A Human Centipede!

"I... I think I misread a character. The Chinese herbal medicine Yu Yu wrote down was that box—He Feng." Wang Rui said in a voice only he could hear, looking like a two-hundred-pound man who had just made a huge mistake.

Only then did Yang Qin realize she had taken the wrong thing. No wonder her stomach felt like it was churning and roiling.

She spat out the undigested plastic in one mouthful. The plastic label clearly read "He Shi."

Searching through her past memories, she realized that what she had eaten was He Shi, a toxic medicinal herb used for expelling parasites!

And that was a whole box of it!!!

It wasn't just He Shi anymore; it was He Ding Hong...

And she had chugged the whole bottle!

Yang Qin's golden face was turning green with rage.

They had been together for two and a half years, and she knew Wang Rui was a bit of a dimwit, but she never expected him to be completely brain-damaged!

How could he mess up something so important??

He even brewed it into a soup for the whole school to drink. If the whole school drank it, wouldn't the place be covered in diarrhea with nowhere to step??

"Bring that box over here!" Yang Qin slowly raised her golden, willow-like mycelium arm and hovered it over Wang Rui's head.

Her insides were already churning violently. Even while controlling her body, which was composed entirely of golden fungal insects, she felt the agonizing urge to open the floodgates!

"Pffft~~~~~~~~"

A piercing, trumpet-like sound was released from Yang Qin's sphincter.

Wang Rui was just lifting the correct box of herbal medicine down from the shelf. Hearing that melodious, long fart, he instinctively pinched his nose with one hand.

How uncivilized!

But that box of herbal medicine was quite heavy; how could one hand hold it up?

And so, the box of He Feng licorice tumbled down and slammed heavily onto the ground.

"Did you do that on purpose, or was it an accident?" Yang Qin's eyes turned vicious.

If it were anyone else, Yang Qin might think they were playing tricks.

But with someone like Wang Rui, whose eyes sparkled with such great wisdom, Yang Qin found it hard to associate him with that kind of...

"Sis, the smell is really strong. The whole box is here. Should I get some fire and burn it all?" Wang Rui looked quite innocent as well.

"No, the fire will attract the attention of people outside. You, back away over there," Yang Qin said.

Wang Rui had no choice but to retreat to the side, muttering to himself, "I bet you're just afraid the fire will ignite your methane and blow you up, right?"

Yang Qin: "????"

Her golden, willow-branch-like arms suddenly opened like pliers, clamping tightly onto Wang Rui's neck, the dense rows of teeth embedded deep into his flesh.

"Do you have a death wish!" Yang Qin hissed, cold and vicious, as if she might devour Wang Rui at any moment.

Wang Rui obediently hugged his head with both hands and crouched in the corner.

The golden Insect-Eyed Half-Human Yang Qin took a deep breath, glancing at the He Ding Hong herbs scattered all over the floor.

She had just downed a bottle of He Ding Hong without even letting out a single burp, and now she had to swallow an entire crate of these medicinal herbs, which were lethal to Insect-Eyed creatures. It was truly a bit of a tall order.

But for the sake of the entire colony, Yang Qin had to eat them all.

And so, Yang Qin slowly lowered her body, much like a golden sow, opened her mouth, and began to swallow the herbs on the floor one mouthful at a time.

Once these herbs were consumed, the entire campus would become their paradise, and she would be the supreme leader of these thousands of Insect-Eyed Half-Humans!

"I thought it was only hard being human, but it seems you guys don't have it easy either," Wang Rui sighed, watching the noble golden-eyed leader sacrifice herself for the cause.

Yang Qin's body was already feeling extremely uncomfortable, even causing her to retch, yet she continued to gulp down the medicinal herbs...

She looked exactly like a female salesperson forced to chug alcohol to close a deal. There was no such thing as an easy life for an adult Parasite Race!

Finally, Yang Qin finished all the medicinal herbs; not even a single blade of grass remained on the floor.

As the two types of herbs digested, they triggered a reactive irritation. Yang Qin felt as if a large bottle of pesticide had been poured into her body, the pain excruciating.

Yet, thinking of how the parasitic grand cause was now complete, she couldn't help but reveal a wild, arrogant smile. Her golden face twisted into a grotesque expression from the layering of so many emotions!

"Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!"

At that moment, a hollow sound of applause rang out. From another shadow in the warehouse, a tall, handsome man with a wicked smile stepped out.

As he walked, he clapped sincerely for the golden-eyed Yang Qin, expressing a hint of reverence.

"Impressive, truly impressive. Your spirit deserves to be commended by the entire school. If everyone were to become an Insect-Eyed Half-Human like you..." Wu Hen said with a smile.

"You!!" Seeing Wu Hen appear, Yang Qin's face drained from gold to a pale, ghostly white.

Wasn't he supposed to be saving those students??

How could he be hiding here?

Wu Hen placed a finger to his temple, summoning the Virtual Pupil Membrane communication interface.

"Miss Ming Yi, the golden Insect-Eyed Half-Human has been found. It's my old acquaintance, Yang Qin."

"So, just as I suspected, the Insect Mother Wood is the same Soul-Resting Tree that Yang Qin and I discovered at the beginning—it's in Flower Valley!"

"Alright, I can handle things here. I'll leave the Insect Mother Wood to you all."

Wu Hen tapped his temple lightly, hanging up the Pupil Membrane Communicator.

This series of actions left Yang Qin, who stood there with a ferocious expression, incredibly enraged. Her pair of golden insect eyes were locked onto Wu Hen!

"You even suspect me!" Yang Qin felt a sense of humiliation.

As someone who had been with Wu Hen the entire time, and who had even accurately provided the list of the three maggots in the cafeteria, Yang Qin truly could not fathom any reason for Wu Hen to doubt her.

Was she not Wu Hen's loyal teammate?

Why would he suspect her?

She couldn't wrap her head around it!

"I can't help it. I never had a good impression of you from the start. It's precisely this constant state of vigilance that made me realize there was another possibility... that the Soul-Resting Tree we found at the beginning wasn't a genuine Soul-Resting Tree either," Wu Hen said.

Clearly, Yang Qin hadn't been an Insect-Eyed Half-Human from the very beginning.

She had been parasitized.

When Wu Hen and Yang Qin first stepped into that Flower Valley which could lead back to their homeland, those seemingly beautiful Soul Flowers were actually the Insect-Eyed Soul-Resting Wood.

All the dreamlike and colorful aspects of the Flower Valley Soul-Resting Wood were just like the vibrant colors of a Venus flytrap, designed solely to gain the trust of humans.

In other words, Wu Hen and Yang Qin were actually among the first batch to carry the virus back to their homeland.

The reason Wu Hen was fine was purely because a much more powerful entity resided within his body; even a gold-level insect eye could not survive inside him.

Yang Qin was different.

She was a mere mortal, and she had only survived until now because she had been tagging along with Wu Hen.

Let alone a golden insect eye parasite, even a white one could have possessed her in no time...

"Therefore, from the moment the Order Maintenance Personnel discovered a girl waking up with a clear mind and spreading the information that the Soul-Resting Tree could return to the homeland, you, Yang Qin, had already been parasitized by a powerful golden insect eye. In order to grasp the humans' countermeasures, you deliberately lurked by my side, waiting for the perfect opportunity."

"The mastermind is always you..."

Wu Hen nudged his younger sister, Yu Yu, signaling her to play the BGM saved on her phone.

Yu Yu let out a long sigh, unable to handle her chuunibyou brother, but she still pressed the play button on her phone, releasing the familiar music.

"You, Yang Qin, are the leader of these Insect-Eyed Half-Humans!"

Nearby, Wang Rui, who was squatting on the ground, looked up and saw Wu Hen's entire body radiating a light of righteousness. In a trance, he felt as if Wu Hen were the Child of Destiny.

But upon closer inspection, he realized it was just his sister playing the BGM and turning on the flashlight.

"Wuwuwu, where can I sign up for a sister this thoughtful? I, Wang Rui, want to show off like this too!"

"Wu Hen... you have constantly bullied me and trampled on my dignity these past few days. Do you think that just because you know my true identity, you can do whatever you want? In the Desolate Dust, you are nothing but the most insignificant sparrow!"

"If you were sensible and didn't try to play the hero even after knowing everything, I might have spared you for the sake of our past relationship. But now, you insist on being my enemy!"

"The Soul-Resting Tree is nothing but roots. Having long since blossomed and borne fruit, I have no need for it anymore."

"I originally wanted to let you join my kin in a way that was painless and free of struggle. Now, there is no need for such complexity. I will slaughter you all and use your flesh and blood to feed my eggs; it will achieve the same effect! Hiss hiss hiss~~~~~~~"

Yang Qin opened her mouth, smiling like a golden flower snake.

But as she laughed, she suddenly let out a foul-smelling burp—the result of two types of Chinese herbal medicines mixing together and causing a chemical reaction.

This caused her image, which had been noble and arrogant just a moment ago, to collapse rapidly, making her look like an ugly old witch!

"I forgot to tell you, the names of the Chinese herbs I had Yu Yu write down were actually wrong. I didn't expect you to eat two whole crates of them, though. With these two herbs mixed together, I reckon the effect is about the same as Paraquat," Wu Hen added.

Hearing Wu Hen's ruthless mockery and insult, the Insect-Eyed Half-Human Yang Qin became even more irritable. Her eyes seemed to spew fire as she glared fixedly at Wang Rui!

To be honest, chugging crates of He Ding Hong and Paraquat would cost even the most powerful parasitic fungus half its life. The fact that Yang Qin hadn't died on the spot already spoke to the noble status of her Insect-Eyed Half-Human identity!

Wu Hen couldn't help but glance at Wang Rui, who was trembling with fear.

He had to say, his brother's "great wisdom" really had its uses!

"Brother Hen, help me!" Wang Rui, the old sister-in-law, shouted again.

Wu Hen knew that Yang Qin's hatred for Wang Rui was not light, so he immediately shielded him behind his back.

Sure enough, Golden Willow Fungal Tentacles tipped with reverse blades sprouted from Yang Qin's body. As her body twisted into a deformed shape, those Golden Blade Willows, which could slice through iron like mud, tore the warehouse walls wide open!

"Go, first!" Wu Hen decisively grabbed a crate of Chinese herbs, then led Wang Rui and Yu Yu as they ran out of the warehouse.

The Insect-Eyed Half-Human Yang Qin realized that the crate Wu Hen had taken was the real anti-parasitic medicine. Her legs suddenly split into even more fungal filaments, densely distributed along both sides of her body...

"Holy crap, it's a human centipede!!" Wang Rui turned his head and saw Yang Qin covered in legs from head to toe, even capable of crawling rapidly along the walls!