"Ding—Detecting Doubt Value +5000 from Xiong Kang."
Upon hearing Lu Zixun’s shout to stop, Xiong Kang slammed on the brakes.
Turning his head to look at Lu Zixun, his eyes filled with confusion.
At this moment, Lu Zixun ignored Xiong Kang and was already sticking his head out of the window, watching a couple that had just passed by the car.
Following Lu Zixun’s line of sight, Xiong Kang also saw the couple.
But in his view, there seemed to be nothing abnormal about them.
It was just Lu Zixun’s unusual behavior that made Xiong Kang a bit more concerned.
"Something’s not right."
After staring at the girl for a while, Lu Zixun’s eyebrows furrowed.
Xiong Kang asked, puzzled, then looked more carefully for a while, his own eyebrows knitting together: "Are you talking about that girl’s movements?"
The walking movements of an ordinary person should be very natural.
But this girl’s walking motion looked strangely abnormal, like...
A toddler taking its first unsteady steps.
Just as Xiong Kang was about to open the car door and get out to ask some questions, he was stopped by a swift flick of Lu Zixun’s tail.
Looking at Lu Zixun, puzzled, Xiong Kang didn’t understand the meaning behind Lu Zixun’s actions.
Shaking his head, Lu Zixun kept his gaze fixed on the couple.
He always felt that the problem couldn’t be that simple.
Leaning back into his seat, Xiong Kang crossed his arms, curious to see what Lu Zixun was waiting for.
As the couple walked by, Xiong Kang rolled up the car window.
The lovey-dovey couple passed by the car where Lu Zixun was, and Xiong Kang glanced at Lu Zixun involuntarily.
Their eyes met, both seeing the expressions of single dogs in each other’s eyes.
They turned their heads away silently.
At this time, the two people finally entered the scanning range of the Heavenly Eye, and Lu Zixun activated the Heavenly Eye immediately.
"Ding—The human hosts under scan can still be considered human, but in reality, they have been parasitized by a creature called the Fetus Worm."
"The Fetus Worm will use the body of its host as nourishment to produce dozens of Combat Alien Insects to capture humans, similar to what you see in the human world with wasps."
Indeed, this girl whose behavior was somewhat abnormal had been parasitized by Abnormal Creatures.
However, what Lu Zixun found strange was that the variety of Abnormal Creatures in Lingchuan City seemed to have increased. What was going on?
After relaying what the Heavenly Eye reported to Xiong Kang, Xiong Kang’s face changed suddenly.
"Ding—Detecting Fear Value +5000 from Xiong Kang."
Lu Zixun glanced at Xiong Kang with surprise. Could just one Fetus Worm cause Xiong Kang to be this afraid?
It didn’t seem reliable to Lu Zixun at all.
Before Lu Zixun had time to ask, Xiong Kang took a deep breath and looked at Lu Zixun seriously, "Are you sure it’s a Fetus Worm, not a child-rearing mother worm?"
To make sure he hadn’t heard wrong, Lu Zixun pulled up the detection results again and checked them.
After confirming they were correct, he nodded seriously to Xiong Kang: "It’s definitely a Fetus Worm."
Hearing this answer, Xiong Kang visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
But in the next moment, Xiong Kang’s brow furrowed again: "The appearance of Fetus Worms indicates that there must be a presence of child-rearing mother worms in Lingchuan City. But why haven’t we discovered them?"
Frowning deeply, Xiong Kang seemed to be pondering this question.
At this moment, Lu Zixun was growing impatient.
Why was this person speaking so unclearly? The least he could do was explain the difference between the Fetus Worm and the child-rearing mother worm.
After Lu Zixun and Xiong Kang had exchanged complaints.
Xiong Kang finally snapped out of it, contemplating for a moment, "The child-rearing mother worm is responsible for laying the Fetus Worms, and the Fetus Worms are responsible for producing Combat Alien Insects."
"Isn’t that reproductive method almost the same as the Blood Worm?"
Lu Zixun asked in return, not understanding why Xiong Kang looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
It was as if the appearance of the child-rearing mother worm could annihilate the entire city.
Xiong Kang’s reply made the hair on Lu Zixun’s body stand on end, "Within just a month, the child-rearing mother worm can spread its offspring throughout the entire city."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zixun drew a sharp breath. What did spreading throughout the entire city imply?
That meant in one month’s time, the child-rearing mother worm could parasitize the people of Lingchuan City and gradually consume the city.
The reproductive capability of such Abnormal Creatures, coupled with their invasion ability, was somewhat beyond Lu Zixun’s imagination.
Lu Zixun snapped out of it and quickly said, "What are you spacing out for? We need to deal with this immediately."
After a moment of silence, Xiong Kang took a deep breath and looked at Lu Zixun, "I’m about to suggest the best course of action, check if you can accept it."
Xiong Kang’s serious expression caused Lu Zixun’s heart to give a thud.
His beard quivered as he nodded his head.
"The Fetus Worm needs to return to the side of the child-rearing mother worm weekly to replenish energy, which means once the location of the child-rearing mother worm is exposed, eliminating it afterward will reduce the level of danger to the lowest point, and so now..."
"We’re going to wait for the Fetus Worm that’s parasitizing that girl’s body to emerge, then trace it back to find the child-rearing mother worm, right?"
Before Xiong Kang could finish speaking, Lu Zixun voiced Xiong Kang’s next words.
"Ding—Detecting a surge in distress from Xiong Kang +5000."
Even if reluctant to say it, Xiong Kang nodded. It indeed was the only viable option that could minimize casualties to the greatest extent.
As he watched a couple walking away, laughing and chatting, Lu Zixun’s brows were tightly furrowed.
Why did young people have to bear the consequences of mistakes made by Abnormal Creatures?
Shaking his head, Lu Zixun looked earnestly at Xiong Kang, "I admit it’s the best method, but as I see it, it’s not the most humane."
"Ding—Detecting Satisfaction Value from Xiong Kang +5000."
Smiling in agreement with Lu Zixun’s words, Xiong Kang sighed, "Within the STO, this is the preferred solution when encountering a child-rearing mother worm."
At his calm words, Lu Zixun couldn’t help but look up at Xiong Kang, "If it were you, how would you choose?"
Xiong Kang raised his hand to his chin, looking up at the dark sky, "I would choose to wait for the Fetus Worm to emerge. Sometimes it’s not that we don’t want to choose the humane option, but behind the humane choice... lies a painful price to pay."
After a long silence.
Lu Zixun finally spoke, "Then... why did you concur with my viewpoint?"
If Xiong Kang knew that doing so might come with a painful cost, why did he still agree with him?
Lu Zixun was somewhat puzzled.
"As long as the situation is still under control, you might create a miracle."
Xiong Kang reached out and ruffled Lu Zixun’s hair.
He started the car, "After all, you’re a cat capable of creating miracles."