137: Main core

This time, they walked for nearly half an hour, and the tentacles dared not come to harass them again.

The red rays had increased from one to several, flickering without any pattern.

The view ahead gradually opened up, and a faint light could be seen.

"The closer we get, the higher the radiation. There must be something mysterious underground!" Qin Shuang warned the two.

Bai Binger had already put away her sniper rifle and was holding her pistol, her expression grave.

After such a long time, she wondered if Zheng Peng and Yang Shuang were still safe.

"There's light!"

Xu Jingzhe said, gripping his Black Gold Long Saber tightly.

Light was coming from ahead, proving they were about to reach the creature's lair.

The light grew brighter and brighter, a blinding white light mixed with red rays.

Upon reaching the front, the view suddenly widened, and a stalactite cave appeared before the three of them.

On the cave wall, a 'giant' at least twenty or thirty meters high was wriggling, its dense mass of tentacles enough to trigger trypophobia in anyone.

Each tentacle was as thick as a forearm, covered in fine scales that glinted with a cold light.

"Look! He is trapped in the wall!"

Bai Binger exclaimed; this creature was too bizarre.

Half of its huge body had grown into the underground rock, and if one looked closely, the reflection of some kind of metal plate could be seen in the gaps where the tentacles wriggled.

No wonder it didn't actively attack them; it couldn't move at all and could only rely on its retractable tentacles.

"Zheng Peng!"

"Yang Shuang!"

Qin Shuang saw them; two large silver cocoons were hanging them in mid-air, and a transparent proboscis had pierced their bodies, continuously sucking their blood.

This was the creature's way of feeding!

"Binger, cover me and Lu Fei!"

Xu Jingzhe held his long saber, stepped on the rocks nearby, and slashed at the transparent proboscis.

"Swish."

"Swish."

Five or six tentacles flew over simultaneously, carrying a fierce whistling sound.

Xu Jingzhe swung his long saber, and two tentacles were severed instantly.

"Roar!"

A shrill scream rang out, and the monster went crazy, all its tentacles deploying in a wild frenzy.

The entire cave was filled with tentacles, making it impossible to see Xu Jingzhe and Qin Shuang.

Qin Shuang used her short blade, and Xu Jingzhe held his long saber, with tentacle after tentacle falling from the air as black fluid sprayed everywhere.

Bai Binger was not idle either, her marksmanship very accurate, hitting one tentacle with every shot.

"Bang!"

Xu Jingzhe severed three that attacked from the front simultaneously, but he couldn't guard his back and was struck hard by several tentacles.

He slammed heavily into the stone wall, cracking a patch of rocks.

"Qin Shuang, watch out!"

Bai Binger fired repeatedly, and five tentacles were destroyed almost simultaneously.

"These tentacles are endless; they keep growing. If we keep dragging this out, we'll be exhausted to death here!"

"We must destroy its physical body!"

Qin Shuang did a few backflips, her expression grave.

"Lu Fei! I'll send you close to the monster's physical body!"

Qin Shuang gave a delicate shout, her long hair moving without wind, and her red lips parted slightly: "Silent Wall!"

The rubble on the ground swirled around Qin Shuang, gathering more and more.

This time, it did not form four walls, but six.

They merged together to form a complete rectangular parallelepiped.

Xu Jingzhe seized the opportunity, his figure as agile as a monkey, dodging several times to avoid the tentacles' attacks, then leaped high off a large rock to reach Qin Shuang.

"Rise!"

Qin Shuang raised her jade hand, one side of the Silent Wall opened, and Xu Jingzhe dropped into it.

"Go!"

She paused for two seconds with her right hand, the energy within her body surging madly, acting upon the Silent Wall.

Instantly, the Silent Wall shot towards the monster like an arrow from a bowstring.

Countless tentacles came to intercept it, but the moment they approached the Silent Wall, there was a clear, brief hesitation, and they failed to block it.

"Open!"

The rectangular parallelepiped turned into stone particles and fell with a rustle.

Xu Jingzhe rushed out, gripping his Black Gold Long Saber; the alloy saber went from top to bottom, clean and efficient, like scissors cutting through cloth.

Black liquid sprayed like a fountain, cascading down.

"Roar!"

The monster's shrill scream echoed through the cave, as if from the netherworld.

The tentacles flailed wildly, all of them wrapping around Xu Jingzhe.

In just an instant, Xu Jingzhe's body disappeared.

"Lu Fei!"

"Lu Fei!"

Qin Shuang and Bai Binger exclaimed simultaneously, and Bai Binger even took the sniper rifle off her back.

She raised her gun and pulled the trigger!

The special bullet exploded, and the tentacles turned into 'snowflakes' flying all over the sky, filling the cave.

A thick layer fell, wriggling like maggots.

"Pfft!"

Just then, a black figure rushed out from above the monster's head.

In his left hand was the Black Gold Long Saber, and in his right, he held high a transparent, circular crystal, emitting wisps of light.

"Ooooh~~"

All the tentacles went limp simultaneously, shriveling up and hanging around the monster.

The severed wounds began to ooze black water continuously, and its massive body shrank rapidly, emitting an extremely foul odor that almost suffocated the three of them.

Without its pollution core, no matter how strong a Contaminator was, it meant death.

"Plop!"

"Plop!"

Zheng Peng and Yang Shuang, who had been hanging in the air, also fell to the ground, eyes tightly shut, their faces pale.

Xu Jingzhe panted heavily; when all the tentacles attacked, he knew he couldn't resist them head-on, so he used his Black Gold Long Saber to clear a path and charged into the monster's massive body.

There was no muscle tissue or bone inside the monster's body, only black water; because of this, Xu Jingzhe had even swallowed several mouthfuls.

Xu Jingzhe wiped the black water off his face and handed the main core to Qin Shuang, saying: "Here!"

Qin Shuang took it and couldn't help but look at it. This was the essential material for the Mars Evolution Fluid, the main core of a Double Mutation Pollutant, priceless!

Inside the transparent crystal, transparent, silk-like luster flowed, looking very much like a manifestation of sunlight, flowing in irregular wisps like water waves.

With just one glance, she was deeply attracted and could not look away.

"Let's get out quickly; the radiation inside is too high!"

She forced herself to focus, put away the main core, and checked the two men's conditions with Bai Binger.

Xu Jingzhe was attracted by something else and walked over quickly.

This was an extremely huge metal plate, the same kind as the one he had picked up at the cave entrance.

He hadn't noticed it before because the mutant's body had grown onto this metal plate.

Or rather, this 'monster' lived off this metal plate, like an alternative type of parasite.

He tapped the metal plate with his hand, the sound crisp and having a somewhat ethereal feel.

He tried to pry it with his hands, but it didn't budge.

"Boss, give me a sign, what kind of metal is this?" Xu Jingzhe asked in his mind.

Silence.

The system did not answer Xu Jingzhe.

Xu Jingzhe pursed his lips and immediately understood: this metal plate was no ordinary object.

"Qin Shuang, look at this, what is it?" Xu Jingzhe shouted.

Qin Shuang looked up and only then noticed the huge piece of metal; she got up and walked over.

However, she was still hundreds of meters away.

Her expression suddenly changed, and she stopped, saying in terror: "Lu Fei, come here quickly!"

"My battle suit is warning me that I can only go this far; the radiation is too high! Any further, and it will cause irreversible damage to my body!!"

"Wait, that's not right. Why didn't your battle suit warn you?"

At this moment, Qin Shuang finally realized and said anxiously.