XV. Ancient Xenomorphs
After about a kilometer underground, the environment is unsuitable for human habitation.
The temperature is so high that in ten seconds, human skin will be scorched. It's the opposite of the gloom and coldness up there, and I'm worried that the mask will die, but he's fine. Cain seems to have given him some shelter and kept him safe and sound.
There are cracks in the surface of the earth, magma will be spewed, even we have to dodge, like dodging the dung pit urinal on the road, they may not hurt us, but the psychological level is disgusting.
The poisonous gas was evaporated and floated in mid-air, and if it weren't for our extraordinary physique, we would have been smoked to death long ago. I didn't feel good breathing, but I had a lot of air in the shadows before I came in, and I was sure I could hold on.
My heart became heavy, and the depression kept us silent. These harsh conditions are not too much of a problem, but the place itself is steeped in violence, misery and sorrow, like the battlefield where a massacre took place, or the mass graves where the dead are buried.
I said, "There are brain waves left here, are they from those demon worms?" β
The mask shook his head and said, "Obviously human, we...."
Able turns parts of his body into bats for them to scout, but they are quickly tortured to death by the harsh environment, which doesn't work.
Abel used a different approach, using smell and skin touch, somewhat like my Eye of Odin, which worked much better, and after about a minute, Able pointed to the left and said, "There's a village there." β
Me: "Village? Is it a village of demon bugs? β
Abel: "There are demon worms, but there are also humans. β
"Humans? Is there a human being in this place? β
Abel sneered: "In short, it can't be a normal human. β
Mask: "More is better than less, we are looking for a female worm." β
Abel: "Gotta figure out what those humans do." β
We approached there, where the temperature had dropped, but at least it was African noon, and some houses made of insect shells and skeletons, covered with some skin, probably the fur of some kind of beast underground, as I had said before, was another world, and the underground had its own system.
About a dozen lizards and demon insects are in the village.
Suddenly, the air flow behind us changed, and someone sneaked up on us. I summoned Anatoli, who was armed with a sword of fire, and when he saw an invisible man rushing towards me, he swung the sword of fire, and the man blocked it with a dagger, and retreated.
Abel threw two punches, and the two sneak attackers were knocked out by him, but they didn't die.
The invisibility of the comers had faded, and their bodies were black, not the black of black Africans, but the black of black snakes and black beetles, black and cold. But their faces were pale, white as undyed masks. They are about two meters tall and have bulging muscles in their hands, which are beautiful and flexible.
The dagger in the attacker's hand resembles an ethereal crystal, created out of thin air by their will or magic.
The sneak attackers roared, words never heard before, but the mad web still made out what they meant: "Damn intruders! Damn humans! β
Three more stealth sneakers attacked me, and I summoned the Kraken, the Green Veil, and the Plague Nun to fend them off, but touching them gave me a headache, and a mental shock continued to attack my brain.
It's superpower, or rather, magic.
Powerful magic.
The sneak attacker roared, and his thoughts turned into a huge force, ping pong, and this huge force destroyed and ran rampant, causing the mountains and rocks to shatter and the ground to crack.
I stood still in the great force, and they couldn't help me.
Anatoly: "These people are strong, much stronger than ordinary bloods, much stronger than mages. β
Yes, they are not only physically superior but also proficient in magic.
The sneak attacker threw the dagger at me, and the dagger exploded, spreading outwards in a radius of about twenty meters, and I sent the mask into the shadow, which I used to block the blow.
One of the sneak attackers sneered and threw out several more needles, which pierced the shadow and began to absorb my power, and I simply channeled the power of the shadow to him, and he screamed, and was seriously injured, corrupted by the shadow of the dragon.
On Abel's side, he had already knocked three sneak attackers to the ground, and the other five began to use all kinds of magic to disrupt Abel's rhythm, replacing them with the previous Abel, these people had long become meat puree, but now Abel is becoming more and more soft-hearted, and he actually tries to deal with them.
A man standing on a high place watched all this with his hands in his hands, and finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and spoke out to stop all the sneak attackers.
The sneak attackers retreated, and the man teleported before us. The rest of the sneak attackers knelt down before him and addressed him with respectful titles, presumably to mean commander, head of state, or something like that.
The commander looked at us coldly, he had a big back combed, his hair was very neatly kept, his eyes were cold, he was a little taller than the rest, and he looked down on me and Abel.
The green veil said: "Their spirit .... They are Nefarem. β
These people are all Nefarem?
"I'm afraid yes, and what's even more peculiar is that their bodies are demonic insects, and they are demonic insects transformed into human bodies. And very old. β
How old is it?
It's unbelievably ancient, but they've only been awakened for a short time.
The commander's hand was raised towards me, I was trapped by his mental power, he sneered, threw me up, I was quickly on top of 400 meters, and then, he pressed down, I hit the ground, the ground cracked like tofu, and I drilled deeper like a sharp knife.
But I returned to the surface through the shadows, and the plague doctor healed my wounds.
A hint of surprise flashed in the commander's eyes, and Abel said to me, "I don't need my help to deal with him." β
Yes, it does.
At this time, more and more sneak attackers are gathered here, and I roughly calculate that it is close to three hundred, although it can still be dealt with, but it is already quite troublesome.
I said to the commander with a mad net, "Let's meet the mother." β
The commander said, "If this is your purpose, your only fate is to die here." β
I unleashed the Morning Star Blade, and I broke his shrouded protection, and then, I struck him in the abdomen, and he squirted purple liquid from his mouth, and he knelt in front of me, unable to get up for a long time.
I didn't intend to kill him, but he was physically strong, on par with the fourth-generation Bloodline.
The rest of the sneak attackers exclaimed.
I said, "We just want to talk, let's meet the mother." β
The commander's facial features were distorted, and suddenly, a light shot out of his eyes, and I dodged away, and the light split the walls of the cave, and large rocks fell like rain. I wrapped the shadow around him, quickly exhausting his strength.
I said, "I have defeated you, so don't you have any surrender here?" β
The commander looked frightened and said, "I will obey, I will take you to see the mother worm, please let go... Let me go. β
I released him, and he didn't resist anymore. The raider army did not attack us either, he stopped talking and walked in a certain direction.
We were surrounded by Nefarems, and I sensed their souls and sensed that each one was strong, because the strength of their souls determined their willpower, and their mana increased accordingly.
Afterwards, we met a Nefarem army of 1,000 men.
The bodies of these Nepharemsβif I'm not mistakenβare also transformed from the bodies of demon insects, the soul is the core, the body is the container, and the soul has a certain shaping effect on the body, perhaps the reason why the body takes on a human form is because of the soul.
The legion is eyeing us, its eyes are like knives, staring at us, this legion is amazingly powerful, no wonder the Emperor of the Epoch is reluctant to risk invading, but isn't he afraid that these guys will rush out of the hive?
"They can't get out of the hive," the mask said. β
I didn't know if it was true or not, but nodded.
In a spiral-shaped house made of countless tree branches, I heard the sound of insect feet again, and as we approached the house, the door that looked like insect wings slid down. Step into a grand corridor and you'll be greeted by a terrifying sight of the palace β densely packed with beehive-like walls with earthworm-like larvae burrowing around from time to time. The patterns on the walls are extremely irregular, some resembling spots on beetles, others resembling rotten, purple flesh.
I wonder if the female worm's aesthetic is normal, maybe in her eyes, rotten flesh and honeycomb are the real beauty?
Two huge monster insects, a mixture of crabs, centipedes, and lobsters, each thirty meters high, appeared, and on their backs stood two Nefarem, as powerful as the commander, armed with spears, condescending, and unstoppable.
I think they're a lot like the one in London, maybe similar.
The commander shouted, "Blood Guard, these outsiders are here to see the Queen!" β
One of the blood guards: "I heard that you were defeated, and you were coerced, so you had to come here. β
The commander was speechless for a long time.
Another Blood Guard: "I'd love to kill these intruders, but the queen has an order and is willing to meet them." β
The commander bowed his head and said, "The queen is wise. β
Stepping into a purple film, we enter a room that can be described as elegant, at least in line with human taste.
Beautiful, delicate mother worm, sitting in a conch-like shell, with kind and curious eyes.
Her skin was snow-white, her supple purple hair fell like a waterfall, she wore leather armor sewn with insect shells and insect hairs, and her eyes were like a dark lake, scanning us.
She was dressed very little, her legs bent in front of her, a pair of lovely tender feet, and the lovely toes of the toes, like carved bends, full of reverie and fun.
I was very angry, I didn't drool, my hilt didn't bulge, I was normal, I showed all the etiquette of a man from a civilized society.
Her eyes rolled, staring at the shadow on the ground, and in that shadow, a pair of big hands were quietly reaching for her little feet, a mushroom-shaped object raised high, it was majestic, but it was also indecent.
I was furious and shouted, "Who! Who is so bold? Dare to be a beautiful woman and offend the empress? β
I looked at Abel, my eyes widened, and said, "Abel, no one can use shadows except me, I can't imagine you are such a person!" β
Abel said, "That is your shadow." β
I gasped incredulously and said, "You... You mean me? Abel, you did it, why don't you admit it? And why do you slander your lovely brother? β
Abel knocked me to the ground, put his hand on my head, and quietly watched the mother worm.
I heard the mother say to the mask, "I think you're very close, stranger, who are you?" β