The cave is dark and the air is thick.
Groundwater seeped from nowhere, meandering along the jagged stone pillars at the top of the cave, rolling over layers of spider silk, and dripping onto the ground.
Outside, the Zerg were surrounding us, but here, we could not see any other insects. There was only a large, thick white cocoon in the center, sticking out in strange shapes. It was hard to imagine what kind of hideous monster was wrapped inside.
Those spider silks were also very strange. They actually blocked Gu Qiongsheng's perception to a certain extent. Otherwise, Gu Qiongsheng should have discovered this "human cocoon" earlier.
In the dead silence, Gu Qiongsheng bit his lower lip tightly.
She gestured to her teammates, asking them to remain quiet, while trying to concentrate, focusing her mental energy on her eyes.
The detection field was activated to its maximum strength, and within the gifted field of vision, a vague human outline finally appeared among the scattered white cocoons on the ground.
They were small clusters of faint light, like bubbles about to dissipate, floating back and forth helplessly in Gu Qiongsheng's field of vision, exuding an air of despair.
Seeing this, Gu Qiongsheng felt a little relieved.
"They're all still alive," she whispered.
Being alive means there is still hope.
Weng Wei's heart softened. Hearing that there was hope, he couldn't help but hurriedly ask, "God Gu, should we split these cocoons open right away?"
"...Wait a minute, let me take a look."
Gu Qiongsheng frowned slightly.
Her mental power gathered in her palm, transforming into a sharp spike. Then she carefully cut towards an inconspicuous spider silk in the corner.
It didn't cut at all.
The spider silk was very elastic, like a loach, sliding through the cuts of the spikes and bouncing gently in the air.
"...hiss," someone in the back gasped, "What a strong resilience."
Gu Qiongsheng concentrated his mind and gathered his strength again.
This time, it was as if a tangible spiritual force wrapped around her spiked blade, transforming into a sharp energy.
She raised her right hand high and swung it down with force. The spike slid through the air and burst out with a light as hot as the sun!
“Shhh——”
This time, the spider silk was cut successfully.
But the moment it was cut off, the entire cave started a chain reaction like dominoes - the cave began to tremble, gravel and sand fell from the dome, invisible vortexes gathered on the empty ground, and the huge white cocoon began to twist wildly!
“Swish!”
White spider silk suddenly emerged from the dark corner like an arrow and rushed towards them!
Among the group of people, Weng Wei was walking in front and his reaction was very quick.
He just opened his hands and waved them in the air, and a huge round shield suddenly appeared, protecting everyone behind it.
"It's okay," he shouted, "This spider silk only looks fierce, but its actual strength is not strong. I can easily block it!"
Before he could finish his words, Gu Qiongsheng shouted from behind: "Be careful!"
"Hold back your mental power! Spider silk is corrosive!"
Weng Wei turned around in astonishment and discovered that although his mental shield had blocked the spider silk, it was also covered with translucent, wet mucus.
At this moment, under the powerful penetration of the opponent, his smooth and solid shield was like bubbles in the sun, gradually melting away to form translucent scars, and was about to be corroded and penetrated!
Fortunately, by this time, everyone had already fled this corner.
Weng Wei quickly withdrew his mental power and dodged to the side, but at the moment of dodging, he suddenly felt a white field in front of his eyes, and his head seemed to be hit hard by something holding a heavy hammer!
"Buzz!"
A buzzing sound suddenly exploded in his mind, accompanied by indescribable pain. Weng Wei's slightly plump figure was not very flexible to begin with, and he was about to be stuck by the spider silk behind him -
A long whip was suddenly swung out, hooked under his armpit, and pulled Weng Wei away.
Gu Qiongsheng's mental barrier followed closely behind, blocking out everyone's breath.
The snow-white spider silk fell into the air.
When it was shot out, it was still a silver line, but when it landed, it suddenly spread out into a huge net, covering a large area in the corner.
If Zhou Qing hadn't pulled them far enough away, they would still be wrapped tightly in the spider silk.
Everyone was extremely nervous, holding their breath, their eyes fixed on the spider silk, watching for its next move.
Perhaps because it failed to wrap up its prey, the spider silk stopped moving. The giant cocoon twisted a few times, but when it saw that it did not detect any new mental power, it slowly returned to silence.
Only Gu Qiongsheng and his group were left, huddled aside with serious expressions.
Weng Wei's face was filled with guilt, and his ears were red. "I'm sorry, Master Gu, I'm holding you back again..."
The guilt in his heart was about to turn into an ocean - why was he always the one who fell behind and held back?
Facing the self-blaming Weng Yu, Gu Qiongsheng patted his shoulder, fired a 'Purifying Flash', and softly comforted him, "It's okay, it's not your fault."
She raised her head and looked at the cocoon with a serious expression: "It's the spider silk. It's not simple."
The energy that permeates the spider silk is extremely corrosive, not only to real matter, but also to mental power.
Gu Qiongsheng sensed a familiar scent from the mucus that permeated the shield—very similar to the scent of the blue spider worms they had seen from the parasite on Yalan Star.
What is the function of blue spider worms?
It corrodes the spirit and the mind until it finally merges into the flesh and soul and becomes one with humanity.
This is a highly targeted energy, and it is a natural enemy to psychic warriors. Even Zhou Feng almost couldn't withstand the erosion of this power.
If Gu Qiongsheng had not upgraded his purification power, they would have been replaced by the Zerg long ago.
The fact that Weng Wei could temporarily block this power with the help of his mental shield was a testament to his extraordinary ability after he was upgraded to A-level.
The problem now is that the spider silk is extremely difficult to cut, and it requires the concentration of powerful mental power. However, once the mental power touches the spider silk, it will be penetrated by the energy and cause harm to everyone.
Even Gu Qiongsheng felt a little bit awkward when faced with this kind of situation.
If another team were here, the situation would be completely unsolvable.
"What should we do?" Han Tianming asked in a low voice, "Should we retreat strategically first and come back when we have all the men?"
Gu Qiongsheng shook his head: "No."
Through her gifted vision, she could sense that the person in the white cocoon had fallen into a weak state and could not hold on for much longer.
And since this energy erodes mental strength, those whose bodies are wrapped in cocoons will only suffer more.
They had not yet woken up, and Gu Qiongsheng could not judge whether they were parasitized, but the miserable state of the parasites on Yalan Star before their death told her that parasitism was something that had to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise once the souls were completely merged with the spider worms, even skills would not be able to save them.
——The pain of having their souls torn apart alive is enough to become a sharp blade that kills them.
Just at this moment, something strange happened in the cave again.
The white cocoon that had been silent suddenly began to wriggle slowly, and the spider silk wrapped around the small white cocoons scattered outside also swelled and contracted slowly like vines, as if it was sucking something!
Oh no, Gu Qiongsheng immediately realized that it was time for Bai Jian to eat.
All the little white cocoons are its food reserves!
"Act immediately!" She made a quick decision, speaking rapidly, "Let's split up and try to cut off the supply of white cocoons at the same time. Rescue the injured first!"
"Zhou Qing, you're in charge of the cutting. If any small cocoon is cut, immediately open it and pull the person inside out!"
"Don't worry about the corrosion, I'll help you purify it—Weng Yu, get ready to shield everyone!"
Zhou Qing and others immediately said, "Understood!"
Everyone immediately dispersed and looked for a suitable angle.
After more than ten seconds, Gu Qiongsheng put his five fingers together and swung them forward heavily!
The gesture means: Charge!
“Swoosh! Swoosh!”
The cold light and cold wind swept through the entire cave in an instant.
The knife flashed, and countless silk threads attacked from all directions, turning into a grid that left no room for maneuver. It was sharper and faster than spider silk, cutting off the white cocoon without mercy!
A black light flashed, and Zhou Qing's figure was as fast as a shadow. The giant sickle drew several sharp arcs in the air. After a few "crackling" sounds, the white cocoons wrapped around more than a dozen people broke at the same time!
The cracks were neatly broken, and white smoke was coming out, as if frost had formed.
This was the method Zhou Qing came up with. First, she would fuse her mental power with the spider silk, and then cut it with an extremely sharp sickle. The elastic spider silk was difficult to cut, but wouldn't the spider silk that was frozen hard by the power of ice and snow be much easier to cut?
Their speed was so fast that even the giant cocoon didn't have time to react. Qin Yuan and Han Tianming were even quicker. In an instant, more than a dozen wounded were dragged out by them.
"Seeing" the food being dragged away, the giant cocoon raised its round head angrily, and a strange low hum came from inside.
The sound was very strange, as if it was separated by several layers of rocks, and it felt extremely far away.
Spider silk came from all directions, and Zhou Qing reacted quickly, swinging his sword and slashing continuously.
The spider silk was dense, like a blizzard and heavy rain, but she was a towering peak that stood still in the wind and snow. No matter how strong and fierce the wind and snow were, they were all suppressed by the mountain.
The pitch-black sickle fluttered like a dancing butterfly. After cutting through the spider silk that was flying towards her again, Zhou Qing saw that there were too many spider silks. She frowned, clenched her hands, and slapped them hard.
The giant sickle spread out in an instant, turning into hundreds of flying black shadows!
The black shadows danced, like drifting snow in the wind and countless flying ice butterflies. They scattered in all directions and accurately faced the spider silk, intercepting them all.
The spider silk hit the ice butterfly and its speed suddenly slowed down a lot. Moreover, under Zhou Qing's control, the ice continued to spread along the spider silk and quickly extended towards the giant cocoon.
But as a price, Zhou Qing also felt as if her body was being torn apart by something. The pain of being eroded made her frown and clench her teeth tightly.
Fortunately, a moment later, a clear voice sounded behind her.
“Holy Light!”
The purification energy emerged and jumped back and forth among the crowd. Every flash was an absolute restraint on erosion.
At the same time, Weng Yu's mental shields also fell down to protect the soldiers who had just been dragged out of the cocoon.
The spider silk rushed towards the captured food, but was either cut off by Zhou Qing or stopped by the shield. Seeing this, the white cocoon became even more furious. Its entire massive body shook like a hill, crashing into the cave and causing gravel to shake.
But none of these could prevent the wounded from being rescued. When they were gathered together, Gu Qiongsheng's healing skills were used just right.
The area healing light lights up, enveloping everyone in warm light!
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