Chapter 442 (1/2)

They drifted into the spaceship slowly through the hole in the center of the ship’s wreckage. Everyone was careful, including Y’zaks.

The huge hole, cracked deck, and structure of the spacecraft, which was earlier hidden in the dark; all these suddenly appeared in front of them that even Vivian, who was rarely afraid of anything felt a little nervous. Additionally, the strange tentacles that grew out of the hole gave her goosebumps. Hao Ren and Y’zaks floated at the front of the team. Y’zaks summoned a demonic flame to disperse the darkness in the hole, but the dim light made the giant tentacles around them look grim and eerie. Those tentacles were tangled up in the surrounding armour debris like a shadow monster that spread from the abyss of sin, and that made everyone shudder.

Y’lisabet once led a man there before to explore, so she climbed onto Y’zaks’s shoulder to give directions. They found an entrance on one side of the wall under the little girl’s guidance: It seemed like an explosion had happened there, and some of the tentacles were blown off, revealing a dark passage.

Hao Ren was the first one to enter the channel. He found that the number of tentacles in the channel was slightly lesser, but it had also been occupied by the First Born. Thick roots pierced the surrounding walls and ceilings, twisting and growing around them. Of course, just like elsewhere, the tentacles here were already “dead”.

Hao Ren took the MDT out. “Check the surroundings,” he said.

The data terminal emitted a faint blue light, scanning key clues hidden behind the walls of the corridor and muttered, “The ship isn’t recorded in the Xi Ling Empire’s database. Its probably not a product of a civilisation under the Empire’s rule, but it looks very advanced.”

Lily had her tail tucked and she followed Hao Ren from behind, brandishing her Frostfire Claws. She would poke the tentacles anxiously from time to time as she passed by to confirm that the First Born there had completely died. She kept saying, “They seem to be completely dead… This feels a little bit like cement when I touch it…”

Y’lisabet looked curiously at their cautious and nervous behaviour while she pointed the way. She asked, “Are these tentacles horrible? Have you guys seen the First Born before?”

“Yes, it’s very powerful, and humans would basically be killed in seconds. However, I’ve only seen this thing in the other world.” Hao Ren nodded and said, “I can’t figure out how it came to be here… So, the First Born can even travel from another world? When did time traveling get so easy?”

Y’lisabet was surprised. “Very strong? Even stronger than Dad?”

Y’zaks smiled and nodded. “Much stronger than me. I tried to smash it with a meteorite but I still couldn’t kill this thing— didn’t expect to see a dead one here.”

Y’lisabet was shocked and began to get a little scared when she recalled the time she led a team to explore the place for several days. Meanwhile, the data terminal completed scanning a wide range of the channel and discovered a few things about the state of the tentacles as well as the spacecraft. “The First Born appears to have grown with the ship.”

“Grown with the ship?” Hao Ren was astonished.

“Yes.” The data terminal was floated up and down as it explained, “The tentacles invaded the ship’s various structures, which did not happen in a short period of time. According to the distribution of the tentacles and the deformation of the spacecraft’s structure, this invasion process should have lasted for a while—like a growth process.”

Vivian released her Blood Mist to cover the surface of the tentacles along the way and easily corroded a large chunk of the tentacles. She then collected a biological sample of it at the same time. She looked interested and said, “I never thought the First Born would naturally die… I thought they were imperishable.”

“How did it die?” Hao Ren asked curiously.

“It starved to death.” Vivian smirked. “The nutrients in the tentacles are basically gone, and some of the biological tissue have signs of self-digestion. The difference is obvious when compared with the sample of the First Born I found in The Plane of Dreams earlier on. These tentacles are obviously malnourished.”

Hao Ren was shocked. “Starved to death!? How can the First Born starve to death?”

“No matter how strong it is, it’s still a living creature. Whatever it does it’ll have to consume energy, but it’s not like the goddess, who can create things out of nothing,” Vivian was dispersing the Blood Mist and telling them her speculation. “I guess the First Born was accidentally dropped here, probably a plane crash.”

Lily wielded her Flamejoy, and was enthusiastically “cutting the grass”. When she heard Vivian’s words, she looked up to ask, “How do you know it was an accident?”