Chapter 103 Parasitism
Five mechas ran quickly.
In order to save divine power, Li Yi did not use the wind and fire thrusters to fly, but chose to rush forward like the other mechas.
At this time, the superiority of land skateboards is reflected.
Low consumption, fast speed and no noise.
Still very elegant and chic.
Seeing this, everyone became more and more jealous.
After crossing a distance of nearly thirty kilometers, soon, a huge shadow hidden between the sky and the earth and covered by layers of giant ferns appeared in front of everyone.
At first glance, it is hard to recognize that the shadow is actually an extremely huge, crawling monster as big as a mountain.
Its shape was hidden by the huge ferns, and it was impossible to see its general appearance for a while.
But everyone soon noticed that the huge, dirty eyeball, as big as a mountain quagmire, was slowly moving towards them.
"What a huge beast! It must be a 300-meter-class beast."
On the public channel, everyone held their breath.
Li Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "No, this giant beast seems to be dying."
Now, everyone could see that those ferns, which were at least thirty meters high and densely packed together, were not extending from the ground, but growing on the skin of the giant beast.
"This giant beast parasitized the gourd man, and after escaping, it grew to this extreme tonnage, but was in turn parasitized by the giant fern?"
Pharmacist Wan murmured.
The moment they saw this, many people felt physically nauseous.
This is a primitive fear of parasitism deep in the genes, regardless of whether one is a warrior or not.
If you don't realize at the beginning that the creature in front of you is parasitized, you won't have this primitive fear.
Zheng Xueyuan asked: "Why can these fern-like creatures parasitize such a terrifying creature? Shouldn't it have a lot of divinity in its body that can eliminate these parasites?"
As a semi-biological expert in the group, Zuo Ying expressed her own guess:
"Maybe it's because I didn't take it seriously at first, and when the giant fern grew up quietly, it was too big to be eliminated?"
"It may also be because this giant beast was bred from the gourd man's body. It is inherently deficient and has genetic defects, making it unable to be immune to the invasion of some parasitic creatures."
Pharmacist Wan said, "In other words, these seemingly harmless fern creatures are the real hidden hand of the fifth level? They can absorb venom and spray venom themselves, and they can also parasitize giant creatures and turn them into their own nutrient fields."
Li Yi said:
"It seems that this is the case. The inside of the giant tree in the second level can absorb the energy of the earth veins and breed guard mechas."
“The giant vines in the third level can give birth to giant creatures.
"The ferns in the fifth level can be parasitic and can absorb venom. It seems that the mushroom forest in the fourth level should also have its effects, but we were lucky and didn't trigger it."
"It may also be that the divine mecha itself can avoid many problems."
Everyone nodded.
Pharmacist Wan added:
"Also, every densely populated area should have a regional ban, which can instantly erase or teleport the person who triggered the ban."
Zuo Ying said: "Except for the forbidden words, I feel that everything else is a huge treasure trove for humans. Even the parasitic ferns should be able to be developed into different types of biological weapons."
After everyone summarized the situation, they realized more and more how terrifying the Tianshu ruins were.
"But, are we just going to wait like this?"
Zheng Xueyuan asked: "Do you want to give it a try?"
Li Yi said: "Fight! But there is no rush. We still have more than half an hour left. Let's explore the area around this giant beast first."
At that moment, everyone dispersed and searched for any other suspicious circumstances.
…
Ten minutes later, all the mechas returned to their original positions.
"Let the fight begin!"
According to Li Yi's arrangement, the mechas began to unleash their divine skills.
Two huge armored wings spread out behind the Fire Phoenix mecha, and they fluttered quickly! Chirp! Chirp! The two firebirds stretched their necks and sang long songs, burning the air, and then they soared into the sky and flapped their wings.
Along with the huge amount of heat, the giant ferns outside the beast began to burn.
But the strange thing is that the giant ferns growing inside the giant beast's body can never be burned into charcoal.
Beside it, the Ice Wheel Mecha was behind the giant beast, releasing spiral ice wheels.
A light blue wave of ice washed down, and the giant ferns behind the beast froze in large numbers and solidified in place.
But immediately afterwards, an invisible divine power flashed out, and the huge amount of ice was dispersed, cracking apart with a crackling sound.
In the cockpit, Zheng Xueyuan said:
“I want Sister Wan’s possessed flame to be destined to burn the eyeballs of the giant beast in front!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the flames that possessed him suddenly changed shape, and suddenly, like flowing water, from the state where it had previously been unable to burn into the surface of the giant beast, it suddenly flowed onto the giant beast's huge, dirty eyeballs.
In an instant.
The beast opened its huge mouth, which was several hundred meters in diameter, and roared angrily toward the sky.
At this moment, everyone could see that the shape of this giant beast was vaguely similar to that of a toad.
However, the ferocity of this toad is naturally countless times greater than that of the ordinary version.
Along with the deafening roar, the air seemed to roll up an endless vortex. In an instant, several mechas lost their stability and were swept away by the huge wind vortex. They flew straight into the mouth of the giant beast, and were swallowed up with a "wow".
It was thanks to Li Yi's fighting skills that were almost perfect that he was able to dissipate most of the wind force. In addition, his solid lower body and tonnage that was not much different from that of the Pluto mecha prevented him from being sucked away by the roar.
Li Yi took a look and found that except for Zhang Xuqiang who was standing behind the giant beast, everyone else was killed instantly.
Just as my mind was shaken.
suddenly.
A huge long tongue spurted out of the giant clam's mouth and flew towards us.
At the critical moment, the Pluto mecha moved its body slightly to avoid the attack of the long tongue.
At the same time, with the experience of encountering the macrophage mucus last time, he instantly activated the wind and fire thrusters, then shook on the spot and soared into the air with the blessing of huge power.
Swoosh!!! Just as the Pluto mecha flew away, the long tongue bounced back, swept past the Pluto mecha, and missed again.
In mid-air, the Pluto Mecha did not miss this opportunity. At the moment when its long tongue bounced back, the divinity of the Zanpakuto sword condensed and stabbed down at high speed.
Swish!!! This stab was the pinnacle of Li Yi's use of weapons in his life. It was delivered at a very high speed and with a divine sharpness within a millimeter.
In an instant, one side of the long end of the big long tongue was pierced straight through.
Then, the Pluto mecha twisted its wrist and turned the tip of the sword in a circle, cutting out a drop of blood as big as a pearl from the tip of the tongue. It fell to the ground with a thud, splashing large pools of dark blood.
Roar!!! The giant clam screamed in pain and twisted its body on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, the huge force drove the tip of the tongue, and the tip of the tongue drove the Zanpaku sword and the Pluto mecha, and threw them towards the giant clam's super bloody mouth.
While swinging towards the giant clam, the Pluto mecha shook its wrist again and directly cut off the tip of the tongue on the spot, and the momentum that had been pulled over previously was immediately weakened.
But the Pluto mecha did not retreat but advanced, activating its divine skills, opening its mouth and blasting out a shock wave of freezing, which instantly blasted out! The dark blue beam of light did not hit one direction straight, but swayed upward from bottom to top in a zigzag shape, instantly freezing most of the area in front of the giant clam.
Although the total amount of his Pluto divinity is not as good as that of the Ice Wheel divinity, its characteristics and special effects are far superior.
Boom!!! Soon, Pluto's dark blue freezing wave swept over the giant clam's head.
In the blink of an eye, the giant clam's dirty eyeball, which had been burned by the Firebird before, was injured again, and it roared in even more pain.
Woo!!! In the air, a huge vortex formed again.
But this time, the Pluto mecha was prepared. It turned its shoulder armor and adjusted the wind and fire thruster jets below to the opposite direction, vertically toward the sky and spraying in the opposite direction.
Puff!!! Accompanied by whistling hot flames.
Immediately, the Pluto mecha fell steadily to the ground, pressing itself to the ground and resisting the suction of the giant clam.
Upon seeing this, the giant clam opened its mouth and sprayed blood, but its big red tongue had already been chopped off by Pluto, and it became even more painful.
Obviously, the giant clam's already limited remaining power and divinity have been greatly weakened.
After a while, the hurricane vortex subsided, and Li Yi said to Zhang Xuqiang who was hiding behind the giant clam:
"The giant clam looks big and powerful, but its total divinity is extremely weak. Zhang Xuqiang, keep releasing your divinity skills. Don't stop! You must completely consume all of its divinity!"
"yes!"
Zhang Xuqiang is also constantly unleashing his divine skills to weaken his opponent.
Although all his teammates were taken away in one wave, he still remained calm enough.
Because he found that the situation was not one-sided! Li Yi fought against the giant toad for a while and once again confirmed the fact that the giant toad was not unbeatable.
In comparison, its threat is not even as great as that of the 153-meter slime creature.
"It seems that these parasitic ferns are also quite harmful to divine creatures. They can actually suck this thing into this state."
"However, in this way, even if the other teammates are killed, as long as Zhang Xuqiang doesn't show up and get sucked in, with his help, at least we won't lose!"
The only pity is Pharmacist Wan.
She clearly had flame thrusters. If she had realized the problem immediately when being swallowed by the giant clam and immediately released her propulsion force, she would not have been sucked in.
But she happened to be concentrating on unleashing her divine skill, so she was distracted for a moment, and the moment she realized the problem, it was already too late.
If Yao Shiwan were still alive, it would definitely be much easier for Li Yi to fight this battle.
While thinking, the Pluto Mecha began to test cautiously.
Although the situation is a little easier, the pressure is still great and if there is a slight mistake, you may still lose.
…
In the blink of an eye, more than half an hour passed.
Li Yi discovered that although the giant clam had weak resistance and insufficient divinity, its meat was real meat.
He has used all kinds of chops and slashes that have been enhanced with divinity, as well as various mecha skills and divine skills.
The giant clam can only keep shrinking its body and use the extremely tough lumpy skin on its outer surface to block the attack.
Furthermore, it was very effective in making the Zanpakuken's slashes seem like tickling.
After all, there is a gap of several large levels.
Of course, during this process, the Pluto Mecha also used the extended sword light of the Zanpakuken to pierce into the giant clam's dirty eyeball.
But this eyeball seems to be just a decoration. Although it hurts, it does not affect the giant clam's other senses, and it can still instinctively resist the attack of the Zanpakutō.
Moreover, if one wants to get deeper into the brain behind its eyeballs, they will be thrown out by the giant clam's huge twisting and will not be able to go any further.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
In this way, the three fought until the end of the time limit, but the battle was still not over.
At this moment, Li Yi felt the special feeling that his brain was about to be awakened, and he said in his heart: "It is true that a centipede is still alive even after death. This giant clam is so resistant to attack. It will take at least another hour to completely wear out its vitality."
"Or maybe, even though it's parasitized by the giant fern, it's in a special state of life, which is why it's so durable?"
"Otherwise, if it were any other type of giant creature, it would have been ground to death."
As the thought flashed through his mind, Li Yi realized that those giant ferns might not be as simple as he imagined.
No, could it be that this giant beast is not actually a parasite of the gourd man?
…
Hiss~ The helmet popped open.
A bunch of resentful eyes looked over.
Li Yi smiled and asked, "What's wrong with you guys?"
Cai Xiaodong laughed: "I felt upset. I didn't know what happened. Suddenly my helmet was ejected. I thought something was broken and I went to protest to the instructor."
Li Yi asked, "What did the instructor say?"
Cai Xiaodong imitated Chen Qiongzhi's tone and sneered, "Cai Xiaodong, go back and ask your teammates for advice. If you don't even know how to die, what use are you?"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Tan Haoran laughed and said, "Boy, your imitation ability is pretty good. You caught the instructor's spirit of looking down on trash."
Cai Xiaodong was so touched that he was speechless: "What do you mean by looking down on trash? It's obviously the dignity of a strong man, right?"
Li Yi asked: "Tan Haoran, what about you? Can you feel how you died?"
Tan Haoran said: "It felt like suffocation, just like the horrible feeling when my brother pushed me into the water when I was a child."
Sun Duxiu was shocked and said, "Damn it! Your own brother pushed you into the water? The case is solved. It turns out that there was a crack in your relationship a long time ago."
Tan Haoran said: "No, it's because I was a coward before, and I begged my brother to do this."
Sun Duxiu said in disbelief: "I don't believe it, you must have been pua by your brother."
Li Yi felt that it was not appropriate to discuss the topic further at the moment, so he said:
"Sun Duxiu, how about you? How do you think you died?"
Sun Duxiu said:
"I felt like my neck was suddenly strangled and I couldn't make a sound. By the way, like Tan Haoran, this is also a childhood trauma of mine. I suspect this thing has the ability to stimulate and amplify childhood trauma."
Zheng Xueyuan asked curiously, "That's not right, then why doesn't Cai Xiaodong feel anything?"
The pharmacist smiled and said, "Why ask? It must be that Cai Xiaodong is a carefree guy who doesn't have any childhood trauma at all."
Sun Duxiu said: "Although I am indignant, I have to admit that you are right."
Cai Xiaodong said quickly:
"How could I not have childhood trauma? My childhood trauma was huge, for example, I choked on cold water, fell into a pit when I took a shit, etc."
Sun Duxiu laughed and said, "Okay, it is indeed a disgusting shadow, but are there any shit pits on Setan?"
“Yes, the conditions were very bad in the early years.”
As they talked, they quickly exchanged information.
Finally, Li Yi said: "Regarding this giant beast, I have a guess. Is it possible that the giant fern actually has no parasitic ability, and this parasitic ability is given by the thing in the gourd man's body?"
As he spoke, Li Yi looked at Zuo Ying and asked:
"You have the most knowledge in biology. Do you think this is possible?"
Zuo Ying shook her head and said, "I can't be sure."
As he was talking, Chen Qiongzhi came over and said, "Perhaps I can answer your question, but let's gather first and make a few announcements."
At this point, Chen Qiongzhi shouted:
"Everyone, assemble!"
Everyone gathered quickly.
Chen Qiongzhi stood in the front row and said:
"The eight virtual ruins explorations have now concluded, and the three-class competition has also come to an end."
"Based on the results of the eight raids and their respective situations, we will begin announcing the list of candidates for ruins exploration!"
"First in strategy progress, Li Yi's team!"
"Progress of the game, 60% completion rate of the fifth level! And solved the mystery of the sacrifice of the entire advance team!"
"Each level provides information on the most powerful creatures/mechas and multiple paths to clear the level!"
"And, we obtained the disassembly strategy for the Divine Light Bomb, which is the first time humans have cracked the Divine Light Bomb!"
"There are also various other intelligence contributions, which I won't list one by one."
Although every description Chen Qiongzhi made seemed very understated.
But as the last sentence was spoken, everyone was shocked.
Fang Tao couldn't help but ask, "Li Yi and his team didn't bypass the divine light bomb, but dismantled it?"
"But this... How is this possible? Countless experts can't do it."
Chen Qiongzhi smiled slightly: "No, it is precisely because of this once-in-a-lifetime virtual relic that this matter has the possibility of success. It's a pity that those behind you didn't seize this opportunity."
Zhou Qisheng couldn't help but say:
"Instructor, what method did they use to enter the fifth level so smoothly?"
They had just finished defeating the giant egg creature in the third level.
Although they are quite powerful, they are facing giant creatures that have been transformed into mechas and are over a hundred meters long.
Therefore, the difficulty is actually higher than that of the slime creature that is over 130 meters long.
It took several wasted opportunities before he finally figured out the various weaknesses of the giant egg mecha and won with minimal losses.
As for the routine of interrupting in advance, since the operation of the underground passage was not discovered, it was not weakened much.
Moreover, they had wasted several opportunities with the canine creatures.
Therefore, although he was strong, he did not have enough insight into the battlefield, and his luck was also bad, so the final result was still not good.
Chen Qiongzhi said, "The intelligence level of the strategy has been raised. I originally planned to announce it after the three-class competition was over, but now, I'm sorry I have to keep it secret."
Zhou Qisheng asked: "Instructor, you didn't continue to announce. Does that mean that our group was eliminated?"
Chen Qiongzhi said, "That's right. Besides, not only you were eliminated, but also Zhou Huize's group from Class 1 who just made it to the fourth round were eliminated."
Suddenly, countless people were in an uproar.
"Why did I fail even after reaching the fourth level?"
Chen Qiongzhi said: "Because the confidentiality level has been raised again, as for the reason, it is inconvenient to disclose it, so please do not spread it."
"Okay, everyone disperse."
"Also, Chen Litang stays."
After everyone left, Cai Xiaodong said curiously:
"Li Yi, it's strange that the instructor didn't keep you first this time."
Li Yi said, "No hurry, wait until the instructor has dealt with Chen Litang, then we can ask her to answer the question just now."
Everyone was keenly aware of Li Yi's words. How to deal with it? Cai Xiaodong asked quickly, "Is it about the news leak last time?"
Li Yi said:
"Almost. Don't you find that there is something wrong with Chen Litang? This guy is probably controlled by a cult."
“I didn’t see that.”
Everyone said in unison.
Li Yi was stunned: "You didn't notice anything unusual?"
"Indeed not. It seems that everything is normal except for the leak of information."
Now it was Li Yi's turn to be puzzled. Could it be the influence of his self-stamp? (End of this chapter)