Chapter 85: 83. Famished and Thirsty (Supplementary Update)

83. Famished and Thirsty (Supplementary Update)

Bang, bang, bang!

Yu Lianyun and the expressionless He Jia'an fired continuously, repelling and killing the Abnormal creatures that attacked them along the way.

They were neither maggot-men nor blood-men; they were tentacle-heads, another vassal race under the Daughter of Gluttony, possessing excellent camouflage abilities. They usually possessed complete human bodies, having merely replaced the heads of the parasitized, and they fully inherited the memories of the people whose heads were replaced.

Compared to maggot-men and blood-men, the danger coefficient of encountering them head-on was much smaller, because they ultimately still used human bodies, and the body's mobility relied purely on the physical fitness of the parasitized person. As long as their human bodies were destroyed, if the tentacle-head could not replace it with a healthy body in time, they would head toward death just like a human.

Thus, when Yu Lianyun and He Jia'an encountered these tentacle-heads, they did not face any terrible danger. Compared to today's encounters, their existence, aside from adding a burden to their hearts, did not really add any more fear to their inner selves.

Looking at those tentacle-heads, one by one, wearing the uniforms of the Mysterious Investigator, Yu Lianyun and He Jia'an both felt somewhat unsettled.

They could not distinguish when these Mysterious Investigators had been parasitized. If they had just been parasitized, then these Mysterious Investigators who had come to rescue and meet them were truly too pathetic, and if they had been parasitized long ago, then just how many people in this Cuizhu City were no longer human?

Once they thought about the House of Cards consortium being related to the Evolution Heaven organization, they felt even more uneasy.

Assuming that Abnormal organizations like Evolution Heaven that deeply infiltrated human society were not isolated cases, then calculating by the vast land and massive population ratio of the Shenzhou Region, just how many Abnormal creatures disguised as humans were silently hiding like this today? They each harbored their own ulterior motives and impure thoughts, making it truly difficult to estimate their good or evil.

"Suddenly, I'm a bit worried. Will Li Yingqi's plan go smoothly?" Yu Lianyun thought to herself.

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After a brief moment of astonishment, Haimofen came back to his senses. Looking at the Daughter of Gluttony, who was gradually changing back into the form of a woman in a qipao, he said calmly, "It seems your true body in the Real World has suddenly suffered damage, and it was an effective strike."

"Damn it... damn humans." The Daughter of Gluttony was filled with unwillingness. She felt that she had been deceived, and that everything she had experienced today was a trap carefully laid by humans to deal with her.

What the Daughter of Gluttony found hard to believe was that there were actually humans in this world who could harm her physical body.

Haimofen watched the other party quietly. Although he was confident he could keep the Daughter of Gluttony, he was currently holding an important concert. Having previously been disturbed by the Daughter of Gluttony's singing as she transformed into a mermaid, he had already made one mistake; continuing to fight her would be somewhat counterproductive.

An Alien God might not care about such honors, but Haimofen cared very much. To him, completing a near-flawless performance was his lifelong pursuit.

"So, death or departure—have you made your choice?" Haimofen asked again.

Upon hearing Haimofen's words, the Daughter of Gluttony weighed the pros and cons, gritted her teeth, and said, "Fine, I will leave."

Haimofen smiled and nodded, closed his eyes, and continued to play the violin. The Daughter of Gluttony felt a sense of being pulled. She did not resist further but instead followed the direction of the pull. Her vision darkened, and her consciousness was immediately swept into a vortex...

At the same time, Xin Junmao, who was being pursued by a woman in a qipao with a devilish figure but also a "devilish" face, suddenly saw with his own eyes, in a glance back, the scene of Miss Zhao disappearing on the spot.

Xin Junmao slammed on the brakes, looking at the empty corridor behind him in astonishment and confusion. He gathered his courage and walked back, but he did not see Miss Zhao's figure again. She had really left...

"If she left this world that is like a dream, did she return to the Real World?" Xin Junmao could not help but think, "If that's the case, wouldn't she be able to manipulate my body at will?"

Xin Junmao only felt a chill run down his spine. He now also wanted to leave Haimofen's dream and return to reality, but as he looked around, he no longer knew where he was. He was lost in a maze-like dream corridor.

This was not an ordinary dream. Xin Junmao had tried to wake himself up with pain and death, but there were no signs of waking up; getting injured and committing suicide only made him feel a sense of exhaustion.

"What should I do... Do I have to wait for Haimofen to finish the concert? Wouldn't I be too late by then?" Xin Junmao was anxious inside; he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk back.

If he couldn't find a way out, at least let him return to the performance hall...

Li Yingqi waved her wings and sharp claws, cutting and tearing at the giant tumor in front of her. She had the feeling of slicing open a pregnant woman's belly, and she was not a doctor, but rather like an impulsive, perverted serial killer.

This crazy association not only did not make Li Yingqi feel uncomfortable, but it also made her feel it was fitting, and inexplicably, she became increasingly calm.

Unnamed flesh fragments and plump fatty meat granules rolled out from the torn tumor. The plasma inside the tumor washed the ground with filth. A thin, shriveled female monster slid out from the tumor. On her body were many biological tubes directly connected to the tumor, some like umbilical cords, which were likely the medium through which the female monster absorbed nutrients from the tumor.

Seeing the Daughter of Gluttony finally reveal herself, Li Yingqi raised her bird talons and stomped furiously toward the Daughter of Gluttony's head.

The next moment, Li Yingqi only felt a pain in her ankle. Looking closely, it was the female monster who had opened her mouth at some point. Her head had become massive, as if containing all things, and her bloody mouth swallowed her sharp claws directly. Subsequently, it was as if tens of thousands of tooth sockets had grown inside the female monster's mouth, and sharp teeth ground and crushed all of her bird talons.

Li Yingqi decisively severed her lingering bird talons and flew high into the air. The effect of the Death Return Pill she had previously consumed took effect at this moment; even though she had transformed into a Guhuo bird, her severed limbs were still regenerating at an incredibly high speed.

The female monster chewed on the broken bones and flesh while standing straight up from the ground. Her twisted, withered body gradually became plump and round, and finally, parts of her skin even protruded to manifest the appearance of a qipao.

The Daughter of Gluttony turned her head one hundred and eighty degrees to look at the Guhuo bird that had just ambushed her. Her beautiful face split open a scarlet mouth, revealing two rows of uneven, wild-boar-like teeth, and she grinned, "There is actually such a creature; I haven't eaten one yet. The taste is truly not bad. Since you delivered yourself to my door, don't run."

Having said that, the Daughter of Gluttony's body suddenly expanded and twisted. Fleshy wings emerged all over her body. On the bald wings, like bamboo shoots after a rain, protrusions and cysts of various sizes sprouted, like individual grapes. Immediately following, the black-edged white feather unique to the Guhuo bird grew out from the "grapes," swaying like the bell-stand of a wind chime, and her beautiful head also transformed into the terrifying face of a Guhuo bird.

The Daughter of Gluttony let out a long cry, her hollow, large eyes staring at Li Yingqi, who had regrown her sharp talons. Saliva dripped continuously from the corners of her mouth, as if she were famished and thirsty.