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"Not bad, bro, you've got some skills!"

Chi Lian jumped off the table and poked the struggling monster with the tip of her knife with great interest.

"Just this little nobody? Now that I've got my hands on him, I'll see how I manage to squeeze him out..."

However, before she could finish speaking, the strange insect struggling on the wall suddenly let out another strange cry!

"squeak!"

The next second...

"Buzz..."

"Buzz buzz buzz buzz!!"

More flapping sounds came from the kitchen!

The sound grew louder as it approached, from sparse to dense... Thousands upon thousands of invisible insects awoke from every corner of the pure white space and swarmed towards them!

They were too happy too soon.

These troublesome ghosts... there's more than one!

"Damn it!"

If one is already this troublesome, imagine how difficult it would be to defend against a group of them!

"spread!"

Issue orders arbitrarily and decisively.

No sooner had he finished speaking than several invisible blades attacked from different angles.

Klaus rolled away in a flustered manner, dodging the attack aimed at his head, while a corner of the table next to him was cleanly sliced ​​off.

In the chaos.

Someone fired a shot that hit the glass wall on the right. I never expected that such a high-end place would use ordinary glass.

"Splash!"

The entire glass wall shattered instantly.

A sweet, cloying aroma suddenly wafted out from behind the shattered glass wall, filling the entire restaurant.

That taste...

It tastes like overripe fruit that has fermented; it's intense, sweet, and has a hint of alcohol, yet also carries a touch of tartness.

Upon smelling this aroma, Ivan immediately perked up.

Not only Ivan, but Chi Lian also took a deep breath:

"Why does it smell so strongly of alcohol?!"

And those nobodies who wander around and bother them from time to time, after smelling this scent, seem to be fatally attracted to the alcohol.

They all turned around and swarmed towards the broken greenhouse!

"...It's a fruit fly."

Looking at that empty, chaotic area, one can be sure it's authentic.

What exactly are the scientists at Blackstone Heavy Industries making? Even if they're researching evolution, do they have to keep studying insects?!

And this time.

The fruit flies should have all rushed into the greenhouse, but soon, other strange noises came from inside:

"Pfft."

First, there was a sound, like a ripe berry being bitten into and bursting in the mouth.

Then immediately:

"Pfft, pfft, pfft..."

The continuous bursts of juice created a symphony that whetted the appetite. At the same time, light sources suddenly lit up one after another deep inside the greenhouse.

It is different from the white light outside.

The light there was a dreamy pinkish-purple, which looked especially beautiful against the green and black background, gradually outlining the contours hidden in the shadows of unknown leaves.

Only then did they see clearly...

There was no soil in the greenhouse, and there was only one kind of plant: thick vines with dark vein-like patterns on their surface climbed up a frame that looked like it was made of bones, taking over the entire greenhouse.

On the branches of these vines grow fruits as big as a human head, crystal clear and beautiful, like something out of a fairy tale.

And that fruit is precisely the source of the light.

The invisible fruit flies swarmed into the greenhouse and frantically attacked the beautiful fruits.

But like moths drawn to a flame, none of them were able to realize their dreams.

As soon as they fly near the fruit, their bodies are pierced with a "whoosh," bursting out clumps of green slime that drenches the ground.

That's strange...

Ren Yi frowned and looked back at the fruit fly trapped in his spider silk on the wall.

He simply picked up the Raven and poked it into the blurry outline.

"squeak--"

[Decomposable target detected: Mutant fruit fly]

[Confirm decomposition?]

[Decomposition successful]

You have obtained: Invisibility Coating*1, X Crystal*1, Fresh Insect Meat*1

really.

He understood perfectly in his heart.

These fruit flies were likely exposed to the X virus for a long time, naturally producing mutated venomous insects. They were not "experimental subjects" specifically researched by Blackstone Heavy Industries, which is why the incomplete code slices could not be extracted.

The real "experimental subject" should be the one in the greenhouse!

The deep purple veins on the vines glowed and dimmed as they absorbed nutrients, but otherwise made no other move, seemingly just another link in the food chain with the fruit flies.

But they just felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

"Boss..."

The butcher felt a chill run down his spine after staring at the fruits for a while, as if something was staring back at him through the fruits.

"That thing... it doesn't look like a plant."

"It's alive."

Kemira provided a conclusion after the scan.

The half-destroyed "Juliet" had already been carried by the heavily armored staff, and now she was holding a gun with her one arm, watching the greenhouse warily.

They looked like the giant and the imp from Plants vs. Zombies.

Chi Lian was both wary and excited:

"Could this be the 'Glutton' we're looking for?"

"Who cares, just kill them!"

Ivan looked at the glistening, translucent fruits and couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Boss, do you think that fruit can be used to make wine?"

The thing looked like it was full of parasites and unidentified alkaloids. Klaus looked disgusted.

"Ivan, can't you think of anything other than eating and drinking?"

"Even if you brew wine, your intestines might crawl out of your mouth and greet you after you drink it!"

"That saves us the trouble of having a colonoscopy and gastroscopy!"

The spectacle of moths drawn to a flame in a greenhouse continues.

The ground, drenched in fruit fly blood, began to turn muddy, and new, tender green vines sprouted from the soil and climbed up the trellises.

Growing so fast?!

"Things that can't be killed are the most troublesome."

Chi Lian put away the two watermelon knives and took out a grenade launcher instead.

"Six, is your company's artillery powerful enough? Why don't we all fire one down and flatten it completely!"

Sixth Master ignored Viper's reckless remarks.

Their mission objective is to retrieve the "Type III Gene Fluid". If this is indeed the Gluttony Mother, and the fluid is inside the mother, then if they were blasted to smithereens, wouldn't their mission have been in vain?

This thing looks intimidating, but it has a fatal weakness:

Do not move.

At least for now, its main body is fixed in the greenhouse, and as long as they don't go in, there is no threat. We can think of other ways and proceed slowly.

As they spoke, the buzzing sound from the greenhouse subsided.

They... seem to be about to be eaten up.

"Don't let your guard down."

The captain spoke, seemingly unintentionally:

"Who knows if it will grow legs and run out on its own?"

He had barely finished speaking.

"Bang!"

The white table near the greenhouse was instantly shattered by a vine that shot out of the greenhouse, still attached to a beautiful fruit!

Those seemingly fragile, translucent fruits were actually attacked by the vines with the force of a meteor hammer!

Changes can happen in the blink of an eye.

"Shit!"

He knew it...

As Klaus began to transform Newton's diagram into a net-like structure, he couldn't help but look back:

"Boss... next time, could you wait until we're outside before saying something like that?"