Chapter 288: Dig a Small Trap
“Quick,” Lu Siya said. “Use your instincts to make a guess. Is the super Giant Sandworm in front of us as docile and harmless as the other Giant Sandworms?”
“Um, my instincts tell me...”
Before he could finish, the super Giant Sandworm spun its teeth and pounced on them.
If they had been in a rather large and wide s.p.a.ce, no matter how big the sandworm was, they would still be a ball of squirming flesh.
But there wasn’t much s.p.a.ce underground. The tunnel was practically the size of the super Giant Sandworm, and the two of the humans could only face its big mouth. They had nowhere to hide.
Lu Siya’s heightened smell brought her trouble. The stench caused her to be unable to focus and create a spirit energy magnetic field. The speed of her Spike Art was slower by a few beats compared to usual as well.
Meng Chao was the first to face the attack, so he could only fire his two chain sabers and buy time for Lu Siya.
The chain sabers sank into the super Giant Sandworm’s wide-opened mouth and buried deep into the layers of teeth.
The super Giant Sandworm did not have a lot of pain sensory nerves. It was also modified by Spirit Creations Creatures to the point that it had thick skin. The two chain sabers went into its mouth like stones sinking into an ocean. They did not receive any reaction.
The Giant Sandworm seemed to even think that food had entered its mouth. The teeth in its mouth spun even faster, and the two chains became intertwined. They began dragging Meng Chao into the mouth.
When he smelled the stench from the super Giant Sandworm’s mouth, he found that the methane there was at least ten times stronger than in the area around him. Meng Chao felt dizzy and nauseous.
He could not drag his chain sabers back, but there was no place that could provide a hiding spot for him in the area, either. Under the imposing might of the super Giant Sandworm, he could only retreat nonstop.
Soon, cold sweat covered his back, and he found himself stuck to a cold wall.
When Lu Siya saw that the super Giant Sandworm was about to eat Meng Chao, she was finally able to summon her first spike.
It was as thick as a stalagmite and as sharp as a longspear. It stabbed into the super Giant Sandworm from under it and pierced its abdominal cavity before it came out of its back.
It was like a thin and long nail had pinned the large earthworm firmly to the ground.
Meng Chao sighed in relief only to realize that the super Giant Sandworm was still squirming around. It seemed to have descended into an even greater frenzy.
It had incredibly great elasticity. Even if half of its body was pinned to the ground by a spike, it continued charging at its target.
Meng Chao cussed.
The nervous system of annelids like sandworms was incredibly primitive. But after they were genetically modified, they possessed incredibly powerful muscles. Even if a certain part of their body was damaged, they could still maintain a certain degree of mobility.
In most extreme situations, even if they cut an annelid in half, the two parts would be able to live on their own.
The damage from the spike was less significant than they expected.
Whoosh!
Meng Chao flicked his chain sabers, and an electrical arc and a trail of fire ran down the chains to enter the super Giant Sandworm’s gaping mouth.
The super Giant Sandworm’s mouth started burning. Quite a number of teeth layers were electrocuted so badly that they started producing smoke. Even the brain located at the fourth segment of its body was damaged. Despite that, the Giant Sandworm showed no signs of stopping.
‘I almost forgot. The brains of sandworms don’t control their motor and reaction nerves. They only control their adaptability to the surroundings, along with the synchronization of their bodies. Even if you remove their brain, sandworm-type monsters will still be able to eat and move around. Its real fighting control center should be the nerve bundle under its throat. It’s the part that connects the glossopharyngeal neuralgia and ventral nerve cords!
‘I have to destroy the nerve bundle under its throat to stop its rampage.
‘But this super Giant Sandworm has mutated into a mess. How am I supposed to know where the nerve bundle under its throat is located?!’
Meng Chao groaned in his heart.
But while these thoughts seemed to have taken their time to appear in his head, they actually popped up in a flash, and during that time, Lu Siya summoned more than ten spikes to stab the super Giant Sandworm full of holes from multiple angles.
Even so, that did not stop the front of its body from squirming toward Meng Chao.
Besides, based on the increasingly thick stench, Meng Chao had a feeling that it was building up a major move.
“No!”
When the super Giant Sandworm’s head swelled up, Meng Chao reacted instinctively. He fell to the ground and covered his head as if he wanted to look for a crack and crawl inside.
Thud!
The super Giant Sandworm used the super high pressure in its abdominal cavity to fire countless rock fragments it had eaten. They came out like bullets.
The wall behind Meng Chao let out crackling sounds like those of explosives. Hundreds of shattered rocks struck it, and smoke even curled out from them because of the high speed friction.
If Meng Chao had not dodged in time, his body would have been covered in b.l.o.o.d.y holes, since he was just a two-star superhuman.
Lu Siya quickly formed seals with her hands while she mumbled. She used her brainwaves, soundwaves, and vitality magnetic field to increase the formation and release her offensive spirit energy magnetic fields.
More spikes shot into the super Giant Sandworm’s body. They even fused together, and finally, she was able to restrain the super Giant Sandworm’s movements.
Meng Chao seized the chance to use his chain sabers. His fingers turned into two b.a.l.l.s of gray fog that knocked different rhythms on the taut chains so that he could command his Lightning Saber and b.l.o.o.d.y Flame, which were buried in the super Giant Sandworm’s body, to move around like two agile vipers.
In the end, a subtle feedback told him that he found the nerve bundle under the throat!
Before the super Giant Sandworm could swell its head a second time, Meng Chao gritted his teeth and charged spirit energy through all 1,024 of his branch meridians like a flood. The spirit energy in his body then surged like a raging monster through the chains into the super Giant Sandworm.
As the runic symbols on the chains shone one after another, fire and electricity intersected with each other, creating dazzling sparks.
The super Giant Sandworm trembled fiercely. A lot of the gas condensed in its body due to high pressure escaped, and it sounded like it was wailing while it struggled against death.
In the end, after a pungent, burnt stench that stung Meng Chao’s eyes flowed out of the super Giant Sandworm, it stopped. It still twitched faintly, but that was just the reaction from its nerves.
Meng Chao and Lu Siya panted heavily.
Then, both of them started vomiting at the same time.
“Not my fault.” While Lu Siya dry heaved, she said, “I listened to you and decided to go back.”
“I know.” Meng Chao blamed himself. He was a little too rash.
Since he knew that there was a high possibility that the missing sandworms from Spirit Creations Creatures were connected to the legendary Supernatural Ent.i.ties, he should not have gone underground without any preparation.
But was this crazy and mutated super Giant Sandworm one of the Supernatural Ent.i.ties from his previous life that plagued his dreams?
Meng Chao could not be certain.
First of all, Kindling did not tell him that he had killed the second Supernatural Ent.i.ty, and the contribution points he was given were just the average points he would get after killing a Nightmarish Beast.
Second, the strength of the Nine Great Supernatural Ent.i.ties should not be that much different between them. If the Giant Sandworm had been a Supernatural Ent.i.ty and had at least 80% of the White Spirit’s fighting strength, Lu Siya and he would have died.
Third, Meng Chao still found it hard to believe that such a primitive annelid would be able to evolve to the point that it would gain intelligence that could rival a human’s.
The good news was that the progress for the Mystery of Supernatural Ent.i.ties had increased by another 1%. This meant that the super Giant Sandworm was definitely connected to the Supernatural Ent.i.ties.
Besides, with so much evidence, the truth would come to the surface very soon.
“We should send this super Giant Sandworm to a lab and see whether it is infected. But by its behavior, it’s not just a carrier. It should be a super infected creature.”
Lu Siya frowned and said, “But how should we bring it out?”
That was a major problem.
Giant Sandworms were creatures who quickly rotted and decayed after they died.
Besides, it did not have an endoskeleton that went through its entire body. Even though it had been genetically modified and a few bone lamellae were inserted in it, it would not be able to handle being dragged or pulled.
It was similar to a train head attached to a few coaches. They would not be able to bring it out quietly.
“We’ll have to ask for help from Spirit Creation Creatures. This is their beast, anyway.”
Meng Chao went forward and poked the still trembling super Giant Sandworm. “This is a huge monster carca.s.s. Even if we had a way to bring it to the surface, we would definitely be discovered by the managers of Trash Site 4 and the monster controllers from Spirit Creation Creatures. Besides, they’ve planted control chips into the biochemical beasts. The only reason they didn’t discover this super Giant Sandworm is because it fled underground, and the signals were blocked.
“Once this thing approaches the surface, they will be able to locate us. It has a number on its body as well, so it’s not some wild creature. No matter how you look at it, it can’t be considered as our game.
“Besides, Spirit Creation Creatures are experts at researching Giant Sandworms. They are the authority when it comes to the problem of whether Giant Sandworms might possibly be infected with mutated rabies... especially when it comes to such a drastic mutation. If we hand the super Giant Sandworm to them, we’ll obtain the most accurate answer and the most detailed information.”
Lu Siya hesitated for a moment. “But Spirit Creations Creatures is one of the parties whose interests are affected by the case. Even though needle-shaped holes have been discovered in the ear ca.n.a.ls of two of the biochemical pets, we still can’t prove that the pets modified by Spirit Creation Creatures do not pose a threat.
“If we hand this super Giant Sandworm to Spirit Creations Creatures for an examination, will we...”
“Do you suspect that Spirit Creations Creatures will tamper with the examination results? As of current, they’re the victims.”
“When it comes to astronomical profit, all victims can turn into aggressors,” Lu Siya said. “I don’t believe in anyone right now, especially the boss of Spirit Creations Creatures, Xie Xiaolei. That person is very skilled when it comes to business. And he’s especially skilled in using promotions and publicity stunts. He has also used a lot of tricks to attack opponents by overt and covert means. He’s not someone we can trust 100%.”
“It’s simple then,” Meng Chao said with a smile. “Later, I’ll harvest the super Giant Sandworm’s vital organs, such as its brain, nerve bundles, intestines, and some of its muscles, and I’ll split them into three.
“Then, you’ll bring one of them and the rat’s carca.s.s to the monster research center’s lab for examination.
“Meanwhile, I’ll hide the origins of my portion and send it for an examination to the Agricultural University’s lab.
“The last portion will be given to Spirit Creation Creatures’ Xie Xiao Lei along with this rotten flesh.
“Don’t worry, I’ll make sure that I’ll mess up the wounds from Spike Art and all the traces I leave due to harvesting. The super Giant Sandworm will rot away very quickly. No one will be able to discover any clues within a short period of time.
“If the final report from the three sides show the same conclusion, then everything is fine.
“But if the final report from Spirit Creation Creatures will have a different conclusion compared to the other two reports, then things will become interesting.”
Lu Siya stared at Meng Chao for a long time.
Suddenly, she started chuckling.
She mumbled, “I just knew that I found the right partner. So, you don’t believe in Spirit Creation Creatures as well. You’re digging a trap for them and will wait for them to walk into it!”