Chapter 56 Subterranean Species
Suicheng was a little sleepy, so the lawyer let him lean against him and sleep for a while.
"Mm." The attendant didn't stand on ceremony. Since the law enforcement officer was taller than him, leaning on his shoulder was a comfortable position.
Lu Zhi lowered his head and kissed the top of his head. When he looked up, his gaze naturally fell on the deep, collapsed pit.
“Go.” He touched the vine on his attendant’s wrist.
The vines coiled around their bodies and then quietly burrowed into the ground.
With his eyes closed, Lu Zhi could perceive everything the vines saw and experienced.
There was nothing at the bottom of the pit, but the vines could follow the cracks and go deeper, finding something wrapped in the dry soil. It looked like a seed or a crystal core, wrapped in the only moist soil, emitting a light green light.
Upon seeing this thing, Lü Zhi understood that it was the one that had absorbed the vitality of this land.
It even exuded a life force that was attractive to him.
If I swallow it, it might speed up the fusion with this body.
Before the vines could even get close, the thing noticed Lu Zhi. Green light rippled out, and some leaves fell off the vines, making Lu Zhi feel a little heartbroken. What was the difference between this and losing hair?
"Tsk"
The vines were not to be underestimated either; they were swung up and knocked off the mud from the thing, revealing its true form.
A bright green crystal core floated in the air, but it was different from the other crystal cores. It seemed to have its own consciousness and would even avoid the vines when it saw them.
Lu Zhi didn't find this strange, which is why he didn't let Sui Cheng absorb the crystal core.
When powerful alien species are about to die, they will attach their consciousness to the crystal core. If the crystal core is absorbed and devoured by humans or other alien species, they may take over the body.
The crystal core also sensed the danger brought by the law. This alien species was beyond its ability to deal with, and its first reaction was to try to burrow underground to escape.
But Lu Zhi reacted even faster, directly covering the entire ground with vines to trap it and stabilize the terrain so that the riders above wouldn't notice anything amiss.
The crystal core, unwilling to give up, crashed into the wall formed by the vines, which tightened around it until it shrunk into a fist-sized sphere, enveloping the crystal core inside.
Lu Zhi planned to absorb it directly, as the residual consciousness within the crystal core would not have any effect on him.
Suddenly, the ground began to tremble.
Just as Lu Zhi swallowed the crystal core, something happened on the ground.
Sui Cheng immediately opened his eyes and, along with Xu Fei and the others, went into a state of alert.
He could sense that the energy fluctuations were coming from underground.
Although this power did not come from Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi still touched his nose somewhat guiltily and coughed lightly, saying, "There is a superhuman."
"Hmm." The passenger also sensed it.
Dang Hongyuan and the others came out of the tent. The ground was still trembling, and then a crack appeared.
"retreat."
Countless spikes emerged from below, and if they didn't retreat in time, they would surely be pierced by them.
One, two, three... more than a dozen superhumans emerged from underground. They were all wearing gas masks, so their faces were not visible. They were holding various weapons, including melee weapons and firearms.
"Plunderers?" The rider recognized the men as plunderers upon seeing their distinctive gas masks.
"How could it be them?" Dang Hongyuan thought it was the new generation again, but he didn't expect it to be the plunderers. Perhaps his guess yesterday was right. The plunderers and the new generation are probably related.
"Make your move." For them, dozens of people could easily handle these dozen or so superhumans.
However, it's still a bit strange. Why send only these people to plunder? Are they so confident that they can defeat so many of them?
"Bang!" "Sizzle!"
Various superpowers and weapons clashed together, creating a dazzling display of colors and a thunderous roar.
They quickly dealt with these superhumans.
Just when everyone thought they could finally breathe a sigh of relief, the ground cracked open, with countless cracks spreading out in all directions. The gaps were getting bigger and bigger, and one wrong step could send you tumbling down, just like a major earthquake.
"What is this?" someone shouted, looking at the object on the ground.
Everyone looked toward the crack and saw a strangely shaped stone head—it was a mutant.
Its hands gripped the soil on both sides, and the crack was caused by it.
Everyone stood to one side, trying to stay as far away from the crack as possible.
"Shall we make a move?" Yang Xie asked Dang Hongyuan.
Dang Hongyuan raised his hand, indicating that he should wait a little longer.
The stone monster below raised its head and stood up, seemingly wanting to come out.
"Attack!" Dang Hongyuan shouted, and various supernatural abilities were unleashed instantly, all landing on the alien species.
The earth-elemental ability user controlled the earth, attempting to close the cracks in the ground, which trapped the alien species inside.
"roar!"
"Bang."
The alien roared and swung its stone arm upwards, sweeping them away.
"Ah!" Some people were too close and were hit by its swinging arm. The enormous force seemed to rupture their internal organs.
Dang Hongyuan hurriedly ordered the injured man to be taken away, then looked solemnly at the unharmed alien creature and said in a deep voice, "No, its body is all stone, ordinary skills can't harm it."
"Then let's try this." Yang Xie and his teammates behind him each held a nanobomb in their hands. After activating it, they quickly threw it into the pit where the aliens were located.
"Back off!" Dang Hongyuan glared at him, then quickly ordered the others to retreat.
"Bang bang bang!" Several explosions rang out in succession, blowing open the soil on the ground and causing it to sink in, making the already ravaged land even worse.
But the bombs proved to be useful.
The stones on the alien's body were shattered, revealing its internal structure.
"This is...a human?" Lin Zhi, who was in a safe position, looked on in shock as the stone fell and a human was found inside, his flesh and blood mangled, looking quite gruesome.
When the smoke and dust from the explosion cleared, everyone saw it, and their faces all showed shock.
Someone asked, "Is this a living person or a dead person?"
No one knows, but they don't look like living people at all. Their bodies are completely soaked in blood, and their skin looks like it has been tortured. It's a terrible sight.
Just as they hesitated whether to go forward and take a look, the "corpse" suddenly opened its eyes, and the blood on its body turned into blood swords that shot straight at them.
"Pfft."
"Ah! What is this?!"
Some people's first reaction was to use their skills to create shields to block, but the blood sword passed right through their ability shields and pierced their chests, killing them instantly.
With a "whoosh," Sui Cheng took several large steps forward, pressed his hands against the ground, and an ice wall quickly condensed from the ground, blocking all the blood swords. With a "whoosh," the blood swords pierced through the ice, but were also stuck inside.
"Zzz." The lightning in Sui Cheng's hand flashed, passing directly through the ice wall and entering the blood corpse's body.
Several more explosions rang out, as Sui Cheng directly detonated the lightning that had entered the blood corpse.
"Attack with all your might!" Dang Hongyuan immediately ordered.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com