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nChapter 42 – Terrifying Beetles

nNo life could be found on the streets, but Wei Xiao Bei could see that the streets had become worse. Some brick walls had even been eroded by the wind; as the wind blew, the ash gray brick wall continued to crumble, becoming dust.

nAccording to this trend, it would not even take a few years before the place became a complete ruins.

nOnly a murky light shone on the streets, making him indescribably downcast.

nThis mood disappeared only after he reached Lake Cui.

nFifty meters away from the Fishman Village, Wei Xiao Bei carefully hid himself but was shocked as he observed a the huge change in the Fishman Viallge.

nA thick stench of blood floated in the air. Traces of the Fishman Guards at the entrance of the village could not be seen.

nFrom what he could see, there were countless Fishmen corpses on the ground in the village. More than 10 Fishmen were currently aimlessly wandering about like a group of zombies.

nWhat happened here?

nUnease began to creep up his mind.

nWhen he quietly reached the entrance of the Fishmen Village, he carefully stretched his head to take a look. What he saw made his face ashen.

nWei Xiao Bei could recognize the Fishmen that were aimlessly moving about.

nActually he could only differentiate them from their body types. There were normal Fishmen, an Elite Fishman and even a Fishman Guard.

nThe only reason he recognized them was from the wound on their backs!

nFor example, the Elite Fishman’s chest was caved in while its back was slightly protruding. Another Fishman had a wound that seemed to be caused by a pitchfork, the blood had dried and countless mosquitoes had assembled on it.

nWithout a doubt, these were the Fishmen that died in Wei Xiao Bei’s hands.

nHe became confused.

nThey had already died!

nHow could they have resurrected?

nAfter carefully observing for a while, he came to a conclusion. These Fishmen did not revive. From their stiff movements and unconscious pacing, it was clear that they had become zombies.

nThe thought had given Wei Xiao Bei goosebumps and a chill spread through his body.

nMoreover, these Fishmen were the ones he lured out using the Fiendish Man Fish meat!

nActually, making such inference was simple, and anyone with a normal IQ would also come to the same conclusion.

nThe Fishmen corpses becoming zombies might be because they ate the Fiendish Man Fish meat, and they were the cause of the destruction of the Fishmen Village.

nThose Fiendish Man Fish were indeed a bit strange, so Wei Xiao Bei would not doubt it if this were truly the cause.

nWei Xiao Bei however, did not leave even after witnessing such a scene. On the contrary, he picked up a rock, tossed it inside the Fishmen Village, and observed for any movements.

nThe rock had hit a simple wooden house, letting out a small sound.

nAlthough it was not loud, it had still attracted the Fishmen corpses’ attention.

nWei Xiao Bei had temporarily named them as Fishman Corpses.

nThese Fishman Corpses began to slowly surround the wooden house from where the sound came from.

nThe Fishmen only looked scary due to the large wound on their back, but their walking speed was not even half of normal Fishmen. Moreover, they were extremely clumsy to the point that one of the Fishman Corpses tripped on a corpse on the ground and fell down. It struggled on the ground for a while before getting back up with great difficulty.

nWei Xiao Bei became even more suspicious after seeing this scene.

nThe number of Fishmen in the village should have exceeded the number of Fishman Corpses. Moreover, these Fishman Corpses were slow. It would be a huge joke if they were actually be a threat those energetic Fishmen.

nNo matter how gutless those Fishmen were, it would be impossible for them to offer no resistance and allow the Fishman Corpses to kill them.

nMaybe two Fishman Guards would already be enough to kill the Fishman Corpses.

nThis was all just too strange.

nAfter assembling around the wooden house, the Fishman Corpses stood there blankly for a while before wandering all over the place again.

nIn the end, a Fishman Corpse began to slowly walk towards the village entrance.

nWei Xiao Bei tightly grasped the pitchfork in his hand. He would never act blindly without thinking before finding out the entire truth. However, if the Fishman Corpse approached him, he could only make his move and kill it.

nThe Fishman Corpse stopped at the village entrance and stayed there without even moving a single bit.

nWei Xiao Bei thought that he had been discovered, but the Fishman Corpse turned around and walked back in the village.

nTime passed by bit by bit.

nThe Fishman Corpses acted as if they were trapped by an invisible barrier. Everytime a Fishman Corpse approached the village entrance, they would stop for a while and walk back in.

nWhen he noticed this, Wei Xiao Bei, all the more, did not dare to enter the village.

nThe place was too strange.

nAfter lying down for a little more than two hours, he decided to leave the place.

nThe longer he stayed there, the stronger he felt an indescribable sense of danger, as if there was a voice warning him to leave.

nAfter moving more than fifty meters away from the village, the sense of danger that he felt increased like a dam on the edge of collapsing.

nHis awareness attribute was at 9.25 points! His willpower was 12, judgement was 8, perception was 7, and intuition was 10!

nThis was what the status panel indicatedl.

nWith his intuition at 10 points, it signified that his perception of danger was much more stronger than a normal person!

nHe already knew this but never placed as much importance to it compared to strength.

nHowever, it was at this moment that his intuition had saved him.

nHe carelessly turned around to take a look and saw that the surface of Lake Cui had turned black while emitting a humming noise.

nWhat’s going on?

nWhile he was still bewildered, the black surface began to extend towards the shore.

nIt’s not that the lake had changed color! But some black object had covered the lake!

nThe shore close to the village had been covered by the layer of black in just thirty seconds. The reed thicket was also covered, disappearing from existence.

nWhen the black object approached to about 30 meters away from Wei Xiao Bei, he could finally see what it was.

nThe layer of black happened to be a countless number of black beetles the size of a finger!

nWherever the black beetles went, whether it was the reed thicket or the gray weeds, everything had been eaten cleanly.

nEven the Fishman Corpses in the Fishmen Village had been quickly covered by these beetles and disappeared from sight.

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