Chapter 16: The Snail Man
Burke drew his pistol and walked cautiously through the forest, squirming the roots of the trees so that he had to pay extra attention to every step he took, and if he didn't leave it behind, he might trip over.
Although the pistol in his hand is not a curse item, its shape is much more unrestrained than that of the ten-eyed python.
This pistol has a nine-point resemblance to a cockroach, clamp the two feet behind the cockroach in the middle and erect it, and then magnify the cockroach several times as a whole, which is basically what the pistol in Burke's hand looks like.
After taking out his pistol, Burke pulled out another black disc with five lotus-like objects inlaid inside.
There are more than a dozen holes in each lotus canopy, and in each hole there is a sleeping white flesh worm.
This white flesh worm is a pistol bullet.
Burke slowly pulled out a lotus pod magazine from the disc, and saw a red umbilical cord at the bottom of the lotus pod magazine connected to the round black disk.
After the umbilical cord was torn off, the white flesh worm inside the lotus canopy magazine began to wriggle as if it had suddenly come to life.
This also means that you can reload your pistol.
You can choose to pick up the larvae and stuff it into the pistol's magazine, or you can simply replace the entire magazine.
Burke has a lot of people in his hands, so he directly replaces the entire magazine every time.
This kind of flesh worm bullet can only survive in the firearm for three days, and after three days, the flesh worm will lose its vitality and finally die.
Burke was once pitted, thinking that the bullets would be fine as long as they were filled, but when he took them out and used them, he couldn't shoot the gun.
Since then, he has generally disliked using a gun.
He would only go to a dangerous place to reload his pistol.
As he went deeper, he came to a very unique area.
The roots of the tree, which looked like snakes, were covered with a translucent layer of slime.
The already extremely difficult ground now has an extra layer of sticky and slippery liquid, which also makes Burke extra careful every time he lands.
Not only the roots, but also the trunks of the large trees inside have more or less this translucent slime.
The forest is also starting to show some light fog.
Walking further inside, all the leaves of the lush trees were gone, and the bark of the trees was gnawed.
Burke knew that there was a high probability that he was going to encounter something.
Those things seem to eat the bark and leaves of trees, and the slime on the ground and the fog in the air may be their handiwork.
Burke cautiously continued with his cockroach pistol in hand, and the fog grew thicker, and the whole forest seemed extremely hazy, as if he was above the ethereal clouds.
"I ...... Love...... You ......"
A hoarse old man's voice came from the left, small and intermittent.
Burke was on his toes, leaning against the bare trees and slowly leaning towards the source of the sound.
"I ...... Very...... Good...... Eat ......"
The same hoarse female voice came from behind.
Burke jerked his head back, but found no sign of any creature.
"Don't ...... Kill...... I ......"
"Thank you...... Thank...... You ......"
"Save ...... Save...... I ......"
"I ...... Love...... You ......"
"Uh......h Woo...... Woo......"
These terrible and hoarse voices came one after another, and they came from all directions, men and women, old and young, and Burke even heard the hoarse cry of a baby.
Burke frowned, and he decided to walk towards the voice directly in front of him.
Vigilant, he walked closer and closer to the voice.
"I ...... Love...... You ......"
A voice came from overhead, and Burke looked up, only to see a human head falling rapidly from the tree, and he opened his mouth, and his entire mouth was full of teeth, and devoured Burke viciously,
Burke's pupils suddenly constricted, and he immediately burst out.
Although he barely dodged the monster's attack, he was too fast to retreat and tripped over the slippery roots and fell to the ground.
"You...... Okay......" A creepy hoarse voice came from directly ahead.
Suddenly, another human head with an extremely long neck burst out of the white mist and stood up to Burke.
Unsettled, Burke immediately rolled over and brushed past the monster.
"Come on...... Jump...... Dance...... ......."
Another hoarse voice came from above the left.
Soon, a woman's head was killed in the same way.
Bang!
This time, however, Burke had adapted, and he didn't hesitate to pull the trigger on the rushing head.
The human head stiffened slightly in midair, and then fell along with its long neck.
"It's ...... Snails!? Looking at the dead monster in front of him, Burke muttered uncertainly.
His head was flat, like an irregular potato, and his face was that of an old man in the age of a sixtieth year, with protruding eyeballs that were grayish-white and had no pupils.
The shell on his back is like a human body completely folded, and then folded many times, and finally stirred into a mess of meat through the propeller.
The shell is made up of a swirling bone as the main bone, and the gaps in the bones are completely filled with bright red flesh.
There was no outer skin to protect it, and the bright red flesh and white bones were exposed, and the veins on it were like thick flesh worms shuttling between the flesh and bones.
The snail walks like a snail, using its extremely long neck to secrete a sticky and slippery liquid, and it moves forward by peristalsis.
It was the first time Burke had seen a snail.
Although he had heard it before, the picture he saw with his own eyes was much worse than he had imagined.
Especially the irregular head and ridiculously long neck, and even the wavy muscle groups below the neck.
It seems that the slippery liquid on the ground is secreted by them.
"Think...... Light...... Kiss...... You ......" A girl's head protruded from the white mist.
"Kiss the bullet."
Bang!
Burke didn't hesitate to shoot it off.
"! You shouldn't have shot! As soon as Burke killed the snail, he was immediately annoyed.
Snails are a very important resource, and their role is the equivalent of batteries.
The snail man is completely monopolized by a few large factories, and a snail can easily be sold for more than 50,000 people.
And these are pure wild batteries!
Not to mention selling for 50,000 yuan, at a price of 40,000 yuan, there must be a lot of people rushing to buy it!
However, in order for a snail to extract electricity, it must be alive.
So Burke's shot just went down, which was equivalent to the funeral of 40,000 people.
"I ...... Love...... You ......"
As Burke was annoyed, the original snail attacked Burke again.
This time, Burke put away his pistol and remained engrossed.
Soon, a head burst out of the white mist.
Burke dodged his bite with a straight sideways turn, then clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed it down on the long neck in front of him.
The snail man let out a "Woo! After that, his neck instantly retracted at an exaggerated speed.
Soon, Burke heard the sound of something falling.
He ran over with a little excitement, and sure enough, he saw a snail shell.
Snails are very similar to snails, with their outstretched necks or heads retracting as soon as they are attacked.
"Hug ...... Embrace...... I ......" another snail attacked Burke, who took it down in the same way.
"Rich, rich."
As Burke went deeper into the forest, the snails' attacks became more frequent, but he was as excited as if he were picking up treasure.