No one objected to Zhou Qing's suggestion. As they moved away from the Swarm Kingdom, Rabbit Girl scooped up sand and gravel from the ground and sprinkled it over everyone. The main purpose was to remove their scent and prevent the swarm from discovering them.
In the end, the group of seven stopped inside a petrified structure resembling an Ancient Castle, four hundred meters away from the Swarm Kingdom.
"Sure enough, the swarm came out!"
Rabbit Girl, who was watching the Swarm Kingdom from atop the structure, saw a group of Black Ants roughly a meter in size emerge five kilometers to the east and head toward the place where they had originally been.
After reaching their destination, the Ant Colony searched the area for nearly seven hours and even found the Ancient Castle where Zhou Qing and the others were hiding.
However, the Ant Colony seemed to distinguish friend from foe by scent. Perhaps their earlier method of concealing their aura had worked, because even when those calf-sized ants barged inside, they merely touched Zhou Qing and the others with their antennae before leaving, never launching an attack.
Just as Riko had said, the swarm would not actively attack humans.
After the Ant Colony had completely left, Romantina clutched her head and slowly straightened up. Her eyelids drooped, and the dark circles beneath them were comparable to Timidit's.
Timidit: "..."
"How do you feel?" Zhou Qing handed her a waterskin.
"I'm definitely getting even over this!"
The voice was Romantina's, but there was a hint of absurdity beneath that arrogance—
No doubt about it!
It was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!
It seemed Romantina would have to sleep for a while longer...
Zhou Qing came to that conclusion.
Of the others, aside from Timidit, Dugu Bo, Rabbit Girl, Riko, and