Otherworldly Desert Dust

Wu Hen hadn't smelled anything unusual.

He walked towards the inside of the warehouse and saw a door tightly shut, even locked.

He broke the lock and pushed open the door.

But as soon as he opened the door, besides the overwhelming stench, the scene before him made his hair stand on end!

Those large baskets filled with white granules, at first glance, looked like polished white rice; but upon closer inspection, it became clear—they were all insect eggs!!!

Oh my God!

This heartless cafeteria contractor was feeding these to the students on campus!!!

Wu Hen immediately discarded his previous nonchalant attitude.

It was too terrifying, utterly terrifying.

The campus cafeteria had been taken over by three Insect Eyes Half-men.

This meant that all the food people had eaten recently contained insect eggs!

This large campus had already turned into a massive breeding ground for parasites.

In a few days, the Insect Eyes Half-men could hold a graduation ceremony right there, awarding these three excellent cafeteria employees!

Wu Hen hadn't expected that Little Yi's unrealistic vision would actually come true!

"Hopefully, Mingyi and the others will find the Insect Mother Tree soon..." Wu Hen couldn't help but start to pray.

It was truly shocking!!

Wu Hen originally thought only those who woke from the Parasitic Soul Nesting Wood carried the Pupil Worm, but never imagined he was already amidst the parasite army's campus celebration.

Once the larva's incubation period ended, chaos would ensue, and the entire Fan Mountain District wouldn't be enough for these parasites to feast on. By then, it would be mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

The scariest thing about these parasites was their breeding capability; if Fan Mountain District fell, could Li City remain intact?

"Bro, what do we do now?" Yu Yu was panicking.

The thought that the entire campus had already been infested made her feel like she was sinking in a suffocating pond of worms.

"It takes some time for insect eggs to turn into larvae; Desert Dust already has a team looking for the Insect Mother Wood over there. We just need to hold on a bit longer." Wu Hen said.

Exactly, just hold on a bit longer.

If they couldn't, Wu Hen would take his sister and leave through the shelter without hesitation; they couldn't stay here long!

"Bro, should we try boiling some Chinese herbal medicine soup and have everyone drink it? Maybe it can kill the insect eggs inside their bodies?" Yu Yu suggested.

"Yes, let's head to the herb warehouse now." Wu Hen nodded.

There was no other choice, hopefully, taking it after meals would still be effective.

...

In the desert dust.

Mingyi flew across the air, her palm facing a large Insect Eyes ancient tree with white roots spread over the ground like a dragon's veins. Then, with a shout, a dazzling and terrifying pulse of light exploded from her palm!

The pulse light, like a Phoenix's breath, instantly erupted the insect-covered valley, destroying the ancient tree crawling with white giant worms!

Red flames covered the ground, fire blazed to the clouds, and the woman, clad in a Sparrow Red Battle Robe, slowly floated down, breathing heavily.

Captain Qin and the other team members gave a thumbs-up, acknowledging Mingyi Queen's display of violent aesthetics!

"Sadly, that wasn't the Mother Insect Wood." Mingyi wiped the sweat from her forehead and sighed, "I wonder how Wu Hen is doing. Has he encountered any danger..."

"That guy is probably reliable." Captain Qin, though not having interacted much with Wu Hen, could sense he was no ordinary person!

"If there are still many people in the incubation period, and we don't get rid of the Mother Insect Wood soon, some cities will fall completely!" said a one-eyed female team member.

"But we have no clues right now, pulling out one tree at a time could take forever." Captain Qin felt a bit troubled.

"Why don't we try contacting Wu Hen? If he finds the leader among the Insect Eyes Half-men, we can trace back to find the Mother Tree." Mingyi suggested.

"Transmitting messages across the otherworldly space and our homeland consumes a lot of Yuan You." The one-eyed female team member said.

"At a time like this, don't skimp on that." Captain Qin also thought it made sense; what if Wu Hen had found a clue?

"Alright, I'll contact him right away." Mingyi nodded and held out her hand towards Captain Qin, asking for Yuan You.

"Didn't you just get one? Use that first, I'll reimburse you later." Captain Qin said grumpily.

"I gave that Yuan You to Wu Hen. How could I have him risking his life without giving him some incentive?" Mingyi said.

Captain Qin: "???"

Are you serious?

"Take it, take it. Whatever energy remains, give it back to me. Stop talking nonsense!" Captain Qin helplessly handed over his treasured Yuan You.

...

Li City, Fan Mountain campus.

A man with a Qilin Arm was running furiously towards the mountain foot.

His arm had turned a silver frost color with a layer of shimmering silver lightning.

Upon reaching the warehouse at the mountain foot, Wu Hen and Yu Yu saw a row of Order Maintenance Personnel, each armed and ready.

Fortunately, the herb warehouse had been a critical point of protection for the Order Maintenance Personnel from the start.

Spent shells and messy bullet holes covered the ground, indicating some Insect Eyes Half-men had tried breaking in and were turned into Swiss cheese by the strong firepower of the Order Maintenance Army!

When Wu Hen and Yu Yu approached, all the gun barrels turned towards them too.

But suddenly, Wu Hen didn't feel much pressure from potential death; rather, his right hand lit up with exaggerated Death Sword electric traces, unknowingly aiming at a Living Yama!

"They're Order Keepers sent from above. Lower your guns." A female Order Maintainer said.

Everyone lowered their guns, saving their own lives.

"How's the herb warehouse? Is it intact?" Wu Hen asked.

"Their real target was indeed the herb warehouse. Thanks to your early warning, we didn't deplete our manpower; otherwise, this warehouse would've been destroyed." The female Order Maintainer said.

"Good, now there's no time to lose. Have someone brew these Chinese herbs into a soup and make everyone drink it, including you Order Maintainers. This can clear the parasites from our bodies." Wu Hen said.

"Everyone??" The female Order Maintainer was surprised.

"Come on, you can't check each person one by one. That's too much work; better to have everyone drink it and eliminate the germs collectively!" Wu Hen said.

Yu Yu, standing aside, quickly nodded in agreement.

The siblings really feared that if they revealed the truth, these Order Maintainers would be scared out of their wits!

The fact that the entire campus had become a breeding ground for parasites was something only the two of them should know.

"I'll... I'll help with the brewing?" Wang Rui offered.

"I'll help too." Yang Qin said.

Though fighting wasn't her and Wang Rui's forte, they could handle this kind of task. Yang Qin now understood how to show her value in the team.

"Yes, quickly!" Wu Hen nodded.

Yang Qin had also made a significant contribution this time. If she hadn't seen the scene in the kitchen, Wu Hen wouldn't have realized how terrifyingly the situation had escalated.

He'd make sure to reward her with a set of high-grade diapers so she wouldn't have to worry about running out along the way in the future.

"Aaaaah!!!"

"Help!!! There's a monster!!!"

"Run!!!"

Suddenly, cries and screams echoed from a nearby building.

Obviously, more Insect Eyes Half-men were causing chaos. There weren't enough Order Maintenance Personnel left, and the female Order Maintainer was anxious as she couldn't bear to see the young students brutally slaughtered.

"Bro, should we help?" Yu Yu nudged Wu Hen's arm, asking.

Wu Hen looked back, then fixed his gaze on the savage Insect Eyes Half-men at the building.

"Of course, we'll help. We are Living Bodhisattvas!" Wu Hen said fervently.

Mostly for Little Yi's sake.

He then rushed towards the building with his sister, starting to hunt down the Insect Eyes Half-men.

...

...

Inside the herb warehouse.

Wang Rui looked around the storage room, finally locating the Chinese herbal medicine Yu Yu had written about.

"That's it, bring down the whole box." Wang Rui told the Order Maintenance Personnel behind him.

"That seems to be all of it. Not sure if brewing for everyone will be enough." The strong male Order Maintainer said.

"Diluting it a bit should be fine, as long as it works... Careful, it's heavy." Wang Rui said.

"I'll help." Yang Qin squeezed in, showing a strength a delicate woman shouldn't possess, assisting the male Order Maintainer in lifting the whole box of Chinese herbs.

"Yang Qin, when did you get so strong?" Wang Rui couldn't help but laugh.

The next second, Wang Rui's smile froze!

Because he saw Yang Qin's head suddenly open up like a Cannibal Flower, terrifyingly devouring the entire box of Chinese herbs into her body!

"Parasitic..." The nearby Order Maintainer suddenly realized, rushing to raise his gun to shoot.

But Yang Qin's arm sprouted golden filaments, transforming into a golden spear in an instant, stabbing fiercely into the Order Maintainer's chest!!

Blood poured out; the Order Maintainer couldn't make a sound, seeing the golden filament spear still growing blades inside him, shredding his internal organs completely!!

Wang Rui, paralyzed with fear, instinctively crawled backward, driven by a survival instinct!

"You get along well with Wu Hen. If you speak, I'll kill you. If you keep quiet, I'll spare you as a hostage." Yang Qin, her body grotesquely returning to normal, grinned eerily at Wang Rui.

Wang Rui instantly covered his mouth, nodding vigorously.

The brave Wang Rui was willing to be a hostage!

Yang Qin's abdomen churned violently; it took only a few seconds to completely digest the box of Chinese herbs, harmful to insect eggs and larvae but only slightly nauseating to her golden fungal body.

"Gurgle~ Gurgle~~"

However, the intense digestion process was beyond Yang Qin's expectation, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

This shouldn't be happening...

At that moment, Yang Qin fixed her icy gaze on Wang Rui, sensing he wanted to speak.

"Speak!" Yang Qin's face, covered in golden filaments, exuded a sinister yet noble aura, like a queen wearing an ancient, mysterious mask.

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(Chaos: Some readers actively requested to count how many lives they've spent reading this book.)

(Most died at the first plot point at the hands of Meiqing Muxiu. With nearly a thousand death likes combined, a thousand readers have confessed to dying at Meiqing Muxiu's hands, others were either prepared or refused to admit it.)

(At the second checkpoint, Scar-faced Uncle also saw a massive death toll, many thinking they escaped when they almost didn't...)

(So, with this third parasite checkpoint, how many died at the hands of Cha Cha, Yang Qin?? I'll leave a chapter note at the end, "Press like if you lost a life" or type 1~ let's see if there are any experts who pass through the book with one life!)