Chapter 21: The Eve of Parasitism
Golden!
It's golden!
This color is a rare and noble quality in almost all games! Just like white equipment is a real whiteboard outfit in most games, gold equipment sounds all kinds of tall.
This is not an absolute rule, but no one can deny that this is almost a conventional cognition, and it can even be said that it has become a judgment mechanism in many people's subconscious.
Xia Ran was naturally no exception, after he saw the golden light, he suddenly became excited, and his sense of expectation soared to the highest in an instant.
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What finally appeared in front of him was a strange snake-like thing, only the size of a normal person's finger, and its body was covered with a bluish-gray copper-iron metallic color, and it was motionless and very stiff.
At first glance, it looks like a sculptural model of a small object.
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And Xia Ran was even more like a great enemy, the first time this thing appeared in the air, the whole person jumped up with a reflex.
He quickly rushed out the door, taking a defensive stance, his eyes fixed on the motionless sculpture of a young snake lying on the floor.
After more than a minute, it was not until he heard footsteps coming from the stairs downstairs, as if someone was coming upstairs, that he walked back stubbornly, because the thing seemed to be a dead thing, and could not move.
And in a sense, it is still something that has been identified by the white space, and there should be no uncontrollable danger.
The identification information obtained by touching it next also proved Xia Ran's thoughts, but he was embarrassed-
"Name: Parasitic Beast Larvae (Special)"
"Category: Equipment"
Rarity Bronze
"Main attribute: Implanting this item into any part of the body will trigger the parasitic mechanism, and it will assimilate with the limb organs of that part and grow into a partially parasitic incomplete parasitic beast."
"Warning: If implanted in the brain to trigger the parasitizing mechanism, it may become a complete parasitic beast, and the host is in danger of death."
"Hint: Incomplete parasitic beasts will depend on nutrients in the host's blood to survive, and will no longer have the genetic instinct to eat their own kind."
"Hint: If the host increases its spirit attribute value to a certain extent, it will be able to form an overwhelming advantage over the parasitic beast and gain dominance or control."
"Evaluation: Definitely one of the friendliest newcomer choices, no longer need to do it yourself, you can even have no guts and will at all, the parasite beast will automatically fight for you, and from then on, hang up with one click, easily push the map, and let your hands be completely free......
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It's such a thing, a special piece of equipment that belongs to life in a sense.
It looks like a small snake with a strange appearance, which looks particularly small, and with the metallic color and the rigid and motionless performance, it really looks like a sculpture without any breath of life.
And it's only bronze-level equipment, although it's special, but it's really not a jackpot, so the previous golden light is just an unboxing effect?
- Are you meowing to me?
Because according to the most basic information that Xia Ran has mastered, it seems that the white space will distinguish the quality of some equipment props with special attributes by different levels.
The lowest level is naturally a tabula rasa that doesn't even deserve the name of the level.,Up there's a level like Black Iron.,Bronze.,Silver.,Gold and the like.,It's not clear if there's a higher level above.γ
So compared to the previous golden light special effects, he now felt that he had been greatly deceived. But the most troublesome thing is that he actually pulled out such a special piece of equipment.
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Xia Ran stared at the pocket snake on the floor and fell into deep thought, although at the beginning, he had considered a variety of situations in combination with his own disadvantages and shortcomings, and came to a conclusion.
A war scum like him, let alone a melee fight with a parasitic beast that can be called the strongest creature on earth in this world, even if he is fully prepared, he has pistols, rifles, machine guns, and the odds of fighting that kind of monster in the front are not high.
Only by using a righteous style of play and being an old yin ratio is the only way out. If he hadn't had an impression of the plot, remembering that sulfuric acid could make the parasitic beast's body consciousness no longer unified, and it could continue to corrode and cause damage, he might have knelt by now.
And at that time, he also felt that the best way was to replicate the protagonist's experience, and borrow the power of the parasitic beast to have the ability to survive -
Or even gain the power to fight against this monster that seems to be the earth is dedicated to cleaning up humans.
It's just that there was no condition at the time, he couldn't find the spores of the parasitic beast, and he wasn't sure if he could really copy the protagonist's golden finger, so this method was just a thought, and he didn't expect it to be really feasible.
But now, the opportunity seemed to be in front of him, and it was guaranteed by the white space, and it was absolutely safe and secure - as long as he wasn't stupid enough to put the hatchlings in his head.
However, Xia Ran just stared at the parasitic beast larvae, his expression was extremely strange and tangled, and he didn't act for a long time, until the hands of the wall clock in the room slowly shifted by more than half a square.
"Sure enough, after all, I'm just a mouthful, no matter how nice and rational I say, I start to cringe when I want to see the real chapter......"
Sighing with a wry smile, breaking the dead silence in the room, Xia Ran raised an index finger and rubbed his eyebrows.
He was feeling a headache, a headache in every sense of the word.
This special piece of equipment may be very powerful, because the parasitic beast can manipulate cells to transform at will, stretching and twisting like eating rubber fruit, or it can change extremely hard in an instant, like steel.
Not to mention the weak and dying chicken before, the normal parasitic beast's movements are completely fast to the extent that the human optic nerve response ability can't capture it at all, and even the afterimage can't be seen.
So Ryoko Tamiya, who is pretending to be a teacher, will say that if she wants to do it, dozens of students in the class can be killed by her in three seconds...... This is a conservative estimate at all.
Moreover, the parasitic beast has a super learning ability, and it does not take a few days to master a language, and it takes all kinds of daily knowledge to complete it.
They are also able to monitor subtle changes in the host's body at any time, and pay attention to repairing various hidden dangers and damages.
It is said that the body they manage can easily live to be 140 years old, and the theoretical limit of the human body is just a normal life for them, as long as they do not die due to external forces, they can easily live until that time......
Coupled with the fact that the current parasitic situation can be chosen by itself and will not be replaced by the devouring brain, it can be said that the disadvantages have been minimized and the benefits have been maximized.
But when this opportunity appeared in front of Xia Ran, he couldn't help but start to retreat. In all fairness, he felt that he could accept strengthening the bloodline, changing the life form or something.
But it's not the same thing to let an alien species parasitize your body.
For example, if it is Nero's demon right wrist in "Devil May Cry 4", no matter how hideous and terrifying it looks and cannot return to normal, Xia Ran will still feel very handsome and strong and accept it happily, and there will definitely be no rejection.
However, one of his arms can be maintained normally, and he also has the power of transformation attacks at critical moments, but the arm itself will also have independent consciousness and can be regarded as an alien species...... It's a little unacceptable.
"It's just a hand, it's not a loss, it's just a ...... of your own thoughts"
"And the function of the comprehensive repair is very clear, and if you don't want it in the future, you can restore it at any time......"
"Take advantage of this opportunity to get through the early stage first, if you are timid, you may die in a few days...... Really, what qualifications do I have to pick and choose now? β
Saying this to himself, Xia Ran is trying to build himself psychologically, and his rationality is also telling him that he is not qualified to pick and choose now, nor is he qualified to say that he has mastered the power of self-preservation.
The strength is not as good as the standard of ordinary people, the physique is just qualified, and the spirit is the same.
Although intelligence and perception are higher than the horizontal line, it is obviously impossible for the attributes of this level to be transformed into combat power, and he does not think that he can now biu a few spells, or master extraordinary powers such as spiritual energy and telekinesis.
Only the agility reaches the value of 12 points, which is more than twice that of a normal person, but it is not of decisive strategic significance.
How to put it, thinking about it, he has nothing to do with it. Although the righteous style of play is useful, if you encounter a parasitic beast of the type of Tamiya Ryoko, who is calm, cruel, and more human-like than humans, the strong acid tactics will be useless.
He would be killed before he even had time to make a move, or he wouldn't even know how he died.
To be honest, the other parasitic beasts that behave mechanically and rigidly seem to be two species compared to the parasitic beasts of Ryoko Tamiya.
Xia Ran finished his mental construction, and then looked at his left hand, and there were still bursts of swelling and pain, which was also one of the reasons that prompted him to make up his mind.
In this dangerous world, he is not much special than others, and he should not give up any opportunity.
You don't need a fix right now, and it's not worth it to redeem some drugs directly from the system. Now the resources are already tight, and it costs points to repair the left hand, and the ability value has not been improved and the resources have also been reduced.
It just so happens that the left hand is temporarily unusable, so let's just sacrifice it...... Speaking of which, Izumi Shinichi's golden finger is his right hand, and maybe he can rub the protagonist's luck.
Thinking about these things in his mind, Xia Ran went downstairs to the owner of the homestay and asked for a knife and a rope, and then returned to the room.
He took a deep breath and carefully cut a shallow wound on his left wrist, and the blood quickly flowed out.
The moment the parasitic beast hatchling touched the blood, it immediately came to life, directly cut the skin and flesh with its sharp mouthparts, and twisted its slender body to drill into it.
It didn't feel too painful, but Xia Ran still tied the rope above the elbow joint of his left hand, wrapped it tightly and tightened - he was learning from Izumi Shinichi's method, after all, although he believed in the white space, he was inevitably psychologically afraid, worried about accidents.
However, there was no accident, he just lost the perception of his entire left hand for a short time, and for a very sudden moment, the nerves below the elbow joint seemed to be suddenly severed.
But before his brain cells could produce any fear or panic, the feeling disappeared again, and the neural connections seemed to be reconnected.
Moreover, the previous injuries suffered due to the recoil shock of the grenade launcher...... It seems that there is no more.