The Dragonborn who arrived carrying popcorn was none other than [ the Lion Hidden in the Eyes ].
Upon hearing his words, the players suddenly burst into laughter and curses:
"Your business acumen is unparalleled; you should be the one to make that money."
"Yeah, could you get me some more Coke? I'm willing to pay a higher price, even the movie theater rate, as long as you can actually get it."
Faced with everyone's teasing, [ the Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] simply scratched his head:
"Free."
Several players who instigated the commotion immediately slid to their knees:
"Godfather, I will punish myself with a cup for my recklessness."
Another person asked in confusion:
"So what are you doing here? I didn't see you in the cave."
Upon hearing that [ Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] was offering free popcorn, some players who knew him naturally inquired about his purpose for coming.
After all, most of those who stayed here were people who enjoyed themselves, and the biggest fun just now obviously happened inside the cave.
The half-dragon smiled and distributed the Scarlet Millet popcorn to everyone, then found a good spot to sit down and began to explain to himself:
"I actually wanted to test whether the two characteristics of Blood Corpse Transformation and Dragon Transformation could be compatible. After all, Dragonkin Transformation is a mutation of the animal system, while Blood Corpse Transformation... although it seems to belong to the animal system, it actually seems to be a type of Psionic Energy."
"Furthermore, I haven't cultivated any plant-based abilities to begin with, so I can actually ignore part of the debuff that disables Blood Corpse Transformation."
"Oh."
One of the players grabbed a Scarlet Millet and stuffed it into his mouth.
"So what were the results of your experiment?"
[ Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] Nods:
"It's somewhat feasible, but it feels difficult to balance... After all, the Red Dragon's blood makes my body temperature very high, while Blood Corpse are generally cold. There aren't many areas where it can be compatible, except for attacks that have Corpse Poison buff."
The Soul Returner pondered for a few seconds and then shook his head:
"That's really useless. After all, Corpse Poison and Blood Curse aren't our power. We can't exactly defeat our opponent only to have some grand duke steal the credit, can we?"
"That's certainly possible..."
[ With Lion Hidden in the Eyes ], he also grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth:
"This is actually the professor's idea; he seems to be planning to..."
"Bang!"
A Soldier Bee, broken in two, flew in from a distance and landed on the ground in front of [ the Lion Hidden in the Eyes ], knocking over the popcorn he hadn't finished eating.
"This... is a 5D movie?"
"You know what, that's really true."
The two chatted back and forth, eventually turning their attention back to the battlefield, since the most interesting thing right now was cricket fighting.
In the distant wilderness, Oliver Oliver's body underwent another Aberration.
After realizing that his attacks on the aerial Soldier Bee were having little effect, his neck began to become more flexible, and the murderous intent in his eyes seemed to solidify.
Oliver targeted the area where the aerial Soldier Bee were most concentrated, and then—
"Puff!"
Bright red liquid spurted from his mouth, scattering and spraying into the dense swarms of Soldier Bee in the air.
That wasn't blood, but rather the product of various liquids poured out by the players and then processed in their stomachs. Even the instigators, who were busy watching the show, couldn't figure out what was inside Oliver's huge stomach.
As the red liquid rained down, a swarm of closely packed Soldier Bee scattered and flew away. The first Soldier Bee to react managed to escape the blood rain, while some of the slower Soldier Bee were not so lucky.
Bright red droplets splashed onto them, and a hissing sound of corrosion quickly followed.
Whether it was their soft skin, their thin wings, or even the toughest chitinous shells on their bodies, everything was rapidly bubbling and disappearing under the corrosive influence of the red liquid.
As disposable soldiers produced by the Hive, the Soldier Bee are unaware of this luxury.
However, they can still sense that their bodies are changing for the worse. The two pincers under their heads strike their carapace with a dull thud, which is how they express their discomfort.
Amidst a dense barrage of knocking sounds, the Soldier Bee, whose wings had been corroded, plummeted downwards, like fighter jets that had been hit.
During their descent, the Soldier Bee ' sturdy carapaces transformed from the best shield protecting their bodies from harm into the noose around the necks of condemned prisoners.
The Soldier Bee, already integrated into one entity, couldn't eject like real-life pilots. They could only desperately flap their corroded, nearly empty wings, helplessly plummeting towards the rocky wasteland.
In this single attack, nearly a hundred Soldier Bee were either killed or wounded. Upon seeing this, Oliver looked up to the sky and let out a defiant howl.
His belly began to churn again, and the next attack seemed imminent.
The scene left the players speechless, and many were so disgusted that they spat out the Scarlet Millet they hadn't yet swallowed. Those players with weaker mental fortitude felt even more nauseous.
But a well-informed player was quite excited at this moment:
"Holy crap, that huge stomach, that vomiting... isn't this a combination of Boomer and Spitter from Left 4 Dead 2?"
Hearing his complaint, another player in front of him turned around excitedly:
"Wow, I thought nobody would be playing this in 2037."
"Haha, as long as the Workshop exists, there will always be characters from different dimensions fighting zombies from different dimensions."
"That's so true, buddy. I think there are some old fogies on the game development team. Last time, one of Bennett's henchmen had skills that were way similar to Charger's."
"I think we'll run into Tank again in the future."
Hahahaha.
The two exchanged a smile, completely oblivious to the fact that Oliver, in the distance, had already been bitten by the Soldier Bee and suffered dozens of extremely deep wounds.
In other words, the Marquis had completely lost his mind at this moment. Otherwise, if he had known that there was a group of inferior Blood Corpse busy eating melons and discussing the battle instead of coming to help him during such a fierce battle, who knows how furious he would have become.
The battle in the distance continued, and Oliver's body was completely different from when he had just broken free of his seal.
After spewing out acidic plant sap, it gains the ability to develop bark armor, reshape its root system, and transport nutrients.
These abilities, which had nothing to do with the Blood Corpse, were naturally given to them by Ed free of charge.
A Blood Corpse Marquis resurrected in a weakened state has virtually no chance of winning against thousands of menacing Soldier Bee.
So Ed directly adopted a God's-eye view, using Oliver's body as a testing ground for the abilities he bestowed upon him.
This inspiration actually came from the Blood Corpse Marquis.