Chapter 54: Brain Worm, They’re All Family!
"The Demon Eye isn’t an eye, but a parasite originating from the Abyss," Jiang Qiuyun interjected while driving. A gentle breeze swept by, lifting her silky black hair like satin; she had the beauty of a Fairy.
"Qiuyun, you’ll have no friends if you keep that up," Catherine complained, then pursed her red lips. "Little brother, listen to me. Most Demons are tainted by the breath of the Abyss, and some are also parasitized by it."
Chu Yi was surprised. "Parasitized?"
Jiang Qiuyun picked up the thread, saying, "The essence of the Demon Eye is a Brain Worm, which parasitizes and controls the brain. This Brain Worm has a particularly strong reproductive ability, easily replacing an entire Pet Beast clan. Even we humans, if not careful, can be parasitized by Brain Worms and become puppets of the Abyss."
Chu Yi was puzzled. "Then, why would this corporation want to extract it? Is it valuable?"
"Pfft, the value of a Brain Worm is much higher." Catherine covered her mouth with a smile, her smooth, pale legs, reminiscent of a white python, crossed. Smiling, she said, "Indeed, Brain Worms are rare spiritual materials and quite valuable. They can sell for 50,000 to 100,000 Federation coins on the market. Refining special Magic Potions with them significantly enhances Spiritual Power, greatly raising a Beast Tamer’s level. So, wouldn’t you say this material is expensive?"
So powerful? Chu Yi was shocked. The value of a single Brain Worm unexpectedly exceeded the basic pay of a two-star mission! Yet this corporation was also black-hearted, intentionally concealing the Brain Worm and acquiring it for only 10,000 Federation coins. However, the fact that Brain Worms offered such benefits, yet so few people undertook missions to acquire them, clearly indicated a problem.
"We’ve arrived at the Boneyard."
Soon, the sky darkened. The off-road vehicle reached an area of dark red soil. Along the way, signs, barbed wire, cement walls, and other debris lay scattered, all rusted and filthy. This place looked more like the ruins of a destroyed city. It had been eroded by the Abyss, its existence erased, leaving only scattered traces to indicate that a prosperous city once stood here.
Chu Yi squinted. Since entering the Boneyard, he had felt several obscure gazes watching him from the shadows. A rustling sound of something crawling echoed from within the darkness. Chu Yi looked toward a corner where weeds grew rampantly, and a sinister black shadow extended from them. It was a spider the size of a millstone, its back resembling a tortoiseshell, with serrated fangs at the edges of its carapace. Its eight slender spider spears twitched slightly, its scarlet eyes flashing constantly.