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Han Sen returned to the Alliance and used what little information he had to figure out where he was in the grander scale of the Third God's Sanctuary .
Han Sen stayed at the shelter for a while, and when he figured out where he was, he asked Moment Queen to move the shelter close to them . Unfortunately, the underground shelter could only move a certain distance with each teleportation . It would take a month for it to reach Han Sen .
The shelter they were at was called Nest . There were around forty people living there, with the population spread across a vast manner of different ages . The eldest among the people were over one hundred years old .
The area around it was rather safe, and any surpasser that came to be there was guaranteed a good life . The people at the shelter said only five people had died there in over a hundred years .
Two of them died while venturing into a creature's nest, whereas the others died while trying to brave either Thorn Forest or the waters .
Han Sen was surprised to learn there was a nest there, and Uncle Bug told him this nest was in the very center of the forest . No one dared to go there, and on the few occasions that they had snuck in, the eggs inside the nest had proven too sturdy for them to break .
Uncle Bug was the leader of the shelter . He was the oldest there, and he was the founder of the shelter; as such, he had the authority of leadership .
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He didn't focus too much on himself, and he was always more concerned with helping others . Whenever someone new arrived, he'd make sure to provide them with beast souls to begin or aid them in their time in the Third God's Sanctuary . Having a leg-up, and having the proper equipment to deal with creatures of that realm right from the start, was an invaluable and much-appreciated boon .
He was titled "uncle" out of respect . His age meant nothing to the people of the shelter . He was a good man .
The reason he had the name "bug" was because of the beast souls he usually gave out . He loved handing out beast souls, but they were always some sort of bug . And on a day-to-day basis, he had a dozen bug beast souls all around him, too .
As for what Uncle Bug's real name was, none knew .
The new people who came to the shelter would always receive a bug pet beast soul as a welcome . They weren't powerful, but they were a worthy aid for newbies when fighting ordinary creatures .
When Han Sen and Uncle Bug saw each other for the first time, Uncle Bug looked at him strangely . He was sensitive enough to tell that Han Sen studied both the Dongxuan Sutra and Jadeskin .
Han Sen initially believed Uncle Bug's peculiar reaction at their meeting was because the man had recognized him . When considering Han Sen's past-glories, it wasn't too far-fetched to believe he was a recognizable face, after all . He was once a household name of the Alliance .
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People still believed he was sick, though, so it would catch anyone off-guard to see him frolicking about the forests of the Third God's Sanctuary .
Uncle Bug was very nice . He took Han Sen and Queen on a tour of the area around the shelter, informing them both about the forest . When he was done, he provided them both bugs .
When Queen learned of Han Sen's intention to remain there, she decided to go out on a hunt .
Han Sen, in the meantime, decided to visit the center of The Forest of a Thousand Insects . For most surpassers, such a place was deadly; for Han Sen, it was a trove of goodies he could easily plunder .
If the eggs inside there were super creatures, it was sure to be a wonder .
What Han Sen currently needed most were super genes . He wasn't particularly interested in anything else, so he just flew straight for the center .
While traveling through the air, Han Sen caught sight of a mountain peak in the distance . It was like a blooming lotus flower, the top of which looked like an entrance . He guessed it was the entry to the nest .
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Han Sen flew there and saw an abundance of bugs, all possessing gold shells . Like beetles, they all had shiny gold horns . Their claws were like saws, too . There had to be at least a hundred of the critters .
At the most, they looked to be mutant creatures . Therefore, Han Sen was too lazy to kill them . Traveling to the center of the mountain, he found a cave . It was the entrance to the nest .
Han Sen looked inside and noticed the surprising absence of creatures . He put on his super mantis armor and summoned Disloyal Knight .
Disloyal Knight entered first, but the path was clear of creatures for its entire length .
They approached a crystal wall, and they found it already broken . Someone had been there before them .
Han Sen looked around and saw no creatures or living things in the area around them .
Under the green light of the shattered crystals, Han Sen noticed the presence of many broken bug shells . They weren't in the best condition, and they looked as if they had been ripped and torn off the creatures they may have once belonged to .
Some were bigger than train cars, others were as small as one's fist . They were everywhere in that cave .
"This is a strange place . Has someone come here and killed all the creatures?" Han Sen thought to himself .
People said two had come to this place before . One died inside, while the other escaped but eventually died, anyway .
Han Sen did not expect a duo such as that would have what it took to kill so many creatures, large and small . Perhaps someone else had come to this place before Han Sen had .
Han Sen was disappointed . He feared the eggs further inside would already be broken . If they had, this entire venture would have been a waste of time .
Since he was there already, though, he kept exploring . And he wouldn't turn back unless he could confirm the condition of the eggs that were said to reside there . He continued on .
The bug shells were everywhere, and Han Sen couldn't help but frown when seeing them .