Apocalypse Lord-Chapter 73 - 71: Roland Really Is a Monster!

Lin Lan stared at the nearest insect, instinctively lowering his steps and reaching back, whispering:

"Bai, give me the dinner knife."

The domestic bionic girl stepped forward naturally and handed her weapon to her master.

Lin Lan grasped the knife handle, feeling that the knife’s comfort was as consistent as ever. Since chopping the colorful worms to death, Bai’s dinner knife seemed to have become his signature weapon to greet fellow villagers.

The liquefied Philosopher’s Stone extended towards the host’s weapon, a winding golden pattern already climbing up the silver-white blade along the gray-haired youth’s hand. Whether it was an illusion or not, Lin Lan could even feel a certain joyful and ecstatic emotion from the dinner knife.

Notably, this weapon even has panel information!

[Item: The meat-cutting knife that stabbed Lin Lan]

[Quality: Unique]

[Effect: Cuts all ’Cosmic Delicacies’ acknowledged by Lin Lan]

[Description: After being tainted by the Foreigner’s blood, it seems to have undergone some strange changes...] 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Under the gaze of the other three, Lin Lan stealthily approached the half-meter long larva with colorful thin wings and centipede-like dense limbs.

The starlight was already within reach.

Eleanor and Lucia watched Lin Lan’s movements intently, instinctively holding their breath.

In the next moment, Lin Lan abruptly reached out, dragging the insect into the halo woven by Lucia!

Focused on spitting mucus, the larva suddenly felt the world spinning.

It struggled to turn its head, the compound eyes above reflecting that grotesque, twisted smile! An indescribable horror instantaneously erupted within the larva’s mind.

That evil and terrible monster is here again!

No matter how the larva struggled and screamed, the other insects in the passage continued their monotonous transporting work, seemingly ignoring the enemy’s invasion.

The Witch’s ability really works!

Lin Lan’s eyes were filled with joy.

"Keep quiet; no matter how much you scream, not a single insect will come to your rescue!"

He let out a menacing laugh, and without a word, swung the knife, causing a bitter and desperate scream to echo in the narrow and confined passage, then came to an abrupt halt, leaving only dead silence.

"Lucia, you really helped a lot!"

Lin Lan casually tossed the insect’s corpse aside, a bright smile on his face: "Follow me, today we must teach these insects a hard lesson!"

Lucia nodded, somewhat bewildered, and closely followed behind the youth.

Eleanor, however, slowed her pace at this moment.

For a brief moment, she felt that the youth before her was a complete madman... As someone with a willpower far superior to other races, Eleanor instinctively sensed something unreasonable.

Roland can touch the essence of the Celestial Calamity insect bodies using the ’Philosopher’s Stone’, allowing him to easily kill the disaster entities with a knife.

This simple and clear logic seems reasonable...

No! This is completely wrong!! What exactly happened to me and Lucia?

Eleanor held her forehead, her expression starting to change, suddenly realizing that anyone, regardless of the form, making direct contact with Star Calamity, would suffer the most insane and twisted mental corruption!

This is the commonly accepted knowledge.

If one were to rank the dozens of calamities within the boundless sea, Star Calamity would definitely be high up.

No navigator has ever survived while under the influence of the starlight.

The most famous example is the massacre orchestrated by Professor Murphy of the Alliance.

The academy professor, in order to assist navigators in expanding the route, resolutely decided to study the starlight calamity and proposed the theory of ’mental entities hidden in the depths of starlight’.

But this gentle scholar with countless students under his tutelage slaughtered his family members the day after proposing the theory.

When the Alliance Secret Guard received the report and arrived on the scene, people saw a madman in a frenzy, Professor Murphy pried open his family members’ heads and searched inside.

"It laid eggs in my brain! It laid eggs in everyone’s brain!!"

Under the public gaze, the professor laughed maniacally, then pulled out a gun and blew his own head off. Subsequent investigations indicated that Professor Murphy, to perfect his theory, had purchased a Deep Sea Treasure affected by Star Calamity...

This was just one tragedy caused by the Star Calamity.

But the scene in front of them completely overturned that...

Unbeknownst, the factory passage was already littered with corpses, a symphony of wails resounding.

The essence of stars that navigators managed to avoid was now wailing miserably in Roland’s palm!

Eleanor tried to calm her mind and reassess her mental state.

It’s as if... her sanity had already completely collapsed the moment she crossed the Light Gate, with Roland’s mental corruption forcibly overriding the cosmic mental pollution...

Heh, this event sure is damn peculiar...

Lin Lan was currently wrestling with a large adult insect, rolling around on the ground with the insect.

No denying that this type of insect is quite strong when mature, this creature not only grew over a meter long but also became incredibly tough.

Nevertheless, Lin Lan still managed to pierce several holes into its belly amidst desperation.

Desperately, the adult insect struggled with all its might, wrapping around the monster’s neck, Lin Lan’s face flushed red, his eyes just as fierce, he lowered his head, fiercely bit down on the adult insect’s head, and then jerked his head!

The adult insect’s body gradually went limp, no longer moving.

"Pah! Not like chicken at all!" Lin Lan spat out the insect’s broken braincase, picking himself off the ground.

Seeing the scene, Lucia stayed put, completely motionless.

"What’s wrong, Lucia?" Lin Lan turned his head, noticing his companion’s trance.

"Roland... I feel like your actions are a bit odd..."

The blond Witch stared at the slightly twitching insect corpse on the ground, her tone bemused: "Why—"

"Don’t overthink it, Lucia."

At that moment, Eleanor interrupted her companion’s question.

The King of Pirates gently placed a hand on the First Mate’s shoulder, leaned forward, looked into the Witch’s eyes, and spoke in an unprecedented calm tone: "Don’t think about those common senses and details, to you, all of this is reasonable."

Eleanor turned her gaze to the gray-haired youth, and asked: "Roland, you are a normal person, right?"

"What kind of question is that? Of course, I’m a normal person!"

Lin Lan wiped the juice splattered on his lips, only finding his companion’s question somewhat inexplicable.

"See, he’s just a perfectly normal person."

Eleanor smiled and turned back to the Witch with a gentle tone: "We just need to follow his lead, that simple."

"Oh..."

Lucia nodded in a daze: "I... I understand..."

Eleanor breathed a sigh of relief as she observed the surroundings more cautiously.

Lin Lan continued to stand in place, recovering his strength slightly, he turned on the flashlight, carefully surveying the contour of the surroundings before him.

"Everyone, we’ve already approached the core area of the factory."

He spoke in a deep voice: "You need to lend me a hand, Eleanor, I can’t handle those pesky insects alone."

"Coming right up."

Eleanor smiled and stood beside Lin Lan.

She drew the single-action revolver from her waist, the cylinder turning with a click, the whole motion was elegant and skillful.

The Night Owl Hunter wasn’t wrong, Lord Roland truly is a monster.

He’s a creature more peculiar and terrifying than the Star Calamity...

The fortunate thing is, this guy stands on the side of civilization.