Chapter 935: Star-Parasite Crab

Bubu Wang froze for a second, as if pondering who his sister was, then turned and bolted as a tidal wave of white crabs surged toward him.

Whooshing～

White crabs flooded forward like a tide—not crawling individually, but merging into thick streams that surged ahead, far faster than any single crab could move.

Faced with such a swarm, Su Xiao chose to avoid direct confrontation; he excelled at 1v1, but 1v millions? Forget it.

Su Xiao and Bubu Wang sprinted ahead, with the white crab tide crashing behind them; the once-limping Bubu Wang now ran flat-out, no longer limping, his speed nearly catching up to Su Xiao’s after activating Full Speed Charge (Active).

During his escape, a mechanical eye flew in from ahead—it was the Apostle Eye, continuously mapping the terrain of the Stronghold Forest.

Su Xiao snatched the Apostle Eye and aimed it at the crab tide behind him.

【Comparing intelligence attributes… Comparison complete. Our intelligence is 4.44 times that of the enemy. Enemy data fully acquired.】

Data as follows:

Name: Star-Parasite Crab

Category: Void Creature (Reproductive capacity restricted)

HP: 100%

MP: 180

Strength: 36

Agility: 69

Stamina: 16

Intelligence: 18

Charm: 3

Skill 1, Planet Consumption (Passive Lv.59): Star-Parasite Crabs are colonial creatures; when their numbers exceed seventy million, they begin seeking small planets to parasitize, consuming all organic and inorganic matter until the entire planet is devoured, then disguising themselves as the planet itself—any lifeform entering that planet will be devoured.

Skill 2, Anaerobic Survival (Passive Lv.30): The leaf-shaped lungs within the Star-Parasite Crab’s carapace store large quantities of solid oxygen, allowing it to survive without oxygen for 30 to 50 years.

Skill 3, Frenzied Reproduction (Passive Lv.63): Star-Parasite Crabs are hermaphroditic with extremely high reproductive capacity (this ability is currently sealed).

Skill 4, Acidic Bodily Fluids (Passive Lv.12): The saliva and blood of Star-Parasite Crabs are highly corrosive.

Skill 5, Group Camouflage (Passive Lv.41): Star-Parasite Crabs can disguise themselves as planets, mountains, and other formations, waiting for prey to approach.

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After reviewing the Star-Parasite Crab’s data, Su Xiao ran even more determinedly—fighting these creatures offered no advantage; aside from their Void origin, their acidic bodily fluids alone meant they were inedible.

Now trapped inside the Stronghold Forest, food, fresh water, and recovery items were unavailable; if injured in battle, it would be a fatal loss.

“Wang! Ha, ha, ha～”

Bubu Wang stuck out his tongue, turned to look at the tidal wave of Star-Parasite Crabs, and his legs trembled at the sight of at least several million of them.

“Run into the forest.”

Su Xiao didn’t look back—he sprinted straight toward the distant forest.

Patter-patter～

The sound of carapaces colliding grew louder; the crab tide surged more violently, hundreds of Star-Parasite Crabs launched into the air like scattered petals, hurtling toward Su Xiao and Bubu Wang.

Hundreds of Star-Parasite Crabs flailed midair, their claws snapping open and shut with loud bangs—these palm-sized creatures carried terrifying force in their pincers.

These hundreds of crabs flew at extreme speed, launched by the swarm to slow Su Xiao and Bubu Wang down.

Earlier, Su Xiao had wondered why there was clean water here but no other life nearby.

Now he understood—it wasn’t that other life was absent, but that everything else had already been devoured by the Star-Parasite Crabs; these creatures, capable of eating entire planets, treated bones as delicacies and left nothing behind.

As the hundreds of crabs flew toward them, Su Xiao slowed his pace; sensing his hesitation, Bubu Wang instinctively slowed too.

Su Xiao kicked Bubu Wang squarely in the rear, signaling him to keep running.

Su Xiao faced the massive crab horde, clasped his hands together, and a 400-point energy shield materialized before him; he pushed forward, and the shield glided ahead.

BOOM!!

The Star-Parasite Crab army slammed into the energy shield—thousands of crabs shattered on impact, but within moments, the shield cracked across its surface and shattered completely within two seconds.

The 400-point energy shield wasn’t shattered by force; even a collective charge from the crabs couldn’t achieve that—it was consumed and corroded away by their acid, causing it to collapse so rapidly.

Hss～

Green smoke rose, spreading a sharp, acrid stench.

After launching the shield, Su Xiao kept running; its rapid destruction confirmed he must avoid being surrounded by the crab horde—or he’d be dead.

Creatures capable of surviving in the Void either possess terrifying resilience or immense power; these few million Star-Parasite Crabs were merely a small clan—if it were a full-scale swarm, Alice would never have brought them into the Ancient Castle—unless she wanted it turned into a crab nest.

Moreover, Alice had already restricted their reproductive capacity; otherwise, within a week, the entire fourth floor of the Ancient Castle—the Stronghold Forest—would be stripped bare: all life, trees, soil, everything consumed as nourishment by the crabs.

Even with reproduction restricted, these Star-Parasite Crabs remained terrifying.

While fleeing, Su Xiao pondered one thing: within the Cycle Park, he had repeatedly encountered references to the Void—a place where countless planets existed and countless races thrived.

From what Su Xiao knew, the Void was not a futuristic realm filled with spacefaring vessels; instead, magic, technology, mysticism, and biological evolution coexisted there. For powerful individuals, traversing the Void required no spacecraft—only their own bodies and planetary teleportation arrays. Spacecraft were tools of weak races, rarely seen in the Void.

Su Xiao couldn’t help but yearn—could he one day enter the Void, witness its landscapes and its mighty beings, and roam freely through it? To traverse the Void would be exhilarating; the Black Abyss, the Demon Ancient Castle—all were merely tiny fragments of the Void.

But he lacked that power now—he’d better focus on escaping the Star-Parasite Crabs first.

The Star-Parasite Crabs pursued relentlessly; who knew how vengeful they were? Su Xiao had merely stepped into their territory, and now they chased him as if determined to hunt him to the end of time.

“Wang!”

Bubu Wang barked loudly—he’d followed Su Xiao everywhere, picking fights with anyone he disliked, never before fleeing so desperately; his eyes screamed: “This little guy won’t take this humiliation!”

“Endure it—if they catch you, you’re dead.”

Su Xiao was equally frustrated—he simply wasn’t built to fight Star-Parasite Crabs, not with numbers like this.

Soon, Su Xiao and Bubu Wang dashed into the forest.

Whooshing～

The Star-Parasite Crab army surged in after them; as the crabs passed, trees as thick as several men could embrace vanished—yes, vanished entirely.

Not only that—the grass on the ground vanished, and even a layer of soil disappeared.

Seeing this, Bubu Wang forgot his grievances—he sped up; where the Star-Parasite Crabs passed, it wasn’t just barren land—it was stripped down to bedrock. The vanished trees and soil had been instantly devoured.