Chapter 153 Loss

The "loss" that Feng Bujue referred to was naturally not defeat in battle, but failure of the side quest…

At the moment when the Silkworm Mother let out its death throes, another sound rang out as well. But at that time, the players' ears were enduring an extremely painful impact, making it difficult to pay attention to other subtle noises…

Only Jue-ge… vaguely caught something.

As a person accustomed to multitasking, he would not let go of any similar detail. In a split second, he almost instinctively glanced at the game menu… and discovered the reality of Uncle Waste Wood's death.

That's right, the sound covered up by the roar was a system notification: [Team Member: Uncle Waste Wood, has died.]

"What?" Honghu reacted quickly to Jue-ge's words and noticed the change in the team bar. "Tch… still miscalculated…"

And after drinking the Survival Value Replenishment, both Tianma Xingkong and Jibu habitually opened the game menu to confirm the recovery of their health, so they quickly discovered Uncle Waste Wood's death as well.

"Actually, there's not much miscalculation," Feng Bujue shrugged. "We've done our best, but we still couldn't save Uncle Waste Wood. We can only blame the high monster intelligence in this script…" he continued in a helpless tone, "I think… in the last moment, the Silkworm Mother probably knew she was doomed to die, so she decided to drag someone down with her."

"No, I was too careless…" Honghu shook his head. "I should have told you earlier…" he looked at Jue-ge and continued, "You weren't affected, so you don't know… When controlled by the Silkworm Mother's brain threads, the controlled person's five senses are amplified to the extreme. During that time… my sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste… all gave me a large amount of information that was enough to cause panic…"

"Yeah, yeah, that was super terrifying," Jibu interjected from afar, "Especially the sounds inside my own body… It was too creepy."

Honghu nodded and continued, "When formulating the strategy, I forgot to take this point into account… Since Uncle Waste Wood was caught by the Silkworm Mother, he must have also been in a state of 'super five senses.' Being impacted by the roar under that circumstance, the brain damage is unimaginable…" he said with some regret, "Alas… if it weren't for my miscalculation, maybe we could have come up with a more appropriate strategy."

"Pfft…" After holding it in for a second, Feng Bujue actually laughed, "Hahahaha…"

"What's wrong?" Honghu looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"Laughing at you," Jue-ge replied with a face that deserved a beating, "Still calling yourself a 'wise general'? You're just a fool! Hahahaha…"

"How did you even live to be in your twenties…" Honghu said with a long face, "It's a miracle you haven't been beaten to death…"

Suddenly, the laughter stopped abruptly. Feng Bujue took only half a second to restrain his smile and put on an extremely serious face: "Alright, you've been despised and insulted by me, can your self-blame end here?"

"Um…" Honghu replied blankly, "Your way of comforting others is really unconventional…" He pondered for a few seconds, "Although my self-blame and regret haven't diminished much, my attention has indeed been diverted by you… I have to say, you're good at drawing aggro…"

"You're too kind," Feng Bujue replied.

"Alright, stop dwelling on it…" Jibu lay sprawled out on a Terror Leaf, "Since things have come to this, let's take a break, anyway, there's no time limit for the main quest. I suggest everyone rest in place and recover to full status before taking action."

"That's a good idea," Feng Bujue also drank a bottle of medicine (Jue-ge's bag always has five medium-sized bottles of Survival Value Replenishment, now he drank one), stood up and said, "But the resting place can't be here, we'd better find another place… and quickly."

"Ah? Why is that again?" Tianma Xingkong asked in confusion.

"Of course, for safety," Honghu also stood up at this time, adjusted his glasses, "Now that there are no tigers in the mountains, the monkeys will soon come out to be kings."

"Uh…" Tianma Xingkong pondered for a few seconds before understanding the metaphor, "You mean… this is the 'mountain,' and the Silkworm Mother is the 'tiger'?"

"That's right," Honghu replied, "In this Crystal Maze, the Silkworm Mother is undoubtedly the king. Now that she's dead, many creatures that are only second to her have lost their natural enemy. Once they realize this, they will come here and try to occupy this area…"

"【Beep—】! Then let's run quickly!" Jibu jumped up like a carp, "I can't fight anymore."

Tianma Xingkong also supported himself on his knees and stood up: "Well, heroes also need to rest, for example… if the light on the chest flashes for too long, they have to fly away and detour for a while."

"I understood the first half of what you said," Feng Bujue sighed and complained, "You don't need to use aliens from the M78 Nebula as an example…"

…………

Five minutes later, in a path southeast of the Terror Leaf.

Clang clang clang…

Bill's footsteps on the crystal crust were quite loud. His weight and metal soles made it almost impossible for him to walk inconspicuously.

"Almost there." Billy, who was riding a tricycle in front, said without looking back, "Time-wise…" he looked down at his watch, "It's a few minutes late…"

"It seems like there's something fighting ahead." Bill looked up at the distance and said. Although the crystal path was covered by pink and white silk webs, Bill seemed to still know what was happening not far away.

"Ah…" Billy replied weakly, "Just two ignorant and greedy beasts fighting…"

"Should I clean it up?" Bill made a palm with his left hand and clenched his right fist, touching them together in front of his chest.

"Heh… go ahead if you want." Billy found it a little funny to see his younger brother's eager appearance, "You've been locked up for quite a long time, it's a good opportunity to warm up."

"Okay!" Bill responded in an excited tone. The next second, his right leg stomped hard on the ground…

With a bang… the extremely hard crystal crust was shattered into a large piece, and everything within a hundred meters was shaken.

Billy, who was riding on the tricycle, was lifted a few centimeters off the ground along with the bike. After landing, he helplessly spread his hands, straightened his little bow tie, and then continued pedaling forward.

On the other side… Bill's huge figure had already flown out like a cannonball, rushing towards the top of the Terror Leaf at high speed.

"This silk is really annoying…" Bill muttered, reaching out and tearing off the layers of silk web covering his face.

After the death of the Silkworm Mother, all the silk webs in the Crystal Maze had lost their special properties and turned into ordinary silk fabrics. Even if they accidentally stuck to the body, they could be easily torn or ripped off.

"Roar—" A strange roar suddenly sounded from ahead.

Bill stared intently, and a giant beast entered his sight.

This thing had a pig's head and a dog's body, with a huge body, black fur, hard thorns, and red eyes, able to see in the dark. It liked to eat carrion and lived in dark and humid places. The *Classic of Mountains and Seas* recorded it as the Chiyan Zhuyāo (Red-Eyed Pig Demon)…

And on the other end of the Terror Leaf, there was another slender humanoid monster made entirely of vines standing, looking like it was confronting the Chiyan Zhuyāo.

In the middle of the two creatures, there was a large pile of corpse fragments, and blood was flowing all over the place… Judging from the number and volume, this pile was undoubtedly the Silkworm Mother's corpse.

"Heh… coming to fight for this pile of carrion?" Bill laughed, "Haha… same as my purpose! Hey!"

He shouted, taking advantage of the momentum of falling, and punched the Chiyan Zhuyāo closer to him.

The Chiyan Zhuyāo was also a rare beast in this Crystal Maze, with powerful strength. Facing Bill, this uninvited guest, it was naturally unwilling to show weakness, and raised the fangs on both sides of its nose to ram over.

Unexpectedly…

Crack—

The sound of bones being broken announced the result of this attack. Bill's iron fist easily broke the Chiyan Zhuyāo's fangs that were shaped like steel knives, and he did it with one hand…

Just now, in the moment of approaching the enemy, Bill slightly changed his stance, and swung his fist at lightning speed, delivering a cross punch horizontally.

The terror of this punch could only be experienced by the one who was hit.

A seemingly understated and simple attack contained unparalleled power and speed.

There were no gorgeous special effects, no cool move names, in fact… this punch couldn't even be considered a move, it could only be said to be a very simple action. But… it was just strong.

This was unadorned, flawless absolute power.

Steel body, ten thousand jun of power, the speed of the wind. This was the "Primitive War Puppet" – Bill. From a data perspective, his design could be described as "crude." If a derivative saw Bill and Billy appear at the same time, they would definitely not be able to tell that these two sets of data had a "brother" relationship.

But crude did not mean weak… In Bill's crude design, what was commendable was the "value" of his various data. In this regard, he was not inferior to the Four Pillar Gods…

To use a metaphor, Billy was like a next-generation smartphone, with exquisite workmanship and complete functions. And Bill… was an old-fashioned mobile phone made of titanium alloy. He could only be used to make calls and send text messages, but it didn't sell any cheaper than you.

"Ah—" The Chiyan Zhuyāo wailed, the broken pig teeth turned out from its mouth, tearing the flesh in its mouth. But it couldn't even care about the "pain." Intense fear and the instinct to survive made it jump off the Terror Leaf, and ran away with its head buried…

"Hehe…" Watching the pig demon escape, the "Vine Monster" chuckled twice, then looked up at Bill, "Although I don't know where you came from, but you seem to be quite strong… hehehe…" It twisted its vine body and slowly stepped forward, surrounding Bill with a thicket of thorns, "How about this… you become my subordinate, and we will rule this maz… cough… kah… ah…"

Bill grabbed the Vine Monster's "neck" with one hand and sneered, "You're dumber than a pig, you bean sprout…"