Chapter 23: Space
The dormitory building was a mess, with severed limbs and entrails everywhere and blood on the walls. Half-human-tall red beetles and sickle ladybugs were eating the mangled corpses, and the only sound of flesh being torn off, chewed, and swallowed in the silence of the dormitory building could be heard.
"Looks like there's no one alive here." Lin Xi glanced at them a few times, showing no interest in these insects at all, turned around and continued to walk towards the depths of the school.
These giant bugs are not like the walking corpses of Doom Online, they possess a simple intelligence, as well as an excellent sense of smell, and will go upstairs and be attracted to fresh flesh and blood. Ordinary people trapped in dormitory buildings have no way to survive, and when the insects eat the corpses outside, they will chase fresh flesh and blood into the buildings.
It is only with the support of the powerful and diverse abilities of the Adepts that people can fight these bugs.
"And where will they be?" Pandora asked.
"Cafeteria." Lin Xi said without hesitation, "They can't live without food." ”
Lin Xi walked in the direction of the cafeteria in his memory, and the deeper he walked into the school, the more insects appeared, and along the way, Pandora devoured more than a dozen red beetle war insects and sickle ladybugs.
The sickle ladybug is a pitch-black, yellow-orange spotted insect about the size of a red beetle with orange-yellow spots on its back, and a huge scythe-shaped bony structure on the top of its head, which is so sharp that it can split a person in two pieces alive.
"The meat is more woody, not as delicious as the red beetle war insects, but the sickle on the top of the head is crunchy." Pandora commented.
Lin Xi's heart moved, his arm was covered by a layer of red armor, and a pitch-black blade-like structure extended out of his elbow, which was the ability that devoured the sickle ladybug.
Lin Xi waved his arm, and the pitch-black bone blade slashed at the back of a red beetle war insect, only feeling a little resistance, and the bone blade split it in half like a bamboo.
"Sharp is quite sharp, but it's a little awkward to use." Lin Xi's heart moved, and the bone blade and red armor instantly retracted into his body.
Even Pandora's ability to prey on food has certain limitations. For example, the bone blade of the sickle ladybug is an extension of the bone and can only be stretched at the joints.
"By the way, when you're full, save some bugs and put them in the space, I'll be useful." Lin Xi thought for a moment and added, "You can also use it as a spare food." ”
With Pandora's awakening, the space is unlocked. As the Singularity of the Multiverse, Pandora's appearance is just a small black dot, but the space inside is incredibly large, almost equivalent to a portable plane.
"Yes, but what does Lin Xi want these bugs to do? Does Lin Xi want to try it too? Pandora asked.
"I just have some preliminary plans, if I can hunt a Zerg Mother Emperor in the future and obtain its abilities, I can dominate these bugs and have a Zerg army. And even if they starve to death, the corpses can be sold to humans. Lin Xi said.
These giant insects are full of treasures to humans, the flesh of the red beetle war insect is delicious, and the meat of the sickle ladybug is easy to preserve, and it is one of the important food sources for humans in the apocalypse. Worm eyes can be used as fuel, beetles can be used to make armor, and even internal organs can be used to lay traps. There are also insect crystals in their heads, which can be eaten by the supernatural to strengthen their own abilities, and ordinary people can also be very beneficial if they eat them, not only can they enhance their physique, but they also have a certain chance of awakening the ability.
Of course, Pandora's predation ate the insects from beginning to end, without wasting them at all, maximizing their residual value, but half of the energy was used to restore Pandora's strength, and the remaining half was absorbed by Lin Xi.
"Humans? Isn't Lin Xi human? Pandora asked suddenly, her focus was always different.
Lin Xi was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke: "I am no longer a pure human being, not only a soul, but in the future, my physical body will be like in my previous life, step by step towards monsters." ”
"But sin won't be my end."
"I understand, I believe Lin Xi." Pandora said excitedly, "I will always be with Lin Xi." ”
"......" Lin Xi's attitude towards Pandora has always been very ambivalent, on the one hand, she is grateful for her strength, and on the other hand, she can't let go of the nightmarish time she brought. Hearing Pandora's voice in his head, Lin Xi was silent for a while.
"Lin Xi, there are a lot of living people in the building in front." Pandora snapped back.
"Gymnasium?" Lin Xi glanced up, and then walked towards the door.
There were also a few red beetle war insects and sickle ladybugs wandering nearby, and when they saw Lin Xi, their eyes suddenly lit up.
Pandora controlled a huge number of predators pouring out, covering most of Lin Xi's body.
The predator swelled rapidly, forming a pair of hideous giant claws at the ends of Lin Xi's arms, and the center of the giant claws was no longer a myriad of tiny gaps, but a deep black hole that kept spinning.
Several bugs sensed the crisis and quickly turned around and tried to escape. was caught up by Lin Xi in a few steps and grabbed with one claw.
The giant insect that broke away from the ground swayed its body in a panic, but could not escape the predator's claw, and was swallowed step by step by the huge suction force coming from the black hole, first the tail, then the torso, and finally the head and tentacles disappeared into it.
At the same time, two identical black holes appeared in Pandora's singularity space, spitting out several bugs, and then the black hole disappeared.
There were a total of four red beetle war insects, a sickle ladybug, they landed on the barren ground, first lay on the spot in a daze, thought for a moment with little intelligence, and then began to circle around the space, but soon found that there was an invisible wall in all directions, confining them to an area of several hundred meters.
"It seems to be raising Gu, Lin Xi, I think they will fight soon, maybe we can get a worm king in the end." Pandora excitedly.
"Worm King?" Lin Xi thought for a moment, "There is no point, even if it stands out among a bunch of first-order bugs, it is still only a first-order. ”
"But in the future, when your strength recovers, we can add land, lakes, and various creatures to the space to create a self-sufficient ecosystem." Lin Xi said.
"Do you want to put so much stuff in my body?" Pandora hesitated a little, "Okay, but I have to remind Lin Xi that the power of time and space in the current transition process will tear all the creatures in the space apart, including these insects, and there is no extra strength to shelter them in my current state." ”
PS: I have a friend who doesn't understand the relationship between the two worlds, so let's explain it in detail:
First, Blue Star is Lin Xi's hometown, the place where everything originated, in the previous life, the Blue Star space oscillated, the heterotopic plane was connected to the Blue Star, and the otherworldly creatures appeared on the Blue Star, and the end came, Pandora came to parasitize Lin Xi and began the journey of leaping and devouring
Second, the world of Doomsday Online is one of the many planes that Lin Xi jumped in his previous life
Third, the end of the world is the gamification of the world in "Earth Online", which can be seen in the original book "Doom Online"
Fourth, the game system (experience level, NPCs, camps, etc.) only exists in the Doomsday Online world, while Blue Star only has an invasion of creatures from the heterotopic plane (bugs, zombies, abyssal creatures, etc.)
Fifth, after the jump, time passes normally in each world, and the abilities that Lin Xi has gained in each world can be used normally