Chapter 167 Zhang Fei's Story
Zhang Fei really caused a big trouble.
The agricultural products exhibition booths displayed agricultural products from various regions of Zangnom, including many fresh delicacies. The dazzling array of genetically modified products and native local specialties made people dazzled and overwhelmed. Xiaozhen's trip was also a coincidence. This was the largest agricultural product exhibition in Zangnom in recent years.
Zhang Fei had a great time eating at the agricultural product expo. The local sandworm residents were very welcoming and the food they made was very delicious. The roasted golden-footed moth was fragrant and sweet, the dried Terry worms tasted like fine dried fruit, and the spider candy silk tasted like Lola.
After weeks of drinking bland nutrient solution, being able to feast on so many delicacies was like being in heaven. After entering the venue, Jiamoer went straight to the native agricultural products area with shining eyes, while Zhang Fei ate from one end to the other. After eating from several stalls, he subconsciously regarded everything on the stalls that looked edible as the products sold by the stall owners. He walked to an unmanned stall, which had a soft box with a honeycomb in it. Zhang Fei happened to have just eaten spicy dried worms and his throat was burning, so he picked up the honeycomb and ate a few bites.
After he finished eating, he waited for the stall owner to come over and prepare to pay. But the sandworm stall owner stared at the table and said, "The one in the box I put on the table..."
"Oh, sorry, I ate you." Zhang Fei said with a smile.
"You, what did you say?" The sandworm stared at him with dull eyes, as if it had heard incomprehensible mumbling.
"Sorry, I saw no one there, so I thought it was for sale, so I ate it." Zhang Fei took out the local currency, "How much?"
"You, say it again?"
"I ate it."
"Put it on the table..."
"I ate it."
“Ah.” The sandworm whirred and hissed. Its body suddenly twisted to the side in pain, and then it screamed loudly, “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
Zhang Fei said, "Calm down. What's wrong???"
The sandworms in the venue swarmed in, surrounded the sandworm stall owner, and communicated in the local language.
The sandworm stall owner twisted his body excitedly, his multiple legs trembling constantly, pointing at Zhang Fei, then at the table. He chattered at the sandworms in a sound that Zhang Fei could not understand.
“￥!￥!” the sandworm roared, “￥!!￥!!”
The rest of the sandworms started to scream and grumble, and a few of them fainted on the spot. This triggered another wave of screams. More sandworms pointed at the criminal with their eyes scrutinizing him. A few monkeys also started to scream and beat their chests.
"What...happened?" Zhang Fei asked, scratching his head.
When Gamor arrived, Zhang Fei had already been taken away by the expo staff.
"That's how it is," said Gamor.
Xiao Zhen said, "It sounds like he ate something wrong."
Guan Yu said: "It seems that I just ate something randomly."
No matter what, even if Zhang Fei ate something rare and priceless, they had to get to the bottom of it.
At this time, a group of sandworms in uniforms came, and the leading sandworm asked if the Gnus who caused trouble at the Expo was their companion. After Xiaozhen confirmed it, it signaled Xiaozhen and his group to follow, and they would take Xiaozhen and others to see the commander.
After passing through a maze of rooms and passages, they finally arrived at an empty office. A tall and skinny sandworm sat in front of the console. It was the director of the capital's Tourism Bureau, named Lu Meng.
"Are you the companions of that Gnus man?"
"Yes." Xiao Zhen asked politely, "Excuse me, what happened to my companion?"
Director Lu Meng rubbed his legs in a state of distress. Xiao Zhen smelled the scent of anxiety.
"Actually..."
"What happened to him??"
"He ate all of a couple's children."
"ah??"
"In short, he devoured the egg pods of our poor couple."
"What??"
"Specifically, it was an egg pod containing six active fertilized eggs."
“…”
"The victim couple is in great pain right now," said Director Lu Meng in a sad tone. "I have asked your companions to check their bodies to see if they can still be saved."
Liu Bei asked loudly with a pale face: "What will happen to my brother!!"
“Waiting for the results.”
Guan Yu followed and shouted, "We just saw larvae crawling out of your apes' brains. Will my brother become like that too?"
Director Lu Meng said: "It is not in line with our tradition to let outsiders hatch it."
"Isn't his brain going to be eaten by the larvae too!!!"
"Calm down." Director Lu Meng seemed to see the disgust in Liu Bei and Guan Yu's eyes towards the sandworms, but his attitude remained friendly. "I hope you can understand that this matter not only concerns your companions, but also the future of our children."
Xiao Zhen said, "We are very worried about our companion. Can you take us to see him? How is he now?"
"Okay." Director Lu Meng stood up, "You guys follow me first."
In a long and narrow corridor, the white door at the end was closed. A couple of sandworms and a monkey were sitting on a bench outside the white door. When they saw Director Lu Meng, they stood up and said, "Director, save our children." The female sandworm shouted, "Save our children!!!"
"Don't panic. Wait for the results first." Director Lu Meng gently comforted them. He turned to Xiao Zhen and his group and said, "This is the victim couple."
Guan Yu couldn't help but say: "My brother is the victim."
"Yes, of course your companions are also victims. But this is just an accident." Director Lu Meng said calmly, "I know that you aliens will have a lot of bad feelings after learning about our reproduction method. Many aliens do not accept Toko and even criticize our moral values. But I still hope that you can understand our culture. Letting foreigners hatch is also unacceptable to us."
"Yes, yes!" the female sandworm shouted, "Our Toko is the one who will lead the birth of our child. What should we do now..."
Her husband said, "This is our child!! This is Toko's right !" The monkey next to him saw how sad the man was and couldn't help but pat her husband on the back to comfort him.
"You guys wait here for a while until your companions finish the inspection." Director Lu Meng also stood aside.
The air in the corridor grew heavy.
The sandworm couple kept twisting their bodies anxiously, and the Gnus were no less agitated than them. Liu Bei was able to remain calm and sit upright on the chair, while Guan Yu paced back and forth in the aisle. Sometimes he would stop in front of the white door, looking as if he wanted to get into the crack of the door. Gamoer obviously didn't understand the local cultural traditions, and asked in a low voice with a puzzled look on his face what was going on. Xiaozhen stood aside and explained to her what he had just seen on the street.
"So that's how it is." Jia Moer said, she took out a tablet and turned on the screen, "When I was using the tablet to search for products just now, a lot of local ads were inserted. Look at this."
An ape advertisement appeared on the screen, "Choose your favorite Toko... Our Tokos are the best Tokos that have been genetically screened. Their bloodlines can be traced back to twenty generations ago, and each generation of parents has a pedigree certificate registered and certified by the Planet Toko Association. Providing the best quality Tokos for your family and creating a better future for you is what we have been doing..."
Then, cute little monkeys appeared on the screen. They were classified according to their different fur colors, genders, and sizes. "This Toko's father once won the Special Excellence Award in the Zangnomstif District, and his mother has won medals in the Planet Toko All-Star Competition many times. Their little Tokos all inherited their parents' sweet and lovely looks and extremely gentle personalities. They naturally like to get close to sandworms and want to become a member of your family. At the same time, all our Tokos have lifelong disease insurance and genetic certificates to avoid any hidden dangers."
"Come to our Toko's House and take the Toko you love. It is your child, it is your family. It is waiting for you."
The male sandworm sitting on the bench said, "My husband and I bought our Toko with the money from selling our land and taking out a loan. He is the best Toko in the world. Look how cute and smart our Toko is. Our children were born with him..."
Guan Yu said, "You say you love it, but you're going to let it die, aren't you?"
The sandworm couple showed a confused expression, "What are you talking about? Toko will be very happy if she hatches a baby. This is also Toko's wish."
"you……"
Seeing that Guan Yu looked unhappy, the monkey next to the couple immediately stood in front of them and hissed threateningly at Guan Yu. This was a very strong and tall monkey with a beautiful body, handsome face, and smooth and soft fur. The couple took very good care of it. It seemed that it could not tolerate Guan Yu's bad words to the couple.
"Second brother, please respect their traditions." Liu Bei said in a low voice.
"Ah!" Guan Yu sat down on the chair sullenly.
…
…
The white door was pushed open and Zhang Fei walked out.
“Third brother!!”
"Are you okay!!!"
Zhang Fei looked normal. He touched his head and said, "I don't feel anything."
Director Lu Meng nervously talked to the medical staff behind Zhang Fei. After communicating for a while, Director Lu Meng turned around and said to them: "I want to tell you a piece of news."
"What?" Xiao Zhen and others asked in unison.
"The egg pod swallowed by Zhang Fei has hatched."
“Wha…what!!!”
This news was a bolt from the blue for Xiaozhen and others, as well as the sandworm couple.
"It's over! Our children are going to become idiots!!!" the male sand worm shouted, "Maybe they will even be born with disabilities." The female sand worm hugged the monkey beside her and cried.
Zhang Fei angrily said, "Why do monkeys hatch smart and excellent babies, but I hatch idiots?"
Guan Yu said: "Is this your main point!!!"
Xiao Zhen asked Director Lu Meng: "Since the egg pod has hatched, can my companions still be saved?"
Liu Bei tried his best to calm his tone and asked, "Can I use surgery to take out the newly hatched larvae?"
The sandworm doctor at the side said, "Surgery is not possible. Right now, these larvae are swimming inside your companion's body. If you perform surgery and cut the skin, these larvae will desperately drill upwards and drill into the brain. There will be no hope."
“…”
Xiao Zhen said sharply: "You mean, as long as the larvae don't drill into the brain and swim in the body, Zhang Fei will be safe."
"You can say that," said the sandworm doctor, "but after a certain period of time, the larvae will automatically swim upwards and eventually drill into the brain."
"How long will that take?"
"Eight Rules of Tibetan Gnomish Time. "
"That means we have to come up with a solution within four hours," Xiao Zhen said.
Director Lu Meng and the medical staff gathered together to talk. The sandworm couple hugged each other and cried even louder, "Our children! ah! ah! ah!!" "Our children will be idiots when !!!" "Poor children! Even if you become idiots, we will not give up on you!" The monkeys beat their chests and stamped their feet, wishing they could help them.
Zhang Fei shouted: "What on earth do you have against me!!!"
Xiao Zhen asked Roken89 softly, "Did you find any useful information here?"
"Wait a minute, I'm checking." Roken 89's voice was intermittent, "The network here is too bad."
Guan Yu and Liu Bei sat on the sidelines with gloomy faces, while Zhang Fei angrily glared at the sandworm couple who were hugging each other and crying. Gamoer and Ms. Fei remained silent.
Xiao Zhen sighed and sat aside waiting for the information query of Luo Ken 89 and the negotiation results between Director Lu Meng and the doctor.
After a while, Director Lu Meng and the medical staff seemed to have finished their discussion. Director Lu Meng raised one of his legs and signaled everyone to be quiet. He said, "I have just discussed a temporary solution with the doctor."
"What?"
"We sandworms are a species with rich emotions. When we are larvae, we have the ability to sense the emotions of our host, Toko. In other words, the host's emotions are connected to the larvae. That is to say, if the host feels pain, the larvae can also feel it. If the pain felt by the host exceeds a certain limit, the larvae will not be able to bear it and will leave the host."
"so……"
"Let your companion feel great physical pain within these eight feet, and the larvae will leave. In this case, the larvae will usually run out directly from your mouth or nostrils."
Xiao Zhen turned around and glanced at Roken 89, who replied, "Yes, it's right."
Xiaozhen and the others looked at Zhang Fei together.
Zhang Fei asked anxiously, "What do you want to do?"
"The doctor just said that if I make you suffer, the larvae will come out on their own." Xiao Zhen rubbed his fists. "In other words, beating you will solve the problem. Who will be the first to start?"
Ms. Fei said coldly, "I'm the first one."
Jia Moer smiled and said, "I'm the second one."
“You guys are going too far!!”
"Everyone, come one by one and beat him up. Don't let him bleed, or the larvae will run to his brain. Beat them up hard!!!"
