Chapter Fifty: Transmission of Power and Breaking Out of the Cocoon

  Located in the western district of Miao City, Fenglin Academy was extremely fortunate during the meteorite attack on the city. The sprawling campus of this higher education institution was not hit by even a single small meteorite. Moreover, when the subsequent parasitic creature attack occurred and some areas of the city suffered devastating destruction, this academy was once again extremely fortunate to have been unaffected.

  While the city was still clearing rubble and rebuilding, Fenglin Academy continued to hold classes as usual every day. Although the campus was no longer bustling with people like it used to be, compared to some schools in the city that had suspended operations, this place was still lively. On the school's playground, students taking physical education classes could often be seen.

  Mudanxing looked at the copper-made inscription of Fenglin School above the school gate and couldn't help but smile. He had finally stepped back into his alma mater after leaving for several months, but this time he no longer had any intention of continuing his studies here. After all, considering his current career, he didn't have much spare time to indulge in a leisurely campus life anymore.

  Mudan Xing, after entering the spacious and clean campus, found that Fenglin Academy was not affected by the meteorite attack and the parasitic beast disaster, and was still conducting classes as usual. However, there were some armed police patrolling around the perimeter of the academy, apparently maintaining security around the school and protecting the students' lives.

  After all, Fenglin Academy is the most famous institution of higher learning in Lushan City and also one of the most famous colleges nationwide. Every year, a large number of talented people graduate from here, including high-ranking officials and rich children who study here, so under the care of the municipal government leaders, there appeared a special scene of armed police patrol.

  Mudan Star walked through the beautiful square of Fenglin Academy, which was like a park, and then slowly passed by some sports venues that were in class along a small road filled with fresh flowers. He finally came to the gate of the Guoshu Society, which had been away for a long time and was very imposing. After looking around at the quiet state as usual, he smiled and pushed open the door and walked in lightly. Anyway, the Guoshu Society was originally one of the clubs with the fewest members in Fenglin Academy, and quietness was one of its characteristics.

  However, when Mudan Xing walked inside, he found that in the large martial arts training hall, only Lei Zhen was practicing alone.

  Perhaps it was the sound of Muxin Xing opening the door, but Lei Zhen stopped practicing alone and turned his head to look back. When he saw Muxin Xing, he immediately burst out laughing and walked over, saying: "Old Mu! You finally deigned to come back and see me, this time you've been completely out of touch, no one even answers the phone at your house. We thought something had happened to you!"

  Mudan Xing patted Lei Zhen's shoulder with a smile and said, "I'm not free to leave because I have something on my hands. By the way, today's martial arts club has only you as the main general holding the fort. Your sister and others have all gone somewhere else!"

  When Mu Xun heard this, Lei Zhen also shook his head with a helpless expression: "Lei Fang was called back home by my old man again, and Lao Qi and the others joined that student union's school protection team. As for the rest, most of them chose to go home directly after class following the recent meteorite incident."

  Mudan Xing found the school guard team that Lei Zhen was talking about to be interesting, so he asked: "United School Guard Team? Why does it have such a strange name?"

  Lei Zhen walked with Mu Chen Xing towards the rest area, explaining to him: "This is initiated by the Student Council. Who let our college's martial arts be so prosperous? Each martial arts club has to send a few main team members to participate. The main responsibility is to maintain some safety within the school during peacetime. It's not a big deal, anyway, they won't ask them to fight against parasitic beasts. After all, we are students, and those things should be left for the military to solve!"

  Mudanxing sat down and suddenly spoke to Leizhen in a very serious tone, "Old Lei, I came this time specifically to find everyone about something. Recently, I unintentionally obtained some extremely powerful martial arts techniques. You also know that it's not safe outside now, so I plan to hand over these techniques to the National Arts Society, but unexpectedly, none of them are here! How about I hand them over to you first?"

  Looking at the serious face of Mucen Xing, Lei Zhen immediately nodded and said: "The powerful seven-style technique! Since even you, a martial arts genius, have said so, I am more than happy to comply."

  Ten minutes later, Mudan Xing had demonstrated all the moves of Shenquan Dao except for Tian Nu, which was too powerful to be used. Lei Chen was immediately shocked by the seven martial arts techniques in front of him and couldn't recover for half a day. These moves, which combined the essence of thousands of years of combat skills, were really fascinating.

  Now his mind is filled with the shadows of those powerful and absurd moves, for someone like Lei Zhen who comes from a martial arts family and started practicing from a young age, the value of those moves has an absolutely fatal attraction. Seeing his opponent's expression, Mu Chen Xing smiled understandingly, as he had a similar expression when he first obtained the Divine Fist Way.

  Lei Zhen, who had just come to his senses, immediately looked at Mu Chen Xing with a tense expression and asked: "Old Mu, are you really going to teach us all these moves? You're not joking, are you?"

  "Of course, I'm not joking. These moves were also unintentionally acquired by me. Their power is extremely great, and they have the characteristic of exerting the body's ultimate strength. Now that the parasitic beasts are rampant, if you learn this martial art, I think it shouldn't be a problem to deal with primary-level parasitic beasts. For now, I'll fully impart these seven moves to you, and later on, you can pass them on to other members of the National Arts Society. Remember, the last three moves have extremely high killing power, so don't easily teach them to others, lest unnecessary trouble arises! There's an urgent matter at my home that I need to attend to, so I'll be leaving soon."

  When Mu Chenxing said that he would teach this powerful technique to others, he couldn't help but ask: "What, aren't you going to personally teach Old Zhao and the others? Why are you preparing to leave so soon, we haven't gathered together in a long time!"

  "I still have some important things to take care of on my end, so I won't be able to stay here for long. I'll come visit everyone again when I'm free."

  When Mudan Xing came out of the college, Lei Zhen had already firmly remembered the seven forms of Shenquan Dao in his heart. This was also the greatest help he could provide to those friends without drawing attention from others at this time.

  After taking another look at the massive Maplewood Academy, Muxu Xing turned around and headed towards his research institute in the mountains without looking back, because he knew that if nothing unexpected happened, he would not have time to contact these friends again in the next few years for future plans.

  Japan, an island nation in East Asia, was extremely fortunate to have suffered only minor damage from the meteorite disaster that occurred two years ago. The country's territory was hit by dozens of meteorites of varying sizes nationwide.

  However, fewer than ten meteorites fell within the city, causing some casualties and damage. Most of the others landed in coastal or mountainous areas. As for the subsequent appearance of parasitic beasts, there were only a few reported cases of attacks on humans, but these rare creatures were largely eliminated by the joint efforts of the US military stationed in Japan and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. Only a handful managed to escape into the mountains, their whereabouts unknown.

  Mount Fuji is Japan's highest peak and straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. It is also one of the world's largest active volcanoes, currently in a dormant state, and is renowned for its picturesque scenery as a popular tourist destination.

  Due to the volcanic eruption, Mount Fuji formed countless caves at its foot, some of which still have gas emissions today. At this time, in a very secretive cave located in the midst of a dense forest. In this typical volcanic cave, there are now fragments of various animal corpses and bloodstains splattered everywhere, occasionally with some incomplete human limbs scattered on the ground, making it extremely bloody and terrifying. This scene is clearly the work of the Parasite Beast, and it seems that all the creatures in the cave were food eaten by the Parasite Beast after being caught.

  At this moment, no trace of the parasitic beast was found in this bloody cave, but if someone came here now and walked deeper into the cave, they would be shocked to discover that at this time, a huge cocoon-like flesh sac was quietly stuck on the stone wall.

  Suddenly, the huge pupa that was motionless on the stone wall began to react slowly. The giant epidermal shell started to show signs of movement. A biological face slowly emerged on the surface of the pupa, as if it wanted to break free from its shell.

  Not long after, a strange arm suddenly broke through the cocoon's restraints and emerged. Why is it said to be strange? Because although the emerging arm looked very similar to that of a normal person, it seemed to be covered with a layer of shell-like armor on its surface. Then, the huge flesh cocoon began to continuously secrete a light yellow viscous liquid from the opening made by the arm. Slowly, the crack on the cocoon's surface began to gradually expand, and the light yellow unknown substance also started to flow out at an increasing speed.

  Finally, with a figure emerging from the giant cocoon, those light yellow **also flowed to the ground at the same time. As the creature walked towards the outside of the cave, it gradually appeared in the light that was slowly brightening outside the cave. The creature that emerged from the cocoon finally revealed its true appearance.

  At this time, if there is a player who often plays computer games on the scene, he will surely exclaim loudly that this is not the knife-winged queen of the Zerg in StarCraft! With a human body, an insect-like armor, and also a beautiful face.

  However, upon closer inspection, it can be discovered that although this creature resembles the Knife-Edge Queen in appearance, there are still some differences. Firstly, she does not have a pair of exaggerated and powerful claws on her back like the Knife-Edge Queen, but instead has six retractable tentacle-like appendages on her back that resemble sharp swords. Moreover, her eyes on her head are similar to those of insects, and on her forehead, there is a crystal-like object in the center.

  At this time, the latest form of the parasite, which was clearly different from the third-level parasitic body, suddenly looked east and revealed a fascinating smile, matching its alien body, giving people an unspeakable sense of horror.

  And this strange parasite, after staring intently for a while, suddenly sprouted a pair of butterfly-like wings on its back and disappeared into the forest with a few flaps, and the direction it was heading was coincidentally Tokyo, Japan's capital and internationally famous metropolis.