Chapter 1342: Sovereign Descends

"Did you see it?" )

( "In this world, what kind of monsters do you think the kin of the surviving Alien Species are?" )

( "Compared to them, we humans are really too fragile..." )

He also seemed to sigh a bit.

After enlarging the generated virtual image, Second Will slightly shook his head.

( "According to the images I saw in my memory fragments, compared to our current environment... a ground full of zombies and mutants would be considered a children's playground." )

( "The greatest horror of the Apocalypse is not only the endless monsters and the three major events, but more so the destruction of the survival environment.." )

( "Their kin are First Level from the moment of birth." )

( "After approximately 4-6 hours, they can independently hunt and survive." )

( "It's not a psychic level, but purely a physical strength comparable to Awakened Ones." )

Upon enlarging the image, a juvenile form resembling a snake-headed human appeared before Lin An.

"What is this?"

Focusing his gaze, Lin An looked at the image provided by Second Will with some surprise.

In his eyes, this monster called the Alien Species juvenile form was actually extremely similar to a human infant.

Apart from being slightly larger, about seventy centimeters long. Ignoring the elongated deformed head, the lower body is exactly the same as a human infant's.

"Do they also have skin? Also a body...?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Lin An realized he had misspoken. The skin is very strange, but the lower half of the body definitely exists.

As expected, Second Will let out a light laugh, then spoke calmly:

( "It has skin." )

( "Although I don't know exactly why they have it, in the monster memories you've merged with, they have skin and flesh from birth, and they are very fragile." )

( "Hard to understand, right?" )

( "In this environment, besides the hard bone structure that can be preserved, any flesh will be blown to shreds." )

( "Theoretically speaking, they shouldn't be born in this form..." )

( "However, I guess the environment before their civilization was actually similar to ours, allowing organic tissue to exist." )

( "It's just that due to the environmental influence, they have no choice but to survive in another form." )

He waved his right hand, and a brand-new image appeared.

( "Did you see it? Around six hours later, the Alien Species juvenile form will 'autonomously' shed all its flesh, retaining only the internal organs. The hard exoskeleton becomes their new skin, growing into the Alien Species form you see." )

( "Moreover, they will actively remove any excretory organs, turning themselves into a long sac." )

Looking at the bone snake in the image, a flicker of surprise crossed Lin An's eyes.

Without Second Will explaining the reason, he instantly realized why the Alien Species do this.

"Why survive.. without wasting energy?"

"Any substance devoured will be repeatedly digested and absorbed..."

He remained silent.

Compared to humans, looking at the image of the Alien Species juvenile form only six hours later, Lin An intuitively felt how terrifying this race is.

For survival, they go to the utmost...

The reason humans need to excrete is essentially being "picky" and having overly abundant resources.

After slightly toxic substances are absorbed, they will be excreted without hesitation, or indigestible food will also be expelled through the excretory cavity.

But the Alien Species cannot.

In the extremely harsh survival environment, these just-born Alien Species likely have only various heavy-metal mixtures as food, or the bony bodies of their own kind...

Any form of energy waste is not allowed.

Of course, if they cannot break down toxins and cannot adapt to this environment after birth... then they will likely be turned back into fresh protein and chitin.

This is a brutal "evolution" forced upon them under the Apocalypse....

In the silence of the two, Second Will let out a silent sigh.

( "So, Lin An..." )

( "Tell me, even if we ignore all external threats. Suppose no Sovereign can hunt us down.. suppose we can blend into the Alien Species world." )

( "How can we hide among them? How can we blend in?" )

( "Even if you change into their appearance, mimic their scent... but in this harsh environment, the Alien Species that survive have every movement, thought, concept, detail... that we cannot imitate." )

Second Will also seemed to know that the only thing he could do now was to provide more information to Lin An, in order to make a final effort.

But, after providing the information about the Alien Species form, he still remained pessimistic about the upcoming plan.

If we could blend into the Alien Species, continuously feeding... perhaps there really is hope to drain the blood of the Alien Species world, thereby achieving ultimate victory...

But no matter how he thought, once Lin An entered the Alien Species world, the two were like fireflies in the night, simply too conspicuous.

The only thing they could do was endless battle, non-stop slaughter.

To get stronger as quickly as possible before any pursuers hunting the Alien Species appear.

Come in batches, kill them in batches, eventually slaughtering all Alien Species....

That... what kind of road is this...

( "Lin An, Alien Species, won't be that stupid..." )

In the oppressive atmosphere, Second Will slowly closed his eyes, intending to return to the Thought Space.

He is not fragile, nor will he easily give up.

But just thinking about the upcoming battle, he sees no hope.

Even in the endless trials, when he was once thrown into a star-war world full of insect swarms, he was not that desperate.

At least those worms have no brains...

Not knowing how much time had passed, Lin An silently gripped his twin swords in the silence.

Just as he was about to say something, a sensation of space shattering suddenly surged from all around him.

This is...?!

In an instant, a tiny point of light rapidly expanded until it filled his entire field of view.

In the rapidly expanding vision of the world, a huge, boundless, ancient and desolate bronze door slowly opened.

The door—broken.

Great Supreme Overlord! Your people offer their hearts! We beg for your Descent!!!

Roar!!!

Inside the gigantic bronze door, a fissure the size of a human head had opened, and a streak of evil light, red to the extreme, frenziedly burst forth—like a ten‑thousand‑meter giant snake trying to squeeze through the narrow crack, drilling into this world with reckless madness as the soul suffers to the utmost.

Fragments of thought within each soul shattered and exploded, tearing the surrounding space apart.

The aura representing the Overlord...

The Descent is underway!