Chapter 30

The war in the esophagus continued. Lin made the cone-shaped cells pile together, forming a large, spiky sphere that rolled through the enemy ranks. Then, she let the acid injectors and excavators finish off the remaining opponents. With this method, Lin gained a significant advantage.

However, this advantage soon came to an end. The round shield worm's defensive cells had developed a new type. In addition to the white cells that initially entangled with their tentacles, a flat, round cell appeared. These cells were very small, only one-fifth the size of the basic cells, but they would attach to Lin's cells like suction cups and secrete a substance that destroyed the cell membranes, ultimately killing the cells.

Lin found it difficult to effectively deal with these flat, round cells, and gradually became disadvantaged.

Lin's army was now surrounded in the center of the esophagus, with round shield worm defensive cells visible everywhere. It seemed that this invasion was about to fail, but Lin was not worried because reinforcements had arrived.

The round shield worm was now completely still, apparently using this method to stop unnecessary activity and conserve energy, focusing all its internal energy on defending against Lin's invading cells.

Because of this, the round shield worm did not notice a few bright red cells entering its mouth.

To avoid any danger, Lin had always kept the number of infected cells to ten. This time, she let five infected cells enter the round shield worm's esophagus.

The infected cells looked like defenseless, bright red basic cells. As soon as they entered, they were surrounded by the round shield worm's white cells and instantly torn apart, both membrane and nucleus.

However, the viruses inside the infected cells were released. These terrifying, bright red entities drilled into the white cells, destroyed their nuclei, and then tore open their membranes, splitting into thousands of viruses.

These viruses continued to drill into the surrounding cells, repeating the same process. A bright red nightmare quickly spread throughout the round shield worm's esophagus.

The round shield worm's defensive cells, which had almost surrounded Lin's forces and were close to victory, suddenly collapsed. They had no way to deal with the sudden appearance of the viruses. To avoid becoming virus factories, they had to start retreating, and they also loosened their grip on Lin's forces.

The bright red viruses spread from the entrance of the esophagus, meeting up with Lin's forces in the middle. Lin planned to use these viruses to pursue the victory and attack deeper into the round shield worm's body.

The bright red viruses could also infect Lin's cells, but they only turned them red without any other effects.

Lin deliberately let some cells carry the viruses, chasing the retreating defensive cells deeper into the esophagus.

The remaining viruses continued to ravage the already damaged esophagus of the round shield worm. They not only attacked the free-floating cells but also drilled into the esophageal wall composed of blue cells, spreading wildly inside.

From the outside, the round shield worm twisted in pain again. It suddenly shook its head and spewed out a large amount of blue debris from its mouth, mixed with many viruses.

Then it clung to the ice wall and entered a completely still state again.

Lin's cell army pursued the retreating cells deep into the esophagus. Lin noticed that they suddenly turned into a small opening in the esophageal wall. Lin immediately followed them.

The passage inside the small opening was winding. Lin's army swam for a while but did not see the retreating cells. Just as Lin was puzzled, a wall composed of blue cells suddenly appeared in front of her army.

Is this a dead end? Should we turn back? No...

Attack!

Lin's cells immediately charged forward. The cone-shaped cells and excavators drilled holes and scratches into the blue cell wall, and the acid injectors sprayed large amounts of dissolving fluid. Lin planned to crush the wall by force.

Under Lin's attack, the wall began to twist, as if it were in great pain.

Lin had no intention of stopping. She continued to attack, causing continuous damage to the cell wall. The acid injectors even corroded a large pit, almost breaking through the wall.

At this moment, countless small holes suddenly appeared on the wall, and a large number of cells rushed out. They were the round shield worm's retreating defensive cells. Lin had been wondering where they had gone, but they suddenly emerged from the wall, and in large numbers.

The virus cluster in the middle of the esophagus had not yet spread to this position, but many of Lin's cells were red, indicating that they carried viruses. Lin directly let these red cells charge at the enemy. As soon as they were killed, the viruses inside would be released.

These red cells were instantly attached by a group of flat, round cells and had their outer membranes corroded by their toxins. At this moment, the viruses inside surged out and invaded the flat, round cells.

The invaded flat, round cells twisted in pain, becoming virus incubators. In the next moment, they released countless viruses.

However, this time, the round shield worm's defensive cells seemed less afraid. They only slightly retreated to avoid the viruses. Then, Lin saw some peculiar cells in the cell cluster. These cells were different from the flat, round cells and white cells; they were a third type of cell. They had structures like nozzles around their bodies and sprayed a strange gray liquid from these nozzles.

The viruses that came into contact with this liquid seemed to lose their infecting ability. They could no longer drill into the cell membranes and could only drift aimlessly.

They seem to be called 'immune cells'? Lin had this term in her thoughts, but regardless of whether they were immune or not, they needed to be eliminated.

Thinking this, Lin let the phagocytes charge at the cells that were spraying the liquid, biting them into pieces.

The immune cells were small in size and few in number, and the liquid they sprayed did not affect most of the viruses. These viruses began to spread and ravage, drilling into all the surrounding cells and spreading wildly.

The remaining defensive cells immediately retreated into the small holes in the wall. After a while, they emerged again, this time with a few immune cells.

Then they were killed by Lin again.

The number of immune cells was very small, and it was very easy for Lin to kill them. The other cells seemed to fear Lin's infected, bright red cells and did not provide any help when Lin was killing the immune cells.

Next, Lin's army blocked the wall where the immune cells appeared, preventing any immune cells from attacking the viruses. The rest of the work was left to the viruses.

Without immune cells, the round shield worm could not stop the viruses. They not only destroyed the esophagus but also spread deeper. Lin did not know how long it would take for the viruses to kill the entire worm, but judging from the worm's reaction from the outside, it was easy to guess.

At first, the round shield worm calmly lay on the ice wall, but it gradually became agitated. It started to collide with its body and scratch with its appendages, as if it were in pain and going mad.

'Going mad' seemed like an interesting term, representing a state of losing control.

Then, the round shield worm's mouth began to spew blue liquid, composed of a large number of blue cells mixed with many viruses. The two cracks on its carapace, which should be called 'gills,' also began to spew blue liquid.

But it didn't stop there. Many other parts of the round shield worm's body also began to spew out large amounts of liquid. It continuously spewed out its internal cells while colliding and thrashing around in pain. After a while, it finally stopped moving and sank to the bottom of the water.

This could be called 'dying with blood flowing from all seven orifices.'

Lin learned many new terms, finding them quite interesting, although she did not understand some of them.

However, the viruses were truly terrifying. Their ability to kill cells and infinitely reproduce could allow them to kill such a large organism.

But if Lin had not blocked the immune cells, the viruses probably would not have succeeded.

But the most important thing was that she won.

Although it was a difficult battle, Lin still won.

Lin was now eager to break it down and see how this organism was composed. ……………………………………………………………………… Thanks to Spiral Balance for the support~

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