Chapter 1331: Chapter 348: The Path of Breaking the Cocoon, the Way of Ascension

A round of frenzied attacks forcibly crushed the obstructive sewn body.

But there were too many enemies.

The fourth, the fifth... More and more sewn bodies emerged from different directions, not rushing to attack, but like a tightening net, step by step compressing Li Zheng’s dodging space.

When Li Zheng smashed the head of the third sewn body, a bone spike, glowing with a dim light, pierced through his shoulder from behind.

In the live broadcast room, amidst the players’ exclamations on the barrage, Li Zheng suddenly felt a numbing sensation spreading throughout his body.

Looking down, the bone spike was being withdrawn, and all the sewn bodies around him stopped their movements.

They watched him quietly, as if evaluating a piece of perfect evolutionary material.

Li Zheng grinned, his blood-stained teeth flashing a chilling smile:

"You’re in trouble."

The next second, his consciousness was swallowed by darkness.

Before completely passing out, he had only one thought, he had to cheat and find a way to get the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce to teleport him back.

To continue the unfinished trial task.

Not knowing how long had passed, when Li Zheng woke from unconsciousness, he found himself bound in a blood-colored ocean, unable to move a bit.

Calling up the function panel to check the time, he found that half a day had passed.

He was a bit bewildered.

Is he imprisoned?

With a heart full of doubt, he glanced at the live broadcast barrage, then looked up at the Guiding Water Ball floating beside him:

"Brother Guide, am I becoming a living research subject?"

Facing the inquiry, Guidance opened his sleepy eyes:

[Yes, you are the most perfect pure body, the most desired research subject of the Evil Gu Insect Clan, they hope to glimpse the true essence of life from you.]

Hearing this, Li Zheng couldn’t help but roll his eyes:

"Can this really succeed?"

[It really can, they were already close to success, you are the key to their final breakthrough.]

"Ah, will this really work?"

[Why wouldn’t it, the player’s pure body’s life structure has no detection limitations at all, back then the Reverse Tide Army’s organ modification thoroughly studied your life structure, though the Reverse Tide Army could not apply your pure body to reality, organ transplants are easy, but replacing the life structure needs to be micro-level at the Spirit Vein Particles level, which the Reverse Tide Army simply could not achieve.] 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

[But the Evil Gu Insect Clan is different, they were inherently engaged in Life Reshaping research, wanting to replace their insect bodies with brand new life forms, your pure body is exactly the perfect model they want, though they cannot research much, as long as they understand a part, they can assist them in creating a new life with immense growth potential.]

[However, this creation inevitably requires a sacrifice, they cannot have the Challenger System like players.]

"Damn, captive now, seems like only self-liberation can get me out."

Just as Li Zheng was about to liberate himself, the Blood Sea suddenly shook violently.

Unseen by Li Zheng, the sewn bodies controlled by the Evil Gu Worm surged towards the "Blood Stone Furnace" direction from different directions of the area like swallows returning to their nests.

The entire Blood Sea boiled instantly.

Billions of sewn bodies emerged from the canyon cracks, climbed out of piles of corpses, peeled away from rock wall shadows.

Pressed forward one after another, like moths to a flame, like believers on a pilgrimage, they unhesitatingly cast themselves into the Blood Stone Furnace.

The dissolution of each sewn body intensified the furnace’s blood light a bit more.

The ancient patterns on the surface of the furnace lit up one after another, as if a hungry giant beast was awakening.

Even trapped in the depths of the Blood Sea, Li Zheng could still feel the shivering life waves.

"What is happening again?"

[Through your research, the Evil Gu Insect Clan has officially crossed the final life shackles, now preparing to enter the experimental stage, the price is to use the entire clan as nourishment, shaping that ideal perfect body, carrying the consciousness fusion of all Evil Gu Worms, henceforth no longer a group consciousness, but an independent self-awareness.]

"A bit too reckless without an experiment, isn’t it?"

[In the past when you weren’t watching, the Evil Gu Insect Clan had waited too long, you are the opportunity they have been longing for.]

Hearing this, Li Zheng was speechless.

Usually, it’s players seeking opportunity outside, but unexpectedly as a player himself, he can also be an opportunity for other races.

...

At this time, at the center of the Blood Stone Furnace, a vague figure was forming.

It absorbed the essence of billions of sewn bodies, all materials constantly being purified, blended, and sublimed under the blood stone’s melting, becoming its part.

Gradually, the sound of a heartbeat emerged from the furnace.

Like raindrops falling on the lake surface.

Then increasingly heavy, like a battle drum pounding, like thunder booming.

Until the whole valley began to tremble along with this rhythm.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

More and more sewn bodies leaped into the furnace, becoming the final nutrients, blood light soared into the sky, staining the clouds crimson.

Under that crimson sky, a humanoid figure slowly opened its bewildered eyes.

"Who... am I."

In a split second, a billion voices simultaneously sounded in its mind.

Weaving a collective memory unique to the new life.

And, a story of climbing to the peak.

Memory information increasing, the humanoid new life closed its eyes again, memory images flooded like a torrent.

Countless voices echoed in the mind.

...

Who am I?

In that nearly forgotten ancient Small World, our ancestors were the most humble maggots.

The world was dark and putrid, thick miasma like an everlasting haze, enveloped every inch of land.