Inside the Plague Leader's body, Lin could only see darkness. She was surrounded by tube-like structures that were covered with large amounts of mycelium. The Fusers were swimming through the tubes with seawater.
However, there were constant cracking sounds coming from the surroundings, and it seemed like the whole place was constantly shaking.
Lin felt that this feeling was very obvious ….
Boom! Suddenly, following a muffled explosion, the head separated from the Plague Leader's neck and floated to the surface of the sea.
Some of the Fusers who hadn't dived into the Plague Leader's body saw what happened. A layer of hardened purple shell covered the Plague Leader's severed neck, seemingly preventing water from entering. The Plague Leader was like a giant headless creature that retreated step by step into the depths of the sea.
The severed head floated to the surface of the sea. The Fused One, including Rin, noticed that the internal structure of the severed head had begun to self-dissolve. The cells inside the severed head began to disintegrate, releasing a large amount of dissolving fluid. In just a few seconds, the severed head had dissolved into a layer of oddly colored grease on the surface of the sea. Rin didn't even have the time to observe the internal structure of the severed head.
It was a smart move, but Lin didn't know if the Plague Leader had a self-dissolving mechanism, or if it was deliberately self-dissolving to prevent Lin from understanding it …
But now that the Plague Leader had lost its head, it couldn't attack anymore. Its gigantic body was motionless in the sea. But Lin wouldn't let go of this opportunity. All the Fused Creatures swam towards the Plague Leader. If they were on land, the Fused Creatures wouldn't stand a chance. It would take a long time to kill such a large creature. But now, they were in the sea. All they needed to do was to get water into the Plague Leader's body and they could easily kill it.
"Gurgle …"
The Plague Leader seemed to have sensed something. It took large steps and continued to retreat. Each of its heavy steps stirred up sand on the seabed, scaring away the fish hiding in it.
Then, the Plague Leader began to sway its body back and forth. A strong current spread from its body. The small Fusers were instantly blown away by the strong current. They couldn't get close to the Plague Leader.
Furthermore, it continued to sway. Looking at a creature without a head and only two legs swaying back and forth in the water, it was really a strange feeling.
Since that was the case, Lin felt that she didn't need to pay any attention to it and only needed to monitor it from here. Right now, the Plague Chieftain didn't have much attack power, and it was on the surface of the sea, so the battle seemed to have paused. The plague fungus army was almost blocked by the wall of fire, unable to advance, and could only rely on aerial attacks. However, under Lin's bombardment, no troop could get close.
The fungus was attacking the island with all its might, but Lin's attention was elsewhere.
In the distance, another army was approaching the Five Plague Isles. They had moved out before the battle and circled behind the fungus army. Now, Lin had found the island where the intelligent leader was most likely to be hiding.
She mainly relied on information. If it was the brain of a branched species, it would rely on certain methods to command the troopers, such as smells or electrical currents. Furthermore, Lin had managed to detect which island had the most information. On the third island, the troopers used to detect a strange smell that was continuously being emitted outside the island.
And so, this was the place. A large number of troops slowly approached the edge of the island …
The vanguard of the troops was a new trooper called the 'Assassins'. As the name suggested, they were here to assassinate the 'brain' of the fungus.
They climbed onto the island from the edge of the beach and used their color-changing ability to avoid the 'gaze' of the fungus as they silently advanced on the third island.
The ground here was covered in mycelium. Just like the fungus island, these fungi no longer had the ability to infect, instead, they had grown large mushroom structures that coexisted with algae to absorb light energy. Now, the island was littered with broken fungal sacs, and almost all of the fungus monsters had joined the battle …
However, there was one exception. Lin called it the 'Megalosaurus'. This creature looked like a reptile, with a body length of half a meter. Its eyes were especially large, and its eyesight was well-developed. They usually hid under the wide mushroom umbrellas, and one could see them constantly looking around, as if to see if there were any intruders in their surroundings.
Lin's Assassins moved between the mushrooms at a slow pace to avoid attracting attention. The Assassins were 1.5 meters long, only slightly larger than the Predators. They also looked similar to the Predators, but they were equipped with a lot of 'hidden weapons' that could be used to instantly kill their targets.
The Assassins headed towards the direction where the smell was the strongest. Lin had a feeling that the smell was constantly being emitted from the center of the island.
The island wasn't big, so the Hitman Walker quickly approached the center of the island. Lin hadn't seen this place before, because in the center of the island, there were several large mushrooms that were constantly spraying a purple mist into the air. The entire area was shrouded in purple mist, making it hard to see from high up in the sky. But after entering, the Hitman Walker found that the mist wasn't too thick.
After entering the purple mist, the Assassins closed their breathing holes and used the oxygen stored in their bodies to breathe. The mist contained a lot of bacterial dust, and the ground here was similar to before. Mycelium was everywhere, but there were no large mushrooms growing here. It was more like an empty space.
If there was a creature with high intelligence, it would be hiding in a hole, not outside … Wait, what was that?
On a piece of flat ground, Lin saw a tentacle-like protrusion that was about two meters tall. It was very conspicuous in the empty space around it … not only was it conspicuous in terms of sight, it was also conspicuous in terms of smell. This tentacle was emitting a large amount of scent, and Lin could even feel some sort of electrical signal.
Lin had the Assassins spread out and surround the tentacle. One of the Assassins slowly walked over and poked the tentacle with its claw.
The moment the claw touched it, the tentacle shrank back into the ground with a 'whoosh'.
"Caw!" Countless cries suddenly came from the mushroom trees around the empty space. It was the sound of the large-eyed dragons crawling under the mushroom umbrellas. They jumped down from the mushroom umbrellas and rushed towards the center of the empty space in groups.
"Caw …?" But after they rushed in, all they saw was an empty space. They didn't find anything …
The Assassins' camouflage ability allowed them to blend into their surroundings. They could even mimic smells and other methods. Perhaps the fungi should control a creature that used echolocation to find them.
Although the large-eyed dragons hadn't seen the enemy, they still didn't leave. They stayed still around the empty space.
Lin ignored them. Just now, the Hitman Walker had used its claws to stab the tentacle and released a miniature soldier inside. It tried to locate the tentacle and found that the tentacle had shrunk to a depth of nearly 30 meters.
The hole it left behind after it went in was just big enough for one Assassin to pass through. Lin had the Assassins slowly walk towards the hole in front of the large-eyed dragons. Even though they were moving, they didn't seem to notice.
The Assassins crawled into the hole in the tentacle one by one. It was quite narrow inside, so they could only line up to enter. But this kind of passage would become more and more spacious towards the end …
This was …
After about 30 meters, the Assassins entered a spacious space. Because it was very dark, Lin had one of the Assassins send out an echo to explore the surroundings …
"Tap." When the echoes echoed throughout the cave, the assassins discovered something that shocked Lin … inside the cave, there were actually three … heads!
The Plague Leader's head. The echo perfectly transmitted their appearance into Lin's mind. They were exactly the same as the ones she saw at sea. Even their sizes were the same.
However, these heads were placed horizontally on the ground. In other words, they didn't seem to be connected to the body. Was the Plague Leader really created? And it was created separately?
The Assassins slowly moved within the Plague Leader's head and explored deeper. At the same time, Lin had a few Assassins crawl into the Plague Leader's' mouth 'to take a look. They found that it was just a hardened tunnel. There was nothing special about it.
These were probably 'unfinished products'. Perhaps the body was the main body, and the head was just a launcher.
However, this cave wasn't big enough to accommodate the body. Lin didn't know where the body was created …
"Tap, tap." Suddenly, an unidentified white object appeared in the echo image. Anything Lin had never seen before would appear white.
It seemed to be a huge creature. The lower half of its body was rather large, dragging on the ground like a fat worm. There were eight pairs of appendages around the abdomen for movement. The upper half of its body stood tall, and there were three pairs of sharp claws around its body.
This creature looked very strange. Based on its body shape, it looked like a queen of the branched species. However, it had many combat limbs, and there was only one of them here. Lin didn't know if it was a highly intelligent creature controlled by the plague fungus. However, the smell and electrical signals were constantly being emitted from the tentacles on its head …
Since that was the case, Lin Sanjiu decided to take care of it first …
There were 30 Assassins in total. Lin had them spread out and extended a pair of slender limbs. At the end of these limbs was a small spike with an opening. Inside the spike was a powerful toxin called 'fungal disintegrant'. It could break the connection between the fungus and the infected creature, disintegrating the mycelium inside.
The Assassins shot without making any sound. The small spike quickly pierced through the darkness and pierced the creature's fat abdomen.
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