Chapter 238: Don't Look Back (5/4, Ask for a Monthly Pass Twice at the End!) )
There were times when Ian felt like he was a good fit to be a doctor.
It's not just the foresight that can directly see the lesion through the flesh and blood of people, and it's not just the silver chip that can provide all kinds of professional information in real time like a bunch of professional instruments......
The most important thing is that he can easily know the consequences of his chosen treatment plan.
Doctors who are not very good at it, choose a drug, and the result is a matter of fate.
Normal doctors, choose a reasonable treatment plan, wait for the effect.
A good doctor can guarantee that the results are as he thinks most of the time, and there will not be too much deviation.
Savvy doctors know how to achieve the best results and are constantly trying to achieve them during the course of treatment.
Ian, on the other hand, can predict the trend of the outcome of each choice and then choose the best outcome.
Just like it is now.
Taking the knife from the calm Isengard's hand, Ian pulled out a mass of flesh more than five centimeters in diameter from the old man's inner thigh - a thin layer of white membrane full of parasite larvae scurrying.
Because they are suppressed by Ethan's tranquilizers, they cannot follow the bloodstream to the cerebral blood barrier, so they can only converge into a clump to form a lesion that causes local tissue necrosis.
If it weren't for the old man's delirium numbled by a large dose of anesthetic, it would have been difficult to guarantee that Master Gosai would have been able to withstand the pain in a weakened state.
But without relying on surgery, it is impossible to suppress the brain-eating worm by relying solely on drugs.
Unlike all the parasites Ian had seen in the past, the parasite itself was not a separate creature at all: when it existed alone in nature, it mostly existed in the form of egg sheaths or larvae, activated only by contact with biological flesh, and engaged in a kind of eerie 'self-replication' as it eroded the nerves of living beings.
It can directly connect to the host's nerves and take them for its own use, quickly causing the host to lose self-consciousness in a short period of time.
Even, quickly brain dead.
Immediately after that, the brain-eating worm will gradually devour, replace the host's brain, take over the control of all organs in the body, and become a complete 'life' - and this life is a sublimated life that can manipulate essentia and has the first energy level, at least part of the first energy level characteristic combat power!
"This thing, it can't be a biological warfare weapon made by a civilization in the previous era, right?"
The boy muttered to himself.
- It's not impossible, the technology of the civilization of the previous era, it is not difficult to make this kind of Warcraft-level parasite.
But Ian still thinks it's a little strange, because if this parasite doesn't talk about the strange characteristics of eroding nerves and brains, in a sense, it is a way to directly possess essentia through symbiotic methods.
Instead of uncontrollable biological weapons, why not transform them into 'colonization weapons' that can enhance your side? This is obviously a more reasonable way to use it.
Or is it originally a biological weapon that has been transformed by mutation and transformation over the past millennium?
The body of the brain-eating insect can't be just a simple weapon. There must be a number of secrets behind its existence, and it may even be related to why the indigenous people withdrew from the South China Sea relics and settled in the Great Sequoia Forest area.
Of course, now is not the time to think about that.
Ian picked out all three large lesions on Master Gosai's body as quickly as he could, and then asked Isengard to use his own blood, just like controlling a pirate captain, to invade Master Gosai's body.
"The main hazards are known, but there are still some undeveloped eggs remaining in some corners...... You take care of the eggs around the entrails for Master Gosai, and I'll see if the others are saved. ”
Standing up, Ian instructed the blonde boy, and then quickly checked on the other surviving fishermen and merchants.
Unfortunately, they are not like the Gosai masters, they are second-level sublimators, they have the essives in their bodies to spontaneously resist parasites, and their physical fitness is also a little worse, so they are all dying now.
Even, as the tranquilizers injected by Esengard before failed, they were on the verge of madness.
"Kill, kill me...... Please, kill me!! ”
Of the three surviving fishermen, only one fisherman was in good physical condition and still had a little sober consciousness after experiencing the attack of the Flying Flame Land group.
Seeing Ian approaching him with a knife, not only was he not afraid, but he suddenly widened his eyes that had begun to appear with clusters of flashing 'floaters', and roared: "Hurry up, hurry up - something is coming out!" ”
"It's still moving, it's still moving!!"
Because of his high-pitched howl, several of the other parasites were awakened, and they groaned and slowly woke up—and in an instant, the entire interior of the cavern became a living hell full of corpses, pieces of flesh, and all kinds of cries for death.
Even more terrifying than death is the feeling that your body, nerves, and even your brain are slowly being eaten.
"It really can't be saved, it's already in the brain."
Eye-catching with the pair of eyes that began to appear pale blue insect shadows, Ian sighed and gripped the long sword at his waist: "I can only give them a good time." ”
To be honest, he was quite surprised that these people had survived until now.
As an alchemist, Esengard is really a genius, even Ian himself has to predict the future to be able to formulate this special blocking potion.
It must be more than just talent and ability...... There are also reasons why he plays exceptionally after trying his best.
Isengard must be very, very eager to save those innocent ordinary people who were involved in this mutation disaster.
But in this world, hard work does not have results.
"Please wait a minute......"
Just as Ian was about to give the death to the death-seekers, Isengard reached out and stopped him.
"Oh?" The white-haired boy was slightly stunned, but soon, he understood the thoughts of the peer in front of him with an extremely complicated expression, but biting his lip and standing firmly in front of him.
"Let me do it...... Ian. Ethan said softly, "I was the one who made them suffer longer. ”
"The teacher was right, it was my self-righteous help that made them have to endure this pain to this ...... to this day"
"Indeed, it's your turn."
Ian nodded, then shook his head again and said, "But don't say anything that is painful or not." They are saved by you, and it is up to you to fulfill their wishes. ”
Ethan didn't reply, but leaned down and slit his fingers with a knife, dripping his own blood into everyone's mouth.
He closed his eyes.
Then, wisps of black thread spread across these people's faces.
"Thank you...... Thank you ......."
A look of relief came over the fisherman, and on all the parasited—the painless death given by the blood of the eclipse dragon was far more wonderful than the reality of being parasitized.
They were dead, and Ian had carried Master Gosai on his back.
"Let's go." He looked around at the remaining three cave entrances and exits in front of him, and said calmly, "Although I collapsed the corridor leading to the Flying Flame Land's main team, the pursuers of the Flying Flame Land are not so easy to stop, we have to quickly find an area where we can get rid of them." ”
With that, Ian glanced at Isengard, nodded slightly, and walked towards the left of the three remaining lanes.
Isengard followed in silence.
It was only before leaving this place that he turned his head one last time and took a deep look at the corpses all over the ground behind him.
The blonde boy didn't say anything, just left.
No more looking back.
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Add more to the alliance leader! By the way, I asked for a commuter pass twice at the end!
Lewen