Chapter 530: Chapter 13: Baining’s Offspring (Part 2)

The scene finally calmed down once all the saplings, who had been on the verge of bursting, had passed through the Healing Array.

While Lin Yu was taking a break, Baining sought him out.

"Lin Yu, I think we might have to delay taking them into the cave!"

"What’s wrong? Do you think there are too few of them, that they can’t handle what’s in there?"

"Don’t worry. I’ll help you reproduce more offspring in the next few days."

Lin Yu said reassuringly. Of course, he genuinely believed Baining didn’t have enough offspring. They had nearly suffered casualties just dealing with a single virus nest.

And that was just from luring the enemy out. If they were to charge into the nest itself, they would definitely suffer losses.

Not to mention a whole planet this large... who knew how many of Baining’s offspring would be required.

"That’s not it, Lin Yu. I think I need to teach them how to turn off the light from their hair before we go into the cave."

"That way, after they’ve eaten their fill, they can make their hair stop glowing. We can wait until they’ve rested before they eat again. Then what happened last night won’t be repeated."

"Sounds good."

"However, you will still need more offspring. You have to understand, you’re not just facing this one virus nest, but all the viruses on this entire planet."

"The entire planet... Is the entire planet very big?"

Baining had no concept of the "planet" Lin Yu was always mentioning. Even though it had heard Lin Yu’s explanations about planets being massive, it simply couldn’t imagine it.

"Here, follow me."

After a moment’s thought, Lin Yu decided to show Baining just how big the planet was.

Lin Yu then led Baining to the spaceship. Fortunately, when Chenxi had rented the ship, she had considered that Lin Yu might need to transport supplies.

So, she hadn’t rented an ordinary single-person vessel, but a one-man cargo freighter, the kind often used for smuggling goods between star systems.

As a result, the ship had a small cargo bay in the rear. Though it was called "small," it was more than spacious enough to accommodate Baining’s body.

Once Baining was aboard, Lin Yu piloted the ship into the Cosmos.

To help Baining comprehend the planet’s scale, Lin Yu began sharing his visual feed directly into Baining’s consciousness from the moment of takeoff.

Baining was profoundly shaken as it watched the landscape before it shrink, turning into an imperceptible dot that finally vanished into a sea of green, impossible to pick out.

Afterward, Lin Yu flew the ship in a full orbit around the planet.

By the time the ship returned to the canyon, Baining still hadn’t snapped out of its shock from all it had witnessed.

Lin Yu didn’t disturb it. He simply opened the cargo bay door, allowing it to leave on its own once it recovered, and then went to discuss future battle plans with Chenxi.

He knew what a shock it was to witness the true scale of the world for the first time.

In his past life, when he had played a certain space game that had been updated for over a decade, the first time he flew from a planet’s surface into space, he couldn’t help but feel a sliver of fear as he stared at the profound darkness and the planets on his screen.

And that was just from playing a game. He could only imagine how Baining, with its limited knowledge, would have its entire worldview reshaped after being suddenly shown such a sight.

...

In a camp outside the canyon, Lin Yu and Chenxi stood inside a temporary command post, looking at a planetary map that was constantly being updated.

In order to find the hidden virus nests, Lin Yu had summoned numerous scouts from his territory and established this temporary camp.

The camp was surrounded by 1,000 Death Devourers, ensuring that the nocturnal viruses couldn’t break through.

The summoned scouts were only sent out on reconnaissance missions after they had mastered the Turtle Breath Technique within the camp.

Another group, who had already learned the Turtle Breath Technique, began scouting the surrounding area immediately.

As their reconnaissance progressed, the topographical map in Lin Yu’s possession grew increasingly detailed.

Just then, the sound of heavy footsteps echoed from outside the camp. The two exchanged a glance and walked out of the command post.

Outside the camp, Baining spotted Lin Yu and shouted through its consciousness from a great distance, "Lin Yu, let’s begin!"

"Begin what?"

"Reproducing offspring, of course! This world is so big, I want my offspring to cover the entire thing!"

At that moment, Baining seemed filled with heroic ambition. After Lin Yu had broadened its horizons, it suddenly felt that its previous, timid existence—hiding in the forest, barely subsisting on virus creatures, and pathetically fearing it might eat them to extinction—was utterly laughable.

’With my tiny body, I’d probably die of old age before I could finish eating all these viruses!’

"Alright, then let’s begin!"

Since Baining now had such ambition, Lin Yu couldn’t be happier.

"Lin Yu, if my offspring really do cover the whole planet, and we eat all the viruses... you’ll still be able to feed me, right?"

"Hahaha, Baining, you underestimate me!"

"When I get the chance, I’ll take you to my territory. Once you see it, you’ll understand my true strength. How could I possibly not be able to afford to raise a tree?"

"Besides, if this place becomes my territory, the planet’s Spiritual Energy will gradually increase. At that point, you all will slowly be transformed until you can absorb Spiritual Energy yourselves."

"Really?"

"Really. Have I ever lied to you?"

Baining thought for a moment. Lin Yu really never had lied to it. "Alright, I believe you. Let’s do it!"

Lin Yu and his men once again began helping Baining reproduce its offspring.

...

A month passed in the blink of an eye. The number of Baining’s offspring had surpassed forty thousand. The canyon could no longer contain them, and their range of activity began to expand into the mountains beyond.

As the morning sun shone down, an army stood ready before the cave entrance in the canyon: Lin Yu, Chenxi, Baining, 500 Death Devourers, a group of territory heroes of at least Excellent grade, and more than ten thousand of Baining’s offspring.

"Move out! Today, we’re heading into the cave to scout. Let’s hope we find something!"

At Lin Yu’s command, the virus-exterminating army marched into the cave.

The moment they entered the cave, Lin Yu saw that the entrance was littered with the mangled limbs of creatures. They were tattered and shriveled, completely devoid of energy or any sign of life.

Baining, leading the way, lightly touched one with a root, and it disintegrated into dust, like ancient remains unearthed from a tomb.

Lin Yu looked down at the thick layer of dust under his feet, identical to the ash, and shook his head with a sigh. "Sigh... It seems this is all that’s left of this planet’s original lifeforms. How tragic."

The others said nothing, simply walking on in silence. The heavy thud of their footsteps revealed their somber mood.

After advancing some distance, they began to see a few scattered virus creatures, but not many—it was different from what Baining had described.

Lin Yu thought for a moment and made a guess. ’Most likely, we’ve already wiped out the ones from this area over the past month. These few probably just wandered out from deeper inside the cave.’

"No wonder their nightly attacks haven’t been as fierce lately. It seems most of them are already dead!"

"Baining, pick up the pace a bit. Let’s go take a look deeper inside!"

"Alright!"

Baining and its offspring quickened their pace, and the entire team advanced rapidly through the cave tunnels.

Baining’s group took care of all the scattered virus creatures they encountered along the way, as well as the airborne viruses.

The depths of the cave system were full of branching paths. At each fork, the group chose the tunnel with the highest concentration of Undead Energy.

Proceeding this way without stopping, they eventually arrived before a large cavern.

They could see that besides their own tunnel, several other passages also connected to this cavern.

The cavern was densely packed with virus creatures. They were all interconnected, linking from the floor to the walls, and even to each other, forming a strange pattern throughout the space.

Since it was daytime, the viruses and the bodies they controlled were all dormant. Only a huge, oval-shaped sphere in the center—composed entirely of virus creatures—was pulsing rhythmically.

Sensing the immense Undead Energy ahead, Baining stopped at the edge of the cavern, refusing to go any further.

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