Chapter 2910: Sharing

Fang Heng was unable to dodge into the ground, but all the corrosion damage he received was shared by the Licker group beneath the ground through his talent skill “Life Diversion.”

Though he looked miserable on the surface, his physical condition was actually just fine.

Not to mention the continuous explosions of three Seed of Ouroboros aggregates–he wouldn’t die even if thirty more exploded.

The biggest issue was actually his mental strength.

He had overexerted his mental strength, and at the final moment, his mental strength was interrupted by a self-destruct skill. He had to force himself to stand in place and maintain dozens of soul chains to control the remaining two Seed of Ouroboros aggregates to prevent them from escaping, thus taking a wave of damage head-on.

“Buzz…!”

Fang Heng’s brain was once again struck by a strong backlash, surging with immense pain like a tidal wave. He couldn’t help but support himself with one hand on the ground, gritting his teeth tightly.

Mental backlash.

He just needed to endure this wave.

On the battleship, the others saw Fang Heng still standing while looking so battered, and they couldn’t help but admire him.

He… wasn’t dead? Still conscious?

For a moment, they even felt that, compared to the endless tide of bugs, Fang Heng might be even more terrifying.

Following the final indiscriminate fungal creep explosion, the surrounding domain was cleared out, and the terrain that had once been covered in creep was reduced to a scarred, corroded wasteland.

Around him, a few more creep worms emerged from beneath the creep, trying to approach Fang Heng.

Gisele frowned and immediately ordered, “Quick! Bring Fang Heng back!”

The ship’s automated defenses activated and instantly fired light beams, blasting apart each creep worm that tried to get close to Fang Heng.

While the main swarm was still en route, various Federation squads jumped off the sides of the ship and rushed to rescue Fang Heng.

At the same time, Emery darted toward the battlefield from behind Fang Heng!

The perfect opportunity!

Seed of Ouroboros!

Before the Federation arrived, while Fang Heng was severely wounded and immobilized, Emery quickly leaped past the scattered creep worms and reached the approximate location where the Seed of Ouroboros aggregates had self-destructed.

Seed of Ouroboros cocoons!

Where were they?

Gone?

Why couldn’t he find them?

Emery’s gaze swept quickly across the ground, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

He was sure they had to be nearby.

So why weren’t they there?

There should have been three Seed of Ouroboros cocoons–why couldn’t he find a single one?

Was it because the explosion of the Seed of Ouroboros aggregates had blown the cocoons away, landing them somewhere else?

Due to the strong corrosive properties of the slime, the entire ground was charred and pockmarked, making the search even harder.

Soon, military forces from the rear arrived and helped Fang Heng, who was still in a state of mental backlash, to stand and escorted him back to the ship.

Emery was still searching for the Seed of Ouroboros.

Where was it?

Why couldn’t he find it?

After searching for a while and coming up empty-handed, with swarms of bugs approaching again, Emery had no choice but to retreat toward the ship.

D*mn it!

He felt this had been his closest chance to the Seed of Ouroboros cocoons.

Why were they gone?

Not far away, on the ship, Fang Heng arrived at the deck under the escort of two Federation soldiers.

“Thanks, I’m fine. I don’t need medical treatment.”

Fang Heng gestured to the soldiers, indicating he could move freely on his own.

He had already forced his way through the first wave of mental backlash. Before the second wave hit, there would be a brief respite, and at least he could move freely.

Captain Gisele looked at the extremely pale Fang Heng and nodded, “Fang Heng, this may be our first time meeting. I’m Captain Gisele. Thank you. You did a great job. We’ll talk more later. Leave the rest to us. The Federation’s military won’t let you down.”

“All right.”

Fang Heng nodded slightly.

Three high-tier Seeds of Ouroboros were eliminated, but the strongest force was still deeper within the central insect nest.

Fang Heng could sense its presence.

When he previously activated the Seed of Ouroboros power, he even sensed the other party’s agitation and hostility.

But it didn’t react. It seemed to be in a semi-dormant state.

Or more accurately–

It was being suppressed.

In any case, the danger at the front line had mostly been resolved. The Federation could handle the rest.

He was currently suffering from mental backlash. The best treatment would be to go back and get some sleep.

“By the way, Fang Heng.”

Just as Fang Heng was about to leave, he heard the captain call his name. He stopped, turned around, and asked, “What is it?”

“Did you notice if anything dropped when the creep worm leader died?”

“I was hit by mental backlash at the time and didn’t notice.”

“Hmm, thank you. That’s all.”

Captain Gisele had seen the entire process of the Seed of Ouroboros aggregate self-destructing with his own eyes. He didn’t doubt Fang Heng, just asked casually.

From his perspective, the first person to rush to the battlefield afterward was Emery.

Everyone saw it.

Emery had been circling there for quite a while. If he wasn’t looking for the Seed of Ouroboros cocoons, what else could he be doing?

They were too far to see clearly whether Emery had found the Seed of Ouroboros or how many he had found.

But presumably, he had collected them all.

Did he think he could just snatch the cocoons from the military?

The battle was still urgent, so Gisele didn’t have time to argue. After the battle ended, he would go to the Federation Parliament to demand an explanation.

Gisele said in a deep voice, “Notify all teams to search for the Seed of Ouroboros. They may have scattered across the battlefield during the mutant worm explosion. Once found, make sure they are brought back safely.”

“Yes!”

Fang Heng heard the voices behind him, but his expression didn’t change. He headed to the right side of the ship, leapt from the high platform to the ground, and used the energy crystal panel to quickly head toward the distant Prism No. 6 deployment zone.

Once he left the Federation’s surveillance area–

Fang Heng stopped walking.

“Ka, ka ka…”

A rift opened in the ground not far ahead.

Three Lickers suddenly emerged from the crack in the ground and stopped in front of Fang Heng.

“Chi, chi chi…”

Each Licker extended its curled tongue, revealing the three cocoons clutched in their mouths.

Hehe.

Seed of Ouroboros cocoons!

Acquired!

The reason he had gone to such great lengths to deal with the Seed of Ouroboros polymers in the first place was to obtain these.

At the final stage after the explosion, while Fang Heng’s body was immobilized due to mental backlash, the Lickers immediately burst from the ground, located the Seed of Ouroboros cocoons, swallowed them into their mouths, and then stealthily burrowed back underground.

Once everything ended, the Lickers emerged again and delivered the cocoons to him.