Chapter 257 - 158: The Security Guard is Parasitized

Chapter 257: Chapter 158: The Security Guard is Parasitized

As the two walked into the room, a scream rang out, followed by the commotion of tables and chairs being overturned.

But soon, everything fell quiet, as if nothing had happened...

As time ticked by, the door opened again ten minutes later.

The security guard and the student from before walked out together.

Outwardly, the two of them looked no different.

But if someone who knew the guard well were to look closely, they would notice that his normally laid-back demeanor was now unnaturally stiff.

Standing in the hallway, the security guard’s neck twitched uncontrollably a few times.

His mouth hung slightly open, and deep within his throat, a vine was slowly extending...

His gaze first swept toward the traditional Chinese medicine room, then lifted to look upstairs. His lips trembled again, as if he were adjusting to something.

A hoarse voice squeezed out of his mouth.

"Chen Chong... seventh floor."

By reading the security guard’s memories, the Bloodthirsty Vine learned everything he had experienced.

This included fragments of Chen Chong exchanging for a house and supplies right after he transmigrated, as well as the guard’s own memories of seeing Chen Chong leave in the morning and return at dusk...

More importantly, it had pinpointed where Chen Chong lived.

As it uttered the name, a smile stretched across the security guard’s face.

Immediately after, his expression began to shift constantly.

Jealousy, envy, desire, sorrow—all flickered across his face until it finally settled on bitter resentment.

It was as if it were clumsily mimicking the emotions a human should have,

searching for one that fit its current state of mind.

The memories of the Bloodthirsty Vines were all interconnected; every offshoot belonged to the Bloodthirsty Vine King.

Even if an offshoot was destroyed and the energy it absorbed couldn’t be reclaimed, its memories would still be transmitted back to the main body.

And the memories of the main body could also be shared with every offshoot.

Without a doubt, the Bloodthirsty Vine currently parasitizing the security guard’s body carried the memories of Chen Chong leading people to slaughter numerous Parasites in the plaza.

Its resentment toward this human, who had single-handedly destroyed the campus network it had spent days building, was intense to the extreme.

What’s more, its grudge with Chen Chong didn’t stop there.

Back in the Underground Cave, its attempt to parasitize the Blood-tooth Python, which had been on the verge of success, was thwarted by Chen Chong’s appearance.

And before that, there was the Unihorn Catfish.

If Chen Chong hadn’t killed it, the vine could have completely drained its power within two days at most and returned to the main body with the Vine Core.

Having missed the opportunity to advance to an S-Class Extraordinary Creature twice, the Bloodthirsty Vine already hated Chen Chong to its very core.

Relying on its own intelligence, coupled with the knowledge it had learned from humans over the past few days, it clearly understood the current survival situation on campus.

The humans were desperate for food and were struggling to build their own safe havens where they hoarded all their food and supplies. Chen Chong was no different...

If it wasn’t mistaken, the seventh floor was Chen Chong’s safe house, where all his resources were hidden.

And the group of people downstairs was also closely tied to him...

Glancing upstairs, then back toward the traditional Chinese medicine room, a different idea sprouted in the Bloodthirsty Vine’s mind.

As a highly intelligent Extraordinary Creature infinitely close to S-Class, it could sense that Chen Chong’s power was also within the A-Level range.

Although this was its first time encountering an Extraordinary being in human form, it knew from the memories of other parasitized students that humans were different from most Extraordinary Creatures. They preferred to hide valuable things in their nests rather than consuming them on the spot.

’Chen Chong has only been here for half a month, yet he’s already grown into an A-Level Transcendent. He must have a secret.’

’Perhaps his nest contains something that can rapidly boost one’s Extraordinary Energy.’

In fact, using its own abilities, the Bloodthirsty Vine did indeed sense fluctuations of Extraordinary Energy from upstairs.

’If I can invade his nest and seize that Extraordinary Energy, maybe I can make up for my previous losses.’

’At the same time, I can destroy his nest and kill everyone associated with him...’

For creatures like the Bloodthirsty Vine and the Blood-tooth Python, no matter how high their intelligence, their base logic never changes.

When they hate another creature, besides killing it, they destroy its nest and kill its kind.

Therefore, for the Bloodthirsty Vine, this sudden idea was the most vicious form of revenge it could conceive of, aside from strangling Chen Chong to death...

’But before that, I need more helpers.’

Controlling the security guard, the Bloodthirsty Vine did not head toward the traditional Chinese medicine room.

It knew that while there were many humans there, among them was a Transcendent who had slaughtered its other offshoots in the plaza.

With just the two of them, they stood no chance of victory.

Only by parasitizing more people could they hope to breach that stronghold.

Other parts of the campus were too far away, and heading there rashly would easily expose them. The people in this apartment building, however, were perfect targets.

The security guard started walking upstairs, the student following behind him.

Soon, the two of them reached the second floor.

Aside from a few students who had exchanged for rooms here, this floor was mostly home to school security guards and teachers.

Since the transmigration, they had formed an alliance, sticking together for safety. Though there were only about twenty of them, they had survived for half a month by relying on the resources in the faculty apartments.

The guard knocked on the first door. Another security guard lived inside.

"Hey? Old Zhang, what are you doing up here? Aren’t you supposed to be on duty downstairs today? And this student behind you, is he here to trade for a room?"

A bizarre smile stretched across the face of the guard called Old Zhang.

"Let’s go inside... and talk. Go inside and talk..."

The security guard inside the room felt that something was off, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it. Besides, this was an acquaintance, so he didn’t overthink it.

As the door slowly closed...

A short, sharp cry soon came from within the room, and then it fell deathly silent once more.