Chapter 38 Hive

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Amidst the conversation, the massive mutated spider suddenly opened its mouth and lunged at Yang Xiao and the others with a whooshing sound.

Chen Fei and Chen Lu's Lightning and Ice Ball attacks had already been launched. The spider tried to dodge but its movements were hindered by its own web being pulled by Yang Xiao's longsword, leading to a sluggish evasion and taking two solid hits.

Feifei, at the thought of the gigantic mutated spider possibly climbing to the top of her head along her long hair, immediately felt a tingling scalp and dared not attack with her Magic Hair.

Dai Yun too, was internally nervous about engaging in close combat with the spider, hesitating to move forward.

Chen Fei's Lightning and Chen Lu's Ice Ball did make the mutated spider's body somewhat numb and stiff. For a moment, the spider's movements slowed down, its combat strength greatly reduced, and the strands of silk it spat out also stopped midway.

Seizing the opportunity, Yang Xiao took a swift step forward, closed in, and raised his black longsword to fiercely slash at the spider's head.

With a crack,

The head of the mutated spider was cleaved into two by Yang Xiao, its eight long legs went limp and its whole body collapsed.

With a thud, a purple Genetic Fragment dropped to the ground.

Yang Xiao couldn't be bothered to pick it up, heaved a long sigh of relief, and turned back to glance at the four girls behind him, feeling both annoyed and amused.

"Ladies, we are currently in battle with mutant monsters. It's either they die or we perish; you need to toughen up and become tomboys!"

The four of them knew they were at fault and their faces were filled with apologies.

Chen Fei giggled and said,

"We don't want to become tomboys; we just want to be the women behind our boss."

Chen Lu and the others immediately chimed in, earning a glare from Yang Xiao.

"Alright, to train your courage, you all now go and touch that giant spider."

Although the mutated spider was dead, its furry appearance was indeed frightening, and the four girls, gritting their teeth, reluctantly touched it a few times.

Suddenly, Yang Xiao had an impulse, grabbed the mutated spider and tossed it onto Feifei's head.

Then,

A scream like the slaughter of a pig pierced the sky.

"Ah!"

Feifei, with her eyes closed, shrieked shrilly, frantically shaking her hair.

However, the giant spider's legs were all hairy, and the more intensely she shook her hair, the more tangled it became, unable to shake it off.

Feifei screamed for a full five minutes before she realized it was a dead spider, and she reluctantly stopped, casting an angry glance at Yang Xiao while tremblingly reaching up to remove the spider from her head.

Chen Fei originally wanted to kindly help, but was stopped by Yang Xiao.

Driven by some sentiment, Feifei walked close to Yang Xiao and suddenly placed the spider on Chen Fei's head.

Then, another round of pig-slaughter-like screaming ensued.

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Xiao Zhe and the others were hunting Mutated Creatures behind the library, making a good haul, when they suddenly heard the screams, causing everyone to startle.

"Xiao Zhe, judging by those screams, they should be from Yang Xiao's group of girls. Should we go check it out?"

Xiao Zhe chuckled and said,

"Let them enjoy themselves. Let's focus on hunting Mutated Creatures; time is precious."

Xu Hua paused,

"What if Yang Xiao and the others are killed by Mutated Creatures?"

Xiao Zhe said coldly,

"Xu Hua, Yang Xiao is already dispensable to us. All we need to do is focus on collecting Genetic Fragments to quickly enhance our genetic potential. Even ten Yang Xiaos would not be our match. Get to work."

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Chen Fei only screamed for 2 minutes before calming down, took the spider off her head and in turn placed it on top of Chen Lu's head.

Chen Lu shouted angrily:

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"Chen Fei, I thought of you as a dear sister, how could you do this to me?"

"Heh heh, it's the boss's order."

Feifei moved to stand beside Yang Xiao, suddenly hugging him from behind, and exclaimed loudly:

"Chen Lu, hurry up and put one on the boss too. Let him taste what a spider is like."

Chen Lu smoothly placed the mutated spider on top of Yang Xiao's head.

Yang Xiao felt helpless, but to amuse everyone, he had to pretend to scream twice.

After this incident, the girls' courage significantly increased.

"We'll keep this big spider, and when we get back to camp, I'll be the first to put it on Huang Wen."

The girls all let out mischievous laughter.

The group continued on their way, hunting down quite a few various mutated creatures.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound pierced the air, and a golden bee queen emerged from the thick fog, swooping at Yang Xiao.

This time, Yang Xiao didn't need to make a sound; the four girls had already launched their attacks. The bee managed to dodge Chen Fei's lightning but was hit by Chen Lu's ice ball. With a bang, the ice ball burst open, covering the body of the golden bee with frost, causing its body to tremble and go stiff.

Yang Xiao leaped up, wielding his black long sword to cleave at the golden bee.

Dai Yun's wolf claw was also swiping at the golden bee from the side.

Crack!

Yang Xiao's sword split the golden bee in two.

Yang Xiao was stunned, not expecting the bee queen to be taken down so easily.

Thud, thud, thud,

Three soft clinks were heard as three objects fell from the body of the golden bee.

Yang Xiao was overjoyed and immediately picked them up.

A purple genetic disk.

The genetic fragments from an ordinary mutated bee were irregular shapes, flawed in appearance, but the genetic fragment dropped by the golden bee queen was a complete circle.

Everyone found it odd.

"Hmm, we'll have to ask Gu Bo from the Genetic Store about this."

The other two items included a golden short sword, about two feet long and slightly heavy. It seemed more elegant than Yang Xiao's black long sword, but its specific performance was unclear to Yang Xiao.

There was also a golden piece similar to a piece of paper with four small characters on it: "Golden Bee Sword Skill."

Yang Xiao felt an internal surge of ecstasy; he was always a game enthusiast. Looking at the current situation, it seemed that in this post-apocalyptic world, creatures that undergo genetic mutation could drop genetic fragments, weapons, and even secret technique manuals after being killed.

Yang Xiao really wanted to immediately return to the training ground to have Gu Bo appraise this so-called Golden Bee Sword Skill. However, after some thought, he forcefully suppressed his eager heart.

The five continued along the small path, exploring, and after only a few meters, they were stunned by an enormous hive hidden within a thicket of brambles.

The diameter of the hive was estimated to be about three or four meters, with its surface densely packed with honeycomb cells.

"Back up, everyone be careful, if there are bees inside it would be troublesome."

Everyone immediately retreated several meters.

"There probably aren't any more bees; if there were, they would have already flown out to attack us."

"Yeah, I think so too. The bee queen coming out alone to fight us at the end was probably out of desperation, afraid that we would discover its hive."

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After a brief discussion, Yang Xiao picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the huge hive. The hive vibrated a few times, but no bees flew out.

Under normal circumstances, if there were bees, they would immediately fly out to defend the hive from any attack.

Yang Xiao and the others cautiously approached to inspect the hive. Indeed, they did not see any bees. However, inside the hive, hundreds of larvae were in the process of hatching.

Yang Xiao took out the golden short sword, pierced it into one of the larvae's cells, gently levered it, and a larva about ten-plus centimeters long and four to five centimeters in diameter was picked out, still dripping with sticky honey.