Chapter 187: Casualties

The centipede, unlike a snake, lost its thousand legs, rendering it immobile and only able to rage helplessly. Its pair of antennae, dozens of meters long, wildly swung as it attempted to attack Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan decided to continue his assault, cutting off the last moving antennae with his wings.

In doing so, it had nothing left to move, only a bare upper body.

Following that, Ye Xuan said, “Mengli, this big guy has been taken care of. Clean up its offspring and start rescuing people.”

Upon hearing Ye Xuan’s words, Su Mengli, without any worries, controlled the Flame Red Lotus, transforming into countless fire crows that rushed towards the small centipedes.

These centipedes, several meters long, were much weaker than their ancestor, having no resistance against the Flame Red Lotus. However, due to their large numbers, Su Mengli spent quite some time dealing with them.

While Su Mengli was clearing the small centipedes, Ye Xuan was also dealing with the centipede ancestor.

The centipede ancestor had a massive body and strong defense. Ye Xuan’s Kunpeng form could only cut off its thousand legs but not its body.

Therefore, Ye Xuan had to transform into human form, wielding the Hammer of Thunder God, tirelessly smashing it on the centipede ancestor’s head.

The centipede ancestor continuously howled in pain, accompanied by Ye Xuan’s relentless hammer strikes.

The centipede ancestor’s head was almost flattened by Ye Xuan’s repeated hammer blows, finally losing its life.

Subsequently, Ye Xuan, like Su Mengli, joined the ranks of rescuing people, where casualties had already exceeded half.

For the people on the train before Ye Xuan and Su Mengli arrived, the entire process was terrifying.

Originally on the train, some leisurely looked at their phones, some snacked on melon seeds, and some played cards, creating a pleasant atmosphere.

However, as the train passed through this section, the collision between the train and the tracks alerted the centipede ancestor hidden underground.

Following that, the centipede ancestor directly burst out of the ground, its body larger and more powerful than the train.

Its thousands of centipede legs pierced into the train’s compartments, using its immense strength to forcibly stop the train.

Subsequently, it captured the entire train, taking it underground back to its nest.

The train couldn’t withstand the centipede ancestor’s actions, losing a section of the carriage shortly after and then five or six more carriages.

The main body of the train was taken to the depths of the centipede ancestor’s cave.

The centipede ancestor’s legs acted like a claw machine, occasionally grabbing a group of people and letting the small centipedes feast on them. Many small centipedes also rushed into the train compartments, hunting everywhere.

Although there were some awakened individuals on the train, they were no match for the centipede ancestor, unable to mount an effective resistance, resulting in significant casualties.

After Ye Xuan and Su Mengli cleared out the centipedes, the survivors in the train compartments finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Some families survived together, embracing each other and crying, grateful for their survival.

Others, who were originally a family of several, were now missing one or even several members. They cried uncontrollably over their loved ones’ bodies, some too heartbroken to even shed tears.

Ye Xuan looked at the many bodies on the train, feeling a bit uneasy.

Dealing with the centipede ancestor wasn’t particularly difficult for Ye Xuan. For him, watching the survivors cry was the most distressing.

Having experienced the loss of family in his past life, he especially understood these people’s emotions. Because of this understanding, he didn’t know how to comfort them and could only silently watch the scene.

After a while, Zhou Qiang arrived. When he saw the huge centipede ancestor, he was also startled but calmed down upon realizing it was a corpse.

Zhou Qiang then approached the centipede ancestor’s body, spat, and said, “So, this is the culprit behind the train incident. Wow, it’s so big!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan agreed, “Yes, this guy was hiding underground. The awakened individuals who checked the railway line before had no idea that such a creature was lurking below.”

Although awakened individuals had different abilities, they were not omnipotent.

The cave where the centipede ancestor resided was hundreds of meters below the surface, and the awakened individuals who inspected the area didn’t have X-ray vision, so how could they know about the centipede ancestor’s existence?

Zhou Qiang looked at the train’s severe casualties and sighed, saying, “Contact the authorities in the capital. We are powerless in handling the logistics. Let the professionals take over.”

Ye Xuan nodded, then called Chen Ya, explained the situation, and asked the authorities in the capital to send a rescue team.

With so many people needing professional medical and rescue teams, Ye Xuan and the others could only protect them from further attacks by the mutated beasts, leaving the rest to the professionals.

In the train, there were actually very few real casualties. Most of the people on the train were ordinary civilians, and these mutated centipedes were highly toxic.

As long as someone was bitten by a mutated centipede, they would either die from the bite or succumb to the poison shortly after. Those who survived had no visible wounds, except for some minor injuries from the centipede ancestor’s capture of the train compartments. Their conditions were not urgent and didn’t require immediate medical attention.

Therefore, Ye Xuan’s blood was of no use. His blood was useless for the deceased.

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