Chapter 233 Crystal
An energy that appeared out of thin air burst out inside the lamp holder, and the copper figurines gradually began to melt. Hot and bright copper water flowed from the infected person's fingers, instantly burning her hands to pieces.
But she seemed to feel no pain at all. Even though her finger bones had been separated from the carbonized flesh, she did not throw away the melting lamp holder in her hand.
Finally, after the human figurines were almost completely melted, an irregularly shaped turbid crystal appeared in front of everyone's eyes. The shape of this crystal looked like a dried and shrunken heart, and there were even traces on the surface of the crystal. Texture details similar to coronary arteries.
The interior of the crystal exudes dim fluorescence, which also has a breathing light effect, switching back and forth between on and off... just like the rhythm of the heart's beating.
"Heart?" Sun Hang whispered.
He could feel a memetic wave that was stronger than the previous ever-burning lamp emanating from this crystal... Obviously, the extinguishing of the lamp did not mean death, but a way similar to "suspended death." Hidden.
The infected person's whole body was trembling, and her throat made unexplained noises - her vocal system had been completely mutated and she could not produce normal human voices at all, but Sun Hang could still make out of these weird noises. , the obvious joy can be heard.
She held this crystal that exuded light fluorescence and moved it closer to her chest little by little.
From this angle, Sun Hang could see that there was a very obvious surgical incision on the infected man's left chest. Although the incision had long since healed, the trace left by the suture was like a flesh centipede, clinging to it. on the surface of her body.
"She seems to want to put this crystal... into her chest." Wang Xiyi said.
Not only Lao Wang, but everyone present could see the intention of the infected person - she was holding the crystal in one hand, and with the other hand, she was pulling at the wound on her chest, trying to tear the healed flesh and blood again. Open...
However, her hands had already been stripped of flesh by hundreds of degrees of copper water, and the phalanges that had lost tendon traction were difficult to do even the simplest bend, let alone tearing apart her own skin.
After several unsuccessful attempts, she fell into despair.
She knelt on the ground, pounding the ground with her elbows, and let out a heart-rending roar.
"I'm thinking... why don't we help her?" Wang Xiyi glanced at Sun Hang, "Help her stuff this thing into her chest? Let's see what happens to her?"
"Yes." Sun Hang nodded, and the liquid metal flying blade cut open the infected person's chest in an instant.
When cutting through the muscle tissue, the feeling returned by the flying blade made Sun Hang feel that he was not cutting meat, but like stale, moldy cotton wool.
There is no blood flowing out of the incision - the muscle tissue in this part has long been fibrotic, and the mere sight of those sponge-like holes is enough to make the scalp of a cryptophobic patient tingle.
As everyone expected, there was nothing in the left chest cavity of the infected person, where the heart should have been.
"Can you live without a heart?" Ye Xuan frowned and said in disbelief.
"The human body is amazing, right?" Sun Hang glanced at her and said.
"You should add an attributive in front of it." Yang Qi corrected, "It's a human body infected by the weird meme."
The deformed infected person used her limbs that could barely be called "hands" to open the incision that Sun Hang had made for her, and stuffed the crystal into her chest with difficulty.
After coming into contact with this crystal, her body began to grow wildly, as if she had been stimulated by something. A large number of granulations suddenly surrounded and wrapped the crystal. In just two seconds, a thick layer of flesh film formed already appeared on the surface of the crystal.
The original dim light of the crystal seemed to have become much brighter, and light could be transmitted through the flesh membrane about one centimeter thick. As the frequency of light and dark flashes gradually increased, the various wounds on the infected people began to gradually recover. .
"Her body... seems to be reborn?" Ye Xuan stepped forward and asked in a confused tone, "This crystal actually has this effect?"
"I suspect that this thing was originally dug out of her body, but now it has returned to its original owner." Sun Hang said.
"She won't attack us after she returns to normal, right?" Ye Xuan held a PDW hung with various tactical equipment, and pointed the black muzzle at the crystal wrapped in fleshy membrane in the infected person's chest.
"Who knows? Maybe." Sun Hang said indifferently.
He really wished that this guy would take the initiative to attack him, so that he would have enough reason to devour her.
This self-recovery function overlaps with Tai Sui's ability, and is of little use to Sun Hang. What he is more interested in are the "memory fragments" carried by the memes in the infected person's body.
Although the ability to absorb memory does not have combat attributes, no matter from which point of view, it is definitely a cheating ability... Of course, the premise is that the three apes do not jump out to cause trouble at critical moments.
The deformed parts of the infected person's body began to return to normal, but her abdomen began to become more and more bloated, like a balloon, inflating little by little.
"Sun Hang, be careful!" Yang Qi warned. "The instrument shows that the memes in this infected person are being stripped away and gathered on another 'core fragment' that has not appeared before!"
"What do you mean?" Sun Hang asked subconsciously.
"It means that there is a new weird thing generated in her body!" Yang Qi said, "This new weird thing is the collection of memes that caused her body to become deformed...these memes came from her body. After being stripped off, her body will naturally return to normal, but the new strange thing that is born may be..."
Before Yang Qi finished speaking, she heard a "squeak" sound, and the infected person's bloated abdominal cavity was suddenly torn open, and a bloody creature jumped out of it and rushed directly towards Yang Qi's facade.
However, just as it jumped into the air, a big hand made of white mycelium cut it off and kneaded it into meat paste.
A faint blue flame flashed across the palm of mycelium's big hand, and the crushed meat paste turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.
As for the meme of this new monster, it was naturally swallowed up by Sun Hang... Unfortunately, it did not carry any memory fragments. It seems that the memories belonging to this infected person have not been transferred due to the transfer of memes.
The infected person who had returned to human form was lying on her side on the ground, panting heavily - the wounds in her chest and abdominal cavity were slowly healing, and the expulsion of the strange thing that had gathered all the distorted memes had exhausted all her energy. Strength... She slowed down for five or six minutes before her breathing gradually calmed down.
"Her infection process has stabilized at a very safe level." Yang Qi glanced at the instrument, "But her physical condition is not optimistic."
"It's not optimistic?" Ye Xuan asked doubtfully, "Isn't her body 'reborn'? Those deformed parts have also returned to normal, so why is it not optimistic?"
"According to the test results, her aging rate... is hundreds of times that of normal humans. Although her body is in her early twenties, she will become an old man in her twilight years within a few months. ." Yang Qi said, "I don't know why this is happening. This is the first time I have encountered this situation... There has never been a similar type of infected person in the previous information."
"Perhaps this is the price." Zhulong sighed and said softly, "She has been living underground with a deformed body for hundreds of years. She finally saw the light of day and had the opportunity to return to human society, but the time left to her But there are only a few months left... Alas."
"Hey." Sun Hang squatted down in front of the infected person, "Can you understand me?"
Sun Hang had already made a plan in his heart. If the other party could communicate, he would spare her life. If not...then what he wanted would probably have to be obtained in another way.
Although Sun Hang is now confident that he can remove part of the memes from the infected person's body without harming the infected person's life, the life of the guy in front of her is obviously supported by those weird memes. If Sun Hang Hang's removal of her meme would be almost the same as killing her.
"..." The infected person stood up with some difficulty. She subconsciously wanted to push away the dirty and long hair in front of her eyes with her hand, but just as she raised her hand, a silver light flashed, and those sticky hair were The locks of hair fell to the ground.
Ye Xuan was slightly startled and immediately pointed the tactical flashlight mounted under the muzzle at her face.
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"Team Leader Ye...be careful not to blind her." Sun Hang couldn't help complaining, "Her eyes probably haven't adapted to the strong light yet. The energy inside the crystal has been exhausted. She is going to be blind. She wants to recover." I’m afraid it will be troublesome.”
"Sorry, I didn't think well." Ye Xuan immediately moved the light away and apologized sincerely.
It can be determined from the characteristics of the body that the infected person is a female. Her face is very pale, with almost no color at all. Although her body is still in the state of youth, her face is already covered with wrinkles. Just like an old woman who is nearly a hundred years old... But then again, in terms of actual age, she is indeed over a hundred years old.
"Uh... uh..." The infected person opened her mouth with great difficulty. She obviously had not adapted to her new vocal cords. She kept saying "uh" like a mute for a long time before she could barely squeeze out two words that Sun Hang and the others could hear. Understand the words.
"...Thank you...Thank you."
"It seems that we can communicate." Sun Hang nodded with satisfaction, "We are from the federal government, and we will ensure your personal safety... But in exchange, you need to tell us everything you know. The more detailed it is, the better. OK.”
"He...he...he is still...alive..." the infected person said with some difficulty. She turned her head and looked deep into the main tunnel.
"Who is he?" Yang Qi immediately asked, "Is it another infected person, or?"
"He...will...wake up soon..." The infected person struggled to stand up, "You...have to...quickly..."
Her body trembled, as if she were reflecting back on the light, and her movements suddenly became smoother. She glanced at Sun Hang, turned around and ran towards the depths of the tunnel.
"Are you going to stop her?" Ye Xuan immediately picked up the gun and aimed at the infected person's knees.
As for Zhong Ling, who had been silent all this time, he had already sent two corpses and walked around in front of the infected person.
The infected man ran for more than ten steps, then suddenly stopped and turned around to look at Sun Hang and the others.
"Quick...quick..."
"She seems to be urging us?" Yang Qi stuffed a bunch of instruments back into her bag, "Does she want us to follow her?"
"Probably." Sun Hang nodded, "Let's go, let's follow."
When the infected person mentioned "him" just now, Sun Hang clearly noticed a trace of fear and fear in her eyes, but more importantly, it was extremely strong hatred.
Is that "he" her enemy? Does she plan to get rid of this enemy with the help of people like herself?
Sun Hang thought as he ran behind the infected person.
The infected ran faster and faster, and their speed gradually exceeded the limit of normal humans. People like Ye Xuan who had received military training for a long time could barely keep up, but non-combatants like Yang Qi could hardly keep up. It’s so strenuous... not to mention that she is carrying dozens of kilograms of professional equipment...
Zhong Ling's physical fitness was worse than that of Yang Qi, but she still brought her "mom" with her - Skeleton No. 001, who directly put her daughter on his shoulders and supported her as she ran forward.
Sun Hang looked back at Yang Qi, who had fallen to the end of the team. Although Zhulong had helped her share all the equipment load, judging from Yang Qi's expression at the moment, it was probably only a matter of time before she exhausted herself.
Sun Hang walked in front of her in three steps and two steps at a time, squatted down and said, "Come up."
"Wha...what?" Yang Qi stopped breathing as soon as she asked, and immediately started coughing violently.
"I'll carry you. If you don't want to fall behind, don't be brave!" After Sun Hang said that, regardless of whether Yang Qi was willing or not, he directly tied Yang Qi's whole body to his back with mycelium, and then walked towards the infection that had finished running. The attacker chased after him.
"Director Yang, you look like a kidnapped flower girl." Wang Xiyi, who was flying close to the ground, glanced at Yang Qi, who was tied to Sun Hang's back, and joked with a smile.
"If you are kidnapped, you will be kidnapped..." Yang Qi said resignedly, "It seems that after this operation is over, I have to strengthen my training."
"With your current schedule, exercising more will speed up sudden death." Sun Hang complained, "If you want to improve your physical fitness, you must at least ensure you have enough sleep, right?"
(End of chapter)