Chapter 125 Alien Floatworms
Everyone had no choice but to go find Team One first. Since they had made all the necessary preparations, maybe Team One had already been hit.
When they arrived not far from the meteorite crater, they found the same sacrificial ceremony as before, which was as cruel as usual. Manman closed her eyes and prayed for these people: "I'm sorry, it's too late to deal with your bodies."
The earth-type mutant used his supernatural powers to bury them hastily, at least so that their bodies would not be exposed in the wild. There were many wild beasts roaming around here, and the bloody smell would soon be eaten by the wild beasts.
When they arrived at the meteorite crater, they found that the cult members were rolling around next to the meteorite with their faces covered, as if they were poisoned.
Several members of the Superpower Team had the same symptoms, and only two people were relatively normal, looking at the scene in front of them in horror.
"What's wrong?" Seeing the arrival of Team Three, two members of Team One ran towards them and hid behind them.
"what happened?"
"Meteorites, meteorites can kill people." Several cultists rolled on the ground, and soon they slowly lost consciousness and passed out.
"Don't go near the meteorite."
They were still five meters away from the meteorite, but everyone already felt uncomfortable.
Sheng Xingyuan stared at the huge meteorite and said, "It's not the meteorite that's the problem. It's that there are other creatures on it."
Others couldn't see it, but he could see that alien creatures lived in the countless small holes on the meteorite. As long as humans came into contact with them, they would be possessed by these alien creatures.
A small transparent bug slowly floated in the air, and appeared in front of the three teams of teammates the next second.
Sheng Xingyuan hurriedly shouted: "Be careful, get out of there!"
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and immediately dodged the attack of this alien insect.
However, the team members and cultists on the ground were not so lucky, especially the cultists, whose expressions began to distort.
Looking at his teammates, Qu Yanbai asked anxiously, "Is there any way to save them?"
"Only by removing the worms from their bodies can we save their lives. Otherwise, these worms will occupy their brains and they will eventually become zombies."
"We can't touch it, and we have to get rid of it." Qin Muxue already felt that it was very difficult. Fortunately, there were still a lot of protective suits in her space. Now she could only take out the protective suits and let everyone put them on quickly.
"Sister Qin, you, you actually have spatial abilities?"
Looking at the protective suit that appeared inexplicably in front of them, everyone felt a little surprised. They only knew that Qin Muxue had water powers, but they didn't expect that she also had space powers.
"Everyone put it on quickly, we are trying to get rid of these bugs."
Looking at the floating insects in the air, everyone did not dare to slack off and quickly put on their protective clothing.
Only then did she dare to contact the team members who were invaded by floatworms. Through the protective clothing, Manman was not sure if she could help them find the cause of the disease, so she could only try her best.
Fortunately, through the protective suit, she could still feel the floating worms in the other person's body, swimming along the blood vessels towards the brain. Once they invaded the brain, there would be no hope of salvation.
Manman told Qin Muxue everything she felt, "The most important thing now is how we can take these worms out. They are in the blood vessels."
Sheng Xingyuan, wearing protective clothing, slowly approached the meteorite. He could see countless transparent floating insects surrounding the huge meteorite. A closer look showed that it was a bit disgusting. He had seen this kind of insects before, but not as many as the ones in front of him. He had discovered three in total at that time and had put all of them into research.
At that time, the insects invaded the body of the little white mouse. After half an hour, the little white mouse began to mutate. There was no change in its appearance, but its personality became much more ferocious. It also bit all the little white mice in the same cage to death. Its personality was very ferocious. Later, it was isolated. After being invaded by the insects, the brain was no longer its own. To be precise, the person was dead, and the body belonged to the insects. They kept consuming high-protein foods, and the insects would grow and develop rapidly in the brain and breed more insects.
Because this worm was not a product of Blue Star and it only lived in the mouse's brain for half a month before dying, Sheng Xingyuan didn't pay too much attention to it at the time.
But now the number is so huge, and they directly attack the human brain, "Just cut it off." Sheng Xingyuan said in a deep voice.
"What?" The others looked surprised. "If we cut it off... then that's it."
"There is no time to lose. If we delay any further, they will all die. Manman, you can feel where the bugs are, and then you can cut off that spot to prevent the bugs from invading the brain. By then, it will be too late to say anything."
Seeing the cultist beside them had been invaded by bugs, and was standing up tremblingly, attacking them with lifeless eyes, Shi Yan stepped forward and cut the man in half with one sword. The cut brain was already full of floating bugs. Seeing this scene, the team members did not hesitate any longer.
In order to prevent insects from entering their bodies, they moved away from the location of the meteorite and came to a safe place.
"It's better to cut it off!" said a member of the team who was possessed by floating worms. "It's better to be disabled than to be controlled by these worms. Hurry up!"
Manman could only close his eyes and feel the location of the worm in his body. "But it's in my chest. What should I do?"
Sheng Xingyuan gritted his teeth and said, "If you help me, we can perform surgery on him right here."
"The bug is still moving. It should be above the heart now."
Sheng Xingyuan looked at the team member and asked, "Can you bear it?" From the looks of it, he wanted to cut him open and take out the worms.
"Okay." He replied firmly, gritting his teeth and waiting for the pain to come.
Sheng Xingyuan opened the box, which contained all his equipment. "It's too late to use anesthesia now. We must operate immediately."
Everyone's heart was in their throat. There were three team members who were infected with bugs, which meant they had to be quick, ruthless and accurate to get rid of the bugs quickly.
Sheng Xingyuan was not a professional surgeon after all, and his hand was still shaking as he held the sterilized knife. Qin Muxue volunteered, "Why not..."
"Let me do it!" Shi Yan said first, "If we talk about the fastest knife, I'm definitely the fastest, and there's no need to chop it so terribly."
Sheng Xingyuan asked uncertainly: "Can you really do this?"
"sure."
He still hesitated about giving the knife to a former murderer.
Qin Muxue lowered her eyes, and finally said with determination: "Let him try!"
Shi Yan was very fast and had a strong psychological endurance. Since he spoke, he must be sure of it.
The team member took off his coat, and Manman said, "Now it's at the neck..." She was a little anxious. If she was any slower, the man's brain would be completely occupied by the bugs.
"Here." Manman pointed to a place on the neck.
It is very close to the aorta. If the aorta is injured by accident, even the immortals cannot save him.
Shi Yan cut very quickly, following Manman's instructions, and quickly used the scalpel to cut open that position. A transparent and huge insect twisted its body. It had turned red all over because of sucking blood. Shi Yan quickly caught the insect and threw it under his feet, crushing it with his feet. "It's up to you to sew it up." He said to Sheng Xingyuan.
"Go on, next one."
Everyone looked at his technique in amazement. They didn't even see his hands move, but he had already taken the insect out.
Another team member's worm was in his abdomen, where the organs were more complicated. Shi Yan picked up another sterilized scalpel, cut open his abdomen, and pulled the worm out just as quickly.
Manman's face suddenly changed, "There is more than one in his body."
There is also competition among the insects, but some are willing to share the prey together, so this team member was targeted by two insects.
Shi Yan asked calmly: "Where is it?"
"It's almost reaching the brain." She pointed to a place behind the ear.
Shi Yan didn't hesitate at all and cut a hole directly at the base of the ear. The teammate felt excruciating pain but could only grit his teeth and endure it. After Shi Yan took out the bug, the man finally felt relieved.
He spoke weakly: "Thank you... If it weren't for you, I would probably be dead."
He just glanced at him coldly and said directly to Sheng Xingyuan beside him: "Sew it up!"
Two people were saved, but it was too late for the last one. The floating worms had already invaded his brain, and the man kept twitching on the ground.
Qin Muxue suggested: "Manman, can you see where the worm is in his body?"
"It has already reached the brain. Is it too late?"
"We're all going to die anyway, so why not give it a try?" Shi Yan had a calm expression. After disinfecting the man's head, he took the knife and was about to cut open his head.
He actually took out a worm from the brain, but the team member had already passed out due to brain damage. "I have tried my best. I don't know whether he can survive or not."
The smell of blood filled his nose. Although this was not as interesting as killing, it at least satisfied his addiction.
"It's okay, thank you. We never thought they could be rescued." The other two members of Team 1 said gratefully.
After treating the wounds of those team members, Manman used her special powers to heal them, but the one whose head was invaded was still in a coma and had not woken up.
After solving the problem of the superpower team, a bigger problem lies before Sheng Xingyuan: how to take away this meteorite full of insects?
In previous experiments, they found that no substance could harm these insects. There were tens of thousands of these floating insects and they could not be eliminated by physical damage alone.
"Why don't you cut off a small piece and take it away? This stone is so huge. If we really take it back, even if there is only one worm left inside it, it will cause great damage to the base."
"At the moment, this is the only method." Sheng Xingyuan said helplessly.
"I'll go with you to get one."
Shi Yan heard their conversation and hurriedly stopped them, saying, "Let me go with him. Xiaoxue, you stay here and take good care of them!"
Sheng Xingyuan nodded and did not refuse, "Let's go!"
The two of them were wearing protective clothing and walking on the road to the meteorite crater. Sheng Xingyuan suddenly stopped and asked, "Do you like her?"
Shi Yan was shocked. This person seemed calm, but he had actually seen through his thoughts. "So what?"
"Let me tell you a secret. I like her, too."
Shi Yan had never thought that this person would admit his feelings so easily. It seemed that the two were rivals in love, but he and Sheng Xingyuan were still a little different. His love was mixed with many complex emotions, which was different from simple liking.
Looking at his unpredictable expression, Sheng Xingyuan laughed loudly. Shi Yan had already developed murderous intentions towards him.
"I'm just kidding. I don't like her. We only have a contractual relationship. She and you are both my experimental subjects, but...even if I don't like her, she won't fall in love with you if I don't fight with you for her. You'd better not waste your emotions in vain." He advised nonchalantly.
He knew that there was always an indelible sadness in Qin Muxue's eyes when she looked at Shi Yan, and there was no way the two of them could be together.
"Do you know how I woke you up?"
Shi Yan shook his head in confusion for a moment. His consciousness was not completely covered by his previous personality, and he still retained a trace of kindness. Especially when mentioning Qin Muxue, he could still maintain a certain rationality.
"It was Qin Muxue's blood. Her blood saved you."
"Also, what do you think she would think if you killed me? Would she hate you or dislike you?"
Shi Yan felt complicated. He sighed slightly and followed Sheng Xingyuan without saying a word.
Even though he could kill someone in one blow, he had to think twice before using the knife. He hated the feeling of being weak, but for some reason, he didn't want to see the look of hatred on Qin Muxue's face.
The two men arrived in front of the meteorite crater. The cultists were like zombies and wanted to attack them. They had to destroy the heads of these people controlled by insects, otherwise they could attack them even if they had no arms or legs, just like the zombies in zombie movies before.
Shi Yan and Sheng Xingyuan picked up their guns and shot all the ferocious zombies in the head, and suddenly the scene in front of them was a bloody mess.
Sheng Xingyuan looked at the huge meteorite and felt reluctant, but there was nothing he could do. He could only take a larger piece of stone and store it in a sealed jar to prevent the insects from escaping.
"If I find a way to kill insects in the future, I will definitely bring this stone back!"
When they returned to their camp, how to get back became a problem. All the planes were destroyed. At night, after the planet set, the temperature, which had risen slightly, dropped again. They could not survive the whole night just relying on the fire for warmth.
The original intention was to find the plane that contained the cultists, but who knew that the remaining group of them, seeing that the situation was not going well, had already flown away with the plane.
Qu Yanbai stared at Qin Muxue and said expectantly: "Xiaoxue, now it's up to you."
Of course she knew what he meant. A helicopter appeared out of nowhere in front of everyone, surprising them all and making them exclaim, "Sister Qin is really a hidden talent!"
I already thought she was very powerful, and now I have even more respect for her. At least everyone has a way to survive.
"Hurry up and get on the plane. It's going to be dark soon. The mutant beasts are about to come out. We'd better get out of here quickly."
Qin Muxue looked at Shi Yan out of habit. She thought that Shi Yan could fly a plane now, but Shi Yan scratched his head and said, "Xiaoxue, I can't fly this."
"I thought... it's okay, it's the same if I drive it."
She had learned to fly a plane a long time ago, so these were not difficult for her.
After distributing some self-heating rice, self-heating hot pot and water to everyone, Qin Muxue sat in the driver's seat.
After several hours of travel, they finally arrived at the base. The fact that she had the space could no longer be concealed, but fortunately everyone thought that the space was just a supernatural power and did not think too much about it.
Several injured team members were taken to the hospital for a comprehensive examination. Except for the one with brain injury, the other two were fine.
Fortunately, Shi Yan's knife was quick and the bugs were cleared away, so the team member only needed to undergo a minor operation again and he would be back to normal.
As soon as Sheng Xingyuan came back, he plunged into the laboratory. He wanted to find a way to kill the bugs. By the way, he gave Qin Muxue a long vacation, on the premise that she took good care of Shi Yan. "You two are the most precious experimental subjects, so you must protect yourselves. I will be very busy during this period and have no time to take care of you."
Qin Muxue felt happy and quiet, "I understand, you don't have to worry about anything."
"By the way, I think the food cooked by Grandma Qu is delicious."
Qin Muxue understood what he meant, "I understand. I'll bring you meals every day. They're made by Grandma Qu."
"Okay." Sheng Xingyuan seemed to have thought of something, and pulled Qin Muxue aside to remind him: "I asked you to take care of him, but you also have to be careful of him, be careful that he has bad intentions towards you."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"I believe you, too."
When he first met Qin Muxue, she was just a little girl in strange clothes, but now she is so powerful that even he can't imagine, which makes him look forward to the efficacy of the potion even more.
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Qu Yanbai, who escaped death, had more concerns. Thinking of the promise he made to Manman before leaving, he hesitated. How could he protect Manman if he couldn't even protect himself?
Grandma Qu was very happy to see her grandson return safely. After listening to their stories of what had happened, she couldn't help but feel a little scared. Naturally, she also saw her grandson's doubts.
After dinner, she called Qu Yanbai over alone and opened her treasured jewelry box. Inside was the only pair of gold earrings she wore when she married into the Qu family, and the diamond ring that Qu Yanbai had brought back for her.
She handed both items to him. Qu Yanbai looked at the ring and earrings in confusion, "Grandma, what does this mean?"
"Grandma is old, and she doesn't wear jewelry anymore. For me, these things are useless except for looking at them. So I want you to give them to Manman." Grandma Qu held her grandson's hand with a loving smile, and there was a bit more expectation in her eyes.
"I used to expect you to start a family, just hoping that someone would take care of you after I was gone. But now, I just hope that you and Manman can be happy. It's you who should take good care of her. She is younger than you, but stronger than you. When you are not around, she has to work and run the family. I just hope you can treat her well and don't let her hard work and love for you down."
"Grandma, I know that after this mission, I began to cherish the days with her more, but I was also very scared..." He closed his eyes and the feeling of falling into the cave was still vivid in his mind. He thought he was going to die there. When he opened his eyes again and saw Manman, he felt the joy of being reborn. He was a person who had been reborn, so he naturally understood the truth, but he was more afraid that one day, something would happen to him and make Manman sad.
"I know what you are worried about. As a human being, the most important thing is to live well in the present. I know you have a sense of responsibility and you care more about Manman."
"I know, Grandma."
"As for me, I have nothing to ask for. I just hope that you can pay more attention to your safety when you go on a mission for Manman's sake. Remember, there are people waiting for you and people who are worried about you. Manman has been waiting for you for so long. Do you know what to do?"
Qu Yanbai's mind suddenly became clear, and he seemed to understand his grandmother's intention.
"I understand, grandma. Don't worry, I will never let Manman down. I will protect her all my life." Holding the ring and earrings tightly in his hands, he planned to find an opportunity to propose to Manman, but he couldn't propose so hastily.
Even if he is a straight man, when he falls in love with someone, he is willing to give the best to the girl he loves.
During this period, Qin Muxue felt that Qu Yanbai was very strange. After seeing her, he always hesitated as if he had something to say.
Seeing him hanging around in front of her for a long time, she asked helplessly, "If you have something to say, say it quickly. If you have something to say, fart quickly. Don't always come to disturb my peace."
Qu Yanbai was waiting for Qin Muxue to say this. He said with an apologetic smile, "Xiaoxue, you are Manman's best friend. I want to discuss something with you. You know, I don't know much about girls, but you know more than me, and you understand Manman better than me."
Qin Muxue nodded thoughtfully, "Of course I know Manman better than you do. Tell me, is there anything you need my help with?"
He took a deep breath and explained his purpose, "I want to propose to Manman and I need your help."
Although she knew that this day would come sooner or later, Qin Muxue was still dazed for a moment when she heard that her best friend had finally found her own happiness.
Seeing Qin Muxue remained silent, Qu Yanbai panicked, "Xiaoxue, what do you think? Will you help me?"
"That... is natural. For Manman's sake, I will help you, but..."
"You said, but what?"
Qin Muxue said solemnly with a serious face: "I entrust Manman to you. If you hurt her in the slightest, I will never let you off easily. You must put her first in everything and you are not allowed to bully her. When I am not around, you must protect her well. Do you understand?"
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