Cthulhu!

Bi Ji's description made Lin Xia feel nauseous, Bibi Dong's purple eyes were as sharp as knives.

"The spot where it crashed instantly became a source of Pollution Source."

"Where its slime dripped, the soil instantly turned into poisonous mud bubbling with purplish-black bubbles. Within a few breaths, the lush green vegetation withered and twisted, transforming into Stench, with strange purple crystals even forming on their leaves."

"Where it crawled, it left behind a continuously spreading pollution belt, reeking of strong sulfur and decay!"

Bi Ji's voice was filled with lingering fear.

"What's even more terrifying is its method of contamination... It's not just about physical contact. The 'aura' it emits, that 'gaze' emanating from the dark purple vortex, filled with endless malice, is itself a powerful corrosive force."

"Once a weak Soul Beast gets close, or is merely 'seen' by it, its mind will be instantly distorted and corrupted!"

"They become extremely frenzied and bloodthirsty, attacking all living things. Their bodies undergo horrific deformities, with bones piercing the skin, fur rotting and falling off, and disgusting tumors and new tentacles filled with eyeballs growing... as if they have been Sheer Force twisted into inferior replicas of its blasphemous form!"

"Even a powerful Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, if pierced by its core tentacles or stared at by that vortex for too long, will gradually lose its mind and eventually become a completely corrupted monster!"

Bi Ji closed her eyes, as if she couldn't bear to recall those horrific scenes.

"I... I was awakened from my slumber by the mournful cries of the forest. When I arrived, that area... had been transformed into a living hell. Countless corrupted Soul Beast were frantically killing and devouring each other, and twisted plants were emitting Poison Miasma."

"The monster's contamination is rapidly expanding, and it's even beginning to erode the very lifeblood of the forest!"

Her voice regained its firmness, carrying the resolute determination of a guardian.

"I exerted all my strength, mobilizing the most abundant Life Energy in the core area of Star Dou Forest, and waged a fierce battle against it."

"Its power is extremely strange. That polluting force seems to have a strong corrosive effect on Life Energy. My purification beam needs to expend several times the power to barely neutralize a small portion of it."

"Its tentacles are incredibly tough and can regenerate rapidly after being severed. The eyes within its Suction Cups can emit a mesmerizing purple light. The most troublesome thing is the vortex at its core, which seems to absorb and deflect a portion of energy attacks."

"The battle lasted a long time, and the entire battlefield was turned upside down by the aftershocks of the collision between Poison Miasma and Life Energy. In the end, despite the damage to my own essence, I gathered the life essence of all the trees in the forest, pierced through its core vortex, and completely burned and purified its filthy body!"

As Bi Ji spoke, there was no trace of joy in her victory; instead, her face was filled with deep exhaustion and a sense of... helplessness.

"I thought... it was all over. I purified the battlefield, dispelled most of the Poison Miasma, and calmed the frightened Soul Beast. However..."

Her voice suddenly became incredibly heavy, and her emerald eyes were filled with confusion and frustration.

"However, I was wrong! Utterly wrong!"

"Just a few days after I left the battlefield and prepared to return to the core lake to recuperate, I was horrified to discover that the area that had been thoroughly purified... had been polluted again!"

Bi Ji's voice trembled with disbelief.

"It's not residue, it's regeneration out of thin air! It's like... like how the monster was destroyed, but the 'pollution' it left behind turned into living plague seeds, or... the 'scars' of the spatial rift haven't truly healed, and are still constantly oozing that filthy substance!"

"Beneath the purified, scorched earth, a purplish-black, viscous substance seeped out again; the trees, seemingly revived, began to show dark purple veins inside their trunks, emitting a faint, unsettling fluctuation."

"Even some seemingly normal Soul Beast that had escaped the calamity suddenly went berserk and mutated without any warning!"

Bi Ji shook her head in anguish.

"I immediately returned, attempting to purify again. But this time, I sensed something was different."

"The pollution... has become deeper and more stubborn, as if it has merged with this land and the energy field here! My purifying power can only temporarily suppress its surface spread, but it cannot reach the root of the pollution that is buried deep underground and even seeps into the cracks in space itself!"

"It is like a maggot clinging to a bone, constantly regenerating and eroding, and its reach is slowly but steadily expanding."

"I've tried countless times, but each time I can only delay it, not eradicate it. Each purification makes me feel that the pollution has developed some kind of 'resistance,' becoming even more difficult to deal with. I can even feel it 'learning,' 'adapting' to my power..."

Bi Ji raised her head and looked at Bibi Dong and Lin Xia, her eyes filled with deep worry and a hint of barely Frisk plea for help.

"I realized that I couldn't solve this problem completely on my own. It's like a spreading cancer, slowly killing off the core area of Star Dou Forest."

"I cannot leave, so I have no choice but to stay here permanently, constantly using the Origin Power to suppress and purify this area, slowing down its spread, while closely monitoring the movements of any abnormal Soul Beast to prevent the contaminated individuals from escaping and causing harm to a wider forest."

Her gaze finally settled on Lin Xia, carrying a complex emotion.

"Until... you appeared near this valley with that corrupted Holy Light Unicorn. Your method of purifying it... especially that child's peculiar affinity that allows him to perceive the 'essence' of energy, and his Soul Beast companion's instinctive sensitivity to that evil power... showed me... a different possibility."

"Perhaps, you... or rather, the variables you bring, can help find a way to completely solve this pollution problem."

After Bi Ji finished speaking, a long silence fell over the camp.

The light from the Courtney illuminated three faces, each with a different expression but all equally solemn.

Bibi Dong frowned, her fingers tapping unconsciously on her knees as she processed the unsettling truth—a terrifying monster from another dimension, blasphemous in form, polluted, and possessing regenerative and adaptive abilities.

Lin Xia clenched her fists, gaining a more direct understanding of the unknown "octopus monster" and the horror of the pollution.

"Hiss..."

Lin Xia gasped sharply, the sound particularly jarring in the silent camp.

He felt as if his heart was being gripped tightly by a cold, slippery giant claw, each beat bringing a tearing pain and an indescribable chill.

Cold sweat instantly soaked through his inner shirt, sticking stickily to his skin and bringing a series of needle-like chills.

His stomach churned violently, and a strong feeling of nausea, accompanied by a fear that seemed to originate from the depths of his soul, shot straight to his throat. He had to clench his teeth tightly to prevent himself from vomiting on the spot.

He instinctively closed his eyes tightly, trying to expel the indescribable blasphemous image that had automatically formed in his mind because of Bi Ji's description.

However, those images, like maggots clinging to a bone, became clearer and more distorted in the darkness—the eerie movement of countless tiny eyeball fragments opening and closing within Suction Cups, the profound malice of a dark purple vortex swirling as if to suck in the soul, the ominous purple crystals condensing on the polluted tree branches...

Cthulhu!