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Chapter 570 - 320 Mad Alchemist_1

Chapter 570: Chapter 320 Mad Alchemist_1

"[You charge towards the ant colony line, with the Warrior Shadow Wolf following behind you.]

"[The ants are angered by your provocative move and rush towards you, chittering.]

"[You release a Strong Wind Blowing, overturning the ant swarm. Numerous shockwaves of magic explode before you, provided by the fire support of your teammates, opening a path for you in the dense ant defense line.]

"[You and the Shadow Wolf successfully break through the ant swarm, but attract countless soldier ants chasing behind...]

"[The Shadow Wolf casts a ’Wind Concealment Technique’ on you.]

"[You’re enveloped by a thick layer of Wind Element, the wind Element refracts the light, hiding your figures, and dispersing your scent.]

"[The pursuing ants lose your trail. All they can do is incessantly spin in place, antennas twitching...]

Breaking through isn’t too difficult, and the spell that the Shadow Wolf uses is particularly intriguing to Mu You. The Wind Concealment Technique, a Wind-type invisibility spell, can refract light and conceal scent. It’s much more practical than ordinary invisibility, especially in this insect den. With the scent gone, it’s as if the ants are blind, making it extremely uncomfortable for them.

Anyway, they had successfully thrown off their pursuers. The soldier ants within the den were all attracted to the frontline, leaving the nest empty. This made it much easier for Mu You and the Shadow Wolf to navigate their way through.

"[You have arrived at the Worker Ant Area!]

"[On both sides, the rocks have been eroded by the worker ants’ acid, creating many caves and forming a three-dimensional nest. Thousands of tightly connected ant holes are distributed above, each housing a worker ant or a soldier ant...]

"[The Ant Queen’s Nest is hidden within these ant holes. To prevent it from being easily identified by enemies, the appearance of the Ant Queen’s Nest is identical to that of an ordinary ant’s nest. To find the Ant Queen’s Nest, you will need to explore one by one...]

"[You chose to step into the nearest ant nest.]

"[Unfortunately, this wasn’t the Ant Queen’s Nest. A worker ant curled up inside noticed your presence and immediately sent out a signal of enemy attack...]

Mu You silently pressed his pocket watch.

The current situation turned into a game of hide and seek with the Ant Queen. He needed to probe each hole one by one. If he chose the wrong hole, he would trigger the worker ant’s alarm and attract the distant soldier ant swarm back.

Despite Mu You having his pocket watch, this task was clearly quite a challenge. With thousands of ant nests, he wondered when he’d find the right one.

But there was no better alternative for now. They could only continue looking. If they failed to find the Queen, they would have to draw the soldier ants back and let Lin Xue and the others cross the broken bridge first.

"[Time passes, and you enter the ant nest ahead.]

"[A soldier ant, fast asleep in the ant nest, is awakened by your noise and immediately sends out an alarm...]

"[Time passes once again, and you return outside the ant nest to enter another. Only to find... it’s empty.]

...

Following that, Mu You started his search aided by his pocket watch. Over half of these ant nests were empty, while the rest were inhabited by worker ants. Only a few nests were unoccupied but contained some low-grade equipment and items. They were likely the remains of adventurers who had mistakenly entered the ant nest and were subsequently killed by the ants.

These occasional ’surprises’ were Mu You’s main motivation to patiently play this game of hide and seek. It was like opening a blind box. Whenever he found some equipment, it was a small gain. If he was lucky enough to find some high-grade items, then he’d hit the jackpot!

After about an hour of searching and picking up a pile of junk with no high-grade equipment in sight, Mu You felt a bit disappointed.

However, just as he was about to give up on searching for the Ant Queen, a new message popped up in the game.

"[You enter the next ant nest, another empty one. But at the bottom of the nest, you spot a square metal box, about a meter in all directions, rusty and corroded by ant acid.]

"A metal box?"

Mu You paused. A meter in size was quite a big box. Could it be some sort of treasure chest?

With that thought, Mu You quickly clicked on the ’metal box’ text.

"[You come closer to inspect, turning the box over a few times, but you find no locks or any mechanism to open it on the surface.]

"[Just as you’re about to take a closer look at the box, you suddenly hear a faint voice from inside, ’Is anyone out there?’]"

"Someone?" Mu You raised an eyebrow.

"[You chose to respond to the voice. ’Yes, someone is here.’]"

"[’Are there any ants outside?’ the voice spoke again.]"

"[’Not at moment,’ you replied.]"

"[As your words fell, the iron box suddenly started squirming. The surface peeled back layer by layer, eventually revealing its contents.]"

"[An emaciated green-skinned Goblin clambered out from the box.]"

"[The Goblin looked frail and old, but the madness in its scarlet eyes was unmistakable.]"

"[Seeing you and the Shadow Wolf, the old Goblin showed no fear, despite your power. Instead, its first question was whether you had any food. You chose...]"

"[You conjured up a loaf of magic bread on the spot and handed it to the old Goblin.]"

"[The old Goblin accepted the bread, devouring it greedily, and seemed to have regained some of his vigor.]"