Chapter 561 - 357: Humans Kept in Captivity

Chapter 561: Chapter 357: Humans Kept in Captivity

"How many creatures are still alive on this shattered continent? Tell me everything," Han Ning said coldly.

"Yes..." With a dazed expression, the Abyssal Rock Ant Insect Master opened its mouth and began to recount the conditions within the shattered continent.

"On this one-quarter continent lives the relatively intact Abyssal Rock Ant Insect Master Family... as well as 23 other Insect Master Families, over a hundred different kinds of Soul Beasts... and also..."

The Insect Master trailed off, staring blankly at Han Ning’s face before continuing,

"There is also an Alien Race that looks very similar to you. They are kept as Insect Slaves, scattered throughout the territories of the various groups."

"Similar to us?" Hearing this, Han Ning’s expression changed slightly.

Fearing discovery by the Alatake Clan, all the humans on Grey had been disguised to resemble a unique Race somewhat similar to the Merfolk, Witch Spirits, and other such groups.

His face twitched and contorted, returning to its original appearance. "Do they look like this?" he asked.

To an Alien Race, all humans looked similar aside from their skin color—the same way humans felt when looking at other Alien Races.

"Yes... just like you."

Without Han Ning needing to say a word, Bobo Man, who had been standing aside and listening intently, took the initiative. "Your people? Do you need my help?"

Han Ning nodded. "I’ll have to trouble Bobo Ka to seal off this entire shattered continent to prevent anyone else from entering. I’m going to rescue all the humans."

"No problem!"

As Bobo Man gave the order,

Bobo Ka, positioned below the two of them, held out its fists and gently struck the surrounding void.

BOOM!!

A surging Aqua Blue torrent shot out from its tortoise shell, quickly forming a sky-high water curtain that flowed over the surface of the continental fragment, filling all the cracks.

Any Beast Masters and Soul Beasts that tried to enter would be affected by the water curtain and repelled back in the direction they came from.

"Panel, scan the structure of the entire shattered continent. Mark the locations of surviving humans. If there are any special treasures, mark them as well."

[Scanning...]

[This scan is estimated to consume 230,000 points of Energy. Continue scanning?]

"Yes!"

For the current Han Ning, 230,000 points of Energy was a trivial amount.

At the same time, he stretched his hands forward.

Instantly, countless dense red specks of flesh shot out from his palms.

In mid-air, the specks of flesh transformed into countless chubby little silkworms. A pair of small wings sprouted from the back of each one, and under Han Ning’s mental guidance, they flew towards the locations marked by the panel.

...

In boundless Darkness.

Only the fluorescent minerals embedded in the rock walls gave off a faint glow, barely illuminating the extremely narrow environment.

"HUFF... HUFF... HUFF..."

"Ah Song, I... I can’t run anymore. You guys go on without me..."

Stifled gasps rose and fell. In the Darkness, a voice full of exhaustion rang out.

The dim fluorescent light illuminated three faces drenched in sweat.

They were young, all of them with the features of humans from Xia Country.

At that moment, the three of them were leaning against the uneven rock wall, gasping for air. They kept glancing nervously into the distance, as if something truly terrifying existed there.

"Don’t be ridiculous. We barely escaped from those Demons, how can you give up so easily?"

A relatively sturdy youth took a few deep breaths of the slightly foul air, grabbed his two companions’ hands, and was about to squeeze into a crevice in the rock wall ahead.

Just then, the sound of a sharp wind came from behind the three of them.

In an instant, a giant centipede crashed down in front of the three youths. It was over 5 meters long, with densely packed legs and mottled red bloodstains on its body. Flapping the transparent wings on its back, it had plummeted down like an owl.

"Once you enter my Mountain Moon Clan, you are my clan’s slaves. This isn’t a place you can just come and go as you please."

A cold, hard voice, like the scraping of hard antennae against each other, echoed through the dim cave.

To the trio’s horror, an ugly humanoid creature nearly 1.7 meters tall, its face covered in small, sharp spikes, suddenly leaped down from the centipede’s back.

"A monster! It’s another one of those man-faced, insect-bodied monsters..."

They couldn’t understand the monster’s muttering, but its creepy voice sent a chill down their spines.

The three instinctively huddled back to back. Even as huge beads of sweat rolled down their cheeks, they forced themselves to be brave. They picked up loose stones from the ground, ready to fight the centipede to the death.

"Tsk..."

The centipede Insect-man leaned over and laughed heartily, as if it had seen something hilarious.

Its expression was extremely exaggerated, and a few strands of viscous saliva even flew from its mouth.

Suddenly, its expression turned icy cold, and it shouted, "Insect Servants!"

SWOOSH SWOOSH~

From the shadows, several insectoid figures darted out.

"Drag him away. To prison number 9."

RUSTLE~

Without hesitation, two relatively smaller centipedes moved forward to seize the youths.

"I’d like to see who dares..."

The sturdy youth’s face was wild as he was about to throw the stone.

A sharp gust of wind swept past.

A slender centipede antenna swept out,

striking him square in the jaw.

Before the words could leave his mouth, his entire body went limp like a noodle and collapsed.

Crimson blood immediately pooled on the ground.

The centipede retracted its antenna, hoisted up the youth’s body, and headed deeper into the rugged cave path.

The other two stared blankly at this scene, seemingly frozen in fear.

It wasn’t until an antenna, reeking of a cold, foul stench, wrapped around their waists that they snapped out of it as if waking from a dream. They wanted to struggle, but couldn’t muster even a shred of Power.

In their despair, the Insect Master led the giant centipede to a staircase that extended downwards.