Chapter 497

Chapter 497: The Island of Devil’s Maw (3)

After confirming the air was not the way to go, the five walked into the jungle next to the beach. Pegasus was voted to lead, followed by Uncle Worthless, then Ambitionist, Feng Bujue and Atobe-sama. The group trekked through the jungle slowly moving towards the centre of the jungle. The first part of the main quest had a time limit, that was a good thing. Through this, one could tell that the ‘Shrine of Faith’ was not far from where the players landed, at least theoretically speaking... they should be able to reach it within 3 hours.

“Is it possible... that the shrine is close to the coast? Actually we do not need to get deeper into the island and we will find it by walking alone the shoreline?” After some time, Atobe suddenly was hit by this inspiration and asked.

“Of course, there is.” Feng Bujue laughed. “But... if that was the case, then a new question will appear...” He turned around to ask. “If we move along the shoreline, should we take left or right?”

“Hmm...” Atobe was stumped by this question. After two seconds of hesitation, he replied, “You are pulling my leg, aren’t you?”

“He’s not.” Before Feng Bujue could answer, Ambitionist chimed in. “Brother Jue is not wrong, moving left, right or entering the island basically had no difference.” At this point, he paused to scratch at his neck. “For one, we have no map and for two, we have no hints, so taking whichever route is a gamble regardless.” Brother Jue continued, “But based on experience and common sense, the chance of the shrine being inside the island is higher than by the beach,” He pointed at Pegasus. “Pegasus’ first reaction is to enter the island as well, so... I also...” His words stopped there. The next second, Feng Bujue’s expression changed and he shouted. “Don’t move!”

The group had no idea who he was referring to so all four of them stopped at the same time.

“Ambitionist, do not move.” Feng Bujue used a firm tone to warn.

“What’s wrong?” Ambitionist answered nervously. At that moment, he froze like a statue, his body completely still. Only his lips were moving to speak.

“There is something on the back of your neck.” When Feng Bujue said that, he strode forward to stand behind Ambitionist. After the three knew it had nothing to do with them, they sighed silently in relief and looked this way.

“Hmm... This is strange...” Feng Bujue was about to reach out his hand when he stopped.

“What is happening?” Ambitionist tried to remain calm. By then he realized there was a reason why the back of his neck was feeling itchy.

“It should be some kind of locust...” Feng Bujue answered.

“Based on what you said... that doesn’t sound like a normal locust.” Ambitionist replied.

......

“Correct.” Feng Bujue said. “Because I cannot see it....”

“Hmmm...” Feng Bujue thought for a while and then asked. “Uncle Worthless, can you see this locust?”

“No.” Uncle Worthless answered instantly.

“It’s not viewable under light or through the sunglasses...” Feng Bujue said as he lifted his head to look at Ambitionist. “It’s not showing up when stuck to a surface of 37 degree and not showing up when floating in 15 degree normal temperature...” He then continued, “Any of you carry any infra red device or skill with you?”

“You sure like to find things to do.” Even though Ambitionist was complaining, he reached into his inventory and started to rummage. “You won’t stop until you get this invisible thing to show up, won’t you? It’s just a locust, isn’t it? Now that it has been removed, can’t you just cast it aside and move on? Wasting time on such a small thing will come back and bite you in the ass later.” After the complaint was done, the item was out. Ambitionist held up an egg-like metallic item, he pressed a button and the item opened up in a burst of light.

Instantly, everything around them was cast within the radioactive rays of infrared light.

“What the fuck!” At that moment, other than Brother Jue, everyone’s Terror Point jumped. Under the infrared light, surrounding the player was a sea of invisible locusts... On the foliage above them, the muddy ground beneath them, the trees around them, in the grass, on the rock... almost all the surface was crawling with this creature. And that including all five of their clothes. Quite a number had attached themselves to the group.

“Thankfully our clothes are quite properly wrapped. And the area of exposed skin is small.” Feng Bujue said calmly. “And these locusts move very slowly. After a long time, they only move a little bit forward.” He turned to Ambitionist. “Well, brother glasses, you were only unlucky I suppose...” he lifted the gun in his hand and waved the floating locust about. “This one... probably fell from the trunk and happened to land on the back of your neck.”

“Is now the time to talk about these things?” Atobe looked at the bugs crawling on him and he was about to lose his mind. He did not dare to smack them away so he could only gasp in fear. “What should we do now?”

“There is nothing we can do really...” With a casual fling, Feng Bujue cast the locust on the gun away. He looked around and said, “based on this density... there is no need to clear away the ones already stuck to us, after all, we would get covered in them again in a few steps.” He shrugged. “We should keep moving until we reach an area where there are not that many locusts anymore and then we can deal with them.”

“Hey... what is the whole jungle is like this? What if the whole island is filled with this kind of creature?” Atobe asked.

“Then... we can consider is it possible to make these invisible locusts into emergency store of protein.” Feng Bujue tilted his head to the side and said.

“In any case... let us move.” Pegasus’ face suddenly drained of color. “I have trypophobia...” Looks like every hero has his weakness.

“Sure, let’s keep moving.” Feng Bujue added with ease.

Ambitionist took a deep breath and shook his head. “brother Feng, I have to be impressed... you sure have an incredibly strong and unshakeable mental stability.”

“Indeed, can a normal person be so at ease after seeing such a surrounding...” Atobe concurred.

“Hah...” Feng Bujue laughed jokingly. “If you are that afraid, how about a little ditty to distract yourself. Come, sing with me...” he opened his mouth and then, “Brother Pegasus, rocking his way to the west, leading Uncle Worthless, followed by three little ass.”

“Hey! Did you just violate the law of grammar for the sake of rhyming? And why did you slander yourself?”