153: Death God Figure Sanctuary

Profound darkness swallowed a tiny figure.

A hoarse and distant laugh echoed emptily, winding through the air.

Perhaps she still thought she was about to taste another delicacy.

Tang Ping casually chose an entrance, observing the Infected nest.

The nest used the police station building and nearby residential buildings as a framework, enveloping the entire structure with an unknown black and red viscous liquid, and extending underground.

Long strands of sticky silk hung from the top of the nest; walking on the ground, his shoes picked up mucus mixed with shattered bones.

In the dim tunnel, no direction could be discerned, and low, hoarse roars faintly came from the darkness, with shadows occasionally flitting across the end of the tunnel.

"This nest looks very large." Tang Ping frowned slightly; it was like a labyrinth, and finding the Infected Mother Queen's embryo would not be easy.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~

The Heavenly Calamity Moth Gu flew up at this moment, landing on the nest wall, its wings gently fanning, easily cutting through the mucus and solidified wall, revealing a glowing red, vein-like object.

Then, Little Calamity, as if seeking praise, landed on Tang Ping's nose.

"That's great, Little Calamity is amazing. Come on, let's find you some food." Tang Ping was a bit surprised, not expecting the Heavenly Calamity Moth Gu to have this ability. Clearly, the Heavenly Calamity Moth Gu had already discovered the location of the Mother Queen's embryo.

The Heavenly Calamity Moth Gu chirped towards a cave, guiding Tang Ping.

The Infected encountered along the way were no problem for Tang Ping. Perhaps the Infected Mother Queen of the nest had discovered Tang Ping; as he got closer, more and more Infected surrounded him from all directions... In a corner of the nest, huge transparent ovoid objects hung on the surrounding walls, but they did not contain infant Infected.

Instead, they contained people!

These were the Infected's stored food for their Mother Queen. (The nest could continuously attract nearby Infected.)

In some ovoid objects, people were clearly still struggling, but their struggles were very weak, because on these ovoid objects, tiny blood vessels grew densely. These blood vessels, like living things, firmly locked the people inside, and even secreted some gastric juice-like substance, slowly dissolving the "food" within.

Eventually, the mucus filled with bones and flesh would be absorbed by these blood vessels, supplying the Mother Queen's growth.

And in this devouring nest, an ovoid object suddenly developed a crack.

A sharp blade tore through it, and a young man covered in mucus crawled out. But the young man did not stop; he quickly stood up and walked to a nearby ovoid object.

"Sister, sister!" The young man called out in a panic, fiercely slashing the top of the ovoid object with the sharp knife in his hand, causing the large ovoid object to fall to the ground.

Such a commotion, if it happened at a normal time, Infected would have already come in to kill these food items and re-wrap them.

But now, almost all the Infected in the nest had been summoned by the Mother Queen and were heading towards Tang Ping.

The young man cautiously and anxiously cut open the ovoid object, seemingly afraid of hurting the person inside, yet also worried that being too slow would prevent rescue.

"Brother, brother."

A weak call came from within, revealing a face made grotesque by corrosion.

"Sister!" The young man frantically peeled away the sticky ovoid skin. "Hold on, I'll definitely get you out of here!"

The girl's hand touched the young man's chest, pushing slightly, but she had no strength left. The very next second, her hand fell limply again.

But it was clear the girl wanted the young man to go by himself, but she had no strength left to speak; she was too weak.

"Don't die, don't die." The young man carried the girl on his back. "We'll be out soon, we'll be out soon. We'll go to the hospital, once we're out we'll go to the hospital. Sister, you'll definitely get better."

His sister on his back had a face corroded by digestive fluid, making it extremely grotesque.

The young man was not much better off. Only because he was a boy and a few years older than the girl, he wasn't as weak, but clearly, he was just a struggling insect caught in a spiderweb.

Bang! The young man stepped on the viscous ground, failing to lift his foot completely off the mucus once, and finally fell to the ground, his whole body entangled in the ground's mucus.

"Sister, I can definitely get you out." The young man gritted his teeth and struggled to get up. Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed something glowing at the bottom of a nearby ovoid object.

"That, that is!" The hand holding the dagger trembled.

"It's a shelter item!"

He quickly went forward and cut open the ovoid object. A large amount of disgusting mucus flowed out, and some bones and clothes scattered on the ground. Clearly, the person inside had long been digested.

The young man didn't care about that; he picked up the shelter item, which was a grim reaper figurine. The grim reaper had no scythe, but its claws were shaped like inverted triangles, incredibly thick, and its scarlet eyes seemed alive.

"Ding! shelter item found. Bind it?"

"Bind!"

"Congratulations on successfully binding the Shelter, awakening your Talent..."

The young man's eyes were filled with ecstasy. "Sister, sister! We're saved!"

"Quick, you bind it too. As long as you bind it, you can awaken your Talent!" He used to be from a small base and had occasionally heard that by using a Shelter, binding and unbinding could allow everyone to awaken their Talent. At the time, he had wondered why the base didn't let everyone awaken, but unfortunately, he didn't dare to question it.

Although the girl was weak, she was still conscious. Hearing her brother's words, hope also rose in her heart.

Perhaps she really could live.

So she also bound the Shelter and awakened her Talent.

"Congratulations, player, on awakening your A-rank Talent..."

On the other side, even if the Infected Mother Queen of the Infected nest had gathered all the Infected, it was still in vain.

If the Mother Queen had already hatched, there might have been a glimmer of hope, but now, only death awaited her.

Following the Heavenly Calamity Moth Gu's guidance, Tang Ping finally entered the Infected Mother Queen's nest after turning into a narrow cave.

The nest was very large, seemingly underground, with faint glimpses of soil layers and house foundations.

On the nest walls, glowing red blood vessels were densely packed and still subtly pulsating, and in the center of these blood vessels was an embryo.

Inside the embryo was a child resembling a two or three-year-old baby girl, identical to a human. At this moment, the girl was curled up under the transparent fetal membrane, opening her eyes and looking at Tang Ping piteously.

"Bro... brother..."

The call was clearly still a bit unpracticed.

Tang Ping put away his knife and approached with a smile, greeting, "Hello there, little sister~~"

The baby girl had a hint of cunning triumph in her eyes, but the next second, a flash of a blade passed by.

"Ah!!!"