It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 658 The Pain of the Mother Nest
"Someone is feeding it???"

Ye Zheng didn't follow Feng Ling's train of thought because she didn't know that when Feng Ling absorbed the Mother Nest, the card name was just a string of random characters.

So when Fengling learned that the lizard's name was also displayed as gibberish, she almost reflexively associated it with the mother nest.

Her intuition told her that the lizard most likely came from the abyssal labyrinth of the mother nest.

—The mother hive is dead, but the administrator is not offline, the maze is not closed, the creatures inside are still alive, and maze creatures should not have cards.

To highlight the special status of the Labyrinth Lord, all labyrinth creatures can only grow within the system's set range, and their genetic code is fixed. Absorbing cards will change this "fixation," so the origin of this lizard's card is highly suspicious.

Ye Zheng asked, "Why do you think the card was fed to it by someone else? Why can't it be that it killed the creature holding the card? Like a Corruptor, or a Hunter? A Zerg?"

"Just a gut feeling," Feng Ling said, reaching out to grasp the card and placing it into the squirrel card slot. "The name 'Siamese Crocodile' doesn't sound like it's from the local area."

Ye Zheng was stunned upon hearing this.

The monsters created in the game are regional, so the cards captured by people from different countries have distinct regional styles. For example, He Yue Ning and He Xing Luo have Black and White Impermanence, and Duan Fei has Di Tu Hao and Cong Cong. These cards are all related to local myths and legends (Cong Cong comes from the Classic of Mountains and Seas).

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, Ye Zheng's Seraph was obtained from the body of a foreign alien.

"Siamese crocodiles... seem to be a species unique to the Mogu Kingdom," Ye Zheng murmured.

Feng Ling wasn't surprised at all, and gave a cold laugh, "Halfway around the world, if someone hadn't deliberately fed it, how could this lizard possibly possess cards from Mogu?"

Ye Zheng originally wanted to say that the alien species holding the Siamese crocodile card might have been attacked by pollutants in the vicinity and died, after which the card in its body was absorbed by the lizard. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it did not make sense.

Firstly, any alien species that dares to enter the maze wouldn't be so weak.

Secondly, none of the strange creatures that can find the maze are benevolent.

To date, the alien species most closely associated with the labyrinth is the Star Society.

"Are you suspicious of Meteor?" Ye Zheng asked. "Meteor has a squirrel inside her, so she should have a lot of cards stored up. But why would Meteor use cards to feed the contaminated creature? What benefit would she gain from doing that?"

Qingyou once used administrator privileges to view Meteor's cards, which is considered basic skill. However, the administrator could only see the squirrel, not the cards in the squirrel's card slot.

“What’s bad for us is good for her.” Feng Ling waved for the kite to come down. “We’ll find out what’s going on once we catch up.”

The two returned to the kite.

The kite opened its mouth wide and caught the lizard on the ground. As it rose into the air, it chewed and swallowed the lizard to replenish its energy.

The familiar air ripples appeared again, and the kite, with its long tail swaying, rushed forward in one breath!

With a whoosh, as if a frosted film had been torn away, the scene before Ye Zheng and Feng Ling changed once again! In front of them was an endless wasteland, and behind them was the receding shadow of a city. They had left the labyrinth of spring and the god of life and returned to the real world.

The two lizards reappear in the third-person perspective.

Feng Ling stared ahead and said, "There are still many red dots more than ten kilometers ahead of the lizard. I suspect that all these pollutants came out of the Mother Nest Maze."

Ye Zheng looked slightly surprised. "Previously, the Daoist Master suspected that someone was frequently opening and closing the maze entrance, causing you to intermittently sense the Mother Nest Maze. Could it be that the other party was doing this to release the pollutants inside?"

“They all have to be killed.” Feng Ling’s expression was calm. “The labyrinth creatures create pollution. There’s already a Spring Labyrinth that’s spreading pollution, so we don’t need to add another one—Kite, chase after them!”

The kite adjusted its wings and swooped down rapidly towards the two lizards below!
The two lizards were as tall as a two-story building, but they were still no match for the kite.

The oppressive feeling of the giant object approaching from the sky caused the lizard to let out an uneasy low growl, then it split up to the left and right and sped away!

How could Feng Ling and Ye Zheng let them escape? They both jumped down and tacitly split up to give chase!

Although this wasteland is not part of the labyrinth, it has been affected by the labyrinth's pollution, with wild grass and thorns growing rampant.

The plants, which grew taller than her knees, severely hampered Feng Ling's speed, so she immediately released her mental pressure!

The intimidating aura of the Queen Mother of the West quickly swept in all directions, and the lizard's biological instincts sensed immense fear, causing its muscles and bones to tremble uncontrollably!

At a distance of tens of meters, the Seraph's wrath almost simultaneously suppressed another lizard!
"Watch me give the giant kite a treat!" Feng Ling roared, his tentacles transforming into blades that lashed out at the target ahead!
The steel tentacles are incredibly sharp, instantly piercing through the thick skin and flesh, reaching the lizard's internal organs!

Just when Feng Ling thought he was about to kill his target with one blow, a sudden clang sounded deep inside his brain!
Like being struck by a heavy hammer, or like having cement poured into her skull during a craniotomy, she froze, unable to regain her senses for several seconds, or perhaps it was a kind of neurotic disorder, and she could no longer control her body!
It hurts so much, it hurts so much!
Unlike the physical pain when absorbing the mother nest, the pain now is more of a mental one!

It's the mother nest's pain!
The Broodmother, unwilling to die, attempts to take its place!

The dying lizard struggled before her eyes. Feng Ling only needed to stab a little deeper to end its life, but she could only stand frozen in place, unable to do anything. Even her vision was dizzy, with memories of the mother nest flashing repeatedly.

"Damn it..." Feng Ling strained to open her eyes, veins bulging on her arms. She slowly adjusted her stiff limbs, trying to shake off the lingering effects of the mother nest.

It was difficult, but she felt she could do it.

A gust of wind rushed from behind, and Ye Zheng charged forward, pinning the struggling lizard down with his two tiger claws! Then, he raised his sharp claws and viciously pierced the lizard's throat!

After finishing off the lizard, Ye Zheng jumped off and stood in front of Feng Ling, looking her up and down. "Feng Ling?! Feng Ling! What's wrong with you?!"

Feng Ling relaxed completely, looked at the lizard corpse behind her, and subconsciously asked, "Did I kill it or did you?"

"Is that the point?!" Ye Zheng asked irritably. "What was wrong with you just now? Why were you standing there without moving? Did you sense the Abyss Maze again?"

Feng Ling finally came to her senses, her face extremely pale. "Yes, I sensed it. This time it's stronger than ever before."