pjbooks Chapter 138: Inside the domain, the monster convulses; outside the domain, teammates cover their nos
Chapter 138: Inside the domain, the monster convulses; outside the domain, teammates cover their nos
The black smoke sped along the sand, leaving only a faint trail in its wake.
Zhao Dezhu, or rather, the "parasite" inside his body.
It is driving this body at top speed.
The target: the gaping maw of the Sand King bursting forth from the earth.
But he didn't know.
A deeper shadow had already taken root within his own.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.
No, the oriole is already in its shadow.
Zhao Dezhu's shadow became Chen Yifan's perfect vehicle at this moment.
The entrance to the giant cave is just a stone's throw away.
A scorching, foul-smelling gust of air rushed towards us, carrying the scent of an ancient, primordial torrent.
Zhao Dezhu plunged headfirst into it.
Suddenly, the view opened up before me.
The underground passage is not a narrow tunnel, but a huge tunnel large enough for heavy trucks to run side by side.
The tunnel walls are not made of rock or soil.
Instead, it was a dark red chitinous organic substance covered with large, vascular-like patterns that pulsated rhythmically.
This place resembles the esophagus of some giant beast.
It's bizarre and defies common sense.
Zhao Dezhu continued his descent down the tunnel without slowing down.
Chen Yifan remained hidden in the shadows, maximizing his perception with his "Mind's Eye," silently imprinting all the features of the passageway into his mind.
……
Meanwhile, on the surface.
The temporary position has been turned into a living hell.
"Hold on! Heal! That shield warrior is about to fall!"
"The sorcerer runs out of spiritual power and takes drugs! Does he want to die?!"
"Right wing! The right wing has been breached! Ah—!"
The survivors were surrounded by a red wave of thousands of desert predators, and their living space was being squeezed drastically.
This is a battle destined to be a massacre.
The desert predator is not only fearless, but its carapace is also highly resistant to physical and elemental attacks, and it can launch deadly sneak attacks from the sand beneath its feet at any time.
Just as a tall warrior cleaved a monster's head in two with his battle axe, the sand beneath his feet collapsed with a deafening roar.
Seven or eight monsters burst out of the sand, their sharp pincers instantly engulfing him, leaving only a short, miserable scream.
The defenses are crumbling at a visible rate.
"Get your act together, all of you!"
The rattlesnake's voice was sharp and cold, its usual alluring charm completely gone.
The long whip in her hand danced, leaving behind deadly pink afterimages.
Each strike.
They precisely pierced the compound eye of a predator, bursting open with a foul-smelling green pus.
Her figure moved nimbly through the blind spots of the beast horde's attack, her long whip serving as her venomous fangs.
But she was all alone.
"Boss! The west side is about to collapse! Old Li... he's been dragged away!"
One of his men shouted at the top of his lungs.
Rattlesnake's eyes twitched as he glanced over and saw a huge gap torn in the defensive line in that direction, with a red tide of monsters surging in.
A chill ran through her heart.
It’s over.
The lone wolf treated them like disposable trash; their numbers wouldn't last long.
In this moment filled with despair.
"Boss! Why did you die so young! You didn't get to see me display my great power!"
That guy Luo Tian!
It's still going on.
The wailing and howling of ghosts suddenly erupted on the chaotic battlefield.
Taking advantage of a lull in the rattlesnake's attack, it looked in the direction of the sound and saw the eccentric Luo Tian.
He had somehow put on a ridiculous gas mask, like a slippery eel.
They always manage to dodge attacks in incredible ways.
This guy even had the time to pull out all sorts of metal balls from his tattered backpack and throw them around.
boom!
A metal ball exploded in the herd of beasts.
There were no flames, no shockwaves.
Only a thick cloud of yellowish-green smoke exploded instantly!
The smoke carried an indescribable stench, as if it were a mixture of a thousand rotten eggs and ten thousand unwashed socks, fermenting in the sewers for ten years.
The dozen or so desert predators shrouded in smoke suddenly froze.
They all fell to the ground, their eight legs twitching wildly, foaming at the mouth.
A desert predator with both physical and magical damage reduction...
Did the stench make you faint?
For 0.5 seconds, the entire battlefield fell into an eerie silence.
Everyone who witnessed this scene, whether human or animal, instinctively held their breath.
Could it be that this thing...
Afraid of the smell?
Does it have a nose?
"Cough...cough cough!"
The rattlesnake was choked by the lingering odor carried on the wind, and it retreated repeatedly, its pretty face turning pale and its head spinning.
The way she looked at Luo Tian was as if she were looking at a walking biohazard.
"What are you looking at! Haven't you ever seen a 'concentrated biological bomb made of durian and stinky tofu'?"
Under the gas mask, Luo Tian sniffed and took out two more pills.
"My boss loved this flavor when he was alive! Today, you bunch of beasts will get a taste too! You'll all be buried with my boss!"
As he spoke, he threw out two more.
"Get out of the way!"
"Don't let him throw it this way!"
This time, it wasn't the enemy screaming, but their own troops.
The survivors looked at him with more terror than they would at the monsters, and scattered like birds and beasts, desperately trying to get away from him.
They'd rather be hacked to death by the monster than be suffocated by this thing!
However, some of the slower ones ran like predators.
His body stiffened.
It fell straight down.
He was convulsing and foaming at the mouth.
The same applies to the predators around them.
In an instant, a "territory of absolute stench" with a diameter of twenty meters was formed around Luo Tian.
Within the area, the monster convulsed.
Outside the area, teammates covered their noses.
……
Deep within the nest.
Zhao Dezhu moved with the speed of a ghost, his cloak leaving a blurry afterimage behind him.
He was oblivious to everything along the way, his goal so clear it was unsettling.
After walking for about five minutes, the view suddenly opened up before us.
A colossal nest, beyond description, appeared at the end of the passageway.
This is a massive underground cavity with a diameter of over 500 meters.
The dome is so high that its top is invisible, and only countless enormous fungi that emit a faint glow illuminate the place as if it were daytime.
The walls of the nest were covered with pulsating flesh and blood, with countless thick blood vessels converging from all directions and finally connecting to a colossal creature at the very center of the nest.
That was a... nest.
It is a giant bone nest with a diameter of nearly 100 meters, made up of countless pale bones and dark gold shell fragments.
In the very center of the bone nest, a giant heart, more than ten meters in diameter, was beating powerfully with a "thump, thump".
The heart was translucent amber in color, with intricate golden patterns covering its surface.
Each pulsation unleashed a visible surge of psychic energy that swept across the entire nest.
You can even clearly see an undeveloped biological embryo, resembling a predator in the desert, curled up inside the heart.
【Heart of the Desert】.
The source of the King of the Sands' power is the key to its reproduction and even its life-transcending transformation.
At the edge of the enormous bone nest, in an inconspicuous corner, lay a black metal box.
The box was printed with the logo of the Qilin Group and covered with a thin layer of yellow sand.
Compared to the pulsating "Heart of the Sands," it is small, lifeless, and inconspicuous.
This is the "black box" that the lone wolf mentioned, which attracts countless people to their deaths.
Zhao Dezhu finally stopped.
He stood at the entrance to the lair, his gaze, hidden beneath the brim of his hat, fixed intently on the beating heart.
That look no longer belonged to a human.
That was pure hunger and longing, the look of a starving ghost upon seeing food.
He didn't even glance at the so-called "black box".
Chen Yifan, lurking in the shadows, almost instinctively wanted to launch a [surveillance] attack on that heart that radiated boundless life force.
This thought lasted only 0.1 seconds before he forcibly extinguished it.
No.
[Mind's Eye] clearly sensed that there must be an unbreakable soul connection between that heart and the King of the Sand Sea on the surface.
At the same time, the entire spiritual power of the "parasite" within Zhao Dezhu's body was like a greedy net, tightly enveloping him.
Initiate [Investigation] at this moment.
Even the slightest leak of energy fluctuations is no different from lighting a torch in a dead forest.
The risks far outweigh the rewards.
not to mention……
Chen Yifan's gaze left the alluring heart and landed on the inconspicuous black metal box at the edge of the bone nest.
That was my primary goal for this trip.
Before ensuring the completion of the core mission, creating unnecessary complications out of mere curiosity is something only the biggest idiot would do.
"Hehehe..."
A dry, distorted laugh came from Zhao Dezhu's throat, like two pieces of sandpaper rubbing together.
"Karamon...you foolish beast, guarding the 'Egg of Evolution' for so long..."
"Today, we will offer our final nourishment to our Lord's divine body!"