Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1874: Descend

Ye Zhongming held his abdomen as he ran through a patch of strangely bright vegetation.

This plant somewhat resembled willow trees on Earth, but its branches were more like transparent tubes filled with colorful, bright beads.

When touched, the bright beads would immediately start flashing, as if they were breathing, and the transparent tubes would begin contracting toward the canopy.

This annoyed the Cloud Peak King because it made it impossible to shake off the pursuers behind him.

The pursuers weren’t novices but over a dozen parasites.

Ye Zhongming would rather encounter those top-ranked novices now than run into parasites.

These insects seemed to have gone berserk, becoming extremely aggressive the moment they encountered other life forms. For some reason, their strength had significantly increased, with some even becoming terrifyingly powerful, like those currently chasing Ye Zhongming.

Having been stabbed to death by underground insects in his previous life, Ye Zhongming inevitably had some lingering trauma. These parasites behind him had suddenly emerged from underground to attack, numbering over twenty. Ye Zhongming killed five or six before starting to retreat.

This came at a cost: his abdomen was pierced by a parasite’s sharp, long pincer. Fortunately, it didn’t damage his internal organs. After taking the medicine, his injury began to improve.

Ye Zhongming glanced at the points ranking. His points had suddenly increased by over five hundred just now, meaning each of these insects was worth about a hundred points.

Parasite Type 17, Lu Hua, Slaughter Charm Crab.

These things were indeed powerful, but Ye Zhongming was certain their points absolutely didn’t reach a hundred. Group-living lifeforms rarely had point values exceeding three digits.

But now, their points had actually surpassed a hundred.

What was going on?!

Also, through observing the points ranking, Ye Zhongming discovered two things that shocked him.

First, the number of newcomers had decreased significantly on this day, to a startling degree.

How many had died in the first three cycles? The number of deaths now was almost equal to the previous total!

Second, the points of the surviving newcomers increased significantly. This wasn’t related to the increase in hunting areas because newcomers in the earlier areas were the same.

Combining this with his own feelings, Ye Zhongming guessed that the points for prey had all increased.

The recorder determined points based on two criteria: one was type, which set the base value. The other was energy assessment.

The two methods combined determined a lifeform’s score.

For example, if a parasite type had a base score of ten points and its energy was relatively high at three points, then its total score would be thirteen points.

Under this system, the abnormal increase in newcomers’ points suggested that the parasites’ scores had all maxed out. That is, with the type score unchanged, the energy points were all at maximum.

But why had these parasites suddenly greatly increased in strength? Without knowing the reason, Ye Zhongming naturally blamed Zizikaba and the other management for pulling another trick.

He carefully sensed the movements behind him. The Slaughter Charm Crabs seemed to have gone underground; there was no movement, and he didn’t know if they were still pursuing.

Ye Zhongming didn’t care anymore. He needed to get to the rendezvous point with He as soon as possible.

The small cycle had been going on for almost two days. Previously, because of those pursuers, Ye Zhongming hadn’t dared to lead people in that direction, afraid of bringing danger to He. Now the situation was much better; he had to check.

At this time, He was indeed in trouble.

Before, as a support job, she would have been highly sought after by various teams. With her, life had an extra layer of security.

But now? Many people knew she had joined Ye Zhongming’s team. Many even considered her a core member. Once discovered, the first choice was to capture her alive, plunder her, and then directly kill her. The second choice was to see if she could be made to surrender and work for them.

But everyone felt the latter possibility was unlikely. The obstinacy and loyalty of the Changxu Water Race were famous.

So, after waiting for Ye Zhongming at the rendezvous point for several hours, He was discovered and became the target of a pursuit.

Having turned into water immediately after exiting the teleportation array to avoid attack and leave safely, He considered herself lucky. But now, her good luck seemed to have run out. After killing one person and escaping three waves of pursuit, she was surrounded by another group.

Four people, two of whom were from the Chaos Heart Race, recognized as quite troublesome among the cosmic races.

Their most prominent ability wasn’t their own combat power, but their ability to control other life forms.

Not the ability to make mutated lifeforms or parasites into war beasts, but a stealing control—constantly absorbing the life force of the controlled target, then using that power to control the target forcibly.

The lifeforms they controlled would die in a very short time.

Because of this ability, they held a high status among the cosmic races and were a renowned major race. Depending on their strength, the number of lifeforms they could control varied. Most Chaos Heart Race members could only control one lifeform at a time, while the stronger ones could control up to three.

The two Chaos Heart Race members surrounding He could each control two.

That meant He was actually surrounded by eight lifeforms.

The holy marks on her body began to glow, a sign of the Changxu Water Race preparing for battle.

Simultaneously, two jade pendant-like objects hung down on either side of He’s body.

“Exploration Palm?”

One lifeform looked at He’s hands, which were emitting a cyan glow, and uttered a sound of surprise.

This was a glove-type equipment, a consumable. Its function was to double the power of attacks delivered through the palms for a certain period.

It was good stuff, but the Changxu Water Race seemingly had no attack abilities besides holy marks, right?

“And Han Jade, Death Wheel Belt.”

A Chaos Heart Race member squinted, unable to hide his greed.

These two pieces of equipment weren’t consumables but excellent items. Together, they were worth over seven hundred points. Only these top-ranked newcomers could afford them.

“And many medicines,” another added. They roughly calculated that if they killed this woman, they would gain over three thousand points’ worth of loot.

He tilted her head slightly, as if listening to something, then showed a relieved smile.

The several people’s gaze shifted, scanning the surroundings.

This woman’s teammate, the one ranked first, even if not present, could still exert significant pressure on them.

But He moved at this moment. She suddenly spewed out a large amount of water from her space while turning into water herself. While those around her were in a state of confusion, searching for the target, she appeared beside one life form. The beautiful mechanical belt at her waist suddenly opened and expanded into a circle, crashing into this person.