The Insect Person

Long Ming glanced briefly at the skeletons on the ground. Seeing nothing valuable, he walked into the first open room. This was an archive room, with file cabinets leaning haphazardly. A skeleton in uniform lay on the ground, with a gold-trimmed fountain pen pinned to its chest. Long Ming scanned it with his wristband. Fan-brand fountain pen Grade: Blue Function: Writing. Long Ming was a bit surprised that something produced here was of such high quality. He walked over, took the pen off, and casually put it in his backpack. Long Ming got up and continued searching the other corners of the room, but unfortunately found nothing valuable. He left the room and continued forward into the second room. This room was spacious, filled with rows of office desks, and many skeletons lay on the ground. Long Ming went over and checked them one by one. When checking the third body, he found a folding knife in its pocket. Long Ming unfolded the folding knife and fiddled with it a bit. This folding knife probably wasn't much good for combat, but it was small and useful for cutting ropes, so he put it in his backpack and continued searching the room. After a moment, Long Ming left the room, having found nothing else valuable. Suddenly he noticed a door ajar ahead, with a skeleton lying at the doorway. He went over, saw nothing good, and pushed the door open. The sight made Long Ming's face light up with wild joy. Inside were weapon racks holding blast shields, telescopic batons, and stab-proof vests. He immediately walked in excitedly. He picked up a telescopic baton, swung it a few times—it seemed pretty good. Without hesitation he stuffed it into his backpack, then picked up a blast shield to try, but it was too big and heavy. He reluctantly put the blast shield back. His gaze fell on the stab-proof vests. When he was about to take one, he noticed a bulletproof vest at the back of the rack. He decisively put on the bulletproof vest. Long Ming turned to continue searching and saw a body lying on the ground. The body held a Gecko automatic pistol, with a tactical belt around its waist. Long Ming raised his wristband and scanned. Gecko automatic pistol durability 41, 12 bullets remaining. Tactical belt. Durability: 95/100 He immediately took the magazine off the pistol, then removed the tactical belt from the skeleton and fastened it around his waist. Then he attached the pistol from his pocket and the magazine in his hand to the tactical belt. After doing this, he continued searching the house. Soon he found a cabinet with a row of training shoes on top. He looked through them, found a pair that fit his feet and had high durability, and put them on. He tried walking a few steps—it felt very comfortable and well-fitting. Long Ming looked at the other things in the room with satisfaction, but his face showed regret. Although these things were valuable, they were too heavy to carry. He sighed, turned and left the room, and continued searching forward. Soon he reached the end of the second floor and saw a closed room ahead. He tried the doorknob, and it opened smoothly. It was a spacious room, with a desk and file cabinet near the window. On the desk lay a body in a black high-grade uniform, still retaining its skin. Long Ming's eyes lit up at the sight. This should be the Chief of the Guard Bureau's office, and the body should be the Chief. If all went well, there should be good things here. Suddenly Long Ming noticed a lighter on the desk. The lighter was made of black metal, engraved with a grim reaper pattern on its surface, and inlaid with a dark red gem; it looked very valuable. He scanned it with his wristband. Deceased Series DK-01 lighter. Durability: 98/100 Grade: Purple. Long Ming was stunned—a lighter was purple-tier? He walked over and reached for the lighter. But just as he was about to pick it up, the body slumped on the desk suddenly raised its ugly head. A face with blackened, shriveled skin and eyes like red light bulbs appeared before him. Long Ming was startled and backed away in terror. "Ah~" The insect person before him roared. His clothes burst open all over, revealing insect-like skin. He shoved the office desk toward Long Ming, then charged madly. Long Ming decisively dodged the desk and quickly raised his M24 equipped with a silencer to fire. Whoosh~ The bullet instantly hit the insect person's shoulder, and sticky liquid splattered. The insect person didn't fall. Instead, he attacked savagely toward Long Ming, extending sharp claws to tear at him. In haste, Long Ming raised the M24 to block. Clang! Terrifying force transmitted through the gun body onto Long Ming. Before he could react, he was forced straight backward, slamming heavily into the file cabinet. Bang~ The entire aluminum cabinet dented slightly, and the glass on top shattered. Pfft~ Long Ming almost spat out a mouthful of blood. "Ah!" The insect person before him madly suppressed Long Ming. Long Ming leaned his back against the wall, bracing desperately, veins bulging on his forehead—this guy's strength was just too great. At that moment, the insect person extended its left claw and grabbed Long Ming's shoulder. Fortunately, Long Ming was wearing a bulletproof vest, so the claw didn't pierce his body. But before Long Ming could rejoice, the insect person grabbed him and flung him hard. Long Ming flew out, slammed heavily into the wall, then fell to the ground, nearly having the wind knocked out of him. He gritted his teeth and stood up. Just as he raised the gun in his hand, the monster reached him and swiped with a claw. Bang~ The M24 in Long Ming's hand flew straight out. "It's over!" Long Ming's heart sank. The monster extended its right claw, grabbed Long Ming's throat, and lifted him up. Long Ming had difficulty breathing, and his face turned red. As his neck was about to be twisted off, he decisively drew the Gecko automatic pistol from his tactical belt, pressed it against its jaw, and quickly pulled the trigger. Bang bang~ Bullets punched upward into its head. "Ah~" Accompanied by a scream, the monster before him let go and staggered back. Bang bang~ Long Ming wasn't reassured and fired several more shots until the opponent fell motionless. Cough cough~ Long Ming covered his neck and gasped for air. At the same time, the moment the gunfire rang out, countless red eyes lit up on the buildings outside the Guard Bureau. Long Ming relaxed a little, walked to the side, and picked up the fallen M24. Suddenly he heard rustling sounds from the corridor outside the room. His heart trembled. He felt extreme danger, and his intuition told him he had to leave here quickly. He looked around, quickly picked up the lighter, decisively rushed to the window, leapt up, pressed one hand on the windowsill, and jumped down. Bang~ Long Ming landed on the ground, rolled a few times, and crawled up in a sorry state. Suddenly he noticed large numbers of red moths flying out from the surrounding buildings. Not far away, the sky was black with flying insects, veering and turning toward him. "Not good!" Long Ming's face darkened. The gunshot had been too loud and had alerted the insects.