Ma Mengxiang couldn't figure out what she meant for a moment, and could only guess: "Is he sick? Injured? But parasites are so capable of reproduction and parasitism, how could they die from something as trivial as illness or injury?"
She remembered that these parasites could not be killed by ordinary means. Special abilities or drugs were required to completely stop their terrifying reproduction and self-recovery speed. In theory, parasites were several times more difficult to kill than zombies.
"It's possible it wasn't due to injury or illness."
"Why is that?"
Pei Xiqing looked at the distance between the parasite and the base, as well as the location where it died, and had some guesses. This guess was somewhat confirmed when the Qiong Snake had a certain induction with the parasite.
She raised her head and said, "Maybe someone dragged him here and killed him."
Ma Mengxiang opened her mouth wide: "Ah? Are you serious?"
"Um."
She stood up and glanced around, a complex expression in her eyes. She said, "Furthermore, the reason the plants growing here have survived to this day and even produced seeds is because there are parasites underground in this area that serve as nutrients, continuously providing vitality."
Ma Mengxiang: "How can this be...then the food we eat and the seeds from those sources are all nourished by the corpses of these dead bodies?"
“There’s a chance.”
Ma Mengxiang's eyes were dull.
But fortunately, these parasites are no different from fertilizer after they die. As long as they are not kept by the human body, she can accept it.
Seeing that she was about to continue walking forward, Ma Mengxiang quickly followed her with an umbrella: "Wait for me."
Pei Xiqing walked around several times and found the corpses of no less than ten parasites.
Ma Mengxiang held the umbrella tightly and didn't recover for a long time.
These parasites look so disgusting and terrifying. Even though some of them are buried in the soil and are unrecognizable, you can still see how disgusting they looked before they died.
Even though she had seen many things that the village hadn't seen during the natural disaster and had seen zombies with them, it was still the first time she had been so close to these huge monsters.
She patted her chest all the way and comforted herself: They are all dead, all dead, and they will never bite anyone.
Just when I had prepared myself mentally, I turned around and was scared by a huge tentacle and fell to the ground.
The tentacle was floating in the air like a stream, its body was black and it emitted a faint fishy smell.
Pei Xiqing pulled her up and said, "It's okay, she's dead. Some of the viruses in her body must have lingered. When the soil covering her body was removed, air entered, causing them to become active."
"I was so scared." Ma Mengxiang breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought he had suddenly come back to life."
"I wonder how big this thing must have been when it was alive? I feel like it could easily kill someone with a slap." Ma Mengxiang leaned in closer with a flashlight, carefully examining the patterns on it. Unable to hold back her saliva, she asked curiously, "Is it edible? Why does it feel like squid tentacles, only a little bigger and thicker? I think it'll taste similar after being roasted."
Pei Xiqing was stunned. "This... I'm not too sure, but even if the parasite is dead, there will still be a lot of residual viruses in the body. Using them as nutrients should be no problem, but if you eat them directly..."
"Will it be dangerous?"
"It's hard to say." Pei Xiqing: "My advice is not to take risks lightly."
Ma Mengxiang nodded immediately. "Okay, but you did remind me. When we were coming over from the other side of the mountain, we heard along the way that many people had inexplicably become parasites. There were no signs at all, and no one knew what was going on. They became parasites overnight. It was extremely terrifying. Their bodies looked like they had exploded, with flesh and blood inside turning inside out, and they kept devouring the parasite."
"Where did you hear that?"
"On our way here, Brother Shadow took us to a small town to rest. He was from that town."
"That's a bit strange indeed."
Ma Mengxiang came over and said, "I think they were harmed by these parasites."
"What do you mean?"
"Because Brother Yingzi told me that you and Brother Duan had lived in that town before. They have several restaurants and hotels there. Although they are shabby, they are indeed habitable."
Pei Xiqing realized belatedly: "Could you be talking about..."
"Yeah! That's right! You remembered it, didn't you?!"
Pei Xiqing and Duan Xiaolin had stayed in many places before, but there were only a few places that had restaurants, restaurants, and hotels.
She said, "It might have something to do with the food in their restaurants. I remember when I was there before, they started eating parasitic meat in their restaurants."
Ma Mengxiang snapped her fingers, "That's right! It's the parasite that we eat!"
Pei Xiqing: "Then it's no wonder."
"So what you just said reminds me. No matter how delicious these parasites look, they must not be eaten. Once you eat them, you might become like those people who were parasitized overnight."
Although she said that, Ma Mengxiang couldn't help but look over there.
He even swallowed his saliva several times at the thick tentacle.
The closer I look, the stronger my desire becomes.
Ma Mengxiang quickly retracted her gaze, closed her eyes, and kept telling herself, "Don't look at it anymore, don't look at it anymore, these things are full of viruses, you absolutely can't eat them, you absolutely can't eat them..."
Pei Xiqing held the lantern, still concentrating on looking at the parasite beneath his feet.
After comparison, it was found that the heart position of almost every parasite was hollowed out, and there seemed to be more corpses buried under the parasites.
She saw several human fingers in the pit, pushed aside the surrounding soil, and pulled the person out. It was a zombie.
Her body was generally gray-green in color, very similar to the corpse spots she had had on her body before.
The fangs in its mouth were extremely sharp, its face was completely destroyed, and its body began to rot.
There are still many corpses underneath.
Like the parasites, their chests are empty, and one can even clearly see an empty hole.
She put down the lamp and exerted force with both hands to pull out the body underneath.
But it's too crowded inside.
She couldn't pull much further, so she could only call out to Ma Mengxiang, "Mengxiang, come and help me. There's still a lot of stuff down there. We might find some surprises. It would be even better if we could find something related to the parasite in their bodies."
After talking for a long time, she still didn't get a response from Ma Mengxiang.
Pei Xiqing looked back with some confusion.
Ma Mengxiang was holding the tentacle that grew out of the parasite's body, her saliva all over the floor, and she opened her mouth to bite it.
She rushed over, grabbed Ma Mengxiang, and stopped her from biting, shouting, "Mengxiang! Ma Mengxiang! Wake up! Wake up!"
Ma Mengxiang reached out towards the tentacle, her eyes no longer clear, only filled with desire for that thing.
"Let me go... I want to eat... Let me eat! I haven't eaten such delicious and fragrant meat in a long, long time! Let me take a bite, just one bite, it must taste good..."
As she spoke, she rolled her eyes.
Pei Xiqing: "Wake up! You can't eat!"
After shaking for a long time, Ma Mengxiang finally showed some reaction, but it didn't last long. The extreme desire for that thing appeared in her eyes again.
"No! Let me go! I want to eat! Give me a bite!"
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