Tomb raider: You're going to extract my alien bloodline?

Chapter 68 Bloodline Rampage and Control

puff!

Qin Yuan felt a tremendous force strike him, as if his internal organs had shifted. His body flew out like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto a rock on the other side before sliding down. He felt a sweet taste in his throat, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

He lay on the ground, feeling several broken ribs, a piercing pain shooting through him. He couldn't help but cough a few times, his vision blurring. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zhang Qiling stand up, leaning on his black-gold ancient sword, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth; he was clearly also seriously injured.

No... this can't go on...

This snake mother far exceeded expectations in terms of defense, strength, and cunning. If the fight continued like this, even if he and Zhang Qiling cooperated, they could only slowly wear her down, but their stamina, especially his blood loss, wouldn't last that long.

Qin Yuan felt a surge of irritation. Ever since he lost too much blood behind the bronze gate, an uncontrollable violent emotion had been churning deep within him. Normally it wouldn't have bothered him, but the intense stimulation of his bloodline energy during the battle inside the meteorite, combined with his current injury, had finally ignited this rage!

That's the killing instinct etched deep into the blood of the aliens, the killer instinct of the hunters!

"roar!!!"

Qin Yuan suddenly raised his head and let out a roar that was completely inhuman, full of primal wildness!

He ceased to control himself, completely releasing the last restraints on his alien bloodline. Before Zhang Qiling's astonished gaze, Qin Yuan's body underwent a terrifying transformation.

The existing bone spurs, tail, and claws became even more ferocious. The black exoskeleton that was originally on the surface of the body rapidly spread upwards until it covered the face. The spine arched forward, and sharp bone blades extended from the joints, and the entire structure of the skull changed towards a streamlined shape.

At this moment, Qin Yuan, covered in a cold, armored shell, had a face that was obscured, his mouth splitting open towards the back of his head, revealing sharp, fangs. Even more terrifying, looking into his gaping mouth, one could see inner teeth that were completely unlike any human anatomy… Within seconds, he had almost completely lost his human form, transforming into a monstrous creature!

Only a faint glimmer of reason remained deep within his vertical pupils, but even that glimmer of reason was being rapidly devoured by his surging killing instinct.

"hiss--!"

Completely mutated, Qin Yuan landed on all fours, emitting a sharp hiss, and transformed into a black lightning bolt. Without any tactics or coordination, relying purely on the instinct of a predator, he frantically pounced on the equally injured and enraged snake mother.

The two wild beasts, driven mad by their own rage, instantly began to fight!

The mutated Qin Yuan completely abandoned defense, his movements as fast as a ghost, his attacks cunning and ruthless to the extreme. He was unafraid of injury, using his claws, tail, and even blood as weapons, trading injury for injury, fighting life for life! Although the Snake Mother possessed immense strength and formidable defense, she was temporarily suppressed by this completely unreasonable and fearless frenzied attack!

"Crack!" The alien Qin Yuan bit down hard on the side of the snake mother's neck, which had been exposed when she attacked Zhang Qiling earlier. The snake mother writhed wildly in pain, her tail lashing out at the alien Qin Yuan, shattering her carapace. But the berserk Qin Yuan seemed oblivious to the pain, biting down hard and refusing to let go. He even ripped off a large chunk of flesh covered in scales.

The snake mother's tail also slowed down due to the intense pain and corrosion. The alien Qin Yuan seized the opportunity, pounced, and bit the snake mother's tail that he had previously scratched, which was now a bloody mess.

"Roar—!!" The snake mother roared in pain, frantically turning her head to bite the enemy behind her.

Ignoring everything else, the alien Qin Yuan used all his strength to bite off a large section of the snake's tail! Foul-smelling snake blood gushed out like a fountain!

However, Qin Yuan paid a price for such an attack. In her final struggle, the snake mother bit him on the shoulder blade, her sharp fangs piercing his carapace and injecting deadly venom!

However, the alien bloodline in its fully rampaged state possessed an unexpected resistance to the toxins; the corrosive blood flowed back up along the snake mother's fangs. The snake mother, in pain, released her grip, but her mouth was a mess; her teeth were corroded and pitted, and even the lining of her mouth and esophagus were smoking and rotting!

Just then, the last glimmer of reason in Qin Yuan's eyes seemed to be completely overwhelmed by the excruciating pain and the instinct to kill. He let out a roar, ignoring the wound and poison on his shoulder, and taking advantage of the snake mother's screams of agony from the corrosion of her mouth and esophagus, he used all four limbs to leap up and plunge his head into the snake mother's gaping maw, which was gushing blood!

"Gurgle..."

Outside, only the snake mother's enormous body remained, writhing and thrashing in mad pain. Her abdomen swelled and bulged, emitting chilling tearing sounds and gurgling noises from within, caused by something moving rapidly.

Even the experienced Zhang Qiling frowned at the sight, his grip on the knife tightening slightly.

Qin Jiu, behind the stone, covered his mouth, his eyes filled with worry.

The snake mother's struggle lasted for nearly a minute, her movements growing weaker and weaker. Finally, her massive body collapsed to the ground with a thud, twitched a few times, and then remained still. Only a certain spot on her abdomen occasionally twitched before returning to calm.

dead silence...

A few seconds later, near the neck of the snake mother, the scales and flesh were torn open from the inside, and a figure covered in sticky blood and broken tissue staggered out.

It is Qin Yuan.

His carapace, tail, and excess bone spurs were visibly retracting into his body, and his grotesque, streamlined head was transforming back into human form. His yellow, vertical pupils returned, revealing a pair of tired but clearly clear eyes.

He knelt on the ground, panting heavily. His body was covered in wounds, especially the one on his shoulder where the snake mother had bitten him, where the flesh was torn open. Fortunately, the bleeding had stopped and granulation tissue was emerging from the wound, indicating that it was healing.

[Ding! Side Quest 2: Clean up the biology lab, completed.]

[Reward: Bloodline control level increased to the highest level, mutant state can be fully controlled, and sanity can be maintained in mutant form.]

[Host severely injured state detected. Additional repair reward: Immediately repair all current injuries of the host and remove abnormal toxins.]

A warm power instantly flowed through Qin Yuan's entire body. The terrifying bite wound on his shoulder, which would have taken him several hours to heal even with his regenerative abilities, healed rapidly within seconds. Other wounds also quickly scabbed over and fell off, and even the broken ribs began to regrow and reconnect.

More importantly, he felt an unprecedented sense of control over the raging alien bloodline within him; his eyes and nails, which he had previously lost control of due to blood loss, had successfully retracted. It was as if he had switched from controlling a game character with a mouse and keyboard to controlling a holographic game with his brainwaves.

The fatigue vanished, and energy surged back.

Qin Yuan stood up, stretched his limbs, and felt better than ever before. He looked at the enormous corpse of the snake mother beside him, then at Zhang Qiling walking towards him in the distance, and Qin Jiu running out from behind the rocks.

"It's resolved." Qin Yuan wiped the blood from his face, his tone calm, as if he hadn't been the one who had just crawled into the snake's belly.

Zhang Qiling walked to his side, looked him over, and nodded to make sure he was alright. Her gaze fell on the Snake Mother's corpse, then she looked at Qin Yuan's hands and eyes, which had returned to normal, and her eyes were deep.

Qin Jiu rushed over and hugged Qin Yuan's leg, rubbing her little face against his blood-stained pants, and mumbled, "Dad."

Qin Yuan ruffled his hair: "It's alright."

The side quest is complete. It's time to leave this hellhole and complete the final mission.