Fire Ladybugs Startle Awake

As everyone fell silent upon hearing Hu Ming's words.

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Crack.

Suddenly, a flash of white light streaked past.

"Who?" Hu Bayi asked, seeing this.

It was Sa Dipeng. He turned off the flash, but the photos he took were unclear, the Ghost Cave script appearing somewhat blurry. He was unwilling to give up, so he turned on the flash for one shot, thinking to himself, Just this one time, I definitely won't use the flash again.

Seeing Hu Bayi and Hu Ming's faces darken further, they looked displeased at Sa Dipeng.

Sa Dipeng put on an act, feigning victimhood.

"I... I turned off the flash."

"Xiao Sa, you can't turn on the flash, or you'll get us all killed."

After lecturing Sa Dipeng a few sentences, Hu Bayi let it go. What else could he do? Hu Bayi was now thinking that as soon as they got back, he would immediately resign as team leader and take Hu Ming and Fatty back to the Capital themselves.

Hu Ming glanced lightly at Sa Dipeng, a cold smile playing in his heart. This brat was too good at acting.

With that expression and demeanor, not being on a stage was a loss to the stage itself.

"Xiao Sa, you can't turn on the flash, you have to listen to Team Leader Hu."

Professor Chen quickly chimed in from the side, seemingly scolding Sa Dipeng, but actually helping him.

Just then...

Ch ch~

Dense swarms of Fire Ladybugs flew up, combining to form a great army of Fire Ladybugs.

This momentum?

Hu Bayi's nerves were stretched to the extreme. He shouted, "Run, quick... run."

Ch ch~

The Fire Ladybugs gathered, forming an army. Looking out, it wasn't a swarm of Fire Ladybugs at all, but individual balls of eerie blue fire.

Blue flames rose, seemingly able to burn everything. In front of them, ordinary people would be instantly reduced to ashes.

More terrifying than the furnaces in a crematorium.

"Run... run."

"Forget the stuff, just run!" Hu Ming saw Hao Aiguo still taking pictures with his camera and yelled. He himself quickly ran from a burial pit into the demon tower. Seeing many ladybugs attacking him, he directly smashed a large bucket of water at them. The Fire Ladybugs passed through the plastic bucket in the air, the water splashing out and extinguishing quite a few of them. Hu Ming then ran back.

The Fire Ladybugs were chasing him, so he had to use his wet jacket to scatter the ones behind him.

Hu Ming now had the urge to kill Sa Dipeng. The bastard had woken up all the bugs before they even entered the demon tower. He didn't know if he would get any system rewards for that stunt he just pulled.

The Tomb Robbery System, it was about stealing treasures from tombs, right? He had already gotten quite a few things, and now he had entered the demon tower, so it should be fine.

Yeah, it should be fine...

The others were terrified. The Fire Ladybugs hadn't attacked yet, but their souls were trembling.

"Professor Chen, hurry and run, forget the stuff!" Gawa and the eldest son supported Professor Chen, the two of them were warriors with excellent stamina.

Hao Aiguo, Sa Dipeng, and Chu Jian ran desperately behind Professor Chen, looking back as they ran. A dozen fireballs were diving down from above the Nine-story Demon Tower. The sight terrified them so much they almost peed themselves.

Yang Xueli, Fatty, and Hu Bayi followed closely behind, with Hu Ming bringing up the rear.

At this moment, Yang Xueli, while fleeing, threw something backward, hoping to slow down the Fire Ladybugs and buy some time to escape. She didn't have much to use.

What she threw was a safety helmet, not that anyone had dropped it there.

Splat. A cluster of Fire Ladybugs attacked the safety helmet, instantly burning it to ashes.

What? Yang Xueli's heart trembled. It was too terrifying.

She now realized how foolish she had been to run into the demon tower alone earlier.

The river was just ahead. Upon reaching it, Hu Bayi saw Gawa and the big guy supporting Professor Chen by the riverbank. For a moment, he was at a loss and shouted, "Jump into the water quickly, and don't you dare pop your heads up."

The big guy turned and looked back. Dense swarms of Fire Ladybugs were sweeping in.

His heart trembled, and he pulled Professor Chen into the river.

Plop, plop.

Sa Dipeng and the others jumped in one after another, leaving only Shirley Yang and Hu Bayi, along with Gawa and Hu Ming at the very end.

This time, Hu Ming was using all his might.

Gawa was afraid of water; he couldn't swim. In their Tibetan region, they weren't allowed to go into the water.

"Gawa." Gawa turned around and saw a flying kick coming his way, sending him flying into the river.

"I can't swim..."

Splash, splash. Gawa struggled on the surface of the water like a landlubber, swallowing several mouthfuls.

Sensing Gawa's condition, Fatty surfaced from the water. "Are you trying to die? Breathe in."

He pulled Gawa into the water with him. Sizzle.

The Fire Ladybugs flew over. Yang Xueli was still clutching her laptop, looking at it left and right. She had come here specifically to find this laptop, and if it got wet from the river, their trip would have been in vain.

"Quick, get in the water," Hu Bayi shouted anxiously. She was the employer, and even if he quit after this, he couldn't let her die here now!

"My laptop is afraid of water." Hu Bayi directly snatched the laptop, then flung it fiercely towards the other side.

Seeing the laptop land on the opposite bank, Yang Xueli was still worried. She feared the Fire Ladybugs might burn the laptop.

"Get in the water," he yelled at Yang Xueli, and only then did Hu Bayi realize, "Fatty, have you seen Mingzi?"

Fatty had already gone into the water.

Rustle, rustle. A hoarse voice sounded through the communicator.

"Brother Hu, it's Ye Yixin. The storm is about to descend, you guys need to retreat quickly."

With no time to reply to Ye Yixin, Hu Bayi saw Hu Ming and the Fire Ladybugs behind him. Seeing this, Hu Bayi leaped forward as well.

He couldn't block Hu Ming's path!

Plop.

Yang Xueli felt a heat on her back at this moment. With no time to think, she plunged into the river.

Hu Ming followed closely behind, jumping into the river.

Sizzle. The Fire Ladybugs, having lost their target, dived down frantically. Water and fire were incompatible, and the surface of the water began to float with Fire Ladybug corpses.

The remaining Fire Ladybugs dared not dive down, hovering above the water, flapping their wings, as if an endless rage had nowhere to be vented.

After all, Hu Ming hadn't exactly held back when using his jacket to swat Fire Ladybugs earlier.