HCB Chapter 408 The Dream Reincarnation Insect
Chapter 408 The Dream Reincarnation Insect
The turtles and leaf-eating insects, carried along by the water flow and pushed apart by the bubbles, were all watching Lezhi. They weren't surprised by the giant water bubble that could envelop Lezhi. These tailed aliens were just that strange; even though they lived underwater, they insisted on separating the water in their living space. They were already used to it.
She still felt a burning sensation in her trachea, but it wasn't serious. Lezhi waved to the turtle and the light bug through the water curtain, indicating that she was fine.
The next second, Lezhi suddenly remembered that Maoqiu was with them. He hurriedly and frantically reached for his clothes, but they were empty. The turtle outside the water membrane raised its chin to remind him. At this moment, Lezhi also felt the familiar weight on his head. After raising his hand to confirm that he could touch the familiar softness, he breathed a sigh of relief. "You scared me."
"Still sleeping at this hour? You're so carefree."
Seeing Lezhi move the fluff ball from her head to her arms as if afraid it would disappear, Gui asked knowingly, "Lezhi, did you just see something strange?"
Upon hearing this, Lezhi squinted at the tortoise, "Do you know what really happened?"
"Hehe, don't worry, it must be these little guys causing trouble." Sensing the unfriendly tone in Lezhi's voice, the turtle shook its head and gestured to the side, but there was nothing around it.
Was he still hallucinating and hadn't woken up? Before Lezhi could ask again, the turtle's explanation came first.
"Don't just look with your eyes, feel with your heart."
"Huh?" With some skepticism, Lezhi released his senses, and his previously completely still sea of consciousness suddenly came into play again. Only then did he realize that around them, there were countless points of light, almost filling the entire area of water.
"what is this?"
By observing the perception of the tortoise and the light-emitting insect, Lezhi confirmed that his perception was correct. Since his perception was correct, it was his eyes that had deceived him.
Seeing that Lezhi had finally discovered it, the turtle smiled and tilted its head towards the air, biting as if it had torn apart food, chewing with its mouth moving back and forth.
Although the naked eye could not see what the turtle was eating, it could sense that one point of light was being swallowed by another.
After swallowing its food, the turtle stopped teasing and revealed, "They are Dream Reincarnation Worms."
"The Dream Reincarnation Worms? What I just saw was their doing." Although it was a question, there seemed to be no other answer, since there was no one else here but them.
"Yes, that's where its name comes from. These insects don't exist in your eyes; you can only detect them through your senses. They don't eat living things, so for a long time, no one noticed them. Only a few creatures, though invisible to the naked eye, are affected by them and recall some forgotten memories."
Forgotten memories? His breath hitched. This was different from what he had guessed. Memories? That meant that the scenes he had just seen were things that had actually happened.
The turtle, oblivious to anything amiss, continued, “If those bewitched creatures can wake up in time like you, that’s fine. But if they can’t, they will be completely lost in this sea until they die and rot, becoming food for the Dream Reincarnation Worms. It’s a very inefficient way of hunting, and their method of choosing prey is too random. If they didn’t eat so little, they would probably have gone extinct long ago.”
In the end, the tortoise even expressed its disdain for the inefficiency of the Dream Reincarnation Worm, which made Lezhi's lips twitch, not knowing what to say.
"Hehe, that's fortunate indeed." Lezhi agreed perfunctorily, her tone sarcastic, but she still had some doubts in her heart. "They must follow certain rules when choosing their prey. You and the leaf beetle are fine, but I and the hairball got caught. What's wrong with us?"
Because they are a terrestrial race? That doesn't make sense either. He's currently in his second aquatic form. How did the Dream Reincarnation Worm determine that he's a terrestrial species?
"I don't know. They're not very harmful, so almost no creature pays special attention to them." As he spoke, the turtle suddenly stretched out its neck, opened its mouth unexpectedly, and swallowed another Dream Reincarnation Worm that no one could see.
"But you'll pay special attention, can you see the turtles?" Lezhi asked confidently.
"Of course." With his not-so-secret secret exposed, Turtle glanced at Lezhi indifferently. "You can't see the food?"
That makes so much sense that he couldn't refute it.
"Is this what you meant by bringing me here to play? Watching you eat counts as playing?" Unable to argue with the turtle, Lezhi changed her approach and started to find fault with the turtle's motives.
The water bubbles around his body hadn't receded yet, and the fur ball hadn't woken up. On this trip to relax, the one who got hurt was actually him, the protagonist. How could this be justified?
This turtle was indeed in the wrong. It blinked guiltily, "I didn't expect you to fall for it as soon as you came in. But that's not the point. I didn't bring you here to watch me eat, but for this. Wait a moment."
After saying that, the tortoise turned around and began to hunt wildly around. The light spots in its mind were being devoured at an alarming speed, leaving Lezhi stunned.
"You say you weren't watching it eat? That turtle!" Lezhi was about to protest when the luminous insect, which had been quietly staying outside the water bubble, suddenly became excited. Its red body danced around the water film, as if reminding Lezhi that something exciting was about to happen.
Having understood what the light-bright insect meant, Lezhi swallowed his question and stared intently at the seemingly empty waters around him. After a long while without any change, just as Lezhi was about to turn his head to ask, he caught a slight change out of the corner of his eye.
The once dark and tranquil waters suddenly rippled, as if something was spinning in place. The water was stirred up, and amidst the interplay of light and shadow, the well-hidden body began to reflect light, finally revealing a clue to Lezhi.
This is how the Dream Reincarnation Insects retaliate after sensing danger. Although it has no offensive power against the turtles, they have no better way to deal with it.
Panic spreads within the group; one animal begins to instinctively retaliate, and the others instinctively join in.
So one after another, before long, the tranquil waters became noisy. The spinning Dream Reincarnation Insects, like translucent windmills or fireworks, bloomed before Lezhi and lingered for a long time.
The fireworks show itself is already amazing enough, but when you are inside the show and watch it up close, the shock you feel is indescribable.
"How's it going? Do you like it?"
Unbeknownst to them, the turtle that caused all this had returned to Lezhi's side, and its arrival caused the already terrified Dream Reincarnation Worms to spin even faster.
"You devil!" Lezhi glared at the tortoise reproachfully, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips. Just then, the fur ball in his arms slowly woke up. Having just awakened from a long dream, the fur ball was still not fully conscious and nudged Lezhi's chin with its little head. The next second, the fur ball was turned around and faced this unique "fireworks show".
"Tweet~"
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"Then I'm going back. Be careful out there."
Watching the turtle depart in response, Lezhi, who had been taken to a nearby residence, only turned and went back inside after the turtle was out of sight. As soon as she entered, six pairs of eyes greeted her. Lezhi paused, hesitantly asking, "Uh, you're here? Looking for me?"
"Is it Lezhi who's back?"
A familiar voice came from the direction of the voice. When Lezhi saw the blooming vine on Lei Xiu's wrist, her eyes lit up. "Clan leader, it's me. I'm back."