"You guys are being stupid. I think that was big bro's work." Rey shrugged casually. "Think about it. Big bro had sent us away at the right time. None of us got hurt. Everything was under his control. So this should also have been caused by him! I am sure of it." Alex glanced at him, but she was not in the mood to speak anything at the moment. However, she still couldn't help but think of that small possibility. Is it really possible that he caused all of this? "We should go back and look," Rey spoke up again, but this time as soon as he opened his mouth, Alex shot him down strictly. "No." Liam had sent them away for a reason, and she did not want to mess things up. "I think it should be fine, sis. See. There are no more shockwaves. It should be over." "No. We are waiting here. And that is the end of the discussion." Alex clenched her hands in anger, but no matter how helpless she felt, she knew that at the moment, the best thing they could do was stay out of Liam's way. Another hour later, Liam finally felt the unbearable pain recede a little. He sighed and sat down, still tired and exhausted, but at least now, the majority of it was over, and he could see the light at the end of the tunnel. His body which was still covered in blood from top to bottom, now felt strands of life and energy returning to it. His muscles twitched, and his pulse steadied. There were no more huge gaping wounds on his body. More importantly, his soul had also somewhat recovered. Liam let out a deep breath and summoned his soul minions once again. Standing among them, right there in the front, was the proof of his hard work, the new ison soul minions. "Go and bring me everything related to the hive hill that you find in this place." He ordered the army. Though his attacks had clearly decimated the whole area, the fact was that he had still not gone completely all out. After the first direct punch, he landed on the runic barrier, everything else was the result of the indirect shockwaves. Even though this in itself was extremely powerful thanks to the insane number to which his strength was temporarily boosted, some bits and pieces here and there still managed to survive. Many eggshells were scattered around. Orichalcum pieces from the hive hill were buried in the mud, and last but not the least, there were several shining mana cores embedded in the ground. The soul minions made themselves busy as they combed through the area from top to bottom. Slowly different piles started forming in front of Liam. The first one was of the orichalcum chunks. The second one consisted of ison body parts, and the third one was of small mana cores. Naturally, the yield this time was far lesser than the yield from the other two hive hills, but Liam did not care. When he couldn't crack the barrier around the ison hive hill, he knew that he had no other choice but to eliminate the potential threat in front of him as soon as possible. Otherwise, things must quickly devolve out of his control. However, there was one thing that he still regretted, which was he had no idea what was inside the hive hill. Was there really a hive queen or not? If there was, just how strong had she been? 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚 "Hmmm…" He remained silent for a couple of seconds when his tired brain finally made sense of the obvious. "Heh. I could always check the records." He listlessly opened the system interface and started reading through the various notifications that he had received in the past hour. … … … And amidst these numerous insignificant details, just like Liam had hoped, there indeed was one particular notification that caught his eye. Liam's pulse raced as he immediately knew that he had been right. There was a strong ison within the hivehill, probably the one that had cast the runic barrier, and with his one-shot overpowered skill, he had successfully managed to take it down! "50,000 experience points which mean that the strength of that ison should have been quite high." He rubbed his chin, trying to calculate an approximate level. However, this was a lot more difficult as the system usually took into consideration several factors when dolling out these experience points. He sighed and gave up, silently watching the minions around him do their work. Even if he did not know the exact power level of the ison, this was more than enough to prove that there was a stronger enemy waiting for him inside. The decision that he had taken had indeed been the right one. Now, the thing that was more important would be his next steps. In two days, the isons had leveled up to a frightening degree, what would happen if more days go by like this? Under no circumstance, something like this could happen! It was as if the devastating doomsday that was to come months down in the future and wipe away all of or at least most of humanity was already here! And it was only the damned second wave of the apocalypse! Liam's gaze turned cold as he tried to think about what their options were right now. They did not have many, and their chances of survival were slim, but they still had some. "I need to do something fast." Liam made up his mind. Just as he was about to close his eyes and meditate to recover his mental state faster, suddenly, the white fox pounced on his lap, yelping in a high-pitched voice as if she was extremely excited and couldn't contain her happiness. ? "Hmmmm? What happened now?" Liam smiled a little, patting her soft fur. "Master! I found an amazing item!" Luna spat out something big, bright, and shiny onto Liam's lap. Liam's eyes widened in shock.