Coordinates: Void Hive.
Recently, the players had been groaning in misery, unable to push their front line forward.
What had once been a healthy layer of subcutaneous fat had now turned into a nauseating purple wasteland.
Purple Creep covered the ground, while crystal structures like spikes rose from the earth. This no longer resembled Titan's body, but an alien battlefield.
[Regional Environment: Void Radiation Field] [Effect: Within this area, all Void creatures gain a "Phase Deflection" shield, reducing physical/elemental damage by 80%. Players suffer continuous mental contamination.]
This was the fundamental reason the players could not advance—not merely because the monsters were tough, but because the environment itself was rejecting them.
Within this purple purgatory, aside from the previously encountered [Void Flea (LV.30 Elite)], even more Void creatures of varying forms began hatching from the Insect Nest and moving around its surroundings:
[Void Weaver (LV.28)]: Spider-like in shape, responsible for spinning purple threads to construct the Insect Nest's buildings. Though their attack power was low, they could rapidly repair damaged units.
[Void Crusher (LV.30)]: Beetles the size of tanks, their forelimbs evolved into massive battering rams designed to crush Titan's hardened tissues (bones/cuticle).
[Void Raider (LV.30)]: Possessed optical camouflage and could turn invisible in the shadows, specializing in picking off fragile backline targets.
At the very center of the Insect Nest, the carrier-sized [Void Devouring Insect] remained in an eerie state of stillness.
Rather than wreaking havoc everywhere, it had driven its lower body deep beneath Titan's dermis. Countless thick, blood-vessel-like tentacles extended from its abdomen, burrowing into Titan's flesh like tree roots.
It was parasitizing him!
As an interstellar predator, once it found an enormous host, it would choose to transform itself into the core of a Brood Mother.
Given enough time, a Void Devouring Insect swarm