I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 612 - 445: Lu Yuan is Trapped in the Insect Nest but Still Greedy

Chapter 612 -445: Lu Yuan is Trapped in the Insect Nest but Still Greedy

Lu Yuan carefully gauged the differences between the Ancient Insect and these Mother Worms.

It seemed as if there was no hierarchical relationship between them; even if the Ancient Insect was at the “Mythical” level, and the Mother Worms were just ordinary ancient anomalies, in reality, the “rules” governing them appeared to have subtle differences.

More than that, it seemed like the Ancient Insect was nutritious prey, as if it was the hunting target of the Mother Worms!

For the time being, by virtue of its robustness, it had suppressed these greedy female creatures, reducing them to temporary gentleness.

But it wouldn’t take much time before they became adversaries again.

“Marriage norms these days are getting freaking weird,” Lu Yuan muttered to himself.

Having nothing better to do, he simply took a stroll around this vast Grotto Heaven, to see if he could find anything good.

The Insects as anomalies could devour everything, these guys didn’t know the first thing about saving, whether it be ores or mushrooms, everything edible was completely consumed by them.

“Roar roar!” The Little Mirage Dragon growled.

Following it and taking a closer look, Lu Yuan found some milky white liquid stored in a pond, looking just like frothy cow’s milk.

Many insects resembling dairy cows were orderly secreting milk into the pond.

[Cow Worm Milk, secreted by Cow Worms, is a regular food for Mother Worms, and is rich in nutrients.]

[Only high-level Insect Nests can produce such a rare trophy. It is also suitable for human consumption, with effects like enhancing physique, sharpening the brain, and increasing lifespan. (Rare Level·Natural Oddity)]

“What a great find for the kids!”

A few Worm Kings guarding the pond glared menacingly at him, baring their teeth and growling.

These guys had a touch of intelligence, didn’t resemble humans, but took the form of beetles, looking like miniature Ancient Insects, tank-like.

It seemed they also recognized that this new arrival might be a guest, and they were trying hard to restrain their murderous desires.

Lu Yuan flashed a friendly smile and pulled out a few boxes of a violet, bizarre item from his Storage Space.

“Brothers, help yourselves!”

Overjoyed, the Worm Kings excitedly twitched their noses, let out a “wagaga” cry, and pounced on the meal, splattering the purple excrement all over.

Lu Yuan, with a swift Spatial Teleportation, took the opportunity to fill several large buckets with the “Cow Worm Milk”.

When he attempted to get greedy again, he was met with the Beetle’s roars—don’t keep on taking, what do you mean!? Get lost quickly while I’m not looking.

Giving face and you don’t take it, huh? While I turn a blind eye, scram.

And the three human-side Worm Kings roared loudly as well, you dare prevent our King from taking things!

A fight seemed imminent on just a word of disagreement.

However, with the Worm Kings on the human side lacking in limbs, they were obviously not a match.

Lu Yuan immediately went to another pond, threw them a few bottles of wine, and upon catching the scent, the Worm Kings were overjoyed, frantically guzzling down the contents.

Then, Lu Yuan continued his looting spree.

The Worm Kings pretended not to see.

Little Mirage Dragon: …

This place is so bloody corrupt.

And how come you seem so familiar with this place? Are you that legendary robber?

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As Lu Yuan continued to look around, bribing his way through, he fished out a whole 2 tons of Cow Worm Milk from dozens of ponds until he was satisfied.

(Actually, the items he used for bribery were running low, and he began to regret not bringing more.)

“This place is quite affluent.”

In the end, he even found something akin to Royal Jelly.

[Insect King Nectar, secreted by Worm Kings, is the most precious food for Mother Worms, rich in nutrients, which when consumed can increase the birth rate of high-level Insect Clans.]

[Note: When consumed in small amounts by human toddlers, it can slightly increase the probability of Divine Skill emergence and improve cultivation aptitude.]

[Only high-level Insect Nests can give birth to such rare war spoils. (Legendary Level·Natural Oddity)]

“Damn… this stuff is amazing!”

Lu Yuan licked his dry lips, the greed in his heart rising.

That “Insect King Nectar” filled an entire pond!

But the guardian big black insect, being a Level 10 creature, was loyally devoted.

No matter how much he bribed, it refused to leave its post, like a stubborn stink stone.

As Lu Yuan approached, it made attack gestures and kept growling—even if you’re a guest, it’s not ok!

This scene made Lu Yuan sigh ruefully; every civilization has its sly and greedy individuals, but there are also those who stand guard dutifully.

It’s only these honest and loyal ones that uphold a civilization, they are its backbone.

With no other options, he had no choice but to go bribe the Ancient Insect.

After bribing it with a hundred Spirit Essences, the Ancient Insect burst into smiles, and kicked the dutiful big black insect away…

[Take a bit less, if those Mother Worms go berserk, even I can’t stop them.] The Ancient Insect’s gaze was flickering, counting its own small change.

Lu Yuan began to scoop up the “Insect King Nectar”, not being too greedy, thinking a few hundred kilograms would suffice. A few centimeters less from a pond of “Insect King Nectar” won’t be noticed by anyone.

The Little Mirage Dragon was shocked by this behavior.

“The backbone of civilization, the loyal guardians, cannot withstand the greed of those above… It’s not you who’s wrong, it’s the entire civilization.” Lu Yuan found the injured big black insect and sprayed some healing spray on it.

The big black insect remained motionless, somewhat grateful.

Little Mirage Dragon: Always feel like you’re the real villain, taking advantage and acting innocent.

However, the Little Mirage Dragon was also bribed by Lu Yuan, sneaking a bit of “Insect King Nectar,” and couldn’t retort.

Lu Yuan then turned his head and solemnly educated the Little Mirage Dragon: “Now you’re in the same boat, what right do you have to lecture me?”

“This story tells us, we must restrain ourselves and not indulge in corruption.”

“Once someone grasps your weakness, you often fall into the abyss and can never turn back.”

After wandering around for several days, they also discovered things like extremely fertile feces, perfect for farming; some hard teeth, scythes.

There was also a bunch of green amber-like substance called “Insect glue,” a “Rare Level” consumable that makes people feel utterly content upon consumption.

There were also frozen crystalline droplets called “Insect Dew,” an “Ordinary Level” consumable that tasted quite sweet.

Insect Nest, with distinct hierarchy.

Larvae of different levels consume different food.

Even those who can enjoy these consumables are already nobles with decent racial values.

The real low-level Insect Race, such as the Big Locust Valley, Valley’s Little Locust, etc., are not born from the Mother Worm at all and instead are cast out as soon as they are born.

In short, Lu Yuan just doesn’t take them, he now has status and really can’t lose too much face…

But he still couldn’t resist his greed in the end: “Forget it, I’ll take a little of everything except for the feces! What’s the use of face!”

Ancient Insect: …

Until a week later, the Mother Worms had finally incubated and birthed over a thousand crystal clear eggs.

Their instincts began to stir, coexisting betwixt the desire to attack and smitten emotions.

[These eggs all have Green Grass bloodlines and count as kin to your batch of insects.] The Ancient Insect explained, [Among them, there are 12 Female Mite Spider-Cockroaches and Hera Re-insects capable of reproduction, they can breed lower-level insects.]

[However, they are powerless for higher-level ones.]

[The true origin of the [Insect] Anomaly is actually… parasites.] Ancient Insect said this with some embarrassment.

This status is truly unglamorous.

Lu Yuan was taken aback, turns out all of you fellows are just a parasite from an Ancient Demon… No wonder you’ve survived until now!

And the soul of the Conch’s mother, residing in the Opium poppy tree, also has somewhat the nature of a parasite.

This Mind-world is really preposterous.

[Cough cough, later these parasites, through years of evolution, or perhaps due to some tricks played by the Ancient Demon at its death, began to absorb the remnants of regret, frustration, and anger from the remains, inheriting a small amount of memory, thereby birthing the original myths, which is me, the Ancient Insect.]

“You actually have some memories from that body? What else do you remember?”

The Ancient Insect remained silent for a while, only recalling the past Great Demon’s peerless strength, its invincible power, and this pretentious persona it had inherited.

Of course, having turned into a beetle, life is not too bad.

But [Insect] and [Demon] are after all different Anomalies, there’s nothing like reincarnation from the defiled earth or resurrection from death.

It is simply Ancient Insect, not anything else, and the memories it can recall are actually not that much.

[All in all, each [Insect] Anomaly is different, so this is all we can do.]

“That’s fine, but what about the others?” Lu Yuan looked at the various sizes of eggs, identifying them one by one, with a great variety,

[Mostly functional insects, also merged with the local bloodlines of 12 Insect Nests, they have decent potential and longevity.]

[Consider this our personal gift to you.]

[Since they all have the Green Grass bloodline, there shouldn’t be any internal conflicts.]

Lu Yuan was immediately overjoyed: “Thanks, senior! I will definitely nurture them well.”

The Ancient Insect shook its body and used its long antennae to pick up these various-sized eggs, placing them on its back.

In fact, for the Insect Race, giving away these things doesn’t really entail any loss—birth and death happen every moment.

Perhaps these thousand eggs will all die in a few years.

However, for humans, they are exceptionally precious, after all, not everyone can come to this damned place as a guest; and not every insect will obediently behave.

[Alright, we should leave now!]

After finishing this, they left the hidden Grotto Heaven.

The Ancient Insect dashed away again, even though its shell was gnawed and pitted, it ran even faster, as if staying one more second would result in being devoured!

And outside the Crack, the “Sky Fortress” was waiting and excitedly cried out “haha” upon seeing them.