Chapter 603: Chapter 603

Such a huge pig was cut into countless pieces by a laser in the blink of an eye, making the scene incredibly bloody and gory.

"Are you sure this won’t kill the Mutant Blood-sucking Ant as well?" Jing Shu was a bit worried.

"No, they have Undying Bodies. In the face of such danger, at most their bodies will be cut into several pieces. Soon, they will recover through their tentacles’ transfusion, just like you saw earlier. This characteristic is both their strength and weakness. You can think of it as shedding skin. After mating with each other, they inject all their nutrient fluid and bodily fluids into a new body. They continuously produce new bodies suitable for themselves, and no matter how many pieces they are cut into, they will survive unscathed. But their weakness is that they cannot reproduce the next generation." Follow current novels on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢·𝗇𝗲𝘵

The staff member sighed again and finally shook their head.

However, Jing Shu suddenly thought of many things, like the species she encountered when she went to the United States for a competition, which also had Undying Bodies—some even more grotesque. In the end, they were eaten clean by a fat chicken that ate and excreted simultaneously. But those creatures were rather disgusting, and the price to achieve an undying state was high. They were all rotting corpses, with no possibility of domestication. They were just a pile of rotten flesh composed of quadrillions of bacteria, struggling to survive.

Therefore, Jing Shu’s curiosity about the Mutant Blood-sucking Ant increased.

"Alright, once the space is reduced, we’ll be able to take it out." The staff member was very cautious and added a warning, "Never let these Blood-sucking Leeches get close to you, or even near you. They must be bred in a completely sealed space."

The originally large space shrank quickly, like four bulldozers pushing from all sides, soon forcing the chopped pig into a small area. At this moment, the Mutant Blood-sucking Ants, as if sensing the crisis, started to frantically absorb the fragmented pieces of flesh. The pieces of flesh visibly shriveled.

The staff member then removed the completely shriveled husks of flesh, leaving behind two creatures that were much smaller than the previous Blood-sucking Leeches. They were covered in tentacles, no longer resembling de-shelled snails, and the pieces of their bodies quickly filled out again through transfusion. It was quite miraculous.

The key point was, looking at them now, they didn’t seem like such terrifying creatures anymore. Even Jing Shu felt that compared to the previous gigantic Blood-sucking Leeches, these appeared much more attractive. Perhaps it was because they lacked strange bumps, or maybe their pure black skin didn’t look gross. Instead, there was a sense of sophisticated black about them.

The two Mutant Blood-sucking Ants were soon picked up by the staff in a sealed glass container. The staff member solemnly handed them over to Jing Shu, again cautioning her:

"This glass container is a special instrument. Normally, you just open this mechanism to feed them properly. But, never let curiosity or any other motive cause you to release them, because once they latch onto someone, or burrow into a person’s body, they can’t be removed, not even with surgery! What awaits you then is only death."

They had witnessed several of their peers being drained of blood and dying at the hands of the Blood-sucking Leeches. Because of their properties, even if someone were to receive full-body anesthesia and undergo emergency surgery, cutting off the whole piece of flesh or even sawing off an entire leg would be futile!

"Once they enter the feeding state, or even just inject their body fluids into a target, within a very short time, hundreds of millions of tadpole-like creatures will swim throughout the body, ready to sacrifice themselves at any moment and act as a nutrient fluid to fill the new body of the Blood-sucking Leech. If they are forcibly separated, the Mutant Blood-sucking Ants will frantically absorb energy until they turn their hosts into dried corpses. However, a well-fed Blood-sucking Leech can go without food for a long time. We’ve conducted experiments, and they can survive for three months without any food."

The staff member recalled the most unbearable memories, fear finally evident in their eyes. These creatures are Devils!

Jing Shu, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow. So impressive, huh?

"Got it? If you don’t take my advice, you’ll only meet a gruesome death," they warned.

Jing Shu nodded like a pecking chicken. "Thank you, thank you. I’ll certainly be careful."

Jing Shu took the two dark and ugly creatures. Despite their harmless appearance, they were deemed the most dangerous creatures by the staff.

Jing Shu’s mind began to whir; it seemed her trip to the Imperial Capital was not in vain. As for its value... she squinted, subconsciously shaking the container with the two creatures. That would depend on how well she could utilize them.

The staff member was so frightened that they quickly righted the glass container. They hadn’t realized this woman was so reckless! They reiterated, "Be careful."

"Okay, okay." Jing Shu placed the container in the box, and in the instant after she closed it, she stowed it away in her space.

The staff member was right. Such dangerous creatures were safer in her own space than anywhere else. In her space, she was the master, and it was the perfect opportunity to properly study this Mutant Blood-sucking Ant.

Following that, Jing Shu’s expression became hazy. She devoted almost all her attention to her space. Meanwhile, she dully completed the signing of the secrecy agreement and waiver of liability with the staff while not fully conscious.

When Jing Shu finally left the oppressive prison, the driver at the door greeted her with a smile, "All set?"

Jing Shu also returned the smile and nodded.

"Let’s go then." The driver turned to get into the car, then looked back curiously, "Didn’t see you for a bit, and you’ve got a new pair of gloves, young lady. They’re pretty, and they look warm too. I should get a pair for my girl sometime; she’s always getting chilblains."

"Right? They do feel very warm. No more worries about chilblains after this," Jing Shu said, looking down at the Blood-sucking Leech squirming in the palm of her hand, and she smiled.

Perhaps not even Jing Shu herself had anticipated that during her trip to the Imperial Capital, although she had acquired many items, rewards, and even secured the right to manufacture medicine, with more rewards to follow, what was undeniable was that this seemingly ordinary creature, considered first-class dangerous, could ultimately disguise itself as self-heating gloves.

Of course, self-heating gloves were just one of the features of the Mutant Blood-sucking Ant, a clever application Jing Shu had only just discovered.

Wearing the Mutant Blood-sucking Ant-brand gloves added a layer of insurance for herself. She pondered for a long time how to use the Mutant Blood-sucking Ant to compensate for the current deficiencies in her combat abilities and daily life.

「So, let’s first talk about what just happened in the space.」