Lu Zhengkang knew that the final battle could happen at any time, so he planned to go to various places in Hallownest to absorb souls.
The most suitable place for him to devour souls is the battlefield, where a large number of warriors' residual dreams remain, which can increase his strength.
In fact, he knew in his heart that if nothing unexpected happened, the little knight who had obtained the Heart of the Void would definitely be able to defeat the radiation, so now he was more relaxed and his mentality was not as urgent as before.
He went to Dirtmouth first, and when he arrived, the evacuation team had already set off. They took the ladder up to the King's Pass and began to trek through mountains and rivers. The Mantis warriors held lanterns and walked on both sides of the team. Lu Zhengkang looked at it from a distance.
Just like a long sparkling river under the moonlight.
They all left, and Lu Zhengkang didn't have time to say goodbye to any of the insects. At most, he waved to the long queue.
Now the intelligent life left in the entire Hallownest is very rare.
Back at the crossroads, the infection here is getting worse. Natty and Paya are still transforming. Lu Zhengkang is not in a hurry and sits in front of the hut in a daze.
He actually once thought about asking the White Lady to contribute more roots and let all the bugs in Hallownest wear container masks, but this was just a thought. Although making container masks is not difficult, the production efficiency of just one mask maker is too high.
It was low, and it was difficult to ensure that some unnecessary emergencies would occur, so this plan was abandoned.
What is the little knight doing at this time?
Lu Zhengkang followed the vague feelings in his heart and turned his head to stare in the direction of his resting place.
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There were coffins all over the resting place. The little knight came to a cracked sarcophagus. He stood on the cracked coffin board. A darkness came and smashed on it. The stone board cracked, revealing the passage below.
The little knight rushed into the secret passage hidden under the coffin, stirred up smoke and dust, and looked around carefully. It was damp and cold. There were some daily utensils and decorations scattered on the ground, covered with a thin layer of soil, and it was dirty and old. In addition,
There were many insect corpses that had dried.
The cave was narrow and cramped, but after testing the four walls, the knight found that one was a false wall and broke through it to enter the secret passage.
Rapid breathing came from the darkness, as if some crazy beast was suppressing its breathing, just waiting for its prey to appear. The little knight took a few steps forward, and the soft light from the lightfly lantern in his hand illuminated a brown outline.
, a scarlet eye is embedded in a cloth-wrapped head, and orange-red syrup is constantly seeping and dripping from the cloth.
A giant beast in the dark, burying its body.
Due to the infection, the body is distorted, the heart is angry, and even mummified biological remains.
Just as the little knight discovered it, it also stared at the visitor with crazy eyes.
The little knight pulled out the bone nail, raised his hand to block an incoming sharp claw, and sprinted in shadow, as light as clouds of smoke and as fast as black lightning, through the buried body and came to the back of it.
The bone nails chopped and cut open its thick carapace.
The little knight's strength is weak, but he can make up for it with external objects. His broken bone nails have been repaired and upgraded by the nailsmiths in the City of Tears. Although they have not reached the final level, they are sharp enough. In addition, he wears a bone nail made from fungi.
The fragile power talisman bought from the talisman merchant in the wasteland greatly increased his strength. Now, he only needs to simple chop to deal with such an enemy who lacks intelligence.
Nailed down three by two, the wound on the buried body's back tore open, and blood splattered. It struggled, twisted, made a terrible neighing sound, and died bit by bit.
The little knight took back the bone nail and didn't look back again.
We encountered a few more enemies of this kind one after another, and killed them all calmly. We also encountered our old friend the self-destructing bat, which was still a bit of a threat in the narrow terrain.
Going all the way deep, there are a lot of secret passages here. The little knight also rescued a larva trapped in a glass jar somewhere. The little green worm screamed happily and escaped from the place by burrowing into the ground.
At some point, he passed through a passage filled with traps and killed a buried body at the end of the passage. There was also a corpse wrapped in brown cloth, but it was not twisted, but in the shape of a normal Hallownest bug. With the Nail of Dreams,
After slashing, he uttered the dream language "So dark".
After turning back, the little knight headed to the upper platform and found a dark panel on the top of the cave. After breaking it, he entered a hidden cave.
This cave is in the shape of a snail shell, and there are many colorful snail shells scattered inside. There is a snail shaman statue in the middle. The little knight found a talisman on a certain snail shell, which is the lost artifact of the shaman tribe, the Soul Eater.
Used to absorb souls from living creatures, it can greatly increase the number of souls obtained when chopping enemies with bone nails.
Use the Dream Nail to scratch the snail shaman statue, and there will be a dream language, "...let me rest..." This statue is transformed from a living creature.
Probably some poor snail shaman again.
Among the members of this clan, only the one at the crossroads is alive and well. The rest were either dissected, crystallized, or died inexplicably. Now there is one more who has been made into a statue.
It's really miserable.
What's even worse is that every time the little knight goes to visit the surviving shaman, the other person laments that the little knight has learned new spells from his relatives and knows nothing about their deaths.
Continuing to turn back, I found another false wall above a treasure chest. After breaking it, I went up and a beam of light was thrown in front.
He jumped up along the light and jumped out of the cave, but he came to an area with the same style as the resting place.
There are two-hole mask reliefs everywhere, they are blue and sparkling, and they look very psychedelic.
The place is large but desolate, with street lights everywhere but only one building.
A very luxurious house.
Warm light shines from the doors and windows, and there is a bench in front of the door, which seems to welcome visitors.
But it is almost impossible to have visitors in this place.
The little knight walked to the door of the house and looked inside. There were empty picture frames on the wall of the wide front hall, and the lantern on the top was covered with black dust, as if it hadn't been wiped for many years. There was also a lamp leaning against the wall.
The huge bone nails were full of cracks and had been abandoned for a long time.
In the middle of the hall stood a slender white insect. She seemed to be wearing a big gray robe, hanging to the ground. Her white hair, which was thicker than the robe, also fell to the ground. She leaned forward,
She seemed to be sleeping, with four black tentacles hanging low above her head. Her face was hidden under a whiteboard-like holeless mask, and the whole person looked weird and pitiful.
The little knight vaguely recognized this person.
Once one of the Five Horsemen, now the Gray Mourner.
