As soon as Wang Bin said that, Chen Bugu suddenly noticed that only Lin Lin was in the room at this moment; Bai Ting and Han Badou were all absent.
"Brother Bu Gu, since you're back, please look after Lin Lin. I'll take these Mulin Tribe scumbags out of the camp with the others. The Law Enforcement Team will probably be here to question us soon."
Before Chen Bugu could ask, Wang Bin spoke first.
"Look after her?"
Chen Bugu was a bit puzzled and turned to look at Lin Lin, only then realizing something was wrong.
Lin Lin was currently supporting herself with a bone staff, her body trembling as she tried to stand up from the ground.
"What happened?"
Chen Bugu immediately went to Lin Lin's side and helped her sit back down.
He had been a bit confused earlier, wondering why this girl was so cold to him, just sitting on the ground. Only now did he notice that Lin Lin seemed unable to stand.
Chen Bugu held Lin Lin's right ankle with his left hand and pushed up her pant leg with his right, only then understanding the reason.
On Lin Lin's smooth, slender calf, black veins now protruded.
These veins covered her entire calf, contracting and wriggling beneath her skin from time to time, slowly changing position.
"insect poison!?"
Chen Bugu quickly pushed up the pant leg of Lin Lin's other leg and found that the symptoms on both legs were almost identical.
"insect poison" is not essentially a type of poison, but rather a phenomenon.
A few mutated insect-type demonic beasts would inject their stingers into their prey's body, then inject insect eggs into their body to complete the parasitism.
These insect eggs would absorb the host's energy while destroying the host's functions, spreading like a potent poison to plunder the nutrients needed for their own growth.
Beneath Lin Lin's long, fair calves, the countless grotesque black veins were actually wriggling larvae.
These larvae hid beneath the surface of the body, constantly absorbing and destroying the host's body until the host became incredibly weak, at which point they would break through the skin, kill the host, and become independent entities.
Ordinary treatment methods cannot expel or kill "insect poison"; they can only delay the spread of the injury.
Even if the skin is cut open, the "insect poison" that senses the wound breaking open in advance will re-hide in the muscles, making it difficult to eradicate.
Lin Lin hurriedly pulled down her pant legs, her expression somewhat flustered, as if she didn't want Chen Bugu to see her now ugly calves.
Wang Bin stood beside Chen Bugu, briefly explained a few things, and then left the room, taking the warriors from the three tribes who had come to assist to deal with the half-dead Mulin Tribe members.
After Lin Lin's additional explanation, Chen Bugu also generally understood the situation.
After Chen Bugu returned to Obsidian Town alone, Lin Lin and the others had remained in the ruins, waiting for news.
On the third day, as Chen Bugu had not returned, after discussion among everyone, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Bai Ting, who was the strongest, infiltrated the town to gather information.
After entering the town, Bai Ting followed the route from his memory to the Unyielding Hall. From Old Zhou, he learned about the developments, and also found out that Dongcheng Xiuwu and Tanaka Nobuko were dead, and Chen Bugu had escaped Alek's pursuit through a teleportation stone.
The news that Chen Bugu was still alive made Bai Ting breathe a sigh of relief. He bid farewell to Old Zhou, intending to take this information out first to inform the others, lest they worry.
But unexpectedly, before he could leave Obsidian Town, Bai Ting was discovered by the Cross Street's spies, and in the end, he had to fight his way out with the secret help of the Unyielding Hall.
However, Cross Street had no intention of letting them go. Instead, they began a large-scale search outside the town. Seeing that they would find the ruins in the southwest in less than two days, they were forced to relocate.
At that time, Alek was already a Black Iron Nine-Star, while Bai Ting, the strongest among them, had only just broken through to Seven-Star. Their strength was vastly different, with a huge disparity.
At that time, they were weak, so weak that even though they knew Chen Bugu was going to take risks alone, no one dared to step forward and go with him, fearing that they would accidentally become a burden to Chen Bugu.
Their hearts, which had been hanging, finally settled when they learned that Chen Bugu had teleported back to Starting Forest.
Chen Bugu was not foolish; everyone knew that he would surely accumulate strength before returning to Obsidian Town.
Alek understood this principle, which is why he wanted to capture them; they also understood, which is why they could not remain near Obsidian Town.
Bai Ting and Han Badou discussed for a long time, and finally, with the help of information provided by Old Zhou, chose to head towards High Heaven City.
They did not want to sit idly by; accumulating strength was also their only option.
Next time, no one wanted to continue hiding in that room, listening to the sound of flames burning firewood, curling up in the darkness pretending to sleep, and then getting up to watch their captain's back walk away alone.
They had traveled with Chen Bugu from the tunnel to Obsidian Town, and in less than two months, one close call after another almost made them forget their situation.
The death of Old Liu and his wife was a sobering slap that woke everyone up. They realized that they were still in that absurd world that only recognized strength and blood.
But it was precisely in this world where one could lose their life at any moment that the "foolish" captain, who was "enraged at a single slight," was worth everyone's firm resolve at this moment.
To stand by Chen Bugu's side and face Cross Street with him in the near future, Lin Lin and the others unhesitatingly embarked on the road to High Heaven City.
From Obsidian Town to High Heaven City, they walked for a full week, traveling and actively hunting demonic beasts.
After arriving at Huangmu Camp, they began to frantically accept commissions as a team, continuously improving their strength.
With Han Badou collecting information and formulating plans, their mission completion rate was very high, and they had already made a name for themselves in the camp over the past half month.
But more than their mission completion rate, what impressed other teams within the camp even more was the team's desperate effort.
The missions they accepted were almost all extremely dangerous hunting commissions, which also resulted in them always returning to the camp covered in blood.
Thanks to Lin Lin's Holy Light, although they were always covered in wounds, they almost always escaped without serious harm.
However, five days ago, the few of them accepted a commission to hunt two eight-star insect-type demonic beasts.
Originally, everything was progressing according to plan, but they were disrupted by another demonic beast that suddenly burst in, ultimately causing Lin Lin to be unfortunately injured in that battle.
Before it died, that insect-type demonic beast plunged its mouthparts into Lin Lin's ankle, transmitting "insect poison" into her body.
After trying, Holy Light was unable to expel the "insect poison"; it could only be used to heal the wounds damaged by the "insect poison."
And just the day before yesterday, the insect eggs in Lin Lin's legs completed their incubation, and the "insect poison" erupted, causing her so much pain that she could barely stand.
Therefore, since the day before yesterday, Lin Lin had no choice but to remain seated in the room.
Chen Bugu, who now knew the whole story, first covered his right index and middle fingers with Rin Water, then reached into her pant leg and pressed on the "insect poison" on Lin Lin's calf.
"It'll be a bit cold, bear with it."