Published: February 5, 2025
The brain worm controlled a powerful host, making it exceptionally strong, there’s no doubt about that.
In the past life, brain worms were discussed with fascination and fear, just like the top monsters in the desolate land.
Ye Zhongming encountered a brain worm more than half a month after the apocalypse began, which was unfortunate; he needed to resist the attacks of the zombie tide as a two-star evolver.
But it was also a stroke of luck, because once victorious, he would gain a lot.
Next, it was time to harvest.
Ye Zhongming leisurely took out a red object from the space crystal.
A dry powder fire extinguisher.
Sodium phosphate dry powder fire extinguisher.
Without any hesitation, Ye Zhongming sprayed it directly at the brain worm!
The brain worm let out a sharp, piercing scream as it could not dodge in time.
Still, the same saying applies: the brain worm is powerful, but its body is too delicate. It fears many things, such as water, needs oxygen, and cannot withstand heavy blows, among other things.
One of the key points is that after being accidentally discovered by humans, it became the ultimate trick for the apocalypse survivors to deal with brain worms.
This creature is extremely afraid of sodium phosphate; even a slight contact would render it stiff, temporarily lose its ability to burrow into human bodies and cause it immense pain.
Coincidentally, this substance is easy to find, as some dry powder fire extinguishers are made of this.
Seeing the white mini-octopus body stiffen and pile on the ground, unable to move, Ye Zhongming walked slowly to its side, a glint of killing intent in his eyes.
“Please... please...”
Suddenly, such a thought appeared in his mind, as if someone was whispering in his ear. Ye Zhongming did not expect that this creature could communicate with him in such a way.
Aiming the fire extinguisher at the brain worm as a precaution, Ye Zhongming glanced at the grade 2 mutated lifeforms that had come nearby to rescue the brain worm and suddenly said, “Tell them not to move.”
“No... no...”
Before the brain worm's thought transmission was complete, it felt the cold blade pressed against its smooth little head.
The fierce group of grade 2 lifeforms suddenly slowed down, and evident signs of struggle appeared in their eyes.
The red-haired iron corpse and earth yellow pill, known for their ferocity, wouldn’t let such an opportunity slip by, and under continuous attacks, they killed four grade 2 mutated lifeforms.
With the evolution levels being quite similar, one side giving up resistance only meant that they would be slaughtered.
However, whether it was due to the brain worm's control weakening or because these mutated lifeforms escaped control after facing severe threats to their lives, they suddenly roared in anger and began to fight back.
Ye Zhongming slightly applied pressure with the tip of his knife, and the brain worm immediately screamed, causing its subordinates to pause again, instantly resulting in two more being killed.
This battle had no suspense; after Ye Zhongming poked several small holes in the brain worm's body, all those grade 2 lifeforms were killed by the earth yellow pill and iron corpse.
Ye Zhongming took out a metal box he had prepared in advance, sprayed a bit of the fire extinguisher inside, and then tossed the screaming brain worm into it.
On the other side, the earth yellow pill was chewing voraciously; these lifeforms of the same level still provided it with quite a bit of energy.
What surprised Ye Zhongming was the red-haired iron corpse; it was also ‘feeding’.
Unlike the earth yellow pill, the red-haired iron corpse directly dug out the magic crystal from the bodies on the ground and swallowed it.
Could this be the evolution method of iron corpses?
The skill scroll only detailed the production method of human puppets. Ye Zhongming had always thought that to obtain a higher-level human puppet, one would need to remake it. When the iron corpse's strength became insufficient, one would make a copper corpse, and if copper corpses couldn't meet the needs, one would look for intermediate human puppet techniques.