This Monk Can't Take It Anymore

Hearing these words, Wu Hen felt a sudden warmth in his heart.

So, the beauty had traveled thousands of miles to find him, fearing he might have been parasitized by the Insect-Eyed!

"When first parasitized, the Insect-Eyed are only in the larval stage. Using this multicolored liquid in time can save you. But if you sleep in the Soul-Resting Tree of the Insect-Eyed multiple times, you will be quickly controlled. Over time, your vision will degenerate, your sense of smell will become hypersensitive, and by that point, you will basically no longer be human!" Ming Yi explained.

"There are a large number of people from our homeland who have fallen into the Otherworld. They are desperately searching for a way back, and this parasitic Soul-Resting Tree is like a life-saving straw in their eyes... I fear they are all going to be parasitized." Wu Hen felt a chill run down his spine.

The Nuwa Divine Terminal was already teetering on the edge of collapse. To make matters worse, these people would bring a massive number of parasitic Insect-Eyed back to the human homeland for the sake of a brief moment of peace. If not stopped in time, he feared the entire homeland would be hollowed out from within before long!

"My squad's mission is to destroy the Insect-Eyed trees in the desolate dust. Since you're fine, I should return to my team." Ming Yi let out a sigh of relief.

"Ming Yi, it's not that simple." Wu Hen immediately called out to stop Ming Yi as she was about to leave.

"Do you have some information?" Ming Yi asked.

"I encountered an Insect-Eyed Half-Human in the homeland. They are premeditatedly destroying human medical supply depots. They must be brewing a massive conspiracy." Wu Hen shared his assessment with Ming Yi.

Ming Yi's eyes widened; she clearly hadn't realized this layer of the situation!

Destroying the Insect-Eyed trees would only cut off the source of the parasites, but if many Insect-Eyed Half-Humans had already infiltrated the human homeland, and those individuals weren't dealt with, the entire Nuwa Divine Terminal would rot!

"Wu Hen, this matter is of great importance. My squad must find the Pupil Worm Mother Tree within a limited time to stop this large-scale parasitic spread, which means we won't have time to deal with the Insect-Eyed Half-Humans who have already infiltrated our homeland... Can you assist us?" Ming Yi's tone grew more serious.

"Since you traveled thousands of miles to find a guy you'd only met once, I will naturally give you my full support." Wu Hen did not decline this time.

On one hand, he truly hadn't expected Ming Yi to come specifically to save him. On the other, the existence of the Insect-Eyed Half-Humans already threatened the area where his family lived.

"Good, it wasn't in vain that I ran all this way to see you." Ming Yi laughed. "This is a Yuan You I obtained not long ago. I gift it to you."

Ming Yi handed over a glowing orb; the sphere rested in her palm like a bright pearl.

"For me?" Wu Hen was somewhat surprised.

Only those who had walked through the Otherworld knew how high the value of a Yuan You was.

Ming Yi likely only had this one on her entire person, yet she gave it to him.

"This way you can return to the homeland safely, and you can absorb it to enhance your own strength. That way, when you face danger, you will at least have some self-preservation," Ming Yi said.

"Miss Ming Yi, you are truly too good to me. In my next life, I will surely be a beast of burden to repay you..." Wu Hen was quite touched.

"The kind that just needs grass?" Ming Yi winked playfully, her eyes bright and lively.

This sentence left Wu Hen completely speechless.

Uh... Lady Bodhisattva, please behave yourself. Wu Hen had no choice but to channel Monk Tang, silently reciting in his heart: Female benefactor, don't be like this; this poor monk cannot handle it!

Ming Yi's laughter rang out like a lark.

She didn't say anything more, tossing the Green Cicada into mid-air.

The Green Cicada unfolded from within, its size growing from an ordinary insect into a Mechanical Green Eagle with a wingspan of over two meters—truly a wondrous sight.

Ming Yi leaped up, grabbing the green eagle with one hand. Her stunning waist-to-hip ratio was on full display, made even more captivating by the sheen of her battle suit.

The Mechanical Green Eagle flapped its wings, carrying that slender, graceful figure over the sea of trees and gradually disappearing into the clouds...

Yet, the succubus-like laughter Ming Yi had just let out still tugged at someone's heartstrings, giving Wu Hen the urge to "never attend morning court again."

"You are Wu Hen, Wu Hen from Class Eight?" After a long while, Yang Qin finally asked the question she had been holding back for so long.

Yang Qin had felt for a while that this man's appearance was growing more and more similar to her classmate, but she hadn't dared to ask until that formidable beauty had called out his real name just now.

"I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person, but it seems I can't hide it anymore. In truth, my identity as a high school student is just a disguise. I am an elite member of the Human Gratitude Alliance. The reason I was lurking in the school is because I have a difficult mission," Wu Hen said.

Yang Qin was stunned!

What was the Human Gratitude Alliance???

And he really was her classmate, Wu Hen!

If that was the case, she had lost her composure and control in front of him so many times—how could she ever show her face again!

"Classmate Wu Hen... after you dropped out, I was actually very worried about you..." Yang Qin said hurriedly.

"Don't say any more. I have an important mission for you. You woke up inside the academy, right?" Wu Hen said.

"Yes," Yang Qin nodded quickly.

"I need you to wake up from the homeland immediately and gather one piece of important information: who else woke up from the Soul-Resting Tree before us!" Wu Hen said.

Wu Hen still remembered that after the Eye-Patterned Man destroyed the Shangxia medical warehouse, he mentioned that the final area was the school's medicine storage.

Therefore, the best way to find the Insect-Eyed Half-Humans in the human homeland was to wait for the rabbit to hit the stump.

The school grounds were guarded by security forces, and outsiders couldn't get in.

Thus, this parasitic organization could only parasitize the students who had fallen into the trap at the school, and then seize the opportunity to destroy the school's medicine storage!

"It was me who told them the news that the Soul-Resting Tree could allow people to return... I made a huge mistake..." Yang Qin immediately realized that everyone else who had woken up through the Soul-Resting Tree had basically been parasitized by the Pupil Worms!

"Now is not the time for self-reproach. Even if you hadn't said it, others would have. Their goal was to get more people parasitized," Wu Hen said.

"Then what should we do now?" Yang Qin was completely panicked; she couldn't even think straight.

"Enter the game yourself. While those who have been parasitized haven't acted yet, you don't want the entire school to turn into a paradise for the Pupil Worms, do you!" Wu Hen said.

Yang Qin shuddered at the thought of that ball of thousands of larvae coiled together. If that many people had been parasitized, her body back in her homeland likely wouldn't last much longer.

"But I'm scared. I... I really don't dare to lie in the Soul Flower again..." Yang Qin said, her whole body trembling.

Right now, the only way for her to return to her homeland was to lie in the Soul-Resting Tree once more.

But lying in it meant certain parasitization...

"Ming Yi said there's an incubation period for the parasites. As long as you wash your eyes with the multicolored liquid before the incubation period ends, you'll be fine. We've been classmates for two and a half years, after all; when have I ever lied to you? I promise you, if you help me find the list I need, not only will I immediately help you clear out the latent parasites, but I'll also protect you until you reach the Nuwa Divine Terminal." Wu Hen began to feed his classmate a pipe dream.

Yang Qin actually had no choice. Her original body in her homeland was in a dangerous environment, and with so many students currently parasitized by the Eye-Piercing Worms, if she didn't fight with everything she had alongside Ming Yi and Wu Hen, she was a dead woman walking anyway!

"The heavy responsibility of protecting our alma mater is in our hands!" Wu Hen continued to encourage her.

"Mm, after all, there are still so many students and teachers; we can't let anything happen to them." In the end, Yang Qin bit the bullet and swallowed Wu Hen's bait!

They stepped into the stone valley once again.

Both Wu Hen and Yang Qin had awakened their senses, and they could now clearly see the white worms crawling all over the Soul-Resting Tree...

To be honest, the sight looked exactly like a massive tomb. People lying on the Soul Flowers were no different from those sealed in a coffin, left to let the white maggots crawl all over their bodies and burrow into their flesh!

This Desolate Dust was truly terrifying to the bone!

Wu Hen's mindset was still alright, as he had no intention of returning to his homeland using this method anymore.

Yang Qin, however, felt her legs go weak, and she wanted to retreat with every step she took.

If he had known it would be like this, Wu Hen wouldn't have bothered waking Yang Qin up.

Many things in the Desolate Dust seemed to possess an element of deception and trickery. Without being awakened, everything looked so beautiful and harmless, but once the truth was revealed and the mind realized the reality, the sight was truly too gruesome to look at!

With the enthusiastic help of her classmate Wu Hen, Yang Qin still climbed into a Soul Flower.

Before she had even fallen asleep, Yang Qin could already feel things crawling all over her.

But as the petals closed, Yang Qin was quickly hypnotized, and her consciousness was transported back to her original homeland.

After sending Yang Qin off, Wu Hen hurried away from the stone valley. He specifically sought out a safe spot that looked picturesque and serene, then crushed the Yuan You in his hand.

This was the first time Wu Hen had used a Yuan You while fully conscious.

In an instant, Wu Hen felt as if his soul had left his body.

Bathed in radiance and wrapped in a gentle spring, Wu Hen could even feel wisps of energy gathering within his heart and soul, washing over him and reshaping him bit by bit...

This was a power of soul essence that transcended his current physical body, and no matter which body he might inhabit in the future, this profound soul essence would remain!

"This Yuan You seems to really be making me stronger!" Wu Hen could clearly feel it.

At the same time, Wu Hen felt a phantom image covering his right hand. In his out-of-body state, Wu Hen finally saw clearly that a Witch Dragon, patterned with black yang and white yin, was lying inside his body...

This little fellow was swimming about anxiously, expressing a hint of dissatisfaction!

"Oh, Xiao Yi, stop staring at this Yuan You of mine... I have to go home eventually, right?"

"Think about it, there are even more delicious demi-humans back home!"

"How should I put it? You just go ahead and feast, eat your fill!!"

Hearing these words from Wu Hen, Xiao Yi finally quieted down.

Suddenly, the faint, ghostly radiance bathing his entire body grew increasingly intense, completely enveloping Wu Hen.

The next moment, as if Wu Hen had received some kind of ancient summons, his soul instantly reached the clouds, speeding toward a sacred celestial kingdom!

The entire process was incredibly comfortable, like a baby being cradled in a crib; it was the kind of sleep that felt deeply peaceful and satisfying...

So this was what a standard soul bridge was, the blessed recall of the Nuwa Divine Terminal!