31: eerie moss

Not long after, the group from Team 16 finally escaped the Baiyue Mountain Range.

"Open the gate, open the city gate quickly!"

"We have team members who need emergency treatment, open the city gate immediately."

Chu Chongsheng, the captain of Medical Team 16, was incredibly anxious.

Not only were his team members injured, but even his lover had been poisoned by the World-Ending Mad Ants.

With their team's resources, they couldn't neutralize this toxin at all; they needed a higher-level Poison-type Healer.

The guards on the city wall did not open the gate, saying solemnly, "Sorry, we've received notice. Please move to the temporary observation house!"

The temporary observation house was outside the city, situated between the city walls and the Baiyue Mountain Range, facing the danger of Yao Beast attacks at any time.

Chu Chongsheng's heart felt as if it had been struck by a Thunderbolt. He shouted unwillingly, "Are you going to abandon us? What on earth did we do wrong!"

Many were sent into the temporary observation house, but those who came out alive had to shed a layer of skin.

The guard said expressionlessly, "Sorry, this is Minister Xing's order. We must carry it out!"

Chu Chongsheng wanted to argue further, but someone nearby pulled him. "Forget it, our entry into the Inner Perimeter might have been discovered; otherwise, they wouldn't be so prepared."

"But..." Chu Chongsheng opened his mouth, but eventually swallowed the words stuck in his throat.

Left with no choice, he could only request, "We can go to the safety house, but please send a Poison-type Healer over. They must be able to neutralize the toxin of the World-Ending Mad Ants."

The guard spoke again, "They're already on their way, arriving soon!"

Helpless, Chu Chongsheng could only lead the group to the temporary observation house.

Rather than a house, it was more like an enlarged version of a crystal box.

It was still constructed using skills from the Level 4 Crystal System.

However, this large "crystal box" was divided into three layers: the innermost layer partitioned the rooms, the middle layer provided reinforcement, and the outermost layer blocked light and protected privacy.

Cheng Jingjing, Xie Xun, Xing Shaoshan, and Chen Fei had long been waiting in front of the monitoring room, watching Chu Chongsheng and the others enter.

However, since it was through a screen, things like aura, symptoms, and toxins could not be confirmed.

Cheng Jingjing looked at Chen Fei. "When your beast pet was Level 1, it could neutralize the poison of a Level 2 beast. Now that it has become a Level 2 beast, can it neutralize the poison of the Level 3 World-Ending Mad Ants?"

Chen Fei pretended to think before giving an uncertain answer: "I'll give it a try. I don't know if it'll work either."

"Go ahead. And have your beast pet share its vision!" Cheng Jingjing ordered.

Upon receiving the order, hundreds of Lesser Myriad Poison Gu Kings jumped out from Chen Fei's body, a sight that almost triggered the trypophobia of several people.

Xie Xun couldn't help but ask, "Chen Fei, exactly how many offspring has your Myriad Poison Gu hatched?"

"Uh... about ten thousand, I guess!"

This question really stumped Chen Fei. He didn't know exactly how many had hatched; he could only say there were many, many.

Hearing this figure, the three Grandmaster Level powerhouses all looked surprised.

"If ten thousand of them swarmed over, wouldn't any Intermediate Beast Master be buried?"

"This hatching speed of yours is a bit monstrous!"

This had already exceeded the hatching speed possessed by a B-rank beast; Xie Xun couldn't help but be suspicious.

Chen Fei simply said calmly, "I've had some opportunities. Now my beast pet is an A-rank Myriad Poison Gu King."

He only wanted to hide the fact that his cultivation was rising too quickly; as for matters like Aptitude, he didn't intend to conceal them.

Letting these big shots discover his potential a bit earlier wasn't a bad thing; he needed a certain amount of resource allocation.

Knowing it was a Gu King, Xie Xun didn't ask further.

He only sighed inwardly in regret—why wasn't such a talent under his command?

Cheng Jingjing also silently noted this. She had to keep a close eye on him; otherwise, she didn't know when this old fellow Xie Xun might poach him.

Chen Fei didn't have time to care about what these people were thinking; his heart was focused on Chu Chongsheng and the others.

In his previous life, Chu Chongsheng didn't die in the Baiyue Mountain Range but in the medical room. In other words, some terrible things had happened in between.

As the Little Gus entered, their vision was also shared.

The first thing Chen Fei had to do was have the Little Gus neutralize the poison for Chu Chongsheng and the others.

Even the weakest World-Ending Mad Ants had A-rank Aptitude, while the Ant Queen even had S-rank Aptitude.

What Chu Chongsheng and his group encountered was precisely a swarm of Level 3, Stage 5–7 World-Ending Mad Ants.

A single one was enough to pose a threat to them, let alone a whole swarm.

Even a Level 4 Yao General wouldn't dare to clash head-on with this swarm of World-Ending Mad Ants easily.

Not to mention these World-Ending Mad Ants possessed extremely strong blood toxins, belonging to Level 3 poisons.

They would cause blood denaturation, necrotic lesions, and inhibit or paralyze the cardiovascular and respiratory centers.

Without timely treatment, death was certain.

Chu Chongsheng didn't recognize the Lesser Myriad Poison Gu Kings and immediately summoned his beast pet, preparing for battle.

After staying in the Baiyue Mountain Range for a few days, he had become a bit jumpy.

The scout team stopped him. "These are the beast pets sent by the Poison-type Healer Chen Fei. They're on our side!"

Chu Chongsheng then breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't retract his beast pet.

The poison of the World-Ending Mad Ants wasn't too difficult for Little Gu, but Chen Fei still had it slow down the healing speed.

While the treatment was ongoing, Cheng Jingjing's voice came through the monitor: "Tell us, what exactly happened? Why did you go deep into the Inner Perimeter?"

The group looked at each other, not knowing how to explain.

"I'll say it!" Chu Chongsheng retracted his beast pet and then sat down dejectedly.

He organized his thoughts before speaking: "We heard that five-colored divine stone flowers had appeared in the central area of the Baiyue Mountain Range. None of our five teams could resist the temptation and went to search for the treasure.

We only took the core members. Circling around the central area shouldn't have been too much of a problem.

On the first day, we searched during the day and found a safe area to rest at night. Everything was normal.

On the second day, we actually found the five-colored divine stone flowers.

It was also at that moment that everything became different..."

When he spoke to this point, the faces of the group were still full of terror.

Cheng Jingjing and the others didn't interrupt, letting them finish at their own pace.

"We discovered a total of five five-colored divine stone flowers. This discovery made us overjoyed.

Each team would get one; there would be no conflict.

But when we cautiously approached the five-colored divine stone flowers, the surrounding environment changed.

At that moment, we realized it was just a Mirage."

A Mirage was originally a natural geographical refraction phenomenon, but some Yao Beasts could naturally manipulate it.

This type of skill is actually a form of illusion; its lethality is relatively low, but the environment is more realistic and hard to distinguish from reality.

Chu Chongsheng continued: "Once we realized it was fake, we wanted to retreat immediately.

But it was already too late. The moss on the ground seemed to come alive, starting to wriggle and spread over a large area, attacking us.

At that time, Xiao Yuan was the closest and accidentally touched this moss.

After only a few seconds, Xiao Yuan started rolling on the ground continuously, screaming.

Our Medical Team began using various Light Element and Wood Element skills, but they were all useless.

Before he could scream many times, Xiao Yuan could no longer open his mouth because he had already merged with the moss.

It seemed he became nourishment for the moss, as more moss kept proliferating from his body.

We had never seen such a situation and could only flee for our lives..."