She struggled so hard that Pei Xiqing was about to lose control and was instantly pushed to the ground by her immense strength.
Ma Mengxiang ran towards that direction like a possessed person, but before she had taken a few steps, she was suddenly attacked from behind and knocked unconscious by a knife.
Shadow caught her falling body, hugged her and said, "Miss Pei, are you okay?"
Pei Xiqing was helped up from the ground by the man. She turned around and saw Duan Xiaolin's face. She wasn't too surprised. She waved her hand and said, "It's okay. Take her back first. If she's still in the same state after she wakes up, give her a sedative."
Shadow nodded: "Okay."
Pei Xiqing turned his head to look at the tentacle swaying in the darkness, frowned slightly, and asked the man beside him: "Brother Duan, this thing looks very problematic. It seems to have some kind of fatal attraction to people without superpowers, or people whose superpowers have not awakened."
Ma Mengxiang has already said something just now.
She was fine, but Ma Mengxiang became like that. If she hadn't discovered it in time, she would have bitten it and been parasitic.
"That's right," the man explained. "They have a virus in their bodies that emits a hallucinogenic fragrance after their bodies die. If ordinary people smell it, their brains will be controlled. If a person with special abilities smells it, they will also be infected within ten minutes."
Pei Xiqing frowned: "How disgusting."
"What brought you here? What are you looking for?"
Duan Xiaolin put on a professional mask for her.
He lowered his head and asked, "If you are looking for something, you can tell me directly or ask me."
Pei Xi obediently wore a mask, revealing only his eyes. He looked up at the man for a few seconds before asking, "I heard Mengxiang saw the crystal core up there, so I wanted to come up and take a look. I didn't expect to see so many parasites and zombie corpses here."
She asked, "Why are there so many dead bodies here?"
"The main gate of the base is located ten meters below, but the parasites and zombies can still accurately find the location of the main gate by relying on their sense of smell. These parasites have all appeared before and attacked the base."
"Then why is the area where the heart is located always empty?"
"Take the crystal core."
The man made no secret of it.
Pei Xiqing already had the answer in his heart.
She didn't question it right away.
Duan Xiaolin put his arm around her waist, held the umbrella over their heads, and protected her as they walked back.
Pei Xiqing couldn't help but turn her head to look at him.
After a while, he said, "Brother Duan, is there any risk in doing this?"
"Won't."
Pei Xiqing turned her cheek to the side.
He hesitated to speak.
"Can these parasite crystal cores be used?"
"Even a hundred or ninety-nine can't do that."
Pei Xiqing sighed: "It seems there is little hope."
"There will be a way."
As he spoke, the man took out a crystal core emitting a faint blue light from his chest.
Pei Xiqing's eyes lit up slightly.
"Is this extracted from the host's body?"
"Yes."
"This quality! It's amazing! It's even comparable to the crystal cores I saw before!"
He looked at her with a smile on his face and patted the snowflakes on her body.
Even if there is only a one in a hundred chance, he will get the crystal core.
Pei Xiqing was not really immersed in the joy of the crystal core in his hand.
After returning to the base, he spread out the things he had picked up on the ground in his palm.
It was a dull crystal core of inferior grade and quality.
In her palm, it was like a hollow stone.
She stared at the crystal core in her palm, comparing it with the one the man had just given her.
It's totally not on the same level.
No matter from which aspect, the crystal core in the parasite's body is absolutely low-level, inferior, dull... and useless.
In her other hand was a high-level crystal core that was extremely clear and pure.
She looked at the two crystal cores in her hand without saying a word.
After returning to the base, Duan Xiaolin rubbed her waist, checked to see if she was injured, and left temporarily, saying that he was going to take care of something.
Ma Mengxiang was still asleep when Shadow came over and asked in a low voice, "Do you need help?"
Pei Xiqing shook her head. "Take good care of Mengxiang. Don't let her wake up in the same state as before. It's very dangerous. Oh, and please call someone else to take care of the child."
"You want to go out?"
Pei Xiqing stood at the door and felt the base shaking violently again.
Taking advantage of this movement, she followed Duan Xiaolin and went to the direction he left.
The shadow was behind her, watching her resolutely leave. His eyes were heavy under the mask, and a hint of worry emerged.
Pei Xiqing ran out of the base and saw the man and his men standing in the wind and snow from afar.
She didn't say anything and stood quietly behind.
She saw several giant parasites lying in front of the man.
He was just taking the dagger handed to him by a shadow, and stabbed it into the chest of the host with an expressionless and decisive face.
The parasite lay on the ground, roaring in pain, and its arms and wings constantly flapped the ground, causing the ground beneath its feet to vibrate slightly.
It turned out that during this period of time, the base had experienced repeated earthquake-like tremors, and the tremors came from them.
The parasites would also feel pain, especially the pain of having their crystal cores taken away by someone with bare hands, which instantly made their will to be saved extremely strong. Unfortunately, before they could struggle free, they were suppressed by the supernatural power in the man's palm and could not move.
Pei Xiqing witnessed the entire bloody process.
Taking the crystal core is a very cruel thing.
Duan Xiaolin was as familiar with it as drinking water and eating.
He was covered in blood, and his eyelids didn't even move.
It was not until he took out several crystal cores, slowly wiped the blood from his glasses and dagger with a handkerchief and turned around that the two people's eyes finally met.
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