The beetle's compound eyes saw the appearance of numerous Demonized Creatures, smelled the familiar scent emanating from them, and immediately understood the current situation.
It made a decisive move, shrieking loudly, and all the half-hatched "eggs" on the fungal carpet shattered. The creatures, half-formed inside, just touched the air and with a "sizzle," emitted a large plume of white mist, dissolving into a murky yellowish viscous liquid, which the fungal carpet absorbed.
After absorbing the liquid from over a hundred eggs, the fungal carpet swelled suddenly, as if a large amount of water had been injected beneath the lawn.
Then, the fungus filaments grew beside the beetle, following the cracks in its shell, piercing into the beetle's body to feed the liquid back to it.
"Rustle, rustle..."
