Symbiosis with an Aberration?
Honestly, the moment Lin Yi heard those words, his gaze darkened.
What kind of mindset would make someone want to share a body with an Aberration?
More importantly, eating an Aberration's flesh could actually establish a symbiotic bond with it, allowing it to survive in another form.
You could even say the person had become an Aberration.
And in this symbiotic state, humans could gain certain transcendent abilities, too.
The situation before him was a perfect example.
Inside this so-called Hunting Domain, none of them could escape unless the woman before them intended to let them go.
Their only option was probably to kill her!
Since they were symbiotic, the Aberration would presumably die along with its human host.
Eating an Aberration's flesh wasn't such a big deal.
Lin Yi could understand that.
After all, hunger made it difficult for people to control their impulses. Never mind Aberrations-even corpses could become food.
At that moment, an orange-red hue began to spread across Lin Yi's skin, and terrifying flames erupted from the Soul-Devouring Saw in his hand.
The Soul-Devouring Saw let out a beastlike roar.
Lin Yi bent forward in midair, bringing the Soul-Devouring Saw's blade down on the tentacle around his ankle.
The instant the blade touched it, the tentacle was sliced open with ease.
Lin Yi fell out of the air.
The woman glared venomously at Lin Yi as pain tore through her. Mucus tentacles kept emerging beneath her body, and she even tore off her own dress.
The moment her flawless body was exposed, her skin turned transparent along with her tentacles.
Meanwhile, her other tentacles seized people around her who were trying to flee. As one tentacle retracted, the man in its grip was dragged up into the air.
Then, amid his screams, the tentacle hauled him straight toward the woman's body.
Because she was transparent, all Lin Yi could see was the man being dragged by a tentacle before vanishing in midair.
After she ate that man, Lin Yi could distinctly sense the Aberration's aura growing stronger. It was already stronger than every Tier One Aberration he had encountered before.
He couldn't let her keep eating, or he would end up as food himself.
Seeing the woman about to eat someone else, Lin Yi immediately swung the Soul-Devouring Saw toward the tentacle.
But the woman had already been watching out for him. A tentacle turned into a whip and lashed viciously across his back.
Crack!
Caught off guard, Lin Yi was sent flying.
The moment he struck the glass, it shattered completely, and he tumbled out through the shards.
This is trouble. I can't handle her alone. I need help.
Lin Yi had originally planned to charge in and finish things quickly, but now it seemed he had been a little too cocky.
"Lin!"
Liu Chuan and the others hurried over, staring anxiously at Lin Yi's face, which was studded with broken glass.
They had known the Aberration was either Minister Qian or his woman, but they hadn't expected even someone as powerful as Lin Yi to get beaten up like this.
"That woman is in symbiosis with an Aberration. We can't get out because she gained an ability from it. We can't let her keep eating people, or we'll all die here."
Holding the Soul-Devouring Saw in one hand, Lin Yi said darkly, "I don't care what you're thinking. I'm sure as hell not going to sit around waiting to die. I don't care if some people have to be sacrificed. All I care about is whether I survive!"
His blatantly selfish words left Liu Chuan and the others momentarily stunned.
But on second thought, in an apocalypse, looking out for yourself had to come first. Only by surviving could you find a way to care for those around you.
She was threatening their lives, so they had no choice but to kill her first.
"We do it together!"
Liu Chuan was the first to step forward. "I probably won't be able to move in a moment," he said gravely. "Lin, throw me at her like a projectile. With the Passive Gourd, I'll be fine."
"All right!"
Lin Yi immediately grinned, chainsaw in hand. "This thing is transparent now, so it'll be even harder to pinpoint at night. Have everyone in the convoy turn on their headlights and aim them this way. Even if we can only make out an outline, that's something."
"I'll go tell them!"
Shen Qingqing knew they couldn't afford to waste time. The sooner, the better.
Watching her older sister leave, Shen Chuchu smiled gently and slowly drew her blade. "Then let's do this together," she said softly. "I don't want anything to happen to any of you. My sister might have a bad temper, but I want to protect her, too."
With that, she charged forward with her blade and a smile, showing no sign of fear.
The sight left even Lin Yi dumbfounded.
Wait, was this girl really that fierce?
One second she was smiling and speaking so gently, and the next she was charging off alone to hack at an Aberration?
"Has she always been like this?" Lin Yi couldn't help turning to ask.
Wang Meng frowned and shook his head. "I'm not sure either. I haven't known her long, but she doesn't usually seem like this."
"Stop standing around! I'm ready!"
Liu Chuan stood behind the two of them with his ass sticking out, looking ready to face death.
If Lin Yi hadn't known how the Passive Gourd worked, he would have kicked Liu Chuan right then and there.
What a fucking shameless pose!
"Meng, you're strong. Throw him straight at the Aberration like a projectile!"
Lin Yi called out to Wang Meng, then charged back inside with the Soul-Devouring Saw.
He couldn't help it. He really didn't want to touch Liu Chuan.
It was a physical aversion.
Wang Meng stared at Liu Chuan's pose. A glint flashed deep in his eyes, and then he couldn't help swallowing.
"Hurry up!"
Liu Chuan couldn't move at all now. He could only speak.
He had no idea what was happening behind him, but after hearing Lin Yi's parting words, he immediately started urging Wang Meng on.
Wang Meng snapped out of his daze and immediately activated his ability. His already imposing frame, standing around two and a half meters tall, began swelling again.
He only stopped growing when he reached roughly four meters.
Then his enormous hand swept over, scooping Liu Chuan up in a single grip.
The next moment, Liu Chuan became a cannonball, hurtling toward the transparent figure that briefly flickered inside the service station.
"Captain Liu, we're counting on you!"
Liu Chuan wanted to curse, but that terrifying force taught him what it meant to tear through the air.
Forget speaking-tears and snot began streaming uncontrollably down his face as his body spun toward the transparent Aberration.
The female Aberration was still trying to eat more people, but Lin Yi and Shen Chuchu charged at her from the front and rear.
Timing their attacks carefully, they rescued the captives one after another, severing the transparent tentacles.
Now thoroughly enraged, the female Aberration roared and tried to charge outside, intending to devour a few more people as quickly as possible and break through.
But just then, Liu Chuan, now a human projectile, came hurtling toward her with unstoppable momentum...
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