Chapter 426: 426: Collection Room

Chapter 426: Collection Room

As he crossed the black doors of the church.

Han Dong did not immediately arrive inside the church, but entered into a lagging space… Here, only Han Dong was present.

Even Nicole, the Octopus Sister temporarily residing in Han Dong’s body, had been shielded.

[Mythical Phase]

“Has entered the core area – [Black Church].

Please draw four Omen cards in succession, arranged in order of difficulty from low to high, to determine the basic structure of the [Black Church], monster categories, and overall difficulty.”

“What the hell? They haven’t ‘painted’ the interior scene yet, and they want me to draw cards to construct it on the fly?”

Han Dong only muttered a complaint before drawing four cards from the Omen Pouch.

According to the difficulty level corresponding to the number of icons, from low to high they are:

[Level 2] Alien Beetle card.

[Level 3] Unaffiliated card.

[Level 5] Imprisonment card.

[Level 6] Void card.

Of course, the judgement process was also necessary, requiring Han Dong to roll dice corresponding to each card.

“Only one of the four dice results matched… The Omen corresponding to the [Imprisonment card] will not take effect.

Please note, in the Omen event corresponding to the [Void card], the final target of the hidden plot – ‘Bishop, Wilcotts. Zealot’ – exists.

The bishop himself will be enhanced by the [Void card], please tread carefully.”

As the system’s notification ended.

Han Dong, along with everyone else, officially stepped into the church area.

The sight that met his eyes corresponded to the [Alien Beetle card] that Han Dong had drawn.

However, after the overall difficulty was elevated, even a level two Omen was not easy to deal with.

“David, have the townsfolk hold steady for now, don’t act rashly…”

[Church Hall]

Looking at the situation in front of him, quite a number of civilians had tried to seek refuge on the hilltop, but their fate was even more tragic than being killed by monsters in the fog… They were in a miserable state, worse than death.

Rows and rows of benches were filled, not a single empty seat to be seen.

The townsfolk sat upright in their seats, their physical and brain nerve connections had been severed, and they could only quietly accept ‘harvesting’.

An unknown type of alien beetle tribe was flying in the open space above the church.

Similar to the structure of a dragonfly, its overall color was a dark gray,

four translucent wings flapped rapidly, with an overall length of about one meter,

what needs special attention is, the head of this flying insect was made up of countless infant arms… each arm could stretch freely to carry out the ‘harvesting’ work.

These soft, boneless, tiny infant arms that could stretch freely, could dig deep into a civilian’s nostril to harvest a kind of ‘brain essence’ unique to humans.

The essence will be placed on the altar directly in front of the church, most likely to be delivered to the ‘Bishop’ located deep within.

Under normal circumstances, a ‘harvest’ directly on the human brain would result in a quick death.

However.

None of the civilians gathered here had died, and they all seemed very vigorous.

One only needed to lower their gaze to understand the secret of the harvesting.

Each civilian’s legs had more than a dozen ‘nutrient tubes’ inserted into them, constantly pumping a stimulating nutrient into their bodies, allowing the parts of their brain that were dug out to quickly regrow, harvested without limit.

The painful ordeal would continue until their bodies became completely decrepit.

The “Mist” encyclopedia hidden inside Han Dong – Nicole, immediately began explaining the origins of these disgusting worms:

“They are the progeny of Migo.

They are a disgusting race of insects that like to harvest the brain essence of various life forms collectively. They are called the ‘Baby Brain Beetle Tribe’.

They do not possess much in the way of combat capabilities, instead focusing on work, but in the areas where they work, there’s always a queen present.

The queen, like the ‘Giant Worm Body’ we dealt with before, has the blood of ‘Mum God’ flowing within her.

However, she herself is an extremely crafty being… be careful.

Before the queen reveals herself, eradicate all ‘Infant Brain Worms’ by any possible means. Otherwise, the queen can absorb the worker worms to regenerate infinitely, making it hard to kill.

Right! Destroying the brains of the worker worms can kill them outright.”

“Nicole, stay still for now… The Bishop might be tough to handle, you need to stay hidden until the very end.”

“Understood.”

With Nicole’s guidance.

Han Dong rallied the Zombie Legion, and immediately initiated a hunting operation.

The townsfolk turned G carriers were quite useful, especially the young man whose wrist had morphed into a ‘bow’.

Every time a rib arrow was shot, it penetrated the heads of at least two flying insects…

The protagonist, David, utilized the bazooka he obtained from killing the Octopus Soldiers, taking down one Baby Brain Beetle with each shot.

Even though the Zombie Corps was quite formidable.

Han Dong had no intentions of slacking off, and completely controlled the Power of Yellow Sand, rapidly shooting out sand cones to puncture the insects’ heads…

Within a blink of an eye, around 80% of the Infant Brain Worms had been cleared.

Just then.

A wail came from the rear of the Zombie Corps.

A female zombie, Eileen, who attacked from a distance using ‘Cavitation Shots’, was bifurcated at the waist.

Moreover, the bifurcated body was completely hollowed out in a short time, and no one noticed the entire process… Even the G virus couldn’t regenerate.

The Corps lost one soldier.

“Has the queen arrived?”

The leftover flying insects were left to the Zombie Corps to deal with, as Han Dong focused completely on locating the queen.

However, even with his Magic Eye Wide Open, he couldn’t find any suspicious targets in the main hall of the church.

Just as Han Dong’s gaze turned to the other side.

Another wail came from the Zombie Corps.

A giant townsman covered in spikes was also instantaneously split in half…

However, this time, due to Han Dong’s focus, he noticed the ‘body-hollowing’ process.

As soon as the bifurcated townsman collapsed heavily onto the ground.

A large number of baby arms suddenly extended from the smooth cement floor.

They could take away a large amount of flesh and blood just through touch, in an instant, they hollowed out all the flesh and blood inside the townsman, forcibly interrupting the immense regenerative power provided by the G virus.

Right before these baby arms were about to retract underground.

Snap!

Han Dong stepped forward.

And had a ‘courteous’ handshake with the lady in charge of the church hall.

‘Sandification’

The floor area turned into sand and disintegrated.

A graceful woman was forcibly dragged out of the ground by Han Dong.

This woman’s head was covered in tiny baby arms, which she used as hair, her mouth was wide open, filled with dense, changing teeth…

The four wings could also be used as sharp blades, instantly slicing through the target’s body.

As this indescribable image entered Han Dong’s eyes, a feeling of discomfort spread throughout his body.

But soon, a drop of seawater swirled inside Han Dong’s head, removing all negative effects.