Chapter 35: Haemophilic spores
The interior of the pyramid is not as dark as imagined, but torches are lit in the cracks of the stones, and the candlelight is full of ghosts.
Su Ling turned sideways and hid behind a stone tablet, looking at the intricate tunnels in front of him.
The pyramid is divided into nine levels, each of which is connected by a passage, but there are dozens of other passages, which are confusing, and you will only find a dead end when you go to the end, so to speak, this is a huge labyrinth.
"Hiss ......"
A creepy sound came from around the corner ahead, accompanied by the sound of rubbing against the floor, and a fishy smell came to my nose.
Su Ling hurriedly retracted his head and carefully took out a mirror to observe the reflection from the mirror.
An unknown creature appeared in the mirror, with the upper body of a human and a large green snake tail below the waist, writhing on the ground with slippery slime.
When he saw the creature's face clearly, Su Ling couldn't help but gasp.
Completely different from the imaginary charming snake girl, the monster's head is a huge snake head, hideous and fierce, with vertical pupils covered in film with bloodthirsty brilliance.
It's like a mad scientist who forcibly cobbled together humans and pythons to create such a deformed species.
It stands to reason that deformed creatures will crush themselves under the influence of gravity, but this snake man is completely unaffected, but surprisingly strong.
Su Ling used the scan, and the information he obtained made him shudder:
【Attilaka's Guard】:
[Hunting Rhythm]: Perceive creatures within a certain range and make a spatial jump to raid near the enemy.
[Poison]: Any attack launched is highly poisonous, and can cause great damage to inorganic matter and organic matter.
[High-speed regeneration]: The vitality of the rebirth of severed limbs!
[Comprehensive Assessment: S]
Just a guard, even with S-level strength!
The basilisk was carrying a steel fork that was supposed to be their weapon, and I am afraid that in ancient times, in order to consolidate their rule, the gods turned those who opposed it into these soulless monsters.
Su Ling's scan caught the attention of the basilisk, and the monster looked in Su Ling's direction suspiciously, hissing twice.
Due to the presence of the token, the hunting rhythm was ineffective against Su Ling, which made its instinct tell it that there was nothing here, but that feeling of peeping was not fake.
Due to the fact that the snake's eyesight is not good, and they have spent thousands of years in this dim pyramid, it can basically be equivalent to being blind, and after the hunting rhythm fails, as long as Su Ling does not get close to the other party, he can swagger over.
The snake man had little intelligence, but the one Su Ling encountered seemed to be exceptionally smart, and it decided to snake over to see if there were any intruders.
Moist slime was secreted, swept away the earth and stones, the hard scales of the snake's body reflected the glimmer of the candle flame, and the steel fork behind it had a palpitating scent.
Regardless of the special ability, all aspects of this monster's quality have completely reached the strength of the S-rank, except for the lack of intelligence, it has surpassed most S-class hunters.
Of course, having no brains and having brains can't be generalized, just like humans don't compete with tigers for claws, and want to slaughter this thing, Su Ling has a way, such as a mental impact, or simply use heart-devouring to invade the opponent's brain.
The problem is that the whole pyramid is full of these monsters!
If you make a little noise, you may be attacked by a group, and no matter how strong you are, you can't stop a bunch of S-class monsters.
Just as he was thinking about whether to waste his precious teleportation to avoid the snake man's reconnaissance, a strange voice came from the mouth of the tunnel not far away:
"Uh......"
Hearing this voice, the snake man immediately gave up the search, picked up the steel fork, and vigilantly stared at the monster that appeared behind him.
Su Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and was also curious about what made such a strong grave keeper nervous, so he hid aside and quietly observed.
In the dark corner of the pyramid, a small flower bloomed, and with it a strange fragrance.
A guy covered in "sarcoma" appeared in view.
The monster resembles a legendary mummy, with bandages, but the gaps in the bandages are stretched open, revealing the tissues underneath.
The flesh and blood have completely disappeared, the skin is even more gone, the body under the bandage is a red spores tightly together, as stiff as a zombie, as for the brain, the skull has disappeared out of thin air, and the brain tissue is covered with small red spores, which looks like a bowl of brain flowers sprinkled with chili peppers.
The monster's flesh has been "eaten" by these spores, and they manipulate the host like a parasite.
The small flower that bloomed was the one that those spores fell on the ground and sprouted and grew, and the fragrance that Su Ling smelled was also from this flower.
"Doctor, it's hallucinogenic gas!" The Rip Girl reminded, "These spore plants weaken their prey through their scent!" ”
Su Ling was startled, hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, and retreated a distance, the aroma faded a lot.
Although it can't reach the point where he can get on the head as soon as he sucks it, it has a little bit of an impact, and it's better to avoid it.
Using the scan, the feedback I got was also heart-wrenching:
【Dependents of the Screaming Mother Tree】:
[Blood Thorn]: A thorn plant that can spawn blood-sucking growth to attack opponents.
[Bud]: A whole composed of countless spore networks, the more spores, the faster the reaction, the higher the intelligence, the parasitic organisms, absorb their vitality to grow, after a certain extent, will flower, multiply more spores.
[Aggregate]: Harmless, extremely regenerative ability, can obtain its wisdom and knowledge through parasites.
Comprehensive judgment: It depends on the number of spores, note that once the number of spores exceeds a certain limit, it will "evolve", be vigilant!
"Looks like that's what Mia said about vegetative people and snakes." Su Ling complained, "It's really strange that these two things appear in the pyramid. ”
The two monsters were very red when they met, the snake man rushed forward with a steel fork, the vegetative man also waved his hand to grow thorns and entangle them, and even more scarlet spores flew in the air, and these deadly "seeds" would insert roots into the body, absorb life force, and manipulate the host.
The basilisk and the vegetative man have been rivals for I don't know how many years, it has evolved a hard scale armor to resist the parasitism of spores, its dull sense of smell makes it unaffected by aroma, and the spatial displacement provided by the hunting rhythm can also solve the dilemma of plant road closure.
At first glance, Su Ling felt that the vegetative person could not be the opponent of the basilisk.
In fact, the snake figure twisted and appeared next to the spore monster, raising the steel fork and stabbing down, and at the same time the steel fork lit up with a turquoise sheen, which was a symbol of quenching poison.
The steel fork unexpectedly penetrated the fragile spore parasites, but what Su Ling didn't expect was that these spores were actually highly poisonous and "germinated".
The steel fork that pierced the body could no longer be pulled out, and the spore monster's body rapidly expanded, enveloping the snake man in the blink of an eye.
A huge scarlet flower bloomed in the dark pyramid, and the serpent man's terrible roar could be heard from the stamen.
This spore monster has no point at all, this humanoid body is just bait! The spores hidden in it are the time bomb!
Su Ling, who had witnessed everything, felt that this flower was so familiar, wasn't this the one on the altar?
Feeds on the flowers that grow from flesh......
After a while, the screaming gradually stopped, and the scarlet flower also produced "fruit", and countless red spores bloomed in the center of the stamen, which scattered in all directions as the flower bloomed.
Avoiding these deadly spores, Su Ling used teleportation to make his way around the flower, trying to find his way to the second floor in the labyrinth.
Along the way, I met a lot of these basilisks and vegetative people, but fortunately, neither of them had any IQ, and with the effect of the token, it was easy to avoid.
As the floor progressed, Su Ling also discovered one thing.
The higher the pyramid, the smaller the number of snake people, and instead spores and plants gradually occupy every corner of the walls and floor.
From the outside, this pyramid is the only building that has not been encroached upon by plants, but the interior has long been corroded, so there is only one explanation -
These meat-eating spores and blood-sucking vines all grew out of this pyramid!