Chapter 538
Goosebumps rose all over Ye Zheng's body as she stared wide-eyed at the newly hatched Contaminant. "How did it hatch into such a big bug?!"
Feng Ling really wanted to retort: Aren't you a big bug yourself?
But that was too much of a Hell joke, so Feng Ling chose politeness instead. "Fine, we'll call it Big Worm. Tigers were also called big worms in ancient times."
Feng Ling cradled its round tiger head and said affectionately, "Go thank this auntie. She gave you your name."
Tiger Worm turned and wriggled toward Ye Zheng, still smeared with blood and mucus from the corpse.
Ye Zheng retreated again and again, snapping, "Don't come over here!"
Feng Ling grinned beside her. "Wasn't your courage pretty impressive? You're actually afraid of bugs? If I hatched a cockroach, would you scream your lungs out?"
"I think it's disgusting, not scary," Ye Zheng replied irritably.
"Then look at it a few more times. You'll get used to it~" Feng Ling patted the tiger head, then turned and beckoned to Cat Spider. "Come here. Feed it some meat. Once it's full, it can start working."
Cat Spider shook its legs, flinging down the Wild Boar skewered on them and tossing it before the tiger-headed Big Worm.
Tiger Worm opened its huge mouth with an "Awoo—"
The front two-thirds of its mouth resembled a tiger's, while the final third and the section leading into its throat were like the Great Earthworm Feng Ling had killed. Its mouth and throat were like a drum washing machine lined with saw teeth. Any animal carcass that entered that mouth was like meat entering a grinder.
It swallowed the food, its fat, soft body slowly expanding and contracting. The food was pushed through its body while being digested, and