Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

"Aaaaaaah! I'm a beast! No! I'm so sorry!!!"

"who--"

boom! ! !

He was knocked down by a steel pipe before he could even react.

"Huh...huh..."

The doctor dropped his weapon, then began to struggle to stuff the two unconscious people into the car.

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a moment later

, outside the gates of Chernobyl.

"Hey, that garbage truck is back...get ready for another check..."

"Wait, why did it stop?"

The guard looked at the other party with some confusion as they parked the car about a hundred meters away from the city gate.

Then he squinted and found that the car door was open.

Then, the two workers were kicked directly out of the car door.

Then, before the guards could react, the garbage truck closed the door, turned around and sped away!

.....

"No! The garbage truck was hijacked!!! Reinforcements! Call for reinforcements!!"

Chapter 18, Zuo Jian and Laurentina, a new journey!

"This is?"

Laurentina stood in the boundless wilderness. Not far from her, there were densely packed black crystal clusters as big as buildings.

It's like a dense jungle made up of black crystals.

Pull.

The thick book around her waist was opened by a ribbon-like tentacle extending from the side.

[Originium crystal clusters are generally a highly polluted substance that is naturally formed in areas that have been ravaged by natural disasters.]

[Without wearing protective gear, just being near it can cause oripathy.]

"Oh - I see, is this the byproduct of those natural disasters?"

Laurentina moved forward and looked at the extremely tall Originium crystal cluster.

"This thing is really widespread... What do you think, Zuojian?"

She lowered her head and asked.

[How do I see it?]

Zuo Jian pondered for a moment, then extended his tentacles, broke off one of the Originium crystals, and stuffed it into his open mouth.

[Hmm, the impurity content is too high. It is not as convenient as the high-purity source stone to absorb.]

[And the taste is just average.]

"Taste? Average?"

Laurentina was stunned for a moment. She suddenly became curious about what the Originium that Zuo Jian tasted felt like.

[I suggest you not to eat random strange things. Although I am the one who absorbs it, your tongue can still experience the taste similar to that of normal people.]

[I think, theoretically, this thing won’t taste very good. Generally speaking, it will be accompanied by an extremely stimulating taste, a mixture of bitterness, sourness, spiciness, etc.]

[I wouldn't recommend it unless you want to use it to get psyched up.]

"Okay, okay, I got it. I'm just curious."

After being reminded by Zuo Jian, Laurentina was a little disappointed and threw the Originium crystal she picked up back.

"So, what should we do next? It's such a large area, are we going to go around it?"

The tentacles extended and knocked on the cluster of Originium crystals.

[To be honest, it's not that hard, and it would be a waste of time if I took a detour.]

"Yes, indeed—"

[Flying over... doesn't seem to work. If I don't control a single body, I won't be able to coordinate the movement of my wings completely...]

While Zuo Jian was still thinking, Laurentina walked straight to the front.

"Zuojian, I need a saw."

[Saw? What are you going to do?]

Although he was a little confused, he still transformed into the long-handled circular saw that the latter was accustomed to using in her hands.

"Of course, through this damn place!"

[Go through? Wait, you don’t want to—]

Zuo Jian was stunned for a moment, and then found that the saw blade had started to rotate.

"Didn't I tell you that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line? Then just drive straight through it!"

"Anyway, it says it's OK to go!"

[Hey, you're being too reckless!]

Before Zuo Jian could finish his words, Laurentina rushed towards the group of Originium crystals in front of her with a saw in hand!

The high-speed rotating saw blade, combined with the enhanced muscle strength, made the tall Originium crystal cluster in front of her look like paper.

No matter how densely packed it was, no matter how tall it was, under Laurentina's extremely powerful and aggressive swing, it would only be forcibly torn open a hole large enough for someone to pass through!

[Hey, hey, hey! Watch out! There are crystal clusters falling!]

[Also, more! Slow down! Get the angle right!]

[Don't move so much! Some parts will collapse——]

"What?! What did you say?! The chainsaw was too loud and I couldn't hear you!"

Laurentina smiled and rushed into the crystal cluster with red eyes, like a megalodon rushing into a school of fish, tearing open a path of her own.

boom!

The power displayed by the body formed by the combination of Hunter and Zuo Jian's flesh and blood was fully demonstrated at this moment.

The dense Originium crystal forest, which was about the size of four footballs, could not be stopped for even half an hour under Laurentina's destruction.

Scratch.....

The Originium crystal at the end fell directly to the ground. She turned back and looked at the road she had opened up straight ahead.

"What do you think, Zuo Jian! I told you not to go through so much trouble. This thing is even harder to chop than Kai Si!"

"Left room?"

But the next moment, she felt something covering her head, blocking out the sunlight.

Then, he looked up and saw a large number of tentacles transformed into strips blocking his head.

And there are densely packed, many cone-shaped Originium crystals.

From a distance...it looks like a hedgehog.

"Zajian?!"

Laurentina exclaimed, and then saw a blue pupil opened inside the barrier of flesh and blood above her head, staring at her quietly.

[I told you, watch your head, Laurentina—]

However, before he could finish his words, several crystals from high up fell down again.

This time, the tip of the sword pierced the blood and flesh barrier without deviation, and even pierced through the single eye that had just opened on the left side of the other end...

Tick...a few drops of blood splashed on Laurentina's cheek.

"Zajian?!!!!"

[........Damn it....]

It’s been a long time since I last saw you, and I want to say a few dirty words again.

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"Oooooh-I'm sorry! I was wrong!"

After leaving the crystal cluster area, Laurentina sat beside a dead tree and lowered her head obediently to admit her mistake.

It was as if the person who had just rushed into the cluster of Originium crystals and wreaked havoc was not himself at all.

[Do you really know that you are wrong?]

Zuo Jian raised the tentacle that was pierced through. At this moment, it had turned into the hem of a skirt, looking a little abstract because the large open pupil on it was still in the state of being pierced.

He changed his pupils, turning his eyes into mouthparts with sharp teeth, and directly bit the crystal stuck inside into pieces.

"Well--"

Laurentina lowered her head, like a child who truly realized that she had made a mistake.

[Tell me, what's wrong.]

Zuo Jian sighed. He didn't even know what to say to her because of her look on his face.

He asked while pulling out the small Originium crystal thorns stuck in his body.

"Next time a similar situation occurs, I will smash the crystal clusters that fall from above together, so that you don't get hurt—"

pat!

Before Laurentina could finish her words, the hem of her skirt extended and hit her on the head like a knife.

"it hurts!"

[You still feel pain?! Laurentina, don't forget that this body can regenerate at will.]

[But the little brain hidden in your head is still your original self!]

[What if I fail to stop those crystal clusters? What if those crystal clusters are sharp enough and have enough impact force?]

[Especially when you are so focused on driving forward, do you think you can harden your brain in that split second to protect it?]

[Yes, this possibility is very small, but how many times have crystals fallen during your journey?]

Zuo Jian pointed to the sharp Originium crystals that had been pulled off the ground.

[Laurentina, you should consider the consequences of everything. Don’t just act on impulse. You should first think about what might happen next and how to deal with it.]

[Also, let me tell you——]

"Yeah~ I see, Zuo Jian, you really are a worrier~"

She said, hugging the skirt floating on her education directly.

[What does it mean to worry? Wait, let go first! Let go!]

"I know, I know! I will think carefully in the future and will not make Mr. Zuo, who loves to worry, worry again."

"But you're becoming more and more like my captain, speaking in the tone of an elder..."

Laurentina rubbed the cloth that Zuo Jian had turned into again. Compared to the silk products in her memory, the clothes made of Zuo Jian's flesh and blood were obviously more silky and smooth, making her unable to let go.

By the way, can the left room be turned into a quilt when sleeping?

Wait a minute... Or maybe it turns into a large pillow or something like that... Then wouldn't it be like I'm hugging him...

[If possible, I really hope you can be more mature! I've already said that I don't have the habit of being a babysitter or a father to others.]

"Hehe, no, I think this is fine. Anyway, didn't you say you would always be with me?"

[Didn’t you agree to that on your own?...]

Laurentina stood up and brushed the dust off herself, or rather, brushed the dust off Zuo Jian.

"But I'm sorry, Zuo Jian, that must have hurt a lot just now."