Tree King: What? I've become the Abundant Pharmacist?

Chapter 259 Slaughter, Desire, and Newborn Life

Eve frowned as she smelled the stench emanating from the workshop.

The smell was truly awful, and it also contained a bloody odor.

Clearly, something unusual has happened here.

"You can smell it, can't you? The stench of decay and blood." Kafka raised an eyebrow slightly, seemingly unaffected by the smell.

“I can smell it. What happened here?” Eve asked directly.

"Killing, desire, and new life, that's what Elio said." Kaffa's words were cryptic and incomprehensible.

"Eriol?"

Eve noticed Kaffa's words; she had heard the name Eriol from Kaffa's mouth more than once.

"Are you curious?" Kafka leaned forward, pressing her body slightly against Eve's, her tone slightly provocative.

Eve pushed Kafka away, her eyes holding an indescribable look.

"Don't be so serious."

"Actually, I'm curious too."

"But what does it matter? Our fate has already been arranged, hasn't it?" Kaffa smiled slightly, but no emotion could be seen on her face.

“Fate is not the only thing,” Eve said briefly, without arguing further.

"Yes, I know, that's what I hope for too, but now we need to deal with the immediate issues."

Kafka set her gaze on the craftsman in front of her.

"What about Firefly and Blade?" Eve continued to ask.

"They've gone on another mission, so we'll take over here."

Kafka swung out two long swords, strode forward, and flashed into the Workshop.

Eve smelled the unpleasant odor, shook her head slightly, and followed her inside.

At this moment, the interior of the Industrial Construction Company had long lost its former vitality and energy; it was deathly still and the smell had become slightly stronger.

"Where are they? I remember there were quite a few people from the Construction Bureau."

Eve recalled her previous inquiry with Firefly, when the Bureau of Construction was bustling with people and even quite lively.

"Shh, don't speak, or you'll disturb them," Kafka said softly, her footsteps light.

"Them?" Eve frowned slightly; the fishy smell made her feel uncomfortable.

The two continued on, but slowed their pace.

"This is blood."

Eve noticed the dark red marks on the ground, which smelled of rusty blood that had been left out for a long time.

After turning a corner, Kafka suddenly stopped.

"It's just ahead."

Eve peeked out slightly, and her pupils contracted slightly when she saw the scene after turning the corner.

Two enormous insects were gathered together, and the sound of tearing flesh could be heard; they seemed to be chewing on something.

With each bite, a drop of red liquid splatters out.

"That's... a person?" Eve frowned slightly; she had already clearly seen what the insects were eating.

"Are you shocked?" Kafka asked softly.

"That's true, you probably haven't seen a swarm of Zerg..."

“No, I have seen it,” Eve said definitively.

She had already seen the Zerg swarm in the Black Tower's simulated universe.

That oppressive feeling that blots out the sky.

But when this scene actually happened, Eve still frowned a little.

Insects are eating people.

Disordered life is creating disorder.

"Oh, in that case, it saves me the trouble of explaining."

"Kill him."

Kafka twirled her longsword, which gleamed with a chilling light.

The insects were unaware that, while they were feasting, they were completely oblivious to the two people approaching them from behind.

“Zheng...”

A faint clanging sound rang out, and the heads of the two giant insects fell to the ground with a thud.

Kafka stood in front of their corpses and sheathed her twin swords.

Eve then stepped forward to check on the man who had been bitten.

"It's hopeless." Eve shook her head slightly.

The man had long since died; his lower body had been completely devoured.

"Why is the swarm here?" Eve frowned.

With such tight defenses, how could a swarm of Zerg possibly have emerged?

"You'll have to ask the people in Luofu about that."

"Let's go, our mission has only just begun."

Kafka walked smoothly to another passage.

Eve sighed helplessly and then followed.

Along the way, Eve and Kaffa encountered many scattered insects, but they were not strong and were all in their juvenile stages, which Kaffa killed one by one.

These kinds of insects are not something Eve should have to deal with.

"We've arrived. The end of the mission is just ahead."

Kafka stopped at the corner of the passageway; ahead lay the deepest part of the Workshop.

When they went inside, Eve was deeply moved by what she saw.

The enormous power room was pitch black inside. The floor, walls, and ceiling were covered with disgusting black slime, and countless insects lurked within. In addition to the juveniles we had just encountered, there were even larger adult insects hiding in the darkness.

Its size was almost as big as a train carriage.

In addition, the slime on the ground was covered with many unhatched insect eggs.

Judging from their slight trembling, they seem to be about to hatch.

"Desire and new life, so that's what it refers to..." Eve murmured to herself.

Suddenly, she squinted, as if she had noticed something.

A faint breath could be heard from the darkness in the distance.

Then, the breathing became more frequent, but it was all very weak.

"This is......"

A bad feeling rose in Eve's heart.

Her gaze fell on the ceiling, where she saw clusters of "cocoons" covered in black slime.

“That’s… a Celestial Ship person?” Eve’s pupils dilated instantly.

From within the black mucus, one by one, the celestial beings with their eyes closed appeared. Their breathing was weak, and their bellies were all ridiculously large.

"What they have in their stomachs are...worm eggs?" Eve asked incredulously.

Eve noticed that all the people hanging in mid-air were women; there wasn't a single man among them.

These women have already been used as breeding grounds by the insects.

What about men?

A question popped into Eve's mind.

She suddenly remembered her body, which had been gnawed at by insects along the way.

They were all male without exception.

"It seems that due to the decline of reproduction and the loss of authority, the swarm's reproduction has reached the point where it needs the existence of another individual." Kafka shook her head slightly and sighed.

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