A wave of sharp inhales rang out inside the tent.
Murong Xuan clutched his hair and said, "But how could there be creatures from Yanfu in Guixu? Weren't we told that the Divine Lord banished the giant beast Tiangui to Yanfu, then had the gods and the Ancient People retreat into Guixu?"
"Then how did these insects appear in Guixu? It doesn't make sense."
Dr. Jia Miao said calmly, "There's nothing that can't be explained."
"Perhaps these insects were only sent onto the Battlefield by Meibe after the war had entered its later stages."
"Judging from the murals left behind, these insects possessed parasitic abilities."
"If that's the case, let's make an assumption."
"Suppose they parasitized the bodies of the Ancient People—or even the gods—but weren't discovered at the time."
"Then, when the Divine Lord separated Guixu from the Mortal World, those insects erupted. That would explain why creatures from Yanfu appeared in Guixu."
"Because they were 'stowaways.'"
"They infiltrated Guixu by hiding in the bodies of the Ancient People or the gods."
"Meibe may have sensed something in advance, so she released these insects with the intention of having them use their hosts to do something after infiltrating Guixu."
"For example, assassinating the Divine Lord or destroying Guixu."
"Of course, these are all just my guesses."
"As for whether that was really the case, it's hard to say."
Captain Luo Yan nodded. "Regardless of whether that was the truth, it's a fact that these insects came from Yanfu, and it's also a fact that they appeared in Guixu."
"The fortunate thing is that there probably aren't many of them. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had to wait until now to discover them."
"So we can be certain that there is at least one Bug Nest somewhere in Zone 22."
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