In the dark underworld, a huge mosquito with a size exceeding thirteen centimeters unfolded its wings and flew swiftly!
At the end of the line of sight, a group of cockroaches resembling an army roamed ahead.
The enemies killed by this group of cockroaches, along with the bodies of dozens of their own comrades, were left by the stream!
Jia Yan flew joyfully in his heart.
But he had to be careful not to be discovered by that group of cockroaches!
First, he landed under a cockroach corpse.
He glanced at the nearby corpse of a huge fiery red centipede, and a gleam flashed in his compound eyes!
"This huge fiery red centipede, I wonder if there's any juice left! But if I try to suck the juice from so many cockroach corpses first, it will definitely take a lot of time to digest. By then, other creatures will probably come to snatch them away!"
After a little thought, Jia Yan had a plan in mind!
He stretched out his six legs, picked up the huge cockroach corpse beside him, and carried it between his legs. The tremendous strength seemed effortless, and he flew directly towards the cave where he had come out not far away!
There were no creatures in that cave, seeming to be a good hiding spot!
As he passed by the stream, a grass fish of several tens of centimeters jumped up, startling Jia Yan!
"This little guy, can't you rest for a while?" Jia Yan looked at the huge grass fish of fifty centimeters with a wry smile.
Ignoring it, Jia Yan made an evasive movement in the air and placed the cockroach corpse in the concealed corner of the pile of rocks inside the cave.
Then he continued to fly out!
Then he carried another giant cockroach corpse back and forth from the cave.
And when he passed by the stream, the fifty-centimeter grass fish also jumped up to 'welcome' him!
Jia Yan simply ignored it.
But being startled like that all the time was uncomfortable.
Finally, as Jia Yan flew out of the cave again after placing the cockroach corpse, there was a splash!
The grass fish jumped out of the stream, its large mouth wide open, ready to bite Jia Yan flying in the air!
"If I don't teach you a lesson, you won't learn!" Jia Yan said, slightly annoyed, as he straightened his abdomen!
This time he didn't dodge too far, but watched the grass fish's jump. When it reached the highest point, paused for a moment in the air, and was about to descend...
"Get lost!"
Jia Yan flew forward and thrust his abdomen needle into the left side of the grass fish's body!
After stabbing it, Jia Yan didn't wait for the fish to struggle, but quickly withdrew the needle and fled to the side!
Thud!
The grass fish writhed in pain in the air, its two-centimeter-long needle piercing deeply into its body. For this grass fish, which was more than fifty centimeters long, it was a considerable wound.
It fell into the stream, and Jia Yan saw it immediately sink down. It probably wouldn't dare to attack him again for a while!
"Dumb fish!" Jia Yan shook his head speechlessly, then continued with his transportation plan.
Now that this grass fish didn't come out, Jia Yan wouldn't be careless either. But overall, his speed of transportation had increased significantly.
Counting, there were thirty-six corpses of giant cockroaches. Even with so many, Jia Yan still felt a little tired after moving each of them back to the pile of rocks in the cave.
Next...
Jia Yan looked at the solitary, motionless giant fiery red centipede lying by the stream, and a gleam flashed and disappeared in his compound eyes!
If this centipede's brain also contained that mysterious juice, how much would there be?!
Jia Yan was a bit impatient. Flying out of the cave again, he first looked cautiously into the clear water by the stream.
He hadn't forgotten that when the fiery red centipede was by the water before, there was a behemoth even larger than the centipede that attacked it!
If that creature was also here, it would definitely come to snatch the corpses!
Fortunately, the stream was clear and shallow, probably only about two meters deep. Under the reflection of the luminous algae, although many fish larger than twenty to thirty centimeters could be seen swimming, the body of that behemoth was nowhere to be found!
Looking ahead at the stream, there was a small lake, probably only about a hundred meters wide. The behemoth probably went there.
In any case, time was pressing!
Jia Yan landed on the body of the fiery red centipede.
He first examined the centipede's hard exoskeleton, which was definitely harder than the one on his body now! In fact, Jia Yan even doubted whether an ordinary small pistol could penetrate this exoskeleton!
No wonder the tail needles of those giant cockroaches couldn't penetrate its exoskeleton either. Even the attacks of that huge monster seemed futile against the fiery red centipede.
However, despite having such strong defense, this fiery red centipede was still dead, killed by the siege of the cockroach army. It was a bit tragic, like the hero of a story.
"Survival of the fittest in nature. I have to work hard too, or one day I might end up dying tragically like this centipede."
Jia Yan collected his emotions and then approached the centipede's head.
This fiery red centipede had a total body length of two and a half meters, and its relative brain size was also enormous. Jia Yan felt spacious crawling on its head.
Jia Yan searched for the connection point of the fiery red centipede's exoskeleton at its head!
"The defense here is still very tight, the gaps are basically connected together."
Jia Yan found it a bit tricky.
Should he give up exploring the centipede's brain?!
Absolutely not!
Because if successful, and if there was indeed a mysterious juice in this fiery red centipede's brain, then the amount it provided alone might exceed the combined amount provided by more than a hundred giant cockroaches in the cockroach army.
It was even possible that just this one fiery red centipede could allow Jia Yan to accumulate enough juice to undergo a fourth mutation. Whether he could undergo the fourth mutation was uncertain, but it would definitely make his body take a big leap forward!
At this point, Jia Yan actually had a vague boundary for his own mutation.
Previously, it was said to be three mutations, but in reality, could it really be counted as three times? Or should the first and second times be combined? After all, looking back now, the first mutation didn't seem as drastic as the following two.
And now, because of the presence of the brain juice of these giant creatures, Jia Yan could envision his path of mutation. It wouldn't be as sudden and drastic as before, but rather, he would gain a bit with each feeding. So, how to define whether it was a mutation or not became a bit troublesome!
"The first mutation, also considered as the first step of my growth, so let's count it as one. So, I still have three mutations now. When I feel a significant increase in strength next time, it'll be considered the fourth time."
Jia Yan defined his mutations with certainty!
After wrestling with the brain of the crimson centipede for half a day, Jia Yan finally found an easy target with his shining compound eyes!
That's the centipede's oral cavity!
Flying towards the centipede's gnathopod, Jia Yan approached cautiously.
This pair of gnathopods were fierce and powerful. Normally, the crimson centipede would have used these gnathopods to kill countless creatures by sending them into its mouth...
A little further ahead were its oral appendages, these appendages were formed by complex layered structures. However, at this moment, the crimson centipede was already dead, and its oral appendages appeared weak.
Jia Yan looked at the fierce and huge pair of gnathopods, and first steadied his mind.
"Hopefully, this guy is really dead," he silently prayed in his mind.
If it's only paralyzed or playing dead, then by sending himself into its mouth, he'd just be offering himself as food. There's no reason for it not to eat.
Jia Yan jumped into the crimson centipede's gnathopods.
The huge oral cavity of the opponent was right in front of his compound eyes!
"Now let's give it a try!"
Jia Yan finally endured the overwhelming fear and gently inserted his slender oral appendages into the weak seams of the centipede's oral appendages...
The sense of fear was almost overwhelming. If this huge crimson centipede woke up and its oral appendages moved even slightly, the first one to suffer would be his oral appendages!
And even if Jia Yan managed to escape, he wouldn't live long! After all, without the organs for eating, how could he survive?
"Please, don't move!" Jia Yan tried hard to insert his oral appendages into the centipede's oral appendages.
Fortunately, the centipede didn't move at all.
It seemed to be completely dead!
After a lot of effort, Jia Yan finally felt his oral appendages pushing aside the centipede's hard oral appendages one by one, and then reaching a somewhat soft area...
Finally, he entered the opponent's oral cavity!
"Good! Let the oral sting out and see if it can reach the brain!"
Jia Yan vigorously launched his sharpest organ, the oral sting hidden in his oral appendages, and suddenly thrust it out!
It was almost like a nightmare...
At that moment, Jia Yan seemed to feel the massive centipede body in front of him move slightly!
At that moment, Jia Yan almost lost his soul!
This crimson centipede, it hadn't completely died yet?!
"No going back, no going back! Retreating now would be a waste of previous efforts!"
"Oral sting! Give me the fastest and most fierce speed to stab into its brain! Stir its brain fluid, and kill it completely!"
Jia Yan almost exerted all his strength!
The oral sting stretched out frantically!
Through the soft oral appendages of the crimson centipede, and then stabbed upwards!
Jia Yan could feel the body of the crimson centipede really moving!
"Quick! Quick!"
Jia Yan was burning with impatience!
His body almost entirely burrowed into the oral appendages of the crimson centipede!
With full force, even the body of the oral appendages was inserted into the oral cavity of the crimson centipede!