Purple star beetle (6)
The elevator was filled with broken limbs and a gray eyeball was stuck in the corner, its blurry pupil staring straight out the door.
The strong stench of decay and blood intertwined together was simply disgusting.
Shi Wuyu's face was almost wrinkled by the smell. He took two steps back and hid behind Xia Shuxing, asking uncertainly, "What's going on?"
The stench of decay in the elevator clearly overwhelmed the smell of blood. The body parts were bluish-gray in color, and the blood was dark red and black. It was already rotten and obviously not from a living person.
"It was a parasite, it was torn to pieces alive, and the insect crystal disappeared without a trace." Jun Xiaoyi replied with a frown.
"There is also a pair of bloody footprints inside." Xia Shuxing added.
The bloody footprints happened to be at the elevator entrance, with only the back half visible. It was obvious that someone had torn the parasite into pieces in the elevator and then walked out, but it was unknown which floor they had entered.
Shi Wuyu peeked from behind Xia Shuxing, "Who could have done this?"
If a normal person encountered a parasite, they would at most kill it and take away the insect crystal. How could they make the scene so bloody and disgusting? There was almost no place to step in the elevator, and the walls were covered with splattered blood.
The military boots that come with the uniforms of the five major federal military academies come from the same garment factory. The bloody footprints at the door do not match the pattern on the soles of the military boots.
Jun Xiaoyi replied, "It shouldn't be the team that came in before us."
Several people looked at each other, and Shi Jianxia couldn't help but ask, "Who could that be?"
"Could it be that it's not a human, but a parasite?" Shi Wu Yu made a reasonable guess.
A normal person wouldn't do such a bloody and cruel thing, but it makes sense if it were a parasite.
"Judging from the decay of these broken arms, the dead ones should be the purple star blister beetle parasites I have seen before." He added.
Jun Xiaoyi's eyes lit up. "Yes, they might have strayed into the elevator. Parasites don't like confined spaces, so they turned on each other, leading to the current situation."
"What about the scream we heard before..." Wen Qiuqiu asked at the right time.
Shi Jianxia reasonably speculated, "Perhaps the team that arrived before us wanted to take the elevator up and down. This elevator arrived first, and they were frightened by what they saw inside, so they chose to take the other elevator."
While waiting for the elevator, I was caught off guard by the sight of broken bodies scattered all over the floor. It would have been unbearable for anyone with a timid heart.
"This elevator here has been stopped at the fourth underground floor. Let's go down too." Xia Shuxing couldn't help but say.
The hospital has so many floors, but they didn't go to the upper floors or search the first floor. Instead, they went straight to the fourth floor underground. It seems a bit abnormal no matter how you think about it, as if they knew something in advance.
There is only one reason for the insect outbreak in the insect-occupied area. If other teams find it, they will miss out on excellent results.
Others had no objection to his proposal.
Shi Jianxia released the Bifang Fire, and the red flame flew out of her hand and fell into the elevator, immediately making a crackling sound of burning.
The dead parasite was just a pile of rotten flesh. The fourth-level Bifang fire burned it without any pressure. In just a few seconds, the shocking broken flesh and arms turned into a pile of ashes.
"Let's go!" Shi Jianxia took the lead in walking into the elevator, and several people hurriedly followed.
The lingering smell of burning was pungent and unpleasant. Although the few of them had developed good psychological qualities during the period of enrollment, they still felt creepy standing in the elevator with bloodstains all around.
The elevator went down and before the door opened, everyone made preparations to prevent parasites from rushing in from outside and attacking them.
The metal door slowly opened to both sides. There was no crisis as expected. Instead, the long-sealed damp and moldy smell mixed with the smell of rotting meat hit me in the face. There was no light in the dark underground.
Phew!
The fire of Bifang flew out of the elevator, illuminating the broken limbs on the ground, and several people frowned.
The space outside the elevator is not very large, about twenty square meters. There is a row of benches facing the door. The environment here is humid and the benches are covered with moss.
"Put on the gas mask first." Shi Jianxia said cautiously.
All kinds of strange smells mixed together. Regardless of whether they are poisonous or not, it is really unbearable for the nose.
Everyone took out their gas masks, and Jun Xiaoyi put them on first. "There are a few footprints on the moss over there. They must have been left by the previous team."
The parasite was torn into pieces not long ago, and the ground was covered with undried blood. In addition, the environment was damp, so it was easy for someone to leave traces if they walked by.
From the location Jun Xiaoyi pointed to the entrance that turns outward on the right, there is a row of irregular footprints. If you look closely, you can tell that the footprints were left by military boots.
Xia Shuxing and Wen Qiuqiu were the first to walk out of the elevator. The fire of Bifang fell from the sky and burned all the broken limbs on the ground.
Shi Wuyu covered his nose with his gas mask and grumbled, "Luckily we have a fire mimic here, otherwise my nose would be in so much pain."
He would rather smell the burnt smell than have his nose filled with the smell of blood, especially the smell of rotting blood, which was a challenge to his sanity.
Shi Jianxia's control over the Bifang fire had reached perfection. He only burned the remaining limbs, and left the blood splattered there untouched. These were difficult to burn and would easily destroy other traces.
"Of course not. We Xia Xia have everything you want." Jun Xiaoyi agreed as a matter of course.
The village network communications engineer Wu Yu blinked blankly. Before he could figure out what he meant by this sentence, several people came out of the elevator and turned to the right entrance following the footprints. He had to put this question aside for the time being and quickly followed them.
Before they entered the outer passage, a burst of fighting sounds came from deep within the passage.
Xia Shuxing rushed out first, with a Canglong totem appearing between his eyebrows. The Blue Sea Canglong Spear condensed from a phantom into reality and was held in his hand, bringing up a surging wave of breath.
"Hey!" Jun Xiaoyi wanted him to stop being so impulsive, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Xia Shuxing rushed out and there was no time to call him back.
Seeing this, Shi Jianxia had no choice but to say, "I'll go over and take a look. The three of you should be careful and pay attention to the situation nearby."
There was quite a commotion. It seemed that the Feng Yan Military Academy team was fighting with the parasite that had created all the broken limbs on the ground.
The passage was quite wide, but it was dark and creepy because it was opaque, as if there was a monster in the dark distance with its huge mouth open, waiting for its prey to fall into its trap.
There are many closed metal doors on both sides, with numbers hanging above the metal doors. It is unknown what the purpose of the rooms behind the doors is.
The smell of damp and mold permeated every corner. The fire of Bifang flew high in front, clearing the way and illuminating the moss crawling in the darkness.
The military boots stepped on the ground, colliding with the moss and making a slight snapping sound. Fortunately, the military boots had strong anti-slip ability, so Shi Jianxia ran relatively steadily. However, a strange thought came to his mind -
Isn't it unusually damp down here? There's no water nearby.
As she pondered this, she turned a corner and was about to catch up with Xia Shuxing when she heard an angry complaint from the morgue not far away. "What the hell is this monster? How come it's invulnerable to swords and guns?"
The door of the morgue was open. It seemed as if a flashlight had fallen to the ground, casting a dim light from inside. Several figures could be seen intertwining with each other, fighting against a taller figure. Although they were outnumbered, they had no advantage.
Suddenly, someone was thrown to the ground by the huge force with a loud thud. The complaining student suddenly became panicked. "No! We are no match for it. If this continues, we will become its meal."
Almost as soon as the words fell, a scream rang out. The boy's arm was broken by the monster, and blood spurted out. He stepped back several steps, his voice trembling with fear: "My hand! Ah! My hand!"
"Go! Get out of here!"
The remaining two people reacted immediately. One pulled the injured boy over, and the other pulled up the girl who fell by the door, and rushed out for their lives!
Amidst the chaos, four people rushed out of the dim morgue. The young man covered his half-broken arm, and the veins on his forehead bulged with pain.
In this emergency situation, he didn't even have time to drink the medicine. He could only endure the pain and press hard on the wound.
In a panic, they heard strange chewing sounds coming from the morgue behind them, and quickly realized something, their pale faces suddenly turning pale.
The monster was eating the boy's severed arm.
It was like a hungry and thirsty traveler stranded in the desert, greedily sucking on the fresh and sweet flesh and blood.
In their panic and fear, they ran into Shi Jianxia and Xia Shuxing rushing over. They were startled for a moment, but then they immediately reacted: "Hurry up! There's an invulnerable monster in here! Our attacks have no effect on it!"
At the same time, a low hoarse sound came through the cold and damp wall, like pressing on their eardrums, beating dangerously.
The young man with a broken arm looked even paler, and the smell of fresh blood mixed with the damp smell of mold slowly spread in the poorly ventilated underground.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang bang bang!
Dull knocking sounds came from all directions. Shi Jianxia widened his eyes slightly and turned to look at all the metal doors inside and outside the passage.
The knocking sound came from inside the door, as if someone who was supposed to be dead in the coffin suddenly woke up and banged the coffin lid hard.
"Let's go!" Shi Jianxia said without hesitation.
The few people who were stunned by the sudden noise immediately reacted and ran towards the elevator with the injured boy!
Behind them, in the originally open morgue, the light from the flashlight projected a tall figure, and half of the severed arm, with only white bones left, fell to the ground with a snap, and the crisp echo was drowned out by the dense banging sounds.
When Shi Jianxia and the others were running back, a pale hand suddenly emerged from the heavy metal door in front of them, and its gray-black nails reflected the Bifang fire flying in the air.
This seemed to be some kind of signal. The metal doors that were clanging from being hammered were no longer in repair and could not withstand the continuous huge impact. They collapsed one after another, and the "people" with blue-gray faces staggered out like zombies.
Their eyes were dark purple, revealing greedy desire in the dim environment, just like hungry jackals that had been locked in a cage for a long time, ready to tear the prey that came to their door into pieces.
Being stared at like this, the cadets felt their scalps tingling. Shi Jianxia decisively released Zhaoyaoshan and used his mimicry talent [Spring Breeze and Rain].
A gentle breeze blew across everyone present. The wound of the young man with the broken arm healed quickly under the effect of [Spring Breeze and Rain], and the pain disappeared in an instant.
Shi Jianxia said in a deep voice: "Don't get hurt, they are very sensitive to the smell of blood."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Shuxing, who was standing beside her, was already charging forward with the Azure Sea Dragon Spear in hand. "Don't dawdle, hurry up!"
The passage is not narrow, but if you want to fight, you can't use your strength at all. These monsters look no different from humans, and they don't look like Zerg parasites at all. I don't know how strong they are in combat.
Among the several military academy students of Fengyan Military Academy, the strongest one is only level three, and the rest are only level two. I don’t know where they got the courage to come here and seek death.
The few of them did not dare to delay and rushed forward.
But ahead, more and more metal doors were destroyed. Given the distance from here to the elevator, it was impossible to rush out intact.
Shi Jianxia joined the battle with the ferocious weapon Zhu Yan in his hand, but Zhu Yan's sword, which was already at level four, only left a shallow dent on the monster's body.
Xia Shuxing also said angrily: "What the hell are these things? My Azure Sea Dragon Spear can't even break their defenses!"
These monsters had no combat skills and no pattern in their movements. They fought against them relying solely on their most primitive instincts and sheer brute force. As they moved, they kept making strange hoarse noises from their mouths, and their dark purple eyes became increasingly terrifying.
"Try attacking their eyes!" Shi Wu Yu shouted in the passage ahead.
He held a red potion bottle in his left hand and a green potion bottle in his right hand. As he spoke, he smashed the red potion bottle at a monster that was rushing towards him. The potion bottle shattered, and the monster that was hit seemed to have received some strong stimulation, and its body shook uncontrollably.
Jun Xiaoyi hesitated and asked, "What kind of potion are you throwing?"
Shi Wuyu said confidently, "Shrinking potion!"
The monster shook even more violently, the dark blue blood vessels on its arms expanded and squirmed, and its gray muscles bulged. Then its entire body grew taller and larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and its head soon hit the top of the passage.
Perhaps the building's structure was strong enough, and he was unable to break through the ceiling immediately. Instead, his knees could not withstand the pressure from above and below, and they bent forward with a click. He continued to grow in a kneeling position, and his entire upper body became as wide as a large double-door refrigerator.
The two monsters that were rushing after him were blocked and piled up on his back. He reached forward with his hands, trying to break through the obstacle in front of him, but it was obviously futile.
Jun Xiaoyi looked at the monster that suddenly turned into a giant and said in a trembling voice, "Shrinking potion?"
Shi Wu Yu's pupils trembled, and he immediately threw the green potion bottle in his right hand away.
The green potion was sprinkled on the monster that was growing larger and larger. Its head, which was slightly protruding from the ceiling, trembled violently, and then shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming a one-meter-tall dwarf, and continued to shrink.
The two monsters squeezed behind it were suddenly without any cover and rushed forward suddenly, about to hit them.
The purple flower chain appeared silently, hooked Jun Xiaoyi and Shi Wuyu's waists, and quickly pulled them back.
Two knocks!
The monster with a head as hard as iron fell to the ground.
Jun Xiaoyi pinched Shi Wuyu's arm and said, "I think I know why your teammates got separated from you."
Shi Wuyu: "..."
He touched his nose and said, "I don't want to either."
Jun Xiaoyi's eyes were filled with sorrow: "If you wanted to, we might have already passed the level."
Shi Wuyu: "..."
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