddenly jumped over the treetops, dyeing a large area of the pale sky red. Seeing that the time was almost up, Helemis walked out of the cave with Shepard. The two of them were wearing pure black robes, almost blending into the night.
Lin Kong followed them, his face wrinkled into a bun: "Are you really going?"
Helemis didn't want to answer this question that he had repeated dozens of times. He raised his hand and released a ball of light, which cast a mental barrier in the air and locked Lin Kong in the cave: [I said, stay in the cave and don't come out.]
If Helemis' mental power before was like a strand of hair, then now it is like a vine as thick as a thumb. One can get a glimpse of his strength just by looking at the indestructible mental barrier.
Lin Kong was dumbfounded: "You locked me up here, how can I drink water? How can I take a shower?"
Xuebo was combing her curly hair beside her and pointed at Lin Kong from a distance: [How stupid! This mental barrier is used to protect you. You can go out, but other beasts can’t get in. ]
Lin Kong choked for a moment: "When will you come back?"
Xuebo spread her hands: [Change your mind, maybe the two of us will never come back? ]
Xuepo really thought that he would die, the only difference was that it would be more glorious to fight and then die.
Helemis didn't speak from beginning to end. He stared at Lin Kong quietly in the dark night. His eyes turned almost black, and half of his face was hidden in the shadow of his hat brim, making him look even more profound and handsome.
"Lin Kong, wait for me to come back."
He did not use his mental power to communicate this sentence, but used the human language that Lin Kong had taught him. His low and hoarse voice sounded with the wind and snow, adding a bit of warmth.
Helemis wanted to come back alive.
He hated the cold winter, but liked the warm fire in the cave and the noisy human.
But the beasts were not apt to be reluctant to leave, so Helemis left after saying this. He spread his sharp wings behind him and flew off into the darkness with a whoosh. Shepard followed closely behind and soon disappeared from sight.
Lin Kong stood at the entrance of the cave, inexplicably stunned, thinking that Hermes was indeed a cold-blooded animal. He refused to say a few soft words even at the critical moment of life and death. He must have watched too many Qiong Yao dramas.
It was very cold outside, and Lin Kong's legs were numb from standing for a while before he finally returned to the fire. His mind was blank and his heart was in a mess, thinking about what he would do if Helemis died.
Suicide followed
That’s not the case. Lin Kong is afraid of pain and can’t bear to do anything cruel to himself.
Are you alive
But this seems a little difficult for Lin Kong, and it would be boring without Helemis.
He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice a dark figure suddenly appeared outside the cave. The pair of dark green eyes flashed coldly, like a wolfhound smelling blood in the jungle.
[Is it the prey from last time? Helemis didn't kill him... ]
Jia Yan was surprised to see Lin Kong again. He had just come all the way from the temple and had gone through great pains to find the cave of Helemis, but he did not expect that only Lin Kong was inside.
But it’s okay. Prey is hard to find in winter, so it’s nice to absorb the opponent’s vitality and have a good meal.
When Jia Yan thought of this, a vicious look flashed in his eyes. He raised his hand and was about to attack, but someone had set up a mental barrier outside the cave, which directly blew him away several meters, and he fell into the snow pile with a crisp "bang".
Lin Kong heard the noise behind him and stood up from the fire in shock: "Who?!"
[it's me!]
Jia Yan got up from the ground, holding his chest, and made a cruel arc towards Lin Kong, but he was secretly surprised in his heart. Obviously, he did not expect that there was a mental barrier outside the cave, because Helemis could not do this with his previous strength.
"Red hair?!"
Lin Kong was already cursing his bad mouth. How could this person not be able to stop talking? He retreated cautiously while saying:
"What are you doing here?"
(End of this chapter)