Chapter 433: Bristleworm Hunt I (2/2)
Thought Ye Chong as he shifted his focus back to reality.
Back on Trash Planet, Ye Chong had several occasions with different mutated lifeforms and of course in Archipelago he had tasted beast stampede, the century event before, so he was practically an experienced monster hunter himself.
From his observation this far, he noticed the hierarchy among the worms, so technically there should be a leader, or a mother queen somewhere. From the premise, if Ye Chong could find out the leader, maybe things would change.
Hmmm...
?
That was when he discerned a silhouette flashing by through his eyes' corners.
Silhouette? He searched the camera immediately.
No way Ye Chong was seeing things. The sea of worms was green, and a black silhouette had just passed by, Ye Chong was not color blind to have mistaken a random piece of meteorite.
It did not take long before Ye Chong discovered that silhouette. The darkish shape was traveling forward, much faster than the bristleworms. Without hesitation, Han Jia prompted its engine and chased after that silhouette disappearing in the deeper sea.
The distance was decreasing and Ye Chong began discerning the details of the silhouette.
It was ... Wait, what!
A large bristleworm... a large greenish black bristleworm!
The leader? Is this the leader?
Such thought popped up in Ye Chong's mind, his heart raced, according to his observation, the greener the worm, the darker the green was, the higher in rank, probably. And now this worm was much more greener and darker than all other minions he had ever seen, so it must be!
Ye Chong carefully piloted Han Jia. He must retain his stealth, he must not alert the leader worm.
While he was speculating if he was too lucky, the next scene had proven his theory.
The bristleworms around were opening a way for this sludgy-colored bristleworm.
Then, Ye Chong saw one random dark green bristleworm crawled out of the wave and followed the leader which seemed to be purposely slowing down, allowing contact with the follower. Soon, they made contact, and they had merged!
As Ye Chong hovered his way, he spotted more and more worms joined the leader, as if a magnetic force pulling them.
In no time the greenish black worm had been enveloped by the minions.
A conglomeration!
The fact was starkly clear! It was the miniature conglomeration of the gigantic mess Ye family's fleet had cleared before.
That would mean... the worm must be the queen!
Ye Chong decided to make a move, right away! Or he would only miss the golden opportunity to assassinate the queen.
Han Jia accelerated and emerged right behind the moving chunk.
The tentacles of Han Jia turned alive and sprung up.
On Ye Chong's projection, he could perceive a tiny gap in between the lump of dark green bristleworms.
Without hesitation, Ye Chong's skeleton tentacle made a stab!
He got it!
Yes! It wor-
Before Ye Chong managed to celebrate, a strong force sent Han Jia far, faraway.
Ye Chong did not panic as he tried to regain control of Han Jia.
The worms on the queen began squirming frantically. The living sea of worms turned dead out of sudden.
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The bristleworms around Han Jia started moving rapidly, all towards Han Jia they hopped and pounced!
Oh no...