The locusts at least hopped around, but the Egg Sacs did not move at all. Killing them was even more boring.
Feng Ling was thoroughly sick of it. She returned to the vehicle and had the driver continue forward, hoping to find some other Contaminants to add a little novelty to her day.
There were none.
All she could see along the way were locusts.
At most, their colors varied slightly—some greener, some yellower. They propped up their serrated hind legs and gnawed on everything they could eat—
Smoked fish drying on rooftops, soybeans and grain left behind in stores, the tender leaves at the tops of town greenbelts, even slightly better-quality curtains, all had been chewed full of holes by the locusts.
They were practically omnivores, eating anything and everything.
Third Perspective continued advancing. Amid the vast sea of Red Dots, a Blue Dot suddenly appeared.
Feng Ling froze for a moment and tried to get a better look, but it was too far away. Even with her vision magnified to the limit, she could only make out a winding mountain range. To see moving objects on the ground clearly, she needed to get closer.
Then, the conspicuous Blue Dot in Third Perspective vanished.
Huh?
Curiosity piqued, Feng Ling asked over her headset in the Public Channel, "Sir, which team is responsible for the area about seven kilometers ahead?"
"Grulu lies ahead. At present, all teams are still within Eshia. We expect to clear all locusts in Eshia before sunset," Huang Yi replied.
Feng Ling understood. Since that Blue Dot was not one of their team members, it could only have been a local Hunter from Grulu.
Still, she really was not used to this. It had only taken a few hours by car from the Military Airport, yet