Yang Tao, with the hand speed of someone single for 22 years, directly grabbed the Sightless Seer while it was still in a dazed state, having just been 'squeezed' out of the Different Space.
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A series of numbers rose above Yang Tao's head, but the damage instantly disappeared after he threw the Sightless Seer into a Firefly Jar he had obtained from the Twilight.
"Little thing, its damage is quite high!"
The Sightless Seer was only about 15 centimeters in size, including its tentacles, and it was even smaller than Yang Tao.
Looking at the Sightless Seer, now gentle and serene inside the Firefly Jar, it floated within the jar, emitting a faint blue light. Coupled with the green glowing 'fireflies' inside the jar, it created a mesmerizing sensation.
He instinctively put the jar into his backpack, and by the time he reacted, the Firefly Jar containing the Sightless Seer had already disappeared from his hand.
Yang Tao opened his backpack in astonishment.
[Firefly Sightless Seer Jar]
[Produces a small amount of Seer Tea powder when placed on soul sand]
Yang Tao: "…"
The good news was that Seer Tea seemed to be mass-producible; the bad news was that this Sightless Seer apparently couldn't reproduce.
"I need to bring back more. Who knows what the yield of this Sightless Seer is? What if one Sightless Seer can't even produce enough for one cup a day? Wouldn't I have to make another trip?"
He glanced at the number of Firefly Jars in his backpack; there weren't many, just thirteen, but these could be crafted from [Glass Bottles] and [Fireflies].
He continued deeper into the hallway, this time paying more attention to the mirrors on both sides of the hallway. The Sightless Seer would not appear on the minimap when it was in the special mirror space.
If he hadn't caught a glimpse of 'himself' in the mirror turning to look at him as he passed it, he wouldn't have noticed the problem.
Ten minutes later.
As the mirror was knocked off the wall, a Sightless Seer had no time to react before it was caught inside a large glass jar. The entire process was smooth and fluid.
Yang Tao covered the jar with a cork, a smile appearing on his face: "One down!"
Satisfied, he tossed it into his backpack and continued forward, but just then, the pervasive smell of paint in the air was suddenly replaced by a strong, nauseating scent of blood.
Yang Tao couldn't help but frown; the bloody smell was so strong it made him gag.
'What's going on up ahead?'
Just as he was wondering if a massacre had occurred ahead, three blue-glowing Sightless Seer peeked out from the hallway's intersection.
Compared to the two Sightless Seer he had caught earlier, these three seemed more agile, and the blue light they emitted was much more pronounced.
However, upon seeing him, the three Sightless Seer immediately floated back.
In an instant, Yang Tao's mind was flooded with reports about Level 365.
'Phobic Centipede!'
Sightless Seer and Phobic Centipede are symbiotic species on Level 365. A group of Sightless Seer will lure or drive Wanderers into the embrace of the Phobic Centipede.
As a precaution, Yang Tao took out an Invisibility Potion and a shotgun from his backpack and walked towards the intersection where the Sightless Seer had disappeared.
As soon as he arrived, Yang Tao saw a horrifying scene. The hallway where the Sightless Seer had vanished was covered in blood, as if someone had deliberately painted the walls with a bloody brush.
Scattered on the floor were some severed limbs and even some human internal organs; the strong smell of blood lingered, refusing to dissipate.
Yang Tao's gaze was fixed on the black mist in the distance. Within the black mist were two white specks of light, and his intuition told him those white specks were the monster's eyes.
"Hehe, I didn't expect a new prey to deliver itself so quickly..."
A female voice emanated from the black mist, and Yang Tao felt goosebumps all over his body because he saw a face, a woman's face growing on the monster's body.
[Phobic Centipede]
The Phobic Centipede's face looked like that of a young woman in her twenties. Unlike other monsters with human faces, the Phobic Centipede's face, aside from its pure white eyes, had no other incongruous features.
At this moment, its face wore an expression of keen interest as it looked at his location.
"How interesting. I can't even sense your thoughts."
With that, more of the Phobic Centipede's body emerged from the black mist.
Information about the Phobic Centipede also surfaced in Yang Tao's mind.
Entity ID 13: Phobic Centipede
The Phobic Centipede's body is black and can emit black mist, which contains unknown substances.
Its body is very long, and no one has ever seen its full form hidden within the black mist. Besides its slender insect-like limbs, it also has two human arms at its front end, with claw-like hands capable of easily dismembering human corpses.
The severed limbs and remains on the ground proved this point beyond doubt.
Another point was that the Phobic Centipede did not eat humans; it preferred to torment the captured Wanderers with fear.
Upon encountering a Wanderer, it could probe the Wanderer's memories, and its face would transform into the person the Wanderer most wished to see, mimicking their voice. This was one of its hunting methods.
"Hehe, do you want to play a game with me?"
"Alright."
Although being invisible was useless, Yang Tao was certain that the opponent couldn't see him with their eyes; they knew he was there only through some special means.
"But can I choose the game?"
The Phobic Centipede heard Yang Tao's words but didn't sense any fear emanating from him, which sparked a hint of curiosity within it.
Little did it know, as the old saying goes:
Curiosity can kill the cat, and it can also kill the centipede.
"What game do you want to play?"
"It's simple. We'll see who dies first...!"
The moment the words fell, Yang Tao pulled the trigger, and a wooden door appeared behind him, from which several Mutated Iron Golems streamed out.
Without a word, they immediately summoned lightning to strike the Phobic Centipede.
[Health 63610 / 65000]
In a single exchange, the Phobic Centipede's health dropped by nearly 1400 points. The attacked Phobic Centipede took steps and charged towards Yang Tao's location, its massive body still not fully emerging from the black mist.
Yang Tao, without hesitation, pulled out a firecracker chili and threw it.
Boom...
To his surprise, the firecracker chili inflicted multi-stage damage, meaning the flames produced by the chili would cause the Phobic Centipede's body to take damage every two meters.
(Reference: Terraria worm-type monsters)
This single attack alone took away nearly 1300 health points from the Phobic Centipede.
However, the Phobic Centipede had already reached Yang Tao. Its humanoid forelimbs, originally less than two meters long, suddenly stretched out and grabbed Yang Tao's body.
"Hehe... I got you. I'm going to thoroughly savor your fear..."
Yang Tao, held in the Phobic Centipede's grasp, showed no signs of panic. Instead, a smile appeared on his face.
"No, it's me who caught you."
Suddenly, a large number of black blocks appeared on Yang Tao's body, and the wide corridor was instantly filled by a massive mechanical figure.
"I wonder if you'll like this thing..."
Buzzing...
A peculiar whirring sound erupted, and amidst the Phobic Centipede's disbelieving expression, the 'Vulcan' M61A2 Gatling gun in Yang Tao's hand unleashed endless fury.