Above The Sky
Chapter 300 - 300 283 Brain-Eater Matron 33 w words update!_2

300: Chapter 283: Brain-Eater Matron (3/3, w words update!)_2 300: Chapter 283: Brain-Eater Matron (3/3, w words update!)_2 The sound of gunfire ahead intensified, and from below, the tumultuous roar of a waterfall could be heard along with the tremors of a giant creature moving rapidly.

The group hastened their pace forward.

The river’s current was not fast, but it had several tributaries flowing toward a crack in the side and tumbling down as waterfalls.

It was from this ravine that the sounds of battle emanated.

Upon reaching the ravine and looking down from their high vantage point, Ian and the others could see a fierce battle unfolding at the narrow bottom of the ravine.

The menacing Giant Golden Centipede charged, causing the cliffs to rumble and the faces of the Fiery Flame Land soldiers, who were forming a defensive line and pouring out firepower, to turn pale.

They were alternating fire from three portable Alchemical Cannons in an attempt to suppress the advance of the Giant Golden Centipede—but to little effect.

The centipede’s weight and armor were too hefty, making it truly difficult to halt.

What actually prevented the Giant Golden Centipede from advancing were the combined attacks of two Sublimators.

A Sublimator from the Crimson People wielded a continuously rotating, high-pressure longsword, targeting the blade-like leg joints of the Giant Golden Centipede relentlessly hindering its steps.

They had already knocked off several of its blade feet.

But the sheer number of blade feet was a tragic figure for all the attackers, for if the Giant Golden Centipede targeted even slightly, that Crimson People Sublimator would face imminent peril.

Meanwhile, a nun from the Spiritual Tool Church was operating a massive alchemical machine gun and firing a barrage of Origin Quality bullets like a fiery maelstrom.

The super-high-temperature explosive thermal streams were constantly locked onto the single eye atop the Giant Golden Centipede’s head, forcing the steel behemoth to keep evading.

“Is that a maintenance machine for clearing blockages?”

Upon seeing the Giant Golden Centipede, both Master Gossay and Yisen Gard had solemn expressions, while Ian alone appeared curious, “Looking at the drill armaments on its arms, it seems intended for dispatch to clear the cooling exchange port passages, right?

The thing on its back is the cockpit…

indeed, the pilot has been parasitized by a Brain-Eating Parasite.”

The lethal blade feet and sharp scales of the Giant Golden Centipede, as well as that destructive drill, were originally tools for clearing mountain collapses and large pipeline blockages.

It could transform itself into a drill or even a mini tunnel-boring machine, cutting a path through various sediments or biological waste blockages just like an earthworm would clear various difficult obstructions.

Clearly, however, this former maintenance tool had been turned into a war machine, and facing this Giant Golden Centipede, capable of boring through mountains, was extremely difficult for the Fiery Flame Land soldiers, even though it lacked any additional armament.

“Who’s there?!”

Engaged fiercely in battle with the Giant Golden Centipede, the platoon leader suddenly sensed something.

He looked up toward the top of the ravine, and his heat-sensitive vision allowed him to see Ian’s face clearly.

“It’s you?!

The little brat from the Sertar Empire, the one who killed my deputy!”

In an instant, old grudges and new hatred surged in his heart, and he gritted his teeth, “You dare to follow us here?!

Damn it, I should have killed you with all my might from the beginning!”

Despite the Giant Golden Centipede’s strength at the Second Energy Level, it lacked other weapons.

It was just sturdy and strong.

Faced with the well-prepared special forces of the Fiery Flame Land, it was an extremely difficult enemy, though not an insurmountable one.

But Ian and his companions were not only the enemies of their country; they were also their competitors in this exploration.

Under the pressures of anxiety and tension, he was beginning to speak without restraint.

Ian, of course, took this threat seriously.

He took out a Water Gun and aimed from a distance at the platoon leader and the formation behind.

Whirr!

The high-pressure stream of water shot downwards through the atmosphere.

Rather than aiming for the platoon leader, it struck one of the Fiery Flame Land soldiers operating an Alchemical Cannon, causing him to emit a heartrending scream.

The erosive water jet first pierced through his armor and then transformed into a blunt force water strike within the armor, laden with tremendous force, shattering his bones.

Bright red blood and viscera spewed from the soldier’s mouth as his chest and abdomen were completely crushed.

Without a word, Ian fired another shot.

This time, it hit the interior of an Alchemical Cannon.

The corrosive Corrosive Dragon Blood possessed by Yisen Gard corroded part of the cannon’s barrel.

Although the damage was small, it was enough to reduce the efficiency and accuracy of the cannon.

Afterward, he withdrew his hands and remained silent.

At this moment, Ian had already sensed that many parasitic beasts were approaching from afar.

The giant golden centipede must be the guardian of the worm nest’s gates, the defender of the rift valley that one must traverse to reach the cooling interchange.

Once it had engaged the intruders, the other guarding parasitic beasts from the nest would mobilize, converging upon this place to besiege the enemy.

“Now your firepower should be about right, do well to keep this repair mechanism and the subsequent parasites at bay.”

With a slight nod, Ian, along with Yisen Gard and Master Gossay, continued forward under the almost fiery glare of the battalion commander.

As they moved forward, the rumbling sounds of a stampede echoed from the depths of the rift valley, and the hungry, ferocious parasitic beasts were charging towards their target, a number far surpassing the sum of magical parasitic beasts Ian and the others had seen around the Giant Golden Mushroom Cave.

“Boy, with these numbers, slashing away would wear out one’s hand.”

Master Gossay remarked with an obvious schadenfreude in his tone—he had been young when the Sertar Empire and the Fiery Flame Countries waged their fourteen-year Silent War, and the old man had at least an indifference, if not quite a fondness, for the Fiery Flame Land.

Anyway, this wasn’t their trouble, and they continued on.

Before long, the end of the rift valley.

A dazzling light was flickering.

It was an extremely vast subterranean hollow, where a luminous blue river surged and tumbled, its banks crystallized with clusters of bright crystals emitting erratically flickering dim glows.

On both sides of the rift valley, streams converged, forming waterfalls and spraying mist into the air.

Intense radiation filled the area, and even the cavern walls were covered with colorful clusters of crystals, some of which were constructed into nest-like shapes, densely packed along both riverbanks.

That was the dwelling place of the parasitic beasts guarding the worm nest.

They fed on the nutrient-rich water of the River of Parasites and basked in the high concentration of radiation here.

The river was exceedingly hot, emitting very dense vapors that enveloped this bright and splendid area, dotted with radiation crystals of various colors.

Looking up, the three simultaneously let out a faint cry of amazement.

For behind the thick mist, there was a majestic, gigantic nest that shimmered with a metallic luster, resembling a termite mound, yet standing two hundred meters tall, practically a small mountain.

Both its upper and lower ends were shrouded in fog, and the river was gushing out from a waterwheel structure at the lower half of the nest, seemingly driving several waterwheel generators to produce electricity, making the entire worm nest twinkle with blue-green electrified light.

In the middle of the nest, a huge blue crystal prism stood erect, converging a continuous supply of stored electricity.

——No, not crystal.

Ian’s expression turned solemn as he raised his hand, activated the Silent Voice Ring, and then led the two into the shadows.

——That was a shell.

The massive crystal trembled slightly, appearing as if the edges of the prism were starting to come loose, revealing the soft, luminous flesh beneath, dotted with specks of radioactive glow and visible electric arcs flashing across it.

——This was the shell of the Brain-Eater Bug Nest Queen.