Chapter 32: Flesh and Blood Puppets
The sleeping mass of flesh burst into flames in an instant after being hit hard, reaching the ceiling and shaking down a large pile of debris.
It doesn't seem to have a vocal organ, and if it had, its heart-rending screams would have been heard at this moment. There was a disgusting, slippery wriggling sound from the inside of the twitching lump of flesh, sucking the pieces of flesh that covered the ground onto him, and the dark red blanket of flesh tumbled like boiling water.
"It's coming." Jing Liuli whispered.
The monster mended the holes in its body as it shook its fat body towards them, its gray-white tentacles writhing rapidly and making a fine scratching sound.
After a closer look, I found that where were the tentacles, they were clearly the hands and feet of countless dead corpses!
Wukong couldn't bear it anymore, and with a long roar, he picked up a crowbar and rushed towards the disgusting meat mass. Along the way, stumps continued to stick out of the blanket of flesh, trying to stop his steps, but he easily trampled on the ground.
He walked in front of the monster in a few steps, faced an enemy dozens of times his size, and did not hesitate to raise his stick and smash it.
The monster sensed his position in some way, and the white bone stick in his right hand swept over with a sudden whirl, bringing a violent fishy wind.
The giant stick and the crowbar struck, and he froze in front of Goku.
The crack started from the point of impact, and in an instant, it spread throughout the entire rod body, and the white bones fell one after another, raising a large amount of gray-white powder.
The weapon that had destroyed half of the Vault was easily destroyed by this blow alone.
Taking advantage of the victory, Goku pursued it, leaping above the monster and striking at its right arm one after another. The energy-infused crowbar glowed with a dazzling golden light, turning the carrion into black smoke in its path, cutting off its entire right arm in a few clicks.
The fallen right arm suddenly spread out, turning into more than a dozen thick tentacles, rolling towards Wukong who fell to the ground, and was broken into pieces by Jing Liuli's timely shots.
At the same time, the monster's wide left hand has been pressed down from the other side, and each layer of the meat grinder suction cup is rotating independently, and the powerful force can even grind stones, which is extremely dangerous!
Wukong did not retreat, but advanced, kicked his legs, and rushed towards the inside of the suction cup, breaking the white bone spikes. The crowbar in his hand swung rapidly in front of him, and the phantoms joined together, so that even a piece of minced meat could not be reached.
Seconds later, he had entered the monster's interior through its left arm.
The huge mass of flesh swelled suddenly, splitting from the tip and rolling in all directions, like an ugly flower.
Each of the tossed parts split off from the body, dodging the devastating energy released from within, and each forming a new entity. They are similar in appearance to the original monsters, but have shrunk a lot.
During the formation of these schizomes, Xuanzang noticed that white and pink dendritic objects could be seen inside them, which should be the kind of plants that Li Jiji said grew in the brains of infected people.
Goku flew back to his place, a flash of light passing through his body, evaporating his surface clean. He stared at the split monster with disgust, and said to Xuanzang, "It will always mend its wounds, and those splinters have the same ability." It seems that all the meat needs to be removed, but I can't use too much energy on it. ”
"Jingliuli also needs to preserve its strength." Xuanzang said.
Neither of the Poison Bee Sniper Rifle forms is infinite ammo, and the Gauss Sniper Rifle's bullets can be crafted from metal obtained from the outside world, but the energy consumed is the same as that of the Plasma Beam Rifle. After Jing Liuli escaped from Heavenly Court, only a small number of suitable energy batteries were found in some ruins. The last prison robbery had already consumed a lot, and if you want to evaporate this lump of meat, the remaining energy batteries will definitely not be enough.
Xuanzang thought for a while and asked Wukong, "Can you use your hairs to assimilate them into a body?" ”
The latter pouted: "My hair is useless for meat." Even if I could, I wouldn't want to see what a little monkey made of this stuff would look like. ”
The monsters, which are divided into several small entities, no longer seem to try to reunite, crawling in this direction by the hands and feet of the dead corpses at the bottom, and are beaten by Goku with a crowbar, and can only wander in front of them.
"It's also to blame us for being late and letting this thing suck so many people. If it is only a dozen people, it will not consume too much energy if it is completely evaporated. Wukong shook his head.
Hearing this, Xuanzang suddenly caught a flash of thought and said to them, "There is a way." It also consumes energy, and we can drain it so that it can't continue to move. ”
"But it's just splitting more and more, and it's not draining energy this way," Goku said. ”
"Like at the beginning, only attacking a part of the body, the process of repairing itself will definitely take energy. We just need to get the right sense of proportion, let it heal itself, and not continue to divide and see if it works. ”
Goku and Joruri quickly understood and attacked separately.
They weave through the carrion bushes, one swinging a crowbar in all directions, and one popping a Hidden Blade from its armor, indifferently slicing.
The monsters continued to repeat the process of being injured and healing themselves, and the flesh on their bodies gradually changed. They become flabby and dull, eventually falling off feebly, replenished by the blanket of flesh on the ground.
Unsurprisingly, although it looks like a fantasy creature that has come out of a horror story, it still needs blood for oxygen, and there is cell replacement. Once too much energy is consumed in a short period of time, it will lose its vitality.
Physical attacks are not as efficient as energy attacks, but they can greatly reduce your own consumption. However, looking at the monsters piled up with corpses and the blanket of meat covering the ground, estimating the total mass of these dead meats, Xuanzang still felt quite bad.
We have to think of a more effective way.
The pieces of flesh are derived from the corpses of the infected, which are essentially long dead, and the original circulatory and nervous systems have been dismantled and reassembled, and they are still active because the spore-grown branches control them from within.
In terms of performance, this plant has the characteristics of many animals, and its attack mode is obviously different from the stress response of carnivorous plants, and it is a conscious behavior that needs to mobilize all parts of the body to cooperate.
Flesh monsters are not normal organisms, but puppets controlled by strange plants. The hybrid creature spreads spores to breed new instances, which then controls the inhabited's flesh to enter the area, increasing the power of the flesh golem.
The zombies' attacks are ineffective against it because the golems protect the inner body. Ordinary incineration couldn't penetrate so many pieces of flesh, they could only watch this thing get stronger and stronger.
But as long as those white branches are destroyed, these seemingly terrifying shells will naturally collapse.
But how do you inflict penetrating damage?
Xuanzang thought about it, suddenly smiled slightly, and took out the gamma ray instrument originally prepared for the Nine-Tails from his pocket.
It's a pity that it's too small, but it's better than nothing. Xuanzang carefully walked down the slope, avoiding the battle scene, and came to the edge of the meat blanket.
Judging from the activity of the meat blanket just now, there should also be spore plants in it, and the function does not seem to be complete, but it is enough as a test subject, and it is more secure.
Xuanzang shot gamma rays at a piece of flesh and waited for the result. It's a pity that the device in his hand is too rudimentary, I don't know what the specific strength is, and I can't adjust it, I hope he won't wait too long.
The irradiated piece of flesh suddenly moved, and this thing, which did not have any external receptors, turned into a tentacle and stretched out to Xuanzang accurately!