Chapter 522: Tender Devourers
Sometimes, as the gears of fate turned, they inadvertently brought surprises-or shocks.
The lightning, thunder, and raging storm over the sacrificial mountain that day had not only frightened the nobles, powerful officials, and laborers of the Qinggelie Empire, but also introduced other variables.
The World Mother's power had rooted itself firmly in that mountain, clinging on and refusing to let go. Qin Xiaoxia had also been alarmed when the world power of this Otherworld responded, so he had not dared reveal his presence. Shortly after the storm began, he had dispersed his thoughtform and gone into hiding, causing even him to miss certain details.
The World Mother did not seem to pay much attention to minor details, either. So, careful as Qin Xiaoxia had been, there was only so much he could do with a careless "mother."
The summoning ritual and the energy the World Mother brought through the Void had delivered not only the box Qin Xiaoxia had prepared, but also a few other things, such as stray weeds and fallen leaves.
Amid the raging storm that night, one of those leaves had been blown high into the sky, then carried far away by the air currents above.
That same morning, in a stretch of wilderness along the Qinggelie Empire's border, the glow of life stirred within several tiny insect eggs beneath a withered yellow leaf.
Because of the woodland, the Radiant Star's light was still somewhat dim in the early morning.
With almost no audible sound, tiny cracks were bitten into the eggs from within.
Several tiny, soft-bodied, wingless nymphs crawled out.
Had an entomologist or agronomist from Earth been there-or even a farmer or an ordinary person with common knowledge-they would have recognized these creatures at a glance.
They were a kind of