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Chapter 33: The Mother Worm's Lair
Chapter 33: The Mother Worm's Lair
The afternoon of the next day.
The waters of Jasmine Beach became livelier as a team of water-based metahumans had discovered the mother worm.
It was a giant six-meter-long and three-meter-wide tide worm, its massive abdomen encased in a hard shell, its appearance grotesque and terrifying, with a shell as tough as iron.
After the mother worm was discovered, more and more metahuman teams surrounded it, launching their attacks.
Most of the metahumans' attacks were ineffective against the mother worm deep beneath the sea.
However, humans had mastered underwater combat techniques centuries ago.
The metahuman teams involved in the hunt for the abyssal tide worm had obtained permits to use depth charges.
One by one, the depth charges were thrown into the sea.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
A series of muffled explosions erupted from the depths.
The shockwaves from the explosions burst through the surface, creating a spectacular display of water splashes.
The continuous explosions of depth charges taught the mother worm from the abyssal plane a lesson.
Humans were adept at causing destruction.
Over a dozen boats pursued the mother worm, and the depth charges detonated in the depths, stirring up a tempestuous sea, as if the entire area was boiling.
...
Upon learning that the abyssal mother worm had been discovered, Lu Heng knew the time was right. He called Su Muyu to prepare for their departure.
As evening approached, the tide began to ebb.
On the surface, some reefs were exposed above the water.
The larger reefs had names, and the third-largest reef in the Jasmine Beach area was called Dragon Spine Reef. During low tide, it essentially became an island.
After the tide receded, the exposed part of Dragon Spine Reef was over twenty meters long, and the underwater portion was even larger.
Moreover, numerous hidden reefs surrounded the area, making it unsafe for large ships to approach.
Lu Heng steadied the motorboat, tied the rope to the reef, and then reached out to help Su Muyu down.
Su Muyu tidied her hair, which had been blown by the sea breeze, tightened her life jacket, and then looked around: "Could there be abyssal tide worms here?"
Lu Heng found a sheltered spot, took off his life jacket, and used it as a cushion on the ground, gesturing for her to sit down: "This spot is good. Release your Recon Eagle and scout the area beneath this reef."
"Okay."
Su Muyu nodded and released the Recon Eagle, which then dove into the water to begin its reconnaissance.
Since the Recon Eagle was an energy construct, it could enter the water, but its speed would be significantly slower.
She controlled the Recon Eagle to circle around the reef and said, "It seems there are no abyssal tide worms around."
Lu Heng reminded her, "Take a look and see if there are any caves or something."
"Okay."
Su Muyu nodded again and continued searching, maneuvering the Recon Eagle into various crevices.
Half an hour later, she suddenly exclaimed, "I found a cave, a huge one! I'm going inside..."
She observed the underwater cave through the Recon Eagle's vision while describing what she saw.
"Hmm... This cave doesn't continue downward; it goes upward instead. It's quite long. Hmm... I've surfaced.
"The innermost part of this cave is hollow and not underwater; it's above the surface.
"I see them! Abyssal tide worms, but they're small, only half a meter long.
"I understand now. This is the lair of the abyssal tide worms. I see so many eggs, each one attached to the floor or the walls.
"One of the eggs has cracked open, and an abyssal tide worm has crawled out. It has a soft shell; this is terrifying."
Although she spoke of terror, her tone betrayed a hint of surprise and excitement.
"Find the shortest route and bring my clone in later." Lu Heng planned the next move.
"Alright." Su Muyu nodded and controlled the Recon Eagle to retrace the underwater cave, memorizing the route.
...
On the other side.
As the pursuit of the mother worm reached a fever pitch, conflicts began to arise among the metahuman teams.
The two boats, which were tracking the mother worm, collided, and the teams engaged in a fierce fight, unable to disengage.
The deep-sea mother worm at the bottom of the ocean was the highest-ranked abyssal creature ever discovered on Bluesphere.
This meant that if the demon crystal core dropped by the mother worm was of a very high rank.
Whoever obtained this high-level crystal core would gain a significant advantage.
Thus, for many metahumans, this hunt for the mother worm was a contest of luck.
As night fell, the boats pursuing the mother worm began to approach the direction of Dragonbone Reef.
Lu Heng, seeing the boats getting closer, guessed that the mother worm must have been injured and was heading back to its lair.
"It's coming, get ready."
Lu Heng released a shadow clone and let the Recon Eagle lead the way into the underwater cave of Dragonbone Reef.
Once inside the lair, Lu Heng controlled the shadow clone and opened a large barrel of gasoline, splashing it in every corner of the lair.
Some of the abyssal tide worms smelled the gasoline and crawled out of their eggs early, even sucking on the gasoline.
After the preparations were made, all that was left was to wait.
Su Muyu asked nervously, "Will the mother worm come back?"
"If it's not blown up, it probably will."
In truth, Lu Heng couldn't be certain if the mother worm could escape back to its lair.
After all, over a dozen boats on the sea were hunting it down.
As long as the depth charges were accurate, the mother worm's shell would surely not withstand the impact.
However, the depth charges used by the metahumans were not advanced technology products, making it difficult to precisely control the explosion location. They could only rely on quantity.
Whether the mother worm would be blown up or not was now a matter of probability.
"The lair's interior is enclosed, and igniting the gasoline could easily cause an explosion. We should keep our distance." Su Muyu noticed the gasoline filling the mother worm's lair and quickly reminded Lu Heng.
Lu Heng pulled her to the tail end of Dragonbone Reef, maintaining a safe distance from the hollow cave within the reef.
As night fell, visibility underwater decreased.
The difficulty of tracking the mother worm increased for perception-type metahumans, and several boats lost sight of the mother worm, spreading out in all directions.
After another ten minutes or so.
Suddenly, Su Muyu tightly gripped Lu Heng's arm and said, "It's here. The mother worm has entered the cave, and it's injured. A large section of its shell on the left has been blown to pieces."
Under the observation of the Recon Eagle, the abyssal mother worm passed through the underwater cave and returned to its lair.
The lair was filled with the smell of gasoline.
However, the abyssal tide worms were not resistant to the gasoline, and as the mother worm crawled back into its lair, it summoned the abyssal tide worms inside to crawl out and lick its wounds.
At this moment.
Lu Heng controlled the shadow clone and ignited the gasoline.
The flames spread to every corner of the lair in the blink of an eye.
The abyssal mother worm roared in anger amidst the flames, writhing violently, causing the cave walls to shake incessantly.
The flames burned within the enclosed space, triggering an explosion.
Boom! A loud blast shook Dragonbone Reef, and the explosion blew away the rocks at the top of the cave.
A large hole was blown open above Dragonbone Reef.
The rocks blown away by the explosion scattered and shot into the sea, causing columns of water to surge.
Many pieces of shattered rocks flew towards Lu Heng and Su Muyu.
"Shield up!" Lu Heng quickly reminded her.
Su Muyu had already prepared in advance, and in the instant of the explosion, she clenched her fist, raising a Prism Tower Shield in front of them.
The shattered rocks clanged against the tower shield, but they were all blocked.
The mother worm, with its shrill shrieks, crawled out of the blasted hole, but its body was already torn and tattered from the depth charge and gasoline explosions.
The flames gushing out of the cave continued to burn its body.
The abyssal mother worm struggled in the flames for half a minute before finally collapsing powerlessly at the cave entrance.
[Killing the Abyssal Tide Worm Mother: Absorb 100 points of Demon Energy]
[Killing an Abyssal Tide Worm Larva: Absorb 1 point of Demon Energy]
[Killing an Abyssal Tide Worm Larva: Absorb 1 point of Demon Energy]
(End of Chapter)
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