Reborn As An Interstellar Giant Mosquito

66: Chapter 27 Underground Cave!【Request for Collection】_1 66: Chapter 27 Underground Cave!【Request for Collection】_1 “This must be some kind of underground cavern!” The surrounding space was pitch black, filled with a terrifying, eerie feeling.

Jia Yan shook his now large, powerful six long legs.

Each leg was as thick as a chopstick.

Even the tips weren’t slender anymore, instead, they were wrapped in a layer of coagulated armor, protecting the vulnerable parts.

With a slight movement, his long legs seemed capable of tearing the air in half, stirring up a gust!

Even Jia Yan himself couldn’t estimate his tremendous strength!

His once thin and weak frame was now like a body encased in another layer of armor, sturdy and heavy.

This armor was formed by stacking layers of coagulate on the surface of his body.

Having gone through numerous severe collisions, Jia Yan’s physiology chose the path of defense in the process of mutation!

Eleven sections of his midriff looked as if they had grown muscles—layers of tissues were piled up, causing his soft belly to no longer be vulnerable to the wind.

The powerful muscles that appeared after the third mutation were contracting in his abdomen.

Jia Yan could feel that with a little effort, the tail needle at the end of his abdomen could pierce through the air and viciously stab the enemy to death!

As for the tail needle, it was also continuously mutating towards perfection!

It’s length had reached two centimeters.

Taking this into account, Jia Yan’s current body size had reached fifteen centimeters in total.

The surface of the tail needle showed no signs of the wounds it suffered from the bat’s bite!

The whole thing presented a streamlined shape.

The previously unsightly jointed structure, evolved from the reproductive organ’s pincers, has now become a smoothly integrated flowing line.

Thanks to its smooth, streamlined design, Jia Yan could pierce through even harder objects, meaning his attack methods, aided by the existence of this tail needle, had become more intimidating!

Interrupted by a shockwave during the mutation, Jia Yan’s body was now more focused on defense.

In terms of attack, his size was limiting.

Although he possessed strength, the length of his mouth and tail needles were not enough, and they couldn’t be regarded as particularly lethal weapons.

However, the loss of attack power was compensated by the incredible defensive power he obtained due to the toughness and condensation emphasized in the mutation process!

His cellular tissue resembled a condensed bundle of muscles!

Not to mention the thick outer shell armor!

Jia Yan, always a weak mosquito, now felt unprecedented security and confidence from these defenses!

Even in this unknown dark space, Jia Yan felt that his worries and fears had diminished a lot!

He had truly become stronger!

After observing his body, Jia Yan looked up at the passage he had fallen down from.

But looking up, all he could see was darkness, he couldn’t discern anything.

“The pipe in that boiler must connect to a crevice on the ground, and then I fell all the way down and ended up here…” Jia Yan analyzed.

The most important component of the Northeast Wild Tiger Factory was the metal boiler in the second workshop.

So, what was the most unique thing about the boiler?

Perhaps there were other things added to it, but the most important thing, no matter how you looked at it, was this crevice leading to the underground!

“What secrets are here…

allowing the Northeast Wild Tiger to manufacture the purple-red medicinal liquid, and even produce a stronger Black Night Liquid from the boiler’s furnace!”

Jia Yan looked around him.

This was a dimly lit open cave, but some faint algae were growing on the top of the cave.

They could emit light, slightly brightening the space…

Jia Yan didn’t recognize these kinds of algae!

He even felt that the oxygen content in the air here was much higher than outside, this purity of oxygen gave him more strength to move.

There were too many strange things.

Fortunately, the huge red centipede that had swayed in front of Jia Yan earlier gave him some resistance, so now, seeing anything strange wasn’t a big deal anymore.

“Let’s see if I can fly.”

Jia Yan looked somewhat worried at his new pair of wings which had also mutated, becoming larger.

The organs he regarded as comparing to human strength were actually two pectoral muscles on the sides of his chest.

Jia Yan wasn’t completely sure if this part’s strength had reached human level, but at least, that’s how the wings felt.

Now, he was about to fly, Jia Yan was a bit worried.

If the strength of the wings hadn’t increased much, he wouldn’t be able to fly.

Although his body size was now not too large, the muscle tissue and the coagulated outer shell had at least quintupled his weight!

With such a heavy body, it would have been impossible to fly with his previous wings.

Flap!

The wings fluttered and Jia Yan found that the sound produced by the wings was much sharper than before.

Flap, flap, flap…

He controlled his wings and started to exert force abruptly!

The flapping frequency exceeded two hundred times per second!

Hum, hum, hum…

The flapping frequency exceeds five hundred times per second!

Hum, hum, hum ——

The massive and heavy body finally started to lift off from the ground little by little!

A huge rock in Jia Yan’s heart finally fell.

He currently doesn’t feel any significant strain in the muscle tissues that flap his wings.

In that case, he estimates that he could possibly reach a limit of about 700 flaps per second, an improvement from before.

Plus, since his body tissues have adapted to changes in aerodynamics, he believes his top speed should definitely be faster than before!

As for his maximum speed, he’ll only find out when he gets the opportunity to test it.

Jia Yan flapped his wings and flew towards the ceiling.

Sure enough, there is a massive hole with a diameter of about two meters directly above the cave!

This seems to be a naturally formed entrance, probably created by groundwater flow over a long period of time.

The interior is covered in large and small protruding rocks.

These rocks are likely the cause of his injuries when he fell!

In that case, all he needs to do is fly up this entrance to return to the factory!

Jia Yan flew a distance and then paused again.

This cave is truly strange.

The main source of the Northeast Wild Tiger Factory’s secret recipe is likely obtained from this underground cave!

Even the three above-ground buildings built by the Wa Kingdom before were specifically for this cave!

After all, Jia Yan had just seen the enormous centipede—it doesn’t look like a natural creature!

This suggests that something weird might be going on in this place.

“If I don’t explore now, I might never get another chance.

The fire-red centipede from earlier was indeed dangerous, but I can fly, so it’s not a big threat to me!”

After hesitating for a moment, Jia Yan controlled his body to turn around in the passage and returned directly from where he had come!

He decided to explore the mysterious cave below.

At this moment, over a kilometer above ground level, three lonely buildings stood in the middle of a vast forest.

Where it was once busy, it was now somewhat quiet.

The machinery in the factory workshop had stopped roaring, but in its place, the screams and swear words of the workers continued to echo within the two workshops!

The workers were all confined inside the factory by Northeast Wild Tiger!

The most critical boiler has been damaged, and other machinery in Workshop No.

2 has been damaged to varying degrees.

Coupled with a series of mutations and gunfire, the factory workers are like scared birds.

They are quitting one after another and requesting to return home.

The Northeast Wild Tiger and his people couldn’t control the situation, so they gritted their teeth and detained all the workers!

“Boss, what do you plan to do?”

The person standing in front of his desk is a young man wearing glasses.

This unemployed college student recruited from a job fair isn’t planning to abandon his boss in these trying times.

Northeast Wild Tiger is very pleased about this!

“The upcoming period is probably going to be the most challenging time since we established the factory!”

“Just to be cautious, I will call back Senior Addicted to deal with teams sent by some unkind individuals.

Fortunately, I just had a phone call with an influential person who promised that there would be no official action against me from the police or government, as long as I can solve those teams coming secretly.

He will soon arrange for me an excellent official position.”

Exhausted, Northeast Wild Tiger pinched the bridge of his nose, as if all the energy that should have been inexhaustible was completely exhausted.

“That’s great!

As for the passage in the boiler, can you explain it to me now?

I’ve had my suspicions for a long time.

The main ingredients in our drug formulae are substances that don’t have much of an effect.

Now I think about it, the most critical thing must be from this boiler, which you’ve been keeping secret from me, right?” The man with glasses asked uncertainly.

After taking a deep look at him, Northeast Wild Tiger nodded slowly,” Yes, this passage, according to my great grandfather’s records, directly leads to a deep part underground.

Several decades ago, there were about a hundred people in seven or eight exploration teams from the Wa Kingdom who went down, but finally, only two people came back.

My great-grandfather wasn’t sure about the specific circumstances.

All he knew was that after that, the Wa Kingdom’s medical personnel created the formula I have now, and that boiler was installed in the workshop on the second floor.

I didn’t expect that it would explode after so many decades.”

Northeast Wild Tiger sounded rather melancholic.

“I see, so we still don’t know what is underground!

The place is intriguing.

It led to the entire Wa Kingdom team vanishing without a trace and also allowed the creation of these purple-red drugs through that passage.

It’s unbelievable!” After pondering for a long time, the man with the glasses said with disbelief.

After chatting for a bit, the man with the glasses said his goodbyes and left.

With his back to him as he opened the door, the icy voice of Northeast Wild Tiger echoed, “You won’t betray me, will you?”

The man’s hand, reaching for the door handle, fluttered for a second.

But he quickly replaced it with a smile.

“You have given me the opportunity of a lifetime.

I would never betray you!” He said and then closed the door behind him as he left.

“I sure hope so!”

Inside the closed office, in the dim light, Northeast Wild Tiger’s face was hard to see clearly, giving off a cold and eerie vibe.

To be continued.

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