Wasteland: I Awakened A Plant System

Two observation rooms were also created around here, Draco, Ron, Percy and a few other members’ duty was to always present there.

In the observation room, Vikram replaced Draco, who was on duty, and while observing the screen, he asked, "Was there anything unusual at midnight just now?"

Disasters in the Wasteland World always appeared out of nowhere. Based on the previous few disasters, midnight was the easiest time to spot changes outside.

"Yes, Boss. The moment the broadcast started, the observation room screen captured a large number of insect eggs."

"Look."

Draco bent down and pointed to a small, densely wooded area on the screen.

Covered in white snow, Vikram hadn’t noticed it at first, but now, looking closely, a large number of white, oval-shaped objects indeed appeared in that area.

Whether on the ground, on tree trunks, or on leaves swaying in the wind, the camera clearly captured these suddenly appearing white insect eggs.

And they were densely packed together.

Even though no adult insects responsible for laying eggs had appeared, these eggs were everywhere.

He estimated that if it weren’t for the snow making it hard to see, one would step on a pile of eggs with every footfall.

"Only insect eggs, no adult insects appearing?"

Vikram was a bit confused. There were indeed many insect eggs, but if there were no adult insects, they could go out now and kill these unhatched bugs.

Draco shook his head, "Indeed, no flying insects were found."

"But Vikram, even if these insect eggs haven’t hatched, we can’t possibly clear all of them, can we?"

"I just feel that these eggs look a bit creepy, mainly because there are too many of them."

"The disaster has only just begun; the number might even increase later."

Just thinking about the various insects inside the white eggs sent shivers down the spines of Sophia, Divya and Anjali.

Vikram observed for a long time, and seeing that no insects had indeed appeared outside, he immediately led all the members of the Territory outdoors.

As he expected, they didn’t even need to walk out of the Territory 3’s perimeter wall; the snowy ground inside the wall was already covered with insect eggs.

This was nothing, after all, insects naturally have strong reproductive capabilities, so a lot of eggs was understandable.

But what truly sent shivers down their spines was that they hadn’t felt anything unusual when they saw the insect eggs through the camera earlier.

However, when they went out for a field observation, they realized that the size of these eggs was clearly not right.

"What the hell? Such big insect eggs? Is this a damn insect egg or an egg?"

Even a burly man like Ron, seeing such a ground covered with nearly ping-pong ball-sized insect eggs, couldn’t help but feel disgusted and cursed.

The most disgusting part was yet to come; these eggs seemed to be able to sense the outside world.

Not long after a few people approached, dozens of insect eggs on the ground actually began to squirm.

"Eww~~" The two women were utterly disgusted, both letting out sounds of revulsion.

Vikram also frowned, watching this scene.

Generally speaking, adult insects are tens to dozens of times larger than their egg stage.

And these insects from the plague, even before hatching, were already larger than many insects on Earth.

If these abominations were allowed to grow to the adult stage, he had no doubt they could grow to half a person’s size.

Coupled with their ubiquitous numbers, where would there be any chance of going outside then?

He sighed inwardly. Under the gaze of the others, Vikram casually picked up a stone from the ground.

He smashed it down onto a pile of stacked insect eggs.

"Pfft!!"

They were unexpectedly fresh and juicy.

The moment these insect eggs burst, dark green liquid splattered out. The few people reacted quickly, retreating several steps immediately.

The liquid flowed continuously from the eggs until it touched the snow, making a "sizzle" sound.

And accompanied by wisps of smoke, the snow was actually being corroded.

In a short while, the spot where the stone had fallen had melted into a noticeable patch.

"The abominations inside should be dead, right?"

Ron clutched Draco’s arm in fright. Usually the most boisterous, he was surprisingly scared at this moment.

Vikram was also a bit curious about what was inside the smashed egg, but he wasn’t foolish enough to investigate with his hand.

Who knew if these insects were poisonous? Getting bitten would not be worth the trouble.

He glanced at Percy beside him, who immediately understood and picked up a branch, poking the stone with it.

The stone was slightly moved, but the eggs no longer showed the previous agitation.

"It seems dead, no reaction."

However, just as everyone relaxed their guard, suddenly!

Four black dots with eight legs instantly appeared from behind the stone.

While Percy was still poking the stone with the branch, they gave no one time to react.

In the blink of an eye, they climbed up the branch along the stone.

Seeing them about to crawl up his arm along the branch, Percy screamed and instinctively threw the branch away.

He thought this would get him out of danger, but as soon as the ping-pong ball-sized black dots were thrown away, they actually used the branch to leap into the air.

Their eight legs spread out, and they glided towards the few of them.

Even more disgusting, they had already spit a ball of dark purple liquid at them in mid-air.

It was clearly identical to the liquid that had flowed out when the egg was crushed earlier.

The few people knew without thinking that this thing was poisonous.

Just as they were about to dodge again, before they could make any move, a water ball instantly blocked their path.

The four indistinct black dots also fell into the water ball.

Miraculously, even when these spiders fell into the water, they didn’t pass through the water ball and fall to the ground as expected.

Instead, they seemed to be caught, trapped in the water ball along with the splashed venom.

Looking at the black dots struggling in the water ball, everyone finally saw their forms clearly at a glance.

They were four pitch-black spiders.

They had already witnessed Divya’s abilities, so there was nothing to be surprised about.

But these few tiny spiders made everyone gasp.

"My goodness, these four tiny spiders, why do I feel like their speed is faster than most zombies?"

"We were almost pounced on by these abominations."

Anjali said with lingering fear, watching the spiders gradually stop moving in the water.

"Troublesome."

The few people relaxed when they saw the spider stop moving, but Vikram’s brows furrowed deeply.

They couldn’t clearly see the spider’s condition, but Vikram could see it perfectly through the system.

[Venomous Spider: Blue, undeveloped nymph state. Extremely fast, and its mouthparts can spray deadly venom. If a bite victim is not treated, they will die in one hour. Note: Venomous spiders feed on Survivors and will lock onto a target upon detection.]

"It’s only an undeveloped nymph whose growth I interrupted, yet it’s already Blue-grade... If it were allowed to mature..."

Vikram didn’t continue.

Instead, he shifted his gaze toward the countless eggs scattered across the ground.

Even someone as calm as him felt a chill run down his spine.

While Zombie Lairs only produced a few hundred zombies at a time, these insects were on an entirely different level.

A quick glance around the courtyard revealed well over a hundred egg clusters.

"Thousands of venomous insects swarming at once... They might even devour an entire Shelter."

The more Vikram thought about it, the more ominous he felt.

Without another word, he immediately contacted Fiery through their connection.

"Fiery, come here immediately."

Only a few moments later, hurried footsteps echoed from the direction of Territory 1.

Fiery rushed over as quickly as possible, stopping respectfully before Vikram.

"Vik, you called for me?"

Instead of answering immediately, Vikram pointed toward the countless spider eggs covering the ground.

Seeing the horrifying scene, even Fiery’s emerald eyes flickered.

"Burn them. Every single one. Leave none alive."

"Yes, Vik." Fiery immediately raised both hands.

Scarlet flames rapidly gathered between its palms before erupting outward like a raging tide.

Boom!! A sea of fire instantly swept across the courtyard.

The spider eggs were engulfed one after another.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Many of the eggs split open before the young spiders could even crawl out.

Their tiny bodies were instantly reduced to ashes by the intense flames.

The fire continued spreading under Fiery’s precise control, leaving no corner untouched.

Vikram, Divya, and the others carefully inspected the surroundings as Fiery advanced, making sure not a single egg cluster escaped the flames.

Within only a few minutes, the entire courtyard had been thoroughly scorched.

The ground was charred black, and the pungent smell of burnt insects filled the air.

However, no one complained.

Compared to allowing an insect plague to erupt within the territory, burning the entire courtyard was a price well worth paying.

Only after confirming that every spider egg had been reduced to ashes did Vikram finally let out a slow breath of relief.

Although it was very late, the thought of the insect plague that appeared today still kept Vikram from getting much sleep.

At just past five in the morning, Vikram was already awake and couldn’t sleep, so he got up and went outside.

The scorch marks from the fiery’s attack were still there yesterday, but fortunately, no additional eggs had appeared after a night’s sleep.

The eggs outside the wall were also destroyed.

Vikram, however, knew this was merely the calm before the storm.

He returned to the living area and made himself a simple, nutritious breakfast.

During breakfast, he took a moment to glance at the chat channel. As expected, the channel was already in an uproar.

Early in the morning, a large group of people were still discussing, their arguments rising and falling.

"I knew last night that this insect plague was nothing. See? No extra effort needed. These eggs stop moving as soon as they’re stabbed."

"As long as we act quickly and eradicate all of them before they hatch, maybe we can even treat the rest of the disaster days as a safe period."

Vikram glanced at it. The person speaking was the survivor who hadn’t taken the insect plague seriously yesterday.

As he spoke, he also attached a photo of himself stabbing an egg to death.

Before Vikram could disdainfully shake his head, a large group of Survivors in the channel came out to refute him.

"Are you kidding me? Eradicate all of them?"

"Don’t you know there are eggs everywhere outside right now? If you can kill an insect with one stab, that’s fine, but if you don’t kill it and it comes out, you’ll be in trouble."

These people were experienced old Survivors; they didn’t need anyone to remind them. When the insect plague appeared yesterday, they had already tried to understand the situation.

As expected, some survivors had already lost their lives.

The most typical cases were those bitten by poisonous insects who then died from the poison on the spot due to lack of medication.

At first, Vikram thought all the eggs contained spiders.

After all, these eggs all looked the same, a snowy white.

However, when he saw the various types of creatures that Survivors in the chat channel believed they had pierced from the eggs, Vikram realized that these eggs only looked alike; the contents were completely different.

"Locusts, crickets, earthworms, bees, mosquitoes, centipedes, ants."

Just a glance at the images in the chat sent a chill down Vikram’s spine.

The only acceptable thing was that these insects were currently all in their nymph stage and none had the ability to fly.

Although they were very fast, most Survivors could still handle them easily.

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