Hollow Knight: Hallownest

"Little princess, little princess, please slow down and don't be in a hurry!"

Delia lowered her voice and exclaimed softly, feeling a little embarrassed.

After explaining the meaning of her words to the little princess, she excitedly agreed to lead the way. However, the Deep Nest was interconnected and there were three or four bends in a distance of more than ten steps. Even she could hardly keep up with the pace of the Bumblebee.

In just a short while, she had shouted no less than three times, which showed how anxious Bumblebee was.

They stopped and walked along the way, but because the bumblebees appeared, their speed increased several times. Soon they stood at the exit of a cave, and the view in front of them suddenly became dozens of times wider.

In the dim cold light that came from nowhere, countless cocoons of various sizes were entangled in spider silk and hung in the air, taking up most of the open space, which was really an eye-opener for them.

"The mother's body is there."

Bumblebee raised his hand and pointed at the largest one in the cocoon group.

Delia's expression lit up, and she said, "Then there is no time to lose. After we bring the princess' mother back, we will return to where the queen is."

"Wait a minute."

Just as she was about to leap forward, Bumblebee stopped her behind her, moved to the edge of the cliff, and turned back to give them a look.

The insects looked at each other, then followed her and stuck their heads out to look down.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it. Once the scenery below comes into view, a chill will run from the soles of the insects' feet to their foreheads.

Above the boundless black water, densely packed spiders are constantly moving on black silk threads, with countless pairs of compound eyes reflecting dim light. If you fall into it, you will probably be eaten into bones in a few breaths.

"This black water has been below the nest since I can remember, and the two sides did not disturb each other. But I don't know when the black water rose to this exaggerated level, almost submerging the lower half of the nest, causing my... those insects to mutate and become much more manic."

A hint of fear appeared in Bumblebee's eyes, and he looked away after just one glance.

What she was afraid of was not the crazy insects, but the inconspicuous black water.

"If you go over like this, you will definitely attract their attention. Follow me first."

Bumblebee used a protruding rock on the edge of the cliff to stand up and moved to another cave entrance. Drya and her group followed closely behind him and went deep into the cave together.

The cave was not deep, and there was nothing at the end except a bare stone wall. Just as they were wondering about the Bumblebee's intentions, a figure suddenly fell from the darkness above and hung in front of the Bumblebee, scaring them.

"Don't be nervous, she means no harm."

Bumblebee stopped Delia from pulling out the bone nail and preparing to chop it off, and spoke quickly.

The midwife's eyes passed over Bumblebee, and scanned each person behind her one by one, until she shrank back in front of Bumblebee, and the mask suddenly cracked, revealing the hideous face underneath, and liquid dripping from the corners of her mouth.

Does she really mean no harm? Why do I feel like she wants to eat us... Ida felt a chill down her spine and took a step back.

“So hungry… so hungry…”

The hoarse and dry sound was like the friction of old tree bark, but the bumblebee ignored it and leaned over to its ear and said a few words that the other insects could not understand.

The midwife swayed her body, her eyes lingering over each of their bodies, with a hint of longing: "Instead of asking them to come over, it would be better to let them fill my stomach, hehe..."

Bumblebee shook his head helplessly and explained: "She has also been affected since the black water rose, but fortunately, the frenzied will does not seem to be able to suppress her appetite."

And her appetite could not suppress the weaver's blood... Bumblebee took the silk thread that had just been spit out from the midwife's mouth, divided it into four portions and handed it to them.

"With these threads, you won't be bothered by those bugs, provided you don't provoke them."

After bidding farewell to the midwife, the group of insects tiptoed into the depths of the beast's lair. The space here was large, but there were more forks in the road, and one would easily get lost if not careful.

After twists and turns for a long time, they finally saw a firelight shining in a room in front of them. On the stone slab in the middle of the candlestick, Hera was lying quietly, without making any sound.

Bumblebee walked to the stone platform and looked at Hera with a complicated expression. After staring for a long time, he opened his eyes and returned to normal. He bent down and helped Hera up. Seeing this, Drya and her group hurried forward to help.

The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and the insects did not dare to stay here for long, and returned to the original path.

Just as he passed the midwife's hole, an unclear word came from deep inside -

"Is the exchange completed?"

......

"Queen, how should we deal with the Void?"

Lu Ryan walked to the side of the White Lady and looked up with her at this world dominated by ashes.

Although he had made up his mind, he was still confused. The Void God had driven the King away. How could they be his opponent? Or was the only thing they could do now to wait for someone who could turn the situation around?

The White Lady raised her head, and the white ball reflected in her eyes looked completely different. After a moment, she let out a long sigh:

"The power of the void is unknown, so a rash attack is definitely not advisable. This matter must be considered carefully, and achieving a grand plan is not something that can be achieved overnight."

There was no point in saying this, Lu Ruien just nodded without answering.

His strength was enough to suppress any existence of the City of Tears, but that was all. It was far from being a great force. However, the disparity in the war was so great that it was difficult to make up for it with strategy, and he really couldn't think of any way to win.

Lu Ruien looked back and saw Monomon sorting various bottles and jars in a newly opened cave in the distance.

There was not much information on the stone table, only an open notebook with yellowed edges, which was filled with dense data.

"Right now there is only acid and void matter, without the dream liquid, how can this experiment be carried out? Sigh..."

After dumping the waste liquid into the pool, Monomon turned around and made another mark on his notes, his face full of worry.

Soon, they saw the return of Drya and her companions in the white wilderness. Lady White was quite surprised to see that Bumblebee was still safe. To see his second mother, Bumblebee's eyes couldn't help but become moist.

After a brief explanation to her, Hera's body was placed on top of the sealing stone platform. Specks of white light condensed, sank and merged into it, and Hera's eyes slowly opened.

Two lines of tears flowed from the eyes of mother and daughter at the same time...