Chapter 580: Chapter 162: Brain
A terrifying species.
This was Su Changxing’s first reaction: they actually managed to create new insects using human genes in such a short time.
However, these Three-blooded Insect People only superficially resemble humans, with significant differences, akin to Bloodhounds, they’re still low-level insects.
His phone vibrated.
[Mission (Doomsday Factor): These seemingly low-level monsters could potentially trigger the apocalypse, so it’s best to deal with them before this factor is activated.
1. Eliminate a portion. (Points awarded based on the number cleared.)
2. Completely destroy, burying the doomsday factor in the bud. (Each person receives a special enhancement once.)]
"Doomsday factor? Indeed a terrifying existence."
Su Changxing licked his lips expressionlessly, not surprised at all by this.
He had long realized that the monsters in the black mist were not so simple, fearing that some creatures were more troublesome than those Wizards, from a world more advanced than the Wizard World.
It’s just that their own strength isn’t strong, making them easy to overlook.
The insects regrouped, launching another attack, surrounding them from all directions.
The Three-blooded Insect People were faster and more agile, with blade-like elbows, extremely lethal.
A Heavy Armor member was easily pierced through the chest by a rushing Three-blooded Insect Person’s elbow, dying on the spot.
That Three-blooded Insect Person was also shot through the head by a Laser Gun, falling to the ground, emitting black smoke with a burnt smell.
"Just this?"
Zhou An raised an eyebrow, feeling these new monsters posed no threat.
"I alone am sufficient!"
In his eyes, these human-like monsters were no different from wolves, all a matter of one Flying Sword, without essential difference.
Just as he controlled the Bronze Longsword, cutting down these insects while flying through the sky, a sense of crisis suddenly surged in his heart.
He immediately dodged with a roll, hearing a swoosh as several black long spikes emerged from the ground.
"There’s something underground!"
He shouted, alerting the others.
But by now, some were already impaled by the spikes, lifted into the air.
Meanwhile, more spikes emerged from underground, penetrating the hard ground, shooting towards them, making it difficult to dodge.
That should also be an insect, another kind of insect.
Su Changxing sensed a dangerous aura, realizing this was a risky and powerful adversary that had to be eliminated quickly, or else their formation would quickly be disrupted by these spikes.
He then expanded his Super Perception, looking underground, sensing a massive bar-shaped creature, approximately 10 to 20 meters long.
These spikes seemed to be shooting from it.
Su Changxing loaded a Netherworld Bomb into the Sniper Rifle, aiming at the head of the massive creature.
The Netherworld Bomb is not physical, capable of passing through objects, causing spiritual laceration effects.
This was a one-time Mysterious Item he had made, with limited stock, only a little over ten, and not cheap to produce.
The bullet fired, passing through the ground, heading towards the giant bug.
It seemed to sense it too, but underground, it couldn’t avoid it, and a piercing roar echoed from below, shaking the entire ground.
The Netherworld Bomb disappeared into the bug’s body, seemingly causing no damage.
At the same time, an astonishing scene unfolded.
The bugs on the surface suddenly halted their actions, appearing bewildered, glancing around, looking lost.
They are essentially still insects, even with human genes, having weak individual consciousness and intelligence.
The one below was probably their "head," their collective consciousness.
Su Changxing estimated their mode of operation to be somewhat similar to robots, with the large bug below being Dwarf T3.
Naturally, it usually stays hidden without acting, but now they were in a desperate situation, having to act.
Further, Su Changxing suspected the black mist had only dragged over a small portion of the lowest-level Bloodhounds; the big bug below had just evolved into the "head."
These insects began acting collectively only recently, previously acting like wolves, scattered and aimless, posing no threat to Anxi Town.
But if not dealt with, this could threaten them greatly.
These insects could develop at an unimaginable speed.
Su Changxing began imagining a future where these nearby insects overran the area, then thought if leaving them unattended would serve them somehow?
These insects were quite near the Wizards’ territory, perhaps letting them fight among themselves was a feasible option.
Of course, this idea merely flashed through his mind.
The insects’ behavior was even more unpredictable than that of the Wizards, better to eliminate them.
Next.
He fired more Netherworld Bombs in succession at the big bug underground, each bullet delivering massive destruction.
It’s worth mentioning, he had once shot down a Great Wizard from the air with the Netherworld Bomb.
Finally, with the fifth shot, the bug couldn’t hold on, ceasing its movements, collapsing, immobile.
Meanwhile, the bugs on the surface kept attacking, but their actions had become disorganized, not as coordinated as before, significantly decreasing their threat level.
Su Changxing, to be safe, fired three more bullets, then stopped bothering with the underground bug, preparing to clear out the surface insects before dealing with it.
These insects were more numerous than they had imagined; killing one batch would bring another, even some unformed larvae, pouncing on them.
The big bug seemed to have given the attack order in its last moments, thus the insects continued attacking even without their "brain."
As the sole Tier Eight Extraordinary on the field, Zhou An performed exceptionally bravely, charging to the front during the battle.
However, before long, his Flying Sword suddenly fell, and he sat on the ground as if exhausted, almost being torn apart by a few Three-blooded Insect People.
Several nearby extraordinary team members pulled him out.
An hour later, they had killed thousands of various insects, finally clearing all visible insects from the area.
The ground was covered with insect corpses, emitting a pungent stench.
"These things are really troublesome, didn’t expect there’d be so many, we’ve suffered considerable losses this time."
Zhou An, slumped on the ground, licked his lips, expressing discontent.
He alone had slain hundreds of insects, showing impressive ferocity initially, but grew exhausted towards the end.
He overestimated his combat strength and underestimated the insects.
