The star pirate Lao Liu was parasitized by the soul worm during a passenger ship ambush.

At that time, several other people were killing and setting fire everywhere in the cabin, while he was responsible for cracking the passenger ship's authority and adjusting the direction of the star map, so he was stranded alone in the cockpit.

Just as he had swiftly handled everything, opened the cockpit door, and was about to reunite with his companions—

He met a pair of deep blue eyes.

The owner of the eyes was a thin young man with a baby face, looking a little childish.

When he looked over, the blue light flickering in his eyes was like ice and snow in the cold winter, which instantly froze the blood in the star pirate Lao Liu's body, making him stiff in place and unable to move.

The baby-faced young man looked at him curiously. After a moment, he smiled and touched his chin: "Hmm, your mental strength is quite interesting."

"Come on, let me give you a gift?"

He raised his hand, smiled, and placed a small, dark blue insect between Lao Liu's eyebrows. Terrified, yet unable to move, Lao Liu could only watch as his face emerged from the insect's back, and then—

It was like an ice pick piercing his brain, forcefully destroying all his human rationality and bottom line.

Lao Liu was trembling, his eyes wide open in pain, and his eyes were bloodshot.

In front of them was a messy cabin, with bullet holes everywhere. The pirates never showed mercy. The corpses and blood soaked the floor tiles crimson.

A fishy smell wafted through the air, and the remaining passengers fled in panic towards the stern, screaming, and were chased and teased by the unsatisfied pirates like a cat chasing a mouse.

No one looked back.

No one noticed that another cat-and-mouse game was going on at the head of the cabin.

But this time, the baby-faced young man is the cat and the star pirate Lao Liu is the mouse.

The transformation of the soul worm is said to take 12 hours, but that is the maximum time limit, and is only suitable for people with extremely strong willpower, resistance, and moral beliefs.

For example, the star pirate Lao Liu completed the transformation in just half an hour.

With trembling hands, he unlocked the permissions, released the baby-faced youth, and quickly erased all traces. When the other pirates returned after their fun, he smiled as always, handed over the star map permissions, and quietly retreated to the back.

Then comes the lurking, the long lurking.

Until today, it suddenly broke out.

Having personally experienced the pain of being possessed by a soul worm, Lao Liu knew very well what kind of torture it was.

He admired Zhou Feng very much for having persisted for more than two hours, but he also firmly believed that she would never be able to resist successfully.

This is the natural enemy, the nemesis, and the targeting that conforms to the laws of heaven, earth, and the universe - no spiritual warrior can escape.

Absolutely not.

...Just half a minute ago, Lao Liu still insisted so.

Until he saw with his own eyes that Gu Qiongsheng just kicked and crushed the soul worm he had carefully protected.

"No--!"

Lao Liu opened his eyes wide and let out a shrill scream from his throat.

But it didn't do anything.

Gu Qiongsheng threw something out with his backhand, and the force bounced back and forth between He Kun, Zhou Qing and others. The two people who were originally in great pain suddenly felt better, straightened up, and looked shocked and confused.

The soul worms in front of their foreheads seemed to encounter a strong repulsive force. Their eight short legs waved and struggled violently, but they still couldn't help but slide down from the target's forehead.

Then Gu Qiongsheng was quick-witted and stepped on it repeatedly.

“Pah pah pah!”

“Puff, puff, puff!”

One sound after another, it was like a huge hammer was swung and smashed fiercely on Lao Liu's chest.

“No, no no!”

Lao Liu's eyes turned red, his face suddenly became hideous, the spider thorns behind him spread out, and he screamed "Ah" and rushed out - but he still couldn't save a single soul insect.

Gu Qiongsheng reacted quickly and raised his leg, kicking him right on the forehead.

…The soles of his shoes were stained with the dark blue blood of the soul worm.

The smell of blood wafted into Lao Liu's nose, and he was overwhelmed by the intense sadness and almost fainted.

But he never expected that this was just the beginning.

The energy that Gu Qiongsheng threw out of his hand relied on some unknown means to distinguish the target. After circulating through He Kun, Zhou Qing and Colonel Zhou who was collapsed in the corner, it suddenly turned around and landed on Lao Liu.

"Huh?"

Even Gu Qiongsheng himself was shocked.

Systematic treatment has never gone wrong. As long as Gu Qiongsheng has a slight thought, he can flexibly distinguish the treatment targets.

When the human-faced spider attacked her just now, she felt a sharp pain in her brain, and her mental power, which had always been at her fingertips, suddenly became uncontrollable - but fortunately, she still had the system.

System skills are not mental power and are not affected by physical movements.

Muttering to himself, Gu Qiongsheng quickly used several skills on himself. The first skill was useless, the third skill was useless, the second skill... Alas, the second skill worked!

The purifying light popped out and bounced back and forth on everyone, helping everyone to resist the invasion of foreign spiritual power.

The effect is very obvious.

In the face of the purifying flash, the soul bugs had no power to resist - the positions of both sides changed instantly. In the last second, they were the nemesis of the psychic warriors, but in the next second, they were restrained by the system skills and could only fall helplessly, and were crushed to pieces by Gu Qiongsheng one by one.

After circling around a few people, the flash of light actually fell on Lao Liu, completely covering him.

When activating the skill, what Gu Qiongsheng was thinking in his mind was: to heal all the surviving humans.

The spider thorns spread out from the back of Lao Liu in front of him, and it was clearly a bug in disguise. But I didn’t expect that in the eyes of the system, he was still considered a human being?

What was even more bizarre was that in Gu Qiongsheng's sight, the purifying light swayed slowly and sparkled on Lao Liu's body.

But Lao Liu, who was in the treatment center, suddenly froze, a look of pain appeared on his face, and after a moment he suddenly lowered his head——

"Wow!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Gu Qiongsheng: “???”

She looked at it in surprise, and couldn't help but raise her hand to fire another purifying flash.

Lao Liu wrapped himself tightly with spider thorns, but was unable to prevent the invisible light from falling on him.

The healing power of warmth should have been the ultimate enjoyment, but at this moment, it only brought him excruciating pain like being tortured to death.

It was as if there were thousands of blades pointed at his soul, ready to cut and disassemble it piece by piece, removing all the non-human parts!

“Ah! Ahhhhhhhh!”

Lao Liu screamed and rolled on the ground, his fingers grabbing his hair in pain and digging into the cracks in the rocks, his nails cracked and blood flowed all over the ground.

But no matter what, the pain did not get relieved at all.

He had been fused with the soul worm for too long, and the two had become inseparable. If he wanted to cut them apart clearly again, he would have to plow through his entire soul and cut his mental power into pieces.

Lao Liu was almost going crazy in so much pain - this kind of pain was even worse than when he was controlled and fused by the soul worm. It was dozens of times more torturous than the most brutal torture Lao Liu knew of!

On the other side, bathed in the comfortable healing effect of the purifying flash, He Kun climbed up from the ground, panting, and looked at the "exploding" corpses of soul insects all over the ground, and touched his eyebrows with lingering fear.

"What is that?" He frowned with a headache. "What was that thing just now, and this - this thing, is it a human or a bug?"

He kicked the ground and pursed his lips at Lao Liu who was rolling on the ground in pain.

After treatment, Zhou Qing also recovered to full health and approached cautiously: "New Zerg?"

"I don't know," He Kun said angrily, "What happened to it? What's going on?"

When he rushed over, he looked so fierce that He Kun was startled.

A second later, he suddenly started rolling on the ground as if he was having a seizure.

The "culprit" Gu Qiongsheng looked at the skills on his system interface, then looked at Lao Liu who was lying on the ground twitching in pain, and tilted his head.

She casually fired another purifying flash, and then, amidst Lao Liu's even more shrill, high-pitched screams, she turned around and smiled faintly: "I don't quite understand either. Maybe it's insect insanity?"

The sixth old man, who was foaming at the mouth in pain, said: "..."

Then he shivered in pain while hearing several people in front of him whispering, discussing topics such as "How disgusting, is insect epilepsy contagious?", "Why don't we tie him up first?", "Let's chop off those eight spider thorns first, it looks creepy" and so on.

For a moment, Lao Liu felt as if he had turned into a fish on a chopping board.

The sharp spider stingers, the slender limbs, the reaction speed and body flexibility far beyond that of humans...all of this could not save him.

Heaven and hell, prey and hunter, the transformation is just a matter of thought.

A rustling sound came from the corner. Gu Qiongsheng and others turned their heads vigilantly and saw Zhou Feng standing up with difficulty, supporting himself with his right hand on the stone surface under the white light of the flashlight.

Although her face was pale, her eyes were full of light and smile, and she nodded at Gu Qiongsheng from a distance.

At her feet was a spider that had finally been torn off and crushed.

The moment the healing energy fell on her body, Zhou Feng also felt a sharp pain, but she could feel that this pain was only directed at the evil energy in her body that was trying to occupy her consciousness, so she gritted her teeth and held on.

Fortunately, she was not entangled by the soul worm for long.

Soon, Zhou Feng felt the invading force loosening. She gathered all her strength, raised her hand suddenly, and finally pulled the strange insect off!

The soul worm has a very strong ability to devour mental energy, but as a price, its body is unusually fragile.

Zhou Feng pinched and stepped on it, and a blue blood splattered immediately.

"Don't...don't kill him yet."

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou's voice was still a little weak and hoarse, but his expression was as firm as ever.

Gu Qiongsheng recognized her and quickly fired a few more skills at her.

Zhou Feng closed his eyes slightly in the halo of healing magic. His damaged mental strength recovered quickly and his body temperature returned to normal. It was as if he had walked out of the cold winter and was in a paradise with blooming spring flowers in an instant.

She paused for a moment, her voice finally returning to normal. "This new Zerg is a big deal, and... it's such a targeted species. We need to control it and bring the people back..."

Before he could finish his words, Lao Liu, who was struggling in pain on the ground, suddenly shook violently.

He opened his eyes, their pupils bulging with blood, and countless bloodshot veins burst out from the corners of his eyes. Blood gushed out of his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. The blood was not bright red, but was mixed with tiny specks of faint blue fluorescence, winding along the ground like a stream.

"It's useless!"

His face was ferocious, and he used up his last bit of strength to push the spider thorn under him hard!

His jumping ability, far exceeding that of humans, allowed him to leap into the air, crossing most of the stone platform, and when he landed, he hit the stone spike accurately. With a "swish", the sharp spike pierced his chest.

There was a bloody hole the size of a bowl on Lao Liu's chest.

He grinned grimly, spitting blood intermittently: "You, you think you can get out alive?"

"Tens of thousands of Zerg are sleeping deep underground. I've only absorbed half of their energy. Now, using my blood and mental strength to stimulate them, they will all hatch!"

"No one, no one, can leave here. No one, can ever, even think about it!"

The crazy laughter echoed far away in the cave, turning into endless echoes. For a moment, Lao Liu's shrill voice was echoing in everyone's ears.

After hearing Lao Liu's dying words, Zhou Feng's expression changed.

She struggled to stand up and pulled Gu Qiongsheng along, saying, "Let's go!"

"It's useless!"

Blood kept gushing out of Lao Liu's mouth as he barely managed to hold on to his breath: "It's too late, they've already woken up, you, you..."

Halfway through his speech, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

It was so quiet underground that even the cold wind disappeared.

As expected, the earth shook and the Zergs broke out of their shells, drowning the people in front of them in a sea of ​​​​insects, but there was no trace of them.

All he heard was Gu Qiongsheng's relaxed laughter: "It's okay, Sister Zhou, don't worry."

After comforting Zhou Feng, Gu Qiongsheng turned around and looked at Lao Liu with a smile.

In the eyes of Lao Liu, whose pupils were dilated, the pretty face looked like a demon that had torn open the gates of hell and walked out.

"What a shame, nothing you said can be realized," Gu Qiongsheng said leisurely, "Until now, you still don't know where the other half of your energy has gone?"

Lao Liu: “???”