Like a silver needle, it pierced the center of the eyebrows precisely.
It was cold and creepy, carrying the most insane and terrifying malice in the world, and suddenly exploded between Zhou Feng's eyebrows.
All the strength in his body was draining away, and the long stick in his hand could no longer maintain its shape, quickly dissipating in mid-air. The leaping arc of lightning also quickly weakened and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Feng gritted his teeth, retracted all his mental strength into his body, and tried his best to resist the attack from between his eyebrows.
——Her strong instinctive reaction was indeed correct.
The spider in front of him was actually an attacking insect species that targeted mental power, or something even more illusory, the soul!
This is not only a new type of Zerg, but also a new variant that focuses on targeting psychic warriors.
With the human-faced spider grabbing his forehead, Zhou Feng felt as if his whole body was frozen by ice. The strength of his limbs was rapidly draining away, and another sharp pain pierced into his eyebrows and spread in his mind.
Like a greedy mosquito, feeding on her mental energy, frantically trying to squeeze into her mind—
“…Crack.”
Zhou Feng clenched his right hand tightly and crushed a protruding rock from the wall.
But when she desperately tried to raise her hand and tear off the spider on her forehead, another inexplicable terror suddenly struck her - although she had no vision, she seemed to "see" that the human face on the back of the spider was changing.
The nose is high, the eye sockets are clear, and the curve of the cheeks outlines a clear jawline...
The human face on the spider's back was actually turning into her!
Zhou Feng could guess with her toes what consequences she would face if she allowed this transformation to go through completely.
She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, mobilized all her mental will, and concentrated on fighting the invading waves in her mind.
...Unfortunately, the results were minimal.
The Zerg are indeed the most adept at evolutionary creatures in the world. This new species evolved to target psychic warriors is simply the natural enemy of Zhou Feng and others.
Just like a poisonous snake meeting a mongoose, or a termite meeting an anteater, under the crazy attack of the human-faced spider, no matter how much Zhou Feng gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, her mental strength was still defeated. The thunder power that she once prided herself on became the nourishment for the other party's growth.
There was a rustling sound, and the sound of clothes rubbing against rocks could be heard.
The young man walked out of the darkness, holding the flashlight he had dropped earlier.
He slowly walked to Zhou Feng, put his hands in his pockets, squatted down leisurely, and looked at Zhou Feng's face which was trembling slightly with pain, with a very gentle look.
"Relax a little, and you'll suffer less," he said softly. "The outcome is already determined. No matter how strong you are, you won't last more than 12 hours."
"So... congratulations in advance, and welcome to join us."
The young pirate Lao Liu raised the corners of his lips and smiled gently.
But in Zhou Feng's eyes, he was no less than a demon crawling out of hell.
…
Compared to the thrilling wind and snow on Yalan Star, the Great Sally Galaxy is shrouded in thick fog.
The milky white mist flows like gauze, delicate and ethereal, shrouded in smoke.
Shrouded in fog, visibility on the ground was very low.
But for the "Sharp Knife" team, this is the best cover-up.
After climbing over several hillsides and dodging wave after wave of Zerg, the defensive members of the team tried hard to maintain their mental barrier, with fine beads of sweat oozing from their foreheads. The attackers looked around vigilantly, always on guard against Zerg suddenly jumping out from any direction.
Finally, they found a natural cave.
The investigator crouched down and carefully went in to explore the area. After returning, he made a relaxed gesture and said, "It's safe to go in."
The captain breathed a sigh of relief.
He raised his hand and patted Qin Yuan's shoulder: "Finally found a place to stay. Let's go in and rest for a while."
Qin Yuan nodded.
The group sat down in the cave, some of them were responsible for guarding, while the others quickly took out various supplies and stuffed them into their mouths.
During this rare break, the team members relaxed a bit, occasionally lowering their heads to exchange a few words. One of them approached Qin Yuan and stared at his wrist curiously: "Hey, what are you wearing?"
"I saw you looking at this the whole time I was walking along. It's so beautiful. Did your girlfriend give it to you?"
Qin Yuan was silent for a moment, and his expression suddenly became very complicated.
...If it had been a day ago, he might have been unable to contain his joy when he heard these words.
But...
A day ago, on their way to the Great Sally Galaxy, Qin Yuan unexpectedly met Han Tianming before boarding the spacecraft.
Han Tianming obediently followed Fanxing's group of people out of the military area and was about to board another spaceship, apparently going to other places for training.
Qin Yuan didn't want to meet his companions and was planning to stay away from them, but just as he was bending down to get into the spaceship, he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye and saw a red bracelet slipping from Han Tianming's left sleeve.
Exquisite, cute, tied with clear and clean little crystal beads, as if a ray of sunshine was cut out and inlaid inside.
Looks very familiar.
...exactly the same as the red bracelet on his wrist.
Qin Yuan: “???”
His mind went blank for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he subconsciously called out to Han Tianming.
Han Tianming was very surprised when he saw Qin Yuan: "Boss Qin, why are you here?"
"Where have you been all this time? The captain is really worried about you. Why don't you send her more messages?"
During this period of time, Qin Yuan tried to send messages every day, but there was no signal and he couldn't send a single message: "..."
He coughed lightly to cover up his mistake and turned his eyes away. "Let's not talk about me for now. Well, your bracelet is quite nice. Was it given to you by...Qiansheng?"
"this?"
Han Tianming raised his hand happily, and the crystal beads tied with a red string drew a brilliant arc in front of Qin Yuan's eyes.
Not noticing the strangeness in Qin Yuan's tone, she responded excitedly, "Yes, yes, the captain heard that I was going out for training and was worried about my safety, so he gave me a copy."
"They say if you pick it and crush it, it'll work. I don't know how they do it, but the captain is so awesome, so if he says it works, it must work."
As she spoke, she tilted her head slightly, her eyes curiously scanning Qin Yuan's sleeves. "Not only do I have one, the captain also gave one to Zhou Qing. If Tan Yao hadn't chosen to go to the research institute, he should have gotten one too... Hey, didn't the captain give you one?"
Qin Yuan: “…”
Qin Yuan's Adam's apple slid a few times with difficulty, and he turned his head silently: "...Yeah, I have it too."
Han Tianming smiled happily: "That's right, the captain must have given everyone one."
Qin Yuan felt a sudden pain in his heart: "..."
Watching Han Tianming skipping away, Qin Yuan stood there with mixed feelings.
He recalled the scene when Zhou Feng gave him the bracelet, and dug out the scene from his memory. Then he sadly discovered that Zhou Feng had actually mentioned words like "crush" and "use".
He was so immersed in the surprise of receiving Gu Qiongsheng's gift, his head was filled with pink bubbles, that he completely ignored those words.
On the way to the Great Sally Galaxy, Qin Yuan's mind was full of this matter.
The bracelet was not the only one, which meant that Gu Qiongsheng had no such intention towards him and he was just being too sentimental.
...That's fine.
Qin Yuan thought that in this way, he could be completely relieved and would not have to try to send messages to Gu Qiongsheng to reject him again and again.
Although this is the truth, the more Qin Yuan thought about it, the more sour he felt, lost and helpless.
This feeling of aggrieved stayed with him until his feet set foot on the land of the Great Sally Galaxy. During the tense infiltration and small-scale confrontation, Qin Yuan gradually broke free from his original mood and focused on the battle at hand.
But at this moment, as I relaxed in the cave and was asked about it again, that anxious and unbearable restlessness surged in my heart again.
Fortunately, before Qin Yuan could answer, the captain of the spearhead team came over.
His expression was extremely serious, his eyes filled with the determination to face sacrifice directly. He said in a deep voice, "I've found the location."
"The target insect acupoint given by the last detection is five kilometers southwest of us."
As he spoke, the man raised his head.
A faint light fell on his resolute face. He looked around, glancing at the faces of the sharp knife team members one by one: "If we go any further, we will face the most difficult situation."
"We will not be able to guarantee that we will not be discovered by the Zerg soldiers. In an emergency, I will even have to order the abandonment of certain people to ensure that the mission objectives are achieved."
"If that moment ever comes, please... don't blame me."
The sharp knife team was composed of the most outstanding elites and the most loyal to the Federation, who were selected to participate in such a highly confidential mission. When they heard the captain's words, they all smiled frankly: "Don't worry, Captain, we understand."
"I was prepared for this as early as when I set foot on this planet."
"We've come this far. Apart from killing the Worm Queen and ending the war, do we have any other options?"
"Go ahead, boss, we can do it!"
"Ready!"
The flurry of words, with a heroic and majestic atmosphere, echoed in the narrow cave.
The captain wiped his face, a glimmer of light gleaming in the corners of his eyes. He paused for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Okay, let's go."
He patted Qin Yuan's shoulder again, turned around, and said solemnly: "Classmate Qin, everything... is left to you."
…
Yalan Star.
As time passed, beads of sweat appeared on Zhou Feng's forehead. His body became weaker and weaker, and his energy became increasingly depleted.
At certain moments, she seemed to think that she was a small boat floating in the flood, with the roaring waves on her side and the heavy rain beating down on her mercilessly. Every drop of rain was like a tiny insect sticking out its mouthparts, trying to suck her soul dry.
...No way.
She can't hold on any longer.
Despair washed over him, and Zhou Feng painfully realized that these insects were the nemesis of psychic warriors. No matter how strong a warrior was, if they were sucked between their eyebrows, their minds would gradually lose control in agony, transforming into a monster that was neither human nor insect.
...But psychic warriors are the hope that mankind has finally found!
If even they lose their fighting ability, what can humans rely on?
Is it true that humans are no match for the Zerg and cannot survive this brutal battle for survival?
Chaotic thoughts filled Zhou Feng's mind, and at this moment, a series of light footsteps suddenly rang in her ears.
"Pah, pah."
The person who came walked lightly.
But there were too many people, and the underground was dead silent at this moment. You could hear a pin drop, so even the slightest footsteps became particularly clear at this moment.
Faintly, He Kun's low voice drifted over, full of doubt: "Hiss... Is there really someone here? Are you sure?"
"I know your detection is very accurate, but it's so deep underground, who would be here... Wait, there's light!"
"Slow down, be careful, who is in front——"
The light and shadows are dim and the voices are faint.
In the darkness, the frail Zhou Feng recognized the voices of He Kun, Gu Qiongsheng, and the others. Her brows knitted together, and even though she was half paralyzed on the ground, her right hand trembled as she slowly raised it, struggling to pry open the nearby stone layer.
...Don't come over here.
Don't come over here!
Her lips moved desperately, her eyes filled with extreme worry, and she wanted to warn him.
But my throat was hoarse and I couldn't make a sound.
On the other side, the bored pirate Lao Liu, who was leaning on the stone platform, raised his eyebrows, looking quite surprised.
"It's a coincidence that I actually met the target of the mission," he muttered.
As he spoke, he picked up a few spiders, used his clothes to cover up their faint blue light, and carefully hid his body behind a stone pillar.
Immediately, Lao Liu took a deep breath, imitated the tone of the suffering soldier, and shouted in an extremely weak voice: "Help, help..."
"Someone, someone, I'm here!"
…
Two hours ago.
Under the system's massive absorption, Gu Qiongsheng quickly absorbed all the energy from the surrounding blue ores. The entire stone cave no longer sparkled like the starry sky, and the surfaces of all the ores became dull.
As the energy gradually weakened, a system pop-up window appeared in front of Gu Qiongsheng:
[Collection dispatch completed, cumulative experience gained x16782]
No other resources were dropped, but based on the nature of this game prototype... well, that's normal.
Looking at the experience bar constantly advancing, only one step away from LV16, Gu Qiongsheng closed the system interface with satisfaction.
To be on the safe side, she used her innate vision to focus on exploring whether there were any revived Zerg deep underground.
But she never expected that this exploration would allow her to discover many colorful bubbles.
Most of them are slowly becoming weak and thin, and a few of them even burst in front of Gu Qiongsheng like real bubbles, leaving no trace.
Gu Qiongsheng's heart suddenly started.
She immediately pulled He Kun and Zhou Qing along, told them there were still people deep underground, and urged them to speed up their dive, heading deeper in the direction they had discovered.
He Kun was skeptical all the way.
It was not until he heard someone calling for help that his ears suddenly stood up like a hound.
He Kun hurried towards the sound, muttering, "Oh my god, there really is someone there! This detection is truly amazing... Hey, where are you from? How did you get so deep down?"
Seeing that a survivor was found, Gu Qiongsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But after thinking about it, she reached out and pulled the hurried He Kun, whispering, "Be careful."
Immediately afterwards, Gu Qiongsheng raised his head and called out from afar, "How many people are there with you? Are they all okay now?"
Previously, in his talent vision, Gu Qiongsheng saw as many as six or seven bubbles.
But now, she only heard one person's cry for help.
Behind the rock, Lao Liu pursed his lips in surprise and rolled his eyes.
He didn't expect Gu Qiongsheng to be so vigilant.
“It hurts, it hurts…”
He pretended to be angry and led the people in front of him to move closer to him: "I have someone here, Lieutenant Colonel Zhou, she is still alive, save her..."
Hearing the words "Lieutenant Colonel Zhou", He Kun and the others were stunned.
At that moment, the person on the other side, seemingly enduring pain, fumbled for a flashlight. The light swept across the rock wall in front of them, leaving behind a silhouette of Zhou Feng's struggling figure.
He Kun and his companions could no longer bear it.
They hurried forward, shouting, "Lieutenant Colonel!"
"Sister Zhou!"
What greeted them was a whirlwind.
"call out--!"
The wind swept in from the corner, wrapping up three crystal blue insects - the moment they appeared, Lao Liu spun out, shook his clothes violently, and threw the human-faced spider in his arms out, landing accurately on the foreheads of the three people in front!
The young pirate's lips curled up slightly, and a faint blue light flashed in his pupils.
He stared at his masterpiece and saw three spiders flying through the air in graceful arcs, landing precisely on the foreheads of the three people who turned around in surprise.
"What the hell is this—hiss!"
This was He Kun's cry of pain.
"Sister Jonson, be careful—ugh!"
This was Zhou Qing's muffled groan.
Seeing several people being hit one after another, the young man thought smugly, let it hurt, scream, and □□!
This Zerg that specifically targets psychic power will one day become the most feared thing for all psychic warriors.
Soon these people will be like Zhou Feng. No matter how hard they struggle, they can only watch themselves slide into the abyss!
He even raised his lips and smiled at He Kun who fell in front of him: "Do you feel the power of evolution? Welcome, welcome to join..."
"Pah."
A clear sound of breaking was heard, like a water balloon being smashed by someone, or like water boots stepping heavily into mud.
Lao Liu: “…”
...What's that sound?
Where is Gu Qiongsheng? Why didn’t she scream?
Lao Liu suddenly turned his head, but saw that under the light of the flashlight, the girl was standing upright in the same place. Not only was she not affected at all, she raised her hand in surprise and pulled off the spider on her forehead.
"What the hell?"
Gu Qiongsheng glanced down and saw the outline of a human face on the spider's back. Goose bumps immediately appeared on his arms. He shook his hands in disgust, "How disgusting."
The spider had no resistance and was easily thrown to the ground.
Then, as Lao Liu stared in astonishment, Gu Qiongsheng stepped hard on him with the sole of his shoe!
“Bang!”
Blue blood splattered everywhere.
The soul worm, which was hatched successfully after exhausting the energy of countless insect eggs and could be said to be the most precious resource in Lao Liu's hands, was crushed to pieces by Gu Qiongsheng in front of him.
Lao Liu: “!!!”
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