As Xu Ruina's words fell, a dense swarm of small earth spiders, each over a meter long, began to crawl slowly from the back of the giant tree.
A dark mass covered the entire trunk.
Spiders already have many legs, and coupled with this terrifying number, it made one's scalp tingle.
Normal earth spiders have their eyes clustered on their heads, densely packed and either black or red.
However, the eyes of these zombie earth spiders were a cloudy white, and they continuously let out meaningless strange noises from their mouths.
"Meet my pets!"
Xu Ruina said with a smile.
"Impossible... the zombie virus doesn't have the ability to infect advanced mutated creatures. It's only effective on humans!"
"How could you possibly infect earth spiders?! This..."
Luo Tianyu exclaimed in panic.
"It was quite coincidental, actually. Infected subjects were no match for mutated creatures, which is why I conceived the idea of infecting mutated creatures!"
"As you know, I'm also a senior researcher at Raven Laboratory, and I am now one with the virus. No one understands viruses better than I do!"
"So... slightly upgrading the zombie virus, enhancing their biological energy, isn't that what we researchers excel at?"
"Don't tell me you think I've become foolish along with this appearance!"
Xu Ruina sneered.
"Impossible... this is simply impossible... we've conducted experiments, and the zombie virus cannot evolve... even genius researchers can't do it, how could you?!"
"Unless... unless..."
Luo Tianyu uttered "unless" twice but couldn't finish his sentence.
However, his previous arrogance had vanished, replaced by endless fear.
He never imagined that in just a few days, Zhang Chen and Xu Ruina's growth could be so rapid!
When he made his appearance, he had been fully prepared, confident of victory. Otherwise, he wouldn't have risked himself!
He had secretly observed when the mutated Type VI Singer fought Zhang Chen.
Not knowing Zhang Chen's strength, he didn't dare to show himself easily.
In the end, he discovered that Zhang Chen and Xiao Bai combined were no match for the Singer, and it took Gromos's intervention to turn the tide.
This gave Luo Tianyu a sense of security.
As long as he controlled Gromos, countered Xu Ruina, and held off Xiao Bai, then the mutated Type VII Singer could absolutely crush Zhang Chen!
Luo Tianyu had even prepared his victory speech after defeating Zhang Chen.
But he never expected that he might not get the chance to deliver it.
"Unless what?"
Xu Ruina asked.
"It's nothing. I represent humanity. If you want to know more about the apocalypse and your transmigration, you can't kill me!"
Luo Tianyu tidied his thoughts and instantly regained his composure.
"Heh, you're human, so what are we?"
Zhang Chen asked coldly.
"You... you are..."
Luo Tianyu was about to blurt out their usual term but immediately closed his mouth.
"Tell us the information we want, and we might consider not killing you!"
Xu Ruina said with a smile.
The zombie earth spiders on the tree quickly crawled down, surrounding Luo Tianyu to prevent his escape.
"You want to interrogate me?"
Luo Tianyu asked.
"Perhaps no interrogation is needed. Once Mo Ran finishes her fight, she'll have plenty of ways to extract what's in your mind!"
Zhang Chen said with a smile.
"That spi... spider? Don't let her touch me, she's a monster!"
"I'll tell you anything you want, but before that... can you answer one question for me?"
After shouting hysterically for a while, Luo Tianyu suddenly asked calmly.
"What question?"
Zhang Chen frowned, looking at Luo Tianyu, feeling that this guy seemed mentally unstable with his rapid mood swings.
At the same time, his Absolute Vision noticed that a stream of energy was continuously transferring from the case in his right hand to his left.
This guy was talking to him to divert his attention; he was likely preparing a powerful attack!
"Can you tell me why you came to Tianlu Mountain? Is there something up there that's worth you risking your lives for?"
Luo Tianyu asked.
"That's an interesting question. It should be you telling us what's on Tianlu Mountain!"
"Why else would you be on Tianlu Mountain?"
"And why choose to attack me here? What are you trying to conceal?"
Zhang Chen countered instead of directly answering Luo Tianyu's question.
"Never mind, it doesn't matter if you don't say. I'll tell you the truth!"
"My fear just now was all an act, just playing with you! Hahaha!"
"Do you think humans could have survived this long in the apocalypse if they were so easily subdued by you?!"
Luo Tianyu laughed.
Zhang Chen looked at Luo Tianyu expressionlessly.
He knew that Luo Tianyu's fear earlier was genuine, not an act.
His current swagger was because the device in his left hand had finished charging.
He was about to deploy his trump card...
Zhang Chen had been dawdling, waiting for this moment, wanting to see what other black technology the natives possessed!
If it were just for intelligence, Zhang Chen could have immediately chopped off Luo Tianyu's left hand or snatched the case.
But doing so would prevent him from uncovering the full extent of the natives' technology.
Mo Ran's parasitism could read memories, but it couldn't describe the strength of this technology.
Perhaps even the natives themselves didn't know how effective these technologies would be against a powerhouse like Zhang Chen.
Some things could only be understood through practice, just like the Singers and Mechanical Violent Bears.
"Hahaha, you can't stop me!"
Luo Tianyu laughed twice and moved his left hand slightly again.
"Die!"
With a triumphant roar of extreme arrogance...
However... nothing happened...
Luo Tianyu's expression froze, and he moved his left hand frantically again.
Still no reaction.
Zhang Chen and Xu Ruina looked at Luo Tianyu with puzzled expressions.
Zhang Chen had already prepared to activate [Divine Shelter] and even [Shield of the God of Light].
But... this was it?!
Luo Tianyu instantly started to sweat.
His proud technology had suddenly malfunctioned!
"What... what's going on? It can't be broken!"
Luo Tianyu no longer cared about hiding the instrument in his left hand and brought it up to operate it.
Suddenly, a small red dot lit up under the skin of Luo Tianyu's neck.
"Your neck..."
Xu Ruina looked at Luo Tianyu with surprise.
Hearing this, he quickly reached out to touch the red dot and asked nervously:
"Did it light up? How is that possible? No... it shouldn't..."
Boom!
Before Luo Tianyu could finish speaking, his entire head exploded.
A burst of energy flame erupted from the tool case in his right hand, instantly burning Luo Tianyu's body to ashes...