Star Stone

Not wanting to alert the enemy, Yu Sheng and his companions spent the night peacefully in the bathroom, welcoming the sixth morning on this planet. Following the head bug's sleep schedule, they decided to rest during the day and ascend to the rooftop via the side staircase tonight.

"boom--"

At dusk, a massive explosion shook the walls. Yu Sheng stumbled and fell to the ground, his ear pressed to the floor. The crawling and flapping of Zerg wings, the screams and roars of humans, the clash of gunfire and swords—a myriad of sounds mingled together, like a vast crowd rushing into the central building.

"I'll go check it out." Benson pulled out his photon gun from his waist, unlocked the restroom door, and quickly slipped out. Yu Sheng didn't have time to call out to him, so he simply drew his dagger from his waist, slowly opened the door a crack, raised his binoculars, and peered down the long corridor toward the central hall.

The restroom where Yu Sheng was hiding was at the far end of the corridor. The doors on both sides of the hallway were wide open, and countless soldier bugs poured out, crawling continuously into the hall. It was obvious that a fierce battle between humans and insects was taking place in the hall. Unable to find Benson, Yu Sheng tossed the binoculars back into the bag, swapped his short knife for a long sword, and with a single blow, killed a soldier bug that had stumbled upon him. Then, he withdrew and returned to the restroom.

"Swish—" The familiar sound of the head bug echoed through the floor. Yu Sheng was startled and was hesitating whether to go find Benson. Then he heard footsteps at the door. The toilet door was kicked open. Benson held a gun and yelled at Yu Sheng, "Go!"

Yu Sheng immediately ran out, and the two of them ran to the end of the corridor, one in front and one behind, where there was a staircase leading to the upper floor.

"Fuck! These guys have attracted both of those idiots!" Benson cursed. "There are four floors in total. Which one should we go to?"

Yu Sheng: "Let's go straight to the top floor."

Benson was stunned and narrowed his eyes. "Tsk, you're quite brave. Aren't you afraid that there will be a sea of ​​insects on the top floor, and you can take the star stone from the insects' stomachs?"

Yu Sheng climbed the stairs two at a time without turning back. "Those guys on the first floor have almost lured all the bugs over there. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. If you don't even have this little courage, you might as well give up."

Benson didn't answer, staring at Yu Sheng's back and curling the corners of his lips.

interesting.

Arriving at the top floor, Yu Sheng bent over and gently, gently turned the small door leading to the rooftop.

"Squeak—" No one had opened it for a long time. Even though Yu Sheng's movements were as light as possible, the door still made a sound of being unable to bear the weight. Yu Sheng slowly stuck his head out.

Then Yu Sheng stopped moving.

Benson, who was standing behind him, squeezed him impatiently. "Just go in quickly, okay? What are you staring at?"

"There is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" Yu Sheng murmured.

"Hmm?" Benson raised an eyebrow. "What's the good news?"

"Our opponent is only one bug." Yu Sheng said.

Benson already had a premonition, "What about the bad news?"

"This bug, conservatively estimated..." Yu Sheng paused, "is about three hundred times the size of you and me."

“…”

The giant white fleshworm lay on the rooftop, looking clumsy and seemingly powerless except for crushing others. However, Yu Sheng took only one step forward when he was startled by the splash of green slime. He jumped to the left and dodged the attack.

"Squeak!" The white fleshworms chirped shrilly, as if threatening the uninvited guests. Benson rubbed his chin and muttered, "Tsk, the United Interstellar even simulated albino bones..."

"What did you say?" Yu Sheng had just jumped a little far to avoid the slime, and Benson's voice was very low, so Yu Sheng could only faintly hear the words "union" and "bone dissolution", and did not hear clearly what Benson said.

"It's okay." Benson's serious expression vanished in an instant, and he immediately put on a nonchalant smile. "Brother, how are we going to kill this big meatworm?"

Yu Sheng glanced at the insect, which was so fat that it couldn't even fit on the rooftop. He felt a chill run down his spine. "Could the Star Stone be in its stomach?"

"Nine out of ten."

"..." This was a difficult situation. Even if I killed the bug, how could I find the Star Stone from its corpse, covered in rotting slime? After all, obtaining the Star Stone didn't guarantee my advancement. There was still a long nine-day process to endure. If I got seriously injured now, even if I got the Star Stone, I wouldn't be able to save my life.

"Pop!" Benson suddenly leaped up, landing on the fleshworm in a few seconds. The fleshworm twisted its massive body, emitting a piercing cry. Green slime sprayed at Benson like a musket, but Benson nimbly dodged it, landing entirely on the fleshworm's body. The fleshworm's skin, mixed with the slime, sizzled as the slime quickly evaporated. The corroded areas of the fleshworm had quickly regrown, smooth and pristine.

What a strong self-healing ability!

Yu Sheng drew out a long knife and chopped it on the flesh worm's body. The moment the blade touched the skin, there was a "ping" sound, but the skin remained intact.

It seems that only the fleshworm's own corrosive fluid can damage its skin, but even if it is damaged, the fleshworm can heal itself. The only way is to stab it with a weapon as soon as the corrosion starts, perhaps inflicting an irreparable wound!

"Fuck!" Benson cursed loudly in the distance. Yu Sheng looked up, his heart pounding. Benson was leaping all over the fleshworm, landing on its head! Unable to spray Benson, the fleshworm was enraged, tumbling madly, trying to knock the tiny ant off its head. It was incredibly difficult for Benson to stay atop the fleshworm's smooth head, stumbling left and right, and nearly getting thrown off the rooftop to his death several times.

Yu Sheng leaped several times and slashed at the fleshworm with his long knife, hoping to attract its attention. At the same time, he tried to move towards Benson, yelling, "Get off its head! It's too dangerous!"

Benson, however, seemed to be possessed and turned a deaf ear to him. He separated himself to steady his body, squinted his eyes, and the next moment, he suddenly stepped on the flesh worm, jumped high, soared into the air, and then fell when he reached the highest point.

The flesh worm instantly opened its huge mouthparts, which could hold more than a dozen Bensons. The highly corrosive liquid rolled in the flesh worm's mouth like green magma, waiting for the humans who fell into its trap and melting them into bones.

Yu Sheng's pupils suddenly shrank. At this moment, he had just climbed onto the top of the meat worm. He exerted force on his feet, shouted, jumped up fiercely, and rushed towards Benson who was falling in mid-air.

In a life-or-death moment, Yu Sheng and Benson flew out, almost hitting the edge of the rooftop and rolling over. Yu Sheng grabbed the edge of the rooftop and held Benson tightly, "Fuck... you're so heavy!"

At the critical moment, Yu Sheng started cursing in Chinese. Benson didn't understand what Yu Sheng said, but that didn't stop him from understanding Yu Sheng's desire to curse. He exerted force with his right arm and grabbed the edge and flipped over.

Before the two could even catch their breath, the fleshworm's slime chased after them and splattered. Yu Sheng's head was about to explode, "Are you sick? You jumped into the worm's mouth!"

Benson was actually still grinning playfully, tilting his head to look at Yu Sheng as he ran, "Hey, you're even more sick. We're just temporary partners, are you going to kill yourself and jump over to save me?"

Yu Sheng thought to himself, if I had known you were going to commit suicide, I wouldn't give a fuck. He rolled his eyes and ignored Benson. He used the force to jump onto the worm, trying to use the method he just used to break through the worm's defense.

Benson looked at Yu Sheng's figure, touched his chin, and said to himself, "What an interesting human being."

"Squeak!" the fleshworm screamed, and green slime whizzed towards Yusheng, who was using its body as a trampoline. Yusheng suddenly jumped up and did a backflip, avoiding the slime. The fleshworm's white skin made a sizzling sound, like tenderloin being fried in oil. Yusheng gripped the hilt of his long knife tightly, aimed it at the fleshworm's corroded skin, and stabbed it hard.

The long knife was completely inserted into the body of the flesh worm, which twisted wildly. Yu Sheng used the handle of the knife to steady his body. Benson was in a worse situation. He jumped left and right on the rooftop and was almost smashed into a pie by the flesh worm several times.

"Hurry up and get up here!" Yu Sheng roared. "This bug's corrosive fluid can break through its own defenses! Find the right moment and attack the wound with the photon gun!"

Benson drew his photon gun, and with difficulty leaped onto the angry fleshworm, stumbling and crawling to Yu Sheng's side. His foot slipped, and his body swayed. At the critical moment, he grabbed Yu Sheng's backpack and almost dragged Yu Sheng down with him. The weight of the two grown men moved the long knife that was inserted into the fleshworm, and the fleshworm's wound opened wider. Benson aimed at the wound and fired several shots. Countless splattered tissues exploded where the photon bullets landed, dousing Yu Sheng's head. Yu Sheng wiped his face, which was covered with slime, which was fishy and smelly. He turned and roared at Benson, "If this slime is corrosive, we're done! Can you follow my instructions?"

Benson smiled evilly, "Don't worry, the Albino Bone only has a sac with corrosive liquid in its mouth, the whole thing is non-corrosive."

"This bug is called the Albino Bone?" Yu Sheng thought to himself, the name really suits its nature. "Even if it's not corrosive, it's still pretty smelly. Believe it or not, I'll shove your head into its flesh!"

"Tsk, how brutal!" Benson grinned. He grasped Yu Sheng's shoulders with both arms and leaped over him, flipping over his head. He actually dove into the fleshworm's wound like a diver, completely submerged in its body. The fleshworm seemed to know it had an uninvited guest inside it, screeching non-stop and gushing green corrosive fluid. But the liquid, which landed on the wound, only worsened the wound, widening it even further.

Yu Sheng cursed Benson inwardly as a lunatic, held his breath, and jumped into the body of the flesh worm.

Yu Sheng was surrounded by sticky things from all directions. He could not see anything clearly and could only hold his breath desperately and swim downstream relying on his sense of direction. When he could not hold his breath anymore, he would come up to take a breath and then dive again.

Finally, during the third dive, Yu Sheng felt a hand, immediately locked Benson's wrist, and swam upstream desperately, pulling him up in one breath.

The green slime in the fleshworm's sac had been completely depleted, and the tumbling had drained its strength. Not to mention the two humans had used its body like a swimming pool, stirring it up wildly. It was already dying, unable to stir up any waves.

Benson's face was ashen, his body was covered with sticky tissue, and he was holding a star-shaped stone tightly in his hand.

Yu Sheng patted Benson's cheek, trying to wake him up. "Hey, buddy, you're not going to die like this, are you? Wake up!"

Originally, Yu Sheng thought that Benson had fainted. However, after he called him for ten minutes, Benson did not respond. Yu Sheng's heart skipped a beat and he was completely stunned. Damn, this couldn't be true?

The way to determine whether an interstellar person is alive is not to test the carotid artery and breathing like humans on Earth, but to look at the center of the back of the head. There is a small red dot. If it turns blue, it means the person is dead.

Turning Benson over, Yu Sheng pulled apart Benson's hair, and a small blue dot came into view.

“…”

Yu Sheng looked at the backpack Benson was carrying. The number on it was 1732912687. Yu Sheng opened the map again, flipped through the records, and carefully compared the numbers. Sure enough, there was a record like this nearly 20 minutes ago:

"Player number 1732912687 was eliminated. The current number of remaining survivors is 989342060."

Yu Sheng took the Star Stone from Benson's hand, still in disbelief. Benson was eliminated just like that? Didn't he tell him before that it would be a fair fight, and the winner would get the Star Stone?

Just as he was pondering this, the door to the rooftop suddenly slammed open, and seven or eight people rushed in. When they saw the dying Meatworm and Yu Sheng standing there, they were all stunned for a moment, and then one of the men shouted, "The Star Stone is in his hand!"

This sentence was like a declaration of war, and everyone moved. Seven or eight people surrounded Yu Sheng from all directions, tightly surrounding him. Yu Sheng gripped the long sword in his right hand, clasped the star stone in his left hand, and slowly retreated to the edge of the rooftop.

"Give up!" the leading man shouted, "Hand over the Star Stone, and you'll have another chance later. Otherwise, if we kill you now, you'll be completely eliminated."

"Oh? Really?" Yu Sheng stepped back with the corners of his lips slightly raised, "Then come and get it." After saying that, Yu Sheng raised his arm, and the star stone in his palm shone brightly.

Everyone took a step forward at the same time, then stopped at the same time. The man in the lead had a bad feeling and shouted, "Oh no!"

But it was too late. Yu Sheng threw the star stone into the sky, and the shining star stone fell from the rooftop like a falling meteor. Yu Sheng stepped on the edge and jumped up.

"Is he crazy?" screamed a woman on the rooftop.

Then seven or eight people rushed to the stairs desperately, hoping to get the Star Stone before someone else picked it up.

—Rooftop side—

Yu Sheng desperately clung to the drainpipe on the side of the building and slid down it. He stared at the Star Stone he had thrown downstairs in a desperate attempt. It was still gleaming in the darkness. Perhaps, except for the team that had just surrounded him, everyone nearby was dead, and no one had come to pick it up.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, fifteen meters...

Seeing himself getting closer and closer to the ground, Yu Sheng's heart was pounding. Soon he would be able to hold the star stone back in his hand.

“!”

A figure suddenly rushed out from a nearby bungalow, snatched up the Star Stone from the ground, and threw it into his pocket. Yu Sheng yelled, and even though he was still seven or eight meters off the ground, he jumped down and kicked the man with his weight. However, the man reacted extremely quickly, turning his body to avoid the blow, and with his right hand, he supported Yu Sheng's armpit and unexpectedly hugged him.

Noisy and hurried footsteps came from the other side of the building. Yu Sheng knew that it was the team running down from the rooftop, but at this moment, Yu Sheng didn't care about that. He threw a punch from behind and upward, hitting the man in the face. However, at this moment, a familiar low voice rang in Yu Sheng's ears, "Qiuqiu, stop making trouble and leave."

Yunxiao?!

Yu Sheng was stunned. Just as he was about to say something, Yun Xiao lifted him up. Yun Xiao, carrying a grown man, didn't slow down at all. He quickly ran behind the building and along the winding road out of the base.

The seven or eight people ran to the spot where the Star Stone had fallen, and they lay on the ground searching for it, but they couldn't find it. They were sweating with anxiety. One of them suddenly realized, "That's not right! If that person had jumped down, his body should be here, right?"

The air suddenly became quiet.

A moment later, the sound of regret echoed through the night.

"Ah ...