Zombie Bodyguard-Chapter 1650 - 1647: Night of Terror

"Hmph, you want to play too..." Liu Yuansi snorted discontentedly, but before he could finish the word "play," he froze because he too heard the noise.

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

The faint vibrations of insects flapping their wings sounded just like when mosquitoes get inside a net at night while you’re sleeping. But that’s a sound you can only hear in a very quiet environment.

But now, all of them heard it. Someone picked up a flashlight first, and then everyone pointed their flashlights in the same direction.

He Xiaofei and Zhao Weitao’s groups were holding outdoor high-beam flashlights, whose brightness was extremely high. The seven beams combined illuminated the woods ahead, making all details clearly visible.

But the next moment they regretted it, wishing they hadn’t seen the scene before them. A swarm of dark shadows came like clouds; they were countless black insects, and the buzzing sound was made by them.

"Damn it, what the hell is this!" Liu Yuansi was so scared he trembled, almost dropping the flashlight.

Xiao Na and Xiao Ya, being more timid, screamed and turned to run, but their speed couldn’t compare to the flying speed of the insects.

The insects, like a black cloud, arrived quickly, scaring everyone pale, minds blank, not knowing how to react, or simply having no time to react.

As the insects were about to collide, Qiao Xiaoyi suddenly leaped, jumped behind Mu Binglan, spread his arms, and hugged her. The insects hit his back like dense hailstones, and he felt a pricking pain on his back.

Mu Binglan was thinking of solving the problem at hand when she suddenly felt someone hugging her. None of the flying insects hit her, as she was well protected.

She turned her head to see Qiao Xiaoyi, and was momentarily stunned. She could see the pain on his face up close, but this kind and honest boy remained silent, enduring staunchly.

Her usually hard heart suddenly softened. Mu Binglan wanted to pull him away to prevent more insect attacks, but she found Qiao Xiaoyi surprisingly strong at that moment, unable to break free.

"You fool, do you want to die!" Mu Binglan had to shout anxiously.

"Shh, don’t talk, insects will get into your mouth." Qiao Xiaoyi, usually meek and honest, cracked a joke in this moment of danger.

Mu Binglan was caught between laughter and tears. The seemingly cowardly and pedantic boy always annoyed her, leading to her dislike for Qiao Xiaoyi. But in this critical moment of danger, Qiao Xiaoyi’s bravery shocked her, opened her eyes to him, and moved her.

But now wasn’t the time to be moved, as more insects continued to fly over. She could only reprimand sternly: "You fool, let go of me quickly, lie down, or do you want to wait here to feed the insects?"

Qiao Xiaoyi was focused only on rescuing, his mind nowhere as clear as Mu Binglan’s, with no ideas. Seeing him unmoved, she had no choice but to elbow him backward, bend her waist down, grab his hand suddenly and forcefully, twisting him sideways with a thud, throwing Qiao Xiaoyi to the ground.

Mu Binglan regained her calm and demonstrated her fighting strength, giving Qiao Xiaoyi quite a throw. But she didn’t care about that; after getting him down, she also quickly lay down, extinguishing the flashlight.

"Everyone lie down, turn off the flashlights..." Mu Binglan shouted loudly, unsure of its effectiveness, but choosing based on past experience.

At night, insects often gather around streetlights, not because they like light, but because many insects navigate by the angle of moonlight.

With light and other interference sources, insects mistakenly judge flight direction, causing them to fly closer and circle around the light endlessly, until exhaustion and death.

This is the true reason for insects’ "phototaxis," which Mu Binglan recalled from daily life, prompting her to make this decision.

He Xiaofei heard this, also immediately turned off the flashlight, and lay on the ground. Sure enough, the insects no longer flew towards her.

Yet there’s always someone unwilling to follow her lead - Liu Yuansi was one, dodging insects, shouting reluctantly: "Who do you think you are, why should I listen to your command? You lie down yourselves; I’m leaving this damn place."

"Yuansi, stop arguing, do as she says quickly. Who knows the extent of these insects; where can you escape to?" Zhao Weitao, the rich second-generation, wasn’t a total fool, remaining relatively calm. He also turned off the flashlight and lay down.

With Zhao Weitao down, what could Liu Yuansi do but follow obediently? Xiao Na and Xiao Ya were utterly lost, without their own ideas, and had already lain down early.

Insects swept past like a storm, and minutes later, disappeared entirely, leaving everyone alive but shell-shocked, afraid to rise immediately.

Someone opened a flashlight first, and one by one, all seven turned on their flashlights, brightening the dim woods again.

"Where did those damn insects come from? Scared the hell out of me." Liu Yuansi sighed deeply, breath lingering uneasily.

Supporting himself on the ground to rise, he felt his fingers touch something smooth and cold. Annoyed, he grabbed it up, but upon seeing clearly what was in his hand, fear washed over him.

"Crap, a snake!" Liu Yuansi instinctively flicked, sending the snake flying, unknowingly toward Zhao Weitao’s neck.

Zhao Weitao’s hairs stood on end from fear, quickly mimicking Liu Yuansi, and likewise flicking the snake away, still shocked, suddenly hearing Xiao Na and Xiao Ya scream.

"Snakes... so many snakes!"

Everyone could feel the tremble and fear in their voices when they said this, seven people flipped their flashlight directions, shining around, sure enough, saw many serpents slithering from the insects’ direction, crawling toward them. The number of snakes terrified them.

"Thud," Liu Yuansi’s flashlight slipped from his unsteady hand, hitting the ground, face pale.

"It’s too late to run now, don’t move, everyone, stay put," Mu Binglan intended to stand up, hurriedly lay down again, shouting to the others.

"You expect us to stay still because you say so? These are serpents, not flying insects, they crawl on the ground and will soon find us, just us seven, we couldn’t even fill their teeth." Liu Yuansi’s voice trembled, he wasn’t alone; even He Xiaofei felt uncertain.

"Calm down, everyone. Just now, Liu Yuansi and Zhao Weitao handled the snakes and weren’t bitten. And those insects earlier didn’t pay attention to us, merely passing by, appearing summoned by something. If the insects wanted to bite us, we’d already have been skeletons." Mu Binglan calmly analyzed, if Lin Tian were here, he’d certainly give her a thumbs-up.