◎Where the worms can't reach◎
On the huge LED screen, cylindrical glass vessels passed in front of the camera one by one. At a glance, it can be seen that the vessels are about the height of an adult man, but their diameter is much larger than a person's waist.
The camera swept through slowly and steadily, and it was clear that the photographer wanted the audience to see every detail here clearly. As the camera zoomed in, the contents of the vessel became clearer and clearer. At first, one could only vaguely feel that there was an irregular mass, but gradually the outline of the object began to take shape. Even through the turbid liquid, everyone present could clearly see what was curled up inside - a star beast cub!
There is one in each container, and each one is floating in the liquid with its eyes closed, floating up and down with the slow flow of the liquid, which looks extremely scary.
People stared in amazement, bewildered by the sudden appearance of such a bizarre image on the LED screen used for advertising. Before they could even begin to process it, the image in the camera began to accelerate, the camera's perspective moving madly forward. A moment later, a stack of thumb-width documents came into view.
The cover of the document had a few words written on it. Under the camera's careful focus, those few words made everyone present gasp! — "Biochemical Experiment Record Diary"
After uploading the laboratory video, Nangong Zheyan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had waited for this moment for too long, so long that it seemed as if his life was only lived for this one thing.
Now that Long Lie's plan has finally been exposed, people have finally realized that the reason why Tost Star has been frequently harassed by star beasts in recent years is not because of the military's dereliction of duty, but because Long Lie has kept hundreds of star beast cubs in the deepest laboratory underground in the Long Building!
The two words "Long Lie" instantly became the target of public criticism. People cursed and shouted angrily. Some accused him of deceiving the masses, some accused him of not caring about the lives of ordinary people, and some simply took this opportunity to use the Long Building as a vent for their anger.
However, not long after the flames of anger ignited, people suddenly discovered that reddish-brown raindrops were floating in the sky.
The planetary environment on Tost is not particularly favorable. Several acid rain events and several torrential downpours occur annually, but these events generally occur outside of Area A, so residents of Area A are unlikely to experience any significant weather changes. However, even in Area A, where the environment is considered optimal, residents can actually see reddish-brown water droplets falling on their heads and skin.
Everyone stared at the raindrops on their bodies, looking a little stunned.
"Oh my eyes! My eyes!"
A shrill scream broke their thoughts.
Because the screams were so sharp, everyone looked towards the person who made the screams. They saw a middle-aged man kneeling on the ground, covering his eyes with his hands. His face became more and more hideous with each scream. Finally, it seemed that the pain reached its limit. Finally, the man could not bear it anymore. His muscles twitched violently, and his body was curled up. He fell to the ground in pain and distortion.
After losing consciousness, he loosened his hands from his eye sockets. Only then did people realize that his eye sockets were empty! And within his empty eye sockets, countless insects as thin and long as cotton threads were intertwined together, like a ball of hemp rope, wriggling and entwining. The onlookers' scalps tingled and they stepped back repeatedly!
"What's going on? What are those bugs?" someone in the crowd asked in horror.
"I don't know. He was standing next to me just now. How come he suddenly...Ahhh! My ears! Ears! Bugs! There are bugs!" The person who answered hadn't finished speaking when suddenly, he also let out an extremely shrill howl!
I saw him covering his ears in pain, his eyes were wide open and bloodshot, and his upper and lower teeth were chattering because of the pain.
Soon, people noticed that long and thin insects kept crawling out from between his fingers that were covering his ears. Those insects were reddish-brown, the same color as the raindrops falling from the sky.
Wait! Raindrops?!
People were shocked and suddenly realized something. They lowered their heads and found that their arms were already covered with tiny insects of different lengths!
"Bugs!!! Run!"
As screams erupted from the crowd, countless reddish-brown insects gushed out from the raindrop-shaped liquid. They used the seven orifices and pores on the skin as channels, and relied on blood and flesh for nutrition, drilling and gnawing at their hosts!
"Baili, the people have been thrown outside. Prepare to feed them to the star beasts later." After tying up Yu Xianguang, Yu Ziteng opened the communication and said to Baili Xi on the other end.
Upon hearing this, Yu Xianguan's face turned pale. He thought that he would be shot to death by the other party after his identity as a spy was exposed, but he didn't expect that the damn Yu Ziteng didn't want him to die quickly!
"Bah! Do you think I'm scared? I'm telling you the truth, Tost is hopeless, and you're all doomed!"
Dying people usually reveal hidden secrets out of fear, but Yu Ziteng, instead of feeling worried, raised her eyebrows in delight. "Really? Then tell me about it. I want to know how you ended up like that."
"Haha!" Yu Xianguang was tied up in a zongzi, unable to move freely. However, due to his intense emotions, he twisted and turned on the ground like a maggot, rolling and saying viciously, "Do you think you can win by defeating the star beasts? No, you can't! These star beasts come from the Omega galaxy, which is rich in reddish-brown worms that feed on human flesh and blood. They've attached themselves to the star beasts and floated in space for years. Now they finally have the chance to land on our planet, and they're going to eat you up completely!"
The atmosphere fell silent. Yu Xianguang glanced at Yu Ziteng, Yu Zhengqing, the ordinary male student who hadn't said much, and the girl who claimed she wasn't a military academy student but was actually stronger than most. He grinned smugly, "Hahahaha, didn't expect that? The star beast actually brought man-eating worms here. Let me do the math. If nothing unexpected happens, whether it's Area A, Area B, or the slums, everything must be in chaos now! You're all hopeless, all hopeless!"
Yu Xianguang laughed as he spoke, and his expression was quite arrogant. Yu Ziteng didn't like him and kicked him! Yu Xianguang was kicked in the stomach and grimaced in pain, rolling on the ground.
After venting her anger, Yu Ziteng finally calmed down and said with a half-sneer, half-sarcasm, "What a mess? You're such an unprofessional spy, aren't you? Did you think we were just sitting there doing nothing for so many years? Well, since you're almost dead, I'll make sure you know what's happening before you die. Let me tell you this, we've suspected you for a long time, but we didn't take any action to avoid alerting you."
Not taking any action on the surface actually means that preparations have been made in secret.
"When did you guys discover..."
From pointing the gun at him to tying him up, Yu Ziteng gave him several hours to confess and surrender himself, but even so, Yu Xianguan still couldn't understand. He usually obeyed orders obediently and was extremely cautious when contacting Long Lie privately. He did everything so flawlessly, how could he have let something slip?
Seeing that he still looked puzzled, Yu Zhengqing clicked his tongue, stepped out from behind Yu Ziteng, and said quietly, "I noticed it during your first three missions."
"What?!" Yu Xianguang's pupils turned upside down.
"When you were sent on missions before, your teammates were all fine," Yu Zhengqing added, "but judging from the results of your last three solo missions, the casualties among your teammates have been very high, and..."
At this point, Yu Zhengqing paused deliberately and asked, "How did you manage to return safely when all your teammates were seriously injured?"
"You're talking nonsense! How could I be safe?" Yu Xianguang retorted immediately, "I'm injured too! My arms and thighs haven't healed yet!"
"Wound? Bullshit!" Yu Zhengqing instantly became angry upon hearing this. "Our medical team tested your wound and found no star beast DNA at all! Instead, they told us it was just an ordinary knife wound. What? You stabbed yourself!"
Once or twice could be considered careless, but three times in a row were knife wounds, and there were no other wounds on the body except these knife wounds. Anyone would become suspicious.
Yu Xianguan's throat was choked. He looked at Yu Zhengqing guiltily, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Yu Ziteng looked down at him and smiled coldly: "It seems that Old Man Long is very anxious recently, urging you to take action against us quickly."
Although it caused certain losses to their military, from another perspective, if Long Lie had not been in a hurry to eliminate their military and merge it into part of the Long family, Yu Xianguang would not have been so impatient as to attack his own people three times in a row.
Even the recent battle against the Star Beast Tide was no exception. Yu Ziteng secretly congratulated herself on having done her homework beforehand, modifying each team's mecha under the guise of a mecha inspection before the battle. Wasn't Yu Xianguang planning to do something shady to them? Sure enough, after the modifications, almost every part of the mecha had become so seamless that even a thin blade couldn't penetrate it unless one was extremely skilled.
They had previously checked the mechas of the seriously injured team members and found that almost all the problems were with the parts in the shoulder joints or knee pits. After ruling out the possibility that there was a problem with the mecha itself, and considering that the people with problems were teammates who followed Yu Xianguang on the mission, the answer was really hard for them to refute.
A team member who had followed them for so many years actually betrayed them. Although she and General Baili and others were very sad when they learned the truth, the military never showed mercy to any enemy. Once they were discovered, they would be wiped out immediately!
Facts had proven that Yu Xianguang's modified mech was indeed unable to attack, but in order to strangle his teammates, he spared no effort to lure the Star Beasts towards them, as evidenced by the mechs that disintegrated and exposed themselves in mid-air. Based on Yu Ziteng's years of combat experience, if a mech warrior wasn't under attack by a swarm of Star Beasts, he would never choose to escape in such a life-threatening manner.
Yu Xianguan was completely speechless. Yes, Yu Ziteng was right. Old Man Long had been pushing him too hard recently. He had no choice but to come up with the bad idea of destroying the mecha. He didn't expect that he would be exposed in an instant.
"Haha, even if you know I'm a traitor, so what? You know the power of the Longworm better than anyone else. No one on the planet Tost can escape!"
Since we're all going to die, let's die together! Yu Xianguang thought viciously in his heart.
Two hours after the long worm landed on Tost, the people on the planet did not all die as Yu Xianguang said. Instead, under the guidance of General Baili, they flocked into the underground hall that the long worm could not reach.
There were tens of thousands of holographic chambers placed in the hall, all of which looked brand new at a glance. Although they didn't know why there were such a large number of holographic chambers, the situation was urgent and they had no time to think too much, so they all swarmed into the chambers and connected their spiritual bodies to the instruments.
The newly entered players were scattered in every corner of the Novice Village. They looked around and at each other, and found that everyone was wearing almost the same outfit: a white top, white trousers, and a pair of straw sandals that were so worn that their toes were almost showing.
"Are we...really getting in?" someone asked cautiously.
"It seems so. I heard that this is a world completely different from Tost."
"Then are there star beasts in this world?"
"I don't know, but look, our levels and basic weapons seem to be written on the personal panel."
"So we can upgrade now?" The questioner's tone changed from cautious to slightly surprised.
His companion nodded: "It should be possible."
Nangong Zheyan listened attentively at the side and soon accepted this reality - they had all been transferred to the holographic world.
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