Chapter 20: Tai Sui
"It's a little late......" Bai Xiaodang fell to the ground and raised his hand to wipe the blood oozing from the corners of his eyes, and whispered with a smile, "But it's better to be late than never." ”
The son of the god named Enoch looked up at the starry sky. He saw Li Zhen - in fact, he had heard about this person through those human information media, but he didn't expect that the other party would bring him such a strong sense of shock.
Regardless of the strength, sound, or size, it can be shocking, but for the long-lived species, the only thing that can give them such an experience is something else—coercion.
It was the endless majesty of the Dominator bloodline to those of the same kind. Enoch was not exempt from the experience, and in fact the impact of the sensation was far stronger than the sudden loss of all his abilities - he didn't know why this man named Li Zhen would have such power.
Enoch knew that Li Zhen was not human—he was his own kind. But his father was also his kind. His proud and great father, Zeus, the king of the Olympian gods, also possessed such power. His father's strength was close to that of the Dominator, and he had not fallen behind in the struggle against the Suppressors long ago—and it was unclear which side the scales of victory would have tended had it not been for the possession of the spear of Longinus.
However, at this moment, Enoch realized that the endless majesty that the man had deliberately unleashed seemed to be more powerful than his father. He struggled to fight the desire to bow down in his heart, and it made him shiver a little.
And his children, Cora and Adonis, are on the verge of collapse. The sturdy boy let out a low roar from his chest, but the psionic energy was long gone. There was a humming and vibrating sound from countless tiny debris around them. This made his already frightened and manic mind even more confused. So he threw a fist in exasperation, trying to disperse the things around him.
Before Enoch could stop it, his fist was in the shards. It was as if a pebble had been thrown into a calm lake, and the debris reacted immediately. The black-brown fragment instantly turned into a long snake, and in an instant, it circled around the four people. The boy's entire fist turned into a mixture of bone chips, flesh scraps, and blood, and the sawdust spun around with the high-speed movement and then splashed on the ground with a clatter, drawing a circle of strange colors.
It was only then that a cry of pain erupted from Adonis's mouth—for the first time, he tasted the pain as completely as a mortal.
Without hesitation, Enoch raised his arms and struck his son and daughter unconscious with two knives, in case they did anything stupid.
Li Zhen fell to the ground, the debris of astonishing force to make way for him, and quickly closed again, encircling the men again.
He stretched out a hand to Bai Xiaodang. Bai Xiaodang grabbed his hand. He stood up with his arm on his feet. He let out a long sigh: "It's a pity that both of them are dead." ”
Li Zhen glanced at the two corpses on the ground and smiled regretfully: "I didn't expect you to meet him." ”
But instead of looking at Enoch, he leaned down and held out a finger. Stirred in the horrible wound on Adonis's wrist.
Enoch didn't stop him. Keep your mouth shut. The general coercion of the previous demonstrations has disappeared. But it had already worked—the Son of God was well aware of the gap between himself and the other, and like the two humans before him, he chose to leave his fate in the hands of the other for the time being.
Li Zhen's fingers were stained with Adonis's blood. He put his finger in front of his eyes and looked at it. Then put it in your mouth – like sucking cream on your fingertips.
Enoch opened his mouth slightly, a subtle look of surprise flashing across his face. And Bai Xiaodang turned his face away and pretended that nothing had happened.
Li Zhen closed his eyes slightly, as if tasting the taste of blood. But those who are attentive will notice that the exposed blood vessels on his body are slightly flexed at a very fast speed, and then return to their original state. A second later, Li Zhen opened his eyes, covered his mouth and coughed heavily, then shook his hand.
A puddle of blood was tossed to the ground by him—and there seemed to be a slight fragment of internal organs mixed with it.
Enoch glanced at the pool of blood and gritted his teeth.
At this time, Li Zhen raised his eyes to look at him. He reached out and tore a piece of cloth from Enoch's coat, slowly wiped his palm, and said casually as if chattering, "You have a good son." ”
Enoch remained silent.
Li Zhen threw the piece of cloth on the ground and thought for a while: "So, Zeus can do the same?" ”
Enoch remained silent.
Li Zhen pouted: "I'm a person who is easy to act impulsively, don't mess with me." You know that I have killed more than one person like you. ”
Enoch was still silent.
"Then you're not afraid of death." Li Zhen thought about it, smiled good-naturedly, and casually took a sharp piece of sawdust from the air, and made a deep and long cut in the middle of his palm. The wound, however, was like a zipper - the front was cut open at the same time that the back had healed. When Li Zhen threw away the wood chips, there was only a small drop of blood in his palm.
He waved his hand, and the bead of blood slid to the tip of his index finger like a living thing. He put his index finger to Enoch's mouth, "Taste it?" ”
"You...... Do what? Bai Xiaodang asked in a low voice behind him.
"Greetings." Li Zhen said calmly.
But Enoch couldn't calm down. His face changed drastically, and Bai Xiaodang discovered for the first time that a person's expression could be so wonderful—fear and desire were tangled together, like the blood-soaked delicacy on Li Zhen's fingertips, and Enoch was a beggar who had been hungry for a few days knowing that this delicacy was mixed with poison.
Two cold glints appeared at the corners of his mouth—they were two long, sharp teeth. His body trembled even more, but this time it was not to fight against coercion, but to try to control himself from rushing over and sucking the blood from Li Zhen's fingertips.
That small drop of blood was filled with an incomparably powerful amount of power, but Enoch knew that once he really had it...... What kind of fate awaits you!
Li Zhen did not urge or persecute. He looked at Miko calmly, aware of the painful struggle in the other party's heart.
"What's wrong with him?" Bai Xiaodang approached Li Zhen and asked.
But it seemed that Enoch had all his attention focused on Li Zhen's fingertips, and he didn't even hear Bai Xiaodang's words.
"Do you know 'Tai Sui'?" Li Zhen replied non-sensitively.
Bai Xiaodang blinked. It's not clear what Li Zhen means. But she knew that Li Zhen would not make small talk at such a time, so she replied, "Which one do you mean?" You mean...... Meat reishi? ”
Meat Lingzhi and Tai Sui refer to a very strange thing - occasionally I hear reports that someone dug up a lump of meat in the ground - yellow or white, soft and trembling. If you leave this thing for a few days or ten days, it won't rot and deteriorate, as if it were alive. In fact, this thing is indeed alive, has metabolic functions, and can produce carbon dioxide. But when you cut it open, it was like white meat, and there were no bones or internal organs.
The Chinese call it meat lingzhi. Scientists say it could be some kind of super-large slime mold complex. Many people say that this thing has health care functions and can prevent cancer and tumors.
Bai Xiaodang has been in China for a long time, so he has heard of it.
"Yes. That's it. Li Zhen smiled and shook his fingertips in front of Enoch like a puppy teasing him—and Enoch's eyes rolled with his fingers.
"Then you know about vampires, right?" He said again. and pointed to Enoch's two sharp teeth.
Bai Xiaodang was stunned. Only then did she realize that there was something in front of her that would give her an inexplicable sense of familiarity—the vampire's thirst for blood......
“…… What's going on? She simply asked. The question swirled in her mind for a moment. before being asked. She is a wise woman. The matter in front of him is related to Li Zhen's blood. It must also be related to a secret that Li Zhen may be hiding. If she was still the original Bai Xiaodang, she would have avoided it. However, this night is different from the past, she thinks that she can be regarded as the person close to Li Zhen who can be trusted by him—otherwise he would not have to deal with this kind of thing himself.
Case. Whether as a subordinate, a friend, or a beautiful woman, she wants to be able to share more secrets with each other.
Li Zhen sighed leisurely, and said in a voice that was not big or small, just enough to be heard by two people: "The vampire thing, there really is." If I'm not mistaken, it's a species...... Or it is the kind of species that mate with humans. However, this class of species has a special ability - they can devour and absorb the abilities of other people. Just like me—you know the truth, right? ”
Bai Xiaodang pursed his lips and nodded. Actually, she didn't fully know about Lu Dao - but many people speculated that Li Zhen had such an ability, and today he confirmed it.
"We also know that many psionic or supernatural abilities are more or less related to genes." Li Zhen stared at Enoch and said, "What do you guess the legendary vampire wants to suck blood?" Humans say it's because they feed on it. But if I guessed correctly, they were trying to devour and absorb. A very small number of ordinary people express genetics that are dominant, and vampires absorb their blood and have a greater amount of power - so the longer the legend goes, the stronger the vampire. ”
"But there's a problem, Xiaodang." Li Zhen turned his head and smiled at her, sighing slightly, "When I went to report to the Secret Service Mansion, a doctor reminded me that although I had this strength, I couldn't use it arbitrarily. He said that at that time, I had absorbed too many abilities, which would cause a genetic breakdown. He didn't know what the consequences of that kind of collapse would be, and I didn't know at the time. But now I know that there are two of these guys in our biology lab in Luzon. ”
Li Zhen turned to Enoch and said seriously: "Because of absorbing too much, too powerful force, the consequence of the collapse is that it will degenerate into a lump of flesh. We Chinese call that thing Tai Sui. ”
And because the life force of the species is so strong, even to that extent, the sense of self will still be preserved. You will be buried in the ground as a lump of soft flesh, waiting for someone to dig you out. Cut one or several knives, or simply cook you - we Chinese say that the dug Taisui is the land master, and it has to be cooked and eaten. And in the process, you are able to experience everything. ”
"It is said that a few years ago, there were already artificially bred Tai Sui in China...... I guess the experience of being cut into several pieces, each still self-aware, and then raised and raised can be even more uncomfortable – worse than death. ”
"This drop of my blood contains sixty-three kinds of abilities, fifty-nine kinds of psionic powers. and a kind of power. Li Zhen looked at Enoch and said, "And you, how many can you bear?" ”
Bai Xiaodang stretched out his hand to cover his mouth. At this point, she realized that most of what Li Zhen had described in detail was actually for Enoch—he knew him, or rather them, and he knew what they feared most.
Enoch also covered her mouth like a woman, lowered her head, and squeezed a sentence out of her throat: "Take it ...... Take! ”
So Li Zhen laughed happily and shook off the drop of blood from his fingertips.
Drops of blood accidentally landed on Adunis' wound.
Or immediately opened his eyes - this is the last image he left in this world. Then his body swelled rapidly, and in a second, it turned into a puddle of jelly. The translucent, viscous fluid wriggled and gathered in one place, the surface trembling slightly like a wave. Soon, the tremor stopped—the fluid shrank into a milky white sphere. It turns into an irregular ellipse under the action of gravity. Motionless.
Li Zhen shrugged: "Oh. I'm sorry. But at least alive. ”
Enoch gritted his teeth, staring at the ball of flesh that had once been called Adonis, and then said, "You're more than what you say you are. ”
"Perhaps." Li Zhen smiled, "Now tell me what I want to know about the Dao of yours." To what extent has it recovered? ”
Enoch's eyes flashed with surprise again.
Li Zhen looked at him like an ignorant child: "Although I don't exactly belong to your category. But I know a lot more than you think. ”
Species are different from humans. Humans reproduce sexually. Whereas, species reproduce asexually. Although at the cost of the death of the host, the species can have offspring with humans, but that kind of life ...... In fact, it's more like a human being who has mastered the power of power. There is a world of difference between them and pure-blooded species - such as Adonis and Corah.
The child in Zhang Kesong's womb may be in a similar situation, but the situation is much more complicated.
Because Li Zhen also does not belong to the general sense.
Li Zhen also knew that if two pure-blooded species separated themselves, and then fused the separated parts into a new individual, then a new life would be generated. However, there will be a huge price to be paid for both sides – not a half of the flesh that can be quickly restored.
He didn't know why Zeus made such a sacrifice, but he knew that Enoch, who was standing in front of him, had the purest blood.
In other words, the current Zeus is not a complete body that has survived from the primeval era to the present day and is in its heyday, as Froud thought. He had become weak, but it was not clear to what extent.
"Father's strong ...... Not inferior to you. Enoch said with difficulty, "He's got everything back in his hands – you're just going to kill yourself." ”
"You can see it. The thunder just now shook the sky. Li Zhen didn't care how much water was in Enoch's words, he just wanted to confirm his guess. For now, he guessed right - Zeus did split himself.
"I know you...... Your name is Li Zhen. Enoch whispered, "I also know what happened recently. It seems like you're starting to identify with yourself. In that case, why do you want to be our enemy? Because of the powerful fellowship in your mouth? Are you subservient to him? ”
"You are not qualified to know about this." Li Zhen shook his head and waved his hand again. The debris that surrounded them crashed down, splashing a large cloud of snow on the ground.
"But who said I was going to be your enemy?" Li Zhen said, "Now I just want to meet Zeus and have a good talk with him." ”
Enoch froze. His gaze swept over the two corpses on the ground—or rather one and a puddle of ash that was no longer in silhouette.
"You should be glad you killed them, not the lady behind me." Li Zhen said in a low voice.
Bai Xiaodang's heart skipped a slight beat—even though she knew that as a professional, she shouldn't behave so unprofessionally in this situation. But no matter what, there is still an inexplicable sense of joy welling up in my heart. An imperceptible flush rose up on her face.
Enoch didn't know if Li Zhen was telling the truth. But in any case, three people had died in this brief conflict - one of his sons, two humans. Of course, the latter is more like an ant in his eyes.
However, he also understands that in the eyes of the other party, he is also an ant.
This man was terrifyingly powerful, and it chilled his heart. I was so cold that I didn't even have the courage to feel angry about the "death" of my son.
There are two choices before him - believe the other person's word and lead them to the entrance to the kingdom of God. Or don't believe his words...... It becomes the same thing as Adonis.
Li Zhen smiled, waiting for his choice.
But Enoch didn't intend to keep the other party waiting too long - the man just smiled and killed his own son.
He subconsciously glanced to the north. The sun is about to come out, and the sky in the background of Olympus turns white. In another hour, the first rays of sunlight will shine on the snowy peaks.
The kingdom of God is there, but ......
The Son of God makes a decision.
He took a deep breath and said, "You're going to let me go alive." Get out of there alive, and I'll fly away as a human - without interfering with anything you're about to do. ”
Li Zhen raised his eyebrows in a little surprise: "Oh? So the father you were going to betray you? I thought you had deep respect for him. ”
"I do revere his greatness." Enoch said, "But I'm also afraid of his wrath." No one has been able to open the gates of God's kingdom for thousands of years, and you will be the first outsider to walk in...... My father may destroy me completely, and I dare not face him. ”
Li Zhen looked at him with interest for a while and shook his head: "Alas, tsk. Your family is not like a species, but more like a human being. But no wonder - you made the vampires. It's no wonder that you didn't plan with those madmen to destroy the world. ”
"How do you know the way?" Bai Xiaodang asked in a low voice, "I mean, vampires." ”
"You'll know the Tao in the future." Li Zhen replied. Then he turned to Enoch, "I promise you. But at the same time, I will give you a suggestion - even if you want to escape, it is better to flee to Luzon - you know Luzon - wait for me there. Otherwise, in your capacity...... You'll regret it. ”
Enoch didn't say anything. In fact, it was a long time before he figured out the meaning of Li Zhen's last sentence.
But by then it was too late. (To be continued......)