Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 38 Strange Silence
The tentacles of the Seed of Erosion have captured the corpses of the two men in black. The two corpses shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, several new tentacles grew out.

Regardless of whether the meat worm is the so-called "meat-devouring worm", at this time, it can only be tried!
Ke Lan stepped back quickly, then turned and got into the interior.

The mummified corpse of the priestess was still on the ground, and maintained the posture before death, while the meat worm was curled up in a ball, and it seemed that it was completely dead.

Ke Lan immediately bent over and picked up the half-meter-long worm body from the ground.

It felt greasy and slippery, as if clutching a rubber tire covered in snot, and the strong fishy smell kept digging into Ke Lan's nostrils - fortunately, he hadn't eaten for several hours. If you have passed something, you will definitely spit it out.

Resisting the nausea, Ke Lan turned back to the front hall.

Almost as soon as he opened the door, the Seed of Erosion stopped its unnecessary actions. It no longer attacked the Hound and others, but rushed towards Ke Lan frantically!

"The cells of the 'flesh-eating worm' have an irresistible allure to the 'seed of erosion'..."

Judging from the performance of the Seed of Erosion, the meat worm Ke Lan was holding should be the "meat-devouring worm".

Having said that, the "forgiveness" that the priestess yearned for should be to hope that the seeds of erosion brought by the "Messenger" and the flesh-eating worms in her body would perish together, but unfortunately, the "Messenger of the Prophet" came a step late, Their group of counterfeiters took advantage of it.

Facing the aggressive Seed of Erosion, Ke Lan threw the meat worm out of his arms without thinking.

A dozen tentacles stretched out at the same time, quickly catching the falling worm body - this posture, like a suffocated drug addict.

In less than three seconds, the plump and plump body of the worm was sucked into only an empty shell, and the tentacles of the Seed of Erosion were covered with a strange black-green color.

"Hey... woo woo... sigh..."

The hundreds of tentacles on the top and bottom of the Seed of Erosion suddenly stretched straight and turned into a large thorn ball like a sea urchin. The next second, these tentacles fell down softly, and there was no movement.

Those tentacles that were originally flesh-colored have now turned into a translucent texture a bit like jelly—although Ke Lan has never eaten jelly, he has seen this kind of snack in an old century action movie. .

It's just that the hero and heroine in the movie did not regard it as food, but as some kind of prop.

Through the tentacles, you can see that the Seed of Erosion has a football-sized nucleus inside, and those tentacles grow from this nucleus.

But at this time, the nucleus had already shattered, and black-red viscous blood was constantly flowing out of it.

"You killed this thing?" The Hound looked surprised. "This is what you just threw out? It looks like... a big meat worm?"

"Well..." Ke Lan nodded.

"Wait a minute... This big meat worm was dragged out of it? Could it be the 'Master Priest' in the mouths of those god sticks?"

"Your imagination is really strong... But unfortunately, I guessed wrong. Their priest is a young woman, and she is quite beautiful." Ke Lan shrugged.

"Pretty?" The hound suddenly came alive.

Ke Lan: "Dead."

Ivan: "What did you do?"

Layton: "How did you die?"

Hound: "Which position do you use?"

"Grass... you group of silver sticks... can you think of normal things in your mind?" Ke Lan was a little helpless. These three guys didn't look like the people who almost lost their lives just now. When they heard there was a beautiful woman, One by one became the same as taking hormones.

Especially this guy Ivan, Jiang Lian is a beauty anyway, but he didn't show mercy at all when he shot.

"Otherwise? Lonely man and widow, living in the same room, a normal person would think about that... It's just that you are a little too fast, and you came out in less than 5 minutes. If it were me, at least half an hour .”

"You can't say that." For some reason, Leighton suddenly became serious, "You all heard the screams from inside, right? It doesn't sound like a human can make it... Ke Lan Although fast, he is fierce!"

Saying that, the big man gave Ke Lanbi a thumbs up.

"...The reason why that scream doesn't come from humans is because it wasn't made by humans." Ke Lan pointed to the worm shell on the ground with a black face, "It's from this thing. ."

"Fuck? You don't even let the bugs go?" The Hound opened his mouth in surprise.

"...I didn't touch that woman at all, okay!"

"Then you are only interested in bugs?"

"..."

"Okay, stop joking, let's be serious, what the hell is going on." The Hound put away his playful expression and glanced at the corpse of the Seed of Erosion.

There is no need for Ke Lan to hide the matter of the priestess and the flesh-eating worm. As for why he thought of using the flesh-eating worm to deal with the Seed of Erosion, there is a way to explain it - the name "Mission" is obviously ordered If he came to help the priestess remove the hidden dangers in her body, then the Seed of Erosion and the flesh-devouring worms he carried may have a relationship with each other. With the attitude of treating a dead horse as a doctor of a living horse, there is no loss in trying.

"You can do it, kid, I was thinking about how to run away just now, and you can actually infer this relationship..." Speaking of the word "running", the Hound's face suddenly changed, "Something's wrong. !"

"What's wrong?" Layton was a little dazed.

"Did you not notice... It's too quiet outside? This is the settlement of exiles. We made such a big noise, the gunshots alone can be heard for several kilometers, and there is no response from the outside? "

"Really!" Leighton cautiously approached the door and tiptoed open a corner of the curtain.

"...It's weird, there's no one outside..."

"Maybe it's ambush in which corner? Don't rush out." The Hound waved his hand, "Help the doctor treat the wound first."

He just dislocated himself, and he took it back as soon as he gritted his teeth, but Ivan's injury was not light - his entire forearm was smashed and fractured, and this kind of injury could only be properly treated by returning to the ark.

Just now, Ivan had given himself an emergency painkiller, but this thing only relieved the pain and had no therapeutic effect. The overflowing blood dyed half of his clothes red.

"Stop the bleeding first, find a rope, and tie it five centimeters below my shoulder." Ivan said, his face was pale, and he obviously lost a lot of blood.

This method of hemostasis can easily lead to necrosis of the entire arm due to poor blood flow, but the situation is urgent, and a life is more important than an arm in the end.

"Hi--" Ke Lan tore a strip of cloth from the man in black's robe and quickly twisted it into a rope, but when he looked at Ivan's injured arm, he suddenly froze. a moment.

"What's the matter?" Ivan lowered his head, and the expression on his face suddenly froze.

The wound on the arm was open to the flesh, and bones were visible deep... But this is not the key, I saw a few flesh-colored tentacles with the thickness of bean sprouts growing out of the wound and slowly wriggling.

"The 'Erosing Seed' invades the biological cells it comes in contact with and modifies the genetic sequence of the invaded..."

This information that flashed in his mind was immediately recalled by Ke Lan, he subconsciously took out the dagger, turned his head, and just met Ivan's eyes.

"It has to be cut." Ke Lan only said two short words, but Ivan could fully understand what he meant.

He nodded with some difficulty. As a doctor, he himself knew better what the consequences would be if the mutant parts were not removed in time.

The knife fell from his hand, and a large piece of bloody flesh was separated from Ivan's arm. Despite the painkiller, the severe pain almost made Ivan faint.

"Has anyone of you been touched by the tentacles of that thing?" Ke Lan asked.

"No..." The Hound recalled and shook his head, "It touched the gun in my hand and had no direct contact with me."

"Neither do I, but those men in black on the ground..."

Ke Lan walked to the two corpses that had been drained by the Seed of Erosion, but unexpectedly, there was no similar mutation in the two corpses.

Should only living organisms be invaded?

If only that "search engine" could be used at will... However, after the death of the Seed of Corrosion, Ke Lan had already tried, and there was no way to "start" it.

That knowledge seems to be instilled into his mind only when he sees the real thing with his own eyes...

(End of this chapter)