Chapter 1354: Civilization Butcher

I'm so hungry...

I really want to eat a bite...

Snake-headed and human-bodied, it moved like a lizard over the stones; Hong Ya Ye strained to drag her round belly, creeping toward the cave mouth.

On its thin, ugly snake head, one eye constantly oozed pus, burned by volcanic lava on the return journey.

Its black, foul-smelling skin clung like an ugly garment, and fresh granulation tissue slowly seeped blood from friction.

Though weak, the thought of its clansmen waiting in the gathering place filled it with strength, and it moved its feet little by little.

Can't digest the crystal stones...

The white scale stone is about to be produced; she needs to supplement food...

I don't know whether her child will take after me or Qing Ya...

Feeling the scorching heat beneath her belly, Hong Ya Ye's scales twitched slightly, as if she had thought of something.

It's too close to the volcano here...

Maybe I should persuade the clan leader to move; when the next major eruption occurs, we'll be buried underground...

Shaking her head, suppressing her hunger, as she approached the gathering place's excavated cave mouth, Hong Ya Ye exhaled, glanced warily at the sky, then stood up.

Although digesting the crystals in his stomach would speed his wound healing, he still decided to conserve food for the children.

If I conserve more, I can slowly absorb magma...

Maybe then I'll have money to buy the children some scales, lessening their pain...

His vertical pupils held a longing for future life; although each day grew harder, he still had to survive.

Just as he carefully held his belly, about to jump down the tunnel, a stone beside it suddenly aroused his vigilance.

When... did a stone suddenly appear!?

Every stone at the cave entrance was placed by him personally; he clearly remembered there was absolutely no such large stone on his right side!

Instinctively, his muscles tensed, his snake mouth hissed, and his probing tongue, like infrared sensing, strained to detect abnormal heat around him.

Before he could act, the stone he was staring at suddenly turned into a bizarre creature and lunged at his face.

Bang!

A suppressed internal explosion.

Accompanied by a tremendous force erupting above his head, this Alien Species, unable to react, had its head blown apart; simultaneously, a pure shockwave burst from its body.

In the blink of an eye, its whole body turned to ash like powder.

Quickly setting up a mental barrier, Lin An expressionlessly caught the crystals bursting from the 'dust'.

On several fist-sized crystals, fresh slime still clung.

What a pity...

He shook his head slightly.

Lin An frowned at the stone in his hand, then stored the opponent's corpse in his ring.

He had intended to hide aside and observe, but he didn't expect these Alien Species to be so alert as to remember their surroundings.

Realizing he might be discovered, Lin An simply killed the opponent.

Upon entering the Alien Species world, he needed to grasp its basic information; ideally, he would obtain the number of remaining Fourth Stage beings in this world.

'An Alien Species with energy crystals in its stomach?'

'Not digested? Even when injured, it doesn't digest?'

Weak breath...

Looks like it's preparing to bring these back to the nest?

After a silent analysis of useful information, a white light flashed in Lin An's hand the next second, and a surgical knife appeared.

Hum.

Accompanied by a slight vibrating buzz, he instantly transformed into the likeness of that Alien Species.

'The Alien Species' social structure is also similar to human society...'

'Males go out to forage for food, while females rear offspring in the nest...'

'What is the civilization structure? Where are the most Alien Species? How do they strengthen themselves?'

'Why crawl on the ground? Although the gravity here is great, for a being with Second Level physical strength, they could completely stand upright...'

His eyes flickering, Lin An, doubtful, tried to absorb a bit of the crystal in his hand.

In an instant, a warm current surged into his palm.

'The spiritual energy is very chaotic, not pure, with other energy mixed in...'

This must be the food...

In terms of spiritual energy conversion, one crystal roughly equals one-third of the reserves of a First Level Awakened One; the strength is not low... surviving is no problem...

However, this group of Alien Species also seems to need energy to strengthen their exoskeletons, otherwise they can't go out...

Recalling the wound on that Alien Species just now, Lin An easily obtained much useful information.

This stone is food for the Alien Species; while observing it crawl, he noticed it slowly absorbing thermal energy.

This shows the Alien Species have two feeding methods.

But...

'He fears the volcano, otherwise he wouldn't have glanced worriedly at the distant volcano earlier; yet he also needs the volcano to provide basic thermal energy.'

The main food is this ore; perhaps there are other things...

This shows that the Alien Species' gathering places will be built around these two kinds of locations.

Just like humans, the most populous areas tend to be near river basins.

There probably aren't many Alien Species here?

After disguising himself as the other's appearance, Lin An hesitatedly looked at the cave entrance ahead.

In his view, although mixing among the Alien Species carries great risk, it is also the quickest way to obtain information.

There are no satellites, no maps here.

He must find a way to obtain the distribution map of the Fourth Stage, then seize a suitable opportunity to begin slaughter!

Before the Alien Species discover and hunt him, the larger the Alien Species gathering place he finds, the more advantageous it is for him. It can be said that this period will be the only time he considers it Safety.

After a brief hesitation, a fierce glint flashed in Lin An's eyes, and he suddenly erupted with a vast amount of mental power, enveloping the surrounding several kilometers in an almost extravagant manner.

Go down!

First capture a few Alien Species and kill them, then talk! If you can interrogate the corpses, do so; if not, obtain information as quickly as possible, then slaughter everyone here!

With a Mental Power Barrier in place, it should be able to block conventional information transmission!

Of course, the premise is that these Alien Species must not be allowed to use system functions.

"I have no idea what the Alien Species' system is... nor how their mental sharing transmits information..."

"But not taking risks won't do..."

After carefully examining his disguise, Lin An, having reached this thought, jumped into the cave without hesitation.

He doesn't have much time left; without contacting Chu An, he has no idea what's happening back on Earth.

Perhaps in the next second, the Alien Species Sovereign will come back to kill....

"Daddy hasn't come back yet... I'm so hungry... Mommy..."

"My body hurts so much..."

In the dim cave, several young Alien Species huddled on a white Alien Species, their newly grown scales seeming to pierce out of their skin, causing them to tremble all over from pain.

Above them, the Alien Species they call mother, her eyes full of sorrow, drives some hard scales into their scalps.

To survive, to be able to live in the harsh environment.

Newborn Alien Species cannot forcibly catalyze protective scales for themselves; thus, the scales plucked from higher-level Alien Species become their "clothing".

"Soon, child..."

"Daddy will be back soon; then if you eat a bit more, it won't hurt..."

The female Alien Species gently strokes the young Alien Species' head, her eyes full of compassion.

But just as she, feeling somewhat worried, looked again toward the cave passage, a familiar figure suddenly stepped out.

That is..