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

Chapter 685 Invincible

The armored monster stopped chasing, but Feng Ling was unhappy and insisted on going up to lure the monster away.

When the armored monster followed her around the corner and ran in front of everyone, she finally retaliated, aiming at the joints of the armor, and the steel-bladed tentacles swept across! They were all cleaved in two!

The armored monster was torn into eight pieces, its head and body separated.

Some thin tentacles emerged from the gaps in the armor, like long, translucent enoki mushrooms, attempting to reassemble the armor.

Feng Ling picked up a metal leg and threw it to the left with a clatter.

Then he picked up an arm, threw it to the right, and it crashed to the ground with a thud.

Perhaps it was thrown too far, the tentacles lost their way, and more tentacles crawled out of the armor, some crawling on the ground and wriggling, while others stretched into the air searching for something.

Ye Zheng looked disgusted. "Whatever you want to do, hurry up."

Feng Ling said with great interest, "I'll take a look."

She picked up the head of the armored monster, shook it, and found it was empty, so she casually threw it away. She then picked up the chest plate and shook it vigorously again.

A familiar lump of flesh, covered with numerous tentacles, fell out of the breastplate and bounced in the air due to the pulling force of the tentacles.

“It’s that thing that looks like internal organs again.” Feng Ling was not surprised at all. Her five fingers, covered with silver scales, grasped the internal organs and crushed them in one swift motion, ignoring the struggles of the tentacles.

The surrounding tentacles instantly withered, drooped limply, and lost their vitality.

“Just like the cities outside that are polluted by the maze, only the internal organs have the power to parasitize,” Ye Zheng paused for a moment and frowned. “Conversely, as long as you take out the internal organs, the remaining flesh and blood are harmless food. It seems that those giant lizards are not stupid. They keep getting food from the maze in this way.”

Huangfu Miaomiao turned her head and asked, "What is a giant lizard?"

“She’s talking about the contaminants in the Mother Nest Maze, which look like large lizards.” Feng Ling threw away the crumbs in her hand and explained, “I don’t know why they ran outside the maze. Food is scarce in the wasteland, and this Spring Maze was contaminated because of the death of the caretaker. By sheer coincidence, the maze became their food source.”

Ye Zheng added, "Normally, people and animals that die in a maze are eaten by the contaminants. But this maze is special. As you just saw, the residents in the city who didn't have time to evacuate weren't eaten, but parasitized and kept replicating and multiplying, including the animals in the city."

“This is the power of spring and the god of life~” Feng Ling smiled and exclaimed in an exaggerated tone, “Growth is His way of attacking.”

“That sounds perfect for you,” Huangfu Miaomiao said, her eyes shining as she looked at Feng Ling. “Feng Ling, aren’t you just one card away from advancing to the Abyss? As long as you kill the Boss in this maze, you can advance!”

Feng Ling smiled upon hearing this, "I do have that plan. I've saved up quite a few high-level cards in advance, and I can upgrade them at any time as long as the pollution value drops to a safe range."

Huangfu Miaomiao slapped her forehead. "Oh right, we need to lower the pollution level first."

Pei Xianjue smiled and said, "We'll find the maze statue soon, and Feng Ling can reduce the pollution level." Feng Ling thought to herself: One statue isn't enough. I have several centipede cards on me. Drawing one only reduces the pollution level by 1%. I don't know how long it will take to draw them all.

The mother nest and insect cards are a perfect match.

However, even with proper adaptation, these are still low-tier cards with a low growth ceiling. The pollution value of eight centipede cards is 8%, and the pollution value of one Lord of the Abyss is also 8%. Comparing the two, Fengling would choose the latter.

Lin Pengpeng asked expectantly, "If Feng Ling successfully advances, will she be invincible?"

Feng Ling liked hearing this and nodded with a smile: "Of course."

Huangfu Miaomiao immediately shouted, "She must be invincible! You must understand, in the game system's settings, the Abyss Boss is the most powerful being in the entire game. Players can only fight against her using the game mechanics. Feng Ling will not only become part of the Abyss, but she will also be an Abyss outside of the game mechanics! Therefore, she will become super, super, super, super invincible!!!"

Lin Pengpeng asked doubtfully, "But how can you be sure that Feng Ling can break free from the control of the game mechanics after advancing?"

“That’s easy to deduce,” Huangfu Miaomiao said confidently. “Many game designers like to do this: first, they design a boss that players can’t possibly kill, and then they provide some mechanisms or items that can counter the boss. Players can find these mechanisms or items by solving puzzles, and then they can kill the boss much more easily.”

“Ah, the Altar of Radiance!” Pei Xianjue suddenly realized and couldn’t help but interject.

Huangfu Miaomiao nodded, "That's right, the Radiant Altar is such a game mechanism. If the altar is not lit, Chaos will remain in the form of mist and cannot be killed. This design can only exist in the maze, but Fengling will not live in the maze forever, so I am sure that Fengling who advances to the Abyss will be invincible!"

A similar example occurred when killing Naga, the Lord of the Abyss River. At that time, Naga was in her invincible second form. It was Xiaoshu who threw offerings into the temple pool, removing Naga's invincibility, which allowed Fengling to fight her.

After Huangfu Miaomiao finished speaking, she hesitated for two seconds and looked at Feng Ling, "...I just don't know how the game mechanics in the Mother Nest Maze are designed."

“Oh, I’ve discussed this with the Daoist,” Feng Ling said. “It’s probably related to the Nest, that… Life Source Pillar.”

Huangfu Miaomiao suddenly realized, "You mean the nest you created in Qingjiang City?"

Feng Ling nodded slightly, "Yes, that nest was created after my last advancement. There is a limit to the number that can be created. The Daoist analyzed that I will create a second one next time I advance, and the limit will no longer be one, but many."

Feng Ling crossed her arms over her chest, recalling the introduction to the Mother Nest, and slowly said, "You can bring new life, and you can bring destruction. Life is your power. You are everywhere, you are omnipotent... This 'omnipotence' should refer to the Life Source Pillar. When the Star Society attacked the Mother Nest, their strategy was to burn the Life Source Pillar. So we can deduce that the Life Source Pillar is both the Mother Nest's strongest ability and its most significant weakness. After all, that thing is just a stake; it won't fight back when it gets hit."

She sighed and looked at her companions. "This is one of the reasons why I haven't advanced yet. I have cards, and the Bureau of Supervision also controls an administrator of the Abyss Labyrinth. I actually meet the advancement requirements, but the next advancement may put me in a situation where I have to create a Pillar of Life, which will consume most of the energy in my body."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

After a long silence, Ling Feiran asked softly, "If we prepare a large amount of flesh and blood in advance for you to absorb energy, will that make up for your consumption?"

“It’s no use.” Ye Zheng said coldly, “She needs to undergo a complete transformation in the nest. Last time she stayed in the nest for about seven days. When she left the nest, she was only a tiny bit big and not even as tall as Miaomiao.”

“Seven days…” Ling Feiran lowered her eyes. “The Star Society’s mutants haven’t appeared yet. Could it be… that they’re waiting for these seven days to arrive?”