Erosion

Chapter 292 Fear feeds
Until he looked up and saw those densely packed "eyes".

For a moment, his soul seemed to have been taken away. Horrifying scenes that he had never seen in his life slowly unfolded before his eyes, and the gazes in those eyes were extremely sinister, like staring at the prey at the mouth.

But this time, there was no one around the mercenary, and there was no sound to "wake him up" from this terrifying silence, so he just stared at those eyes, his whole body seemed to be affected by some mysterious force. He seemed to be frozen, completely unable to move.

As a result, he was able to watch a suspicious drop of water on the ceiling slowly roll down and fall into his eyes...

He had time to avoid it, but he was like a piece of meat caught in a spider's thread. The overload of his brain paralyzed him until the drop of water fell into his eyeballs.

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"Water can also mutate?" Zhang Zheng's voice became hoarse. None of the eight wonders exploded like this.

Zhao Ying's analysis was so reasonable that even Wei Yuan couldn't find a reason to refute it and merged into the soil? This idea is really bold. If this hypothesis is true, then they are more dangerous than on land and have long been surrounded.

Besides, science is all about making bold assumptions and then verifying them.

"We don't know where the erosion comes from or what it is, but at least it seems so far that everything can be affected..."

People, buildings, vegetation, soil.

Everything erodes.

Zhang Zheng sat down on the ground. His limbs were already weak and his energy was exhausted after walking for so long.

They can't see the erosion because it's integrated into the soil. In fact, the areas around them and the places they step on are already erosion itself.

"What do these creatures feed on?" Jiang Shan suddenly asked.

The sad atmosphere turned dull. Zhao Ying raised her eyes and looked at Jiang Shan: "Eat?"

"Those creatures in the aquarium want to attack us and steal our brains," Jiang Shan's eyes dimly glowed. "The creatures here have imprisoned hundreds of workers. We walked here without any attack, except for those 'eyes'."

Those eyes that flicker in the darkness with unknown meaning.

"What are they trying to achieve?"

All living things in this world will have their own purpose. Without exception.

What are these underground creatures doing? Their purpose has not been revealed so far. Or maybe it has been revealed and they haven't realized it yet.

"What you said makes me a little scared." Zhang Zheng sat on the ground and simply refused to get up, mainly because his legs were weak and he couldn't get up.

"It's like we walked into the belly of a fish."

"I still walked in on my own initiative."

Wei Yuan suddenly said: "I think what Ashan said is very important."

Once you become a mutant, everything can no longer be viewed from the perspective of common sense. Water is no longer water, and people are no longer people.

"To become a living thing, you need to eat." Because all living things need to eat.

Zhao Ying looked at Jiang Shan, Jiang Shan looked at Zhang Zheng, Zhang Zheng's eyes were dull, and the three of them looked at each other speechlessly. "So we drink water every day, and now we are going to be eaten by water?"

Just thinking about that scene, why is it so funny?

The water grew a huge mouth and swallowed them whole.

"Recall what we have experienced since going down the cave." Wei Yuan was very serious. "Looking directly into the 'eyes' caused us to trigger fear and short-term amnesia. In addition, it caused us to get lost and unable to find the real exit."

It's really like the process of hunting, step by step. But what happens after they are successfully trapped underground?

If there is an animal on the opposite side, the final harvest should be prepared at this time.

But what exactly do they want? Life? Just wanting to take a life doesn't require so much trouble. Even when they first go down the hole and they still don't understand the situation, they can kill them with one hit.

Then, if you don’t want to kill them directly, what do you want?
"Fear, fear."

This seemed to be the most intense and profound emotion they had ever felt since they first entered the cave. All the time, without interruption.

Constant scares, but no real danger.

The most dangerous thing was probably Bai Jin's group pointing guns at them.

Wei Yuan looked at the miniature camera screen again, and he understood the dense eyes he captured: "It's making us afraid..."

From a psychopsychological analysis, the human brain is forced to forget bad and terrifying memories in order to protect the living body from falling into negativity and going crazy. But this kind of traumatic amnesia in medicine usually means that a very serious injury has occurred, resulting in the loss of a memory. But people like them, who were frightened and erased memories frequently within seconds, were already challenging the limit.

Zhang Zheng, who was sitting on the ground, looked up blankly: "What do you mean it's making us afraid?"

"Because of the brain." Wei Yuan's face suddenly turned pale.

What is happening in the brain when we feel fear? "The fear response begins in the brain, the amygdala in the brain. The more fearful we are, the amygdala will be activated, and the more fearful we are, the more our sympathetic nerves will be stimulated. These things feed on people's fear..."

Excessive fear can permanently change the human brain.

After all, it is still sucking their brains, just in another way.

Zhang Zheng was stunned for a moment: "Old Wei, are you telling the truth?" Feeding on fear? Can this thing be used as food?

Zhao Ying accepted it immediately, and even felt like she was awakened.

She found that it all seemed to be true.

"That's why it can't do anything to Jiang Shan, because Jiang Shan is not afraid." Wei Yuan gritted his teeth slightly.

Jiang Shan was stunned for the first time.

Is that really the case?

What is absolutely unexpected is that the creatures here actually have something in common with the mutated life forms in the aquarium. After going around and around, it seems that they are still related to the brain.

Zhao Ying asked in a trembling voice: "Then what should we do?"

"Stop being afraid."

Just like computer hibernation, forcing yourself to enter a calm state, as long as you are not afraid, you will no longer be addicted.

Zhang Zhengqian swallowed: "But, but you seem to be even more scared when you say this."

Who wouldn’t be afraid of fear-sucking underground mutated monsters? !
"You must stay calm, and stay calm," Wei Yuan said, while his breathing and tone began to slow down, "Calm down, slow down your heartbeat and blood flow."

But his trick obviously doesn't work very well, at least it's not easy for other people to do it. Wei Yuan is the kind of person who can calm himself down once he understands the principle, but Zhang Zheng and Zhao Ying are just ordinary people. Ah, how can they actually be calm when they say they are calm.

Zhang Zheng was trying to stand while holding on to the wall, but he pressed a raised object under his hand. He instantly thought it was those 'eyes' and suddenly screamed strangely and bounced to the side like lightning...

"Ah, ah, I was scared to death!"

Wei Yuan: "..."