Chapter 738 - 397: Living Beings (2)
"That’s right, this is also my shell. This one serves as the prison for the Insect Queen and has also been crafted by the Immortal Palace into a chariot-like weapon. It can unleash Divine Light and Earth Fire, annihilating enemies around in an instant and temporarily suppressing the rampaging Insect Clan.
But without reinforcements, I can’t hold out for many more waves. The Insect Clan below will soon evolve enough to counter and suppress me. Come in, the Insect Queen is about to give birth; take the Tiger Talisman."
Huangfu Yi leapt inside the Centipede’s mouth and realized that this Centipede’s internals were indeed different from the ones above. It was not an empty hollow shell but had been modified with a large number of metallic semiconductor devices, clearly transformed into a chariot-like armed vehicle.
Following the passage all the way into the Centipede’s body, Huangfu Yi raised the Tiger Talisman for the Divine Light’s scan and authorization. One barrier door after another opened in front of him, finally revealing the core seal to Huangfu Yi’s eyes.
A woman was locked inside the cell.
Yes, whether viewed with the naked eye or sensed via Divine Sense, this was a female human body, and clearly, she was pregnant. Yet her eyes were lifeless, pupils pale, suspended in the air, her body entwined by a large four-zhang long Centipede with a black back and red head.
The golden yellow Centipede legs were like steel knives, penetrating the skin and fat, reaching deep into her waist, belly, thighs, and spine. Its iron pincers clung tightly to the woman’s skull, sucking in and out as if drawing her brain matter or injecting some venom into her brain.
In the past, upon seeing such an evil scene, Huangfu Yi would not have hesitated to punch first, striking the Monster. But now...
After a moment’s hesitation, Huangfu Yi reached out to touch the woman’s stomach, attempting to send a stream of Refining Qi, checking her condition.
She appeared human, and yet not quite. From her appearance and internal organs, she was humanoid, but what’s strange is her body lacked human meridians or Qi acupoints. There was no Divine Court Qi Sea, and her bones and muscles differed from human skeletal structure. Though he couldn’t specify what she was made of, she seemed more like an artificial doll.
As for what was in her belly, it was definitely not a fetal baby but a mass of pus. Something bizarre and formless was taking shape inside like a cocoon transforming into a butterfly within a chrysalis.
"If you kill me, releasing the Insect Queen, she will truly bring about the apocalypse."
Within the cell, a blue light flickered, projecting a burly man clad in Bai Yang Divine Armor. This too was a humanoid figure, broad and stocky, with shoulders like a bear and a back like a tiger, fists as large as buckets. Except for the two Centipede braids on his head and four single eyes on his forehead, he didn’t appear much different from the Divine Generals guarding the doors and altars in the Immortal Palace.
Huangfu Yi pressed his mouth tight, unclenching his fists,
"Continue."
The burly man shrugged, pointing to the Centipede coiled around the woman like a python,
"What more can I say? If I kill her, the insects will just disperse to find other Insect Queens.
I have to keep her constantly locked up; only then will the swarm outside be deterred, temporarily suppressed.
But no one has come to change guard for years, nor anyone has sent me Elixir Pills to prolong my life.
If this continues, my life span will soon end, and then this trouble will be yours to handle."
Huangfu Yi fell into silence, calculating and pondering deeply, trying to find any flaw in the other’s words to expose the grand deception from the bottom of his heart.
Yet no matter how he calculated, the results told him the other was not lying, not to mention the insects outside were very much real...
"What proof do you have that releasing her will inevitably lead to the apocalypse..."
The burly man, tired of explaining, flicked his fingers, casually projecting the prehistoric battlefield where he fought bloodily back in the day from within the cell for him to see.
Looking at that battlefield teeming with Demon God-Level Great Demon Giant Monsters, where death rays swept across the land endlessly and meteor-like fire rain shattered mountains, sank lands, and dried seas, Huangfu Yi could only sigh helplessly.
"Then what do you want me to do..."
"Immortal Pill."
The other person didn’t beat around the bush,
"My life span is almost over. If you don’t give me an Immortal Pill to prolong my life, I’m bound to die. If you want me to keep guarding, that’s fine, but at least extend my life by a thousand years, right?"
Huangfu Yi felt overwhelmed,
"Where should I find an Immortal Pill that prolongs life by a thousand years for you..."
"Find them."
Bai Yang pointed to the battle projection, at the Flying Immortal Island providing firepower support by emitting death rays from the sky.
"In the past, every thousand years, the Immortal Palace would send someone to check the seal and bring Immortal Pills as salary.
Moreover, it was agreed I’d join the immortals after guarding for three thousand years. But the last visit from the South Heavenly Gate was over six thousand years ago.
So either you change guard, or you recover the back pay that’s owed. And quickly, or I really can’t guarantee how long I’ll last."
It was clear that Bai Yang had given up, and Huangfu Yi felt equally overwhelmed.
He truly wanted to stand up to the task, but didn’t have the capability...
Bai Yang, "Oh no, we’re doomed."
Huangfu Yi, resigned, "What now..."
Bai Yang pointed to the Insect Queen’s belly, where it visibly deflated, restoring to a smooth flat abdomen.
Huangfu Yi swallowed, couldn’t resist poking,
"What kind of mess is this..."
"The egg got digested."
Bai Yang wore a face of complete doom,
"Because a new Insect Queen has hatched outside, it doesn’t need to lay eggs anymore."
At that moment, Huangfu Yi also broke out in a cold sweat,