Chapter 116: Balor Slime Monster
The Balrog, a slimy, colloid creature from the Chaos Star Region, looks like a light green slime (a virtual creature in this region) and leaves wet, mossy green trails when it moves on the ground.
This creature may not seem very aggressive, but it is a well-known nightmare on Zero Star.
The mineral development of Zero Planet began as early as 800 interstellar years ago. At that time, the interstellar mining company encountered a lot of trouble in the process of mining resources. Miners and engineers kept disappearing, and their bodies were not found. The company set up dozens of expedition rescue teams with hundreds of people, but almost all of them were wiped out. Finally, the famous interstellar adventurer Jawa discovered and captured this creature. He named this harmless but extremely terrifying slime monster after his young son Barro.
The Balrog looks like a mass of translucent gelatinous creatures. Once its gelatinous tissue wraps around its target prey, the prey's skin will be sucked tightly by it, making it basically impossible to get rid of it. The more the prey struggles, the deeper it will sink, just like being stuck in a swamp. The Balrog will slowly wrap up and swallow the prey completely. This process may take several hours. The prey does not feel any pain during this process, and then the prey is dissolved and digested in its body. Because the process is not painful, there is even a euthanasia cult centered around the Balrog..
If you use lasers or other firepower weapons to attack the Baloo, please make sure your companions are not stuck by the Baloo. Because once it is effectively attacked, its mucus will immediately mutate into strong acid, which will quickly corrode and dissolve the prey into a pool of blood residue. An explorer once quickly cooled and froze the Baloo to try to save his companions, but when cutting the ice-like Baloo, the companions in the gelatinous tissue also broke into pieces. Biologists have found that when the Baloo touches the prey, it will grow countless tiny tentacles that penetrate into the prey's body. This is the decisive reason why the prey cannot get rid of the Baloo when it is stuck.
Remember, attacking the Balrog will only result in the premature death of your companions.
If you encounter a Baloo Slime in the wild, please retreat slowly. Big movements will easily attract Baloo Slime's attack. Only a slow escape speed will not attract Baloo Slime's attention. If your companion has been stuck by a Baloo Slime, please keep a certain distance from it, let your companion stay in a happy mood and don't struggle, and record your companion's last words and unfulfilled wishes. Being completely swallowed by a Baloo Slime is a long process. I believe you have enough time to record your companion's last words and leave behind memories of your last time with your companion. If you have enough conditions, you can even ask a notary to be present to avoid unnecessary property disputes after your companion's death.
Please remember to keep a distance of six Edam units (about five meters of the local planet) from the Balrog when recording the last words.
Guan Yu finished reading the description of the Balrog monster on the data board. He said, "Big brother, third brother, do you have any last words?"
Liu Bei: “…”
Zhang Fei: “…”
Liu Bei said, "Is there no other way?" At this time, the right arm and torso of the Gnus man were already wrapped by the translucent green tissue of the Balrog. His face was pale, but his tone was still very calm.
"Any direct attack will cause the Balor to quickly dissolve its unfortunate prey into a pool of bubbling goo. I don't want to see you in such a state, brother."
Zhang Fei shouted: "Why did you take another step back??"
"This distance is now a safe distance."
"Brother, you are such a coward!!"
"Keep a cheerful mood and tell me your unfulfilled wish, Third Brother."
"West bar!"
Guan Yu replied: "I am really thinking about how to rescue you."
Captain Madara flew to Guan Yu's shoulder, looked at the data pad and said, "There is one more plan for rescue."
Zhang Fei asked: "What? Tell me now!!"
Captain Madara continued, "If this is a tamed Loba, please contact its owner."
Its owner is naturally the one who arranged these defense facilities, the alien smuggler Fendel.
Guan Yu said calmly: "I think if we go to see the owner of this place, Fendal, he will probably send me and this chicken directly into the mouth of the Balrog."
Captain Madara nodded, "I think so."
Zhang Fei said: "No, he will send you to accompany us and then make a roast chicken."
The situation became quite embarrassing.
In this abandoned old factory, this translucent, light green monster dripping with slime was slowly swallowing Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Guan Yu and Captain Ban kept a certain safe distance. The windows were closed all around, and Guan Yu vigilantly used a flashlight to scan the dark factory to prevent any more monsters from attacking. The whole factory was filled with a stale and musty smell, and the air was occasionally filled with the sound of water dripping from the ceiling, as well as the friction sound of the Balor slime monster slowly swallowing its prey.
Although Guan Yu said it lightly, he actually only kept a safe distance from the Balrog, and had no intention of leaving. Captain Ban could feel his anxiety and unwillingness. His brothers were suffering not far away, but he could only stand aside helplessly.
Captain Madara didn't think he was a nosy chicken. Guan Yu was worried about the safety of his two brothers, while Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were more eager for Guan Yu to leave. This was a natural bond between them. There was no disguise. This mutual concern was so strong that Captain Madara could see it from their expressions without probing.
This is the difference between intelligent life and ordinary animals. Captain Ban has witnessed many such intelligent life forms. He once saw a soldier blow himself into pieces in order to save his comrades, just to give his comrades a glimmer of hope. This strange behavior is completely contrary to the survival instinct of living things, which is also the charm of intelligent life forms.
It made a suggestion to Liu, Guan and Zhang.
"If I can save you from the Balor slime, I'll ask for a reward of seven for me and three for you. How about that?"
Liu Bei nodded immediately: "Okay." There was an expression on his face that showed he was determined to do something desperate.
Zhang Fei shouted, "Little Chicken, do you really want to use yourself as bait?"
Guan Yu looked at Captain Madara curiously.
Captain Madara took out a pen from the backpack on his back, pressed the button, and a red light lit up on the pen. He raised the pen with his wings and shook it at the Baloo slime monster.
The Balrog moved suddenly in its direction. The certain frequency of movement and light really caught its attention.
At the moment when the slime monster moved towards it, Captain Madara threw his consciousness tentacle over.
Very uncomfortable. The consciousness of the Balrog was like a sticky spider silk that gently moved in its brain. The consciousness of non-intelligent life forms is often a bunch of hazy fragments, which is quite difficult to read or understand. Captain Madara felt as if he was trapped in a quagmire, and even breathing became a little difficult. All senses were screaming this out-of-this-way discomfort, calm down, calm down, and grasp its main consciousness.
In a complex storm of sensations, it captures the brightest color.
Eat. Eat. Eat.
Yes, that's exactly what the Balrog is thinking about right now.
Eat. Eat. Food. There's food ahead.
Captain Madara concentrated his mind and felt a splitting headache, as if a fire was burning inside his skull.
(No, that's not food)
Food. Eating.
(No, that is not food. What you are eating now is poison.)
What is poisonous?
Captain Madara concentrated his energy and shouted: (It is something that will kill you if you eat it. Don’t eat it! Don’t eat it!)
(You can’t eat it! You can’t eat it! If you eat it now, you will die!)
It repeatedly instilled the warning into the Baloo Slime at least hundreds of times. When Captain Madara cut off the link to consciousness, its head was burning with pain, and the energy in its body seemed to be drained. Mind control has always been a dangerous and delicate skill. Even masters who are proficient in it cannot escape the side effects of using it. Not to mention a novice like it who is not proficient in this. Captain Madara raised his head and looked at the Baloo Slime not far away.
puff.
puff.
The Balrog monster spit out Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.
It's like vomiting something disgusting.
As soon as Liu Bei and Zhang Fei regained their freedom, they jumped up from the ground. Guan Yu rushed over and hugged them and laughed, not caring at all about the sticky mucus on their bodies.
Liu Bei said to Captain Ban: "Thank you. I will never forget your kindness in saving my life. Just like we agreed, you take seven and I take three."
Zhang Fei asked it, "How did you do that?"
Captain Madara raised his pen and told Zhang Fei something strange, saying that it was a high-tech enemy-repelling pen that was very effective against creatures like the Balrog.
Zhang Fei looked back with lingering fear and saw that the Balrog monster was still spitting out things.
Some steaming residue was spat out.
Captain Madara thought some of the debris looked like human clothing.
"It looks like the last unlucky guy who was eaten." Zhang Fei shook his head and sighed.
Guan Yu asked, " Why is it still vomiting?"
"Maybe I have a stomachache."
"I think I saw... that's an interstellar passport."
Captain Madara approached and quickly picked up some of the remaining fragments, and Liu Bei and others also took some.
After the three of them and the chicken got away from the Barro monster, Liu Bei spread out his hand. There was a fragment lying in his palm. Under the light of the flashlight, it could be seen that it was a fragment of a card.
The material of this card fragment was familiar to them all. It was a special material found only on the entry passport card of the Galactic Civilization Federation.
What Captain Ban picked up was a small wooden sculpture, which had been corroded by the digestive fluid of the Balrog monster and became blurred. It was obvious that it was something the owner of the passport originally carried.
"Can you tell who this passport belongs to?"
"Let me check."
Guan Yu quickly connected to the star network. The data repair progress bar was displayed on the data board. After a moment, the name of the owner of the card popped up.
[Registered name: Fendal .]
【Occupation: Interstellar businessman.】
“…”
The three men and the chicken looked at each other.
Zhang Fei said, "So, the owner we came to steal has been eaten?"
"It seems so."
Captain Madara suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
Today is a nice day with clear skies, very suitable for traveling and visiting.
Xiao Zhen stood at the door of the lush villa and rang the doorbell.
"Hello, who is this?"
"I'm Yan Zhen. Is Fan Yingjie home?"
This time, he thought to himself, he must meet Fan Yingjie in person no matter what.
