Chapter 509: Brain Bug

Everyone felt suppressed. The humid environment made even breathing appear somewhat obstructed.

As they went deeper into the cave, ferns gradually occupied the mainstream. These organisms gave everyone a peculiar sense of life.

Yes, a sense of life. These ferns seemed to have life. Stepping on them, one could hear a small *ya-ya* sound, so subtle it couldn't be heard, but it truly existed in the heart.

"A very strange feeling." Rick shook his head. "I feel like I'm walking on the back of a behemoth."

He spoke the thoughts in his heart. He found that not only him, but everyone else also carried a suppressed expression, as if they were constipated.

"Yes." Tara breathed a sigh of relief. "Your feeling is correct. I feel the same way. Every step, I feel a kind of heart-pounding fear. If it weren't for the belief of 'saving humanity' supporting me, I'm afraid I would turn around and run away."

"Yeah, yeah."

Other soldiers spoke one after another, expressing the feelings in their hearts.

To be honest, their mood was very bad right now, simply terrible. Before coming over, they prayed for the bugs not to appear, but now, they prayed for the bugs to appear quickly, because the bugs hiding in the dark gave them considerable psychological pressure. They felt that if this continued, they would go crazy.

"These ferns." Ye Nan's mental power slowly permeated the bodies of the ferns, exploring the bit of thought, or rather, the bit of instinct hidden in their bodies. But the result of the exploration made him very shocked.

These ferns were not separate. Their roots were one body. A giant root system was rooted under the land, absorbing nutrients from the land, thereby giving birth to countless ferns.

"What's wrong?" Rick turned his head and looked at Ye Nan, who had a shocked expression, and couldn't help but ask, "What did you discover?"

"These ferns are one body." Ye Nan said in a deep voice. "Their roots are connected together."

"Are you kidding? How could ferns..." Rick closed his mouth after seeing Ye Nan pull up a fern. Facts speak louder than words, even if this fact overturned his common sense.

The root of the pulled-up fern was still connected to the earth, and even because of the pulling, other ferns were pulled up. The plants that appeared unrelated on the surface were actually one body.

"This might be food manufactured by the Zerg." Ye Nan suddenly thought of the Zerg Creep in StarCraft. The two had similarities to a certain extent.

"The other party is a chosen one like me, so it shouldn't be surprising that he fused Zerg types and improved upon them," Ye Nan muttered, but he felt a sense of anxiety in his heart.

Judging from the current situation, his progress had already fallen behind all the chosen ones. Whether it was Beth, the Mistress of Magic, or Harris, the Zerg Master, or Xu Sibo, the Master of Xianxia, or Fushan Meixue, the Master of the Supernatural, their progress far exceeded his. It could be said that he was the only chosen one who hadn't transcended the siege of movies: the Sci-Fi Master, in name only.

"No, that's not right. The Zerg should also belong to the Sci-Fi category." Ye Nan was shocked in his heart, then fell into deep thought.

The Zerg had always appeared in Sci-Fi movies. If what Beth said was true, then the Zerg Master Harris should belong to the Sci-Fi category. Combining the current war situation in the galaxy, this war was the war between the two of them.

"If the Zerg Master Harris defeats me, he will absorb the technological civilization and become the Sci-Fi Master. And by the same token, if I defeat Harris and absorb the Zerg civilization, I will also become the Sci-Fi Master."

"In fact, Harris and I are competitors, simultaneously competing for the title of Sci-Fi Master. It's not just me who has fallen behind; Harris has also fallen behind."

Ye Nan, who had figured this out, smiled freely. Confidence returned to his side once again.

"I will not lose to anyone."

"If the roots of the ferns are one body, then are we walking on its body?" A hint of unnaturalness flashed on Tara's face. "This feeling is really not good."

"Not at all." The Grim Reaper raised his head, his feet stepping on the ferns twice. "I don't have this feeling."

"Let's not talk about this. Finding the Zerg Brain Bug now and killing it is the hard truth. We need to hurry." Rick, seeing the trend of everyone stopping, hurriedly said. After saying this, he paused. "As for this strange fern, no need to pay attention to it. Ye Nan also said that these might be the Zerg's food. For food, there's nothing to be afraid of."

"Wrong." Ye Nan denied it. "Very wrong."

"On the surface, the ferns are the Zerg's food and have nothing to do with us, but in reality, the relationship is huge."

"You must know that this was manufactured by the Zerg."

Ye Nan emphasized the word "manufactured by the Zerg." He believed Rick and the others should be able to understand.

Sure enough, just as Ye Nan expected, after hearing this word, Rick's expression wasn't just constipated like before. His expression now was a kind of ashen blue.

Stepping on ferns manufactured by the Zerg was equivalent to walking on a tightrope, and this tightrope was also controlled by someone else. After all, no one knew if these ferns had other uses aside from being eaten. Placing one's hope on someone else's negligence was the greatest negligence toward oneself.

"Then what should we do now?" Rick had no other way. At this moment, in his eyes, these ferns were no longer just ordinary ferns, but a ferocious prehistoric behemoth. This prehistoric behemoth had opened its mouth wide, waiting for prey to enter, and they happened to be inside the behemoth's mouth.

"Find." The word "find" was spat out from Ye Nan's mouth. "Find a path where no ferns exist. Better safe than sorry."

"No." Tara directly denied Ye Nan's proposal. "We don't have much time left. No one knows when the Zerg army will come over. Judging from the Brain Bug's current situation of shrinking back, it is determined to play hide-and-seek with us, preparing to wait for its army to come over."

"At this time, we should accelerate our speed to find the Brain Bug, instead of wasting time to avoid possible traps."

"Following this path doesn't necessarily mean we can find the Brain Bug. Maybe if we change paths, we'll find the Brain Bug," Ye Nan said faintly.

"You..." Tara was so angry she couldn't speak.

"Alright, stop arguing." Rick ran out to smooth things over. "No matter what, the ferns might be the Zerg's trap. Everyone, be careful."

Although it seemed like smoothing things over, Rick's stance clearly leaned toward Tara. Regarding capturing the Brain Bug and saving the Human Federation, he seemed to have reached a fanatical state. Even if it was a trap in front of him, he would jump down.

"You are the captain. Whatever you want to do, do it." Ye Nan pouted and didn't say any more opposing words, because he knew that even if he said it, these people wouldn't listen. They were determined that following this path would lead them to the Brain Bug.

"Damn, if it weren't for the fact that my mental power was restricted here, I wouldn't let that damn Brain Bug play hide-and-seek with me here."

Ye Nan was quite helpless. Just now, he had scanned this mountain peak, but unfortunately, there was an invisible force field surrounding the inside of this mountain peak, greatly restricting his mental power, locking his power within a radius of 20 meters.

Rick seemed to feel a hint of dissatisfaction in Ye Nan's heart and hurriedly comforted him. "This is not for merit, but for the Federation. If we cannot eliminate the Zerg on this planet as soon as possible, the soldiers left on it will be wiped out, and more seriously, it will lead to the destruction of the entire Federation."

"Rick, you're not joking." Tara felt Rick's words were a bit serious. "Even if the Federation's 300,000-strong army is all lost here, it wouldn't lead to the destruction of the Federation."

"Ms. Tara," Rick said sternly, "it's not just the issue of the 300,000-strong army being wiped out, but also the reason for the Zerg's technological progress."

Then, Rick told Tara everything he saw in the base, and concluded: "The Zerg are constantly learning human technology in the battle with humans. One day, the Zerg will come to the Human Federation in space warships. At that time, it will be the end of the Federation."

"What?" After hearing Rick's words, a terrifying picture appeared in Tara's mind. At this moment, she finally understood why Rick said this matter was related to the destruction of the Human Federation.

Think about the bugs learning human technology and developing their own technology, while humans knew nothing about the bugs. In the end, it would definitely be the destruction of the Human Federation. This was indisputable.

"Since that's the case," a hint of determination appeared on Tara's face, "even if we have to pay with our lives, we must take the Zerg's Brain Bug back."

"That's right. Let's continue to find the Brain Bug."

Ten miles underground from the rescue detachment, a giant, fat bug opened its eyes. In front of it was a man dressed in attire similar to the Middle Eastern Saudi Arabian style.

"Great Master, those humans have already found my residence. Should I transfer?" The giant white, slug-like Brain Bug said while yellow liquid flowed from its mouth. Its fat body crawled on the ground, shaking, appearing extremely afraid of the man in front of it.

The man in front of it was wrapped in white cloth. Like Beth from before, his body was also illusory. (To be continued.) ===== CHAPTER 510 =====