"Don't move!" Li Chang'an said, raising a hand.
"These larvae are the nest's outer guards. Killing them might alert the adults!"
"So we go around them?" Han Ruoxi asked, looking at him.
"But there's only one path!"
Li Chang'an thought for a few seconds, then turned to Bai Lin.
"Can you block their senses?"
Bai Lin quickly scrolled through the data on his terminal and nodded.
"I can try, but we'll have limited time. We have to be quick!"
"Do it," Li Chang'an said, patting his shoulder.
Bai Lin began working while the other team members stood guard around him.
A few minutes later, Bai Lin looked up.
"Done. Sensory block will last for five minutes!"
"Let's go!" Li Chang'an ordered decisively.
The squad quickly moved past the larvae and into the deeper mine tunnels.
...
The air inside the mine tunnel grew thicker and stickier. The ground underfoot had also become slick, as if covered in some kind of fluid secreted by the Insect Race.
