At that moment, a dense buzzing suddenly rose up, so intense it made everyone's scalp tingle.
The sound was incredibly fine and dense, like countless wings vibrating at once, yet also like metal scraping against bones.
At first, it was only faintly audible. A few breaths later, it surged in like a tide, blotting out the sky and covering the earth.
The Chaos mist was shaken into violent turmoil by the sound waves. The gray-white walls of fog seemed to be gnawed apart from within, holes appearing one after another and steadily widening.
Then, the insects appeared.
First there were a few, then dozens, then tens of thousands, pouring densely from those holes.
These insects were bizarre beyond measure.
Some resembled centipedes, except they had an extra pair of membranous wings.
Some looked like ants enlarged countless times over, yet possessed three heads.
Some were completely transparent, revealing dark green fluid churning within their bodies.
Others had no fixed shape at all, merely a constantly shifting mass of tentacles and carapaces.
Their numbers were beyond counting. This first wave alone had already covered half the sky.
The flapping of innumerable insect wings layered together, forming a deafening buzz.
Before them, the Chaos mist was like rotting flesh being gnawed away, peeling off layer by layer.
"Vacuum Homeland?"
"It's the Vacuum Homeland's insect swarm!"
"Why are they here too?!"
Someone in the crowd cried out in alarm, their fear even stronger than when they had seen the Chaos Lords.
The name Vacuum Homeland was enough to make one's hair stand on end throughout the Endless Starfield and the Sea of Chaos.
These insects were unlike cultivators, who cared about rules and limits. They possessed only one instinct.
Devour everything, then evolve.
Xu Changqing narrowed his eyes and examined the insect swarm