Chapter 110: Hive Mind: Where is My Lictor??

The light and shadow around began to shake unnaturally, and invisible blades like wind thrust out from behind Zhou Yun, stabbing toward his neck.

The creature hidden within the flowing light and shadow had calculated everything.

Whether movement, timing, or position, all were perfect.

It was about to take the life of the creature before it.

Slash!!!

A sharp rapier shot out from the shadows, clashing with its claws.

The ringing sound of metal on metal echoed, reverberating endlessly among the garbage mountains.

The light and shadow on the Tyranid creature attempting to assassinate Zhou Yun rippled in waves, and in an instant, its true form was revealed.

It was a lean and light Tyranid creature holding a scythe-like sharp claw, its mouth covered by a tentacled oral organ.

Its eyes flickered with killing intent and fury like rubies.

Lictor!

One of the most excellent assassins among the Tyranid creatures.

It had come to behead Zhou Yun, General Droste, and Xiang Xiang Leina.

As expected.

This is one of the things the Tyranid Hive Mind is best at.

When the three appear together, it will absolutely not miss this opportunity.

But unfortunately, Zhou Yun also has an excellent master assassin on his side.

Di Xi appeared from Zhou Yun's side like a wisp of shadow; she wore a black leather outfit and held two sharp rapiers, her gaze cold and revealing layers of death.

She was the finest creation forged by the Bai Si Sect of Asford, an assassin acting as the will of the God of Death.

She had long followed Zhou Yun's orders, hiding in the darkness and waiting for Lictor to expose itself.

Moreover, Zhou Yun had applied the Accelerated Clockwork to Di Xi.

This assassin, already agile and swift, had now become even faster and sharper.

Lictor's form was revealed for less than a second; in an instant, the light and shadow flowed, and it was about to vanish again into its color-shifting carapace.

Di Xi did not give it that chance.

The syringe hidden beneath her leather outfit activated, injecting drugs and hormones into her body at a dosage nearly reaching the upper limit of human tolerance.

Veins bulged on her modified body, crawling over her form like layers of cursed tattoos, with blood filling them and gathering in the capillaries within Di Xi's eyes.

In an instant, Di Xi's eyes turned into a chilling blood-red.

The three present only saw Di Xi flash as a shadow, and then saw waves rise in the light and shadow, with the sound of metal clashing ringing in the air.

Amidst the ripples of light and shadow, Lictor's form was exposed once again.

Its sharp scythe-like giant claws clashed with the slender steel rapiers in Di Xi's hands.

Di Xi's face, twisted with madness, revealed a deep killing intent; she was actually on par with this perfect biological weapon debugged and designed by the Great Devourer.

"Death! Only sacrifice to Death! Only worship the God of Death and Doraemon!"

A roar filled with madness erupted from Di Xi's throat.

Her muscles suddenly tensed, clearly visible beneath her skin.

Her modified body surged with power, and more drugs were injected into her body.

She roared and forcibly pried apart Lictor's two scythe-like giant claws.

"Thunder!!! Haki-mi!" Xiang Xiang Leina roared, her voice interlaced with chaotic syllables.

A bolt of psychic lightning thrust out from the void, striking fiercely at Lictor's exposed chest.

"Roar!!!" The beast let out a roar, twisting its body in an attempt to dodge.

It had realized that the roles of hunter and prey had now reversed.

This was a trap prepared long ago specifically to deal with it.

"Hmph! Want to run? Overlord Lion Flying Head Fist!"

Just as it had dodged, Zhou Yun's figure flashed violently, appearing beside it.

Wearing a Superpower Hat, Zhou Yun teleported instantly to Lictor's side.

No matter how fast Lictor was, it could not compare to teleportation.

Lictor hastily extended its claws to block Zhou Yun's fist.

Its scythe-like claw exploded into flesh and blood, flying through the air.

"By the God of Death! By the Chosen of Doraemon!"

Seizing this moment, Di Xi stomped her entire body onto Lictor's chest; her blood-colored eyes found the weak points between Lictor's bones and carapace, and she thrust her sharp rapier violently into Lictor's flesh. The syringe hidden within the rapier then injected a fierce neurotoxin into Lictor's body.

The potent neurotoxin, refined over generations by the Daughters of the Bai Si Sect, could make a person scream in agony and die from just a tiny drop.

But against Lictor, a Tyranid creature, the effect was far weaker; Lictor only fell into a momentary paralysis.

Xiang Xiang Leina seized this opportunity and slammed her arm, covered in psychic power, onto Lictor's head.

Directly thrusting one's consciousness into a Tyranid creature's body using psychic power is extremely dangerous.

But Xiang Xiang Leina did not intend to do that. Her nerves were enhanced by psychic power, and a series of short, intense neural currents interlaced with psychic power stabbed into Lictor's brain.

Lictor's body suddenly trembled and shook several times.

But even so, Lictor only fell into a momentary paralysis.

As one of the most dangerous creations of the Tyranids, it was just this robust and terrifying.

Moreover, death was not the end for Lictor.

Its consciousness would not dissipate; its memories would be uploaded to the Hive Mind, and it would reorganize this failure and launch another hunt.

Taking advantage of the brief moment when Lictor's body was stiff, Zhou Yun grabbed Lictor's thigh and dragged it toward the Fourth-Dimensional Pocket.

Before Licat could react, Zhou Yun forcibly shoved it into the four-dimensional pocket.

Licat's pair of scarlet eyes, filled with confusion, gazed at the deep, hollow void before it.

It realized its link to the Hive Mind had been severed.

Then, it vanished into the pitch-black, deep void.

【Item Name: Licat】

【Origin: Underworld Shield Galaxy - Asford Star - Tyranid Hatchery】

【Evaluation: An assassin among Tyranid creatures, a top-tier hunter hidden in the gaps of light and shadow, patient and dangerous. Taste: sweet and salty; Nature: warm. Effects: calms fright, stops convulsions, detoxifies, and reduces swelling. Used to treat infantile convulsions, hemorrhoids, and beriberi. Not suitable for consumption.】

【Production Time: 998. m41】

【Status: Disabled, Living】

【Value: 500,000】

The Hive Mind loomed over the entire Underworld Galaxy like a shadow.

Its will, like tendrils, seeped from the void into the bodies of every node creature, and from every node creature extended to every Tyranid creature.

Whether a bio-ship or the smallest termite, every Tyranid creature was a part of it, a tendril extended outward.

Driven by hunger, it moved these tentacles, devouring biomass on five planets in the galaxy.

So hungry, so hungry, so hungry.

The Hive Mind twitched its tendrils anxiously; on the five planets, its tendrils faced resistance.

Especially on the planet richest in biomass.

Through the eyes and ears of Tyranid creatures, through the memories of Genestealers,

the Hive Mind learned the name of this planet.

On this planet, the Hive Mind encountered a competitor.

An entity also devouring biomass, a creature similar to itself greedily snatching the biomass that should have belonged to it.

Is he also hungry? Does he also crave food?

To deal with him, the Hive Mind first hatched a Tyranid Winged Hive Tyrant.

But he was deceived; he seemed to understand the swarm well, set traps, and devoured the precious Hive Tyrant.

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Thus, the Hive Mind hatched Licat this time to fight him.

It intended to devour his flesh and blood.

However, Licat failed as well, though this was expected.

Although biomass would be lost, Licat's memories would return to it.

It would gain experience from fighting him and could apply it more effectively next time.

Hmm?

Hmm???

Hmm?!!!

Where is my, Licat's, memory? Where is my, Licat's, consciousness? Where is the experience I must apply next time?

The Hive Mind blankly realized the connection between itself and that Licat had been severed.

Did it die?

Why did its memories and consciousness not return to it?

Through that Licat, the Hive Mind only felt it seemed to have been swallowed by something cold, deep, dark, like a giant mouth resembling a pocket—perhaps his feeding organ.

But why, after Licat was hunted by him, did no memory or will return? Could it be...

Could it be that he can even eat memories and consciousness?!

The Hive Mind felt quite shocked.

On Lacio, Grand Sororita Magda raised the bolter pistol in her hand, aiming at the head of this grotesque Tyranid creature.

The Battle Sisters assisting her in combat chopped off the blasphemous alien's claws with power swords; Sister Magda left a fatal wound on its chest once again with a chainsword.

Yet this monster showed no fear; it stared fixedly at her.

In those scarlet, jewel-like eyes lay murderous intent and hatred.

It indeed recognized her.

Grand Sororita Magda thought so.

This monster was likely the very Licat she had killed twice before.

"The third time."

Grand Sororita Magda said softly:

"There will be a fourth time."

"Alien, you may return again and again."

"And in the name of the Hua Di Huang, we too may mete out judgment upon you again and again."

The sound of the bolter rang out, and this blasphemous alien fell.

Grand Sororita Magda could not help but exhale.

Although she said so...

If Lord Zhou Yun had not reminded her in advance,

Grand Sororita Magda might truly not have noticed that this Licat had long been lurking beside her.

"Grand Sororita, a transmission from Asford." A Battle Sister approached Magda and said.

Grand Sororita Magda nodded slightly, then walked over to the communicator.

In the circular screen, crackling light flickered, and the faces of General Droste, Zhou Yun, and Xiang Xiang Leina appeared within it.

High Sister Magda performed the Sky Eagle salute to the three.

"How is the battle situation, three of you?" High Sister Magda asked.

(End of this chapter)