Chi Xiao's eyes narrowed first when she heard Xu Le's sudden words.
"Do you have any specific information?"
"No," Xu Le answered honestly.
This left Chi Xiao in a difficult position. It was not that she did not believe Xu Le; precisely because she believed him, a problem like this was tricky without any information.
"Tell me exactly why you suspect this, and what happened."
Xu Le nodded and began delivering the words he had already prepared:
"First, the number of insects here. Haven't you noticed anything strange?"
"The number of insects? You mean there are a lot of them? The Insect Race has always had vast numbers. When they attack somewhere, they mostly win through quantity and rarely rely on quality..."
Before Chi Xiao could finish, Xu Le interrupted her.
"No, that's not it. At the very least, the insects appearing in the city shouldn't be coming out of nowhere."
"Out of nowhere?"
"Something's wrong with their numbers. What you're describing is an Insect Race Outer God building up strength, then amassing enough insects to launch an attack, right?"
"Right, that's what I mean."
"But you've all overlooked one condition. To build up strength, they need a nest.
"Insects need energy to reproduce. Any kind of energy will do.
"Normally, insects prefer meat.
"If there's no meat, they'll eat other things. Plants will do too.
"Only a nest, or a mother insect capable of breeding vast numbers of insects, could produce this endless stream of insects attacking the city.
"The current environment in Tianrui Lifeng shouldn't support that."
"But there really are a lot of insects." Chi Xiao already understood what Xu Le meant.
"Exactly. There definitely is a nest, so there must be somewhere that meets those conditions."
"Tell me your conclusion."
"The place where they dispose of