I’m Really Scared
Chapter 171: The Queen Bee

"To the sinkhole!"

Amidst the sound of the collapse, Guan Shan's command was relayed through the headset to Bian Jie and Lin Shuman.

The two had been hiding in the dark and immediately understood Guan Shan's plan upon hearing his words.

The sinkhole was filled with methane, which was not only toxic but also extremely explosive. "Drone Bee One's" weapons relied on fire or electricity, making them severely limited in that environment. Using them would be akin to committing suicide.

However, this meant their attacks would also need to be more cautious and precise.

Compared to "Drone Bee One," their advantage was still more apparent.

"Crash..."

"Drone Bee One" lifted the debris of the shrine, his skin burnt in several places, with blood streaming down, revealing his muscle tissue and mechanical structure.

"Quick reaction... To be the blade that cut through the 'Death Hive,' you are indeed sharp."

He dusted himself off and took a syringe from his fully mechanical left arm, injecting it into his neck. The wounds all over his body healed at a visible rate, and his health bar quickly recovered.

—The supply chain for the pharmaceutical serum also included Shadowman's network, so "Death Hive" had a certain amount of Active Serum, though it was not as potent and was considered a stable version.

"Drone Bee One" wasn't particularly angry about being tricked by Guan Shan, appearing quite composed.

"It seems your awakening must be accelerated," he said, looking at the children lying on the ground, injured yet expressionless. He began feeding them "Ascension Candy" one by one from a jar.

The methane-filled sinkhole indeed prevented the use of hot weapons.

But "Drone Bee One" never relied on himself for combat. He was merely a scientist with some self-defense abilities. His modifications were mostly for survival.

Guan Shan was strong, but still only a C-level.

However, the nearly perfected "Ascension Candy" could easily create numerous C-level Espers.

"The shrine collapsed! Quick, put out the fire!"

"Ah! It's the Divine Messenger! The Divine Messenger has descended! It must be because our sacrifices were not timely enough!"

"Bee God, protect us! These outsiders are so disrespectful! As soon as they arrived, the shrine collapsed!"

"We should have tied them up immediately. They were spouting deceptive nonsense, and Ba Dian insisted on being cautious. See, now he's dead!"

"Exactly! And Ba Jiang, thinking he knows better just because he's been outside the village. The Divine Messenger must have seen his disloyalty!"

"But what now? The sacrifices are all dead. Will the Divine Messenger punish us?"

"Well..."

"The Divine Messenger is merciful and won't punish us without reason. If someone is killed, it's because they're guilty. Guilty ones deserve to die! If sacrifices are insufficient, we'll offer our own children. That's true loyalty!"

"Now that the village chief is dead, shouldn't we... select someone new?"

The villagers gathered, either to put out the fire, worship, or whisper amongst themselves.

"Drone Bee One" ignored them, watching the sacrifices writhe in pain, moaning and groaning until their eyes sparkled with life again. Some with cold killing intent, others with chaotic madness.

Eventually, the children staggered to their feet. Some approached "Drone Bee One," while others cast bloodthirsty gazes at the surrounding villagers.

"One, two, three... Twelve D-levels, six C-levels, the rest are failures. A two-thirds success rate, not bad."

"Drone Bee One" looked at the energy detector in his hand, counting one by one, nodding in satisfaction.

These C-levels were not ordinary C-levels. The complete Ascension Candy combined with fixed ability genes greatly increased the likelihood of awakening specific abilities.

In other words, they all had top-tier combat abilities.

He patted the head of the nearest C-level child and coldly commanded, "Go, break the blade of the Special Security Group."

Meanwhile, the failed children had lost their sanity, just like Zhao Hong and his wife, starting to massacre the villagers.

"Drone Bee One" walked leisurely behind the rampaging children, hands behind his back, strolling through the village.

As for the villagers pleading for his help, he ignored them all.

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When Guan Shan arrived at the sinkhole that had previously buried them, the distant village noise made the silence here even more pronounced.

Entering the cave where the sinkhole was located, he suddenly felt the [Worker Bee Pendant] hanging around his neck start to vibrate slightly.

"What the hell? Why is this thing moving on its own?"

Originally used as a scouting tool, the pendant was only occasionally useful. Lately, it had been helpful in finding paths in the forest...

To avoid it taking up inventory space, he kept it equipped.

Now, even without activating it, the pendant was reacting.

Guan Shan took it out and saw that the insect sealed in the glass container, resembling a bee, was vibrating its wings as if it had come to life!

Stunned, Guan Shan checked the pendant, seeing no sign of pursuit from "Drone Bee One," he closed his eyes to try using it.

The dark vision akin to an eagle's eye reappeared, and the sense of detecting other bees was still functioning.

In this place, there was indeed a "bee"—

At the bottom of the sinkhole lay a massive, writhing creature, like an egg or pupa, oval-shaped with a pair of huge wings, and numerous "legs" stirring the surrounding viscous swamp.

"Shit..."

Guan Shan's eyes widened, and he swallowed hard, stepping back involuntarily.

The sinkhole was about fifty meters wide, but the creature at the bottom was even larger!

What did this mean? Fifty meters was about the height of a sixteen-story building, meaning if this thing stood up, it would be like a skyscraper.

For reference, the original Godzilla was also fifty meters tall.

Lying at the bottom of this seemingly calm sinkhole was such a terrifying, living creature!

Guan Shan shuddered at the thought of having rested above this thing, possibly even being watched by it.

Lin Shuman suddenly exclaimed, "So, the missing [Worker Bee Pendant] was with you. Gao Ye and the others had been betting on whether you took it."

Guan Shan stared at the swamp littered with bones, clutching the vibrating [Worker Bee Pendant], and asked, "Is this 'Death Hive's' stuff?"

"Yes," Lin Shuman replied, reciting intelligence from the logistics team, "It's a signature pendant of 'Death Hive,' supposedly produced by a physical-class mutation-type Esper."

"This is a sub-bug... The holders can sense each other's positions."

"And the one with the mother bug can control the sub-bugs... Why are you backing away?"

Sweating profusely, Guan Shan clung to the wall, retreating, "Stay away from the sinkhole. We need to fight elsewhere..."

Who could control this "mother bug"?

The creature in the sinkhole must be the "Queen Bee" of "Death Hive!"

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