Chapter 5: Horror Monsters
The closer I got to the hive, the more dread I felt. When Zuode moved within the attack range of the tentacles at the root of the hive, the overwhelming sense of fear almost overwhelmed all of Zuode's will, which made him stiff and slow, and he was about to be entangled by countless tentacles.
Zuo De suddenly remembered the stone eye space, and he quickly put his consciousness into it. Sure enough, the inexplicable sense of fear disappeared. However, the insect body, which was cut off from consciousness, was immediately entangled by countless insect hive tentacles. The tentacles, though unable to overcome the tough worm beetles of Zod's body, still dragged him towards its corrupted roots.
"I can't go on like this, although I have avoided the terrible mental attack here, but once the flesh is dragged into its digestive organs, I am dead. No, I'll have to figure it out. Zode looked closely at the diorama when an idea popped into him.
"Can I use this model to manipulate my body and make it move on its own? After all, I used to control the direction of my body's evolution by consciousness. There was no time to think about it, so he immediately focused his consciousness on the diorama and tried to communicate with the body through it.
Sure enough, as soon as Zuode's consciousness came into contact with the diorama, it had a wonderful echo with the flesh - he could really manipulate the flesh of the outside world through this diorama, and this feeling was as if he was playing a VR game.
Zuo De first tried to make the strong chela blade move first, and sure enough, the body that was entangled by the tentacles slowly lifted the chela blade, and then swung it, and suddenly the sharp blade easily cut off a few tentacles.
"No, it's too light! You have to get stronger, damn it, it's harder than walking with a worm's foot!" Fortunately, there are disgusting black tentacles all around, and no matter where the chela blade is swung, it will not miss.
Soon, the tentacles wrapped around the body were cut clean.
Before more tentacles arrived, Zuode manipulated the worm's body to stumble towards the hive. Fortunately, the tentacles had already dragged him to the root of the hive, so it didn't take much time for Zode to climb the hive.
Although the cocoon walls of this golden hive look mysterious and dazzling, the thickness is no tougher than the other cocoon walls. Zuo Deshun cut a thin slit and climbed in.
As Zuod had imagined, this hive was extraordinary, soaked in it, and Zuode observed that various parts of his body were evolving at an unprecedented rate, without even Zuode's guidance.
What's more, that intangible, insane sense of fear seems to have disappeared.
Zode immediately returns consciousness to the body, which will be more flexible. The larvae inside must be killed as soon as possible, so that the egg fluid will be completely their own, which will allow them to evolve to a higher level.
Almost at the moment when his consciousness returned, Zuo De's killing intent seemed to be felt in the insect nest, and the egg fluid immediately boiled and stirred, and a huge figure separated the viscous egg fluid and pounced towards Zuo De.
"Good time!" Zode expertly swam among the eggs, dodging the shadow's attack. Then he quickly swam above the black shadow, and the six hind feet opened out, grabbing it at once, and then two sharp claw-like blades stabbed into the black shadow's body.
"Roar~!" The black shadow let out a painful roar, and suddenly its speed doubled, and it hit Zuode's body towards the cocoon wall.
There was a muffled sound, and the powerful force took Zuo Desheng to break through the cocoon wall and slammed it towards the stone platform. Zuode made a light roll and landed on the ground.
The maddening telekinesis on the stone platform actually disappeared, which made Zuo De feel a lot more at ease. The black shadow fell on the stone platform with a "plop" and rolled away. When it staggered to its feet, Zode had a chance to see it for what it really was.
"It's ...... What the hell?" Zode saw a monster he had never seen before...... Head?
It was the size of a dozen zods, with a slender silhouette like a goat, but with a crocodile's mouth, a pair of curved black horns on its head, and six miserable green eyes that glowed with an evil light. It has no body, and underneath this head is a slender vertebrae. At this time, the thing actually stood up with this vertebrae.
Unknown species (incomplete body)
Rank: ??
Grade:??
Body size: Large
Zod can't detect the other party's information, it's all unknown. This is the first time Zod has encountered such a situation.
Presumably the level exceeded its own detection range, Zod guessed.
“¥%#¥%#......&¥%”
The strange creature actually spoke, and it looked very angry. Also, anyone who has two bloody holes in his head in his own door will not be calm.
The monster's voice was extremely regular, and although Zod couldn't understand it, it was full of the rhythm of language, and it was definitely not the cry of some kind of animal.
It's an intelligent being, Zod is sure.
This is the first sapient creature to encounter since this damn place awakened. If possible, Zuode really wants to communicate with it. But at present, it seems impossible, the big guy in front of him has obviously been provoked, and there is no intention of communicating.
The monster leaned down slightly, and actually used its vertebrae to swim like a snake.
"*&*&" The monster muttered something, and the two terrible wounds on its face quickly closed and healed.
"Is this ......!?" this should not be evolution, at least without the egg fluid, Zode can't do it.
Zode realized that he had hit something terrible, and he began to slowly retreat. Reason told him it was time to leave, he couldn't defeat this monster!
The monster's face actually showed a hint of mockery in a human way.
"≯#@" It whispered again, and suddenly, Zuo De felt tense and couldn't move. The monster swam unhurriedly in front of Zuode, tilting its head to stare at Zuode for a moment, and then slammed its vertebrae. Suddenly, a tremendous force thrust Zode into the air, and then it raised its sharp horns and waited for Zode to fall on it. "Damn, what kind of ability is this! Damn, move Lao Tzu!"
Seeing that he was about to be pierced by the monster's sharp horns, at the last moment, Zod entered the stone eye space again and turned on the manipulation of flesh mode.
The chelate blade gripped the sharp corners, dodging the fatal blow.
This time, unlike the previous situation, the power of this restraint disappeared after Zuo De landed, and Zuo De's consciousness returned to the insect body again.
This time, Zuo De didn't dare to run away anymore, the monster obviously had strange powers, and if he wanted to survive, he had to kill this guy first.
Through the instantaneous contact just now, Zuo De noticed that although the monster had strange abilities, its physical body had obviously not undergone any strengthening, and it was not enough to crush Zuo De. Perhaps, if he finds a chance to stick to him, he still has a chance to win.
Zode began to spin wildly around the monster, and his six powerful hind feet gave him enough speed to move. Sure enough, the monster staring at Zuode's figure never used that kind of power again for a while.
The newborn monster was clearly not yet used to its unfinished form, its movements were slow and bulky. In particular, its tail vertebrae, although it can temporarily help it move, it is not a real snake tail after all, and its agility is very poor.
Taking advantage of the monster's inconvenience, Zuo De made a big jump, and six tough hind feet clasped the back of the monster's head, and the chela blade began to pierce wildly.
The monster let out a terrible roar and writhed like crazy, but it couldn't shake off Zuode behind it. It began to whip Zuode with its own vertebrae, and the tremendous force suddenly made Zuode's skin open, and the insect armor of his body had completely cracked, revealing the bloody flesh inside. A chelate blade was also severed raw, and it was pulled under Zuode's body.
Even so, Zode did not give up the attack. The only remaining clashing blade tore large chunks of flesh apart, spurting blood all over his body.
Suddenly, the monster let out a strange roar, and its skin began to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then the terrifying sense of fear that Zod was familiar with came back again. This sudden extreme emotion was so terrifying, it instantly paralyzed all Zuode's actions, and even his consciousness was almost destroyed, but fortunately, he put his consciousness into the stone eye space in time, which saved his life. But the worm's body fell at the monster's feet with a clatter.