A Swarm of Nuger Worms!

A single glance revealed gray-white worms as far as the eye could see.

Each one was over a meter long, with a diameter of a good twenty to thirty centimeters.

What made the scalp crawl most was their faces.

They bore a striking resemblance to human features—two eyes bulging wide, glowing with a blood-red light.

Their undersides were covered in dense rows of short legs.

They ceaselessly gnawed at the bleached bones exposed to the air.

But the most terrifying part...

These weren't just a few worms, or a few dozen...

They were packed densely, hundreds upon thousands, with no end in sight.

Many viewers who were eating lunch took one look at the livestream and immediately vomited.

Even maggots in a toilet weren't as disgusting as this scene.

The host, Xiao Ying, was covered in goosebumps.

The thing she hated most was bugs.

The worms before her far exceeded her psychological limit.

Her stomach churned violently.

The food she'd eaten that morning turned into a surging tide, desperate to escape her body.

If not for sheer willpower keeping her upright, Xiao Ying would have long since thrown up her breakfast.

In truth...

It wasn't just the host, Xiao Ying.

Even Brother Qiang, the Warrior King, and Director Zhang—three grown men—felt deeply unsettled in their stomachs.

Because of the worms' enormous size.

The production team didn't even need to zoom in; they could see every detail clearly on screen.

It was utterly hair-raising.

Too horrifying!

And that wasn't all...

When these worms moved, they emitted an extremely peculiar sound.

It sounded like the miserable screams of humans.

If you closed your eyes, it was as if thousands of people were wailing in your ears.

Viewers with weaker psychological fortitude simply muted the audio.

Some even quit the livestream outright.

In an instant, the number of online viewers plummeted.

"Look at how fast those worms are eating..."

Brother Qiang forced down his discomfort and spoke slowly.

On screen, the worms devoured the Wolf Ancestor's bones at an absurd speed.

Each bite tore off a small chunk of bone.

And...

Their saliva seemed to have a corrosive quality.

Truly terrifying.

"Run, run now!"

"What are you waiting for!"

"If one of those worms bites you, even your arm might melt away!"

Viewers staring at the screen all held their breath.

If they could, they'd reach through the screen and drag Xu Fan out themselves!

[Yan Kingdom contestant Xu Fan has discovered a Forbidden Land creature!]

[Name: Nuger Worm!]

[Hazard Level: E+, subsists on gnawing bones and flesh, prefers dark and damp environments, emits sounds resembling human screams when moving, and can accelerate growth by devouring each other.]

In that instant...

The mysterious voice and mysterious text appeared simultaneously.

The entire livestream exploded once more!

"Holy shit, not only is this thing disgusting, it cannibalizes its own kind—ugh, I'm gonna puke, bros."

"I'm already throwing up—this is absolutely the most disgusting thing I've ever seen!"

"Why isn't contestant Xu Fan running yet!"

In terms of danger level, these Nuger Worms naturally couldn't compare to the Snow Wolf King from before.

But the problem was...

The Snow Wolf King was just one.

Even counting all its underlings, that was only a few dozen.

Yet the Nuger Worms before him were densely packed, their numbers enormous!

Even if each individual wasn't very strong.

A group this massive was enough for quantity to trigger a qualitative change!

And...

Xu Fan, trapped in the Forbidden Land, could sense something the audience couldn't, beyond just the visuals and sound.

Smell.

As he approached the Nuger Worms, this odor grew stronger and stronger.

To the point where Xu Fan had to hold his breath from time to time.

This smell was like pork stuck between your teeth, dug out half a month later.

Foul and putrid.

"If I'm guessing right, these Nuger Worms should live in caves, surviving by gnawing on the Wolf Ancestor's bones..."

"But because of the tremor just now, they were exposed."

"No."

Soon, Xu Fan shook his head.

Maybe one Nuger Worm had discovered the Wolf Ancestor's remains and started breeding massively.

And their gnawing had caused the landslide!

However...

Even though these Nuger Worms were greedy for the Wolf Ancestor's white bones, they craved the flesh and blood of living things even more.

In just a few breaths, the Nuger Worms noticed Xu Fan and the Female Snow Wolf beside him.

The latter lowered her stance, baring sharp fangs.

Every white hair on her body stood on end.

As if warning these Nuger Worms not to come closer.

But the Nuger Worms paid no heed to the Female Snow Wolf's warning.

Their size was already no smaller than hers.

And their numbers were overwhelming.

Most importantly...

Their eyes gleamed with greed.

Many Nuger Worms immediately turned their heads, opening their mouths toward Xu Fan and the Female Snow Wolf.

And their mouths looked like human anuses.

Spiral-shaped, with the inner walls covered in tiny, sharp teeth.

Seeing this, even the Female Snow Wolf, a D-Rank Beast, felt a chill run down her spine.

Her limbs trembled uncontrollably.

If it were a one-on-one fight, the Female Snow Wolf wouldn't be afraid of these creatures.

But the problem was their sheer numbers.

Stretching beyond the horizon.

Dozens, even hundreds of times the size of the wolf pack she had once belonged to.

After a fierce internal struggle, the Female Snow Wolf finally gave up on tangling with these Nuger Worms.

She opened her mouth, bit down on the corner of Xu Fan's clothes, and used all her strength to pull him backward.

Clearly, she wanted Xu Fan to run with her.

"You don't want to leave me behind?"

Xu Fan noticed the Female Snow Wolf's actions and glanced at her.

Through Observation Haki, Xu Fan could clearly sense the Female Snow Wolf's emotions.

She was worried about him.

He had thought the Female Snow Wolf was only attached to his grilled meat and fresh water.

Once it encounters a life-threatening danger, it will turn around and flee.

Unexpectedly, this little one is still quite reliable.

However...

Xu Fan had no intention of running away.

He crouched down, gently stroking the Female Snow Wolf's forehead, trying to soothe its nervous tension.

At the same time...

Xu Fan sensed a surge of killing intent, like turbulent ocean waves, sweeping toward him.

It was...

The most genuine voices of these Nuger Worms!

They crawled forward at their fastest speed.

Their eyes gleamed with greedy light.

Every single one of them wanted to claim Xu Fan and the Female Snow Wolf for themselves, to savor them thoroughly.

The audience in the livestream room couldn't help but gasp, their scalps tingling.

They were stunned with terror by this scene.

Meanwhile, the host and guests in the livestream room had faces pale as death, drained of all color.

They had thought that after surviving the calamity of the collapsing mountains and splitting earth, contestant Xu Fan would have weathered the storm and found fortune thereafter.

But they never expected...

In the blink of an eye, Xu Fan had encountered a massive crisis!

This was truly...

Blessings never come in pairs, but misfortunes never come alone!