Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1338 - 678: Target Shift

The alien invader walked ahead, while the group followed behind it.

To say "walked" isn’t accurate, because this alien invader moved by wriggling its body like a Slime.

"Can we communicate with it now?" Li Wenxi whispered to Wen Guixin.

"No," Wen Guixin shook her head, "even I can’t communicate with it, I can only issue orders. Creatures completely infected by the mental toxin become total puppets and lose their autonomous thoughts."

"Sigh... If it takes the antidote now, it still can’t recover?" Lou Fei’Er said as she looked at the alien invader’s back.

"Of course not," Wen Guixin shrugged, "the antidote must be administered before complete erosion; now its nervous system has been irreversibly destroyed by my toxin, so the antidote is useless...wait."

Wen Guixin glanced at the alien invader leading the way, her brows slightly furrowing: "But it’s an alien invader. Its nervous system and body structure are different from Earth life forms, which is why it took me so long to completely infect it. I’ve heard they have much stronger recovery capabilities than Earth life."

Saying this, she quickly walked a few steps forward, coming close to the alien invader, once again touching its wriggling body with her hand.

"This..."

Her eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

"How is it? Has it really recovered?" Xu Xin asked softly.

Wen Guixin nodded with a slightly serious expression: "Yes, the nervous system of the alien invader I completely eroded has now recovered approximately 10%."

Wang Lei’s mouth dropped open: "Recovered 10% already? How much time has even passed?"

They had just come out of that metal room.

Less than two minutes had passed?

If it recovered 10% in two minutes, wouldn’t a full recovery only take 20 minutes?

"In fact, as long as its nervous system recovers over 50%, it can regain consciousness," Wen Guixin continued to press her hand on the alien invader, whose body started wriggling more vigorously again.

Recovering over 50% restores consciousness...

Which means, in about ten minutes, if left alone, this alien invader can regain control over its body.

That’s truly a terrifying recovery speed!

The group fell silent one by one.

What to say, indeed, it deserves to be an alien invader...

Inside the World Tree, there are likely more alien invaders.

Alien invaders have no brains; their entire bodies function with relatively independent nervous systems and boast such powerful recovery abilities.

Thinking this way, they hardly have any weaknesses.

Considering the weapons in Xu Xin and the others’ hands...

It’s troublesome.

It seems direct confrontation with alien invaders must be avoided; best if this mission goes unnoticed from start to finish.

Otherwise, even a few alien invaders might be difficult to fully repel, forcing them to rely on Xu Ying’s abilities to escape.

"Not every alien invader would have such strong body recovery capabilities, right?" Zeng Tao whispered, "This alien invader is, after all, the ’gatekeeper’ of the World Tree. There are only three World Trees in this headquarters, and it’s normal for it to be a bit stronger as the one controlling access, isn’t it? Maybe other alien invaders aren’t necessarily this strong."

"Ah..." Xu Xin looked at her, a bit surprised.

"What?" Zeng Tao seemed confused, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Ah...just surprised you could be smart too," Xu Xin couldn’t help but tease.

"You...hmph, I won’t argue with you at such a critical time!" Zeng Tao turned her head angrily.

Indeed, what Zeng Tao said makes sense.

"Let’s go, when the car reaches the mountain, there will always be a way," Xu Xin said, "but Sister Gui Xin, you need to pay more attention."

Now, she must reinfect the alien invader every ten minutes.

"This is quite troublesome..." Wen Guixin’s expression was fraught with anxiety.

"What’s wrong?" Xu Xin asked with a frown, "Is repeated infection difficult?"

Typically, after infection with a virus or toxin and recovery, the body may produce antibodies or resistance.

Could it be the same for Wen Guixin’s case?

"No, no, it’s not difficult," Wen Guixin waved her hand. "Although this alien invader can recover itself, my toxin isn’t weak either; frequent reinfections might accidentally end up killing it..."

Ah...

Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it’s not too hard to control.

"Just have to pay extra attention."

The role of this alien invader is more than just leading them into the World Tree.

They also need it to enter the underground space of the World Tree, where the alien invader’s "Source of Life" and scarlet crystal are located.

"Just have to hold out until it takes us into the underground space of the World Tree." At this moment, Xu Ying said from the side, "If it dies, so be it. I’m here, I can surely lead you out."

Indeed.

Provided her teleportation ability functions properly.

Wen Guixin interrupted their conversation: "Alright, you all, we’ve arrived."

The group followed the alien invader, which resembled a Slime, and arrived at the immensely sturdy trunk of the World Tree.

Its body adhered to the trunk of the World Tree, then spread like a fluid over the surface of the trunk, in the surprised eyes of the group, turning into a thin large sheet, sticking to the World Tree trunk.