Chapter 22: Pangolins
When I opened the newspaper, a strong earthy smell mixed with the smell of blood came to my nose. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
I couldn't open my eyes because of the strange smell of the mixture.
It was only after a few settling habits that I raised my eyes to look at the corpse, which was stained with blood and dirt.
I have to admit that Ah Dog's barb knife is very powerful and very cruel, and there is only one three fingers long and one finger wide on the whole pangolin-colored body, turning out the blood line of white flesh, and other than that, there is no wound.
Very clean means.
But even then, I could not praise much, for in the white flesh I could see only dried flesh and a large number of tiny parasites.
It was a disgusting image, and I really didn't want to watch it too much.
Therefore, I quickly found a pair of gloves to put on, and at the same time tied my cuffs and leg tubes tightly, and then turned it over like half a basketball, trying to see what it looked like "in the end".
However, when I turned the beast's body over, the first thing I saw was not the small head of the pangolin, but a "sarcoma" growing in the pangolin's abdomen.
My scalp was numb when the tumor looked at it, and it was really numb.
At a cursory glance, the sarcoma is the size of two fists and grows between the frontal abdomen of a pangolin.
The pangolin's nodules are covered with nail-sized skin that looks like countless human fingernails. He even reminded me of the "Medicine King's Codex" about the nail cap spliced into the water urn, maybe the urn was not made of nail caps, but the scales of these pangolins.
Looking at that thing, I couldn't believe it was actually a "tumor" growing from a pangolin.
Because he is a cook, I know a little bit about pangolins, don't look at his round and stupid hairless, but the skin is very solid, the resistance and self-repair mechanism is very strong, and he will basically not get sick in his life, nor will he get cancer and malignant tumors like people.
Perhaps because of the wonder of the pangolin, people like to regard it as an excellent nourishing delicacy, and those who eat it straight are now almost extinct.
Of course, I'm not here to complain, so I don't want to dig too deep into it, even though I see something I don't quite understand.
After all, we are not scientists, but a cook, and this chef sees two standards for what can be eaten or not, I will make what can be eaten, and I will not touch what cannot be eaten.
Because of the existence of this understanding, after satisfying my curiosity, I don't want to continue to study anything, and let the dog and cat decide the rest.
So, I picked up the newspaper again, ready to wrap up the disgusting and sad thing and throw it into the car.
But just as I was about to wrap the carcass, I suddenly saw the fist-sized tumor...... Seems to have moved?
This time, I was stunned.
The pangolin's corpse was right in front of my eyes, and judging from my experience, it couldn't be completely dead, except for the corpse, there was no possibility of sudden shaking.
But can pangolins "cheat corpses"? It's ridiculous to think about.
But just when I thought it was my own dazzle, the tumor wrapped in the "nail cover" trembled again, this time in the same position, the tremor was more violent than just now, and it also made me see more clearly.
That trembling feeling...... It's like there's some living creature moving in it.
The pangolin's sudden performance made me stand in place with the newspaper in my hand, so that I couldn't figure out what the situation was, and I spent a long time guessing what was in the pangolin's stomach.
After a few moments, the near-round tumor was vibrating, this time less dynamic than before, but ...... But it deepened my judgment!
I finally realized that the tumor was probably not caused by a tumor or cancer, but because there was a living creature inside, and because of the existence of this living creature, such a large thing grew between the neck of the pangolin.
I can't help it...... It reminds me of that golden python again.
I don't know why, the python that swallowed the "sieve urn" has undergone obvious mutations, and the snake has grown a "carp monster" that can only appear on freshwater fish, which is really surprising.
And the wriggling tumor on the pangolin in front of me...... And what will it wrap in?
With this question in mind, my curiosity prevailed, and then I pulled out my dagger and gently slashed it in the direction of the scale on the tumor, hoping to see what was going on.
When the tip of my knife pierced the tumor on the pangolin's chest and neck, a thick, yellowish liquid flowed out along the blade.
The liquid was as thick as blood, but it was far lighter than it, and the liquid didn't have any special taste, but in the eyes, it was also very disgusting.
Because of the presence of the liquid, my knife did not dare to stop at all, and pulled the whole tumor apart, wanting to end these disgusting explorations early.
As I sliced the whole nodule open, an oval-shaped pottery fell out, and the pottery tumbled and fell out of the car under the force of gravity, and was then shattered between the pebbles.
In the thin layer of pottery, a dark red, fleshy mass was exposed.
The thing was covered in a film, and it was still alive like the carp in the sifting urn earlier. Probably because of the existence of the clay pot before, the body of the thing has stiffened, and only a certain part can keep squirming.
Although the strange thing was badly deformed, the first time I saw it, I could tell from the black and red patterns on it...... It's like a leech! And it is a "blood leech" of "one of the eight treasures of ghosts".
I asked myself...... How could it be?
Ancient delicacies and food, no outside call "eight treasures and six drinks", these eight treasures according to the division of the five internal organs temple, there are mountain eight treasures, sea eight treasures, grass eight treasures and poultry eight treasures, in addition, there is a kind of "ghost eight treasures" exist in the world.
In fact, the eight treasures of ghosts can be eaten and are delicious, and they are rare delicacies in the world, but they are either difficult to obtain or "long dirty", often criticized by the world, and it is even more difficult to step on the hall of elegance, so there are not many mentions in the past dynasties, and there are few cooks who can make good ones.
For example, the previous carp monster, although it tastes delicious, but in fact it is a pair of parasites, in the good taste of normal people think about it, it is also to be disgusted, for example, in front of me this "full blood leech", even if it can bring you a unique taste experience, but if I tell its "mystery", ordinary people will never dare to take a bit.
Why? Because the leech does not eat the leech itself, but the blood in its stomach!
And the higher the blood in the stomach of this vampire, the more delicious the leech tastes.