Chapter 267: City-Wide Manhunt, the Insect Beast Army Mutated Too?

The Alien Race?!

The moment they saw the two words on the ground, the expressions of both Qi Chongshan and Gu Yuexi changed dramatically!

Qi Chongshan’s pupils contracted violently, and his expression instantly turned grim.

As the Governor and a King-level Powerhouse, he naturally knew of the Alien Race. ’But shouldn’t they be on the battlefields?’

’There are no rifts to any Alternate Space in the entirety of Sui Ming Province, so how could the Alien Race appear?’

Rifts to Alternate Space were different from the wormhole rifts that served as entrances to Secret Realms. They were typically much larger, the only way to connect to distant Exotic Stars.

Moreover, the appearance of an Alternate Space rift was always accompanied by an incredibly powerful, chaotic spatial storm. If a rift like that had appeared within Sui Ming Province’s borders, it would have been detected long ago, and the province would have become a new Alien Race battlefield!

’Are all these strange occurrences in Sui Ming Province really caused by the Alien Race?’

Meanwhile, Gu Yuexi’s expression was one of mild surprise.

In truth, even before Chu Sheng had written those two words, she’d had a faint suspicion in her heart!

As expected. The unknown, repulsive aura on the Spirit Awakening Pill was indeed from the Alien Race.

She closed her eyes, carefully recalling the past.

’In my past life, I wasn’t in Sui Ming Province at this time... and I never heard anything about Alien Race incidents happening here back then.’

’Could it be... that something I did after being reborn caused the timeline to change?’

’Was it because... I killed Chen Ming?’

’In my past life, Chen Ming was the one who obtained the Spiritual Crystal, and he didn’t die.’

’But in this life, I got the Spiritual Crystal and killed Chen Ming. Did that lead the Chen Family to collude with the Alien Race through some means?’

’That’s a definite possibility!’

Gu Yuexi opened her eyes:

"This so-called Spirit Awakening Pill does carry the aura of the Alien Race. It’s highly likely that they are indeed the ones pulling the strings from the shadows."

"And the ones colluding with them are most likely the Chen Family."

"Therefore, our top priority is to find where the remnants of the Chen Family are hiding."

Gu Yuexi wanted to resolve this matter quickly, without wasting any more time.

’The Chen Family deserves to die. If they’ve truly colluded with the Alien Race, then they deserve it even more!’

Chu Sheng:

"BZZ BZZ (I agree!)"

’Of course I agree.’

’The Alien Race Energy inside this Spirit Awakening Pill can increase not only my Mental Power but also my Evolution Points. It’s a top-grade tonic!’

’In that case, this so-called Alien Race... wouldn’t they just be "supplements" for me?’

How could Chu Sheng possibly pass up such an incredible tonic?

...

Qi Chongshan was more inclined to believe Gu Yuexi after hearing her words, but he sighed and said:

"I sent men to investigate Liu’s Trading Company and the Chen Family behind it long ago. Unfortunately, we haven’t found any clues yet."

"What’s more, the people involved in the investigation quickly began showing symptoms of spiritual mutation, so we had no choice but to suspend it."

"The Alien Race battlefronts are tense right now. Unless we have definitive proof that the Alien Race is present here, it will be very difficult to request military assistance!"

Qi Chongshan was overcome with worry.

Since this whole affair began, he had used his connections to bring in numerous experts, but none of them had been able to solve the problem.

Gu Yuexi frowned slightly at his words and turned to look at Chu Sheng.

Chu Sheng understood immediately:

"BZZ, BZZ BZZ. (Fine, I’ll give it a try.)"

He closed his eyes and activated Nether Vision.

Nether Vision now had a radius of a full thirty thousand meters, which was just enough to cover the entirety of Du Nan City!

Then, with another command,

a dense army of the Insect Race materialized around him and flew outward in an organized fashion!

All thirty thousand Spirit-Devouring Insect Beasts fanned out from the Governor’s Mansion, spreading in every direction to form a vast search network.

They moved silently through streets and alleys, flew over skyscrapers and low-rises, and scoured everything within their Perception.

Combined with the scope of his Nether Vision, each Spirit-Devouring Worm acted as one of Chu Sheng’s mobile Perception nodes, continuously feeding back the information they "saw" and sensed to him.

Chu Sheng not only had a god’s-eye view, but it was as if he possessed more than thirty thousand pairs of eyes!

"Th-this is...?!"

Qi Chongshan was stunned once again as he watched the swarm of insects disperse, blotting out the sky.

He had witnessed Chu Sheng control an insect swarm before, but back then, the Spirit-Devouring Worms were only First-Grade, and there were only a few thousand of them.

’But what is happening now?’

’Every single one of these Spirit-Devouring Insect Beasts is at the Fourth-Grade Realm! And their numbers have grown so large!’

’How could they possibly have grown so much in just two short months?’

’Besides, the highest a Spirit-Devouring Worm can evolve is the Second-Grade Realm, right?’

’Heavens! What in the world did Gu Yuexi and this mosquito go through on Hong Kong Island these past two months?! Just what happened?!’

At that moment, the great Qi Chongshan, a dignified King-level Powerhouse, looked like a country bumpkin who’d never seen the world, his mouth hanging wide open.

...

「Inside the Governor’s Mansion.」

Chu Sheng’s eyes were closed in concentration as he focused all his effort on processing the massive flood of information.

Since Chu Sheng had already come into contact with the aura of the Alien Race Energy, he was able to synchronize this Perception and transmit it to every Spirit-Devouring Worm. This drastically improved their search efficiency.

「More than an hour later.」

Suddenly, Chu Sheng’s Spirit jolted!

"BZZ BZZ (Found it.)"

The location was in the suburbs of Du Nan City, at a seemingly abandoned Ancient Mansion! There, a Spirit-Devouring Worm had smelled a wisp of an energy aura nearly identical to the one in the Spirit Awakening Pill.

Chu Sheng immediately ordered all the Spirit-Devouring Beasts to converge and surround the location.

At the same time, he opened his eyes and lightly touched Gu Yuexi with his wing.

A ripple of Space fluctuated, and the two of them instantly vanished from the office in the Governor’s Mansion.

Back in the now-empty Governor’s Mansion, Qi Chongshan stood stunned.

’They found it?’

’Wait, what about me?’

’You could at least tell me where it is!’

Just as Qi Chongshan was left speechless, Chu Sheng’s figure reappeared in the Governor’s Mansion.

"BZZ BZZ BZZ..."

’What’s the rush? This Lord Mosquito can only take one person at a time, okay?’

He flew directly over to Qi Chongshan and grabbed his clothes... The next second, both figures vanished once more.

...

「Du Nan City, the suburbs.」

Chu Sheng appeared with Qi Chongshan in tow.

It was Qi Chongshan’s first time being carried through an Instant Teleportation. When they landed, he felt the urge to vomit... but thankfully managed to suppress it.

Nearby, Gu Yuexi said with a frown:

"That’s right. This is the place."

"That nauseating aura is incredibly strong here!"

Before them, tens of thousands of Insect Beasts had formed a dense perimeter around the Ancient Mansion.

Chu Sheng buzzed, and the Spirit-Devouring Insect Beasts parted to reveal the Ancient Mansion’s true appearance.

It was the site of an enormous Ancient Mansion. One could tell that its original owner must have been quite illustrious, but now, the place was long abandoned and overgrown with green vines...

"Wait... this place is..."

After getting a clear look at the Ancient Mansion, Qi Chongshan seemed to recall something and spoke up:

"If I’m not mistaken, this is the old Ancient Mansion of the Chen Clan. It’s been several decades, though, so it’s long been forgotten."

"If the source is truly here, then it’s almost certain that the remnants of the Chen Family are responsible."

Qi Chongshan’s words further confirmed that Chu Sheng had found the right place.

However, at that very moment, something unexpected happened.

Within the swarm of Spirit-Devouring Insect Beasts surrounding the Ancient Mansion, the eyes of one Spirit-Devouring Worm suddenly turned a sinister, scarlet red...