Chapter 210 Parasite
No one knows how to describe that battle.
The silver-gray humanoid mecha and the biochemical beast were about the same size. Because he was unskilled, Rong Yuan did not use the numerous high-tech weapons he carried. With only the beam sword, he could fight five or six biochemical beasts on equal terms, because these monsters relied on brute force and had almost no fighting skills, and his mecha was also faster. But the number of enemies was much larger, and they also had a cheating blood recovery function. In such a fierce battle, Rong Yuan could not take care of aiming at any nerve center, so a group of indestructible cockroaches made him entangled in a fight. Rong Yuan tried his best, but two biochemical beasts still pounced on Amirida's emergency escape pod.
Rong Yuan made up his mind and prepared to activate the backup plan he had left on the escape pod. He was sure that he could kill the two monsters, but his backup plan was something that should not have appeared in this world. The exposure of that abnormal power would definitely not be a good thing for Rong Yuan.
At that moment, the claw of the frontmost biochemical beast was only two meters away from the escape pod.
The humanoid mecha was torn apart by several biochemical beasts with almost no resistance, because its hands were in a strange clasping gesture. In the control cabin of the mecha, Rong Yuan's left hand was on top and his right hand was on the bottom, and in the middle of his palms was a small ball with mysterious patterns floating in the air.
The doctor's lips curled up into a smug smile.
Luo Duo's face was tense, and he stared at the position of the humanoid mecha, feeling a little strange.
Luo Xiaoyou and others widened their eyes, their hearts feeling like they were on a roller coaster. They had just been thrown down from a height of one hundred meters and pulled up in an instant. Before they could even catch their breath, they turned around in a big circle and dived into the deep water again.
The people on Earth were a little puzzled, because the life capsule was outside Huang Yanxin's camera, they couldn't see what was really dangerous, they were just wondering why the mecha suddenly gave up resistance, and they were so anxious that they wished they could fight for it themselves - because of the appearance of the mecha, there was no doubt that it had already gained enough favorability in the hearts of the people on Earth.
The next second, the biochemical beasts that pounced on Amyrida suddenly wailed. No one could hear their howls, but their pain was obvious: the two biochemical beasts suddenly collided with each other, just like two boiled sweet potatoes rubbing against each other, and their skin, which was originally as hard as steel, was mostly rotten because of the small collision. The bright red flesh and blood in their bodies seemed to have turned into water, and splashed out from the wounds as if a water valve was opened. After the biochemical beasts rolled and struggled in the air for a while, only two tattered pieces of skin could barely see their original shape, and the scattered flesh and blood were faintly black. After a while, most of the large clumps of flesh and blood disappeared out of thin air, and after a few seconds, they were completely invisible.
Everyone was stunned by this change. Rong Yuan subconsciously looked down at the ball in his hand - it was still intact and floating quietly! He hadn't used his trump card yet, so why did this happen?
He couldn't help but look at the doctor's flying saucer, wondering if it was his work, but he didn't know that the doctor was also looking at him through the window. From a long distance, the two looked at each other with suspicion, both feeling puzzled.
——Not him.
Rong Yuan quickly confirmed this, and then through the image magnified on the light screen, he saw that the doctor's gaze had shifted away from him and elsewhere, and he had a strange feeling.
He realized belatedly that the mecha had not been attacked by the bio-beasts while he was in a daze, otherwise he would not have had the time to be in a daze. He looked again and saw that the dozen or so bio-beasts he had stopped were all falling down and twitching, and were... or had already followed in the footsteps of the two bio-beasts.
——The scales and skin became thinner than paper, and the slightest wear and tear would cause them to fester immediately. The facial features, flesh, internal organs, and bones, whether exposed to space or not, seemed to be disappearing rapidly. Therefore, even the uninjured biochemical beasts would shrink rapidly in a very short period of time, their eyeballs would disappear, their tongues would disappear, their backs would collapse, and their limbs would become thinner and thinner. In the end, only a tattered fur would remain, which was the only evidence of their existence.
Even though Rong Yuan had always been very brave, he was still frightened by the scene. He immediately controlled the mecha to spray out flames and move away, and then carefully observed what was going on.
He pointed the camera at the blood, flesh and fur, and zoomed in and out again, finally seeing a clue: countless tiny flesh-red bugs were wriggling on them. The "small" was only relative, and they were actually about two-thirds the length of an adult's finger. They looked like snakes, with a pointed head and tail, and a round body in the middle. They had no eyes, ears, nose, claws or tentacles, and only a flat oval mouth on their heads. When they opened their mouths to the maximum, they could see two pairs of hooked teeth inside. These little bugs were like bottomless pits that could never be filled. They opened their mouths wide and swallowed the flesh of the biochemical beasts. In the blink of an eye, a piece of meat as big as a tire disappeared completely. The bugs, having lost their food source, swam in the air, shaking their heads and tails, and soon turned gray and white, and gradually stopped moving.
This scene was enough to make anyone shudder. But Rong Yuan felt that it looked familiar despite his horror.
He seemed to have seen those bugs somewhere before.
Rong Yuan suppressed his nausea and took a few more glances at the still wriggling insects, becoming more and more certain of his thoughts. He searched his memory for a while and suddenly remembered what it was.
Hookworm! Its well-developed oral sac is its most notable feature. It is a human parasite, with Ancylostoma duodenale being the most common. For a while, people in the United States were terrified of pork because of rumors that there were hookworms in pork.
But what Rong Yuan saw was more than a hundred times bigger than that parasite. It was even more terrifying. Moreover, how could a parasite on Earth get into the body of an alien biochemical beast?
One of the benefits of improved intelligence is that even a scene you have seen inadvertently or a casual conversation you have heard will be deeply buried in your memory, and you can retrieve it exactly when you need it. You can also string together those seemingly unrelated fragments of memory, and even with only one clue, you can gradually piece together the truth.
Rong Yuan fell into a trance, and many scenes suddenly flashed before his eyes——
The octopus disguised as a human fled in panic at the train station. Several gunshots rang out, leaving blue blood on the ground... Paco said with disdain: "The people on this planet are very, very weak! They die very easily!"... As soon as he got on the spaceship, Paco entered the hibernation capsule first, and then he hibernated for more than half of the time... Before crossing the wormhole, before entering the nutrition capsule, Paco was covered in blood and looked very scary, but Rong Yuan next to him was fine... There were jagged bite marks on his head... The biochemical beasts devoured each other...
Suddenly, it was as if a bolt of lightning struck his mind, and Rong Yuan understood everything.
On Earth, when Paco was injured, Rong Yuan did not see the wound on him later, so he thought he had healed on his own. At that time, he did not care about this alien octopus, so he never asked more questions. But in fact, the wound may have healed, but it is impossible to completely heal in the absence of adequate medical conditions, because the Earth is an environment full of bacteria and parasites. At the moment of injury, he must have been infected.
Think about it, even humans who are "organisms" are easily infected when they are traumatized, let alone aliens who have never lived in such an environment? All the food, air, and clean drinking water on Earth should be toxic to creatures like Paco whose bodies are basically equivalent to "sterile environments", but he can probably digest these things with stomach acid and the like. After all, creatures that travel in the universe must have stronger adaptability than humans who live in a single environment. But parasites that directly invade the flesh and blood are not so easy to remove.
Perhaps while it was talking and laughing carefree, it was enduring the pain of its body being invaded by alien creatures.
So before crossing the wormhole, Rong Yuan only felt uncomfortable, but Paco had already started to spurt blood all over his body. At that time, he didn't think much about it, just thinking that the body defense of mollusks was still a little worse than that of humans, but he didn't think about how Paco, who once disliked how fragile humans were, could be more fragile than humans? Moreover, the Biqiu people are creatures that came out of the deep sea. The seabed of the deep sea has a much higher pressure than the ground, which must cause deep-sea creatures to have cell mechanisms and internal pressures . How could they become like that because of a little gravitational pull? Presumably, at that time, its body defense mechanism had been severely damaged by parasites.
That's why he made various preparations early on, so that Rong Yuan could quickly understand and adapt to the Interstellar Alliance without his help, and he was ready to let Rong Yuan take over, because he knew that he didn't have much time left, and Rong Yuan would lose a reliable guide on the road ahead.
That's why he went straight to Biqiu Star, anxious to retrieve the secret box.
So he did not try to wait for rescue or save himself, but did not hesitate to exchange his life for Amirida's freedom.
So... these beasts that once shared the food of the Bhikkhu were also parasitized by these tiny insects that they would not even notice. It can be seen that these biochemical beasts have undergone cruel transformation and experiments. Perhaps they were once strong and intelligent creatures, but now they are just monsters that fight and prey according to orders based on primitive instincts. Perhaps it is the rays that transformed them, perhaps it is the drugs injected into their bodies, or perhaps it is the environment of alien planets that is completely different from that of the earth. In short, the inconspicuous parasites living in their bodies have undergone tremendous changes in this process and have almost become another kind of creature. The flesh and blood of biochemical beasts provide a breeding ground for their evolution and reproduction. The habit of these beasts to devour each other makes them stronger and continuously spread the infection. Then, when they mature, they completely devour the parasites and break out of the flesh!
During this period, some biochemical beasts may feel physical discomfort, such as vomiting, fatigue, diarrhea, slow reaction, etc., but on the one hand, they cannot speak, and cannot accurately express the various symptoms on their bodies, and there are no special doctors to examine and treat them. Survival of the fittest, or survival of the strong, is the rule set by the doctor for them; secondly, the instinct of wild beasts is to cover up their own weaknesses. The more uncomfortable they are, the stronger they must behave, so that other enemies will not see their weakness and take advantage of them. When they are completely unable to cover up, that is the time for them to be eaten by their accomplices.
All the irrational things in the past were now explained, and Rong Yuan even felt dizzy. Thinking of the current situation, he bit his tongue hard, and the severe pain made his eyes clear again.
I don't know if this mutant hookworm has any ability to respond to infection, but more than a dozen parasitic beasts were devoured in the blink of an eye. The mutant hookworms don't seem to be able to survive in a vacuum for too long, or maybe they have completed their mission of reproduction after developing to the end. In short, after drilling through the flesh and blood, the mutant hookworms were exposed to the vacuum and soon became stiff and shriveled, and their bodies turned gray and white, like inconspicuous small stones.
In front of Rong Yuan, only the Doctor was left, and the other mecha disappeared at some point in time.
It turned out that Rodo saw that the situation was not good, so he sneaked away. Although the doctor saw it, he neither tried to stop him nor got angry, as if he had expected this scene. He calmly watched the mecha flee in panic and run towards the wormhole leading to the alliance.
He withdrew his gaze, looked at the remains of the biochemical beast, and closed his eyes slightly.
He also thought of what Rong Yuan thought of. However, because his body was relatively fragile, he would always feel uncomfortable if he ate anything other than nutrient solution, so every time he satisfied his appetite, he would be very careful to check and take medicine regularly. Therefore, the doctor was not sure whether there were any terrible bugs in his body.
But even if there is, it doesn’t matter.
He has been serving the Kayul Company for almost his entire life. Now, due to strong moral pressure from public opinion, the company has pushed him out to take the blame. In order to prevent him from continuing to do evil, all his assets and resources that can be mobilized have been frozen, and the entire universe is hunting him down to bring him to justice. The company's abandonment has caused the doctor to lose everything he has accumulated for hundreds of years. Now, the people and biochemical beasts around him are all his last assets, but they are all gone. He pursued Rong Yuan relentlessly. At first, he hoped to use Amirida to gain a place in the distant Landia Empire. Later, he felt that Rong Yuan had a huge secret, and this secret could even bring him hope of turning over.
Now it seems that this feeling is not wrong, but the secret is too big, so big that he would fail miserably even if he risked everything.
At this moment, the weapon system of the mecha he was driving was still intact, but the doctor no longer had any hope of defeating the opponent. The only thing he was curious about was - what was the limit of this young earthling in front of him? If the biochemical beasts had not suddenly changed, could he really be defeated by him?
Rong Yuan looked at him and suddenly said, "Paco once hid the evidence about you in a secret box. At that time, he didn't know me and didn't tell me what the key was. But I opened it later. Do you know why?"
Looking at the humanoid mecha approaching him leisurely, the doctor smiled, his attitude unexpectedly calm, and said: "I guess he definitely didn't write a sonnet to leave you a hint."
"No." Facing his ridicule, Rong Yuan responded solemnly: "It's because the key he set up means that the holder has the determination and perseverance to save the people who are in danger because of the Kayul Company. Such a person... Such a person... died in the hands of trash like you..."
The moment the secret box was opened, he knew what the key was. At that time, Rong Yuan felt a mixture of emotions.
This is a very strange feeling. When that person was still alive, Rong Yuan didn't consider them friends. But after he died, every time he recalled him, his feelings seemed to become deeper. He didn't know whether it was the memories and self-blame that made his image sublime, or the feelings and guilt that made the memories more bitter.
Rong Yuan stopped talking, raised his beam sword, and slashed down fiercely!
"Wait!" The doctor suddenly said, looking at the beam sword in close proximity without changing his expression, and said: "Since I have saved countless people, at least let me choose a decent way to die?"
Rong Yuan actually didn't care who the doctor had saved, because he knew that he had hurt more people in the process. What really stopped the beam sword from continuing to cut was that the doctor took off his helmet while talking.
Positive: Thirteen thousand merits.
Positive merit.
Rong Yuan was stunned.
For a long time, perhaps because of the subconscious self-protection, or perhaps because of unintentional self-suggestion, the threat of heavenly punishment made him very cautious every time before taking action. He gradually made an unspoken rule for himself - never kill people with positive merits.
——You will die!
Pea once said so.
Rong Yuan also didn't think that he could withstand the power of the thunder.
So his sword-swinging gesture involuntarily hesitated for a moment.
The doctor, who was tidying up his coat, didn't know that it was his unintentional action that solidified Rong Yuan's murderous intent. He just thought that the other party was indeed young, naive and kind, which was ridiculous. The doctor showed a mysterious smile at the corner of his mouth, and at the same time pressed a button with his finger.
A beam of fire shot out, but it did not attack Rong Yuan, but instead shot towards the escape pod that had already moved away.
"Amirida——"
The sword flashed, the UFO exploded, and the humanoid mecha rushed out in the fire. A silver-gray light rushed straight towards the neutron bomb that attacked the escape pod.
At the same time, a voice without any emotion sounded: "The number of people with positive merit killed by the contractors has reached ten, reaching the critical condition of being struck by thunder. The countdown begins: ten, nine, eight, seven..."
The sound of peas.
