Chapter 353 - Brain Infesting Worm
Chapter 353: Brain Infesting Worm
“Don’t shoot!” Meng Chao stopped the factory protectors.
Two small and exquisite mini-submachine guns appeared in his palms.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
Somehow, he managed to fire with the accuracy of semi-automatic rifles, even though he was using mini-submachine guns.
As the rhythmic shots rang out, the two strange people with thick blood vessels on their faces cried out in pain.
Meng Chao had blasted off their fingers. Their palms were shot full of holes, and the Sam Brown Belts with grenades fell to the ground.
Meng Chao then fired at the Sam Brown Belts. The bullets never missed their target and hit the metal parts, which sent the Sam Brown Belts flying away. He did not make a single hole in the belts nor hit the grenades on them.
Once the two strange people lost the Sam Brown Belts, they went berserk. They ignored the blood pouring out of their palms and howled as they pounced on Meng Chao.
Meng Chao put the two mini-submachine guns into the intersecting holsters on his back. He curled his fingers, and four lancet knives that were almost transparent due to their thinness appeared between his fingers.
With the dark providing cover, no one could see his movements clearly. All they saw were the two strange people falling to the ground. More than ten of the important tendons from their thighs to their ankles had been cut off.
But there was no sign of pain on their faces. Instead, they seemed to have descended into an even more berserk rage. It was as if there were tentacles squirming around madly under the skin on their faces, which created expressions that were even more terrifying than zombies.
They only calmed down when Lu Siya summoned dozens of spikes from underground to form two cages to trap them inside.
Captain Fang was the only one left. He did not waste time and threw the first grenade-covered Sam Brown Belt at his target.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Even if the outside of the core of the power plant was as sturdy as a fortress, the explosions opened a crack that could fit a person.
Captain Fang danced happily and rushed to squeeze in.
Meng Chao threw his two chain sabers. His target was Captain Fang’s back.
Captain Fang let out a strange yelp, and with bizarre moves that made him look like he was popping, he avoided Meng Chao’s attack.
Meng Chao seized the chance to jump dozens of meters forward. They were now close enough to cross swords.
Captain Fang’s face was flushed red. Fine drops of blood even squeezed out of his pores.
The thick and protruding blood vessels stretched from his face all the way to his arms, which made them swell up. Then, they rammed into Meng Chao’s chest like two one-thousand-ton hammers.
The factory protectors who were familiar with Captain Fang cried out behind Meng Chao. Captain Fang was one of the strongest superhumans in the garbage power plant.
If that were not the case, it would have been impossible for them to hand the crucial task of protecting the power generators to him.
His punches could shatter even the Demonic Halberd Pigs and Iron-armored Rhinoceroses’ skulls until they were shards the size of fingernails.
But to everyone’s surprise, Meng Chao withstood his crazed attack and did not even sway. They did not even hear him grunt, much less his bones cracking.
Then, they saw Meng Chao’s muscles rippling like fierce waves. Not only had he used Ripple Force to neutralize most of the impact, he even seized Captain Fang’s punching force as his own to complete the accumulation of power for Dragon Snake Force.
Boom!
Meng Chao crouched down and cut into the burly Captain Fang’s defense zone. The power accumulated in his Dragon Snake Force blasted forth like a rocket, and with a simple and crude uppercut, he sent Captain Fang flying. The sound was even louder than the explosion of a grenade.
With a single punch, he sent the berserk Captain Fang into the air. All the man’s posture and strength disappeared at that moment.
The Ultimate Style paid a lot of attention to how its users should deliver chain attacks after they sent their enemies into the air.
But since Meng Chao was facing an enemy at Captain Fang’s level, he felt confident, because he was now a three-star superhuman. There was no need for him to unleash any chain attacks.
He spread his fingers, and like burning clamps, they closed around Captain Fang’s face.
His bones released a series of explosive sounds. Hundreds of his muscles squirmed at the same time. Incredibly ruthless power gathered together, and he yanked Captain Fang down from the air.
The exceptionally ruthless Reckless Bull Force charged into Captain Fang’s brain, and he crashed into the floor, creating a pit that was around half a meter deep.
Only Captain Fang’s legs remained outside, like two shuddering bundles of reeds. They trembled for a long time in the dark before they slumped down powerlessly.
When the factory protectors surrounded them, Meng Chao had already dragged Captain Fang out.
There were still a lot of thick and protruding blood vessels covering his face, which made it look like he had ugly worms all over his face, but after facing Meng Chao’s ruthless treatment, they only had fear left in them. They no longer dared to act like lunatics.
Even if Meng Chao did not cut Captain Fang’s tendons and break his arms, he remained obediently on the floor and did not dare to move.
The factor protectors looked at each other and gulped. They did not know who was more terrifying: Captain Fang, who had just become incredibly violent, or Meng Chao, who acted like a demon who had crawled out of hell.
Even the operation members from the abnormal beast research department had long since stopped looking down on Meng Chao. They marvelled in their hearts. ‘As expected of someone from Group 9. He’s really ruthless!’
Speaking of which, Captain Fang and the other two protectors had been fine, so why did they end up like this? They had even attacked the power generators they should protect no matter what it cost them.
Meng Chao knelt down on one knee on Captain Fang’s chest and aimed a torchlight into his eyes. The man’s irises were unclear, and his reaction to light was quite delayed.
When Meng Chao saw the blood vessels squirming slowly on Captain Fang’s face, he pondered it for a while before he flipped Captain Fang over and took a fine and long clamp to pull apart the hair on the back of his head.
Just as he expected, a semi-transparent worm was stuck to the back of Captain Fang’s head.
The worm looked like an amalgamation of lice and leech.
It had eight legs, and they were like eight tentacles that went deep into the back of Captain Fang’s head.
It also had suckers and barbs under its body that allowed it to stick firmly to Captain Fang’s skin.
However, since Meng Chao had rammed Captain Fang’s head against the floor, the worm was reduced to a bloody mess, and it lost part of its control over Captain Fang.
That was why Captain Fang was no longer aggressive.
When everyone saw the bloody worm, they could not help but suck in sharp breaths.
Lu Siya removed the spikes, and the crowd quickly moved forward to pin down the limbs of the other two strange people before they flipped them over.
Meng Chao examined them one by one, and just as he expected, there were two worms in perfect health on the men’s heads.
Meng Chao’s memories from his previous life flashed before him, and the monster’s information appeared in his mind. ‘Brain Infesting Worms. They appeared at the later stage of the Monster War. They’re really elusive and dangerous worms.
‘Their semi-transparent bodies allow them to hide pretty well. Their limbs are well-developed, which allows them to jump high and gives them high mobility. They can jump on a human’s shoulder or back from dark corners and attach themselves to the back of a human’s head.
‘They secrete a unique anesthetic that ensures that the person will not be able to sense any pain when their skin is torn. The target will not notice the worm’s presence at all.
‘Then, their tentacles will reach the human’s spine and their brains, where they’ll capture the human’s cerebral cortex and central nervous system.
‘Brain Infesting Worms were specifically evolved by the monster civilization to target human civilization. They’re psychological weapons that are really good at controlling minds.
‘The worms themselves don’t have any mind attacks. They’re low-grade lifeforms with simple structures. It’s impossible for them to control high-grade mammals like humans and complete complicated strategic instructions.
‘Instead, they serve well as control chips that work as relay stations between humans and high-grade abnormal beasts with really high intelligence.
‘Highly intelligent abnormal beasts can make monsters with great mind attacks like the Demonic Air Ripping Eye spread signals through the entire city and send their commands to the Brain Infesting Worms.
‘The tentacles of the Brain Infesting Worms can then replace the central nervous system and send the commands to the humans’ brains and seize their willpower. Then, they can turn the humans into monster puppets.’
“Wh-What are these?”
Aside from Meng Chao, no one knew just how terrifying the Brain Infesting Worms were. Even the operation members from the abnormal beast research department had never seen such a strange worm-type monster before.
“Don’t move. We have to look for a neurosurgeon now,” Meng Chao said. “These worms have really long tentacles, and they’re probably already deep into their brains. We can’t pull them out easily. If we want to save them, we need to immediately conduct brain surgery. That’s the only way we can extract a perfect abnormal worm sample as well.
“Also, have three people form a group to inspect each other’s heads. When two people perform checks, the third person must have a gun and be on guard by the side. Be careful, this worm is very good at hiding. It might be hiding at the back of your head. Even if you touch it, you’ll instinctively ignore it.”
The people were shocked, and when they looked at Captain Fang and the other two people’s horrific situations, they broke into cold sweat. They quickly examined each other.
Meng Chao and Lu Siya examined the backs of each other’s heads, and once they were certain that there was nothing hiding in their hair, they relaxed a little.
‘Even the Brain Infesting Worms have appeared. The monster civilization I remember from my previous life is showing up.’ Meng Chao thought. ‘But these Brain Infesting Worms aren’t fully modified yet. Their methods of controlling humans are clumsy. Their humans look hideous, have stiff movements, and look more horrible than zombies. They’re practically screaming that they’re controlled.
‘The Brain Infesting Worms in my previous life were better at hiding themselves. They were also more cunning and effective too.
‘When those Brain Infesting Worms controlled a human, there were no signs at all. They still possessed their normal thought processes and emotions. They could communicate with their colleagues, comrades, and family members.
“The worms could also use more precise and crafty methods to carry out the commands of the abnormal beasts instead of making the humans create explosions outside a building using grenades. This is just too simple and crude.
‘Looks like my guess is correct. The monster civilization isn’t ready to fight yet. The Nine Great Supernatural Entities, normal monsters, superbeasts, and abnormal beasts are still being modified and going through their evolution.
‘Or rather, the monster civilization hasn’t yet fully integrated itself into this world. The satellite city that has transmigrated with us and has been fully corrupted by the Other World hasn’t completely turned into a terrifying demon den yet.
‘This time, Dragon City has the initiative, so they attacked us in haste before they’re ready. We have a chance of winning fully!’