VCRMM: Chapter 424

The corners of Si Sheng’s mouth curled up slightly and he showed a happy expression. He was coaxed by Xu Sili’s words.

He hummed softly, pulled the young man into his arms, pressed his forehead against Xu Sili’s and rubbed his nose.

“No one can hurt you while I am here,” he murmured.

Si Sheng didn’t think there was anything wrong with him caring about this matter. Ah Li hadn’t learned an ordinary puppet technique. It seemed more like a contract representing eternal loyalty.

After the contract was formed, Ah Li could summon the puppet, use the puppet’s skills and sense the puppet’s physical condition.

How could such a special connection be shared by anyone other than him? Not even a bug was allowed.

Xu Sili smiled slightly when hearing this declaration, eyes full of love.

At this time, Si Sheng confirmed it again. “Is it really possible to completely eliminate the puppet’s self-awareness?”

“Yes.”

Xu Sili nodded. He remembered that the system said so. This couldn’t be wrong.

After thinking for a moment, he continued to comfort Si Sheng. “I’m just trying it out. If anything goes wrong later, you can kill it at any time.”

It was just a bug. It was meant to be killed.

Si Sheng was satisfied, and his eyes looked towards the open space in the center of the venue.

It had already been riddled with holes from the gunfire of the competition, and now it was further damaged. In the midst of people’s exclamations, a black beetle around the same size as the mecha crawled out from the ground.

The ten meters tall body and the ferocious and terrifying appearance quickly caused panic.

Due to the frequent bug plagues across the universe, most people in the interstellar space had taken notice of this new species, the zerg. The problem was… until now, no bugs this large had ever appeared. It could practically be described as a monster.

The venue was thrown into chaos. People rushed to the entrance, but were quickly suppressed by the soldiers.

The defenders of Ampsonton reacted quickly. After receiving the news, they immediately sent most of their troops to provide support and immediately suppressed the panicked audience members.

“We can handle it. Please trust the alliance’s army!”

“Please exit in an orderly manner. We will take necessary enforcement action against anyone who cuts in line without permission!”

Thanks to the soldiers’ efforts, the crowd gradually calmed down.

In addition, the king zerg that drilled out from the ground didn’t act immediately. This had a calming effect to a great extent.

The king zerg waved its huge antennae as if no one was around and made a dizzying sound from its mouth, as if it was summoning something.

As a sound elementalist, Xu Sili was very sensitive to sound and could vaguely distinguish that the call of the king zerg contained a type of energy.

As the sound spread, the originally calmed down audience suddenly screamed and threw the entire venue into chaos again.

Xu Sili swept out his mental strength and saw a disgusting scene.

Several people in the audience suddenly screamed in pain as black bugs crawled out from their skin and orifices, constantly gnawing at their bodies and growing rapidly.

This horrifying scene frightened everyone. For a moment, everyone felt insecure and wanted to leave the venue immediately.

These audience members were actually carrying hidden zerg eggs, and no one knew when they were infected.

Now these eggs hatched early at the call of the king zerg.

Xu Sili’s expression was solemn. He was just about to say something when Si Sheng beside him said, “What should we do?”

“Hmm?” Xu Sili blinked.

“What are the conditions for using that skill?” Si Sheng asked coldly as he looked at the giant beetle in the open space.

Xu Sili’s mind suddenly relaxed and he couldn’t help smiling. He lowered his voice and told Si Sheng the conditions for releasing the Capture skill.

As he spoke, Si Sheng’s expression inevitably became a bit strange, perhaps because he thought of the scene that day. But he still nodded. “No problem.”

Finally, he emphasized, “You said you wanted to eliminate the zerg’s self-awareness.”

Xu Sili nodded repeatedly with a sincere look on his face.

Just as he was curious about what Si Sheng would do, he saw the man put an arm around his waist. Then an extremely powerful mental strength was released.

Just like that, something magical happened.

The originally chaotic scene suddenly seemed to stop as if someone pressed the stop button.

People were still conscious, but were horrified to discover that they couldn’t move at all. Except for their eyeballs, their entire bodies seemed to be controlled by some energy, unable to move.

Even the spectators carrying zerg eggs on their bodies stopped struggling.

Only the live broadcast camera faithfully recorded this strange scene.

Xu Sili was also impressed by this move.

Due to his encouragement, Si Sheng had been leveling up with him in the wilderness for some time. His level had long exceeded nine stars, and his strength was even more unfathomable than before.

Right now, the only thing that moved in this venue was probably the live barrage on the screen.

[Ahhhh, this zerg is so scary! Huh? Wait, what’s going on? Why isn’t it moving?]

[Am I stuck? Why did the camera suddenly freeze?]

[Could it be that the live broadcast equipment was destroyed? This is so heartbreaking. Are the people at the scene okay? I knew there were zerg rampaging, but I didn’t expect them to be this scary!]

To be honest, the people who were monitoring the live broadcast also wanted to know what happened. Was that terrifying pressure released by this giant zerg?

Moreover, the live broadcast equipment wasn’t broken at all!

[In other words, why did such a large zerg appear on Ampsonton?]

[This is terrifying! Can the defenders defeat it? Roland’s mecha is so powerful. They should be able to defeat this zerg, right?]

[Am I the only one to notice that some audience members are carrying zerg eggs? Did they get on their clothes or were they lurking inside their bodies? It is terrifying thinking about it!]

Just as the interstellar people in the live broadcast room were discussing this, someone soon discovered that something was wrong.

[Look at that shot of the competition venue!]

[It is moving. Look!]

In this strange stillness, two figures dropped from the sky, slowly landed on the ground and appeared in front of the giant beetle.

They were the only ones in the audience who were still able to move, and they immediately attracted everyone’s attention. Even subconsciously, all the cameras slowly turned and aimed directly at these two people.

Under the HD camera, the appearance of the two people were captured clearly.

He was a tall man in a snow-white uniform. He had brilliant short golden hair, cold and handsome facial features, and an air of majestic oppression.

The person held in his arms was a gentle and noble silver-haired young man with a faint smile on his lips and an impeccable, beautiful face.

After standing still on the ground, the blonde-haired man released his hand, but still stayed by the young man’s side, his gray-blue eyes staring indifferently at the giant beetle.

The two of them looked so calm and composed, as if they were strolling in a garden. It was in stark contrast to the terrified faces of the spectators and defending soldiers.

Who were they? Why were they the only ones who could move? Could it be that…

They were the ones who controlled the entire venue?

Oh my god, what powerful mental strength would this require?

The giant king zerg’s antennae, which had been still, suddenly moved. Its huge insect eyes looked at the two figures and it stepped back vigilantly.

This scene created a strong visual impact.

In front of the zerg that was tens of meters high, the two humans looked so small, but the huge beast was so scared that it didn’t dare move forward and even started to retreat!

Who were these two people?

The focus of the entire audience and the universe was on Xu Sili and Si Sheng. More and more people who received the news turned on the live broadcast to watch. Everyone held their breath, waiting for what would happen next.

[The quiet and focused condition is met.]

[It is possible to release the singing skill: Capture.]

Xu Sili looked at the message prompt sent by the system. Then he looked at the tens of thousands of connected lights in front of him and couldn’t help being stunned.

He probably knew what these threads represented. Each one was a prey he could capture!

Unfortunately, he could only choose one.

This skill consumed almost all his magic power, and the cooldown period was thirty days.

He no longer hesitated and chose the ray of light connected to the king zerg, which was also the thickest one in the field. Then he chanted the spell in a low voice.

The young man’s lips opened and closed slightly. No one could hear what he was saying except the king zerg, but everyone saw the powerful aura emanating from him!

The next moment, a golden rope of light rose from the soles of the giant zerg’s feet, moving and wrapping around it like a vine. Then it finally tied up the giant beetle!

The king zerg struggled but couldn’t break free! After around five minutes, it was bound to the ground and lost consciousness.

As for Xu Sili, his magic power was also drained in an instant, which made him a bit weak.

However, looking at the results, he nodded with satisfaction. As long as all the energy of the light rope was absorbed by the king zerg, the king zerg would become his puppet.

He glanced sideways at Si Sheng. Without him saying anything, Si Sheng’s mental strength swept over the king zerg. A white light flashed and the king zerg’s huge body disappeared, replaced by a card floating in the air.

The power that bound everyone at the scene also disappeared at this moment. Those who regained their ability to move stared blankly at the two mysterious men who were like gods, and were speechless for a moment.