Doomsday: I was reverse-raped by the mature woman next door at the start of the game.

Logically speaking, abnormal energy is not visible to the naked eye, so it cannot be detected by the drones and mechanical dogs arranged by Jiang Qian, nor can it be detected by radar.

No need to.

Because on Jiang Qian's battle map, it was clear that shadows, like thousands of giant snakes, were rushing towards Lin Yuan at an extremely fast speed.

They had the chance to connect into one.

"Ok?"

Lin Yuan was somewhat surprised, and at the same time felt the greatest sense of crisis since the apocalypse. He glanced at the remains of the shadow monster in the pit, and then at the core in his hand.

At this moment, the core of the underground organism also began to tremble violently.

Do not!

wrong!

Those shadows weren't aimed at Lin Yuan, but rather at the core of the subterranean creature in his hand.

boom!

Lin Yuan smashed the core back into the pit and looked around. Sure enough, he found that extremely thick shadows appeared in all directions. These shadows were ethereal, but they were connected and looked like a dark tide, rushing madly towards him through the dense horde of corpses.

The stench was even more suffocating than the smell of the zombies themselves.

"boom!"

Lin Yuan stomped his foot on the ground and suddenly leaped upwards.

He went up to the sky.

At this moment, he no longer needed Jiang Qian's perspective to see that the black shadows were indeed spreading into the pit and then drilling into the core.

It's hard to imagine that a core the size of a fist could withstand so many shadows.

This process continues. Amidst the core trembling, it merges once again with the remains of the Shadow Serpent, as if it is being reborn. The strange aura from before is also in the process of reviving.

"So that's how it is?"

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's lips.

"You old lecher! Such strong energy fluctuations! What's going on over there? You're still laughing, how can you even laugh?"

Jiang Qian was very anxious.

She had never worried about Lin Yuan before, but this time was clearly different.

The creature is not only a subterranean being, but also possesses extremely high intelligence and consciousness. Now, with this terrifying situation unfolding, it is definitely more troublesome than the subterranean creatures they have encountered before.

"Master! Do you need help over there? We're on our way."

Xu Muqing's team also noticed the situation here.

"Master! I want to help you."

Liu Yun, who was stationed on the city wall, also spoke up. She was very calm and did not seem to be worried about Lin Yuan's safety. Instead, she wanted to have a real fight with the underground creature.

"It's alright, everyone just needs to do their own thing."

"Subterranean creatures are still creatures after all. The key is their lifeblood. If I can catch them the first time, I can catch them the second time!"

"Moreover, I understand why these zombies suddenly evolved."

Zhong Ming smiled, “It is precisely because of those scattered shadows that you can understand them as clones, and now is the time when the underground creatures are about to gather into a safe form.”

"Then...isn't that even more dangerous?" Jiang Qian asked, puzzled.

"Master, do you mean that if we can kill its complete form, the situation on the battlefield will change, and the bizarre situation of suddenly evolving zombies will no longer occur?" Xu Muqing asked.

"exactly."

Lin Yuan's smile grew even more excited.

He looked forward to fighting the fully-formed subterranean creatures, and how wonderful it would be to solve the problem once and for all. After all, Bridge City was now practically his territory; minimizing resource and human casualties was the most important thing.

really.

Lin Yuan's guess was correct.

As its core trembled and absorbed more shadow, the shadow serpent's size remained unchanged, but its aura became even more imposing. Its scarlet eyes opened, and it glared at Lin Yuan, still harboring some doubts.

Why isn't Lin Yuan making a move now?

Lin Yuan certainly wouldn't.

As the Shadow Serpent evolved into its complete form, the number of times evolved zombies suddenly appeared on the battlefield became increasingly rare.

It's conceivable that it was indeed an underground creature that used its clones to inhabit the zombies and somehow controlled their rapid evolution, which is probably related to the core.

simple.

Kill it, then remove the core, and that's it.

Finally, the shadow serpent took full shape, took flight, and launched an attack on Lin Yuan without hesitation.

The giant serpent shot up from the ground like a black arrow, its power causing waves of earth to rise and countless black shadows to lash out at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was instantly enveloped in dust and shadows.

Instead of crashing into it directly, the shadow serpent rapidly circled the abyss-like sphere, its core quickly probing within its body.

Buzz!

As the subterranean creature performed its ritualistic actions, the spacetime around the sphere of dust and shadow began to distort, as if it had truly become a black hole and was about to disappear at any moment.

"interesting!"

In the darkness, Lin Yuan murmured.

He felt the power of space. In this pitch-black world, he felt that space was like countless stacked sheets of paper, being rapidly folded and crushed, and he was in the midst of it, naturally bearing the ever-accumulating power.

Lin Yuan used his mental power to envelop himself, which allowed him to withstand such terrifying power—or more accurately, the rules.

However, as the shadow serpent continued to dance, the power of this rule grew stronger and stronger, and Lin Yuan's mental power was also squeezed in the process.

"Hmm... It's a pity. Although I sensed the power, I don't understand the principle behind it."

Lin Yuan reached out and touched his chin, finally letting out a helpless sigh.

"Forget it, let's leave the professional matters to the professionals. I'll just focus on getting the core information."

After muttering to himself, Lin Yuan suddenly produced a black battle blade in his hand.

He then focused all his psychic power onto the blade.

boom!

A faint glimmer of light appeared in this pitch-black world.

But the light grew stronger with the wind, as if the world was being created, and in an instant, it split the large sphere made of dust and shadow in two.

Boom boom boom!

The monstrous force that distorted space spread in all directions, and the giant serpent was also frightened by that power, flying directly into the sky. But the giant serpent was bewildered. After the flash of the blade, the dust settled, and the shadow was retracted into its body, but it could not see any trace of the human.

"It's here!"

Lin Yuan's voice rang out from above. He was holding a vial of medicine in his hand, which had already been injected empty. He then casually crushed it into powder. Energy surged in his eyes. "Warp is pretty useful. No wonder summoners like to bring Flash."

"what?"

If the Shadow Serpent had hair, all of it would stand on end; what was standing up now were its scales. It was utterly terrified. "Why didn't I sense anything?"

"Really? Then this will be more intuitive."

Lin Yuan stepped on the tongue, and the giant snake immediately tried to turn its body into shadow, but it found that its own body was actually wrapped in a layer of psychic power!

Shadow Serpent: !!!

That was Lin Yuan's mental power. Naturally, that mental power wasn't protecting the Shadow Serpent, but rather... preventing it from becoming shadowy.

"I've said it before, the essence of the world is energy. You are not ethereal, and neither is my sword!"

Lin Yuan's battle blade flashed with a cold light as he slashed down at the shadowy serpent that was imprisoned in one place.