Chapter 81: Parasitism
Toba stripped off his shirt and turned around, and in the middle of his back, there were two eyeballs about the size of oranges in the middle of his back!
These two eyeballs didn't seem to be fully developed, and most of them were buried deep behind Toba's back, revealing only part of the whites of their eyes and dark blue pupils, but against the firelight, this scene was terrifying enough.
It is foreseeable that if these two eyes are not removed, they will one day burst out of Toba's back.
Yu Zhao suddenly thought of the demonic eye floating in the air, and suddenly understood the source of this demonic eye, and felt an inexplicable chill, only to feel an itch behind him, as if something was growing slowly.
Zheng Xuan exclaimed in a low voice, don't look over her head directly, she can't bear to look at it again.
It's not that she's too timid to accept these two strange eyes, but because she's probably guessed Toba's fate.
Like a host parasitized by an alien, Toba, who is parasitized by these two eyes, has little hope of survival.
The day these two eyes break free of Toba is the day Toba dies.
When it comes to critical areas such as the back, it is almost impossible to remove them by conventional means.
With the level of technology displayed in the village, it is not possible to remove the eyeball by surgical means, at least.
Pei Hengwu asked very calmly, "How did you get here?" ”
"It's like that's when you get the blood from that eye," said Toba, redressing his clothes, "and its blood is not only good for the soil, but also for living things." ”
"Hopeless? Purifying powder? ”
"The last person who used the purifying powder has turned to stone."
The three anchors looked at Toba with a little admiration.
It's hard to imagine that after learning about his death, especially when he knows that there are two eyes growing behind him, someone can still maintain such a calm attitude.
Death is like home, nothing more.
"So, you can't get its blood on it during the battle?" Yu Zhao regained his composure and added.
"Yes."
The corners of Pei Hengwu's mouth twitched, he was a close combat, and he would inevitably be stained with blood during the battle.
Besides, according to Toba's description and hints, this Eye of Cthulhu is at least half the size of a room, so what is it?
This Eye of Cthulhu is a little injured, and a little blood spraying is like a shower, and it can't be avoided at all.
I just don't know if the company can provide services to clear abnormal organizations when the live broadcast ends......
However, even if it can be removed, this psychological shadow will still remain in the bottom of my heart for a long time!
However, at this time, Zheng Xuan suddenly asked Toba very seriously, "I just heard that this digging worm hasn't moved for a long time?" ”
"Yes."
Her face froze.
"What's wrong?" Yu Zhao looked at her pale face and knew that something was wrong, and then walked a few steps quietly, away from the digging insects.
"It's not quite in its mental state...... This state is familiar, a bit like ......" she swallowed, "a bit like a flesh worm......
When Toba was still thinking about what the "flesh and blood worm" in Zheng Xuan's mouth was, Yu Zhao and Pei Hengwu had already reacted and walked a few steps further away.
A flesh worm the size of a burrower?
Are you kidding?
Can this still be played?
"What do you mean......" Toba wasn't a fool after all, and he quickly guessed something through experience and Yu Zhao's performance.
"It can't be!" He couldn't suppress the fear in his heart, raised his voice, and retorted loudly to Zheng Xuan.
It seemed that only in this way could he convince himself that his guesses were false.
How is this possible, how can the diggers in the village be contaminated by the blood of the Eye of Cthulhu?
It hasn't even touched the blood of Cthulhu!
But his instincts and intellect were telling him that it was true.
According to previous records, the burrower will also fall into a deep sleep, but not for more than three months at most.
It's not so much that it's sleeping, but rather that it's digesting the devoured rocks, waiting for the next activity.
But this time, it has been asleep for too long, too long......
Yu Zhao guessed right, the digging worm is one of the cores of the underground village, not only because it can dig passages, but also because it can't digest metal!
In other words, it will excrete the metals that it cannot digest through feces, and as long as it is slightly refined, it is a qualified metal ingot.
However, the burrower has been sleeping for more than a year.
During this time, the villagers of Panshi Village had to start living nearby, but without the digging worms that could open tunnels underground, they would have to settle here.
The ecological environment of the underground is far more fragile than the surface, and long-term settlement in one place is devastating to the ecosystem of this area.
You must know that everyone in Panshi Village before, no matter old or young, could eat meatloaf every day!
On the one hand, the resources that can be mined are becoming scarce, and on the other hand, even the weapons are not well repaired, and in all fairness, it is not easy for Panshi Village to survive until now.
And the driving force that sustains them is the sleeping burger.
As long as the digging worm can wake up, as long as it can still dig tunnels, then all this is only a temporary difficulty for Panshi Village, and soon Panshi Village will be able to recover.
But if the burrower is contaminated......
Not to mention the strange power and tenacious vitality brought about by its amazing size, the lack of a main excavation force and an important source of minerals after Rock Village was enough to kill them.
This meant that they could no longer stay underground, but could only go to the surface.
Then, they will encounter the Eye of Cthulhu and face a never-ending horde of monsters......
Toba thought of this result instantly, which is why he was so out of shape.
"I'm sorry, but it's true, it's slowly transforming......" Zheng Xuan didn't know how to comfort the person in front of him who was on the verge of despair.
The digging worm was the last straw that sustained their lives, but now, she was going to pull it out of his hands.
"There will be a way, purify the source of the powder." Yu Zhao calmly analyzed, "Now because of the large size of the digging insect, it has not been completely transformed, and there is still a chance." ”
Toba's eyes lit up, "yes, and her ......"
He got back on his feet, and there was one last hope!
"Him?" Yu Zhao was stunned.
Didn't this purification powder be mined somewhere?
"Who is he?" He asked subconsciously.
Toba thought for a moment, and there was a hint of awe in his eyes, "She is the patron saint of this forest, the spirit of the Centurytree tree, we call her the Tread, and this purification powder is obtained from her." ”
"Wait, no," Pei Hengwu suddenly asked, "If she can give you purifying powder, why don't she help you get rid of the Eye of Cthulhu?" ”
"The Treant is very poor, and all she can do is give us the Purification Powder to help us purify the land contaminated by the Eye of Cthulhu."
"Let's go." Yu Zhao glanced at the sleeping digging worm, and his heart felt a chill.
If Zheng Xuan didn't try to use illusions on the digging insects, it means that no one knows about the contamination of the digging insects, and when the digging insects are completely contaminated, it is very likely that they will be turned into a show effect by the company.
Or, that's a show effect in itself!
Hearing this, Toba nodded quickly, and after taking two steps, he turned back again, his face again hesitant and uneasy, "Can you still ...... How long? ”
Zheng Xuan glanced at the digging insect, her illusion just now was just to break through the spiritual defense line of the digging insect's instinct, and then she felt a bloody murderous aura rushing towards her face.
With a similar experience last time, she didn't dare to confront this aura head-on, and quickly retreated.
Although she was not harmed by this, she did not know much about the condition of the digging insects at this time.
However, she also replied honestly, "Hurry up." ”
Either way, the words "hurry" are always true.
Toba didn't speak anymore, and this time he didn't take Yu Zhao and the three of them back to the narrow and dark dog hole, but quickly picked a passage next to it.
This can't help but make the three anchors breathe a sigh of relief and praise Toba's choice.
It's just that at this time, in fact, Yu Zhao has some doubts in his heart, what kind of way can these underground villagers rely on to distinguish the direction in the underground without any signs?
Even if Yu Zhao had an eye in his heart, under the interference of several passages and several forks, he could not distinguish between the southeast and the northwest.
In response to his question, Toba barely laughed a few times, cheered up a little, and pointed to the fluorescent plants growing on the passage, "This is actually quite simple, we found that these plants don't know why they always grow south, but the leaves point to the north, pay more attention, you can discern the direction." ”
"But I still have a question, how did the axe behind your back come from?" Yu Zhao then asked.
Tuoba subconsciously took off the short axe behind him, glanced at Yu Zhao, and was a little surprised, "You can actually find this?" ”
However, he didn't dig deeper, glanced at the ground under his feet, and said, "You don't really think that we are the only village in the field, do you?" There are a lot more underground villages than you might think, at least we've come across a few. They all have their own means of surviving underground. ”
"So you're relying on the Diggers?"
"That's right, I've come across three underground villages, one of which lives in a vast mushroom forest."
"Is there really a mushroom forest underground?" Yu Zhao remembered Thorne's words.
"Of course, underground mushrooms can mutate due to the stimulation of certain rare minerals or magic crystals, and they will become extraordinarily large in size, and those are edible, and a single mushroom tree can provide food rations for our village for several days."
Toba took out the blue-gray dough from his backpack and raised it at the three anchors, "This is the dough made from mushroom trees." ”
The three anchors suddenly realized, no wonder they think that this cake still has such an attractive aroma, and now in retrospect, it does have a little bit of mushroom fragrance.
"Then why don't you settle in that mushroom grove?"
"We later found out that the mushroom forest could only feed their village, and we ended up leaving with the diggers."
At this point, Toba thought of the diggers in the village again, and was much more depressed, and was reluctant to continue, so he hurried away in a muffled voice.
Even if Yu Zhao wanted to know more information, they could understand Toba's mood at this time, and they didn't continue to ask.
However, the three anchors can't help but have some expectations, what does this so-called tree spirit of the Century Tree look like?