24: Chapter 24 Natal Gu Insect

At Ye Qingzhu's home, a small square table was filled with dishes.

Although they were all home-cooked dishes, they looked excellent and smelled very rich; most importantly, they gave a strong sense of home.

Especially watching Tang Juan and Ye Songtao busy in the kitchen while they waited in the living room for the meal, it made him miss his parents dearly!

"It's been six years; I wonder how they are doing?"

Ling Yichen couldn't help but feel a bit melancholy.

"What's wrong, Yichen? Why are you spacing out? Stop standing there, sit down quickly, we'll be able to eat soon."

Tang Juan, who was coming out of the kitchen with dishes, saw Ling Yichen standing blankly in front of the dining table, gently tapped him, her face full of a loving smile.

"Oh, okay, thank you for your hard work, Auntie!"

Ling Yichen responded, and with a thought, a few Worms quietly jumped onto Tang Juan, quickly burrowed into her ears, and entered her body.

Ling Yichen had parasitized her!

Of course, Ling Yichen did not intend to harm her; on the contrary, he intended to protect her!

With the Worm parasitizing her body, without Ling Yichen's command, the Worm would not harm her.

Every Worm contained his tissue cells, and his tissue cells were extremely special.

The Worm had a wide range of uses; it could not only devour the flesh and blood of others but also remain parasitized in others' bodies, growing and evolving along the way.

It could become an existence similar to a Life-Bound Gu Worm.

When the host got sick, such as developing a tumor, the Worm could also help the host devour the tumor.

Besides this, the Worm could also help the host absorb impurities in their body and purify their bloodline.

This was why Ye Qingzhu awakened so quickly after being parasitized.

Because the Worm helped her purify her bloodline, allowing her to reach the threshold of awakening, thereby releasing her bloodline power.

Of course, Ling Yichen had not fully mastered all the functions of the Worm.

Over these years, people at the Celestial God Laboratory had experimented on him a lot, and the currently known abilities were: parasitism, devouring, transformation, regeneration, and evolution!

Besides this, Ling Yichen had also received the most important piece of information from the Celestial God Laboratory, which was: up to now, he was the only test subject who had survived.

He had once wondered what kind of biological genes the Celestial God Laboratory had injected into him, causing him to turn into his current form.

The only thing he could confirm was that he had been injected with Zerg genes, but exactly what kind of Zerg it was still needed further verification.

This was also one of the things that needed to be figured out in the future.

Just as he was thinking about these things, Ye Songtao came out with the last dish.

Eight dishes and two soups filled the table completely!

"Yichen, come here, sit with me, let's have a drink together!"

Ye Songtao enthusiastically invited Ling Yichen to come over and sit with him.

After all, they were the only two men present, so naturally, Ye Songtao felt a bit closer to him.

Upon hearing this, Ling Yichen quickly stood up and sat beside Ye Songtao.

The moment he sat down, a few Worms immediately jumped onto Ye Songtao, completing the parasitism.

But immediately, Ling Yichen's brow furrowed, and he turned to look at Ye Songtao.

Because he had discovered an abnormality in Ye Songtao's body.

It was likely a tumor, of medium size, not yet very serious.

Of course, for him, this was not a difficult task, so he didn't take it too much to heart.

"Come, have a drink with your uncle!"

Ye Songtao poured a full glass of beer for Ling Yichen; Ling Yichen hurriedly picked it up with both hands and clinked glasses with Ye Songtao.

Tang Juan, who was nearby, heard the sound of the glasses clinking and gave Ye Songtao a look that said "drink less"!

Ye Songtao immediately showed a simple, honest smile, held up the beer bottle in his hand, and said: "Hey, one bottle each, I definitely won't drink too much!"

Only then did Tang Juan stop paying attention to them, busy attending to the three girls.

The small house was full of the atmosphere of daily life, very lively.

Ling Yichen and Ye Songtao each finished their drinks in one gulp; Ling Yichen took the initiative to pick up the beer bottle and fill Ye Songtao's glass.

Ye Songtao, taking advantage of the time while pouring the wine, asked proactively: "Yichen, do you have any other family members?"

Ling Yichen nodded gently and replied: "Yes, I have a mom, dad, and a younger sister, but I haven't seen them for many years; I... got separated from them."

Yes, separated, and now in different worlds!

Ling Yichen felt silently melancholy in his heart.

Seeing this, Ye Songtao raised his hand and patted him gently on the shoulder to offer comfort.

"If your parents saw that you had grown up healthy and were so handsome, they would definitely be very happy."

Ling Yichen smiled faintly.

"Probably, but they must think I'm already dead, after all, so many years have passed."

He had transmigrated with his original body, so his family most likely thought he was dead.

But that was fine too, it saved them from worrying!

Thinking about these things, Ling Yichen picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one breath.

Ye Songtao didn't say anything, just sat silently beside him, drinking with him.

Back and forth, two bottles of alcohol were finished in no time.

Ye Songtao glanced at Tang Juan, and noticing she wasn't paying attention to their side, immediately and sneakily opened two more bottles.

Ling Yichen looked at him, and he immediately made a hush gesture, quietly filling Ling Yichen's glass.

"Yichen, although we only met today, I don't know why, but I just feel that you are a reliable person."

"I speak bluntly, please don't mind. You're alone right now anyway, and you and Qingzhu will be classmates and teammates in the future, so if you're willing, you can come over to my house often. If there's anything you want to eat, just tell me."

"Although I don't have other skills, cooking is no problem for me."

"Of course, if I'm not at home for some reason, if you're willing, you can also lend a hand and help them!"

When Ye Songtao said this, his tone seemed calm, but inside it held a lot of helplessness and heaviness.

Ling Yichen instantly captured this emotion.

At the same time, he also thought of what he had perceived in Ye Songtao's body earlier.

"It seems he knows he has a tumor in his body and is paving the way in advance, wanting me to be able to look after Ye Qingzhu and her mother a little!"

He nodded gently without responding too much.

At this moment, Tang Juan, who was sitting opposite, finally noticed they had opened more alcohol, and she immediately glared at Ye Songtao.

Ye Songtao immediately became like a mouse seeing a cat, smiled awkwardly, stopped drinking, and picked up a chopstick of food and put it into Ling Yichen's bowl.

"Come, come, hurry up and eat, otherwise they'll eat it all up."

...

This dinner was very enjoyable.

Although it was just an ordinary home-cooked meal, the atmosphere was excellent.

A big group of people gathered together, lively and bustling, making Ling Yichen feel a long-lost sense of home.

The group stayed until the evening before breaking up and returning home.

Back home, Ling Yichen entered the bathroom, quickly washed up, lay on the bed, and slowly closed his eyes.

He wasn't going to sleep, but was perceiving the current state of W through the Spirit Worm.

He intended to parasitize W tonight.

However, when he perceived W's state through the Spirit Worm, his expression suddenly became strange.

Because... at this very moment, W was taking a bath!!