As long as no one sees it.

If someone sees it, like now, if a beetle is caught by a human, it will have no power to fight back.

It knows how humans treat bugs.

Humans don't like bugs.

As soon as you see an insect, you basically kill it.

It's not a bug.

It's a monster.

But in human eyes, it is just a bug.

It didn't want to die so unjustly.

Although maybe humans knew it was a monster and wanted to kill it.

Humans don't really like monsters either.

Especially a weak and useless monster like it.

...

The old man was stunned.

Did he just...hear a hallucination?

He reached out and rubbed his ears.

I'm so old that I even have auditory hallucinations.

Sure enough, I can’t accept the old age.

...

"let me go!"

Seeing that the old man didn't respond, the beetle became more and more panicked.

Don't kill it!

...

The old man suddenly opened his eyes wide.

He heard it again.

It's not an auditory hallucination.

it is true!

The source of that voice...

The old man raised the insect in his hand and said, "Just now...were you talking?"

The insect spoke?!

The old man looked in disbelief.

How can it be?

But-

"let me go!"

The beetle shouted angrily at the old man.

His body was constantly struggling between the old man's fingers.

…

it is true.

The bugs really spoke.

There was a ridiculous feeling in the old man's heart.

He was already half-footed in the coffin, but at the end of his life, he actually experienced such a magical thing...

The familiar world in his eyes has become a little strange.

His outlook on life was severely impacted.

He actually heard a worm talking?!

He took a slow, deep breath.

wrong.

Since I can talk...

"Are you a bug?"

The old man suspected that this was not a bug at all, at least not an ordinary bug.

He had seen a lot of bugs, but none of them could speak human words like this one.

…

"I'm not a bug!"

The unknown insect-like creature screamed in annoyance.

But because of the child-like voice, to the ears of the elderly, it sounds like a child acting mischievously.

The old man's eyebrows were slightly relaxed, and the corners of his mouth even had a slightly upward curve.

…

"I'm a monster!"

…

The old man's expression paused.

Monster, monster?!

He subconsciously asked, "What monster?"

…

"Beetroot."

"I am a beetle."

The little monster shouted word by word.

…

After a brief conversation, silence fell in the air, and a stagnant atmosphere filled the air.

The old man's lips moved and he could not speak for a while.

A beetle?

First of all, this beetle can talk, so it is not the beetle he knew before.

Or, is this an ordinary beetle that has become a beetle?

Monster...?

…

"Hey, let me go first."

Seeing that the old man had no follow-up response, Zhi took a look at the old man's expression and deliberately slowed down his tone.

"It's uncomfortable for you to hold me like this."

It also made it a little frightened.

If this human being accidentally exerts force, won't it suffer?

Although it is not so weak that it will die if a human pinches it, then it will really be no different from an insect, but it is not without feelings.

It will also hurt.

…

The old man suddenly came to his senses.

He pinched the bug with one hand and pushed up his reading glasses with the other hand.

This is a snow-white insect, no, a monster.

The visual effect is like mutton-fat white jade, and it does not look like a mortal thing.

Even the feel is like good warm jade.

The old man rubbed his fingers slightly.

…
To be continued...