Evil Emperor Zun

Chapter 2005: The Gnawing Tribe

Qin Jia, who holds the fate of the entire universe together, is clamoring to maintain her own "small family" before leaving.

"Daddy, come back with me!" Kamiochi Kotoka pulled Sasaki Ikeya's sleeve, tears in her eyes, pouting her lips, "Mommy misses you so much, why don't you go?"

"Be good, little Cherry. There are still many wounded people here who need their daddy. I will go back after things here are resolved, okay?" Sasaki Ike also squatted down, rubbed Qinjia's hair, and explained patiently.

Kamuchi Kotoka choked up, her tone getting a little more savage: "But... you promised me that you would go back early to be with us..." She had advised Chi Ye countless times. They had been separated for so long. If you said that you had to avoid being hunted down before, there was no other way, and now they could obviously be reunited, why didn't he consider her and Mommy's feelings at all?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Seeing that Chi was so persistent, she threw her pillow and quilt to the ground and cried heartbreakingly, "No! I won't! Daddy is a bad guy! I hate Daddy the most!"

"Qinjia!" Sasaki Ike also shouted, his brows twisted into the shape of a "川" character, "Why haven't you listened to me after so many times? Don't be so willful!"

When Qin Jia heard him say that, she got even more upset: "No! I don't want Daddy and Mommy to be separated! What if Mommy is in danger again? What if we can't see each other again? And, and... you are so tired, why don't you take a rest? Qin Jia is so afraid that Daddy will collapse from exhaustion!"

Sasaki Ike was also annoyed and distressed by Qin Jia's stubbornness, and finally understood that the little girl insisted on going back alone. In addition to hoping to reunite with the "family", there was another reason - she didn't want to see him tired again. Qin Jia was a sensible child, but he really had no choice. If it weren't for the shortage of doctors, he would have wanted to accompany Qin Jia back to Xiaoyu immediately to give them more company.

Finally, he couldn't help but compromise first. He hugged Qin Jia in his arms and comforted her gently: "My little princess, be good. Daddy misses Mommy too, and wants to be with you! Little Cherry has grown up and knows that we are all having a hard time. Before, a lot of things happened here and haven't been resolved yet, so we can't leave. When things are resolved, we will definitely rush back. By then, not only Daddy, but everyone you miss will come back. Before that, our little Cherry will go back to the No Camp first and wait for our news patiently, okay?" He took out a handkerchief and wiped away the tears of the little girl in his arms.

"Hmm..." Kamuchi Kotoka hugged Ikeya tightly and buried her head in his arms, unwilling to let go. Sasaki Ikeya did not continue to talk too much with her, but just comforted her in a gentle voice until her emotions slowly calmed down.

Speaking of the Wu camp, I wonder what the situation is like over there? Shui Wunian switched the perspective and took another look at what was going on over there.

Coincidentally, due to the long separation, Kamui Shigure was also involuntarily worried about his companions in the mysterious space.

Earlier, she felt relieved after listening to Felicia and Qin Jia's retelling of the mysterious space. If it weren't for saving her, perhaps Mo Qianlong and the others wouldn't have disappeared for no reason, and Chi Ye and Alice wouldn't have to seek refuge there. After a while, the long-term guilt drove her to have an idea - recently, her body has recovered, and her strength and medical skills have improved. So, she proposed to Saran that she wanted to go to the mysterious space to take a look, so as to help Chi Ye and the others.

Although there was a precedent and conditions, Saran did not agree. He thought for a moment and said, "Xiaoyu, are you sure?"

Tang Mu stretched himself and said, "Saran, it's okay for her to go."

Saran put the experimental data heavily on the table and rolled his eyes at him: "Just because someone said they wanted to go, you're going to send them off?" He turned to look at Kaminaichi Shigure with a worried look on his face, "Xiaoyu, will you reconsider it?"

"I want to go." Kamui Shigure did not hear the hidden meaning of Saran's words.

"But now is not a good time." Elodie sorted out the materials she was reading, took a sip of black tea, stood up and walked out of the laboratory, "But if you want to go, it's better to discuss it with Felicia first. Saran, please talk to Xiaoyu first, I'll go find Felicia."

Uesugi Felicia was reading the Art of War with Andrea in the room, discussing it heatedly. When she saw Elodie coming, she asked what was going on. After knowing the whole story, Uesugi Felicia ran to the laboratory to discuss it with her sister without looking back.

The matter was resolved smoothly. Uesugi Felicia did not agree with Kaminaichi Shigure going to the mysterious space. It was no coincidence that the demons took so many strong people to the mysterious space. There must be a plan. They didn't know what the demons were thinking. If they rashly went to the mysterious space without sufficient strength, they would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth. After the disaster in the Sun Realm, they should learn a lesson and must not act emotionally.

After telling Shigure all the reasons, Uesugi Felicia asked her sister to practice well and continue to learn medical skills so that she could better help Chi Ye after they were reunited.

Kamui Shigure naturally listened to the advice and quickly gave up the idea of ​​going to the mysterious space. Everyone's efforts these days will not be in vain, and all problems will be solved one day. She promised everyone that she would continue to calm down and improve herself and not fall behind. However, Felicia's strength improved very quickly, and the gap between the two sisters became larger and larger. Kamui Shigure occasionally worried whether she had the ability to protect the important people.
Seeing her sister listen to her advice, Uesugi Felicia returned to the room at ease and told them the result. Unlike the nervousness and seriousness when she left the room just now, after returning, I don’t know what she was thinking on the way, her brows were slightly frowned, and the emotion in her eyes was unpredictable. She took Andrea’s hand: "Lia, let’s go out for a walk. Do you want to join Elodie?"

"Sure. There's a hot spring nearby. How about going there? You can relax, and the special ingredients in it can also help with cultivation." Elodie loves water by nature. Swimming and soaking in hot springs are her favorite when she is troubled.

Andrea and Uesugi Felicia both readily agreed.

The hot steam from the water surrounded the thick stone slabs, and the spring water bubbled and spread all around. The warm spring water and soft steam drove away all distracting thoughts, and a restless heart gradually calmed down.

"Felicia, what were you thinking about just now?"

"If I can become stronger, I can protect everyone better. When I talk to Xiaoyu, I feel more and more that I am still not strong enough."

Seeing this, Andrea patted Felicia on the shoulder and said, "I see. But you are already very capable. With us here, what are you afraid of? You are much better than my silly brother." When Andrea mentioned her brother, her face was full of disappointment.

Since her brother came to Wuzhen, he fell in love with Felicia at first sight. After training, he would ask Andrea for information about Felicia. Andrea was so angry that she simply shut him out. In her free time, she assigned a lot of homework to her brother, and stayed by Felicia's side to prevent her brother from disturbing others.

Elodie did not join the conversation, but just closed her eyes and meditated. She rarely joined these topics, and Uesugi Felicia and Andrea saw that she was like this, so they did not force her. Because of this perfect sense of proportion and the long-term missions together, the three of them have always had a good relationship.

Uesugi Felicia summoned a magic weapon in the shape of a purple star and put it on, concentrating the breath, magic power and power of the purple star in her body and continued to practice. When the practice was over, they found that a silver fish tail appeared in front of them - the owner of the fish tail was Elodie.

"Elodi?" Uesugi Felicia called softly.

Elodie opened her eyes without a trace of emotion, and answered calmly: "I am half-merman, my mother is a mermaid, and my father is a human. My mother died soon after giving birth to me, and I was raised by my father and grandmother. My father never mentioned my background, and only told me that my mother was a foreigner. I learned from my master and ancient books that I have mermaid blood. My mother once sealed the mermaid characteristics in me, and there is a specific ingredient in the spring water that broke my seal. When I meet water, my fish tail will appear, and when I return to land, I will become a human." This is probably "Every family has its own problems." Seeing that Felicia and Andrea were busy comforting Elodie, Shui Wunian switched perspectives and returned to the mysterious space.

Baili Ji happened to be sending Ye Yunyan back to her room. He had already promised her that he would send her away after she packed her things.

At this time, Ye Yunyan had not yet recovered from the shock brought by Cain. She could not agree with him calling pure souls a scourge from the bottom of her heart, but she really had not thought of how to refute his "results-based theory" for the time being.

In addition, he once said that he hoped he could find a reason for the world to continue to exist, but he didn't even give himself a chance to answer. Does this mean that he has made some kind of decision?
With so many issues still unresolved, Ye Yunyan was reluctant to leave. But she knew very well that if she didn't leave when she could, she would not be able to leave if Baili Ji changed his mind. She didn't act pretentiously at this moment, and just hurriedly did the things at hand.

Baili Ji noticed that there was a small doll in the shape of Ye Yunyan on the cabinet in front of the bed, which should also be made by Qin Jia. Because it was a Q version, while fully restoring her beauty, her delicate eyebrows and eyes were also more gentle, and her smile was pure and bright, like a little princess being cared for in the palm of her hand.

This kind of smile can probably only be seen on a doll's face. Baili Ji stared at the doll for a long time. Perhaps because the round head like a bun was so cute, he couldn't help but raise his hand and gently poked the little man's forehead.

The little doll shook a little, still smiling sweetly. Baili Ji found it very interesting, and then he pressed its head and poked its face, having a lot of fun.

Ye Yunyan noticed his little action and said unhappily: "Don't touch my things!"

Baili Ji smiled and said casually: "I suddenly found that the little doll is much more likable than the real person. This should be Qin Jia's ideal you, right?" At this point, he suddenly had an idea and took out the doll that Qin Jia gave him and put it next to Ye Yunyan's doll.

"Well, my doll is more handsome, right?"

His original intention was just to tease Ye Yunyan, but when the two little dolls were placed side by side, laughing without knowing the meaning of sorrow, like two miniature versions of themselves who had never been troubled by hatred, they looked unexpectedly a perfect match.

Baili Ji had never thought that he would associate this word with Ye Yunyan. He was laughing to himself when his eyes suddenly blurred and there was only a doll left on the cabinet. Ye Yunyan took her doll away, as if she didn't want them to have any contact. Baili Ji shook his head helplessly, looking at the room that became more and more empty after she tidied it, and said:

"Where's the hamster doll I gave you? Don't you want to take it with you as a souvenir?"

In response to him, Ye Yunyan said angrily, "Stop it!"

Baili Ji replied with a relaxed look on his face: "Okay, okay." He also secretly felt that he had a really good temper when dealing with this enemy.

After a while, Ye Yunyan suddenly raised her voice and repeated, "Didn't I tell you to stop making trouble?"

This time, her tone sounded even colder and more displeased.

Baili Ji, who confirmed that he had done nothing, was puzzled when he heard this: "What are you talking about?"

He turned his head and looked, his pupils trembled. He saw an octopus-like tentacle entwined on Ye Yunyan's shoulder. It seemed that it had invaded the room at some point and climbed up from behind her. Maybe she just sensed the strange touch and thought that he was playing a prank on her again.

When he stared at the C-hand, a row of fine teeth suddenly appeared on the surface of the C-hand, and the whole body swept up like a whip, "whoosh" and rolled up Ye Yunyan's neck, tightly tightening. More teeth seemed to be awakened, and large pieces of them burst out from the surface of the thing, enough to make the scalp of people with intensive phobia numb.

Ye Yunyan felt difficulty breathing and her energy was quickly drained, but she was not one to sit and wait for death. Although she was shocked, she remained calm and quietly gathered the remaining spiritual power to her fingertips. She turned her arm and poked at the row of teeth that were constantly opening and closing. The direction of the sharp edge was also directly aimed at her throat - a completely life-and-death fighting style!
"Snap——" The white sharp teeth were blown to pieces by the sweeping energy, and a finger-sized hole was left on the monster's body. It slid down like shedding its skin, and fell into a puddle of mud on the ground.

However, before Ye Yunyan could breathe a sigh of relief, the monster rolled and squirmed, and its wounds healed in an instant. This was not the end, pieces of flesh swelled up from all parts of its body, like a series of fist-sized pustules, which suddenly burst when they reached their limit, and new pustules emerged from the pustules... This also caused the monster's body to continue to expand in an irregular shape.

When it stood upright in its full form, Ye Yunyan gasped. It was simply the ugliest and most disgusting creature beyond human imagination. It looked a bit like an ape, as tall as a man, but had no skin covering its entire body. Its bright red flesh looked like rolled-out innards. Layer after layer of turbid mucus flowed out from the gaps between its teeth, dripping with every step it took. The mucus seemed to be corrosive, and wherever its feet stepped, the floor silently dissolved into powder.

Facing such a monster, even looking at it for a second would hurt your eyes. And even if you put aside its recovery ability, any weapon that touches it would be useless. It simply cannot be hurt or touched. Ye Yunyan was in distress, and her body suddenly lightened. Baili Ji suddenly teleported behind her, grabbed her, and pulled her to his side in a protective manner, then faced the monster and slowly closed his palm.

For a moment, the entire space collapsed. With the monster as the origin, the air around it was compressed towards the center, as if a cube was peeled off from a complete plane. The cracks in the surrounding space were like hideous black lightning.

The monster was trapped in a closed space, roaring one after another, but it seemed that it did not have the ability to express itself clearly. At this time, it could only rush towards the barrier like a wild beast, so crazy that it seemed like it would break through the wall at any time.

Ye Yunyan stared at it fearfully for a long while, until she confirmed that the cube had indeed been divided into another space, and the energy released by the monster could only reverberate inside and could not be transmitted to the outside world - the recoil also knocked it back and hit the barrier on the other side with a "bang" - she let out a long breath that had been pent up for a long time. While feeling fortunate, she couldn't help but marvel at his ability to manipulate space at will.

Baili Ji, however, did not look relaxed at all. On the contrary, he changed his usual playful attitude and kept his consciousness firmly locked on the small space in front of him. The expression on his face was gloomy and severe, which Ye Yunyan had never seen before.

Even though the enemy had been trapped, it wasn't over yet... This was the first thought that came to Ye Yunyan's mind. Influenced by Baili Ji, she also became nervous again.

"Do you know where this thing comes from?" After taking another look at the cube and confirming that there was nothing unusual in it, Ye Yunyan asked with a frown.

"Yes, it is a unfortunate race that is hard to forget once you have seen it, and you would wish you could change a pair of eyes." Baili Ji's voice was cold, and every word was chilling.

"They are called... the Gnawers."