Chapter 315 - 301: Alien Knight Order
Ji carefully explored the depths of the rift valley, which was filled with the corpses of chestburster victims.
He discovered that the Aliens that had burst from those chests hadn’t gone far.
With their smooth, black exoskeletons, long heads devoid of eye sockets, and deadly black tails, they were patrolling the nest.
Ji’s heart pounded with excitement. He released his deathly aura, suppressed as much of his life force as he could, and disguised himself as a "walking corpse."
Then, he inched his way toward the deepest part of the nest.
Finally, in the center of a mass of sticky biological tissue, he saw two eggs lying quietly together. They even seemed to be emitting a faint halo of light!
He cast an Identification Skill on them. When he saw the information that appeared, his breath caught in his throat!
[Alien Queen’s Egg & Alien Matriarch’s Egg (Inactive)]
[Quality: Rare (Purple)]
[Description: ...When the Alien Empress dies, its essence blood can be used to incubate it, with a very high probability of a qualitative leap in its quality (Orange)...]
Ji saw an even grander future. ’I can control corpses, after all. Even though it would cost me a major cultivation realm, if I could kill this Alien Empress and use its essence blood to incubate these two eggs... wouldn’t that mean I’d have three Alien sovereigns under my command?!’
’An Alien Empress, an Alien Queen, and an Alien Matriarch! The very thought of it was enough to make him tremble with excitement!’
But suddenly, an overwhelmingly terrifying pressure erupted from the shadowy depths of the nest!
Alarm bells screamed in Ji’s mind. ’What the fuck? All I did was cast an Identification Skill! I didn’t even touch them, so how did I alert you? Are you really that protective and vigilant?’
Without a second thought, Ji turned to run, but he was a step too slow.
A black afterimage, moving at a speed that surpassed the limits of his perception, instantly appeared behind him. It was an Alien several times larger than a normal one, with a vicious crest that resembled a crown... the Alien Empress!
Ji didn’t dare make a reckless move. He could feel that even though he was cloaked in a deathly aura, the Alien Empress could still vaguely lock onto his position!
SWOOSH! In an instant, its long, deadly tail pierced through his ankle!
No sharp pain came, as he had his pain sensitivity turned off. But Ji was hoisted high into the air, hung upside down by the tail, and brought face-to-face with the head that was constantly dripping corrosive slime.
The Alien Empress’s senses seemed to penetrate his flesh, landing on the embryo gestating in his abdomen.
However, just as Ji thought he was dead for sure after coming all this way, the Alien Empress suddenly stopped. It tilted its head in confusion.
’It seems... the quality of this embryo has dropped a level?’
But it didn’t dwell on it. A flood of mucus surged upward, cocooning Ji until he was immobile and suspending him high on the ceiling of the nest.
Countless normal Aliens now surrounded him, hissing at this disobedient "incubator" as if warning him to behave.
This time, there was truly no way out for him on his own. Ji could only open the sect channel and begin his "call for backup" tactic.
He then posted two item screenshots that glowed with an eerie purple light.
He followed it up with a screenshot of the menacing yet cool-looking Alien Empress.
This last screenshot instantly blew up the previously calm sect channel.
[Flame Wolf is the Coolest]: !!!!!
[Flame Wolf is the Coolest]: What am I seeing! I’m seeing the future of the sect’s Alien Knight Order!!!
[Shi Gandang]: Holy shit?! A double yolk? Doesn’t that mean two Orange-quality pet eggs?! Ji, you lucky son of a bitch, what kind of dogshit luck is this?!
[Flame Wolf is the Coolest]: I’m so jealous! Why does it look even cooler than my Flame Wolf! Fucking hell, if you cut off that tail, it’s basically a lance!
[Wang Xian]: Nascent Soul Stage? Too lazy to cultivate. I’m in bed, just lying down. Haven’t reached that stage yet. Can’t be bothered to move.
[Shen Nong]: See? This is what you get for dying all the time! Now you can’t get it, can you?
[Ji]: So you’re saying you’ve reached Nascent Soul?
[Shen Nong]: ...
As the channel was flooded with wails of anguish and sour grapes, Lin Qingfeng slowly typed out a line of text.
[Lin Qingfeng]: Nascent Soul Stage? Oh, sorry, I’m already there. Heh heh heh heh...
The moment his words appeared, the entire sect channel fell silent for a full three seconds, followed by a flash flood of messages.
[Shi Gandang]: ??? Guild Leader, when did you reach Nascent Soul Stage?! Aren’t you messing around with the Heart Demon anymore? How come I didn’t know you formed your Nascent Soul?!
[Shen Nong]: So you formed your Nascent Soul in secret to shock everyone, is that it?!
[Lin Qingfeng]: Oh? I had already formed my Nascent Soul right when I left the sect. You guys haven’t? Heh heh heh heh... I thought you all would have secretly done it too before leaving. Heh heh heh heh, well, Ji and I will just split this Alien then.
[Sacrificial Spirit Sword is the Coolest]: Guild Leader, how about... we give one of the eggs to Junior Brother Wang Xiedi as a "wife"? I feel like his cultivation speed is a bit slow.
[Shi Gandang]: I think that’s a great idea! Let’s try adding a "Path Marker" on him too!
[Shen Nong]: Wait, don’t you guys think Junior Brother Li Chunfeng is actually lagging even more?
[Shi Gandang]: Feng’s not following a normal path, so it’s hard to say. But Wang Xiedi’s progress really is a bit slow. The few new players who just joined our guild are already about to reach the peak of Qi Cultivation! The little junior brother is lagging way behind!
[Yan Buliu]: I think we should! Let him raise it! He already has Gaye, so raising an Alien is no big deal. It’s just one more for the harem!
[Ji]: I can’t beat it anyway, but I call dibs on the Empress’s corpse! Then our sect will have three giant beasts as mounts, plus a bunch of Alien mounts. We’ll be the Alien Knight Order!!! Heh heh heh heh heh heh!
[Shi Gandang]: Heh heh heh heh heh heh!
[Yan Buliu]: Heh heh heh heh heh heh!
...
[Flame Wolf is the Coolest]: Damn it! Mr. Wang gets another one for his harem. I’m so jealous!
[Ji]: Then how about you go spend some quality time with his Gaye and this Alien?
[Flame Wolf is the Coolest]: ...On second thought, never mind. Forget I said anything.
And so, amidst the cheerful atmosphere in the channel, the final plan for divvying up the loot was settled.
...
Su Ling’er was about to see the guests out when she subconsciously turned her head, wanting to ask her Senior Brother how to handle the follow-up matters.
But when she turned around, she saw a sight that made the hair on her body stand on end.
Lin Qingfeng was standing perfectly still, his eyes fixed on the empty space before him. His pupils were completely unfocused, yet the corners of his mouth were turned up in a faint, barely-there smile.
"...Senior Brother?" Su Ling’er called out tentatively.
No reaction.
"Senior Brother?"
Still no reaction...
...Some more time passed.
"Senior Brother?"
Still no reaction...
An ominous feeling crept into Su Ling’er’s heart...