Chapter 154 Enlarged Version

An enlarged version of the pseudo-mother – that was just purely disgusting!

At the thought of this, Mingmei's face showed a look of disgust. She remembered seeing this thing made into "Deep-Fried Giant Squid" in a pseudo-mother game before. And now...

"I don't think I'll be considering any squid-related food this year."

Gui Gui: [Host, as long as you're happy.]

Mingmei couldn't help but quicken her pace, heading deeper into the forest while taking out the protective treasures that Meishi and Mingyi usually gave her.

One of them could instantly pull either of her parents to her side.

Briefly called the "call for help" treasure.

Taking out the "call for help" treasure, Mingmei didn't immediately summon Meishi. Instead, she ran a few more steps forward. She originally wanted to catch up with Lu Gui and make him stop, in case there was an ambush inside.

However, she overestimated her short legs and underestimated his long legs.

But she really wanted to call out to Gui Gui to tell Lu Gui, who was moving ahead, to stop.

They couldn't go any deeper!

"Stop!"

Seeing that she had run a long distance and still couldn't see Lu Gui, Mingmei didn't care about exposing herself and shouted directly ahead.

"It's dangerous ahead, stop right there!"

As she shouted, Mingmei saw the road beside her wriggling more brazenly, as if it was no longer afraid of being discovered.

Perhaps it understood Mingmei's words. No more pretending, time to show its true colors!

"Don't run! You up ahead, come back here!"

Mingmei ran forward until she ran out of breath while shouting, forcing her to stop and catch her breath, leaning on her knees.

Afterward, Mingmei couldn't help but feel a little frustrated and said, "Gui Gui, is anyone coming?"

[Host, I don't sense anyone within fifty meters of you...] Gui Gui's detection made Mingmei's face even uglier.

How could this Lu Gui run so fast?

He just charged in here alone?

Mingmei took a deep breath and was about to use the treasure in her hand to call for help when a slender hand suddenly appeared in front of her and took her "call for help" treasure!

"What's wrong?" Xie Chen, who had taken Mingmei's treasure, appeared beside her like a ghost without her knowing when, scaring Mingmei into taking two steps back to distance herself from him!

"Why are you so afraid of me?"

Seeing Mingmei's reaction, Xie Chen showed no surprise or doubt, but still had that smile on his face that felt so out of place.

Mingmei was even more afraid of him like this.

Even though he was wearing her boyfriend's face, Mingmei was still so scared that she kept backing away, while frantically talking to Gui Gui in her mind.

[Wasn't there supposed to be no one within fifty meters? How did he appear?! If you can't do it, just say so! I won't do anything to you! This person showing up scared me to death!]

[Host, I really didn't detect him. Even if he's standing right here, I still can't sense him.]

Gui Gui was also freaking out!

Gui Gui was already wondering if something was wrong with itself and was even thinking about having itself checked for problems later.

"How did you get here?" Mingmei knew that she couldn't rely on Gui Gui at this moment and could only find a way to deal with it herself.

"Me?" Instead of answering Mingmei's question, Xie Chen looked at Mingmei and asked, "What about you? What's a little girl like you doing here? I remember you were shouting for someone just now, right? Are there others who have come in here?"

After saying that, Xie Chen suddenly flashed forward, reached out and grabbed a hand holding a dagger that was reaching out from the darkness. With a forceful squeeze, Mingmei heard the sound of bones breaking and a muffled groan in the air. Then Lu Gui, whom Mingmei had been worried about, was pulled out by Xie Chen and slammed hard onto the ground.

[Gui Gui, did you sense this second one?]

Gui Gui: [I sensed him, but I didn't have time to remind you. Besides, his target wasn't you, so no need to remind you!]

Mingmei: […]

"Ugh!"

Lu Gui, who had been caught off guard by Xie Chen's sneak attack and had one of his arms instantly broken, didn't fall onto the moving road surface as the other party had expected.

Mingmei didn't expect that the smooth road surface would suddenly crack open, revealing dense, sharp mouthparts!

It made people with trypophobia's scalps tingle.

Just as Lu Gui's wrist was broken, he immediately let go of the dagger with that hand and grabbed it with the other hand.

Then, as he fell, he stabbed the dagger into the edge of the disgusting thing's mouthparts that had suddenly opened on the ground, revealing sharp teeth, wanting to give him a good look!

He carved out a piece of flesh!

Immediately afterward, an ear-piercing insect cry directly caused Mingmei to cover her ears, and the surrounding area shook like an earthquake. Then, Mingmei saw the pseudo-mother that suddenly stood up from the real ground!

The sensory impact brought by the dozens-of-meters-tall pseudo-mother was undoubtedly terrifying, making Mingmei about to throw up the breakfast she had eaten!

"Run!"

Lu Gui came back to his senses from the shock of this ridiculously large pseudo-mother, and when he saw Mingmei, who shouldn't have been here, he rushed towards Mingmei.

Just like Gui Gui said, he discovered it this time, but he didn't have time to remind her!

Lu Gui didn't care about anything else and simply picked up Mingmei with one hand and tucked her under his arm, running towards the exit they had come in from!

The enlarged version of the pseudo-mother naturally chased after them relentlessly. Coincidentally, when Mingmei was tucked under his arm, her head was facing Lu Gui's back, allowing her to clearly see the situation of the pursuit behind them.

Xie Chen, who had taken her "call for help" treasure, kept following them and the pseudo-mother attacking them, like watching a cat catch a mouse. His eyes were full of playful light as he looked at her and Lu Gui.

He didn't seem worried at all that this pseudo-mother wouldn't be able to deal with the two of them.

[Gui Gui, you said you couldn't detect Xie Chen, right?]

Mingmei looked in "Xie Chen's" direction and had a flash of inspiration!

[Yes, Host, you don't have to keep saying this... I know... I can't sense him now either...]

[I understand!]

Gui Gui, who was feeling very guilty, was organizing its words to explain when it was startled by Mingmei's sudden exclamation.

Gui Gui immediately asked, [What do you understand?]

"Chong Chong!!!" Mingmei didn't have time to explain to Gui Gui and directly "subtly" reminded him, "I see it, Chong Chong, two of them!" (虫虫 is a childish way of saying bug/insect.)

It's okay for NPCs to have special functions, right?

Mingmei twisted a few times while being held in Lu Gui's armpit, and to protect her identity, she continued to shout, "Two Chong Chongs! Meimei can see them, with a magical function! That, Chong!"

"Of course I can see them too!"

Lu Gui didn't expect to encounter the Zerg as soon as he came up, and he didn't expect to be taken down in one move. If the other party hadn't been careless, he wouldn't be running for his life with a little bean sprout now!

"How can you see..."

Now it was Mingmei's turn to be stunned. Was Lu Gui humoring her, or could he really see them?

"Of course, I see them with my eyes!"

Thanks to Lu Gui's game character having spiritual eyes, he could see through all illusions.

Except for when he first entered the game, when his cultivation was not enough and he couldn't see some things clearly, he had been cultivating for such a long time now, he was not as weak as he was at the beginning.

He had already discovered the true form of the other party when he saw "Xie Chen". Under that human body was a type of insect he had never seen before...