Chapter 137 Fighting for Life
A man in Bian Qin's guard team suddenly fell to the ground, screaming and rolling around holding his stomach.
"What's going on?" Bian Qin finally regained his composure.
No one answered her. Everyone was looking at the scene in horror and disbelief.
The man's belly was obviously bulging, and it was bulging, as if something was about to burst out of his stomach.
His body became thinner and shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye as the things inside it grew. It was obvious that he was being treated as soil and absorbed nutrients.
The thing suddenly paused, as if gathering strength. Everyone held their breath, and then, with a "pop", a flower bud that could be described as "cute" burst out of its belly.
The man cried out in pain and then fell silent. If it weren't for the rise and fall of his chest, everyone would have thought he was dead.
The flower bud stretched out its stem and swayed back and forth, as if enjoying the freedom that came from breaking free from its constraints.
Puff, one petal unfolds, followed by another and another, until it blooms completely, gorgeous and swaying.
The blood on the petals fell to the ground drop by drop. Some of the blood was very stubborn and hung on the petals, and would not fall off until the wind came.
By this time, the people beneath the flowers had already turned to bones. Everyone stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time, until a blazing talisman fell from the sky.
Boom! The flowers instantly caught fire and roared. Everyone subconsciously stepped back, their eardrums almost bursting.
"Since you like him so much, go down and accompany him!" Yun Xiang's face was cold, and he stared at the fire intently until it reached the bones and burned along with them.
The flower kept screaming, seemingly unwilling to give up, until it turned into ashes.
Yun Xiang snorted coldly, "You're lucky."
Everyone stood in awe, vaguely following her lead.
Yun Xiang took one look at the situation and decided to make arrangements. "Gather those who drank the river water in one place and have the alchemist examine them. Those who were contaminated by the river water will be placed in another place."
"You suspect--" Qian Zexi suddenly reacted.
“There are roots in the river.”
"Impossible, I didn't see anything." The man obviously drank river water and couldn't accept it for a while.
"Where is the alchemist?" Arguing now would only be a waste of time. If we use this time, maybe he can still be saved.
There were only two alchemists in the entire team, one senior and one intermediate, both of whom were Bian Qin's men. The two subconsciously looked at Bian Qin, and Bian Qin immediately nodded.
Things have developed to this point, it is no longer a question of whether she is willing or not.
"No, no, don't come over here, I don't have any - ah!" The man just started to refuse, but suddenly he felt a severe pain in his stomach.
He suddenly grabbed an alchemist's arm, his nails almost digging into the flesh, his expression distorted with fear, "Help! Help me, I don't want to die——"
The alchemist was shocked and, ignoring the pain, immediately squatted down to examine him.
Another stepped forward, and the two exchanged a helpless look. They were truly helpless against this parasitic vine.
The man looked at them hopefully. "There's still hope, right?"
The two were speechless for a moment, and finally the senior alchemist spoke, "We will try surgery, but it may not work."
In fact, the success rate is very low, but at this time, even if it is low, you have to try it.
The man agreed immediately. Unfortunately, he failed. They tried their best to prevent him from suffering too much before going. Soon, screams were heard one after another in the camp.
Everyone drank the river water not far from each other, and the attacks occurred at about the same time.
The alchemist did it twice more and was shocked to find that without external stimulation, the growth was relatively slow. If there was any external intervention, the growth would double, so he stopped immediately.
Just standing there and watching wouldn't solve the problem. Yun Xiang saw someone about to dump the river water and hurried to stop them.
He wanted to take down his kettle and told him to notify others not to pour the river water yet, as they would deal with it together later.
Yun wanted to open the kettle, find a large bowl, and pour some into it.
There were three root systems inside. She found a bag of mutant beast blood from the space box. Thanks to Jin Jiarenfu, they each prepared a lot, but they didn't know the ingredients inside. Anyway, it was discarded by him during the experiment.
Yun wanted to open the blood bag, but didn't dare pour too much, so he just dripped a few drops. Feeling uneasy, he opened the defensive talisman again.
The roots immediately began to absorb blood, growing thicker, growing two leaves, and then stopped moving, apparently having absorbed all the blood. Yun Xiang poured some more, just enough to support the one-inch lotus to bloom.
Hey, why does it look so listless? Yun wanted to take out his knife, but touched it carefully. It didn't attack and looked listless.
She cut off a flower and it withered instantly. Yun Xiang immediately thought of the blood problem and hurried to find the alchemist.
After explaining the situation, he gave the blood bag to the alchemist. The side effects were unknown, but no one would die.
Suddenly thinking of the bat with all its hair shed, Yun Xiang immediately shuddered.
Originally, she planned to give birth to a one-inch lotus, and after it turned into an one-inch vine, she would give it to the pharmacist for research. This was the lowest level method. After all, the one-inch lotus was too dangerous. One careless move could lead to endless troubles.
Now that there was a better way, they naturally wouldn't take any more risks. The injured were handed over to professionals, while the others focused on using blood bags to destroy the Inch Lotus in the kettle.
I thought it would be over soon, but it turned out that there were more people infected than I expected, and it was more difficult to treat than I thought.
Initially, I thought that those that entered through the skin would be easier to treat than those swallowed into the stomach. However, with the blood bags, they became the most difficult to treat.
The mutated one-inch lotus burrowed into the skin, no longer growing on the surface, but drilling deeper into the flesh. Using blood wouldn't be enough, but if I didn't, it would be extremely troublesome to deal with.
In the end, he could only give the parasite in its stomach the blood of the exotic beast to save its life, deal with the parasite on its skin, and then go back to perform surgery on those people.
The two alchemists were almost never on duty and were too busy to handle everything. All those who were good at knife skills were captured and forced to serve as soldiers.
Yun Xiang was a little scared at first when he saw flesh being cut out, but after a few attempts, he became numb. No matter how deep or complicated the process was, he didn't even blink an eye.
The treatment was almost complete, and the alchemist took him to the hospital for surgery.
Yun Xiang was frightened and waved his hands, saying, "Are you kidding? This is completely different from before. This is not a life-threatening situation!"
The alchemist thought it was no big deal. He had repair powder and hemostatic agents anyway, and the patient could be saved no matter how serious the condition was. If all else failed, he could just throw the patient into the repair chamber, or freeze him if that didn't work.
If Yicunlian was not afraid of the cold, they would have been frozen immediately.
After this speech, no one dared to approach within a ten-mile radius. Yun Xiang resisted the urge to run away, but he refused to compromise.
Finally, both sides took a step back, the alchemist took the lotus, and Yun wanted to sew up the wound. This was relatively easy. No matter how ugly the stitches were, a little repair powder would make the scar disappear.
I was so busy that I stayed busy until sunset.
After counting the number of people, there were more than a thousand people participating in the mission, not including Bian Qin's guards and the planters at the planting base. There were less than five hundred people alive, not even half, and this included those who were rescued from the brink of death.
There were relatively fewer guards and planters, but they still made up one-third of the population, which was no small number.
The entire camp fell into a new low. There was no escape route, no water, and food was dwindling day by day. Parasites were constantly emerging, and there were deeply hidden parasitic plants...
Everything made them extremely desperate. The longer it took, the slimmer the chance of survival became. Some people even had thoughts of committing suicide.
However, more difficult days are still ahead... Yun Xiang paused. He didn't want to make things worse. They were all human lives. Fighting poison with poison would not always work.
"Let's get out of here first. The smell of blood is too strong."
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
