2: Chapter 2 Ancient Martial Arts? Gu Martial Arts!! A martial arts world infested with parasites!

"This is..."

"An ancient architectural complex?"

"When did such a large area of ancient buildings appear in the Hongdu Suburbs?"

The leader of the Armed Police Force had a hint of hesitation on his face.

Today, after receiving orders from higher-ups that celestial anomalies were discovered in the Hongdu Suburbs, he immediately led his subordinate squad to head there.

As a result, during reconnaissance, they discovered a continuous expanse of ancient-style buildings abruptly appearing in the storm.

They were antique and adorned with carved beams and painted pillars.

They were permeated with the aesthetic of classical national style.

However, what shocked them even more were the dark shadows leaping back and forth among the pavilions and towers.

Dressed in ancient-style robes or short martial arts attire, with long hair, carrying sabers and holding swords, they were dressed like ancient heroes.

In groups of three or five, they gathered in the courtyards to drink and make merry, drinking opposite each other under the moonlight.

Drinking wine from large bowls and eating meat in large chunks, their roughness fully displayed the demeanor of heroes.

Amidst the finger-guessing drinking games, bold laughter came out from time to time.

The Jianghu in the night made people unable to help but yearn for it.

What is this supposed to be?

Ancient martial arts Jianghu!?

The Armed Police Force that had sneaked in the dark couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

——

"Hmm?"

"People from the military?"

Su Xiu's gaze narrowed slightly, and he quickly noticed in the picture...

...the troops sneaking in against the storm.

With equipment armed to the teeth, coupled with a capable style, these were definitely people from the military.

"Did the military already have contact during the first invasion of the Gu Martial Arts realm?"

Su Xiu frowned slightly, with a bit of curiosity in his eyes.

The celestial anomalies in the Hongdu Suburbs.

As a reborn person, Su Xiu naturally knew about it.

This was related to a certain Gu Martial Arts civilization! Relying on its bizarre civilizational characteristics, it caused boundless bloodshed at the beginning of the fusion, letting humans who originally lived in greenhouses experience a wave of bloody cruelty.

Only, he didn't expect that the military would have contact so early?

However, no matter what the result was, judging from his memories of the previous life, there was no record of this team, which meant that their initial contact was very likely to end in the annihilation of the entire army.

The heavily armed military forces suffered a crushing defeat here without even making a ripple.

Theoretically, this made sense.

After all, what they came into contact with was never the ancient martial arts Jianghu they thought, but rather——Gu Martial Arts!!

Taking insects as the core, constructing an energy cycle, feeding the insects parasitized in their bodies, blending, sublimating, honing martial arts skills, and gradually transforming into a half-human, half-insect form.

Compared with conventional ancient martial arts, not only did it greatly surpass in strength, but the overall style was also incomparably bizarre and thrilling.

Simply put, this was an insect-parasitized wuxia civilization.

In the previous life, they broke out from the reservoir, causing boundless bloodshed, and even regarded half of Hongdu as their personal domain, treating it as a ranch for raising insects, crawling on it and continuously sucking blood and cleansing marrow.

Every inch of pores was filled with bloodshed.

"Since you are rushing to court death..."

"Then let's use you as the training ground for the arrival of 003!"

Su Xiu's gaze grew slightly cold.

His calm face was filled with killing intent, as if he were looking at a group of corpses.

Intruders, they all deserve to die!

While killing intent permeated, the pen tip also began to fall on the editor.

[Status: Pending deployment]

Under his modification, the gleaming entries wriggled and twisted as if they had life, extending new content.

[003 Deployed]

[Location: Hongdu, Suburbs]

[...]

——

Just when Su Xiu started the deployment...

The military advancing in the dark also encountered a new emergency.

"What kind of petty thieves, how dare you spy on our Longwhale Gang!"

The heroes who were playing finger-guessing and drinking suddenly turned back, brilliant light bursting from their eyes.

"Hmm?"

"Discovered?!"

Captain Zhao Jinlong's heart skipped a beat.

After being discovered, he did not choose to continue hiding, as that would be easier to provoke the other party.

Instead, he took the initiative to walk out and tried to speak to explain their origin.

Perhaps they could gain the understanding of these heroes?

"Dear heroes, we are..."

However, before his voice fell...

The other party's reaction caught him off guard.

"Hehehehe~"

"I didn't expect that a few of us brothers drinking in the pavilion could still encounter blood food delivered to our door?"

"Brother Sun was just saying that drinking is too monotonous, I didn't expect the side dish for drinking to be delivered so quickly!"

In the bold and heroic voice of the ancient-style swordsman, the content spoken made people's hearts chill.

The cold gaze even regarded them as food, not at all like looking at their own kind.

"What?"

Zhao Jinlong frowned tightly.

Just as he felt something was wrong.

The other party slammed the table and stood up, turning into a blur and rushing out.

After getting closer, they suddenly realized.

This!

This is simply not human!

Viewed from afar, they had human bodies, but after getting close, one could find dazzling insect organs on their faces.

There were compound eyes like dragonflies.

There were patterns like bamboo joints.

There were swaying antennae on top of their heads.

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Even the mouth...

...split outward when speaking, spreading to behind the ears, turning into insect-like mouthparts.

Making one's hair stand on end!

What they ate was not the guessed beef, mutton, or pork at all, but blood-stained leg bones, directly gnawing raw flesh, using hard mouthparts to cut, sucking bones and swallowing marrow...

The bright moonlight shone on the wine.

What emerged was not the cold moonlight, but a bloody crimson.

This was shockingly all fresh blood!

In the undried blood, there was even heat steaming.

Stare——

The compound eyes gradually lifted up.

Countless densely packed eye apertures locked firmly onto them.

Zhao Jinlong finally knew what he meant by the side dish for drinking just now!

"Monsters, these are monsters!!"

"All personnel, give me unlimited counterattacks!"

Zhao Jinlong's pupils shrank sharply.

Terrified, cold sweat streamed down his back.

Bang! Bang!

Gunshots rang out in the rainy night.

Pitch-black bullets, like death-announcing crows, continuously streaked through the dark night.

Guns and cannons roared together, but did not bring the suppression effect they expected.

The opponent's wind-like speed easily dodged the bullets, and occasionally a few stray bullets hit, they would sink into the flesh, and after a burst of wriggling in the opponent's flesh, they were expelled from the body.

Even the focused flamethrower equipped by the heavy artilleryman, spraying a ferocious fire dragon and directly conducting a flame impact on a large area, had very weak effects.

On the seemingly flesh-and-blood body, a large number of carapace scales suddenly rose, possessing extremely strong defense. Similar to the carapace of an insect, they forcibly carried the flame and rushed out.

"Damn it..."

"What kind of monster is this? Martial arts can actually contend with guns and cannons?"

Zhao Jinlong stared with wide eyes.

Firmly believing that cannons are truth, looking at the ruthless people in front of him who forcibly resisted guns and cannons, he had a feeling of his worldview being destroyed.

Didn't they say the times have changed?!

But soon, content that terrified him even more popped out.

Click——

Click——

The sound of Gears turning sounded in his ears, and on the tactical goggles, the trace of a metal Gear suddenly emerged.

"Hmm?"

"A mechanical Gear? It actually underwent abnormalities at this time?!"

Zhao Jinlong's pupils contracted.

His complexion instantly became ugly to the extreme.

As various celestial phenomena frequently appeared on Blue Star, along with the outbreak of natural disasters, many incomprehensible things gradually stepped onto the world stage and were exposed in broad daylight.

And this mechanical Gear that invaded electronic instruments was one such case.

Originally, The Authorities thought this was a virus concocted by some hacker who feared the world wouldn't be chaotic enough, and specially found a massive number of technicians to crack and track it...

Unfortunately, in the end, they gained nothing, and only then did they determine that it was not a virus, but a certain cross-era technological ghost.

However, because it didn't cause any impact, and only domineeringly left its trace on all electronic instruments, it was temporarily shelved by The Authorities.

Celestial phenomena occurred across the board, disasters were everywhere, and there were too many events urgently needing resolution, leaving truly no time to spare.

He didn't expect that the mechanical Gear would actually cause trouble at this time!

Just as Zhao Jinlong's face turned bitter, the content projected by the Gear made his jaw drop in shock.

[Gu Martial Arts Civilization]

[Category: Parasitic]

[A civilization parasitized by the Zerg; martial artists cultivating need to swallow Gu worms, construct the Dantian core, irrigate the Gu worms with vital blood, blend with the insects, transform toward half-human and half-insect, and gradually possess inhuman power]

[Characteristics: Possesses extremely strong bloodlust, irritability, hot-temperedness, and a fondness for killing]

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