Chapter 719: Self-Dissolution

Li Yang remained silent, carefully observing the black substance in the container.

Suddenly, he noticed an almost imperceptible crack at the bottom of the container.

"Seal this lab immediately!" Li Yang suddenly shouted, "Everyone evacuate immediately!"

The researchers were confused and didn't understand what was going on.

But seeing Li Yang's serious expression, they acted quickly.

The moment the last person left the lab, the container suddenly burst.

The black substance spread rapidly like a living thing, covering the entire lab in a blink of an eye.

"Damn it!" Li Yang cursed, and quickly formed seals with his hands. A golden light shield enveloped the entire lab, temporarily preventing the spread of the [Epidemic].

"Li Yang, what's going on?" Jiang Xiaoxiao asked anxiously.

Li Yang took a deep breath: "[Epidemic] is not something that can be studied so easily."

"It can assimilate everything, including the people and equipment studying it... I'm afraid those researchers just now have been infected."

Bai Zhi took a breath: "Then... what should we do now?"

Li Yang pondered for a moment: "I need to go in and deal with this problem personally."

"You two stay outside. Once you find any abnormality, immediately activate the base's self-destruction program."

"No!" Jiang Xiaoxiao and Bai Zhi objected in unison.

"Too dangerous!" Jiang Xiaoxiao said.

Bai Zhi also nodded in agreement: "Let us go with you."

Li Yang shook his head: "This is not an ordinary battle."

"[Epidemic] can assimilate everything. If you go in, you will only become its nutrients... In this world, only I can deal with it."

Looking at the worried eyes of the two girls, Li Yang showed a comforting smile: "Don't worry, I will be fine."

After speaking, he turned and walked towards the sealed laboratory. Before entering, he looked back at Jiang Xiaoxiao and Bai Zhi:

"Remember, once you find an abnormality, immediately start the self-destruction program. Don't hesitate."

After that, he took a deep breath and walked into the laboratory.

In the laboratory, the black substance has covered every corner.

Li Yang carefully avoided the wriggling tentacles and came to the center of the laboratory.

"Come out." Li Yang said lightly, "I know you are here."

The black substance suddenly wriggled violently and gradually gathered into a human figure.

It was a humanoid creature with a black body and no facial features.

"It's amazing." [Epidemic] said, his voice was weird and empty, "You can actually detect my existence."

Li Yang sneered: "You underestimated me too much."

[Epidemic] tilted his head: "No, I have never underestimated you... In [Origin]'s memory, I have seen many things about you,"

"In fact, I have been waiting for this opportunity."

"What do you mean?" Li Yang frowned and asked.

[Epidemic] laughed in a low voice: "Do you think I will be sealed by you so easily? I just showed weakness on purpose, just to sneak into your world..."

Li Yang was shocked, but he remained calm on the surface: "What is your purpose?"

[Epidemic] walked slowly towards Li Yang: "You know... Even if I have the ability, I can only act on instinct."

"I will assimilate this world, and then use your power to cross more universes."

"And you," [Epidemic] pointed at Li Yang, "will become my most perfect nutrient like [Origin]!"

Li Yang snorted coldly: "Wishful thinking."

As he said, he raised his hands slightly, and a new plant grew out of the ground, firing a ball of bullets like chaos, directly hitting [Epidemic].

[Star Piercer·Peashooter]

However, [Epidemic] easily avoided the attack.

"It's useless." [Epidemic] said, "In this space, I am the absolute master."

Before he finished speaking, countless black tentacles suddenly attacked from all directions and surrounded Li Yang.

Li Yang frowned slightly and summoned a lot of [High Nuts] as walls to resist the attacks of those tentacles.

But he soon discovered that his power did not seem to be so effective.

"What's going on?" Li Yang thought to himself, "Why is my power..."

Just then, a thought suddenly flashed through Li Yang's mind.

He remembered the last words of [Origin]: "You are very strong, and you are the only one who can kill it."

Memories surged, and Li Yang suddenly realized: "So that's it... Is this the hint..."

After figuring this out, Li Yang relaxed instead.

He stopped resisting and let the black tentacles wrap him up.

"Do you finally understand?" [Epidemic] said proudly, "Here, resistance is meaningless."

Li Yang closed his eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "No, you are wrong."

"The real battle has just begun."

As soon as the voice fell, the [Epidemic] wrapped around Li Yang's body suddenly churned up, squirming desperately, and bursting out brilliant golden light.

The light was so strong that even [Epidemic] had to retreat.

After a while, the light dissipated.

And in it, in addition to the original Li Yang... there was actually a huge spherical cocoon!

The incarnation of [Epidemic] took two steps back in horror, as if it sensed a threat from above: "What...what is this?"

Li Yang's voice came faintly: "The last time I killed you... I used the same method."

"You seem to claim to be immortal."

"But you are actually..." Li Yang's voice became majestic, "just a mistake that was born by chance."

"A creature that acts on instinct should be the representative of [nothingness]."

"And when you have uncontrollable human nature, the rest is defeat."

With these words, the entire laboratory began to shake violently.

The black matter quickly receded like a receding tide, revealing the original equipment and walls.

[Epidemic] let out a shrill howl: "This... surging consciousness... is eroding my existence..."

"No, this is wrong!"

"Li Yang, what on earth are you!?"

"Stop!"

But its protest is meaningless.

This is the instinct of [Epidemic]. It will unconditionally devour everything it touches, whether it is matter or consciousness.

But as a person outside the world, Li Yang's consciousness will not dissipate easily.

Eventually, the humanoid plague that inherited Li Yang's consciousness would descend, covering the instincts of the [plague] and then being defeated by human nature.

In order to avoid this, the [plague] had to dissolve itself in order to block Li Yang's consciousness before it was uploaded to the main brain.

Just like a cancer patient, in order to save his life, he had to abandon the car to save the driver.

Its body, like ice and snow meeting the sun, quickly melted.

Soon, the laboratory returned to calm. [Plague] completely disappeared, as if it had never existed.

The egg born from the [plague] also slowly fell to the ground and dissolves itself.

Li Yang on the side opened his eyes and sighed slowly.

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