Chapter 00099: The Dung Beetle
# The Dung Beetle
Chapter 99
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 99: The Dung Beetle
"It's Zhan Shen Crystal, a unique crystal from the Zhan Shen Continent," Qi Xin Yue answered.
Zhan Shen Crystal? Ding Huan frowned.
If he wanted to use this spaceship to leave Earth, where would he get Zhan Shen Crystal?
"There are reserves of this crystal on the Shen Xun, and quite a lot of it," Qi Xin Yue quickly added.
Ding Huan was overjoyed.
"Hurry up and open the hatch, let me take a look."
Qi Xin Yue shook her head.
"I can open the hatch, but I can't take out the crystals. On the Shen Xun, I only have the lowest level of authority."
As she spoke, Qi Xin Yue leapt up lightly, like a swallow, and pressed her hand against the hatch.
A flash of light appeared, and the hatch automatically opened.
Qi Xin Yue followed and entered the cabin.
Ding Huan and Zhong Chi also leapt up and landed inside the cabin.
The cabin was quite spacious, with a height of over two meters.
Ding Huan didn't feel the least bit cramped standing inside.
Zhong Chi had been here once before and didn't find anything particularly interesting.
Qi Xin Yue had lived here for several months and wasn't surprised by anything either.
Ding Huan had already scanned the layout with his divine sense earlier.
"Brother Ding, this is where the Zhan Shen Crystals are stored, but there's a self-destruct mechanism inside. If you try to force it open, it will only cause the energy in the Zhan Shen Crystals to be completely depleted, and it might even cause the Shen Xun to self-destruct," Qi Xin Yue warned Ding Huan.
She was most worried that Ding Huan would directly break into the energy cabin of the Shen Xun.
Ding Huan's divine sense penetrated the energy cabin.
Although the energy cabin was locked by a program, it could still be opened from the inside.
It was like a door that had been locked from the inside.
However, the energy cabin was sealed, and no one could enter, let alone open it from the inside.
Ding Huan had no intention of opening it from the inside.
His divine sense had already scanned the energy cabin and found that there were no Zhan Shen Crystals inside.
"Are you sure there are a lot of Zhan Shen Crystals in here?" Ding Huan asked Qi Xin Yue again, looking puzzled.
Qi Xin Yue nodded.
"I'm sure."
Ding Huan shook his head.
"There's not a single Zhan Shen Crystal inside. Although I don't know what Zhan Shen Crystals look like, since they're a source of energy, there should be energy fluctuations... Huh..."
Ding Huan's words suddenly stopped as he sensed energy fluctuations in another location.
This location wasn't in the locked energy cabin, but in a part of the living space.
Ding Huan went directly to this place and slashed down with two wind blades.
He wanted to cut open the floor, but the floor was extremely sturdy.
After one slash, there was only a white mark.
Ding Huan simply took out his Starry Sky Blade, gathered his true essence, and slashed down.
No matter how hard the floor of the Shen Xun was, under Ding Huan's slash, a gap appeared.
Ding Huan slashed a few more times, tore open a gap, and took out a wooden box from inside.
Opening the wooden box, there were five translucent stones inside.
"Is this the Zhan Shen Crystal?" Ding Huan asked.
"Yes, this is the Zhan Shen Crystal. How did you know it was here?" Qi Xin Yue asked in surprise.
Ding Huan took one and placed it in his palm.
Waves of heaven and earth energy, much denser than that of Yuan Qi Stones, surged over.
Ding Huan felt that if he wanted to, he could step into the sixth level of gene cultivation at any time.
"I sensed it. I can tell you for sure that there are no other Zhan Shen Crystals in this energy cabin," Ding Huan said.
"How is that possible? There should be ten thousand Zhan Shen Crystals as backup energy in here. The energy crystals of the Shen Xun were gathered over a long period of time," Qi Xin Yue immediately replied.
Then she realized that Ding Huan probably wasn't lying to her.
Ding Huan could sense Zhan Shen Crystals.
If he said there were none, then there were none.
"This thing seems to contain more heaven and earth energy than Yuan Qi Stones," Zhong Chi said, even though he hadn't touched the Zhan Shen Crystals, he could still feel it.
Ding Huan had no intention of giving the Zhan Shen Crystals to Zhong Chi.
Zhong Chi was at the innate level, and giving them to him wouldn't increase his strength much.
He needed these crystals himself.
He had to reach the ninth level of gene cultivation as soon as possible, and it would be best if he could build his gene foundation here.
After putting the five Zhan Shen Crystals into his bag, Ding Huan suddenly asked, "Miss Xin Yue, how many people were originally on the Shen Xun?"
"Including me, there were five. The captain and vice-captain of the Shen Xun, the Shen Xun protector, the Shen Xun life steward, and me, the Shen Xun member," Qi Xin Yue replied.
Ding Huan turned to Zhong Chi.
"Miss Xin Yue said there were originally five people on the spaceship. How many did you encounter?"
"That's not right..."
Zhong Chi suddenly spoke up.
Ding Huan asked, "What's not right?"
Zhong Chi explained, "There were only four people on the spaceship. We killed three and captured one. Where is the fifth person?"
"Besides Miss Xin Yue, Old Zhong, describe the other three who were killed," Ding Huan said.
After the spaceship was taken control of, Zhong Chi, as the strongest person in China, was naturally invited here.
He remembered very clearly, "There was a big-bearded man who said he was the captain. This guy was very strong and was killed on the spot by Old Qu from the Martial Arts Alliance. There was also a woman who looked very beautiful but didn't have much strength. She looked like she wanted to resist and was shot by a federal officer. The third person was a tall guy with the highest cultivation. At that time, I and Shi Chang Yi worked together to deal with him. I was even injured before we captured him, and he was later executed by the federal military court."
Ding Huan relayed Zhong Chi's words to Qi Xin Yue.
Qi Xin Yue frowned and said, "There's still one person missing. His name is Black Worm Ball."
"Black Worm Ball?" Ding Huan looked at Qi Xin Yue in confusion.
There was such a name?
Qi Xin Yue nodded affirmatively.
"Yes, although on the surface, his rank on the Shen Xun is higher than mine. In reality, he is the lowest-ranked person on the Shen Xun. Because he is the life steward, he is responsible for our meals. And every time, he can only eat the leftovers. On the Shen Xun, he is the most humble. Except for me, everyone bullied him. He didn't even have a name. The captain thought he looked dark and dirty, like a dung-eating insect, so he simply called him Black Worm Ball. He had a good temper. Every time someone called him Black Worm Ball, he would smile and seem quite happy. No matter who he met, he would call them big brother or big sister."
Ding Huan nodded.
He could understand this.
After all, Qi Xin Yue had a mission, which was to find the habitat of the gods.
That Black Worm Ball was only responsible for cooking and probably didn't have any skills, which was why he was looked down upon and lived a very humble life.
What Black Worm Ball? He should actually be called a dung beetle.
"Does he also have the ability to hide and teleport?" Ding Huan asked again.
Qi Xin Yue shook her head.
"I don't know about that."
Ding Huan said, "I have a question I don't understand. Even if you knew about Earth's distress signal, you wouldn't have come directly to Earth without any precautions, right? A spaceship exploring for life in the universe shouldn't be so reckless."
Qi Xin Yue also frowned.
Where the spaceship went was naturally not up to her, but the fact that the spaceship came directly to Earth and was shot down did seem strange to her.
She just hadn't thought about it before, but now that Ding Huan mentioned it, she gradually realized.
"Tell me about the situation at that time," Ding Huan said.
Qi Xin Yue thought for a moment and said, "Black Worm Ball..."
"Let's call him Dung Beetle. The name Black Worm Ball is too awkward," Ding Huan waved his hand.
He felt that the problem might lie with the Dung Beetle.
Qi Xin Yue didn't mind and continued, "Although Dung Beetle is the life steward, he is also responsible for receiving some unusual signals. That day, he suddenly said that he had found a distress signal and quickly informed Captain Wu of the Shen Xun..."
Qi Xin Yue felt something was wrong as she spoke.
At that time, she seemed to hear Captain Wu say to turn away.
She didn't hear clearly and never paid attention to it.
Until the spaceship was attacked by Earth's weapons and forced to land, she always thought that Captain Wu had said to turn to support.
Now that things had calmed down, she had time to think about it, and she felt that it was unlikely.
Why would Captain Wu support a strange distress signal?
The problem was, if Captain Wu wouldn't support it, how did the Shen Xun end up on Earth?
Ding Huan didn't interrupt Qi Xin Yue's thoughts.
After Qi Xin Yue sorted everything out, she told Ding Huan everything without holding back.
Ding Huan was silent for a while before saying, "If I'm not mistaken, that Dung Beetle probably has a big problem. Not only is he proficient in hiding, but he is also proficient in modifying spaceship programs. He probably modified the spaceship's positioning and navigation programs, causing the Shen Xun, which should have left, to go in the opposite direction and end up on Earth, where it was shot down."
"This..."
Qi Xin Yue couldn't believe it.
The Dung Beetle was too inconspicuous.
He was short and had no opinions of his own.
He always had to ask others for their opinions.
From the moment she met the Dung Beetle, he had always been bending over and talking to everyone.
As for cultivation, he definitely didn't have any.
He was just brought up to serve others.
"If that's really the case, then the person who escaped is the Dung Beetle. When he received Earth's signal, he started his plan. The Zhan Shen Crystals in the energy cabin were probably taken by him. What a character. Not only did he get rid of you four, but he also took ten thousand crystals..."
As Ding Huan spoke, he seemed to remember something and immediately went back to the place he had torn open with his Starry Sky Blade.
He used his divine sense to carefully inspect it.
After a while, he sighed.
"This guy is really talented. These five crystals were also planted by him. These five crystals control the program he modified on the Shen Xun. It seems that this guy has been planning this for a long time. What a cunning bastard."
After saying that, Ding Huan walked to the cockpit and directly took out his Starry Sky Blade and slashed down.
In a short time, the cockpit was completely destroyed by Ding Huan.
Everything inside, including various chip programs and circuits, was destroyed by Ding Huan.
"Brother Ding, what are you doing?" Zhong Chi looked at Ding Huan in confusion.
Ding Huan said, "We can't repair this spaceship. Even if we could, I don't have the Zhan Shen Crystals to fly it. I'm sure that the Dung Beetle can repair it. He will definitely come back. In that case, I'll destroy it first."
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