Chapter 162: Spinworm Planet, Shen Jie who became a bug-man
In the strange spiritual world, on the black and yellow planet, Shen Jie's spiritual consciousness condensed and took shape again.
He looked at his hands, the pain from the death experience just now still remained, it was too real.
And the heartbreaking pain made it difficult for him to recover for a while.
After all, no one can experience the experience of being torn to pieces by a swarm of insects twice.
But now, as the glassy black stone surface beneath his feet came a slight tremor, Shen Jie, who was still in a dazed state, immediately reacted.
Then he ran back without looking back.
Having not taken a few steps, a familiar sound came from behind. It was the roar of a swarm of black spine insects, and the swarm of insects shattered the natural obsidian glass formed by melting magma on the surface as they advanced at extremely high speeds.
Shen Jie ran for his life. At this moment, the eroded Zerg characteristics on his body disappeared. Naturally, he had no choice but to continue to use the awakening ability of devouring and assimilating.
However, what Shen Jie didn't expect was that he would soon encounter another group of black spine worms in the direction of escape.
After being surrounded by front and rear attacks, Shen Jie experienced the pain of being torn apart all over his body for the second time.
The wail deep in the soul has not lasted long...
The third concentration of spiritual consciousness revived Shen Jie again two minutes ago.
But this time, when he realized what he was doing, he ran away and looked at his white hands with a gloomy expression.
Because Shen Jie discovered that every time he was resurrected after death, his spiritual consciousness became increasingly thin and transparent...
This shows that resurrection and restart are not unlimited and costless things.
Just like a game, every life lost will speed up the end process.
Until a certain moment, your soul power is exhausted.
Shen Jie estimates that what will greet him then will definitely not be the awakening of consciousness in reality, but the eternal sinking like a living dead...
"Damn!!!"
"We have to find a way to escape quickly!"
With a low roar, Shen Jie, regardless of the pain that had not subsided all over his body, trembled, quickened his pace, and ran as fast as possible in the direction where the black spine swarm had not appeared before. .
This time, he arrived at a volcanic stone area. The gray-white porous rock was extremely thin and brittle, and it would make a creaking sound when he stepped on it.
Fortunately, black spine worm did not appear in this gray area.
The gray zone composed of porous rocks is not large, about the size of a football field.
After a short rest, we started exploring again.
Then Shen Jie discovered that every time he stepped forward with his front foot, his back foot would sink deeply into the porous volcanic stone, as if walking in a quagmire. He became more and more tired as he walked, making it difficult to move.
The hardness of volcanic stone cannot support the weight pressure on one foot.
However, at a certain moment, his front foot suddenly stepped in the air, his back foot sank deep into the grotto, and his whole body fell unstable.
Thanks to Shen Jie, who had quick eyes and quick hands, he leaned sideways and supported himself on the ground with his hands. He quickly lay down on the porous rock to reduce the pressure on the surface and did not sink in.
Then he cautiously turned around and looked into the deep hole he had just stepped into.
Light shines through the pits and illuminates the underground abyss.
Those are countless black hard tentacles, the four-legged blades from the Black Spine Insect.
It was only at this moment that Shen Jie realized that the volcanic rock area where he was hiding was actually the top of the lair of the Black Spine Worm.
The porous structure of volcanic stone can ventilate, dissipate and exchange air in the nest space.
This should be the home planet of the spine worms.
I don’t know how these strange bugs survive and thrive in such a harsh planet environment.
After observing for a while, Shen Jie turned over and looked at the dark sky above his head covered by thick volcanic ash due to the volcanic eruption...
The weather was gloomy and there was no trace of sunshine. .
Just like Shen Jie’s heart at this moment...
Lifeless and overwhelmed.
And soon, Shen Jie regained his confidence and thought about how to escape.
Should we kill all the black spine worms here, or should they survive until a certain period of time?
Shen Jie has no clue about this.
Perhaps the mysterious woman Lin Feng brought back this time, or the top Zerg leaders, know how to deal with it now.
That's right, Shen Jie relied on genetic assimilation to smell the strong Zerg aura on him as soon as he appeared in the camp.
But she is different from the parasitic mother of the Zerg. The mother only controls the human brain, and the smell is extremely unpleasant. In Shen Jie's eyes, it was just a ball of smelly rotten meat, poisonous and very unpalatable.
But the feeling that Chrysalis gave him was like the king of the Zerg, which made him want to bow his head and surrender unconsciously.
So Shen Jie was wary,
and rarely talked to her.
Occasionally, when their eyes met unexpectedly, he could see a flash of intense interest in the other person's eyes when he was smiling, as if he could see through all his secrets with just one glance.
Especially after going deep into the insect nest, this uncomfortable feeling became more and more intense, and when he saw it with his own eyes, the incredible abilities of Chiyi were...
An astonishing Conjecture emerged in Shen Jie's mind.
Could it be that the woman who suddenly appeared in front of me is the mother queen of the Zerg tribe? !
Once this conjecture appeared, it took root firmly in Shen Jie's mind and couldn't get rid of it.
Lin Feng gave the introduction and explanation. Naturally, Shen Jie would not believe that a woman could know the structure of the insect nest inside out, unless she lived in it every day and could escape the mental investigation of the insect queen.
If his hunch is true, then the reason why Lin Feng seeks cooperation with it is to deal with other insect swarms together?
After all, Lin Feng was indeed attacking the Zerg, and he also ventured deep into the Zerg nest and completely destroyed the Brood Guard, so there was no possibility of being mentally controlled by Xie Yi.
This apocalyptic world is getting crazier and crazier.
The Zerg that invaded Blue Star actually cooperated with humans and fought side by side.
Shen Jie sighed. Compared to the weird scenes of human-insect cooperation, the weird spiritual world in front of him was even more beyond human understanding.
What would Lin Feng do if he were here?
What if it’s a fly? As the high-level commander of the Zerg, where will the Mother Queen exist on this Zerg home planet at this moment?
A bunch of questions bothered Shen Jie, but a series of gurgling sounds came from his stomach.
All doubts disappeared.
Because he is hungry.
Although it is unclear why hunger exists in this dream-like spiritual world, the feeling of weakness coming from the body's limbs is extremely real.
No matter what, Shen Jie must fill his stomach first. As for how to escape, that must be what he should do after eating.
Crawling on all fours, retreating in the same direction.
On such a primitive and harsh planet, Shen Jie felt that the only thing he could eat was those black spine worms.
Although I don't know if I still have the ability to devour and assimilate at this moment, but how do I know if I don't try.
At the worst, it is better to waste another life than to starve to death.
If assimilation is still possible, Shen Jie probably knows how to escape.
Thinking of this, he has climbed out of the top of the insect nest made of volcanic rocks and quietly groped for the place where he arrived.
As expected...
The two groups of black spine worms that appeared before were not aimed at themselves.
It’s just that Shen Jie happened to appear on the battlefield.
These are two groups of black spine worms from different groups. They have subtle differences in body surface lines and giant jaw structures.
Shen Jie, who already knew the spine worms well, could naturally tell at a glance that the structure of this group of black spine worms was quite primitive, and the giant jaws were not as long as they were when they invaded Blue Star, only about half of them.
Their internal fighting should be to compete for territorial resources, like the stick war of primitive tribes.
There is no skill or strategy at all.
But precisely because of this, the internal fight between black spine worms was quite bloody, with blood and flesh splattering everywhere and limbs flying everywhere.
As long as they still have breath, they will use the remaining limbs on their bodies to continue to launch crazy counterattacks and bite their enemies to pieces.
Not long after, this raw, physical battle came to an end.
The result of the battle is naturally that the side with the numerical advantage will win the final victory.
Then they dragged the broken legs and body parts and the scars all over their bodies to clean up the corpses on the battlefield.
Whether it was the corpses of his own comrades or the enemy's, he would carry them all back with him.
On a primitive planet with extremely poor resources, any biomass is extremely valuable.
Cannot be wasted.
However, the black spine worm’s body structure alone cannot take away the insect blood and flesh residue left on the ground.
Shen Jie was still preparing for a decisive battle with the red beetles who came to finish the battle, but he did not expect that for a long time after the black spine swarm disappeared with "materials", there were no low-level insects cleaning the battlefield.
Perhaps there are no other insects except spineworms on this barren planet?
Shen Jie thought about it carefully. After all, even the black spine worms had to rely on the corpses of their own kind to survive, so how could they feed other more consuming insects?
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, carefully touched the edge of the battlefield, and collected the blood stains on the black stone and the scattered meat scraps everywhere.
Through sucking and chewing, Shen Jie soon felt hot in his stomach, and then a familiar heat spread throughout his body. Not only did his whole body recover, but he also became stronger.
And Shen Jie subconsciously touched the bones on the elbow sides of both arms...
Sure enough, two long bone blades only a few millimeters wide appeared on both sides of the arms. The ability to devour and assimilate is still there.
Shen Jie immediately became happy and continued to "clean" the battlefield, leaving no trace behind.
After he had cleaned up most of the blood stains, the bone blades on the sides of his arms had begun to take shape, measuring one meter long and four centimeters wide.
Although it is not as good as the form in the real world, and the bone hardness is not as scary as the giant jaw, but considering that the spine worms here have not evolved to the level of reality...
You can get useful ones. "Equipment", Shen Jie was already satisfied. At least the next time he faced the Black Spine Worm, he would not be as helpless as before.
At this moment, I already have the strength level of a ninth-level enhanced human. It is estimated that I have to kill a live black spine worm to advance to the first stage.
Just when Shen Jie had gained a little and was planning for the future...
Among the ruins destroyed by the Black Spine swarms, a Black Spine worm with a broken leg suddenly rushed out.
Shen Jie didn't expect that the other party would respond with a shot.
But the form after the initial assimilation still activated his danger prediction instinct, and he jumped to avoid it.
Due to lack of physical strength, the black spine insect slowed down by half a beat. The huge jaw it swung passed across the front of the strange creature in front of it, smashing the black rock on the ground.
Shen Jie jumped to the ground and crossed his hands into fists. After observing the surroundings to confirm that there were no other black spine worms, his original intention of escaping turned into taking a risk.
After all, it is difficult to find a lone Black Spine, especially one that is seriously injured and has reduced strength.
Soon, the two charged at each other.
Although the original Black Ridge Insect was small in size and had a narrow jaw, it was still a solid first-stage life form. In terms of physical strength, it surpassed Shen Jie by a lot.
With just a swing of his giant jaw, Shen Jie, who stretched out his hand to block, was knocked away.
After taking a few steps back, he had just stabilized his position when he saw successive attacks from the Black Spine Worms were about to follow.
In desperation, Shen Jie once again took advantage of his small and flexible body, slid backwards and fell to the ground, and used the bone blade on the side of his arm to cut through the abdomen of the black spine worm.
Just like when he killed the tiger spine insect for the first time...
Get the final victory!
After laboriously cutting off the limbs and jaws of the dead insect corpse, Shen Jie carried the bloody back and carried the other trophies away from the battlefield.
Who knows if there will be more, other bugs will appear, and if you are exhausted, it is better to stay away as soon as possible.
After eating the insect corpse, Shen Jie successfully transformed into the black warrior form and began to hunt the lone black spine insects everywhere.
From easily dealing with one, two or three, to seven or eight, Shen Jie, who finally advanced to the late stage of the first level, can now easily deal with a group of dozens of black spine worms.
His fighting skills are constantly honed...
At this moment, he is also exploring and discovering in the battle that there is no time limit for the assimilation form of supernatural powers in the spiritual world.
It can be opened without limit, but the degree of alienation will continue to deepen as the battle continues.
Until now, Shen Jie has gradually been lost in the killing battle, with only one thought in his mind,
That is killing!
He began to become eager to fight, eager to take away all the feeling of life.
As time goes by, the black spine worms in the black rock area can no longer meet his vigorous fighting needs...
Half of his face has been covered by a black carapace, and even the spine worm's jaws have grown out of Chen Shen's face. Jay, then looked towards the sulfur area near the foot of the volcano.
The environment there is even worse. There are hot springs with sulfuric acid mist floating everywhere, and the pungent smell of sulfur can poison any living thing.
But there is a precious source of water here, as well as blazing temperatures rising from the ground.
And the only ones who can make a living from this are the more powerful second-order tiger spine insects!
Shen Jie's footsteps have arrived at the sulfur area at the foot of the volcano. His red eyes are staring at several second-order tigers not far away who are threatening each other for a small hot spring pool. Ridgeworm.
They live on the water source inside, and can absorb the energy of geothermal energy to become stronger.
Seeing that the three tiger spine insects were about to attack, Shen Jie suppressed his inner urgency and waited quietly.
Until they decided the winner, one died tragically, and the other was defeated and retreated. Only the last winner, with bloody scars all over his body, walked into the hot spring more than ten meters wide, picked up the corpse of the same kind beside him, and began to enjoy Take the fruits of your own victory.
However, at this moment, a very inconspicuous low-level black spine worm suddenly appeared in front of it.
The winner screamed and roared extremely impatiently.
I want to scare away this little bug.
Its territory and food are inviolable!
However, instead of escaping, the little bug accelerated its pace and rushed toward the hot spring pool!
The second-level tiger spine insect is not stupid. After feeling a hint of threat, it quickly pulled out its limbs from the lime mud settled in the pool and landed on land.
I’m going to teach this little insect who doesn’t know whether to live or die, why the sulfur area at the foot of the throne is a restricted area for low-level untouchables!
However, having just won the victory, it was so arrogant and arrogant that it completely forgot about the scars all over its body. Shen Jie soon found a breakthrough, and finally died tragically by the hot spring pool.
Shen Jie drank the hot spring water and began to devour the bodies of two tiger spine worms wantonly.
.........
After hunting like this for several months...
A battle attracted the bored Shen Jie.
At this time, the skin on his entire body has grown into bright yellow armor like a tiger spine insect. Except that he does not have wings, he is indistinguishable from the wild fighting form of a winged tiger.
In order to survive, Shen Jie had to maintain his assimilated form all the time, until a certain moment, he had forgotten his assimilated existence, and even thought that the insect man in the reflection of the pool was what he should have been. appearance!
In a world without humans, the difference between humans and insects becomes increasingly blurred in Shen Jie's perception.
Up to this moment, it stopped and looked out, and actually saw a group of tiger spine insects leading a large number of low-level black spine insects on the wasteland, chasing a group of fully armed humans.
A trace of doubt flashed in Shen Jie's eyes, but it was quickly covered up by the desire to kill. Driven by excitement, it turned into a yellow lightning and descended on the battlefield.
In the wanton killing, it did not know how many tiger spine worms it had killed, and how many black spine worms it had taken away with the aftermath of wielding the bone-edged heavy sword...
In short, this group of thirty or forty tiger spine insects only survived for a few minutes before being killed by the mysterious insects that suddenly rushed in!
The humans fled in all directions, looking at a loss.
Until the strange insect in human form pointed a pair of bone-edged heavy swords in his hands at them.
A new battle breaks out immediately.
The humans wearing red black armor began to shoot at the insect man with shotguns.
Although the enemy changed from a group of tiger spine insects to a weird insect man, the human reaction speed was too slow and could not catch up with the speed of the insect man.
Watching his companions fall one after another, turning into light powder and disappearing...
The last old captain stared intently at the appearance and combat mode of the weird insect man.
Suddenly a similar guy came to mind!
At this moment, the weird insect man also killed the last soldier and targeted him.
Then his body flashed and turned into an afterimage and rushed towards him quickly!
At the critical juncture of life and death, the old captain suddenly had a flash of inspiration and called out the name:
"Shen Jie!"
The insect man's figure immediately stopped behind the In front of him, who fell to the ground and trembled in fear, a huge bone sword with flames and clouds was attached to his neck. Not only did it cut off the armor protecting his neck, but blood also gradually seeped out.
But the old captain didn't hesitate at all. The moment the bug-man showed his flaw, he directly pulled the trigger.
The shotgun shells exploded at close range.
Shen Jie, who was in a trance and had no time to dodge, was hit directly in the face.
Fortunately, with the protection of the mad fighting form of the tiger spine insect, in the end, only half of the jaw on the face was broken, exposing the muscles and blood vessels that lost the face...
And its face has already changed with The epidermal insect beetles were completely fused together, and were torn out together as the jaws exploded.
Shen Jie, who had lost half of his face, didn't pay attention to the blood splattering on his face. Instead, he used his bloody eyeball to look at the dying human in front of him.
"Thunder steamed buns are here..."
The alienated and distorted throat makes it difficult to speak.
The old captain looked at his disappearing lower body, realized something, and grabbed Shen Jie's arm:
"Remember! You must, you must remember to go back!"
After saying that, it turned into little stars and disappeared.
Shen Jie was left stunned in place...
New insect jaws gradually grew on his face, but his eyes showed confusion.
Then, he tore off half of the newly grown insect beetle on his face, held it in the palm of his hand, and crushed it into pieces along with his face.
“Go back...”
“Go back!”
.........
In the real world, when Lin Feng was guarding the black and yellow worm eggs, continuing to upgrade the tiger-tooth chain sword...
In the distant residential building, there was a sound There was a wailing sound.
Then Liu Yi walked quickly, his face uncertain, and his tone even trembling:
"Sir, Commander..."
"The first batch of second-level awakening members fell into the same dream during the awakening process, in which..."
"An old captain reported that they encountered..."
"Shen Jie Captain!”
(End of this chapter)