Freeze the entire population, activate my Superman system?

When Ling Shuang landed, cheers erupted from the shore like rolling thunder.

Some people were calling out Ling Shuang's name, while others were shouting "Long live China!"

They may have been corporate executives or middle-class people accustomed to affluent lifestyles.

However, in order to keep the arrow towers operational, they took on the rough work they had never done before. Many of them had their clothes covered in dust from the demolition and their faces were full of exhaustion.

At this moment, every pair of eyes reflects the same light.

hope!

Ling Shuang stood beside the mother, the scales on his face peeling away to reveal his true appearance.

Looking at his compatriots who were doing their best, he felt his heart also surge with passion.

This is not a victory for him alone.

At this moment, Zhang Mu opened his arms and hugged Ling Shuang tightly.

"You little brat..."

But soon, he began to feel smug.

"I took down this fourth-tier giant with a single shot. Isn't that awesome?"

Ling Shuang smiled wryly, feeling helpless.

You're so proud of yourself.

"Can I join you in any future fights?"

"Then you can carry the laser cannon and go."

Ling Shuang knew that Zhang Mu was happy because

He really was able to help himself.

Just then, Ling Shuang's gaze fell back on the enormous creature on the shore.

Wana lay on the shore in agony, bodily fluids still seeping from his severed limbs.

How to deal with it has become the most troublesome problem right now.

Putting it in an artificial lake is like raising a shark that could go out of control at any moment in your own backyard.

However, it can produce a continuous stream of Night Demons, so it would be a real shame to kill it directly.

You should know that the entire ranch's treasure lies in these Night Demon Mothers.

Just then, a sturdy figure came running from the direction of the botanical garden, shouting from afar.

"Xiao Ling! Xiao Zhang! It's done! It's done!"

Wang Can's hair was still covered with a few bits of leaves from some unknown plant, and his face was filled with ecstasy.

He carefully held up a ceramic jar covered with a damp cloth and presented it to Ling Shuang.

"The system gave me a notification right after your battle began!"

"The parasitic spore mother plant has matured!"

A hint of joy flashed in Ling Shuang's eyes.

"It's ripe? Isn't it still several days away?"

"Thanks to the night demon's corpse for watering it!"

Wang Can lifted the damp cloth covering the pottery jar, revealing what was inside.

It was a dark purple plant about half a foot tall, with a main stem only as thick as a thumb. Its surface was covered with fine silver-gray lines, like the blood vessels of some living thing pulsating slowly.

Several slender mycelia are bulging at the top of the plant and are growing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"Not only has it matured, but it has also split into a seedling!"

Wang Can took out an even smaller plant from another small cloth bag at his waist. It was only about two inches tall, but its shape was exactly the same as the mother plant.

"I piled up all the Night Demon corpses that Lin Yue dragged back as fertilizer in the Spore Zone."

This thing absorbs energy much more rapidly than I expected.

Zhang Mu leaned closer to examine the mature parasitic spore mother plant, and suddenly his eyes widened. A notification popped up on his lord panel.

[A first-order parasitic spore mother plant (mature) has been detected.]

[Current Level: Tier 1, capable of controlling Tier 1 mutated creatures.]

[It has been detected that the second-class management Ling Shuang possesses Fire Crystal Mother Ore, which can be used to forcibly upgrade this plant.]

[Estimated upgrade to Tier 3 requires: 1 Fire Crystal Mother Ore.]

[Third-order parasitic spores: can parasitize and control third-order and lower-order mutated organisms. The parasitized organism retains all biological characteristics and can evolve through mutation.]

Zhang Mu suddenly raised his head, looked at Ling Shuang, and then at the Night Demon Mother lying on the shore. His pupils dilated abruptly.

"Brother Shuang, are you in?"

Ling Shuang's lips slowly curved upwards.

He took out a fist-sized piece of fire crystal ore from his spatial ring and tossed it to Zhang Mu.

"Dry!"

Zhang Mu caught the mother ore, took a deep breath, and clicked the confirmation button for forced upgrade on the lord panel.

The fire crystal mother ore suddenly transformed into a pool of flowing dark red liquid light in his palm, surging towards the parasitic spore mother plant in the pottery jar like a living thing.

The plant trembled violently the moment it came into contact with the energy of the fire crystal mother ore, and the silver-gray patterns on the dark purple main stem suddenly lit up, like a lit fuse.

Then its mycelium grows wildly, and a swirling mass of dark purple fluff emerges from the center.

The entire change lasted less than ten seconds.

The upgrade of the third-tier parasitic spore mother plant is complete.

[Current number of plants that can be parasitized: 1/1.]

Wang Can looked down at the back of his hand and suddenly a ring of purple light patterns appeared.

Sensing the summoning of the light patterns, the third-tier mutated spores human-like wrapped around Wang Can's arm.

"Come on, let's try this treasure."

Ling Shuang walked straight towards Wana, and Wang Can quickly followed.

The mother sensed his approach, raised her head slightly, and let out a low, indistinct hiss.

"Wana," Ling Shuang spoke, in the language of the Night Demons, "You said you were willing to obey? Prove it to me."

The mother's tentacles twitched uneasily. "Vana...how can you prove it?"

Ling Shuang stepped aside, making way for him.

At this moment, on Wang Can's arm, the flocculent core of the third-order parasitic spore swayed gently in the air, as if sniffing out something.

"I will plant the mark of slavery."

Vana was unwilling, but remembering the slave mark he could easily break through, he lowered his head.

"Vana agrees."

Then, the Night Demon Mother let out a long, low hiss, and closed her eyes.

Wang Can took a deep breath and held the parasitic spore to the front of the thickest anterior contact of the mother plant.

The purple light patterns on the back of his hand lit up, gradually synchronizing with the pulsating frequency of the spore core.

The dark purple, fluffy core seemed to have caught the scent of its prey, and suddenly shot out from the plant, leaving an almost invisible purple afterimage in the air before sticking directly to the surface of the mother plant's tentacles.

Then it crawled inside along the tentacles!

The mother's tentacles twitched suddenly.

Vana let out a suppressed growl, its massive body trembling violently, its tentacles slapping uncontrollably against the shore, splashing up large amounts of water.

The surrounding residents immediately retreated in terror.

Vana never expected this.

This is completely different from the slave marks of ranchers!

The spore core rapidly migrates into the cranial cavity within the spore, releasing countless fine, hair-like purple hyphae along the way, which spread and diffuse along the neurons.

"Fire Seed, you lied to me!"

Ling Shuang simply pulled Wang Can back protectively.

Now, Wana doesn't even have the strength to get ashore.

Wang Can closed his eyes, a fine layer of sweat beading on his forehead, and the purple light patterns on the back of his hand flashed intensely.

Zhang Mu and I stared at the parasitism progress bar jumping on the lord panel, our palms sweating profusely.

[Parasitization progress: 32%...51%...78%...]

The mother's struggles gradually weakened.

Its tentacles no longer slapped the water's surface, but instead drooped limply onto the lake shore.

The orc's head began to glow with a faint purple light.

[Parasite progress: 99%, destroying host's consciousness!]

The mother's body suddenly arched, as if an invisible electric current had pierced through her entire spine.

It let out a shrill cry that was almost a mournful wail, then its whole body suddenly stiffened and crashed heavily onto the lake beach.