Chapter 784 - 140: The Flesh Spore Carpet
The number of insect corpses is vast, mostly gathered in one area, making cleanup quick.
Some other places have scattered insect corpses, which are left unattended.
Mi turned to Su Changxing and asked:
"What do we do now? As long as we remain here, those insects will continue to hunt us down... Their numbers are even greater than imagined."
Su Changxing smiled slightly, contemplating as he spoke:
"Not necessarily, those insects might be preoccupied with themselves now."
The Titan Insect Race is sure to recognize it as a plague and will handle this issue as they have in the past.
Therefore.
These insects will return to their nest while spreading the plague to other insects, causing extensive dissemination.
Mi thought for a moment and said, "That’s a plague; the Titan Insect Race surely has a way to deal with it. Infecting them was already quite surprising."
"These low-sequence insects in the Titan Insect Race may seem ordinary, but actually, they have nearly perfect genes without any obvious flaws."
Her voice carried deep apprehension; the Titan Humans have fallen to history, but the Titan Insect Race is still active, even launching a war to destroy the Ninth Dimension. The difference between the two sides is clear.
Su Changxing’s expression was indifferent as he said, "So what? Even the strongest race will fall one day; destruction awaits even high-dimensional space."
One thing he was certain about.
There is nothing eternally indestructible; the apocalypse is not brought about by anyone.
It’s a constant law, manifested in different forms.
All things are destined towards an end!
It’s just a matter of time.
The Divine Spirit might be able to infinitely extend this end forward, but who knows when they might suddenly fall.
After transforming Bruce into a Terror Priest, he felt much calmer in spirit.
It seemed he passed a part of his twisted spirit to Bruce through faith, letting him share the burden.
That was brutality, a belligerent and twisted spirit.
Bruce, carrying a large sword made of dark red bones, said excitedly:
"Those poor insects have contracted the terrible plague spread by the master; they are finished. We just need to kill and finish them off now."
Du’an turned her head towards her, saying sarcastically: "No need for your irrelevant comments, randomly expressing your opinion. The master has his own decisions, we’ll just follow orders."
Kelsey and Baishan exchanged glances, looking at the two arguing beside them, appearing pitiful, frail, and helpless.
He tentatively said: "I think there’s no need for us to argue over such small matters; we are friends, aren’t we?"
"Shut up! You don’t understand at all, Kelsey." Bruce said angrily.
Du’an also coldly said, "This has nothing to do with you."
Su Changxing frowned as he looked at the two, scolding, "Stop arguing! Don’t blame me for being rude if anyone argues in front of me again!"
As soon as these words came out, the two instantly quieted down, obediently, Bruce displayed an ugly smile to show his response.
Their nature was not completely changed in this process but rather magnified the extreme aspects of their inner selves.
Humanity is inherently a complex amalgam of desires, arrogance, conceit, rage, lust, darkness, nobility, inclusiveness, humility, calmness...
The two were entirely on the opposing side of Mike and Nobu; even fanatical believers were difficult to restrain.
Su Changxing looked at these people and pondered as he said:
"Bruce was quite correct about this; we mustn’t give up this opportunity to strike the Insect Race. If they recover, they will likely pursue us."
"Yeah!!"
Bruce clutched his left fist, smiling broadly as he looked at Du’an defiantly.
Du’an didn’t look at him directly: "..."
Kelsey blinked, feeling these two were squabbling like children.
Bai Shan’s expression also appeared disoriented, as if pondering something.
Since Su Changxing said so, Mi naturally had no objection: "That’s also good. Before dying, being able to punish these damn insects is truly satisfying!"
Titan Humans and the Titan Insect Race already have deep animosity, considered centuries-old enemies. They once drove the Titan Insect Race to the Border World.
Immediately.
They pursued in the direction where the insects were retreating, and the insects lying on the ground, nearly dead, were completely paralyzed by the plague, unable to move.
Bruce charged ahead, using the red bone greatsword to stab each insect, finishing them off one by one.
This great sword isn’t particularly sharp, but it’s extremely heavy. With its immense power, it can smash open the insect shells.
Bruce used all his strength with each strike; the great sword collided with the insects’ bodies, producing a loud noise, and even the ground was left with a sizeable crater.
This wasn’t a battle; it was a massacre, but it was enough to excite him.
He could hear the wailing of these insects, filled with shivering pain, which made every cell in his body feel alive.
The ground gradually became covered with dark red, flesh-like membranes. Stepping on them was soft and elastic, like being embedded with small springs.
Tiny meatworms were squirming on the ground, forming a vast carpet of flesh fungus.
[Meatworms: A type of creature with no inherent threat, enriched with extremely high energy, and raised as food by the Titan Insect Race...]
These meatworms were spreading the plague. A large number of plague-infected insects had recently passed through here, causing these meatworms also to get infected.
"What are these things? The area is way too large," Kelsey looked around and saw such a flesh fungus carpet extending far into the distance.
Mi explained, "This is also a type of insect, just used by the Titan Insect Race as food, capable of rapidly hatching insect eggs."
As she said this.
She dug out a big chunk from the ground, put it into her mouth, and chewed, squinting her eyes, appearing quite enjoying it.
Kelsey was shocked, "You... you ate this stuff!"
Mi smiled and explained, "I haven’t tasted it before, so I tried it. I heard it’s extremely delicious, so I took a bite, and indeed it is. You guys can try it too."
Kelsey looked at the disgusting things on the ground and quickly shook his head, "Forget it, I couldn’t eat this stuff."
He turned to look, only to see Bruce already digging a big chunk of meatworms from the ground and stuffing it into his mouth, chewing, "Actually, it’s quite good."
Aside from the two of them, no one else would dare put these unknown flesh pieces into their mouths to taste.
Su Changxing said flatly, "These things contain the plague I’ve spread, so you’d better not eat too much."
After saying that.
Bruce and the others immediately stopped, silently turning to Su Changxing, and threw the flesh in their hands onto the ground.
Su Changxing asked Mi, "Can these things really be eaten recklessly? What if those insects add some seasoning in it?"
Mi confidently said, "Titan Humans aren’t afraid of these things. Except for pure physical blows, things like the plague can’t penetrate our bodies."
"Is that so?" Su Changxing smiled but didn’t say more.
The more they walked forward, the more they saw insects paralyzed by the plague on the ground. Because these insects had strong life force themselves, there hadn’t been any that died from the plague yet.
Du’an couldn’t help but sigh when seeing the scene, "Lord, the plague you’ve spread is truly powerful; these insects stand no chance."
Su Changxing’s expression didn’t relax, thinking these insects wouldn’t be dealt with easily, but they had to face them now. Taking advantage of their plague infection, they needed to kill them.
Soon.
At the edge of Su Changxing’s perception range, a large number of insects appeared, densely packed on the ground and underground, with many floating jellyfish-like insects wrapped in a red flesh skin in the sky.
The plague had thrown them into chaos; the disease far exceeded their expectations, spreading within the nest, leaving them helpless and instead causing widespread distribution.
"They’ve fallen into disarray, but we shouldn’t approach yet. I can clear them out from a distance."
After speaking, Su Changxing went to climb a ruined incomplete tower beside him.
The upper half of this tower had collapsed, leaving only the lower part, but it was still quite tall, and the surface temperature was quite low, making the nearby air feel piercingly cold.
Here the location had several kilometers to those insects, just at the edge of his perception limit.
To know.
This was a high dimension space; several kilometers was already quite a distant range. If it were on Blue Star, Su Changxing’s perception range could reach hundreds of kilometers.
Standing on the top of the broken tower, he set up a sniper rifle, shooting at those clustered, plague-infected insects.
Bullets whizzed through the sky, traversing kilometers, piercing into their bodies.
Facing the sudden attack, the Titan Insect Race insects didn’t fall into panic, evidently noticing their arrival the moment Su Changxing and they stepped onto the flesh fungus carpet.
This was their lair, where the mother insect resided, so withdrawal wasn’t an option.
After all, even if they could escape, the temple could not.
With the gunfire sounding, more insects drilled out from the ground.
Among them were a large number of Fate Ants, using their bodies to block at the front, avoiding Su Changxing’s bullets with their abilities.
The carapace of those Fate Ants was also covered with a lot of green fluorescence, indicating they too were infected.
Therefore.
Their joints turned numb, and their bodies were extremely heavy, making their movements even slower.