Chapter 8: The Snakes
The short section of stone stick in his hand became heavy.
Lin Yi wanted to throw it away several times to reduce the burden, but he held back. This stone stick helped him many times, and it was also the only self-defense weapon on his body. Once you lose it, the next time you encounter those hungry ghosts and monsters, you may be bitten and eaten.
For a long time, until the big snake left and there was no movement, Lin Yi carefully crawled out from under the tree roots.
He had just emerged and was about to look around. But not far away, under the rhizome of a giant tree, a head was also carefully poked out. The skeleton was thin and thin, and in the hazy mist, it was a little terrifying, and a little funny.
The man also happened to see Lin Yi, and it was obvious that the two of them were startled by each other at the same time. Then he was stunned again, because the person on the other side was the same as himself, full of grass and dirt, embarrassed and funny. are both fallen people at the end of the world, so they naturally look at each other, and they feel a little inexplicably sympathetic to each other.
In the end, after looking at each other, no one spoke, and the two chose a painless position and left.
If it was a normal situation, in a place infested by this kind of monster, Lin Yi would still be very much like pulling a teammate. That person's situation is not better than him, but he can hold back and not jump out, which shows that he is also determined. A mouth full of grass, proving that there is also the sanity to suppress appetite, should be a good teammate.
But alas, now they themselves are half monsters.
Along the way, as long as you are still a little sane, you will hide when you see people. No one dared to come forward to communicate, let alone leave together. Because everyone is a monster, a monster that can become a monster at any time. Even if you have reason one moment, there is no guarantee that you will not become a monster who chooses people to devour the next moment.
The grass in his mouth kept stopping, and Lin Yi didn't dare to really eat grass and soil all the time, he just chewed and vomited, and then grabbed a handful and stuffed it in, his mouth full of bitterness. He was afraid that it would cause a reaction in his stomach, and instead of satisfying his hunger, he would consume his physical strength. But now I don't know if my stomach is alive or not. But in the end, even if you eat these things, you can't digest them, and if you finally find a solution, you will have a bunch of groceries in your stomach, and you can't get out or out, but you will feel uncomfortable.
The hunger and powerlessness are real, but the appetite comes to the weird, and it seems to only react to meat, such as the Qinglin python, and the people you meet along the way. Once encountering the meat of a living creature, the unquenchable appetite and hunger rush at the same time, reaching the extreme in an instant, and destroying the last sanity of the survivors.
"If you can't find anything to eat, and you don't want to become a monster, maybe you'll really have to go to the temple and kill yourself."
Even walking began to become difficult, his steps were vague, and he almost couldn't get up after falling down several times. All around, giant trees, fog, ruins, and unchanging scenery also make people feel impetuous, and reason is like a candle in the wind, which can be swallowed by appetite at any time.
Walking forward again, Lin Yi was blocked by a swamp.
There are many dangers in the swamp area, but Lin Yi's first reaction at this time is only, snakes, fish, rats and birds, there are animals, food, and meat.
Lin Yi felt that his consciousness was not very clear anymore, his arms were dry, and they were almost like skin bones. Maybe it's God's blessing, maybe it's a matter of chance. Just when Lin Yi was about to lose his mind, a touch of blush came into his eyes.
It was a stout, pitch-black fruit tree, with intertwined roots and ancient rhyme. Compared to the giant trees around it, it looks low, but it is also five or six meters tall. At the top of the thick trunk, among the dense broken leaves, a few red fruits that exude a faint glow are hanging like lanterns, which is particularly attractive.
If it was in normal times, Lin Yi would hesitate for a moment, after all, this is in a jungle swamp, and there may be hidden dangers everywhere, not to mention that this fruit tree is obviously extraordinary. Under the rare fruits, there have always been murderers guarding them.
But now, he is not exploring, nor is he hunting for treasures, no matter what treasures he has, in Lin Yi's eyes, it is just food that can satisfy hunger. And there they hung and tempted him.
So Lin Yi didn't hesitate to get on. Staggered towards the fruit tree.
The fruit trees are surrounded by water, but fortunately, the old roots of the fruit trees are intertwined, and the roots of the trees are stepped on, and they also get under the fruit trees smoothly.
This way of trotting, plus the fruit is in front of you. The temptation of hunger and appetite made Lin Yi's symptoms worsen, and cracks appeared on large areas of skin on his body. That's it!
This fruit tree is strange, the trunk is thick, and if you look closely, you will find that it looks like countless huge roots coiled together and climbing, and there are many gaps between the lines. Relying on an almost instinctive reaction, he stuck a stone stick into the gap and climbed up one by one.
All he had left was a skeleton now, and his body was light. And although I feel weak and uncomfortable, the strength in my body has become greater, so my speed is not slow.
Because he found the fruit, he spit out the grass and did not eat it again. The mouth full of green grass juice mixed with the saliva that overflowed unconsciously, completely looked like a demon. Staring at the lantern-like fruit with wide, chapped eyes, madness, greed, paranoia, the last shred of sanity holding the line. Once reason is gone, even if it is fruitful, it is meaningless.
Finally, the fruit is just around the corner. One hand hangs on a stone stick, and the other hand grabs at the reddish fruit. I tried my best to stretch my limbs, but I was still a little short.
Stepping on the fruit tree pattern road, Lin Yi wanted to pull out the stone stick and take another step. Maybe it was because his mouth was full of saliva, or maybe even his throat was about to degenerate, Lin Yi's voice at this time was as dry and roaring as the monster he had seen before.
A few strange noises.
Lin Yi's remaining sanity forcibly looked away and looked up. The red snake spits letters.
Four or five small red snakes with black patterns clinged to the branches, their eyes were cold, staring at him, and they kept spitting out messages and swimming over.
"Fruit, fruit! Fruit!! Lin Yi kept reminding himself, subconsciously roaring, forcibly suppressing his appetite for these little snakes.
Soon, more small snakes emerged from the dense canopy. The hands and feet were almost uncontrollable, when the first red snake pounced on him and tried to attack him to drive him away. Lin Yi was faster, grabbed it, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
This behavior apparently angered the snakes, who surrounded him in an instant. However, the thickest of these little snakes is only the thickness of an arm, and they may be highly poisonous, but in terms of strength, they are not comparable to the current Lin Yi at all. As soon as the big hand grabbed it, it was four or five that were stuffed directly into the mouth.
The meat in front of him destroyed reason, and finally, the last bit of persistence made Lin Yi stop his devouring action for a moment, turned his head with difficulty to look at the red fruit next to him, let go of the stone stick, and kicked with all his strength under his feet, pounced on the nearest fruit.
When the fruit arrived, the whole person fell into the water.
If there are still outsiders, such a surprising scene can be seen at this time.
A scrawny strange man struggled to get up from the water, and above his head was a fruit tree with a very large crown, like rain. Countless small snakes with black lines and red threads jumped down one after another, rushing towards the strange man.
It's a head-numbing scene. But the strange man ignored it and ran outside. There were quite a few red snakes entangled, but they didn't stop the strange man. Instead, he was grabbed casually, and even the belt meat was a mouthful, and then chewed with a mouthful of blood, and then threw away the big snake that was struggling and screaming.
There seemed to be an endless number of red snakes, rushing up one after another. The strange man never seemed to have enough to eat, so he came up and bitten, eating as he ran, and he didn't know how much snake meat he ate raw. Occasionally, the whole person is buried by the snakes, and the strength is surprisingly large, and the skinny body is somehow quickly squeezed out, and then catches the snake and bites, this massacre of the breakout to the surrounder, for a while it is impossible to distinguish, who is the monster, who is the predator.
Lin Yi ate the fruit as soon as he caught it, and after coming into contact with the blood, his reason was already blurred. But instinct lets him know the benefits of the fruit. A palm-sized fruit, the moment it fell from the sky, it had all entered the stomach, and there was not even a core left.
The fruit goes into the belly. A warm and comfortable feeling made him come to his senses a little, and he controlled himself to run out wildly, rather than staying here and entangled with this pile of snake meat feast.
Although the fruit has a miraculous effect, in the process of eating raw snake meat and being covered in blood. His consciousness began to dissipate again, as if he was about to incarnate into a real demon. At this time, he grabbed a red snake with one hand, and the red snake's fangs were still biting on his thigh, but where was there still meat on his body, and the bones were also mutated and strong, so he didn't pay attention to it at all, and bit off at the snake's body and swallowed half of it.
The remaining half still didn't let go, and didn't pay attention to it, just hung on it. I have to say that after completely going crazy, his speed was very fast, and he had already left the range of the fruit tree. But a large group of snakes behind him still kept catching up, and encountered a few strange people along the way. Seeing the snakes, he rushed over excitedly without thinking about it, and then was quickly overwhelmed by the snakes.
I don't know how long it took, Lin Yi felt that his consciousness was wrapped in a stream of heat, and he was slightly awake and saw his surroundings clearly.
The body has been insisting on the last order, constantly running wildly. There are also large and small red snake corpses hanging on his body. Almost all of them were bitten off, and they had died naturally at this time. Because the fangs bite into the body, it has been hanging on and on.
Coming back to his senses, Lin Yi stopped. Before I had time to think about it, there was another bite in my back, and several red snakes had already been entangled.
When he came to his senses, he naturally wouldn't eat snake meat anymore, thinking about the previous picture and the bloody minced meat in his mouth. The black and red snakeskin wriggled and made him feel extremely nauseous. Spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, and was about to break free and continue running, when suddenly the restraints on his body disappeared.
A few red snakes that had bitten up loosened and collapsed.
Lin Yi was surprised, looked at it fixedly, and found that the place where the red snake bit actually appeared a touch of pride, which was somewhat similar to the fruit he had eaten before, but mixed with a bit of purple light.
I shook my hands, and a sense of power swelled up. This has been there before. It's the strength to lose your mind and turn into a monster, but the unquenchable appetite is gone.
"Is this what it's like to be full? It's really nostalgic. ”