Chapter 590 - 586: Solution
Su Muyao’s gaze deepened, her expression turning serious.
The system spoke: "Host, it seems quite a few insect clan beastmen have emerged from the Nine Nether Forbidden Land."
"Now, not only are there spider beastmen, but other insect clan beastmen have appeared. Perhaps it won’t be long before the barrier can no longer hold them."
Su Muyao also realized this point.
"I know, now the Cang Beast Continent is becoming more and more chaotic."
They traveled from the seaside to the Qingqiu Mountain Fox Clan, witnessing various combat scenes along the way, initially thinking it was a struggle between beastmen.
Now it seems that there may be the handiwork of insect clan beastmen behind it.
Su Muyao asked, "Is there no record about the insect clan in the fox clan’s ancient books?"
Regarding spider beastmen, Su Muyao previously had no understanding, but during her conflict with Liu Mengyan, she gained some knowledge about them.
But it’s only a superficial understanding; she still can’t grasp the secrets of the insect clan.
Going further back, it’s ten thousand years ago, when she encountered the insect clan beastmen Sang Yao and the Golden Silkworm clan people.
In her impression at that time, the Golden Silkworm beastmen of the Golden Silkworm Tribe seemed unproblematic, busy weaving cloth for livelihood, not inclined to war.
The Great Elder shook his head, "There is no record."
"But I think, if we can find records in the Witch Clan’s ancient books, or find the Wushan Divine Hall, there surely will be records about the insect clan."
Su Muyao’s expression shifted; at the Moon Clan, she had read a few translations of Witch Clan’s ancient bamboo slips by Yue Wuhen, but none contained specific information about the insect clan.
She speculated that there might be records in untranslated bamboo slips.
But without Yue Wuhen’s translation, she couldn’t understand the Witch Clan’s script at all.
It’s something she cannot help.
The Third Elder said, "But this time, battling with the insect clan beastmen has provided us with some information."
The Fourth Elder added, "Indeed, those spider beastmen are adept at weaving webs with spider silk to form traps. Once caught by those webs, one becomes immobilized."
"Moreover, their spider silk threads can wrap people completely, some threads bind numerous hidden weapons, and they can control the attack direction of the weapons, even making them curve and spin."
"Some even use silk threads hidden on paths, alerting spider beastmen when someone treads on them..."
They explained some abilities of the spider beastmen.
And also some abilities of other insect clan beastmen.
"Mantis beastmen excel at flight, stealth for assassination; they are top-notch killers..."
Su Muyao listened to this, her expression becoming increasingly grim.
The abilities of these insect clan beastmen are truly formidable.
"But the Fifth Elder specializes in using fire ability, which is their nemesis, allowing us to get back alive."
Without fire ability, they wouldn’t dare to imagine.
After hearing what the elders said, Su Muyao released Xia Min, who was sealed in the space ring.
Xia Min had only a breath left, her divine soul weak; she couldn’t stand steadily when released.
She was still somewhat confused, not understanding the situation.
Having been sealed, she was unconscious, unaware of the current time or situation.
She only knew that Su Muyao hadn’t killed her and let her live.
Even if she was frail and unable to use her superpower.
Su Muyao kept Xia Min alive because she was Liu Mengyan’s avatar and might be useful later.
Su Muyao explained Xia Min’s identity to the Great Elder and others, leaving everyone astonished.
Yet, no one questioned; everyone trusted Su Muyao at this point.
"Su... Su Muyao?"
Xia Min had witnessed Su Muyao’s methods, so facing Su Muyao now, she was instinctively afraid.
Su Muyao spoke, "I have a few questions for you; answer honestly, and I won’t kill you."
"Perhaps there will be an opportunity for you to completely merge with Liu Mengyan, erasing all of her consciousness."
If someone else said this, Xia Min wouldn’t believe, but coming from Su Muyao, she instinctively felt Su Muyao could do it.
She couldn’t explain why she both feared and trusted Su Muyao.
"Okay, I’ll talk, I’ll say everything I know."
Su Muyao asked, "Do you know what method the insect clan beastmen used to come out of the Nine Nether Forbidden Land?"
Xia Min didn’t understand the question for a moment, "Insect clan beastmen, you mean spider beastmen?"
"Besides spider beastmen, there are others like the Bee Clan and Mantis Clan."
While questioning, Su Muyao kept watching Xia Min’s expression closely, observing all her minute facial changes.
If Xia Min didn’t cooperate, Su Muyao could use drugs to make her speak the truth.
Xia Min’s brain paused for a moment, as if unable to think, "Impossible, only spider beastmen can perform forbidden techniques to be sent out from the Nine Nether Forbidden Land; other insect clans don’t have this ability, it’s impossible for them to come out."
Although Xia Min was split from Liu Mengyan, lacking some past memories, she knew some things about the insect clan.
At least in her knowledge, other insect clan beastmen couldn’t come out from the Nine Nether Forbidden Land.
Su Muyao observed Xia Min’s behavior, which didn’t seem like she was lying.
"Think carefully, if they were to come out, what method would they use?"
Xia Min seemed to think of something, "That would be sacrificial rituals, using countless clansmen’s lives to start the great array for transmission."
"But such great arrays are forbidden techniques; I heard Liu Mengyan mention once that this forbidden technique was immature, with incomplete ancestral records. Even initially, despite sacrificing countless insect clan beastmen, they still couldn’t send beastmen out; only in recent years could they send their people out from the Nine Nether Forbidden Land."
"But even if countless insect clan beastmen are sacrificed to send out one or two beastmen, their power would be weakened."
"Because forbidden techniques require a price."
"For this reason, I know the insect clan beastmen actually resent other clans’ beastmen."
"Initially, other insect clan beastmen were unwilling to test these forbidden techniques; it was the Spider Clan who first used them."
"At first, they sacrificed countless clansmen to find a balance to send out a few spider beastmen."
"Liu Mengyan is a seven-star spider beastman, so she doesn’t need to sacrifice countless clansmen; she only needs to sacrifice her own life, as she has seven lives, so the clansmen let her execute tasks..."
An ominous glint flashed in Su Muyao’s eyes. No wonder, on the Mortal Beast Continent, when Liu Mengyan was imprisoned, she had a look of unwillingness, saying she didn’t know what had been sacrificed.
"So when the insect clan beastmen come out of the Nine Nether Forbidden Land, they want to kill other non-insect clan beastmen?"
No wonder the spider clan beastmen formed the Spider Gang, killing other beastmen for no reason.
This caused the Cang Beast Continent to fall into chaotic warfare.
Xia Min spoke, "I only know that the Spider Clan truly thinks this way. They believe by killing non-insect clan beastmen, making the Beast World only insect clans, no one would dare question them about using secret techniques, and no one would dare seal them again."
"There is great resentment towards non-insect clan beastmen."