Chapter 29: Hernia

Kane looked away from his armor, and when he calmed down, he thought it was nothing.

For the Void Skin Armor who didn't refuse to come, it was just a meal of hairy blood, or a cup of Bloody Mary. It's all food, and it has no special meaning.

Don't look at the void with colored glasses, the void only has the instinct to devour.

What's more, not only can it cover up the smell of blood, but it can also save the effort of finding sanitary napkins, and I don't know what the women of Runeterrand use to deal with menstruation.

But it always made him want to separate the Void Skin Armor even more!

Keisha watched Kane's expression go from shock to anger to relief and finally indignant, so complicated that she gave up thinking directly, and simply said, "Why don't you continue to rub it, I feel much better." ”

Kane pressed his hand on her stomach again and began to rub it gently, but his eyes were focused elsewhere.

Generally speaking, a girl's development period is generally earlier than menarche, and Keisha is not her first menstrual period, which means that ......

He looked at Keisha's second skin, and his originally flat chest seemed to really have a little more curvature.

I don't know if it's a subjective illusion, he uses the void crack between the ribs of Kesha's skin and nails as a reference, and explores whether Keisha has entered the development stage with a scientific and rigorous attitude.

Kane remembered that the cracks had been tightly knit, like lines of muscle clinging to each other. But now they had been stretched open by a crevice, and the purple light of the void shone through them.

When he looked closer, he saw that the purple light was actually a web of light, like a thread on a garment. It's just that the light is densely intertwined without gaps, and it seems to lead to the entrance to the void space.

As for what opened this rift, everyone who understands understands it, and those who don't understand it don't understand it.

Conclusion: Keisha has entered the developmental stage, and she herself is not even aware of it.

Kane was naturally happy with such a result. Thinking to myself, is my family's treasure girl finally going to shine?

When he thought of the girl who had been with him for more than two years, he had quietly changed a lot, and he couldn't help but sigh.

After rubbing her stomach, Keisha finally felt much more comfortable, and got up to look around.

"Where have we been?"

Kane noticed that her voice hadn't changed significantly, and that it would take some more time for her voice to change.

"Where else could it be, it's underground." Kane didn't know what she was asking, wasn't it a matter of confusion.

"No, what is growing on that rock wall?"

"I'll take ......a look," Kane leaned in, and found something resembling the roots of a tree growing into the rock face that Keisha was pointing to.

"It's the roots, does that mean we're close to the surface?" Excited, Keisha reached out to touch the roots, but was stopped by Kane.

"These things are by no means tree roots, you look carefully before you do it."

Kane and Keisha put down their helmets, their vision changed, and the darkness in front of them suddenly ceased to be an effect.

Through a new vision, they discovered that the twisted and lifeless appearance of these roots and whiskers was by no means the plant life they usually saw. The color is pale and gray, as if it were a path for organic matter to dissolve and grow.

No life can grow and reproduce underground, this is the opposite of life!

"These are hernias, proof that the Void once burst out of the ground."

After knowing the origin of this thing, Kane didn't dare to touch it as if he were facing a great enemy, and pushed Keisha back with his arms crossed.

"Ground... Hernia...? Keisha struggled to read the strange name, wondering why Kane was so wary of a dead thing.

"This is something left over from the ancient Shurima period, don't look at it as it has been dormant for thousands of years, lifeless, but with a drop of blood it will suddenly come to life and reveal its tyrannical nature."

"Its body is actually much larger than you think, like a column of magma erupting upwards, suddenly solidifying in the process of eruption, and the roots of any tree cannot compare to it."

"It's terrifying...... Keisha shrunk her neck, she saw that the hernia that was protruding from the rock wall was only a small part of it, and the larger body was hidden behind the rock.

"Don't touch it, let's go."

"Hmm......" Keisha looked back at the weird tendrils before following Kane out of the tunnel.

Actually, Keisha was right.

At some point, the hernias are the same as the roots of the tree, and they are all connected to the surface. Although not as close as the roots of the tree, the sight of a hernia meant that the two of them were not very far from the surface.

It's just that Kane has selfish intentions and wants Keisha to wait a little longer until he solves the problem of separating the Void Skin Armor before going to the surface.

Hernias are formed by the hardening of pale strips of matter, and organic matter melts into pale matter under the action of the void, which is then shaped into various biological structures.

Although the hernia hardens without going through this later step, it does not mean that it is dead.

On the surface, less than a hundred meters above the heads of the two, in the desert on the edge of Shurima, a carriage with many birdcages galloped by.

On both sides of the road are the Gobi Desert formed by wind erosion, and there are many gravels hidden in the sand under his feet, which will not reach his feet, causing Scarrosh to cry out in dissatisfaction.

"Girl, I don't like this broken road either, but if you can save a day, you can earn a day."

"If only we could get to Tigalu before dark...... You can rush to the printing market before the festival to make a lot of money. ”

The birdseller in the car said to Scarrosh as if he could understand human speech.

Scarrosh is a docile desert animal, comparable in size to a camel, but with a head more like an alpaca, long ears and a short snout, and two small horns like deer antlers, which can run for long periods of time like a horse.

If camels are the ships of the desert, then Scarrosh is the speedboats of the desert. In the treacherous desert of Shurima, the faster, more endurable Scarrosh is often more likely than a camel to flee with its owner.

Therefore, this livestock is more valuable than camels, as can be seen from the attitude of bird dealers towards it.

"Roarβ€”"

There was another roar of discontent, and the birdseller hurriedly calmed Scarrosh like a child.

"Of course there are peaches, just sell these falcons, and you can fill a cart of peaches, wait and see, good girl."

Scarrosh seemed to understand this, and suddenly ran more cheerfully. Juicy fruit is Scarroche's favorite, which is much more delicate than camels. Of course, you get what you pay for, and being more humane is also one of the reasons why it is expensive.

The bird dealer shouted, and neither man nor beast noticed the gray roots and tendrils floating on the sand on the road.

The moment the wheels ran over the roots, the originally lifeless roots suddenly burst out with purple evil light, like a living vine, instantly entangled Scarrosh and the entire carriage.

"Oh!!" The birdseller let out a startled scream, and the sand below spurted upwards from the surging of foreign objects, and then the ground scavenged sharply, creating a large crater with a radius of five meters.

Whether it is a human, a beast, or a sand falcon trapped in a birdcage, without exception, they are all dragged into the underground world by their roots.