Maple City Star Gathering.
As was routine, Zhou Chen underwent a series of detailed physical examinations. This time, however, they actually found something: a barely perceptible egg detected in a pore on the back of his right shoulder.
It was the egg of an Abyss parasite called a "Blood Silk Worm," named for its appearance as a fine, blood-red thread. Blood Silk Worms grow by feeding on the host's blood. In just two days, they can spread through the entire vascular system like the roots of a tree, eventually gaining control of the nervous system to manipulate the host's body and begin frantically reproducing to spread their offspring.
Clearly, the egg had been planted by "Ghost." The method was so secretive that neither Li Xiye nor Wang Yaoting had noticed it, to say nothing of Zhou Chen himself.
