Chapter 200 - 134: Initial and Complete Parasitism! Disobedient? Execute on the Spot

Chapter 200: Chapter 134: Initial and Complete Parasitism! Disobedient? Execute on the Spot

No matter how they grew, they could only ever be considered the weakest of Extraordinary Creatures.

Of course.

This was just based on the current situation. No one could guarantee that these damned things didn’t have other paths to evolution.

For instance, if the Bloodthirsty Vines inside several Parasites merged, their combined power could trigger a qualitative leap.

What’s more, they possessed terrifying growth potential. They could continuously evolve by mimicking their hosts’ behavior and learning human thought processes!

You could say that the Bloodthirsty Vine’s growth rate was entirely dependent on how much energy the host could provide.

Given enough time, their potential would be limitless...

But for now, their threat and power weren’t too high.

If all the Bloodthirsty Vines in the school were like the ones just now,

Never mind Qi Zhen and the Blade-Limbed Assassin Insect, even Ning Yu, the lowest-level Transcendent present, could probably handle them without much trouble.

At most, there would only be a risk of getting injured.

The root cause was that the Life Energy these ordinary students could provide was too limited, restricting the Bloodthirsty Vine’s growth.

Even so, these parasitic vines were definitely not something the ordinary people from the Fishing Club could handle!

To deal with them, a Transcendent had to take action.

The only troublesome part was that the parasitic Bloodthirsty Vines were too stealthy. If they didn’t reveal themselves, they were almost impossible to detect under normal circumstances.

But thankfully, his side had more than one way to find them...

"Ah Jun, we’re counting on you to find the people who have been parasitized by the vines."

Xu Jun smiled and nodded. "Don’t worry, Brother Chong. Leave it to me!"

Chen Chong looked down at the Lion-headed Goose in his arms and gently stroked its head. "And you. You’ll have to run around outside with us for the next couple of days, too."

GAA—

The Lion-headed Goose cried out, straining its throat.

Its voice was listless, full of reluctance, and even held a hint of protest.

Clearly, it would rather stay at their residence and patrol its territory than run around outside.

But this small protest was completely useless against Chen Chong.

The team only had a few methods to accurately pinpoint the Parasites. To maximize efficiency, not a single one could be wasted.

Xu Jun’s scent tracking was one, and the Perception Ability the Lion-headed Goose unexpectedly awakened after devouring a Vine Core was the second.

’As for myself... the only reason I was able to sense that Parasite’s attack earlier was due to the sense of crisis from my beast-like intuition.’

’But the trigger condition for this ability is quite demanding. I can only sense something when the other party reveals their killing intent and poses a threat to me.’

’Moreover, the perception range is rather vague; I can only determine a general location.’

’When that young man attacked, his killing intent was completely exposed, which maxed out the sense of crisis from my beast-like intuition.’

’But that girl was pretending the entire time, showing no hint of aggression, so my beast-like intuition wasn’t triggered at all.’

’I was only able to lock onto her thanks to the Lion-headed Goose’s signal.’

’If I want to use my own abilities to lock onto a Parasite, I need to use the Identification Skill.’

’This ability’s precision is even more reliable than Xu Jun’s or the Lion-headed Goose’s...’

’But trying to screen the thousands of people in the school with the Identification Skill is completely unrealistic!’

’Using the Identification Skill consumes Spiritual Power every time. Even with my rapid recovery, with a Spiritual Power regeneration rate far exceeding an ordinary person’s, it’s impossible to use it on thousands of people one by one.’

’If I really tried to do that, forget whether my Spiritual Power could take it, I wouldn’t have any time left for anything else...’

So from the very beginning, Chen Chong had made up his mind. He would only use the Identification Skill on the people he knew best and trusted most, ensuring no one on his team was parasitized by a Bloodthirsty Vine and guaranteeing their absolute safety.

As for everyone else in the school, he would leave them to Xu Jun and the Lion-headed Goose, who would lead the others to screen them one by one.

As for how to deal with the Parasites after finding them...

Chen Chong had already reached a conclusion.

Through his few encounters with the Bloodthirsty Vine, combined with his observations using the Identification Skill on the two Parasites earlier, he had figured out something about the creature’s parasitic state.

Broadly speaking, it could be divided into two stages... preliminary parasitism and complete parasitism.

Preliminary parasitism was like a seed that had just taken root and sprouted in the host’s body. The vine was still immature and hadn’t completely taken over the host’s body, only drawing power from a corner within.

Although there was no way to remove the vine yet, at this stage, they could try to find a way to suppress it.

First, stabilize the vine’s growth and prevent it from further eroding the host.

Once a solution was found later, they could remove it, which would likely save the host’s life.

Whether out of camaraderie with his schoolmates or because of the preciousness of human resources at present, Chen Chong didn’t want to easily give up on anyone who could still be saved.

But if they encountered a student who had been completely parasitized....

Then there would be no room for discussion.

The only way was to kill them on the spot to eliminate any future threat!

It didn’t matter if these people had their minds completely controlled by the Bloodthirsty Vine, turned into puppets like the walking dead.

Or if the vine was lying dormant inside, completely unnoticed by the host.

Once they reached the stage of complete parasitism, there was no turning back.

Chen Chong still remembered the scene he saw when he used the Identification Skill to inspect that girl earlier...

Her internal organs, torso, and limbs were already covered in dense vines.

These vines had spread to every corner of her body like blood vessels and meridians. There was even a small segment of a Vine Core entrenched inside her skull!