234: Chapter 235 Mount Everest, devoured and assimilated by flesh and blood, a 10,000-meter flesh and blood forbidden zone.

At the peak of Mount Everest, the silence of that ball of flesh lasted for only a brief 666 seconds; Mr. Perfect had been silently counting the time in his heart.

Nearly eleven minutes ago, the ball of flesh, injected with ultra-concentrated liquid "Dream Power," had suddenly stopped beating. The blood vessels on its surface ceased their contractions. Surrounded by snow and lava, a bizarre equilibrium of extreme cold and scorching heat was maintained. Mr. Perfect did not feel anxious; instead, he raised a hand to catch the returning Virus Moth, gently placing it on his shoulder. His gaze never wavered, staring intently at the ball of flesh that no longer radiated terrifying heat.

But 666 seconds later, a heartbeat that shook the universe erupted from the core of the ball of flesh. The massive sound caused the snow at the summit to collapse, forming a terrifying avalanche that buried an expedition team currently climbing the world's highest peak deep beneath the snow.

As the shell of the "seed of flesh" instantly shattered into dust, countless dark red blood vessels, like venomous snakes breaking free from their bonds, began to writhe madly along the ground's Rock and snow, spreading with lightning speed.

At first, the spread seemed somewhat slow because the "seed of flesh" was only the size of a palm. The blood vessels covered the ice, snow, and Rock like a spiderweb. Every writhing movement consumed the surrounding matter and energy; Rock, snow, thermal energy, light energy, and even Dream Power served as nutrients for its growth and spread. Only ten seconds later, the blood vessels had rapidly expanded from their initial hair-like size to the size of a finger. Everywhere the eye could see at the peak of Mount Everest was covered in wantonly writhing dark red granulation, like countless giant earthworms. They did not just cover the surface; they burrowed into the snow and pierced the Rock, dragging everything in their path into the embrace of the flesh.

The moment the snow touched the flesh, it was decomposed and absorbed by the scorching hot granulation before it could even melt, turning into nourishment for the flesh's growth. Hard granite, once covered by the flesh, dissolved like butter in the strong digestive acid it secreted, quickly absorbed by the blood vessels. Everything above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest was completely covered and consumed by the flesh after the "seed of flesh" burst. As the surface area of the flesh increased, its spreading speed also increased exponentially. The snow near the summit melted rapidly in the scorching aura emitted by the flesh, and before it could turn into a Roar of an avalanche, it was instantly swallowed and digested by the spreading flesh, without even a splash being raised.

In less than half an hour, the perennial snow that had covered the peak of Mount Everest for ages had completely disappeared, replaced by a massive, living piece of flesh. The surface of the flesh was not a smooth texture but was covered in bumps and depressions, large and small, rising and falling like a beating heart. Blood as hot as lava surged through blood vessels as thick as an adult's wrist. Everywhere, one could see various mutated tissues evolved from those granulations—some had evolved mouthparts, and from the gaps between sharp fangs, viscous dark green liquid dripped, which, upon hitting the ground, even corroded deep, bottomless pits into the Rock not yet covered by the flesh. There were also countless slender tentacles extending from the granulation, waving like radar, capturing energy and life signals in the air.

The speed at which the flesh spread grew faster and faster, sweeping down the mountain like a rising tide. 8,000 meters, 7,500 meters, 7,000 meters... The terrifying speed of nearly 2,000 meters per hour caused this world's highest peak to "metamorphose" at a speed visible to the naked eye. The originally angular mountain was wrapped and reshaped by the soft, dark red flesh, turning into a giant, writhing mountain of flesh that exuded a bloody scent.

The originally cold mountain wind swept across the surface of the meat mountain, no longer whipping up crisp ice and snow, but humid, hot air currents carrying a strong, bloody stench. Wherever the air currents passed, the vegetation was consumed by the granulation that suddenly sprouted on the surface, forming blades of flesh-grass, flowers of flesh, and trees of flesh. As the flesh stopped spreading, with Mount Everest as the center, the land within a ten-thousand-meter radius was consumed and assimilated by the flesh. Only the humans and animals within it were not consumed and assimilated by the flesh, but this could hardly be considered a manifestation of safety, because...