A person in white clothing, unconscious, with only their chest still rising and falling visibly.

"Please help us, two people here are about to die, I beg you."

"They are severely injured and won’t last long."

The little spider can’t talk. Seeing the people calm down, the mechanical spider, no larger than a fingernail, jumps in. Using the light, it leaves writing on the wall, "Don’t move, don’t make a sound."

It turns around, crawls out of the underground, heading further away with the aim of probing the entire underground, analyzing the situation below.

Over a dozen people trapped underground cry out in excitement, with lovers or couples tightly embracing.

"That’s great, we are finally saved. Just wait a while longer."

Two children are huddled together, sobbing quietly, frightened by the recent screech of the Insect Man.

When children are nervous, they only know to express it through crying, which is understandable.

But none of these adults are their parents, it’s already quite difficult to have protected them until now.

"Shut up, it’s so annoying." Someone voiced out, feeling more agitated upon hearing the children’s cries amidst the anxious wait.

"Alright, alright, a little longer won’t matter."

"Don’t cry, there are people outside trying to rescue us."

"That spider just now must be a new type of equipment." Changing the subject, talking about something to distract from the tension.

"Not sure, never seen it, probably. Is the situation outside okay?"

Thinking about the destruction of their home makes them feel pained, but being saved soon is also a kind of luck.

At a certain location, the signal of the little spider suddenly cut off.

The unexpected change made Feng Wansha somewhat uncertain; the terrain was analyzed, and theoretically, the little spider should not lose power so quickly.

"Something’s wrong, the little spider seems to have been attacked." Feng Wansha was genuinely afraid something like the Insect Man was lurking below, her experience insufficient for judgment.

"What do we do? Wasn’t it already explored? More Insect Men? They wouldn’t let so many alive people go, right?"

"First, clear the buildings above. The people below are not in good condition, though still alive. Opening a path down is difficult." Surface buildings need to reduce weight for creating a path.

"I’ll ask Su Xiaocai first, wait here." The first time using the probing little spider, something happened. Being cautious, it’s better to ask Su Xiaocai first.

"Ordinary Insect Men don’t attack little spiders; they’re only interested in food."

"Could they have been startled by the light? Maybe they’re not ordinary Insect Men?" Feng Wansha speculated, and Su Xiaocai said, "Then be bold, treat it like a competition, don’t be afraid to make the wrong decision, you can’t depend on me forever."

But this is reality; Feng Wansha couldn’t make the right judgment immediately, "Okay, I understand."

She didn’t hesitate further and informed Ji Heng to get ready for action, in case Insect Men are trapped below and they might need to take action.

The location where the mechanical little spider stopped happened to be a potential collapse point, which cannot be moved recklessly.

Ji Heng quickly mobilized personnel to guard the tunneling site.

Experts hurriedly arrived, analyzed the terrain, and then made the judgment to tunnel.

The drilling machine used for tunneling had a supporting arm, bracing both sides, and started to push forward.

Feng Wansha released another little spider into the tunnel. This time she didn’t activate the light source. Upon reaching where the previous spider’s signal had disappeared, she saw through the night vision mode an image: an exceptionally ugly insect face appeared in front of the spider.

Most of its body was pinned to the ground by several strange pillars, starting from its head. The place didn’t look like a typical subway tunnel.

It looked more like a large laboratory.

She took a deep breath, "It’s a Greed."

This Greed appeared somewhat weak, but it was still struggling.

Its body was gaunt, nutrients transferred to its head, the "neck" elongating and slowly detaching. Before long, its head might separate from its body.

This active separation wouldn’t kill an Insect Man; at most, it would revert back to a cowardly soldier’s strength.

Hearing there was a Greed underground, ready to break free soon, everyone increased their speed.

Ji Heng and Xing Miao both felt they shouldn’t handle this matter temporarily; the military’s approach should be more effective.

Some people disagreed, eager to gain credit, but Ji Heng didn’t feel this kind of merit was necessary.

Knowing there were Insect Men underground, the military arrived swiftly.

An officer and his thirty soldiers came: "What’s the situation? How long will it take to open the tunnel? Is there time?"

In emergency circumstances, Ji Heng mobilized several hundred people to start clearing the buildings quickly.

Living people were not far from the Insect Men.

Now it was a race against time, faster than the Insect Men.

If there were no living people underground, they could use electromagnetic waves to deliver a fatal blow to the Insect Men. But now, the Insect Men were too close to the living people.