Clown Game
Chapter 328 - 315: Mother Bug (Four)

Chapter 328: Chapter 315: Mother Bug (Four)

But.

Waiting to be caught was clearly not the style of the "Xixiao Bird" trio, and it was unthinkable for these three to just sit back and wait for death.

Take Song Xuan, for instance, she would probably flash a charming smile, first stab the teacher with a pen, and if any classmates seemed too shocked, she might as well stab them too, all before calmly going back to finish her exam paper once things had quieted down.

As for Chen Xiao, leaving aside whether cheating would get him caught, even if he were caught, he would calmly flick the cheating slip onto the invigilator’s face, then pull out the pencil sharpener that any good student would have, and discuss with the invigilator why their child hadn’t come home after school the previous day.

Well... Bai Xiong is hard to say; he probably didn’t need to cheat.

Anyway, as the giant ants drew closer, Chen Xiao exchanged a significant look with the others.

Song Xuan immediately understood, swiftly reached into her pocket, and pressed the detonation button.

A standard C-class hand grenade, casually possessing the power of four or five liquid explosives, certainly did not lack features like timer settings, voice alignment, and remote detonation, all of which were hardly cutting-edge technology.

So under Song Xuan’s control, the grenade hidden in the food exploded with a loud "Boom!" instantly blasting apart.

The entire Mother Nest seemed to experience a momentary earthquake, shaking violently. The ground was blown apart, creating a large crater, and the surrounding soil was instantly flung high. The shockwave blew everyone nearby all over the place, those closer turned into charred residue. Some burning bodies were flung into piles of food and bug eggs, sending flames shooting upwards and scattering fire everywhere. Thankfully, the space here was large, for in a tunnel, such an explosion could have destroyed everything above, burying everything within, which was why they had initially refrained from using explosive weapons.

Under the impact of the explosion, a nearby giant ant was also blasted into the air, then fell heavily to the ground. Its antennae, whose fine hairs were highly flammable, quickly caught fire spreading to the top of its head. It writhed in agony on the ground, convulsing, but aside from its fine hairs, the body of the giant ant didn’t seem to sustain much damage. Within seconds, as the flames died down, it rapidly got back up, its smoky antennae wildly thrashing about in apparent fury.

Meanwhile, the Mother Bug was well protected by the giant ants and remained completely unharmed. However, its massive body began to move more rapidly, likely issuing some command.

A lot happened within seconds. The scattered soil had just settled, the blasted apart crowd still disarrayed like dolls thrown by a sweeping hand, still not completely calmed when suddenly, the entire swarm seemed to erupt. The "sussing" sound came from every direction, through doorways, even through the thick soil above, like numerous trains passing overhead, the overwhelming noise causing Chen Xiao and his companions headaches so intense they could barely stand. The ants, as if spurred by some impulse, furiously beat their thin wings, their screeches distinct amidst such chaos.

Countless soldier ants emerged from various entrances, swirling around the Mother Bug and piling up beneath her, seemingly preparing to transport the Mother Bug to a safe location.

In the face of danger, the first instinct of a species is naturally to protect the foundation of their lineage, and ants are no exception. It wasn’t hard to imagine that if the Mother Bug were moved, it would be under even tighter security, making it nearly impossible to kill or even approach it again.

But at this moment, Chen Xiao and his team had even more pressing issues to address, such as how to survive now that the entire swarm was enraged.

The ant whose antennae were burnt clearly received an extreme command. With one leap, it crashed into the crowd, its forelimbs slamming down like giant hammers from the sky, instantly smashing a human into pieces, blood exploding like ink splattering everywhere.

Then another "Bang!", and a second person was smashed. Under the massive force, human bodies broke like crushed eggs, unable to last even half a second, then a third and a fourth. Soon, the giant ants that were initially scouting for stragglers, too, joined in. Now, they didn’t care about labor or food, popping and bursting heads indiscriminately, starting to kill everyone present.

Chen Xiao silently watched as the ants, along with exploding bodies, closed in, then glanced at the roof of the nest, already densely covered with ants.

Chen Xiao’s thoughts began to whirl rapidly — guns, ammunition, teammates, Foundation’s technology, timing, location, and every usable thing in the surrounding environment...

However, two seconds later... he realized that in the face of such absolute power and numbers, it seemed he had no strategies at all.

"Intelligence... needs strength to support it..."

A long time ago, a guy with glasses had said that, and Chen Xiao remembered it clearly.

"Hehehe, it looks like it’s all over." He suddenly laughed, "But... just when I found a bit of joy in life, how could I possibly die just like that!"

He began to talk to himself nervously.

At that moment, Bai Xiong had just crawled out from a pile of scattered corpses and dirt.

Chen Xiao turned his head toward him... "Hey, take out that little disc."

Bai Xiong hesitated: "What?"

"Stop pretending, the disc you used at my apartment the day you and Song Xuan registered at ’Playful Bird’... If I’m not wrong, that’s actually a..."

Bai Xiong’s eyes shook violently, which was almost a huge emotional fluctuation for him.

"Enough!" Bai Xiong immediately bellowed, "What exactly do you want!!"

No one knew what this conversation meant, except for Chen Xiao and Bai Xiong.

"What do I want?" Chen Xiao retorted, as if he had heard a particularly stupid question: "Of course, to survive. I know you have your stories, I’m too lazy to ask, but now is not the time to keep secrets. Just tell me if it can block the Mother Bug’s control over the ant swarm! Just for 1 minute!"

Bai Xiong took a deep breath.

Chen Xiao! This guy who appeared to care about nothing every day, irresponsible and carefree, indeed had been investigating him! And he had investigated to this extent! No wonder he could nonchalantly discuss cooperating with the Splitters to snatch the containment items.

He had known all along!

At that moment, the giant ants in the distance seemed to have noticed the disturbances of the two men, their antennae stiff and buzzing straight towards them.

"Yes!" Bai Xiong shouted, now was not the time to hesitate about other things, everything else could wait until they had survived.

"Hehe, just as I thought!" Chen Xiao grinned loudly, he suddenly stood up, staring straight at the dense swarm of ants, his face excited as he pulled a pistol from his pocket, and simultaneously stretched out a hand towards Bai Xiong.

"...Give it to me!!"