Assimilation and Reproduction

The black lifeform that had injured Mia.

With the arrival of a colossal interstellar spacecraft, it had hidden in the forest early on, observing all four people who disembarked from the ship.

By some unknown means, it had evaded the spacecraft's detection radar while also avoiding Han Dong's—and even the Ancestral Body, Lord Maritis's—Mental perception.

At the fastest speed possible, it launched a surprise attack on the one it considered the "weakest."

What it had not expected was that, at the very last moment before it succeeded, the target reacted, causing the hunt to fail.

The black lifeform seemed highly intelligent as well. Seeing this, it immediately abandoned the hunt and fled.

Before Han Dong could give an order, Lord Maritis had already set off in pursuit... He even used the spatial methods of the toad clan to aid his tracking, determined to capture this strange lifeform from the planet alive.

Even so, he had failed to catch it in time, which showed just how fast the target was.

In that fleeting instant, Han Dong had not had time to use Opening Eye, so he had not seen clearly what it was.

However... something important was happening to his teammate.

Han Dong immediately turned his gaze toward the injured Mia, his eyes filled with unease.

In truth, as long as her head remained attached, Mia's Insect Possessed vitality, combined with herbal medicine, made repairing the cut in her neck and reattaching her arms a simple matter.

Han Dong's focus was not on the "cut," but on a strange substance that had secretly entered Mia's body through it.

Even Mia herself had failed to notice the "strange substance" invading her body. There was no sensation and no rejection... Her attention had been entirely focused on pain and shock.

In that instant,