Chapter 573: Contact
Qin Xiaoxia had never checked how fast ordinary locusts could fly in the Old Era. He only knew they could not have been particularly fast, since they did not even rank among the faster flying insects.
But thanks to evolution, the locusts of the new era on Earth certainly did not fly slowly, especially once they gathered in such staggering numbers. Certain locusts seemed to lead the way, exchanging coordinating signals with the entire swarm so that, within a given range, many of their wingbeats fell within roughly the same frequency and angle.
The locusts migrated like a tide across the sky, naturally causing widespread panic. Anyone who saw them had every reason to be terrified. Fortunately, the calamity overhead did not descend en masse, even where lush vegetation covered the ground.
Of course, a few locusts flying lower or running short of stamina still dropped down to feed, but their numbers were utterly insignificant compared with the whole swarm.
As the swarm flew along, the sight of it blotting out the sky and sun terrified countless witnesses.
News of the invasion by demons from Hell might not yet have spread beyond the Ganning Sen Empire, but people had already experienced the terror of the locust tide.
Previously, merchants and other channels had spread stories of terrifying yellow-gray demons. This was the first time people had seen them firsthand.
Calamity Famine, devouring the light power of the Heart of the Sun, would consume every scrap of food...
Rumors like these spread amid the buzzing of wings. Fortunately, the terrifying swarm did not swoop down along the way.
Clop, clop, clop...
A galloping packhorse charged recklessly down the main road, paying no heed to the caravans and pedestrians around it. Everyone on the road could only dodge