An Unexpected Gain

[Health Points: 77939/84174]

Captain Kade's health points plummeted, but fortunately he had already broken free from the illusion by then.

However, his right arm remained out of control, as if it had gained its own will at this moment.

"Captain Lister! Watch out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Kade's right arm propelled him forward, and he slammed down on Lister beside him.

Fortunately, Lister sensed the Killing Intent Wave from the spot and immediately Flash.

As expected, you can't rely on others!

Before coming down, she even tried to cover for him, but in reality, she was the first to attack him.

"Captain Lister! I'm sorry! This... I... I couldn't control it!"

Seeing that the target had disappeared, his right arm began to attack itself in self-harm again.

Captain Kade awkwardly explained to him while tightly gripping his right arm with his left hand.

However, his right arm seemed to have been imbued with consciousness and strengthened, its power completely surpassing Captain Kade's own, so naturally, it couldn't be restrained.

After a series of alternating punches, he had already taken two more blows to the chest.

"Captain Lister! Don't worry about me, deal with the Mother first!"

That's true, but Captain Kade's right arm wouldn't stand for it; it was right next to him and could attack him at any moment.

Seeing this, Lister Flash again, appearing in front of Captain Kade.

With the other person looking confused, he delivered a Knee Strike.

"Boom!"

A foot was planted on his right arm, like a pulse cannon firing at close range.

"Snap!"

A clear sound of bones breaking rang out, and at the same time, Captain Kade's body was sent flying backward.

During the backward flight, he was filled with existential doubt, not only surprised by Lister's decisive action, but also suffocated and shocked by his terrifying Knee Strike.

Was that really just a Knee Strike? The pain goes without saying, but the kick also seemed to strike to the very core!

The moment the kick landed on his right arm, even his very soul felt a sharp pain!

"Squeak! Wait a minute!"

As Lister drew his knife and slashed at her again, a sharp, piercing sound rang out from the womb once more.

At the same moment, a huge energy surge erupted from its body.

Currently, the breeding pod, which had been completely destroyed, is repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, the entire breeding chamber was repaired, and all the sticky nutrient solution on the ground inside the nest, including the nutrient solution deep inside the cave, was injected into it.

In Lister's view, the breeding chambers began to surge incessantly, as if they were about to burst forth at any moment.

The piercing sound continued, as if trying to buy time.

"Stop... stop! Why are you destroying us!"

"No... don't do it! As long as you... leave, I can give you..."

"Squeak! Ah!"

Lister had no interest in listening to what she was saying; he raised his hand and unleashed a powerful slash.

With the aid of the Sharp Blade, the black light pierced deeply into the completely curled-up, enormous body.

Attack:..., dealt 61032 points of true damage.

[Health Points: 483313/1093313]

The two attacks, each dealing 100,000 damage, caused the mother's health, which had been painstakingly restored, to drop back to 50%.

"Squeak!"

Fierce roars echoed continuously!

The red light reappeared on his body, but this time, the space in front of Lister did not even Twist.

The piercing screams intensified, and the flashing red light became exceptionally dazzling.

At the same time, a huge eyeball finally emerged from the body.

Unlike the black shadow of the offspring, the shadow of the mother is entirely red, and the light emanates from this shadow.

[Target Found: Evil Shadow Eye Monster Mother (Shadow Form)]

[Target Found: Evil Shadow Eye Monster Mother (Shell Separating)]

Ignoring the detached shadow, Lister seized the opportunity and swung his sword again at the detached body.

"Attack:..., True damage transferred -67883 points."

His health continued to drop as he expected. With his true damage attack methods, he didn't need to deal with any shadow entities at all.

Even Hoffman, using puppets, had to withstand his damage, let alone this mere Mother.

"No! Please! Please! I have..."

"Squeak! Ah!"

The mother's piercing voice rang out again, as if something wanted to tempt Lister.

Unfortunately, her response was a gleaming, Wounding Saber.

Lister, not wanting to waste time, unleashed seven or eight slashes with his Wounding Saber.

With a final, powerful strike, the black light shattered the entire body into dust.

The fierce roar eventually faded into nothingness, and the enormous eyeball of the shadowy figure fell away.

The breeding chambers beside it were already full, as if they were about to burst out of their cocoons at any moment.

Unfortunately, faced with Lister's relentless attacks that gave no chance, the mother organism was eventually destroyed at an extremely fast speed, and the surging of the breeding chamber also stopped abruptly, without even a chance to fight back.

Outside the entrance to the Mother Nest, a group of officers and their soldiers, seeing countless Evil Shadow Eye Monster about to break through the fire range of the two warships, suddenly froze.

As if their strong desire to attack had vanished instantly, only a few who broke through the firing range launched an attack on the soldiers.

The remaining Evil Shadow Eye Monster have retreated like the tide.

"Captain Kade!?"

"I am here!"

"Thanks to you so much, Captain Lister!"

Captain Kade's right arm finally recovered, but he was in a sorry state, with less than 20,000 health points remaining.

Although both were at the fifteenth rank, even Captain Kade fell victim to the mother ship's mental control attack without being able to defend against it.

The illusion could be broken free, as if it had given the right arm a new consciousness. The "Evil Shadow Manipulation," like "alien hand syndrome," was indeed troublesome.

"I'm so sorry! My hand wouldn't obey me just now, thanks to your kick!"

"Thank you so much for saving me! I'm so glad you were here on this mission!"

Feeling his body weakened to the extreme, Captain Kade felt embarrassed, but more excited than anything else.

While repeatedly expressing his gratitude to Lister, he injected himself with a recovery potion.

Regardless, the mother organism in front of him had already been extinct.

He has already overcome the toughest hurdle in this promotion process!

"Captain Kade, Lister, can you hear me?"

The camera from Captain Boren's long-distance call was switched to the two of them.

"Captain."

"Captain Boren! Thank you so much for your help this time! I Kade, will remember this favor!"

"Captain Kade, don't rush to say such things!"

"Based on current data, the remaining offspring are feeding back to the new mother organism, and this process is expected to continue for another 22 hours."

"I'll lead my team down immediately to wipe them out. We can talk more after we've completed the mission!"

After saying that, Captain Boren turned off the screen.

I never expected the Evil Shadow Eye Monsters to be so troublesome; the offspring could even try to re-cultivate the mother.

Zerg-like Zerg are truly troublesome! They must be completely eradicated.

"Captain Lister, I'll go up and take command first!"

"You should rest for a while. Don't worry about leaving the rest of the finishing work to me!"

Captain Kade had long felt embarrassed to face Lister alone, so after speaking, he immediately headed towards the sky above the cave.

Lister had originally planned to follow closely behind and complete the task as soon as possible, but a notification from the system kept him in place.

"Congratulations, you have discovered the 'Evil Shadow Civilization's Core Eye Fluid'."

Not far in front of them, a huge eyeball was dripping dark green liquid continuously.

The knife tip pierced the eyeball, and instantly a large amount of dark green eye fluid seeped out, which was collected in a special reagent storage bottle.

As the eye fluid continued to drain, the eyeball quickly shrank until the last drop of eye fluid was collected. Lister then sensed a faint energy fluctuation within it.

Another slash sliced across the enormous eyeball, and a tiny, emerald-green sphere rolled out from within.

At the same time, the Jiji on my shoulder reacted instantly, becoming fully activated and circling around the emerald green sphere.

Upon closer inspection, Lister discovered that the spherical object was also an eyeball, containing enormous energy.

"Congratulations, you have discovered the 'Evil Shadow Civilization's Resentful Evil Eye'."

[The Evil Shadow Civilization's Resentful Evil Eye (S-Rank): A product nurtured by the Evil Shadow Eye Monster Civilization's mother entity. It can be used for equipment socketing or fused into the forging of various equipment.]

[Evil Shadow Civilization's Core Eye Fluid (Grade A): Permanently increases all attributes by 1 point, and increases HP by 10,000 and DEF by 600. (Note: Can be used by lifeforms at Third Advancement and below.)]

There was an unexpected surprise.

Put away this S-grade Strange Eye material and place it in your Inventory.

Although Jiji was anxiously circling around, it couldn't absorb the substance on its own.

After preparing, Lister contacted Kavin and asked him about it, then tried to give it to Powell for forging or inlaying.

He collected a total of nine bottles of the core eye drops, but he wasn't in a hurry to use them.

It's rare to obtain a Third Advancement attribute potion, so I'll save it for after the Third Advancement.

Outside the cave, the real battle to wipe them out was just beginning.

All the daughter eye monsters no longer possess their original shadow form, nor do they have the energy from their mother to help them revive. Once they die, they are truly dead.

"Commander Lister!"

Lieutenant Zahn and his team remained stationed near the cave entrance, not rushing to participate in the clearing operation.

Seeing that the dozens of soldiers he had brought down were all unharmed, Lister nodded in satisfaction.

"Well done!"

"Sir, Captain Boren and Captain Kade are already leading their teams in the clearing operation."

"I know, we'll go help now."