Mole crickets were pests commonly found in farmland. Some people also used them medicinally.
They could be cooked and eaten, fried or stir-fried, much like grasshoppers.
In some places, people called them chirping mole crickets or little earth dogs.
There was an old saying: "Would you stop farming just because the mole crickets chirped?"
This was the insect it referred to. Like crickets, they rubbed their wings together to make their calls.
These insects mainly ate plant roots and also dug tunnels underground.
For crops, having their roots eaten and the soil hollowed out meant they could no longer grow.
They were brown and a little smaller than grasshoppers.
Their heads resembled crayfish, with pointed mouths.
They had large, oval abdomens, like those of bush crickets.
They had six legs, with the front two mainly used for digging.
They had wings on their backs.
The people of the Land of Reeds believed mole crickets were messengers of the gods, like angels, who perched on rooftops to watch humanity.
Then they reported humanity's sins to the heavenly gods.
Commonly known as tattling.
This Miranda Sprout was a mole cricket that had become a monster.
Half human, half insect, its transformation was incomplete.
Its insect head and human face were stuck together, and its human upper body at least knew to wear clothes.
But its enormous insect abdomen and four legs remained exposed below.
It was quite a disgusting monster.
After gaining power, it had done nothing good, either, occupying this village and feeding on offerings every day.
Insects already had broad diets. After becoming a monster, the Miranda Sprout learned that human flesh was satisfying to eat, and young boys and girls were even more tender.
It ate their flesh and sucked out their souls.
The full course.
It claimed to