Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands-Chapter 190 I Found a Traitor

Under the effect of the pesticide, the insect eggs emitted wisps of white smoke.

After destroying the eggs, the Cannibal Flower turned around holding the pesticide, swaying its hips smugly at Xiao Jinsheng and the others.

But in the current situation, no one could manage a smile.

"Wasn’t there supposed to be half a month left? Why are there insect eggs now?" Xiao Jinsheng asked woefully.

According to Caicai’s initial calculations, even if the Insect Clan intended to reach the Mist Continent, it would take at least six months.

Caicai sighed, "Because the defense of the Mist Continent has been breached, and the passage has been opened."

"Now the coordinates of the Mist Continent are completely exposed in the universe. Initially, the Insect Clan would need six months to reach here using warships."

"Now that the defenses are broken, they can perform spatial jumps, with nothing obstructing their invasion of the Mist Continent."

Eyeing the destroyed insect egg, Caicai continued, "Judging by the size of this egg, it’s clear it has been on the Mist Continent for two days."

"It’s because the Mist Continent’s defenses were breached first that the Insect Clan was able to arrive three months early." Xiao Jinsheng’s face was full of rage. "And the only one with that kind of power on the Mist Continent is the Terminal."

It was the Terminal that opened the gates of the Mist Continent for the invading Insect Clan.

Whether the Terminal was an enemy or an ally to the Insect Clan didn’t matter anymore.

One thing was clear: even though the humans of the Mist Continent were simply food for the Terminal, it never cared about the survival of its food.

In that moment, everyone understood.

Why the Terminal was so confident in its power, why it had given them five months instead of killing them, despite knowing they harbored rebellious thoughts.

The Insect Clan arriving three months earlier.

With the Insect Clan’s terror and destruction, they were absolutely no match for them.

And what the Terminal wanted was their fear birthed in the face of an apocalyptic invasion by the Insect Clan.

Xiao Jinsheng tried to calm himself down, suppressing the dread brought by the inevitable death awaiting everyone.

But emotions, whether good or bad, are never that easy to control.

And the fear emanating from Xiao Jinsheng did indeed attract the Terminal’s interest.

Its pitch-black gaze fell on Xiao Jinsheng and the Beastmen circling around her, smacking its lips in satisfaction. "You... finally began to truly feel afraid."

Noticing the insect egg dug out and destroyed nearby, the Terminal grinned maliciously, "I quite enjoy it—the taste of beings struggling desperately, only to meet death head-on."

Xiao Jinsheng could distinctly feel that the defense covering their position within the Realm had been infiltrated by the Terminal.

Fortunately, it was on the outer boundaries of the Realm that the Terminal managed to breach the defenses, something Xiao Jinsheng wasn’t surprised by.

Just as well, she could use this to figure out when the Terminal’s attention would focus on them.

But this time, as the Terminal spoke, its voice resounded across the entire human population of the Mist Continent.

[Terminal: Good morning, Task Takers of the Mist Continent.]

[Terminal: It is with great misfortune that I inform you all that, during this critical moment when we are about to succeed against Fog Corpse and purify the Poisonous Fog, we now face a new enemy.]

[Terminal: They come from the other side of the universe. They are ruthless, terrifying, and devour everything in existence. They are collectively known as—the Insect Clan.]

[Terminal: The Mist Continent is far from the center of the universe, and far from the cosmic battlefield, protected by world defenses concealing its coordinates.]

[Terminal: Today, I discovered a traitor—a traitor of the Mist Continent.]

[Terminal: This traitor sent the coordinates of the Mist Continent to the Cosmic Insect Race. It was also this traitor who tore apart the defenses of the Mist Continent, leading the Insect Clan here.]

[Terminal: This traitor... has brought upon the Mist Continent an even more horrifying apocalypse.]

[Terminal: Now, I am announcing new tasks. The world Terminal will join forces with all of you to fight against the apocalyptic invasion of the Insect Clan.]

[Terminal: From today onwards, Star Map Tasks will be divided into two main categories: First, plant Purification Trees to dispel the poisonous fog in Mist West. Second, search for the hidden insect eggs within the Mist Continent, and transport them to Cloud Island for unified destruction.]

[Terminal: Special task—identify the traitor of the Mist Continent. Perhaps female, perhaps a Beastman. The traitor possesses a unique superpower and special physical constitution, and is hiding among you.]

Bai Yan, who was bonding with five small beetles she had hatched using her superpower, froze upon hearing the Terminal’s announcement.

She asked suspiciously, "Insect Clan?"

Insect Clan?

Insects?

Lowering her gaze, Bai Yan was startled by one beetle the size of a chicken egg, mouth wide open waiting for her to feed it.

Her hand trembled with fright, and the piece of fresh meat gripped in her chopsticks fell into the glass tank. The small beetles swarmed forward and devoured the two ounces of meat clean in two seconds.

"System, what’s going on? Why is the Terminal suddenly mentioning the Insect Clan?" Bai Yan called out to the Insect Brain with a trembling voice.

The Insect Brain, upon hearing the Terminal broadcast, was also dumbfounded.

It hadn’t anticipated the Terminal would detect them so quickly.

It had only needed another half a month for the insect eggs buried within the Mist Continent to begin hatching one after another.

Now that the Terminal had explicitly revealed the Insect Clan’s presence and issued new task rules aimed at exterminating them...

Not receiving a response from the Insect Brain, Bai Yan shouted angrily, "System, you should explain all of this."

Bai Yan still remembered that a disgusting black insect had crawled out of her body. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

It was also after that black insect left her body that the System 1.0 she had known vanished completely.

If it had been before, with no proof from the Terminal’s new rules about the Insect Clan’s existence, Bai Yan might have been able to convince herself that the insect crawling out of her body was just a prank by Xiao Jinsheng and that fool.

But now...

Looking again at the insects she had hatched using the Insect Brain 2.0 with her Insect Clan affinity, Bai Yan’s disgust swelled.

The self-deceiving thought that the System’s appearance could change due to some superficial exterior control—just morphing into an insect—was now completely dispelled from Bai Yan’s mind.

Compared to the idea of the System changing its appearance to resemble insects...

She was more willing to believe it was an insect disguising itself as the System.

"Ugh—" Bai Yan finally couldn’t hold back, clutching the glass tank as she dry-heaved.

She raised her hand to slap her own head, shouting, "System, get out here!"

Insect Brain: [What are you freaking out about again?]

Bai Yan yelled furiously: [Quit acting, damn you! Do you honestly not know whether you’re the System or an insect?]

Bai Yan: [The Terminal already named it. The Insect Clan’s invasion—you are an insect!]

Hearing Bai Yan’s accusations, the Insect Brain chuckled darkly: [Yes, I’m an insect. So what?]

Insect Brain: [But don’t forget, the Terminal also mentioned a traitor.]

Insect Brain: [This traitor has a unique superpower, an extraordinary constitution. It was she who revealed the Mist Continent’s cosmic coordinates to the Insect Clan, and she who led them to the Mist Continent.]

Insect Brain: [Look at your superpower. Look at your special ability to revive. Who do you think the Terminal was referring to?]

The Insect Brain’s sneering voice lashed out: [What’s wrong? The moment you realized I was an insect, you got scared? You got disgusted?]

Insect Brain: [You can sever the bond with me anytime. I can leave your body.]

Insect Brain: [But I wonder, Mist Continent’s traitor—the culprit who delivered its second apocalypse—without my help, would the Terminal let you go? Would the other survivors let you go?]

As the Insect Brain finished speaking, Bai Yan’s face turned ashen.

·

Meanwhile, in Moon City, where Xiao Jinsheng’s group was planting trees, everyone’s expression darkened upon hearing the Terminal’s announcement.

"The Terminal is out to destroy you," Caicai said angrily. "Mist Continent’s defensive passage—it was obviously the Terminal itself that opened it."

A unique superpower? A special constitution? Also possesses knowledge of the Terminal’s secrets?

Caicai refused to believe it wasn’t the Terminal framing Xiao Jinsheng for this crime.

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