Vol 2 Chapter 75: Atonement: Faun (24)

"We want you to take us to a new world."
The sounds approaching from all directions could not be distinguished from the source, nor could I see where the vocal organs were on the queen below. Ethan frowned, cleared his throat, and asked loudly again, "What new world? I don't understand what you mean."
"The new world, your world." At the same time as the voice was rippling, a huge worm tail suddenly rose from the ground, and the strong wind and waves almost swept Ethan down the cliff. However, the male who was climbing on the stone pillar closest to Ethan seemed to have no intentions, just lay the giant tail across the cliff, as if waiting for Ethan to set foot on it.
Of course Ethan didn't want to touch the disgusting fat skin, but the other party did not intend to remove the tail for a long time. He had to tentatively stretched out his foot to step on, and the shoes quickly fell into the limp flesh. The giant tail moved again and dropped straight down until it was only ten meters away from the worm queen in the abyss before it stopped. From this perspective, the queen's huge and hot body below is like a rolling mountain, and the stench is getting stronger. He quickly covered his nose with his cuffs, and his entire face wrinkled.
Suddenly, Ethan saw a change in the body of the worm queen Scarlet Mingjie below. In the thickest part of its body, the thin skin began to stretch toward both sides, as if mucous membranes were gradually torn apart from the middle. A cloud of steam jetted out from its body quickly, and the squirming gel-like skin and flesh underneath separated to the two sides, exposing tens of thousands of dense green spherical objects.
If you look closely, the are about the size of a tennis ball and look like a frog egg. The center of the glowing-green translucent sphere is surrounded by rustling black dots. They are soaked in blood-red mucus and fat, trembling and flowing as the body of the giant worm rises and falls.
This is their eggs... No wonder they say that this planet is too crowded. If every egg will eventually hatch into a giant worm, then it would be normal for this planet to be hollowed out...
Ethan thought of the declaration they saw at the entrance of the temple: You wait for the beginning of the nightmare. Is it really an exaggeration?
If it was the previous self, in front of such a disgusting and terrifying scene, he would probably faint in shock.
"Take our descendants to the earth to welcome the coming of God." The childish voice sounded again, and now Ethan saw that when the giant worm queen spoke, what organs would be in the translucent body in the distance Shaking in rustling. I think that is its vocal organ.
Why doesn't it sound from the front mouth like other males and giant worms or worker insects? Or... it has no mouth at all?
Ethan sneered, "Take your eggs to the earth, so will the earth be hollowed out?"
"Your world is already barren. Your race destroyed your own world."
"Since it is already a world that is about to be destroyed, why are you still going?"
"We are devout believers of God, please don't question our faith."
Ethan raised his eyebrows strangely. When did he question the belief of these disgusting bugs in their "god"?
"We are going to prepare, the gate of heaven is about to open..." a weird voice came from the body of the giant worm, as if many individuals were speaking at the same time, "We will assist you and get everything ready. Wait...wait ..."
"I don't understand what you are talking about. But if I refuse to bring your eggs back to Earth, will you kill us?" Ethan asked.
The Worm Queen was silent for a while, as if she didn't quite understand what he meant, "Why refuse?"
Ethan almost doubts whether these bugs are so-called higher races... "Isn’t the truth very simple, every time you go to a planet, you will hollow out that planet and accelerate its death. Although there is not much left on the earth to save But I still have a love for hometown after all, as a human being on earth."
The body of the worm queen squirmed, and the eggs also surging out a small wave in its body, "Eternity is about to end, and the sleeping king is about to wake up... Everything will return to endless chaos, that is the ultimate home."
Ethan realized that the other party was actually reasoning with him, did he want to persuade him to believe in their religion?
This is really beyond his expectation.
Could it be that it can sense the mutated genes in its own body? Does it know that it is not actually a human being on earth, so it wants to win over itself?
But something is still wrong... these bugs are too polite to him. According to their brutal treatment of humans he had seen before, they have not even touched his finger until now.
Eternity is about to end, and the sleeping king is about to wake up. This sentence is like a curse, and you can hear it everywhere.
"Sorry, I don't believe your great wise man. I don't want to be a sinner on the entire planet."
"You are already a sinner."
"..." Ethan was speechless for a while with the decisive assertion. He didn't expect that the other party would even know whether he was a human...
A faint sigh was heard in the ear, as if the elders would only sigh when they were facing the ignorant children, "If you don't help us expand, the four humans will become food."
Ethan didn't understand the crappy words at first, but after a little thought, he understood.
If he disagrees, Samuel and the four of them will be eaten by its heirs.
To be honest, he was not surprised at all. What makes him wonder is why it didn't threaten him so much in the first place.
Ethan calmly looked around, looking at this huge underground wormhole. The males all extended their front ends in his direction, making a certain threatening posture.
"You are not afraid that although you forced me to agree, I will destroy all your eggs when I leave here?" Ethan asked curiously.
"You won't." The voice said softly, "Because you don't kill friends."
Ethan's expression changed suddenly, "What do you mean!"

Samus knew that he had lost consciousness for a short time. The last thing he remembered was seeing the huge worm open its huge mouth and press it down against him and Schneider. However, when he opened his eyes, he found that the worms were just surrounding them in the distance, and they didn't come forward. And the greatest horror worm was gone.
He couldn't be sure for a moment whether he was alive or dead.
His body was very sticky. He looked down and found that the clothes were soaked and covered with a thick layer of mucus. When he raised his hand, he even pulled out silk threads, which was very disgusting.
The strange thing is that the mucus does not contain any acid, and there is no discomfort. He raised his head and found that Schneider, who was next to him, still had his eyes closed and his whole body was sticky, with broken hair sticking to his cheeks, a little more fragile than usual. Not far from them, both Sergeant and Stan stared at them in shock.
"Are you not dead?" Stan asked unexpectedly.
"What happened?" Samuel asked.
The sergeant said weakly, "You were swallowed by that very big bug, and then vomited out again... We thought you were dead."
Samus turned around and shook Schneider, who woke up with a low groan. His eyes became clearer and clearer, and the same confused expression as Samuel was revealed.
"We...not dead?" Schneider asked uncertainly.
"It doesn't look like..."
Samus helped Schneider to stand up cautiously. The four of them were still surrounded by countless twisted and twisted worms on a small island in the middle, but they seemed to be unable to see them, twisting their front end. Intertwined into a mess. But when Samus tried to get close to them, those front ends suddenly rose up, opening his mouth like a demonstration against Samus, revealing rows of fangs that spread deep into his throat like a whirlpool.
The light on the laser gun was as weak as a flame that would be extinguished by the wind at any time, swaying and flickering. In addition, their hearts beat up and down with the light.
"Now...what the is going on?" Samuel asked Schneider in a low voice. The latter did not speak, probably because he did not answer either.
But at this moment, the overwhelming worms suddenly moved at the same time. Samuel thought they were finally about to attack, but he didn't expect the worms to wriggle their bodies and retreat quickly like a tide. They climbed along the stone pillars to the dome, or climbed up the high wall to get into the wormhole, and disappeared completely within a few minutes.
Then, after about ten minutes, just as the four of them were hesitating about what would happen, a shout suddenly came from the darkness.
"Samuel!"
Samuel quickly picked up the laser gun and directed it towards the direction of the sound. The faint light faintly shone a black figure at the entrance of the huge cave.
Listen to that voice, is it Ethan?
Schneider also became nervous, holding a dagger in his hand, "Be careful... we can't be sure if it is Ethan."
Samuel nodded and walked slowly towards the figure with the gun in his hand, "Ethan? Is that you?"
The figure also climbed down from the entrance of the cave a little awkwardly and walked quickly in their direction. A pale face gradually entered the light, the lens reflected the light, and the eyes could not be seen clearly.
"Samuel, it's me."
Samuel was generally relieved when he collapsed, lowered the gun slightly, went up and punched Ethan in the shoulder, "Where the are you!!! I thought you had turned into worm shit!"
When you get closer, you can see Ethan's concerned green eyes looking up and down at him, and then at Schneider who is a step behind him, "Are you all right?"
"Except for being eaten by a disgusting big worm and vomiting it out, and then the soldier's arm over there was so bad that the maggots were cut off by us, everything else was fine." Samus said dryly, and grabbed it. Looked up and down over Ethan's shoulder.
Unexpectedly, Ethan's condition turned out to be the best among them, and there was not even a scratch.
Schneider squinted slightly suspiciously.
Ethan pursed his lips and did not make any extra comments. He just said in a calm voice, "Come on, leave here first."
Samuel was taken aback, "Leave? Have you found your way?"
Ethan nodded.
Schneider furrowed his brows deeper, "You found your way out in that cave? Didn't you encounter bugs?"
"There is a fork in the cave, maybe I was lucky." Ethan said blankly and cut short, "Are you coming?"
So Schneider carried Stan on his back again, and Samuel helped the sergeant and followed Ethan into the cave where the giant worm was infested. The light on the laser gun illuminates the horizontal stripes spreading on the ground, walls and ceiling of the cave. Occasionally, the smooth reflection of the rock makes the entire cave look evil and secluded. Ethan led the way and spoke very little along the way, but occasionally looked back to confirm that Samuel was still behind him.
And Samuel looked at the erratic back in front of him, and felt that Ethan had become a little mysterious.
Where has he been, for six hours? Why didn't he encounter the big worm, why did the worms suddenly retreat before Ethan appeared?
Is this person who looks like Ethan really Ethan?
Could it be that a certain monster put on Ethan's skin in the dark to lure them?
There are indeed many forks in the dark cave, but Ethan is very skilled and seems to have already walked this way. They gradually felt that they were climbing, and their panting became heavier. Especially Schneider, who carried Stan's weight on his body and his face was pale with exhaustion.
Samuel looked at him, suddenly feeling so painful, so he asked, "Should I change with you?"
"...No need."
It wasn't until they saw the light that the doubt about Ethan completely disappeared. Samuel cheered, and his whole body jumped for joy. They drilled out of a narrow space hidden under the roots of the tree. Outside was a cluster of shrubs glowing with purple light in the dark night. Although the cold air was still very humid, it was compared to the underground. The lingering rancid smell is already very open and fresh. Several of them were limp on the ground covered with thick moss, breathing the flowing air greedily.
And the communicator, which had no signal, suddenly seemed to have finally woke up, and resumed work.
The sergeant hurriedly reported their approximate location, and soon a rescue plane would arrive on the nearby hills to meet them. They will be saved soon.
Only Ethan didn't have a slight smile on his face, his lips pressed tightly, his eyes shifting between Samuel and Schneider.
The words of the Worm Queen still echoed in his mind.
"My eggs are parasitic in your friend's body."
The author has something to say:
The Faun star chapter is finally over~ The collection almost never rises when there is no list... Blue thin shiitake mushrooms...
Then I will be very very busy the next week (the jet lag party does not have holidays), the update may slow down, I hope everyone understands...