Chapter 86: The Mutant Plague Rats (Happy New Year 3/3)
All I heard was the grinding of snarky teeth, and a mutated plague rat hung on Jeno's calf.
If it weren't for the fear of being bitten by the pest when he came in, summoning a layer of crystal armor to cover his legs, this plague rat would have succeeded by this time!
Mutated organisms are common here, and the poisoning environment can cause genes to mutagenate, and if this bite is solid, Genor will have to contract the plague.
The crystal fell off his leg, and the plague rat fell from his leg, and Jeno kicked it violently.
I only heard a "squeak!! The plague rat was kicked and flew into the ditch, and the green poisonous water seemed to have little effect on it, and it swam up to the opposite shore and quickly burrowed into the darkness.
Staring deeper into the ditch, Jeno finally made a discovery—at the sewer intersection, many corpses had been dragged ashore, both whole and in pieces, all piled up together, blocking the way.
There were a lot of plague rats around, and they couldn't have been without thoughts about the pile of food, but they all wandered far away, afraid to approach.
In addition, the objects that the corpses had been carrying had been turned out and stacked separately: cogwheel-shaped coins, medals representing several barons, alchemy-powered repeaters, glass bottles containing green liquid, goggles, and various augmentation devices.
Undoubtedly, this is what Jeno is looking for - the corpses of the Alchemy Baron and his men.
The pile of rotten, tattered corpses must have been stinking with a smoky smell, but Geno was out of breath or he would have vomited all night.
Jeno leaned in, and I don't know who deliberately separated these things, the ditch scavenger or the cleaner? But he had taken a good look around before that, and there was no one hiding in the place where Hex's core could be seen.
He crouched down to observe the wounds of the corpses, and vaguely saw some gunshot wounds, but the rest were either soaked in water, swollen and deformed, or corroded to the point that it was difficult to discern what caused the wounds.
One of the severed arms allowed Jeno to find a breakthrough, which was in good shape with the severed arm's skeletal structure, and judging from the stubble of the wound, it was directly ripped out of the shoulder.
This shows that the murderer has a lot of strength, and it should be a greatly enhanced human or non-human creature, because ordinary people will not tear off the entire arm of someone when they kill someone, and even if they divide the corpse, they will use tools and will not tear and pull hard.
There was another newer wound on the arm, a piece of flesh had been torn off, and the subcutaneous tissue was showing signs of dissolution, caused by a large number of bacteria multiplying.
Seeing this, Jeno suddenly felt a faint smell of corruption in his mouth for no reason, and he knew that the breath of magic was approaching.
"Hex, can you feel anything?" Jeno asked inwardly, and began to urge the crystal armor to cover his skin.
"Two sources of Hex's energy, one at twelve o'clock, behind the pile of corpses, and one at six o'clock, a little farther apart."
"Two? Caught in the front and back? ”
Jeno was shocked, and looked behind the pile of corpses, where was there any figure?
"Hex, are you kidding me? Who's up ahead? ”
"Just because you can't see doesn't mean you don't." A package of energy poured out of his chest, rushing up his head and enveloping Jeno's eyes, staining his eyes a crystal blue.
At this moment, the whole world turned blue in Jeno's eyes, and his vision was no longer limited by darkness, and he could see the end of the sewers all the time.
He saw a faint blue shadow lurking in front of the pile of corpses, looking like a giant plague rat lying on the ground, and behind him was a blue point of light, which remained silently in place, as if watching the development of events.
Hex retracted his energy, and Geno's vision returned to normal.
A large rat that is one person tall will be invisible, this is Tucci?
Thinking of the melted wound on his broken arm, Jeno immediately knew that he had broken into someone's granary, and only a rat of this size would carry so many germs in his saliva.
Jeno didn't act rashly, he tried to communicate with the other party.
"Tucci? Is that you, Tucci? I see you, come out and don't hide. ”
The big rat hiding behind the pile of corpses shook its ears, and its body gradually emerged from the air, and it stood up, its two small eyes that were different from the other plague rats, and there was a hint of cunning in its scarlet.
It stared at Jeno, its nose twitching, and it made a shrill sound:
"Squeak! Tucci?! ”
Only then did Jeno see what it looked like, it was about as tall as him, its gray-green bristles were wet and sticky, and it looked difficult to cut off, and its tail more than two meters long was coiled behind him, flicking uneasily.
This is a far cry from Jeno's impression of Tucci: no green coats, no crossbow bolts, and no glasses.
It's more like a streaking Tucci! Several iconic objects were not worn on the body.
"Aren't you Tucci?" Jeno wondered, could it be that there are many rats of this size? Tucci is just one of their races?
"Squeak! Tucci! What a name! I like it! The long whiskers of the big rat shook rapidly, and seemed to be very happy.
Jeno's eyes widened in disbelief.
Dare to love that you have met Tuqi before the IQ is not civilized! And somehow gave it this name! Is this fate?
I don't know how Tucci was named Tucci under the normal world line, and will his actions trigger a time-space refutation?
"Yes, yes, your name is Tucci now, tell me that you ripped this arm off?"
Jeno guided Tucci in a soft voice, like a child. If the arm hadn't been ripped off by Tucci, the scope of the killer could have been narrowed down a bit.
"Elbow squeak? "Tucci stretched out his paw and licked it, sticky saliva stuck between his fingers, and for some reason, Jeno suddenly thought of the "real fragrance.jpg" meme.
“……”
Although Tucci didn't answer, Jeno got the answer from its movements, its two forelimbs weren't thick enough, and its claws were thin enough to tear an entire arm off its shoulder.
Seeing Tucci like this, it was still a little reluctant to communicate, and the other party probably wouldn't allow him to turn over the pile of corpses, so the autopsy could only be interrupted, and Jeno opened his legs and prepared to leave the sewer.
"Food! Don't leave! ”
As soon as he took half a step back, Tucci let out a piercing scream and fell to the ground, his stiff hair standing up, his body seemed to be larger, and he raised his head and grinned at Jeno with two sharp front teeth the size of daggers.
"Rub, if you say you change your face, you will change your face."
Jeno was ready to fight, but he heard a gunshot, and Tucci fell down, bleeding from the corners of his mouth and shattering his two front teeth!