A strange vibration came from deep underground, shattering the long-standing silence here.
The sand, stones, and gravel on the surface trembled lightly, as though some massive object was slowly moving forward beneath the earth.
But within seconds, the trembling of the gravel turned into a chaotic, arrhythmic shaking.
The frequency and intensity of the vibrations were rapidly increasing. Both Qin Siyang and Hu Chan could feel it. Some enormous beast was awakening from slumber, gradually unleashing its long-accumulated power.
The two exchanged glances, and cold sweat rolled down their foreheads uncontrollably.
"RUN!"
They both immediately sprinted backward desperately.
Qin Siyang directly activated [Violence], relying on his Sequence Level Five body, bursting across the plains at incredible speed.
And somehow, Hu Chan, though not as fast, was only a little slower than Qin Siyang in his escape.
However, their speed still fell far short of reaching safety.
The tremors beneath the ground spread at an astonishing pace. The soil under their feet buckled nonstop, while massive rocks rolled wildly around them.
At that moment, along with a rumbling roar, the ground ahead of them began to bulge.
Qin Siyang turned back and felt a massive creature about to burst out of the earth.
BOOM!
Sand and stones exploded outward as an enormous insect head erupted from the ground.
All around came the deafening sounds of stone shattering and colliding.
Rocks fell relentlessly beside Qin Siyang and Hu Chan.
Hu Chan barely dodged by altering the terrain around him.
Qin Siyang, unwilling to slow his speed for evasions, chose instead to smash apart the falling boulders above and ahead of him with his fists.
While fleeing, Qin Siyang caught sight of the sandworm out of the corner of his eye.
Like a prehistoric monster seeing daylight again.
The sheer size of the sandworm was beyond belief.
Its body was thick like a mountain range, coiling and twisting across the ground.
The entire creature was covered in thick, armored scales, each one resembling indestructible metal, gleaming with a dark-golden sheen.

Its head was terrifying, filled with countless silver, tooth-like sharp projections. It looked like a mouth full of jagged blades.
Each "tooth" resembled a massive cutting machine, smoothly slicing through the stones lodged in them.
Its twin eyes glowed like burning red iron orbs, shining brilliantly under the starry sky, filled with ferocious life.
As soon as the sandworm appeared, countless small Gods swarmed in, clinging to its body.
Those dense, crawling Gods only made the worm's colossal form even more horrifying.
Just one glance was enough for Qin Siyang before he immediately buried his head and kept running.
Against such a God, he felt not the slightest urge to resist.
As for using his phone to check the sandworm's weaknesses?
What a joke.
No one inside the safe zone had ever killed a Large God.
What's more, sandworms weren't even rare among the Large Gods that roamed the surface.
If they had exploitable weaknesses, humanity would've broken that barrier ages ago. No way would it be left for him.
Yet, while sprinting, Qin Siyang could feel a gaze behind him that made his whole body tremble.
He turned his head, and the sandworm was actually chasing straight after him and Hu Chan.
With just a single lunge forward, the distance between it and Qin Siyang shrank by half.
Hu Chan immediately shouted, "The sandworm's after us! We can't outrun it! Qin Siyang! Take out your drill cabin! Let's dive underground!"
Qin Siyang roared back, "Of course I know! Can't you see I'm pulling off the ring right now? I can't summon the drill cabin unless I remove the ring!"
Hu Chan saw Qin Siyang had already stripped off his gauntlet and was yanking frantically at the ring on his finger.
He shot a quick glance at the sandworm closing in and asked anxiously, "Why haven't you got it off yet?"
"When the sandworm appeared just now, I sweated all over my hand! Now the ring's stuck tight on my finger, I can't get it off!!"
Seeing the sandworm tearing toward them at terrifying speed, Hu Chan was nearly hysterical, "Qin Siyang, did you bring me out here today just to get me killed?"
"Are you blind? Why would I sacrifice my own life to kill you? My life's worth way more than yours! And besides, weren't you the one who pointed me toward this small God trail?"
"Cut the crap! Get that ring off now! Otherwise we're both dead! I can't escape, and even your teleport skill won't save you!"
The rumbling behind them grew sharper and sharper.
The sandworm was drawing closer and closer.
What terrified them even more was that the sandworm wasn't just slowly closing the distance. It could lunge forward a kilometer in an instant.
It still seemed far away now, but with just one pounce they could both be crushed beneath its bulk.
There was no time left.
Gritting his teeth, Qin Siyang pulled out his God-hunting Dagger from his pack and directly severed the finger wearing the ring.
He quickly stuffed the finger into his pocket, then hurled the ring to the ground.
The moment the ring transformed into the drill cabin, Qin Siyang dove inside.
He saw Hu Chan still frozen in place and yelled, "What are you standing there for? Get in!"
"Ah… oh!"
Hu Chan hadn't expected Qin Siyang to be ruthless not only to others but to himself.
Just as Hu Chan jumped inside, Qin Siyang immediately activated the drill cabin.
With his bloodied palm gripping the steering wheel, he slammed the gas pedal to the floor, and the drill cabin bored straight underground.
RUMBLE!
The instant they vanished beneath the earth, a thunderous roar of collapsing land thundered behind them.
Qin Siyang didn't dare relax, and he couldn't care whether their escape route led toward or away from the safe zone.
The only thing that mattered now, was escaping the sandworm's attack range.
Seeing them burrow underground in the drill cabin, the sandworm immediately thrust its head down as well, frantically chasing after them.
Qin Siyang drove forward at full speed without pause.
He had no time to worry about the blood gushing from his severed finger.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Hu Chan stared at Qin Siyang's missing finger, still shaken.
Qin Siyang's decisiveness just now had completely stunned him.
From the moment the sandworm appeared to the moment Qin Siyang cut off his finger, though it seemed like a long ordeal, in reality only about ten seconds had passed.
In such a short time, Qin Siyang had chosen self-mutilati*n for survival, not missing the best chance to escape.
That kind of decision-making left Hu Chan both impressed and wary.
Though the sandworm was massive and powerful, its speed underground was ultimately slower, hampered by dirt and rock, and it could not match the drill cabin, a god-hunting tool built on Lu Daoxing's underground transfer technology.
And besides, the sandworm's stamina wasn't limitless.
Roughly half an hour later, the sounds of its pursuit behind them gradually faded.
At last, the two were relatively safe.
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