Chapter 10: Burning in the Rain

"When will this rain stop?!" Shao Kai had lost the confidence and patience he had when he first came here, and at this time he felt tormented and kept pacing at the door of the tent.

Although as a war correspondent, he should not be afraid of death, but after seeing this supernatural death in the past few days, he is always worried that someone is secretly snooping behind him....... this sense of unknown is more terrifying than death.

This feeling not only affected Shao Kai alone, but everyone gathered in Hua Ge's rest tent at this time felt precarious. The unusual way of dying, beyond their perception of death, no one can be calm.

"Are we just waiting here now?" Although she is an explorer, Ina's reason seems to have been swallowed up by the fear in her heart, and she has been pressed down by several other people. The days of a solo expedition had never brought her so unease, and the feeling was no longer the thrill of a familiar adventure, but the despair of waiting for death.

"It's safe for us to stay together, and it doesn't rain all the time! Our communications equipment is still there, and although the signal may be disrupted right now, I am sure that the port base will be able to contact us soon. Xian Hua Ge tried his best to appease everyone.

But he knows that what has happened in the past few days has caused everyone to lose trust in each other. Everyone is suspicious of each other, and it seems that everyone has forgotten the original purpose of coming here. He couldn't risk separating everyone at this point, but he always had a sense of foreboding, like the familiarity of death, and it didn't seem to be over so soon.

Ina has always suggested saving herself, waiting for the rain to lighten, and then trying to find a way into the mountains to leave. But he was worried that Iris's skin would be exposed when exposed to water. Maybe leave her here alone?!

But it was she who made the biggest discovery of the expedition. To give up on her is to give up on your mission. He hesitated, and every time these people acted alone, it was a great adventure.

"I'm going out! I'm going to the toilet! The more Ina panicked, the more troubled she became, and at this point she seemed to be mentally and physically repulsed by this place, constantly yelling for reasons to leave this rest tent.

"No! You can't go out on your own? How do we know what you're going out for?! Hyde's words spoke to everyone present, who were suspicious of each other.

"That! You let Iris go out with me! I really want to go to the toilet! Ina jumped to her feet in a hurry, and she grabbed Iris and wanted to run out.

But as soon as she touched Iris's arm, she suddenly retracted! Scream: "Look at her hands!! What happened to you? Ina shook off in an instant. I looked at her as if I had seen a ghost.

Everyone leaned over to look at Iris's hand, which was now showing signs of speckled scales.

Iris hurriedly retracted his hand. bowed her head and was silent, Hua Ge was also stunned, there was no water here, how could her scales appear? Duan Lei hurriedly walked to her side: "How can this be?" Let me see! Could it be that the corpse has a disease? And contagious? “

Iris frowned, and hurriedly covered up and didn't know how to explain it, it was raining in this place one after another, and the humidity in the air was enough to allow her pores to open to reveal scales. She couldn't find a dry towel for the past few days, and she felt like she was almost unable to cover the scales that were gradually emerging on her body.

But how could she tell them who she was at this time....... there might be someone among these people who wanted to arrest her. She cast a distressed glance at Hua Ge, as if she wanted him to help her out of the siege.

He immediately understood: "Could it be that when Feng Yan was here, you said that you were going to do a biopsy experiment on your own skin?" He remembered hearing her talk to Feng Yan when he seemed to mention it, and he could only wait for her to justify the rest.

"It's not a biopsy test, but it's like that...... On the day I arrived, Feng Yan had successfully extracted some water genes from the corpse, so I secretly injected them into my epidermis...... It was fine before, but I didn't expect it to be okay now....... just a little epidermis...... The symptoms will disappear when all the potions have been absorbed......."

She immediately followed his words with a nonsense that seemed extremely reasonable, hoping to deceive an expert like Duan Lei.......

Duan Lei looked at it for a long time. Finally nodded, and shook his head again: "You people, what nonsense... If it is an epidermal injection, it should be metabolized with metabolism....... which is very dangerous, but fortunately you do not have a rejection reaction. I would have suspected that Diana had died by experimenting with herself, or you would have died like her. The limitations of the research conditions made Duan Lei completely believe her words.

"Then does this mean that Feng Yan has already researched how to fuse the water gene with the human body?" This topic seems to have caught the attention of several other people, especially Mills, Iris assistant.

He had been with Iris for many years because he knew that her archaeology focused on the investigation of fantastical creatures such as mermaids, and he had always been obsessed with them. With Iris here this time, he thought he finally had a chance to meet a real merfolk. Among the people present, perhaps only he was still interested in this exploration mission at this time.

"Looking at Iris's current state, since there is no threat to his life, there is no rejection. It's already a big breakthrough. It's a pity that Feng Yan is dead....... only he can do research on water genes. Even if we get the body out....... it will probably take years to study it. It's a pity......" Duan Lei said.

"The rain has stopped!" Suddenly, Ina shouted happily, and without waiting for others to stop her, she went out directly.

"Hey! I'm really uneasy, I'm going to follow her! Hyde showed the thoughtfulness of a foreign man at this time, and he was completely like a warm man. Followed

And Mills followed suit: "As a gentleman, it is our responsibility to protect the safety of the lady, so let's go with it!"

Seeing the two "warm men" follow out, Iris was confused by the topic just now and finally breathed a sigh of relief, she also stood up rarely, standing at the door of the tent to feel the long-lost sunshine, many days of wet weather made her almost exposed just now, at this time the faint sunlight through the thin cracks in the mountain bushes, can not hurt her skin, but can make her feel a little dry.

Hua Ge also stood up: "I'll try to contact the port base." “

Everyone stood up one by one and walked out of the tent, and everyone finally saw the beautiful scenery of this mountain lake for the first time in the past few days. The entrance to the cave where the experimental corpse was found had long been submerged by the rising surface of the lake, and wisps of light shone into the lake in the col, forming halos of light, shining with the fluctuations of the water. After the rain, a refreshing fresh breath comes to your nose.

Just as everyone was indulging in the crisp air, there was a scorching stench, accompanied by hoarse screams.

Everyone followed the smell and sound, and a burning man was screaming and rolling in red flames, and sticky fires burned everywhere he went.

And the fire had no intention of extinguishing it, no matter how the man rolled on the ground. The burning man screamed and ran wildly, but the fire burned wantonly.

Iris was frightened and retracted the tent, she was afraid of fire! Fire is her natural enemy!

And Huage Duan Lei and Shao Kai were fighting the fire with all hands and feet, and Hyde and Ina, who happened to come back at this time, also witnessed this scene.

Without thinking, Hyde rushed up and took off his clothes, slapping the man incessantly. But no matter what method they used, they could not extinguish the fire, and even their clothes burned when they touched the fire, and in a short time the man was burned to ashes.......

Just when the people who couldn't slow down their heads and dirty faces were still palpitating by this sudden fire. Hyde suddenly convulsed a few times and fell, and Ina beside him shouted, "Hyde!! ”

There was no time to hesitate, and everyone surrounded Hyde and called his name.

But he had fallen into a coma, but he didn't have any scars on his body, but like Bell's corpse, it was aging rapidly, his hair began to turn gray, and his skin began to gradually lose moisture. It's just that his aging rate is a little slower, but wrinkles have begun to appear on his face.

"There's something wrong with this fire, everyone quickly carry him back and don't inhale the dust!" Iris shouted from inside the tent. Everyone held their breath and carried Hyde back to the rest tent.

As soon as she entered the tent, Iris rushed to Hyde's side from behind, holding the bottle of blue liquid that Hua Ge had seen, she opened the lid and placed it under Hyde's nose, the blue liquid evaporated into a puff of blue smoke, which was inhaled into Hyde's body.

"What is this?!" Ina's emotions were very excited, and the incident of the burning man just now was still vivid in front of her eyes. She asked, frightened, tugging at Iris's collar.

"This ....... is the water gene that Feng Yan extracted from that corpse, and I have some here....I'd like to try .......it," Iris said hesitantly.

What kind of water gene is that, she and Hua Ge both know that her blood at that time.

"You're going to kill him!" Inacheste shouted. She didn't believe her, and she didn't trust anyone now.

But at this time, Hyde really stopped aging, returned to his original appearance....... and gradually fell asleep peacefully. Ina finally let go of her hand and looked at him with concern.

Duan Lei carefully inspected Hyde: "Fortunately, it worked....... if it was according to the situation just now, Hyde would not have survived." How do you know this gene is inhaled?! “

"Feng Yan....As I said before, this gene can't be injected directly, and the immersion is too strong....he atomizes the gene. As long as you leave the container and encounter air, the success rate of atomization inhalation may be relatively high, and I am also a dead horse as a live horse doctor. "She's completely making it up. She knew that if she died, her body would be like a broken bottle that could no longer store her own blood, and her blood would evaporate and atomize, so in her opinion, inhaling might be a way to save people.

Hua Ge grabbed Iris, he knew that what they said just now was made up, but Iris looked at him and shook his head....... as if he hoped that he wouldn't break it....... so he had to let go of his hand slowly.......

Everyone finally fell silent. But at this time, I also found that Mills hadn't come back since he went out just now....... could it be that the burning man just now was him?! But they unexpectedly discovered the true use of water genes.

And where does the flame that makes people age rapidly but is difficult to extinguish come from, the mystery and fear in everyone's heart are like the unquenchable fire that spreads wantonly, and one unsolved mystery after another makes the original simple exploration mission evolve into an adventure like fire and water......