Jia Yan flew to a height of ten meters.
He reached this height, believing that apart from some flying creatures, there should be no other creatures threatening him!
At a height of ten meters, the scenery below became even more detailed!
In this vast and huge space, there were dense clusters of plants resembling forests and shrubs.
Some of these plants resembled trees, but upon closer inspection, they were completely different, resembling something like weeds from the outside world. If forced to describe, those weeds had been magnified hundreds of times, becoming giant trees towering in this space!
Some of them even reached a height of more than twenty meters, directly reaching the "ceiling" of this underground world!
Crackling!
A strange sound emanated from the "trees" beneath Jia Yan's feet.
Jia Yan quickly diverted his attention to look.
Only to see a huge fiery red centipede crawling out of the bushes formed by the weeds.
Its size and appearance were very similar to the one Jia Yan had seen before, so if there were no surprises, it should be the same one!
This centipede was about two and a half meters long, with a huge body the size of a water bucket, making it a giant presence.
Just as this centipede crawled to the edge of the stream to drink water!
Splash!
A creature that seemed to be a bug but also somewhat different suddenly surged from the water.
The overall length of this creature was unclear, but its exposed head and body, which already exceeded that of the centipede, had a pair of compound eyes like Jia Yan's. At this moment, the compound eyes were filled with a deep cold light!
"What... What is this?!"
Jia Yan was directly startled in mid-air, quickly raising his altitude.
The creature waved its pair of forelegs, which were as thick as human arms but much longer, and aimed them fiercely at the fiery red centipede by the stream!
Originally, given the significant difference in size, the centipede should not have been a match. However, just as the forelegs reached out, the fiery red centipede suddenly curled up its body!
The fiery red centipede transformed its entire body into a spherical shape, like a huge pumpkin!
The forelegs swung, but they could only leave faint white marks on the hard exoskeleton of the fiery red centipede.
Clang!
The sound of metal clashing echoed in the air.
Sparks flashed on the exoskeleton where they made contact!
After swinging its forelegs a few times and realizing it couldn't do anything to the fiery red centipede, the huge creature directly sank into the water...
Meanwhile, the fiery red centipede stretched out its body as if nothing had happened.
Then it dipped its mouthparts into the stream, slowly sucking up the clear water.
"What a wonderful world!" Jia Yan exclaimed in amazement.
"But I didn't come here just to see the scenery. Since the Northeastern Wild Tiger's factory can obtain something from this place through that gap, extract black liquid, and process it into purplish-red medicinal liquid, then there must be something valuable to find in this source! "
Jia Yan flew directly along the five-kilometer radius of the area.
"The streams here are abundant, as well as those tall trees, and those huge creatures that I can't even recognize. It seems to herald that this place is truly strange, with both animals and plants anomalously oversized!"
Buzzing...
Just as Jia Yan was thinking!
A strange sound, like the flapping of wings, resonated from his body. In this vast underground world, it echoed!
Jia Yan saw that not far away, the fiery red centipede resting by the stream seemed to have heard some terrifying sound!
It immediately sped into the bushes nearby.
In the bushes, it seemed that more huge bodies were moving. Jia Yan hadn't seen where they were hiding before, but now they actually started moving and then hid their bodies deeper in the bushes, as if very afraid.
"What's going on?"
Jia Yan became alert, his compound eyes faintly staring in the direction where the sound had come from, about four to five hundred meters away!
Buzzing...
In his compound eyes, a cluster of black objects, resembling dust, rapidly approached in the air!
These things got closer and closer!
When they were about fifty meters away, Jia Yan finally saw their full appearance!
"It's actually a swarm of centipedes! But this head..."
Centipedes, belonging to the order Insecta, family Geophilidae, also known by another name, slender-waisted wasps!
They are creatures that resemble bees in appearance.
Generally, centipedes are only about one and a half centimeters in size.
But the centipedes flying towards him now were directly around ten centimeters!
Almost the same size as Jia Yan now!
And the number was extremely large, with nearly a hundred giant centipedes flying towards Jia Yan.
Seeing these ferocious and numerous creatures, Jia Yan felt his scalp tingling and quickly spread his wings!
Flying back the way he came!
The sound of his wings flapping also rang out with a buzzing noise.
However, there was a subtle difference between the buzzing from the centipede army behind him, and this difference represented that even though Jia Yan had undergone three mutations, his flying speed was at most comparable to that of this centipede army, and perhaps even slightly faster!
But this difference in speed was not very obvious!
"Hurry up! I didn't expect so many terrifying flying creatures here. I might not be afraid of one or two, but with their numbers reaching so many, I can only escape! No wonder those giant creatures quickly hid. It turns out that there are such a large number of centipedes appearing."
Jia Yan swiftly flew away!
He estimated that the frequency of his wing flapping had reached around 700 times per second!
His strong wing muscles were like tireless machines, flapping wildly.
The resulting loud noise was extremely loud, spreading far and wide in this vast underground world.
But the sound of his wing flapping was completely overwhelmed by the centipede army behind him!
It was the sound of hundreds of centipedes flapping their wings, similar to Jia Yan's physique!
Buzzing!
Wherever the centipede army passed, there was simply no creature daring to show itself!
Jia Yan looked at the sharp stingers of these centipedes, feeling that his homemade stinger was simply weak compared to them!
Even though his stinger had gone through the third mutation and retained the ability to open, allowing him to "mate," it was still not comparable to the stingers of real bees. Moreover, the members of this centipede army behind him were not the small centipedes found in the outside world, but had evolved mysteriously to reach the size of ten centimeters!
Their tail stingers were definitely formidable without even trying!
Jia Yan flew ahead while a string of "tails" followed behind him!
It seemed that these centipede armies were extremely dissatisfied with the invading centipede army in their territory, each glaring at Jia Yan as they pursued him at maximum speed!
Swoosh!
Jia Yan finally returned to the cave he came out of.
However, the centipede army behind him still refused to give up, directly following his trajectory into the cave
!
Inside the cave, it was so quiet, with only the white bones that had been weathering for who knows how long gradually blending into the soil.
But this calmness was destined to be broken today!
First was the source of Jia Yan's noise, descending from a crack in the cave.
And now, the creator of that noise was leading a large army of centipedes, rushing into the quiet cave!
Buzzing...
Buzzing...
There were two completely different sounds on both sides. Jia Yan almost used all his strength to gradually close the distance between the centipedes and then pull away a little!
"What?! There's actually one so fast!"
Just as they were about to reach the crack, Jia Yan looked back!
But to his horror, among the centipede army, there was a giant centipede with a head exceeding fifteen centimeters, which, after Jia Yan accelerated, also instantly increased its speed!
In just a few seconds, it closed almost half the distance!
Seeing that they were about to make contact!
"Get in!"
At this moment, Jia Yan suddenly turned around, and his figure shot upwards!
Above this part of the cave, there was an underground water flow, which had been slowly formed over many years and created the crack channel!
It was the same one Jia Yan had come down from!
The giant centipede seemed to have not reacted to Jia Yan's sudden change in direction!
It flew straight out for a long distance in the air before stopping!
The compound eyes of this giant centipede reflected the glow of luminous algae, and at this moment, the smaller members of the centipede army also gathered around it.
However, instead of stopping with the rest of the centipede army, it turned around and flew directly into the crack channel where Jia Yan had entered, chasing after him!
As for the other members of the centipede army, after circling below for a moment, each one gave up the pursuit and returned along the original path...
"You dare to chase after me alone?!"
Jia Yan flew rapidly through the channel, which had very few luminous algae, making the surroundings dim.
He saw the centipede army chasing below, but only the largest one continued to pursue. Its compound eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce look!
An army of over a hundred giant centipedes might be frightening, but you, alone, dare to chase after me. Do you really think I, Jia Yan, am easy to bully?
Although this giant centipede was even larger than Jia Yan in size.
But Jia Yan was the strongest mosquito after undergoing three mutations. If he couldn't defeat even a single giant centipede like this, then what was the point of his multiple mutations!
"Just perfect, I'll use you to test how powerful I am after three mutations!"
With this in mind, Jia Yan suddenly reversed direction from his upward flight, heading straight for the giant centipede chasing after him!