Chapter 43: "Clothes"

It's a weird thing to see your other self with your own eyes.

In particular, he was still wrapped in something like a cicada chrysalis, surrounded by fluid, just like in the mother's body, and Zhang Heng also noticed that a fist-thick fibrous tube was inserted into the back of the other person's head, which probably explains where the incomparably regular oval shape of the fourth ventricle on the CT film came from.

At the other end of the fiber tube is a smaller cicada chrysalis, which is trying to break through the membrane inside the cicada chrysalis and crawl into the tube.

At this point, Zhang Heng has basically figured out the secret of those things replacing human beings.

They don't go directly into the target's head, but first find a way to replicate a human body, which is like clothing to them, and can only be disguised as a human if they wear clothes.

No wonder they have not been very efficient, and they have not attacked him for so long.

But Zhang Heng estimated that when the thing in the little cicada chrysalis crawled down the fiber tube into the fourth ventricle, it was time for these things to do something to him.

And that day doesn't seem too far away.

After that, Zhang Heng circled around the banyan tree-like ancient plant and counted the cicada chrysalis on the tree, among which the number of small cicada chrysalis was obviously more, almost reaching hundreds, while the number of large cicada chrysalis was much less, only thirteen, which was a bad number.

Counting the betrayed Judas, Jesus had exactly thirteen disciples.

Given the disparity between small and large cicada pupae, which means that those things have to compete to get out of here, it's similar to human reproduction.

Zhang Heng just stopped here for a while, his shoulders were already covered with ashes, and it became a little difficult to even breathe in such a turbid environment, but fortunately he had brought a mask in advance, but even so, he couldn't stay here for too long, so Zhang Heng decided to speed up his movements.

Although he didn't know what the strange creature in front of him was, which looked like a banyan tree and could produce cicada chrysalis, it was clear what it was doing to the things that were parasitic in the fourth ventricle.

Obviously, it can give birth to the things in the fourth ventricle and the "clothes" they need to get out and about.

From this point of view, it is somewhat similar to the Zerg brood in StarCraft.

In other words, as long as this place is destroyed, even if it can't be wiped out, at least it will not be able to reproduce freely.

So the next moment, Zhang Heng pulled out his knife, wanting to test the defense of the plant in front of him first, but before he could get to the thing, the ugly vines that were intertwined with each other on the branches before accelerated again, and this time it was not just the few on the door, but all the vines on the entire tree were active.

It's like a giant python that has been woken up from its slumber.

Zhang Heng wisely didn't move forward, the sarcomas on so many vines exploded together, no matter how good his skills were, it was impossible to dodge.

As soon as he retreated, the vines' movements immediately slowed down, until they finally returned to their wriggling state.

In addition, Zhang Heng also noticed at this time that the cicada chrysalis hanging on the branches were also within a safe range. Obviously, this is also to avoid being harmed by those ugly vines.

Indiscriminate attacks?

Zhang Heng frowned, which meant that it was difficult for him to approach those things.

Especially the part of the tree cavity that beats like a heart. But fortunately, he considered various situations before his action tonight, and then Zhang Heng squatted down, opened the backpack behind him, and took out a mineral water bottle of gasoline from it.

The backpack has a limited capacity, and most of the space is filled with Lego bricks, so he only carries a little gasoline, but it is logically enough to set the plant in front of him on fire.

Zhang Heng unscrewed the bottle and sprinkled the gasoline inside as much as possible towards the center of the plant, while he himself retreated to the door, but fortunately, this time the vines did not pose any more attacking postures.

Then Zhang Heng wiped a match and decided to say goodbye to the crazy botanical garden in front of him.

The struck match landed accurately on the gasoline, and then unsurprisingly burst into flames, spreading quickly. Almost in the blink of an eye, the entire trunk was filled with flames.

Combined with the strange picture in front of you, there is a distorted beauty.

When the flames began to burn, the ugly vines that acted as guards also surged, but there were no targets to attack in range, and they didn't know what to do.

However, the good situation in front of him lasted less than two seconds, and with the next "breath", the strange banyan-like plant no longer sprayed ashes, but spit out some bright red sap, and when the raging flame came into contact with the bright red sap, it immediately became wilted.

The fire was quickly contained, and by the third spit, the flames had completely disappeared, and the blackened areas began to fall off, and new bark grew, looking the same as before.

The entire extinguishing and restoration process took less than half a minute, after which everything returned to calm.

It's as if nothing had happened.

But Zhang Heng at the other end of the hall realized that he was in trouble this time, the thing in front of him didn't seem to have much attack power, and could only rely on the associated vines to protect it, but in contrast to it, it was its terrifying self-healing and crisis response ability.

If it is expressed in game terms, it should belong to the kind of boss that prevents high blood thickness, and almost all attribute points are added to survival.

This is in line with its evolutionary direction, after all, in addition to those ugly vines, it also has the protection of those small cicada chrysalis, so naturally it no longer needs to develop any attack power, and can concentrate on defense.

Zhang Heng roughly estimated, judging from the damage caused by gasoline before, even the bazooka may not be able to blow up its outer trunk, let alone the [Paris Arrow] in the backpack, even if it can find the opponent's weakness, it is useless to break through the defense, and if you want to really hurt it, it is estimated that you will have to use ICBM-level weapons.

Zhang Heng didn't stay any longer, his throat had already begun to itch, he coughed twice, and his vision became more and more drowsy.

The uncomfortable smell of being burned like this became even stronger, and Zhang Heng realized that this smell did have a slight paralyzing effect, and there might be no problem in a short time, but a large amount of inhalation would become sluggish, and the brain would also be affected to a certain extent.

It seems that at least tonight he can't do anything with that weird plant.

Zhang Heng took out his mobile phone from his pocket, took a few photos with the last time, and recorded a video, before retreating from the door where he came.