Chapter 157: Surge of the Insect Swarm

Of course Li Sichen was human.

It was just that his abilities were truly too heaven-defying!

Watching the new Feng Shui formation begin to take effect, Feng Yong nervously held his Feng Shui compass and stared at his surroundings, trying to deduce what kind of Feng Shui formation this was based on the abnormal phenomena so that he could respond accordingly.

Meanwhile, Cheng Qiang, Cheng Haoyu, and the others were also filled with terror, their eyes wide as they darted looks in all directions.

At this moment, they were like frightened birds at the sound of a bowstring, and any rustle of the wind or grass would scare them out of their wits.

This tense situation lasted for a full three to five minutes, yet the villa remained exceptionally quiet. Aside from the initial tremor, there were no other anomalies whatsoever.

Even the wildly spinning needle on the Feng Shui compass came to a halt at this moment.

"What kind of situation is this?"

Even with all his vast experience, Feng Yong was momentarily stunned. Frowning, he muttered in utter confusion, "Wasn't the third ring of the Feng Shui formation activated? Why is there no response anymore? This doesn't make sense. It should take effect and bring about abnormal changes..."

Hearing this, the father and son pair of Cheng Qiang and Cheng Haoyu standing nearby turned dark in the face.

What kind of nonsense are you spouting?

What do you mean by "it should bring about abnormal changes"?

Could it be that you actually want to see our Cheng family meet with misfortune and disaster?

With Feng Yong's repeated failures, the attitude of Cheng Qiang and Cheng Haoyu toward him had grown increasingly worse. Believing that if Feng Yong failed another once or twice, the father and son would likely stop complaining just in their heads and start cursing out loud.

Although they refrained from cursing aloud this time, Cheng Qiang raised a skeptical question: "Master Feng, could it be that you miscalculated and there isn't any third-ring Feng Shui formation at all? The slight tremor on the ground just now—wasn't it actually caused by an earthquake or something else?"

Feng Yong glared at Cheng Qiang with displeasure.

He was well aware that his consecutive failures had caused Cheng Qiang to doubt his skills. Look at how Cheng Qiang had treated him right after he stepped off the plane—it could practically be described as licking his boots! How could he ever have dared to question him like this back then?

Being doubted made Feng Yong extremely unhappy, but he had no better solution for the moment, so he could only let out a cold snort and say, "Even if I could misread it, is it possible that the Feng Shui compass malfunctioned too? Its needle was spinning around like crazy just a moment ago."

"Isn't it just a spinning needle?" Cheng Haoyu retorted with a hum, showing absolutely no shred of respect. "What makes you say that's caused by a Feng Shui problem? What if your Feng Shui compass is simply broken?"

Feng Yong's complexion darkened instantly.

Zhu Ziming similarly wore a look of profound displeasure.

However, before either of them could speak, a buzzing sound suddenly echoed through the air.

"What is that sound?" Everyone grew tense instantly.

"Good grief, could a Feng Shui formation really have been activated?" Cheng Haoyu's expression turned bitterly miserable to the extreme.

He had just finished complaining about Feng Yong, and right on cue, a Feng Shui formation kicked in... Was anyone going to let him live or not? Even instant karma didn't need to arrive this fast, did it?

Miserable as he felt, Cheng Haoyu quickly made up his mind. If any truly abnormal conditions appeared shortly, he would throw all caution to the wind and hug the legs of Feng Yong and Zhu Ziming.

Principles and pride could all be thrown away; saving his own skin came first!

At that moment, Cheng Haoyu suddenly understood a truth: never offend a Feng Shui master.

On one hand, Feng Shui masters could quietly bring you misfortune or even cost you your life. On the other hand, Feng Shui masters could also pull you back from the brink and save your life at a critical moment.

Whether it turned out to be the former or the latter depended entirely on your relationship with that Feng Shui master.

Within a mere few seconds, the buzzing sound grew louder and louder. Strangely enough, aside from the strange noise, no other abnormal changes manifested.

Seeing that there seemed to be no immediate danger, Cheng Haoyu felt considerably more at ease and resumed his sarcastic complaints: "What kind of nonsense is this? Just making a buzzing sound to scare people? Is this Feng Shui formation called the Noise Pollution Formation or something?"

Yet, today, the heavens were determined to go against him.

Just as the words left Cheng Haoyu's mouth, the servants outside the villa let out piercing screams.

"Insects! So many insects!"

"Are these centipedes? Goodness... where did so many centipedes come from!"

"What kind of beetle is this? Such huge pincers... Oh mother, this beetle is actually trying to crawl onto people! Ah—they're even biting! Quick, run! I don't want to be bitten and eaten alive by bugs!"

The servants, who had originally fled outside the villa to escape the snow, now ran back inside in a state of panic and horror.

Their reaction left Cheng Haoyu slightly baffled: "Aren't they just bugs? What's there to be afraid of?"

Driven by curiosity, Cheng Haoyu walked over to the villa's doorway and poked his head out to look.

One look was all it took to drain every drop of color from his face.

Under the illumination of the streetlights, the ground outside the villa was densely covered by a thick layer of insects. As these bugs crawled about, the shifting light and shadows created a constant ripple effect. At a glance, it looked like a churning, surging wave of flesh.

Cheng Haoyu immediately felt his scalp tingle and goosebumps erupt all over his body as he let out a shrill shriek: "Where did all these bugs come from? Damn the property management, how do you even maintain the community environment? With so many bugs breeding here, how come you haven't exterminated them?!"

"Stop standing around like a fool, close the door!" The servants who had retreated back into the villa shoved Cheng Haoyu aside and slammed the door shut with a loud *bang*.

At that moment, the servants no longer cared that Cheng Haoyu was the young master of the house; blocking these terrifying bugs outside took absolute priority!

Aside from closing the door, other servants frantically rushed to lock the doors and windows of every room in the villa. Yet even so, quite a few bugs still managed to squeeze through the gaps of the doors and windows. Within a mere few seconds, the originally luxurious villa had transformed into a horrifying haunted house crawling with all sorts of insects.

"Where's the insecticide? Quick, bring the insecticide!" Cheng Qiang hopped about stomping on bugs while shouting at the top of his lungs.

If these bugs had only appeared in ones or twos, they wouldn't have been very frightening. But now, tens of thousands of insects were swarming in together. The sheer sight of it was enough to make one's hair stand on end and one's legs turn to jelly.

The servants quickly fetched bug spray and began randomly blasting it at the insects.

The insecticide was indeed effective, but far too many bugs had breached the interior of the villa. As soon as one batch was wiped out, two or three more batches swarmed right in; it was an endless and unstoppable tide!