Giant Hard's declaration of "I'm not afraid of death" made Mao Xiao Miao fall silent for a while.
In the end, she still felt that her master's mission was more important, so she said, "I have a way to stop the swarm."
The cat-eared girl pointed toward the cavern. "All we need is a group of Iron Stone Monsters to mobilize the Earth Power in their bodies with all their strength and continuously hammer the cave walls. The bigger the commotion, the better."
Giant Hard was somewhat puzzled. "Little Miss, is it really that simple?"
In this Stone Giant's eyes, there seemed to be an extraordinarily powerful being standing behind this little one, most likely a Deity.
Yet the method offered by a Deity was truly far simpler than it had expected.
Mao Xiao Miao nodded firmly. "Yes."
She continued, "If there is a disturbance in the depths of the cavern, hide inside the stone wall before the attack arrives, and you can survive."
"However, the window for survival will likely be only an instant. It will be extremely difficult to time it accurately."
The cat-eared girl gave a quantitative estimate. "Perhaps only one percent."
Giant Hard pondered for a moment, then asked a string of questions. "Is there something in the depths of the cavern? Will striking the cave walls anger it?
"If we anger it, will it indiscriminately attack everything and kill the Mothworms that entered the cavern?"
The cat-eared girl answered honestly. "Big Guy, I don't know any more than you do, but I think that's probably it."
She paused, then repeated her master's words. "Someone told me that knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing."
Giant Hard gave a rough "Mm." "Little Miss, I understand now. Then let's begin."
It immediately asked, "How many