Death Train: SSS-level talent right from the start!

"Don't go near those cocoons."

Chen Ye walked at the front of the group, his eyes sweeping over the cocoons of varying sizes on both sides. His strong physique made him fearless of these facehuggers.

However, the other members of the team don't have 30 points of constitution. If they get facehugged by a facehugger, they'll need to use a recovery potion to heal their injuries, even if they don't die.

If this triggers a chain reaction that causes a large number of facehuggers to emerge from their cocoons, that would be a very troublesome situation.

Even with a difficulty level of one and a half stars, it was still quite dangerous for Qin Zhaoyang and his group of level 4 players.

"I get goosebumps just looking at facehuggers."

Wang Shuo shifted the axe from his right shoulder to his left, turning his gaze away from a cocoon the size of a bucket.

"Then you're in luck. Since this place is called the Insect Nest, you must find all sorts of strange and unusual insects here."

Li Zheng made a joke.

The six people walked slowly along the street amidst the ruins.

The buildings on both sides of the road became increasingly dense, transforming from low bungalows into three- or four-story buildings, but without exception, they were all completely covered by those dark green vines.

The number of cocoons on the ground is decreasing, from scattered to almost invisible.

"There are no more cocoons ahead."

Zhao Hai looked ahead at a relatively open area.

That area is a piece of land.

"If there are no cocoons, there are most likely other insects present. Be careful."

Chen Ye led the way forward, his steps becoming lighter, but his pace did not slow down.

The others were also on guard, cautiously observing their surroundings.

Suddenly, a mound of earth rose up from the ground behind the group, sending gravel and dirt flying in all directions.

A huge white worm emerged from the ground, about two meters long and as thick as a bucket, like a maggot magnified countless times.

Its body is translucent milky white, and you can see the outlines of dark organs inside slowly wriggling. It has no eyes, no nose, no limbs, only a large, round mouth at the very front of its body.

That mouth was filled with sharp teeth.

The rings of sharp teeth, from the outside in, become smaller and denser with each ring, like a sophisticated meat grinder. The tips of the teeth point inward, and once something is swallowed, it can never come out again.

The worm emerged from the soil less than three meters away from Qin Zhaoyang.

The large, round mouth was aimed at Qin Zhaoyang. Its body arched in the air like a compressed spring, and then it suddenly shot out.

Qin Zhaoyang turned around just as the worm broke through the soil, and he saw the large, round mouth covered with sharp teeth rapidly enlarging in his field of vision.

The distance was less than two meters.

But Qin Zhaoyang didn't run. He had already raised the Swiftwind Crossbow, and the blue light on the crossbow arm was rapidly flowing. Three short arrows were ready to be fired in the crossbow groove.

Then he pulled the trigger.

"Explosive Arrow!"

The moment the skill was activated, Qin Zhaoyang could clearly feel 10 points of his internal energy being drained.

The power surged from his chest, traveled along his arm to his wrist, and then flowed from his wrist into the arm of the Gale Crossbow.

Three short arrows were fired in quick succession.

The arrow was enveloped in a pale red halo the moment it left the crossbow arm.

The halo burned on the arrow's surface, like three flames compressed to their extreme, tearing through the air and emitting a sharp screech.

The first arrow pierced the worm's mouth.

The arrow pierced the soft flesh of the upper jaw, and a pale red halo exploded the moment it made contact with the target.

"boom--!"

The explosion reverberated through the empty street, its muffled sound like a muffled thunderclap.

A fist-sized hole was blasted open in the worm's mandibles, and milky white liquid spurted out from the wound, making a hissing, corrosive sound as it splashed onto the ground.

The second arrow followed immediately and pierced the same spot.

"boom--!"

Another explosion.

This explosion blasted the fist-sized hole into a bowl-sized one.

Milky white liquid gushed out like water from a burst dam, the worm's body convulsed violently, and its gaping maw opened and closed repeatedly, spraying blood.

The third arrow pierced deep into the worm's throat.

"boom--!"

The explosion came from inside the worm, the muffled sound deeper than the previous two, as the explosive arrow detonated inside.

Milky white liquid and bits of meat splashed in all directions.

The system's notification box flashed past him.

Qin Zhaoyang stood still, the Gale Crossbow still in his hand. Then he lowered his head, looking at the milky white liquid and bits of flesh on the ground. The corners of his mouth slowly curved into an uncontrollable arc.

He turned to Chen Ye: "Brother Ye! Did you see that? Three arrows! Three arrows and it killed one!"

This was his first time killing a monster head-on, and he was quite excited.

"I saw it, I saw it, don't get excited, there's more underground."

Chen Ye's voice came from the front.

Qin Zhaoyang's smile froze on his face.

His gaze shifted from Chen Ye to the surrounding ground.

Ten meters ahead of the group, a mound of earth rose up from the ground.

Five meters to the left of the group, a crack appeared in the ground, and milky white liquid seeped out from the crack.

Eight meters to the right of the group, a whole stone slab was lifted up from below, suspended in mid-air for a moment, and then crashed heavily to the ground with a dull thud.

One after another, burrowing worms emerged from the soil.

They were about the same size as the first one, about two meters long, with bodies as thick as buckets, translucent milky white skin, no eyes or nose, only a large round mouth with rings of sharp teeth inside.

In less than a minute, at least a dozen worms emerged from different directions and surrounded the six people.

Mounds of earth continued to appear on the ground.

"Prepare for battle, wipe out these bugs."

Chen Ye finished speaking.

The first worm lunged at us from the front, its large, round mouth wide open, its sharp teeth rotating in circles, like a meat grinder in motion.

Chen Ye watched as the mouth rapidly magnified in his field of vision.

He didn't dodge; he pulled his right fist back and rotated his waist and hips.

No need for heavy artillery.

With 30 points of base strength and constitution, normal attacks are sufficient to deal with ordinary monsters of this level one and a half.

The fist slammed into the worm's mouth, exiting through the back of its head, leaving behind a spray of milky white liquid and fragments of shattered organs.

The worm's body stiffened abruptly, its large mouth remaining open, but its teeth had stopped turning.

Chen Ye withdrew his fist, flicked his wrist, and shook off the milky white liquid clinging to it. The worm's teeth, which resembled a meat grinder, couldn't even scratch Chen Ye's skin.

The worm's corpse lay limp on the ground, twitched twice, and then remained still.

Kill the burrowing worm, score +20.

The system notification flashed before his eyes.

The second worm has already pounced from the left.

Chen Ye turned to the side, pushed off the ground with his right foot, spun half a circle, and threw his left fist from below, hitting the worm's lower jaw.

"Bang--!"

A muffled thud.

The worm's body was thrown upwards by the punch, its head rising nearly ninety degrees. Its entire body continued to rush forward due to inertia, flipping once in the air before crashing to the ground and rolling half a circle before coming to a stop.

Milky white liquid gushed from the broken cervical vertebrae, pooling on the ground.

Chen Ye did not look at the worm again.

He turned around to face the third one.