With a rustling sound, a rift worm rushed over, waving its long limbs, the cold light of its blade flashing, and its scarlet vertical pupils looked particularly ferocious in the dark.
After approaching the crowd, it did not attack Gu Qiongsheng and others who were farther away first, but bared its fangs and pounced directly on the parasite!
In the innate vision, the parasites still belong to humans, but in the eyes of the Zerg, the parasites are not even a part of the same group.
The parasite cursed irritably, and the spider sting behind it bounced away. With a flash of cold light, it cut off the head of the charging rift worm in just half a second.
Dark blue blood spurted out and splashed onto the cracked wall.
In the eyes of the parasite, these low-level Zerg were nothing to be feared. It was just that the sight of them charging at him with their howling voices was quite annoying, and it really irritated him.
"You think you can hold me back like this?"
The parasite raised its head and shouted towards the passage, "Gu Qiongsheng, you're too naive. How much influence do you think these mindless creatures can have on me?"
"Don't forget, I can control the Zerg too!"
As he spoke, surging power emanated from his body, like an invisible magnetic field, sending waves through space.
The energy blocked the perception from deep underground, transforming into strands of spider silk, the tips of which were inserted into the foreheads of the Zerg, like puppets.
Sensing the guidance of this force, the insects that were rushing towards them from behind hesitated for a moment, then changed direction and chased after Gu Qiongsheng and the others.
Gazing deep into the passage, the parasite raised its lips and said triumphantly, "The road ahead is blocked. There's no way out. I see you—"
Before he could finish his words, a clear voice came from the front. It was extremely subtle, but it sounded like thunder in his ears.
That was Gu Qiongsheng calling softly.
“Holy Light!”
Only a light visible to her popped out, and while healing her own family, it danced like a butterfly, bouncing in the narrow passage and lightly landing on the parasite.
The parasite was laughing: "See how you run - Ugh!!"
He suddenly covered his abdomen, his back trembled convulsively, and he couldn't help vomiting blood.
It hurts, it hurts so much!
It pierced his brain and tore his soul apart, causing him to suddenly become weak all over and bleed from his mouth and nose!
The parasite desperately suppressed the pain, forcing itself to endure the excruciating pain that spread throughout its body. It raised its head with a grin, "You, you fucking..."
He was much stronger than the star pirate Lao Liu. Even though he was in unbearable pain at the moment, he still had some fighting strength. Unlike Lao Liu, he did not just lie down on the ground and roll around.
But due to the severe pain, he was unable to maintain precise control over the other Zerg.
The energy was interrupted, the spider silk shattered, and the riftworm beside it, baring its fangs, froze for a moment before suddenly regaining consciousness, its pupils flashing a fierce gleam once again. It suddenly turned around and bit the parasite fiercely!
The bite was so fierce that it almost bit off half of the parasite's shoulder.
Blood stained his clothes red, and the parasite screamed in pain: "Ah!"
He covered his injured left arm and waved his hand angrily. The spider thorn flew through the air and cut off the head of the rift worm again.
At the same time, the parasite raised its foot and kicked the remaining body of the opponent to the ground.
The irritability in my heart has reached its peak, like a volcano about to erupt, suppressed and lingering.
At this time, Gu Qiongsheng and others had already run very far and were about to reach the end of the corridor.
The parasite thought maliciously, run, run as much as you can!
His vision was enhanced by the soul worm and was extremely sharp. He could see the situation ahead clearly even in the dark - there was clearly a pile of sand and gravel at the end of the corridor, and there was no light at all.
That's a dead end!
"It's useless," he raised his head and shouted, "There is no road ahead. Can you dig a way out?"
No matter how far you rush, you will have to come back sooner or later!
But just as the parasite finished speaking, a ray of light suddenly burst out from the front.
The extremely faint light was like the first ray of dawn that illuminated the long night at sunrise. Because it was lit in the extremely dark underground, it became extremely dazzling in an instant, making people tremble with fear.
"Boom, boom..."
Something was stirring up trouble outside, breaking the hard soil layer, digging a deep pit, and mud and sand rolled down.
Just as the parasite said, a path was dug out among the collapsed ruins!
The parasite's face suddenly turned green.
An endless sense of absurdity surged in his heart, and he wondered in disbelief, was he a jinx?
It's so deep underground, how could there be someone digging a road outside?
On the other side, seeing the light, the running soldiers immediately showed joy.
They followed Gu Qiongsheng's actions and used their weapons to dig from the inside. Their movements were quick and agile. With the help of both inside and outside forces, they broke open a passage wide enough for one person to pass through in just half a minute.
Someone outside was screaming, "It's been dug through—wait, there's someone!"
“…It’s Jonson and the others!”
“They’re coming out!”
Cheers erupted one after another, and the ruins and bloody cave, which were fraught with danger, instantly became a place to celebrate victory. Amid the noise, Gu Qiongsheng and the others quickly crawled out of the cave one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they all disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Only the parasite was left alone, deep in the cave.
The parasite was so angry that he could hardly speak.
At this moment, he began to hear more subtle rustling sounds of scales rubbing against the wall.
They came from all directions, in large numbers, and seemed to be completely surrounding him.
After a few rift worms took the lead, the Zerg army finally rushed out!
Even a parasite would feel a tingling sensation on their scalp at the sight of this dense swarm of insects. It was true that he could control the insects, but spider silk wasn't infinite; the amount he could manipulate was limited, and it consumed a lot of his own energy.
After all, since ancient times, all Zerg have only obeyed the orders of the Zerg Queen.
What he did was equivalent to fighting for control from the insect queen, which was extremely difficult.
"……grass!"
The parasite cursed angrily and tried to spread out his mental power, hoping to control as many as he could.
But suddenly, he felt an invisible threat looming over his head.
It was like a basin of ice water being poured over his head, and like a gloomy cold wind swirling around him. In that instant, as if far away and yet so close, something opened its eyes, its pupils crimson, and stared at him intently.
There was a look of shock, anger, and deep shame in his eyes.
The parasite was filled with murderous intent and strong malice. He was stunned for a moment and his whole face turned pale.
He suddenly realized that he had made the biggest mistake.
There is something hidden deep underground on Xiling Star - this is the "truth" that he was ordered by that person to let Gu Qiongsheng see.
But he should never, ever, do such little tricks to control the Zerg right under that thing's nose!
This group of Zerg was sent by that thing to drive out humans.
Just like a lion waving its tail impatiently, trying to defend its territory and drive away approaching mosquitoes and flies.
But when it was trying to drive them away, it suddenly discovered that there was a stray lion hiding behind the mosquitoes and flies, trying to "seize power and usurp the throne"...
Things changed in an instant.
For the first time since its appearance, the parasite showed a look of fear.
His eyes widened, his whole body quickly drenched in cold sweat, and he suddenly kicked over several Zergs who were in his lead, then ignored everything and rushed towards the corridor where Gu Qiongsheng and others had escaped.
——Hurry, get out of that thing’s sight!
There might still be a glimmer of hope for escape!
Waving eight spider thorns, he increased his speed to the maximum. His figure was like a shadow, bouncing on the wall several times and rushing straight to the front of the corridor.
But just as the parasite was about to get out of the passage, a roar suddenly came from the front!
“Boom!!”
It was earth-shaking and deafening.
Someone outside used his mental power skills to ruthlessly destroy the passage that had just been opened.
The safe house was already in danger, and now under the joint attack of many people outside, it finally couldn't hold on, and the walls collapsed completely!
The light went out in an instant, and along with the parasite's hope of escape, it all disappeared.
Darkness returned to the eyes, and the parasite was furious, with bloodshot eyes: "No——"
The spider thorn bent hard, then suddenly stretched out, supporting him to bounce upwards, trying to use this final impact force to rush out of the ground before the ruins collapsed!
But at this moment, a faint sound came from outside.
"Still want to come out?"
"Well, let's do one more shot, Holy Light..."
The voice is clear and sweet like a silver bell, but to the parasite's ears, it sounds like the evil, low whisper of a demon.
As the skill landed, the familiar sharp pain instantly hit.
The spider's sting had lost its strength, and the angle of its bounce had deviated. The parasite's body only flew mid-air before it began to collapse, and ultimately could only fall powerlessly down along with the flying sand and gravel.
And below, driven by that thing, were a large number of Zergs waving their forelimbs and baring their fangs.
“Ah, ah…”
The shrill sound of teeth grinding came one after another, and scarlet vertical pupils lit up from all directions, so densely packed that it made people feel creepy for a moment.
——Between chasing a few "ordinary humans" and killing the "traitors", the Zerg chose the latter without hesitation.
On the surface, after breaking through the passage, Gu Qiongsheng immediately called on others to evacuate.
"Down below is the insect base camp," she said quickly. "Now someone is helping us hold them back. Let's take this opportunity to run."
"Anyone?"
Zhou Feng was stunned: "Is there someone else covering our retreat? Then we--"
"It's okay," Gu Qiongsheng said in a clear and resounding voice, "There are insects blocking our way."
As she spoke, she pointed to Zhou Feng's arm that had just been healed.
Zhou Feng understood immediately.
The group of people looked at each other, and smiled happily on their faces. Then, without thinking, they set off towards the base.
With the blessing of the "Healing Wind" buff, everyone became a master of light Kung Fu, as fast as a flying swallow, leaving no trace on the ground.
After running for dozens of meters, an extremely miserable scream came from deep underground: "Ah——!!"
Gu Qiongsheng's ears twitched slightly, knowing that at this moment, the parasite who was "alone and left behind" underground had probably been torn to pieces by the angry Zerg.
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