"Ugh—"
Su Baiyi couldn't hold it in and threw up.
The scene before them was too disgusting. Any girl with even a shred of cleanliness would have been nauseated.
Let alone girls, even men found their stomachs churning uncontrollably.
Long Yi's eyes glazed over, staring at the spectacle. He wondered if he was hallucinating, otherwise how could such a terrifying… no, a disgusting monster exist?
Even sea monsters weren't this repulsive.
He truly felt like vomiting now.
Wang Zihao frowned deeply, his ancient texts collecting information on the monster's abilities. The more he gathered, the more bizarre it felt.
He called out to Duan Chen.
"Instructor, can you determine what these monsters are?"
Duan Chen shook his head with a furrowed brow.
He also couldn't identify what these creatures were.
He only felt they were more troublesome than sea monsters.
Wang Zihao's fingers flew across his equipment.
He pulled out a pair of glasses from somewhere and put them on. The glasses were colorful, filled with swirling streams of light.
It looked as if they were constantly absorbing knowledge.
Wearing the glasses, Wang Zihao suddenly spoke, "I've detected that these expelled embryos… should be related to the octopus-like creatures we encountered in the room before, and the baboon I hastily took a photo of at the end…"
"I know, Instructor!"
He suddenly looked up, his eyes flashing with intelligence.
"Instructor, do you think there's a possibility that the baboon we encountered at the village entrance, the octopus in the room, and these embryos we're seeing now are all the same thing?"
"The same thing?" Duan Chen raised an eyebrow, a spark of amusement in his eyes.
He wasn't a dull person.
After Wang Zihao said this, Duan Chen understood exactly what Wang Zihao was trying to convey.
Wang Zihao meant that the monstrous entity encountered at the village entrance, the one in the room, and these current embryonic forms all represented different stages of the same creature.
This was a progression from egg cell, to embryo, to juvenile, and finally to adult.
The meaning was not difficult to grasp.
Duan Chen nodded and pulled out his gun.
He raised the muzzle towards the surging monstrosities, hesitated for a moment, then lowered the gun without firing immediately. Instead, he took a step back, retracted his weapon, crossed his arms, and looked at Long Yi and the others.
"What's wrong, Instructor?" Su Baiyi was pale and unwell from vomiting.
She saw Duan Chen's action and couldn't quite understand why he was retreating from the front lines.
Duan Chen smiled slightly.
"Almost forgot, I'm your instructor. This is your trial, and I shouldn't interfere. So, you can unleash your full capabilities."
Duan Chen's tone carried a friendly warning.
"Don't blame me for not telling you, I won't save you unless you're in mortal danger."
"So, you might get disfigured or lose limbs."
Although broken limbs and disfigurement could be treated, the time, effort, and money involved were no small matter.
Su Baiyi's expression immediately changed.
She asked anxiously, "But my abilities are not very useful here."
She had already tried her charm, but these embryos, having no eyes, were impervious to it.
Duan Chen shrugged, stretching his arms, his expression utterly innocent.
"Then it has nothing to do with me. This is a trial you must pass yourselves."
Wang Zihao saw through it instantly. Duan Chen would never help them unless there was a genuine life-threatening problem.
He immediately spoke, "Alright, stop dawdling. We could kill more embryos with this time."
"If you're so capable, go fight them!" Long Yi retorted in annoyance.
The embryos surged towards them like a tide. The villagers remained inside the compound, not venturing out.
However, embryos were continuously emerging from their stomachs.
One egg after another pulsed, containing unknown entities.
The bride and groom in the center wore eerie smiles. Unlike the villagers who were directly possessed, these two could still move.
Moreover, the bride's stomach was continuously bulging. The eggs from the villagers tore through their flesh and emerged, but the bride's stomach, after an initial rupture, had strangely healed itself. What kind of transformation was occurring was unknown.
Whatever the transformation, it was certainly not for the better.
Duan Chen intended to give these youngsters a trial.
Or rather, it was his objective.
Therefore, he chose not to intervene.
When these monstrosities were still in their embryonic stage, they were the easiest to deal with.
If Wang Zihao and the others couldn't handle these embryos, then they might as well turn back and go home, not accompanying him to Su City.
Wang Zihao clearly understood this, which was why he took the initiative to persuade the others.
Tian Xi Meng needed no persuasion. She immediately hid behind Long Yi and began assembling her puppets and machinery.
She first assembled a gun and tossed it to Su Baiyi, her expressionless face instructing, "This gun can be used in conjunction with your attributes, but it requires spiritual energy input."
"Your abilities are not very effective here, so you must utilize firearms."
Su Baiyi had also learned how to use firearms.
She nodded, gripping the gun. Each embryo was about the size of half a watermelon. Although these embryos were moving targets, they weren't impossible to hit.
Lu Shui Shui's abilities were much more useful, and in such a situation, coordinated attacks were the most reassuring.
She hid to the side, slowly recovering her spiritual energy. Once she felt she had enough, she unleashed "Thousand Miles of Ice" once more.
Both villagers and embryos were frozen. Despite the cracking sounds of ice breaking, they had become immobile targets.
Tian Xi Meng's face lit up, "Good opportunity, shoot quickly!"
Duan Chen, watching from behind, nodded repeatedly.
These youngsters knew his intentions and understood the importance of cooperation rather than fighting alone.
In that case, there was hope.
However, something unexpected happened.
Wang Zihao's pupils constricted. He let out a fierce roar.
"Everyone, get down!"