34: Black slime evolved version

Without the interference of the Earth-Splitting Demon Worms, the temporary shelter was safe for the time being.

Chu Chongsheng and the others also let out a sigh of relief.

"Lingling, Lingling, what's wrong with you!"

"Lingling, don't scare me!"

A burst of urgent shouting woke Chu Chongsheng, who had just relaxed.

He quickly hurried over and found that the girl, Lingling, who had been lying unconscious, had suddenly woken up.

The first thing she did upon waking was not to ask where she was or what happened to her, but to clutch her stomach and begin rolling from side to side.

"It hurts so much, ah..."

"There's something in my stomach!"

"Stop burrowing, I beg you, stop burrowing..."

As Chu Chongsheng watched Lingling weeping and even banging her head against the floor, he felt an indescribable sense of distress.

He quickly summoned his beast pet to treat her.

But he had forgotten that the Green Wood Spirit Ape was still outside; wouldn't a Rank 4 beast's healing ability be stronger than his?

If even the Green Wood Spirit Ape couldn't heal her, what could Chu Chongsheng do!

"Chu Chongsheng, what's going on?" Cheng Jingjing asked hurriedly, seeing the chaos inside the temporary shelter.

However, before Chu Chongsheng could respond, something terrifying happened.

Lingling's body suddenly stiffened, and then her stomach burst open.

Blood, shredded meat, and mangled organs sprayed everything in the vicinity.

On the bed.

On the floor.

On the others' clothes.

On Chu Chongsheng's face... "Argh!!!"

The girls at the scene couldn't help but scream in terror, their voices seemingly capable of tearing apart the entire temporary shelter.

The others who were relatively calm also backed away repeatedly, not daring to approach.

"Ugh..." Even Chu Chongsheng leaned against the wall and gagged a few times.

He had never seen such a bloody scene, even as a Medical Team captain.

From the perspective of Chen Fei and Cheng Jingjing, they only saw a section of the transparent temporary shelter suddenly turn red.

Then, the blood slowly trickled down the crystal walls.

Their hearts skipped a beat: something had gone wrong after all!

Chen Fei immediately had Little Gu share its vision, allowing everyone to see clearly what was happening inside.

When they saw such a bloody scene, their stomachs also churned with discomfort.

"There's something, something is crawling out of Lingling!"

The girl speaking, Ding Si, had been the closest. Seeing this, she suppressed her trembling heart and fled outward at high speed.

Chu Chongsheng looked over; it turned out to be a Black Slime Worm.

No wonder Lingling died such a tragic death; it was all this creature's doing.

In his resentment, Chu Chongsheng ordered his beast pet to attack it.

However, this Black Slime Worm was even more fragile than expected; it shattered upon being hit.

That's right!

Like porcelain falling from a height, it shattered directly.

Most terrifyingly, it shattered in a very orderly fashion, forming sesame-sized miniature Black Slime Worms.

They then floated in mid-air, gradually filling the entire room.

Ding Si was the first to react. She pushed open the room door and ran out, then reached the main entrance of the temporary shelter, pounding on it incessantly. "Let me out! Minister, let me out quickly! There are countless Black Slime Worms in here.

I don't want to die. I don't want to die the same way Lingling did."

The others also ran over. "Minister, open the door quickly! Those Black Slime Worms will float over here any second."

"Minister, I beg you, do you really want to watch us be killed alive by the Black Slime Worms?"

At this moment, Cheng Jingjing's face was gloomy. She desperately wanted to save them, but she couldn't.

If it were just ordinary Black Slime Worms, it would be one thing, but this time they had provoked an evolved form of the Black Slime Worm... the Black Slime Worm King.

Chen Fei opened the sacred codex and saw the relevant information:

[Black Slime Worm King (Non-Original Body)]

Strength: Rank 3, Stage 8

Attributes: Poison-type, Life-type, Assassin Class

Aptitude: S

Potential: Expected to promote to SSS-rank Aptitude.

Skills:

1. Spore Diffusion: The body can split into countless spores; as long as one spore survives, it will not truly die.

Can be used for escape or Parasitism.

Proficiency: Mastery Level.

2... ]

No wonder the Black Slime Worm King shattered into thousands of spores as soon as Chu Chongsheng attacked it; it was its special skill.

These spores were like dandelions, drifting with the wind. Once the temporary shelter was opened, these spores would scatter out.

They didn't even need to enter through the mouth; as long as they landed on the skin, these spores could perform Parasitism.

After a period of incubation, they would form complete bodies and then, like Lingling, burst out from the torso.

So Cheng Jingjing didn't dare to gamble. She didn't know if these spores would drift into the city; even if just one spore drifted in, the consequences would be devastating.

It was also at this moment that Chen Fei truly understood how serious the bloodshed incident in his past life was; no wonder seven or eight teams had met their ends.

What was even more terrifying was that the Black Slime Worm King before them had grown from just one of its spores.

Its original body was likely still deep within the Baiyue Mountain Range.

This calmed Chen Fei down a bit: while Little Gu was very strong at the same rank, it wasn't yet stronger than the Black Slime Worm King.

At least at the same rank, Little Gu had no way to deal with this Spore Diffusion.

If there was a chance, he definitely had to upgrade Little Gu to S-rank... While Cheng Jingjing and Xing Shaoshan were hesitating, Ding Si and the others had all been infected.

Their eyes no longer had light, and even the whites of their eyes had turned black.

Suddenly, Ding Si looked up eerily, staring fixedly in Cheng Jingjing's direction:

"You humans really are cold-blooded!"

"You clearly could have saved your companions, yet you refuse to do so. Are you just going to watch them be slaughtered by me?

Hmm?

Hahaha!!!"

It was obvious that besides the Black Slime Worm King, there was another terrifying monster hidden that could manipulate the human heart.

Under the influence of its voice, Chen Fei noticed that the expressions of the surrounding soldiers toward Cheng Jingjing, Xing Shaoshan, and the others had clearly changed.

Disappointment, grief and indignation, hatred... it was a complex mix of emotions.

Indeed!

If they didn't save Ding Si and the others this time, they might not save them next time either.

After all, they were just bottom-tier soldiers.

They hoped that even if they died, they would die honorably, not in such a humiliating way.

As he thought of this, cold sweat began to break out on Chen Fei's forehead.

This was a blatant open scheme!

If Cheng Jingjing and the others didn't save Ding Si and Chu Chongsheng, the soldiers would certainly have a problem with them, and they would be branded with the infamy of standing by while others died.

But if they did save them, the danger would only be infinitely magnified.

Once something went wrong in the city, Cheng Jingjing and the others would still be blamed.

This was putting them on the spot!

If they really succeeded, the morale of Baiyue City would be severely damaged.

Xing Shaoshan could have had the Nine-Turn Crystal Snake crush the temporary observation shelter in one go.

But the problem was, the Black Slime Worm King deliberately didn't parasitize Chu Chongsheng; it wanted him to struggle, to let all the guards on the city walls see him.

"Do it!" Xie Xun said through gritted teeth. "If we don't act now, the consequences will only get worse."

Xing Shaoshan had the same thought, so he prepared to have the Nine-Turn Crystal Snake deliver a fatal blow.

However, before he could act, he saw the temporary observation shelter buried in grayish-purple, as the parasitized people collapsed one by one.

And the ones releasing the poison were none other than the Little Gus who had been staying in the temporary shelter all along.

They suddenly looked at Chen Fei, only to see him looking back. "Parasitized by the Black Slime Worm King's spores, they are beyond saving.

As for that Chu Chongsheng, keep him; he's still useful."

Xing Shaoshan: ???

"What did you discover?"