Deep in the jungle, Zhao Qiankun and the other two were groping forward...

When I was in the town, there were houses of normal size around me, and it was not obvious. Now that I entered the forest, Zhao Qiankun felt the feeling of coming to the Giant Kingdom...

It is called a forest, but those trees in the true sense are as tall as the imperial building. The canopy of a tree can be called a cover of the sky and the sun. The distance between the two trees is often hundreds of meters. The low flowers, plants and shrubs under the feet of the tree are as tall as the trees in the usual sense in the eyes of humans...

Zhao Qiankun held a grass stem that was more than one foot thick. Looking up, he saw a caterpillar with a big dog's feet on the grass leaf, with bright fur colors, squirming and eating grass leaves. Although it was several meters away, the caterpillar's chewing movements were clearly visible.

At this time, another thing came from the other side. Lao Zhao looked up and saw a row of ants busy. These ants looked similar to those small things as small rice grains elsewhere, but the ones here were tens of thousands of times larger. Any one was the size of a mouse. Occasionally, they would see larger soldiers ants than other similar types. They transported them in groups of people. They didn't know what food they were, but they looked like some kind of meat...

"That's an ordinary black ant..." Seeing that Zhao Qiankun seemed interested, Xiu En walked over and grabbed one. The ant struggled hard in his hand, making a squeaking sound. After this one was caught, the companion behind it seemed to have received interference. After pausing for a while, he found the direction and continued to move forward.

"This is a very hardworking bug..." Xiu En smiled and said, "But his personality is gentle and omnivorous, but the main source of meat is the corpses of other bugs, and he rarely attacks adventurers. On the contrary, because they are numerous, very common, and rich in nutrition, they often become our food... By the way, the black ones of supper last year seemed to be the size of quail eggs, which was the breasts of this kind of ant..." As he said, Xiu En put the ant back to the ground, and the little guy quickly returned to the team...

Zhao Qiankun recalled yesterday's dinner and smacked his lips: "I remembered it, it was crispy and full of protein..."

"But you have to be careful!" Xiao Ye reminded: "The same ants are dangerous, some of them are big. It is best to run away quickly when they see them, otherwise they will be killed and will be dismembered!"

"Okay, don't scare him!" Xiao An comforted Zhao Qiankun with a smile: "Don't worry, that dangerous ants are only available in the depths, and you can't see them near Tianqiong City..."

Zhao Qiankun was not afraid, but just looked at the meat pieces in the mouth of each ant: "What do you think they are transporting?"

Xiuen shrugged: "It's probably some kind of insect meat!"

"Let's go and have a look!" Zhao Qiankun became interested and ran along the ants' team. It was too late for the three of them to stop them. Anyway, they were not far from the mission location, so they should have plenty of time, so they followed them.

After reaching the source of the team, Zhao Qiankun opened two thick grass stems and finally saw the ants' target.

It was a huge locust, the size of a calf, and its strong hind legs were thicker than human thighs, but now it could not be pushed. The poor guy had been dead for a long time and had no head left. He could only lie on the ground, allowing the ants to use their sharp jaws to decompose their bodies and dismantle them into pieces and transport them away...

"What a coincidence, our target is also a grasshopper..." Xiao Ye said: "It's just a flash..."

Zhao Qiankun frowned and looked at the long line of ants: "Not right... not just this one!" As he said that, he continued to run forward. Not far away, he saw the remains of a headless grasshopper, but this one had basically been hollowed out, leaving only some loose tissues, and some ants were cleaning the battlefield.

Zhao Qiankun grabbed an ant. The little creature struggled fiercely and was very motivated to twist back and forth. But Zhao Qiankun didn't care at all. He opened his mouth and bit the ant's head off and chewed it carefully...

The three of them were shocked when they saw this scene. They had been here at Qiongluo Island for so long. Although they had long been used to eating insects, they were cooked. It was too natural to eat directly!

Although he was bitten and the ant's body was still struggling hard, Zhao Qiankun didn't even look at it, just closed his eyes and savored it carefully...

After a while, the guy spit out the residue in his mouth, threw away the ant, lifted his nose, sniffed it, and looked in the other direction.

"Come here!"

Xiuen and the other two didn't know what he was doing, but seeing that he looked serious and didn't look like a joke, they followed him. Not long after, they found some broken human bones and weapons under a huge shrub. There were still ants crawling and licking on the blood, but they could only distinguish the spine and limbs, but they could not find the skull.

"This is also done by those ants?" Xiuen said in surprise.

"The ant is just picking up corpses..." Zhao Qiankun raised his head and sniffed: "There is still in front!"

Zhao Qiankun now has extremely sensitive taste and smell, which is also thanks to Taotie's skin and flesh. This natural foodie species can distinguish the subtle taste. Zhao Qiankun ate the ant just to remember its taste and find where it has been!

Following the smell, the four of them traveled along the way and found many insect remains and human bones.

"This is not normal..." Xiuen frowned and said, "Why do all kinds of creatures die in such a small place? Is there any monster?"

"It's not just death!" Zhao Qiankun shook his head: "None of these torn creatures has heads!"

"No head?" Xiao Ye frowned and said, "Isn't it eaten by the ants?"

"No!" Xiuen also reacted: "Not to mention anything else, the locust's head and breastplate are extremely hard. This kind of small ant can only be bitten by formic acid. Before breaking the locust's shell, it should eat its soft abdomen first... But when we saw the two uneaten corpses just now, our heads were gone early!"

"The wreckage behind them is the same..." Zhao Qiankun narrowed his eyes: "Whether it is a human or an insect, the rest are weapons and equipment, winged carapaces, but they just don't have a head, even a tentacle or a tooth is left!"

"What does this mean?" Xiao Ye still didn't understand. Xiao Andang said, "This means that these creatures died after their heads were removed!"

"Are the insect monsters that only eat the head?" Zhao Qiankun looked back at Xiuen: "How far is this place from the mission location, the canyon where the flashing locusts appear?"

Xiuen expanded the map and looked at it: "It's less than a kilometer ahead, not far... Do you want to say that these corpses are related to our mission goals?" As he said that, he hesitated: "Then isn't this mission very dangerous? We saw at least a dozen adventurers' corpses, and so many people have failed... Are our mission a little sloppy..."

"I also think something is wrong..." Xiao An frowned: "The task is just to investigate. We have discovered abnormal situations. We have recorded it and can also exchange some rewards when we go back..." As she said that, she took out the notebook and pencil.

"Isn't it common to find the body of the adventurer in the wild..." Xiao Ye was a little unwilling: "Maybe there was indeed a fierce battle here, but it can't be said to be the ones that were made by the flashing locusts! Moreover, the adventurer's strength cannot be seen from the bones, but those killed insects are not too powerful... Xiuen, don't you want to upgrade to the leopard level as soon as possible, how can you retreat here!"

"But..." Xiuen gritted his teeth and said, "I can't put you in danger because of my willfulness..."
Chapter completed!