Chapter 346: Parasitism
The worm was as thick as a human arm, fat, full of links, and pink overall. There are two black-spotted eyeballs on the left and right sides of the head, and below are triangular mouthparts embedded with dense teeth.
There is a layer of transparent mucus attached to the surface of the body, clumps of pale red dense bristles grow on the back, like a rich woman's happy steel wool, and below the body are a pair of chest feet, abdominal feet, and tail feet, with barbs on the tips of the feet, which can firmly and steadily hook the placket of Bob's clothes.
This bug is placed on the flat ground, and may be able to blend in with the ranks of cute creatures with its fat body size and pink appearance.
But when it hovered over Bob's head and aimed its dark eyeballs and murderous mouthparts at Bob's mouth, it was left with the adjective of hideous horror.
"What are you going to do?!"
Bob struggled desperately, not even bothering to break a few more ribs in his chest, "Let me go!! ”
"Don't get excited."
Leon held the worm in his hand, smiled and pressed Bob's forehead, slowly probing the worm towards Bob's mouth.
"Wait!"
John Joyce, who was watching from the side, finally couldn't hold it anymore, and stepped forward and asked urgently, "What are you going to do to him?" What is this bug? ”
"This is the legendary Three Corpse God Brain Pill,"
Li Ang raised his head and said solemnly: "This is a kind of poison refined by the villain organization Sun Moon God Sect, which contains corpse insects, which usually do not attack and have no abnormalities.
But if it is at noon of the Dragon Boat Festival every year, if you don't take the medicine to restrain the corpse insects, the corpse insects will be like the Monkey King who got into the stomach of the monster, causing destruction.
For example, gnawing on offal or something. ”
“...”
John Joyce's eyes widened, and he wanted to complain: "Do you think I haven't watched "Smiling Proud Jianghu"? The Three Corpse God Brain Pill was obviously a pill with a red medicine shell, how could it be such a large worm? And can this thing really be eaten? I think it's thicker than the esophagus, right?! ”
But when the words came to his lips, John Joyce swallowed back and said weakly: "Isn't this okay? ”
"What's so bad?"
Li Ang said indifferently, "If he wants to feed me biscuits, I'll feed him worms, which is fair." Or is it..."
He turned his head to look at his teammates and smiled, "You want one too?" I have a lot more in my backpack. ”
In response to Li Ang's threat, Miss Chai also raised her head and stared directly at the players' faces, as if thinking about how to pry their mouths open.
In the face of this vicious master and servant,
John Joyce subconsciously took half a step back,
Julia's face turned pale, and she quietly clenched her pistol,
The smoker swallowed, honestly raised his hands and stepped back, indicating that he was not hostile.
'This knife brother is really a madman. ’
The three players thought in unison, staring at Bob's plea as he lay on the ground, pretending not to see it.
"Look, no one will help you, even if you cut your throat, no one will come to save you."
Leon laughed like a vicious and brutal villain boss in a literary work, ignoring Bob's eyes begging for mercy, and forcibly fed the worm little by little,
"Eat! Give it to Lao Tzu! ”
Bob's body trembled violently, but Miss Chai held his hands and feet firmly and released a petrification effect at the joints, making him unable to move at all.
After a few moments, the worm's tail was completely hidden in his throat, and Bob had tears streaming down his cheeks, a look of collapse and numbness.
"Don't cry with a sad face, as long as you cooperate well, this bug won't attack."
Leon crouched on the ground and comforted, "It's now hunched and lying in your stomach. Aside from feeling full, it won't affect you much.
If we work together, we can continue to be teammates. ”
Leon didn't lie, but he didn't tell the truth thoroughly.
This bug is actually a xenomorph larva hatched by the queen bee under the action of the biological master, codenamed 'Parasite'.
It is inspired by the real parasitic bees that exist in the real world, such as the bummer bee and the red-eyed bee.
Parasitic wasps can parasitize the eggs in the host, let the eggs feed on the host, and continue to absorb the host's nutrients until they mature, and the larvae break out of the eggs and leave the host's empty shell that has been completely drained.
The way parasitic wasps reproduce is quite terrifying, and the parasites created by Leon are even more bizarre.
Parasitic larvae, with their gastropods, are able to firmly hook the surface of the host and pierce the skin of the host with bristles in vitro.
The clumps of pale pink bristles are actually long, hollow tubes that contain both narcotic substances and tiny parasite eggs (equivalent to larval eggs, the fetus of a womb).
When the bristles pierce the host's skin, the larvae release an anesthetic that stops the host's struggle.
The eggs in the bristles are implanted under the skin of the host.
These eggs, which feed on the nutrients in the parasitic eggs, quickly grow into larvae under the skin.
The larvae release an anesthetic on the surface of the body to numb the host's pain sensation and continue to drill deeper, and when they reach a certain depth, they will stop drilling and lay the eggs of the second generation in their own place.
According to Leon's estimates, parasites can implant an average of thousands of tiny eggs each time when they come into contact with the body surface of cattle and sheep with bristles, and these egg larvae can lay ten times as many second-generation eggs.
The larvae hatched from the eggs of the second generation will continue to reproduce under the condition that the temperature and food are suitable.
There is no shortage of children and grandchildren.
According to Leon's calculations, a mammal the size of an elephant will be mothed into an empty shell within a few days after being touched by a parasite...
Best of all, the eggs laid by the parasite are tiny and transparent in color, and they grow and reproduce very quickly, even if they seek medical attention immediately after a single touch.
It is also difficult to guarantee that all the eggs will be completely recovered.
It is impossible for such extreme species to be born in nature, and I am afraid that only Li Ang, who is so idle, will create such a terrifying biological weapon.
Of course, Leon also put a lot of restrictions on the parasite,
For example, the larvae hatched from the eggs of the second and third generations have birth defects and cannot grow to the size of the first generation of larvae, nor do they have bristles or the like, and they can be used to sow the organs of the next generation through contact.
The queen bee can also emit pheromones, so that all parasite larvae and eggs that come into contact with pheromones stop parasitizing, die automatically, and melt into a puddle of slime.
Leon's act of stuffing the parasite into Bob's stomach actually delayed Bob's death, as the parasite was instructed by Leon to implant a portion of the eggs into Bob's stomach, and then went into dormant mode along with the first generation of eggs.
It is only when Leon needs it, triggered by the imprint of the gods or the queen bee pheromone, that the parasite ends its dormancy and continues to lay eggs, hollowing out Bob's body from the inside out.
This thing is actually more terrifying than the Three Corpse God Brain Pill....