Chapter 1450: What the Hell Is This Thing?
At this moment, the One-Eyed Species, with eyes squeezed into mere slits, trudged along on their way home from work, dragging their exhausted bodies!
They gathered in small groups and started chatting.
(#ꆤ) "Eh~ we still have a long climb to get out. When will I ever get back to the city? It's been 107 shifts and I haven't dug up a single Origin Spark!"
(#︶) "The deeper we go, the harder it gets! The soil is too tough. The King said there's big haul down below, but we've dug this deep and still haven't seen any big haul?"
(#≖) "We can't do it alone; we need the mining team. I envy those brothers who follow behind the mining team. We can only pick up what they leave behind!"
"That's right, that's right! They always manage to dig up Origin Sparks. Every single one of them is a regular at eye exercises. Ahhh~ I miss my Xiao Lan!"
A few One-Eyed Species chatted idly!
At that moment, Jiangnan and the others stood with their hands behind their backs by the rock wall, the atmosphere tense.
Jiangnan and Li Bing both stared intently at the approaching One-Eyed Species.
Jiangnan spoke softly in the team channel.
(ﾉ)ಡ3ಡ) "When the time comes, take them down as fast as possible. Don't make a big commotion. If the other One-Eyed Species find out, we're screwed!"
"I'll sound the drum as a signal! Then we make our move, got it?"
The others were baffled. Drum signal? Where was the drum here?
Wouldn't drumming attract even more attention? Could you pick a more discreet attack signal?
Chen Daoyi and Alice were both on edge, their hearts pounding, feeling like their little hearts were about to leap out of their throats!
They didn't have time to think about that anymore!
They watched helplessly as four One-Eyed Species walked over.
They were so close they were practically face-to-face. However, the blind, fumbling One-Eyed Species had almost exhausted their energy. In the pitch-black environment, they couldn't sense Jiangnan and the others at all.
Jiangnan's eyes snapped open!
Now! Two Space Wormholes appeared instantly, and he smacked them onto Li Bing's and Alice's perky butts!
"Slap! Slap!"
Li Bing: (ᵒ̴̶̷̥́﹏ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀)???
Alice: (Oᵒ̌﹏ᵒ̌)!!!
Both of them jolted violently!
Damn it! So that's your butt-signal? What kind of drum is that?
Pfft, how did you even learn Chinese?
But there was no time to complain; Jiangnan had already moved!
Li Bing could only follow suit.
Jiangnan pulled out two Large Green Sticks and smashed them onto the One-Eyed Species' crowns, stunning them instantly.
Li Bing took down two as well.
While the four One-Eyed Species were dizzy, Chen Daoyi struck instantly. Vines extended out, binding the limbs of the One-Eyed Species.
Taking this opportunity, Alice manipulated water currents, wrapping four Paralysis Rings and slipping them onto the left middle fingers of the One-Eyed Species.
They were immediately giving the middle finger!
Chen Daoyi quickly used vines to control the One-Eyed Species' movements. By the time the four One-Eyed Species woke from their daze,
their own middle fingers were already shoved up their nostrils!
The intense paralysis made them convulse all over. All their muscles were numbed, leaving them unable to struggle.
They widened their eyes, about to activate their Destruction Eye.
Energy swirled within their bodies and gathered in their eyes, but it only flickered once before going quiet.
The scant 0.0-something percent of energy left in their bodies wasn't enough to waste.
Their eyes closed, and they flatlined on the spot.
(｡︶｡)～ZZZ
They barely put up any resistance. Chen Daoyi used the vines to tie the four One-Eyed Species up like zongzi,
and directly tossed them into a dark pit he had pre-dug in the rock wall.
The whole process took less than a second!
Cracking heads, paralyzing, bundling, and boxing—all done seamlessly, faster than an F1 pit stop!
But this group of One-Eyed Species clearly had five members.
Just as Jiangnan was about to lift his Large Green Stick to crack the fifth one's skull, the creature immediately reacted!
Its eye bulged wide.
(ꐦὅ) "Hostile intent confirmed. Activating second combat form—Thunder Fire..."
With a "puff" sound, the Thunder Demon Pattern on its body flickered once and then went out.
Its one eye closed, legs kicked out, and it fell stiffly to the ground, motionless.
(◕ˇ◕)～ZZZ
Jiangnan's raised Large Green Stick froze mid-air.
The atmosphere became extremely awkward.
(٥･᷄ᴗ･᷅) "Did... did it just run out of juice?"
Chen Daoyi swallowed his saliva. "It seems the energy-depleted One-Eyed Species are much easier to deal with than we imagined, huh?"
Jiangnan twitched the corner of his mouth. Easier to deal with? More like ridiculously easy to catch, okay?
You guys really worked them that hard?
Hehehe~ Looks like I got lucky!
To be safe, Jiangnan still gave it a paralysis, then had Chen Daoyi wrap it up like a mummy with vines and toss it into the dark pit.
He just wasn't sure if they'd survive being stuffed into his Alternate Dimension. Even if they could, he didn't plan to put them in there.
After all, that place held all his valuable possessions. If something went wrong, he'd be crying his eyes out.
Li Bing said excitedly: (งᵒ̌ꇴᵒ̌)ง "The One-Eyed Species may be strong, but they're not without weaknesses. We only saw their fierce side before."
"If we come up with the right strategy targeting their weaknesses, winning this fight isn't a pipe dream!"
Jiangnan grinned.
(งಡωಡ)ง "Let's catch more! Catch more! That coordination was great. Next time, I'll sound the drum as a signal—"
"No way!" ×2
At that moment, Li Bing and Alice both glared at Jiangnan with dark faces.
(◦`~´◦)(ᵒ̌～ᵒ̌)
Who are you kidding with that signal? You just wanted to slap our butts, didn't you?
Believe me, when we get back, we'll tell Yingxue and Lang Mie on you, okay?
Jiangnan cleared his throat: (￢ก￢) "Well... let's switch it up then. Watch my eyes for the signal next time, got it?"
Li Bing: (≖_≖)...
"You can't even see anyone's face in this darkness. How are we supposed to see your eyes?"
Jiangnan frowned: (٥ớ⌔ờ) "Uh..."
Chen Daoyi said seriously:
(◞･᷅◠･᷄) "How about slapping my butt for a signal? I don't mind. I—"
Jiangnan looked disgusted.
.･ﾟﾟ･(乛ε乛) "Pfft, who wants to slap some old codger's butt? Get out of here!"
Alice: !!!
"They're coming, they're coming!"
Another wave of One-Eyed Species approached. So the Flower-Planting Squad started a kidnapping assembly line,
frantically abducting victims. Even though the One-Eyed Species had tough bodies and enough remaining energy to make some counter-moves,
they couldn't withstand Jiangnan and the others' dirty ambush tactics.
The few of them were at least Diamond rank, not to mention Chen Daoyi, who was Dao Heaven rank.
Before long, they had caught 108 of them, and the dark pit was almost full.
Chen Daoyi was using his foot to kick them in to make space.
The more Li Bing caught, the more excited she got. As a top-tier scientific researcher, who wouldn't want more samples?
She was going to slice them up as soon as she got back!
Hearing Li Bing's "eh-heh-heh" laughter, Jiangnan shuddered.
(๑◔﹏◔ิ๑)
Falling into Sister Li Bing's hands is probably better than staying under the Moon Eye mining, right?
Yeah, I'm redeeming them here, not doing some heinous evil deed.
Another group of One-Eyed Species came to the rock wall. They looked up in confusion, trying to see farther by straining their headlamps.
"They climbed that fast? It hasn't been long and they're already out of sight?"
They scratched their heads in puzzlement and reached up to climb.
The headlamp shone on a set of snow-white flying teeth approaching them at an astonishing speed.
Their eyes filled with terror. What the hell was that?
But that was the last image they saw before flatlining.
The kidnapping continued!
Meanwhile, Aiwa at the entrance frowned. She was impatient looking at the mountains of slag piled up at the bottom of the Moon Eye.
"So much slag piled up. It should have been cleared long ago. Why hasn't the mining team come back yet?"
"Even just one team coming back would be enough, right?"
No sooner had she spoken than the bottom of the Moon Eye began to shake violently!
Aiwa's eyes lit up. "They're back?"
The other One-Eyed Species still mining sensed the tremors and their eyes lit up. They very cooperatively left their mining spots and moved to the edges.
The tremors grew stronger. Many One-Eyed Species hanging on the walls screamed and fell from above.
Boulders the size of mountains crashed down in sheets, creating huge craters on impact.
Li Bing and the others turned pale!
This tremor again? They had felt it once when they first came down.
But this time, it was even more intense than before.
They looked at Jiangnan?
He was frantically catching One-Eyed Species falling from the walls, nabbing one after another with relish.
Chen Daoyi turned his head. This guy was hopeless.
Just as Jiangnan was having a great time catching,
the earth shook violently, and then a huge crack hundreds of meters wide split open.
"Boom!"
Countless mountain-sized boulders flew everywhere. A black giant worm of terrifying proportions burst out from under the Moon Eye.
Even Jiangnan, who had seen many sights, froze in place.
Σ(ﾟ口ﾟﾉ)ﾉ
Li Bing was petrified on the spot. Chen Daoyi took three panicked steps back and plopped down on the ground.
His voice trembling:
(ʘ̆Oʘ̥̆‖) "Wha... what the hell is that thing?"
This giant worm alone was ten kilometers thick!
It was so huge that even Black Garlic's sensing range couldn't see its full form.
Its head wasn't really a head—
It was an abyssal maw split into nine petals. When opened, its diameter far exceeded ten kilometers.
The massive mouth was lined with razor-sharp white teeth, densely packed.
Each tooth was as big as a giant transport ship.
An aircraft carrier would barely serve as a toothpick for this thing.
Inside the abyssal maw, teeth like a meat grinder spun frantically,
crushing and devouring countless moon rocks larger than mountains.
The black giant worm's entire body was covered in black scales, and among them were rings of silver scales.
The black scales were flat and thick, while the silver scales were long and sharp.
At that moment, those enormous silver scales stood up and spun in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions,
like a whirling drill bit.
They shredded the extremely hard black moon rock like tofu.
Where the black giant worm passed, the spinning scales even kicked up brilliant sparks.
The sight was utterly astonishing.
Jiangnan was stunned.
Apart from the Creation Beast, he had never seen such an enormous creature.
"What the hell is this thing that looks like a tunnel boring machine?"