The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

Holy crap!

This move left everyone bewildered.

A genius's brilliant idea is no match for a fool's quick thinking.

Chen Feng was completely stunned.

Immediately following was a chilling cutting sound.

Swish swish swish—!

It looked as if a high-powered chainsaw was cutting through the hardest rock.

The first second.

The giant worm's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt, its massive body stiffening abruptly.

The second second.

A violent spasm spread from its head throughout its body, and it began to twist and tumble wildly.

The third second.

The Lord of the Abyss let out a painful howl.

"Pfft—!!"

The cutting sound stopped abruptly.

The towering sand dune lord instantly lost all its power, collapsing limply to the ground. Its heavy body stirred up a cloud of sand, crushing hundreds of sand ants into meat patties.

Dead silence.

A stream of highly corrosive, yellowish-green viscous fluid gushed from its dead mouthparts.

A figure staggered out of the slime.

It's Zhou Jian.

His entire body was soaked in the foul-smelling liquid, white smoke billowing from his body, and his combat uniform and skin were being rapidly corroded.

It looks absolutely terrifying.

He collapsed to the ground, coughing violently.

His left arm was twisted at an odd angle, clearly broken off completely.

But he is still alive.

Chen Feng rushed forward immediately, took out two vials of basic life-saving potion, and injected them into Zhou Jian's body.

Zhou Jian's life force, which had seemingly vanished, is rapidly returning, and his severed arm is quickly healing.

With one of the two lord-level sandworms dying and the other escaping, the pheromones that governed the entire ant colony instantly ceased.

Tens of thousands of bone-eating sand ants seemed to have been paused, standing there blankly.

The next second, chaos ensued.

Without unified commands, the most primal instinct to kill took over.

My companions have become my closest enemies.

The black tide began to fight amongst itself, turning on each other.

The crisis has been completely resolved.

"Recover the blood! Don't just stand there!" Chen Feng's voice woke everyone up.

After a short rest, Zhou Jian regained some of his energy and walked toward the giant insect's corpse.

[Recycling successful, 519 Source Crystals obtained.]

Zhou Jian glanced at the panel; the number of source crystals was jumping wildly.

The battle was fierce, but the rewards were also incredibly high.

He then shared the timed recycling task panel with everyone.

[Limited-time Recycling Mission: Currently recycling 132035 ml of monster blood.]

[First Place on the Limited-Time Recycling Ranking: Zhou Jian - 132035 ml]

[Second Place: Peppa Pig - 40221 ml]

[Third Place: Wangzai Xiao Qiao - 21690 ml]

The difference in these figures is simply a case of overwhelming force.

Zhou Jian pointed at the second-place ID, looking at him strangely: "Wait, is this name for real? 'Wild Boar Peppa'? Does anyone really have a name like that? Is this guy not his parents' biological child?"

He then pointed down to the third place: "And this 'Wangzai Xiao Qiao,' what is all this about?"

Qin Feng was wiping his rock-slaying blade without looking up: "You can change your name freely in the game, but it costs 100 Source Crystals."

"Taking away the young master?!"

"You mean Duo Shao?!"

Zhou Jian nearly jumped up, aggravating his wound and causing him to grimace in pain: "One hundred source crystals! This is robbery!"

"Never mind then, I think it's fine to just use my real name. After all, a name is just a label."

"Besides, with this Source Crystal, wouldn't it be better to save it and buy twenty bottles of basic life potions?"

He wouldn't waste his precious source crystals for a mere empty title.

Chen Feng sheathed his knife and looked around.

The ground was littered with the corpses of sand ants, piled up like mountains, and the dead Sand Abyss Lord stood like a small hill.

"Stop chatting." Chen Feng interrupted the discussion. "These are all source crystals. Everyone, gather up the monster corpses around here. Zhou Jian, you continue collecting them."

"receive!"

Although the basic life potion healed most of his injuries, he was still in some pain, but this did not affect his mobility.

The others quickly dispersed and dragged over the corpses of sand ants scattered across the dunes.

Some of the bodies were still relatively intact, while others had been blown to pieces, but this did not affect the recovery.

Zhou Jian placed his palms on the corpses one by one, and with a flicker of light, the massive corpses transformed into data streams and disappeared.

The numbers on the leaderboard started jumping wildly.

Two hundred thousand.

Three hundred thousand.

Four hundred thousand.

Finally, the number settled at [420746 ml].

The second-place "Wild Boar Peppa" barely made it to just over 50,000.

This is a precipitous crushing.

"This is it, we're safe now." Chen Feng looked at the staggering number, and a huge weight was finally lifted from his heart.

The FCF-level intelligence was indeed correct.

As long as we can maintain this advantage, one of the three gene-enhancing drugs will inevitably be ours.

"Captain, come and look at this!"

A distant voice suddenly came from the bottom of the large crater created by the Sand Abyss Lord.

His voice carried a hint of barely concealed surprise.

Upon hearing this, the others all went over.

Sliding down into the sandpit.

Beneath the enormous corpse of that giant insect, at the bottom of a deep sandy pit, grew a peculiar plant.

Its entire body is an eerie purplish-red color, and its leaves resemble the scales of some kind of reptile, emitting a faint fluorescent glow in the dim light.

At the very top of the plant hangs a jet-black fruit, only the size of a fist, its surface covered with vein-like patterns.

If you get close, you can even smell a captivating, exotic fragrance.

Chen Feng raised an eyebrow, and as he focused his attention, the fruit's attributes appeared before him.

[Moon Demon Fruit: A rare item born from absorbing the evil energy of the earth and the essence of the flesh and blood of high-level creatures. Consuming it can greatly enhance mental power and has a chance to grant special sensory abilities.]

[Recycling Price: 150000 Source Crystals]

Upon seeing those words, Chen Feng's breath caught in his throat for half a second.

150,000 Source Crystals!

It's worth noting that even an elite-level Sand Abyss Lord only managed to collect 519 Source Crystals.

This one fruit can actually be recycled for 15 source crystals!

Others also gathered around, and after seeing the information on the panel, they all gasped in shock.

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands... hundreds of thousands?!" Zhao Yunfeng counted the zeros, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets. "Am I seeing things? This thing is worth that much?"

"Mental power? What's that?" Lei Yue scratched his head. "Can it make me smarter?"

"If it really had such amazing effects, it couldn't be this cheap."

"It probably refers to perception, reaction speed, or the ability to manipulate some kind of supernatural force." Han Bing pushed up his glasses, staring thoughtfully at the fruit. "You can't buy this kind of thing in a general store."

Realizing what was happening, Lei Yue politely greeted her, "Your mother..."

If you sell the 150,000 Source Crystals, you won't be short of Source Crystals for resurrection in the early game.

The survival ability of the entire squad can be greatly guaranteed.

To sell, or to consume?

And who should eat it?

These are all problems.

Qin Feng swallowed hard before speaking seriously, "Let's not recycle it."

"Source crystals can be earned, and equipment can be obtained through gameplay, but rare items that can directly improve physical attributes and even awaken special abilities are extremely rare."