The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

Following the map's directions, the three changed direction and ventured deeper into the rainforest.

Two days later, they reached the edge of the "Dark Swamp".

The sight before them made their hearts sink.

This is an area completely shrouded by the massive, sky-blocking canopy of ancient trees, where not a ray of sunlight is seen all year round, and the air is filled with the pungent stench of decaying plants.

The entire swamp was eerily quiet; there were no insects chirping or birds singing, only the occasional sound of bubbles bursting in the mud.

“This place…is not right.” Yu Tiexiong clenched his fists. He could feel the ground beneath his feet rhythmically “wriggling,” as if the entire ground was moving.

"The entire swamp itself is a gigantic, dormant, plant-fused monster." Shen Ge's [Eerie Eye] had already seen through the truth of this place.

The seemingly moss-covered ground could turn into a bloody quicksand trap that devours everything; and the withered branches that emerge from the dark mud are its tentacles for hunting.

Just then, a huge black shadow slowly rose from the mud in front of them.

It was a monster that was over ten meters long and looked like a prehistoric giant crocodile.

Its body blended perfectly with the decaying wood, and its murky eyes stared intently at the three uninvited guests who had entered its territory.

The "Crimson Crocodile" is an example of a creature whose flesh and internal organs have been fused together by the erosion of supernatural energy by an international anti-supernatural organization.

In other words, its body is a "demonic heart".

Unless all the flesh is dissolved, they will continue to heal slowly and eventually revert to this "crocodile form".

"Be careful." Shen Ge gestured for Yoon-ah and Yu Tiexiong to step back.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, pairs of equally cold eyes emerged from the mud around them.

They are now surrounded.

Faced with the "bloodthirsty crocodiles" slowly emerging from the mud, Yu Tiexiong stepped forward, protecting Yun'er and Shen Ge behind him. A dangerous red light had already appeared on his pair of ferocious, grotesque arm armor.

"Just a few mudskippers," he said in a muffled voice, preparing to unleash a massacre.

"Don't make a move. The noise will wake up the whole swamp." Shen Ge raised his hand to stop him. He had already confirmed with his Ghost Eye that the entire swamp was indeed haunted. There was no need to wake up an even more terrifying being because of a few bugs and put them in greater danger.

Most importantly, it is still impossible to determine the level of the swamp's strangeness through the Ghost Eye, and whether it is the "nest" that is feared in the Amazon rainforest.
There are too many doubts to confirm, so there's obviously no need to "reveal" yourself in advance.

Shen Ge, through his eerie eyes, discovered that these "blood crocodiles" were merely "parasites" on the massive plant-fusion-type monster.

If the battle becomes too loud and awakens the sleeping behemoth beneath their feet, they will be plunged into endless trouble.

This refers to the emergence of the "social parasitic anomalies" mentioned in the intelligence report, some of which even exhibit rudimentary intelligence.

"Then what should we do?" Yu Tiexiong asked, somewhat frustrated.

Shen Ge did not answer. He simply raised his eyes, his gaze passing over the menacing "bloodthirsty crocodiles" and venturing deeper into the swamp.

After determining the route, Shen Ge unleashed the Mysterious Domain.

Those originally ferocious "blood crocodiles" suddenly stiffened the moment they came into contact with the eighth-order ghost king-level ghost energy.

"Gulu..."

"Gulu..."

These "bloodthirsty crocodiles" simultaneously emitted eerie, unique swallowing sounds, clearly mistaking Shen Ge and his group for their "kin."

A stronger "kind".

The strange phenomenon of groups living together in the "nest" and not attacking their own kind became Shen Ge and his companions' trump card in easily navigating this area.

This bizarre scene left Yoona and Yu Tiexiong dumbfounded. Although they already knew Shen Ge's strength, they never expected him to be able to do something like this.

The strange phenomenon directly affects the fifth rank!
terrible!

Shen Ge and his two companions passed through the pack of Blood Crocodiles and continued towards the center of the swamp.

Soon, they arrived at a relatively open area, which was formed by the intertwining of huge plant roots. In the center, a fungus that emitted a soft blue light grew.

Around these bioluminescent plants, thousands of palm-sized, elusive butterflies with shimmering fluorescent wings are feeding on the surrounding fungal carpet.

"Is this all there is?" Yu Tiexiong asked.

"These are them, these are the Ghostly Butterflies." Yoona took out a detector to check for ghostly energy, and then said with surprise.

Shen Ge frowned, his [Strange Eyes] seeing deeper; these "Strange Fireflies" were not independent, bizarre insect-shaped creatures.

They form an extremely close symbiotic relationship with the glowing plants beneath their feet. The eerie butterflies survive by feeding on the fungal carpet at the plant roots, while the eerie phosphorescent powder scattered on their wings provides these fleshy plants with a protective layer against other parasitic and eerie invasions in the swamp.

This balance is extremely fragile; any excessive violence could frighten the butterflies and cause them to scatter, or kill the plants, rendering all their efforts futile.

Shen Ge decided to use his silent, eerie domain to envelop the three of them and attempt to get closer and capture them.

However, just as he was about to step onto that fungal carpet...

"Tu tu tu tu——"

A burst of silenced fire from a cybernetic rifle suddenly erupted from the other side of the swamp. Several streams of scorching energy bullets swept towards the swarm of butterflies!

"boom!"

With the explosion and the flames, the glowing plants were pulverized, and the startled "ghost butterflies" instantly transformed into a chaotic blue storm, scattering in all directions!
"Who?" Yu Tiexiong roared and turned around abruptly.

On the other side of the swamp, a fully armed elite squad, bearing the distinctive insignia of the freak organization, had somehow crept over.

Their style of doing things was a hundred times more brutal than Shen Ge's group.

The strange man at the head of the group was holding a huge net-like launcher, and he was trying to wipe out the entire swarm of butterflies by using a wide range of tranquilizing gas and electric shock nets!
"You're asking for death!" Shen Ge didn't expect someone to jump out and steal his things at this moment. He immediately activated his invisible domain and slapped the strange warrior in front of him away.

The destroyed luminous plants, upon their death, suddenly released a large number of defensive psychic spores with a psychic erosion effect.

The enraged "Ghostly Butterflies" swarm went completely berserk. Instead of fleeing, they coalesced into a blue tornado that swept towards the monster's team!

The strange phosphorescent powder on their wings, when highly concentrated, actually had a strong nerve paralysis effect! Shen Ge and the other two were also affected. Shen Ge had to first retrieve the Silent and Invisible Ghost Domains, and then use the Ghost Domain to condense an invisible barrier to protect the three of them.

"what--!"

The few strange soldiers at the forefront were instantly engulfed by the blue storm, letting out screams as their bodies stiffened and fell into the fungal carpet, where they were instantly swallowed and dissolved.

The remaining people were thrown into disarray by the combined attacks of hallucinogenic spores and psychic phosphorus powder, and fell into a chaotic state of fighting each other.

Shen Ge ignored the ordinary monster soldiers who were in chaos, and with a flash, he appeared directly behind the monster squad commander who was holding a net launcher and preparing to attack again.

The commander seemed to have sensed something. Just as he was about to turn around, a hand was already on the back of his neck, and then he was lifted up and slammed to the ground.

boom!
The strange commander's head was slammed into the fungal carpet, and the surrounding strange warriors immediately swarmed forward, trying to surround and kill Shen Ge.

At the same time, Yu Tiexiong launched a frontal assault like a cannonball.

His massive frame crashed directly into the formation of the monster squad, each punch accompanied by the muffled sound of bones shattering.

Yoona's figure moved swiftly across the chaotic battlefield, precisely reaping the heavy-firepowered soldiers who attempted to fight back or escape.

Just when the weirdo team was overwhelmed by the swamp's primal anomalies and the storm of fluorescent butterflies, Shen Ge and his two companions' surprise attack became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

This group of strange people originally intended to capture some Ghostly Butterflies in the simplest and most brutal way and then quickly retreat. Unexpectedly, they were held back by Shen Ge before they could even leave, and the Ghostly Butterflies' reaction far exceeded their expectations.

A few minutes later, the swamp returned to calm.

The weirdo squad was completely wiped out.

Shen Ge, carrying the barely alive strange commander, seized an encrypted map from his tactical backpack containing information about the "Spore Mist" and the internal defense deployment of the "Central Laboratory".

After Yoona's interrogation, the three of them finally understood why the freak organization, which was clearly the founder of the "Central Laboratory," was having such a hard time "going home."

It turns out that the New God Cult wanted to seek cooperation with the Twelve Zodiacs, but the Twelve Zodiacs only cared about "enjoying life" in the current world. They couldn't afford to offend the bigwigs of the Special Affairs Department, so they chose to infiltrate international anti-terrorist organizations and the high-ranking officials of some small countries to achieve their desire for "instant gratification".

So the New God Cult and Tiangan reached an agreement, with Tiangan providing a rare and bizarre corpse. By extracting its bizarre energy, they located the energy and brought it to the Amazon rainforest.

Little did they know that the "nest" in the Amazon rainforest opened up a series of eerie spaces, which were connected to a laboratory that had been abandoned for many years.

This is the origin of the "Central Laboratory".

Upon hearing this, Shen Ge thought to himself that what he feared most had come to pass. He knew that once the fragmented world was completely out of control, more and more bizarre spaces leading to the fragmented world would appear in "reality".

That so-called "Central Laboratory" obviously didn't appear out of thin air; it was actually the laboratory of those weirdo organizations in the "future" of the fragmented world.

To prevent the "real" monster organization from obtaining the research results of the fragmented world, the only way is to destroy the "nest" and destroy this strange space!
Then the question comes-

Where is the heart of the "nest's" monstrous tumor?

After discussing it, Shen Ge and the other two decided that they could only continue to follow the strange organization's search method and continue to delve deeper into the jungle through the Ghostly Butterfly.

They captured several eerie butterflies from the monster squad's capture equipment, then left the "Lightless Swamp" and ventured deeper into the interior.

After another day and night of arduous trekking, and after clearing away several waves of eerie hordes blocking their path, they finally reached the edge of what was marked on the map as the "Spore Mist".

Ahead lay a vast expanse of fog, so thick it was almost tangible, like a milky-white wall. The fog hung heavy and lifeless over everything, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.

The air was filled with an indescribable, peculiar stench that made people feel dizzy just from smelling it.

It smelled like a mixture of vomit and blood. Even though Yoona and Yu Tiexiong's battle suits and masks had filters, they could still faintly smell the stench.

"So this is the 'Spore Mist'... It feels... a bit uncomfortable." Yu Tiexiong activated the power armor's visor and said in a muffled voice.

Shen Ge's [Strange Eye] was greatly limited in the face of this thick fog, and its penetration distance was even shorter than when it was in the "Silent Zone".

He could clearly "see" that the fog was filled with countless parasitic, eerie spores, smaller than dust particles, emitting a faint, eerie energy.

They are ubiquitous and seem to have the ability to penetrate most physical and magical defenses.

Yoona took out a specially made container for the Mysterious Butterflies from her tactical backpack. She opened a small opening in the container, and instantly dozens of Mysterious Butterflies fluttered out.

They flew forward, seemingly searching for the creeping fungus that could provide them with supernatural powers.

"Follow them." Shen Ge and the other two followed the Ghostly Butterfly deeper into the area.

Upon entering the fog, the world instantly became oppressive.

Beneath their feet lay soft, fleshy flesh, and all around them were faintly visible fleshy tentacles. Visibility was extremely low, making it impossible to discern directions.

"The visibility here is less than five meters. It feels...like space." Yu Tiexiong warily raised his weapon, his expression alert as he surveyed his surroundings.

Just then, a twisted humanoid black shadow staggered out of the white mist and rushed straight at Yu Tiexiong, who was walking at the front!

The "person" was still wearing the standard combat uniform of the monster organization, but it was already tattered.

His eyes were bloodshot, his face was covered with bulging veins, and he roared like a wild beast. The phantom rifle in his hand, which should have been pointed at the enemy, was now being used by him as a primitive club, which he was swinging wildly without any strategy.

He had long since lost his mind.

This person was clearly one of the exploration team members who had been infected by the spores and turned into a "flesh and blood monster".

Yu Tiexiong used his left hand, covered by the grotesque arm armor, to grab the gun butt that the fleshy monster was throwing at him, and then punched out with his right fist!

"boom!"

There was a muffled sound.

The fleshy monster was blasted away.

However, this was only the beginning; that roar seemed to be a signal.

From the thick fog all around, one after another, identical, twisted figures burst forth. They launched suicidal attacks on the location of Shen Ge and his companions from all directions.

One falls, and another pounces on top!

One after another, they plunged forth, an endless stream! (End of Chapter)