Chapter 305, Strange Plague
When Sheng Qi took the boat, drifted on the ocean, and finally returned to the island, the rat warriors stranded here were also busy. With.
Scavenge corpses, rummage for loot, and search for food.
Many of these poor guys are trying to dig into the ground, looking for fertile worms in the soil, or more.
It’s just that these large and small islands and reefs are unexpectedly barren. Usually, there are a lot of shellfish, stranded fish, and some crabs or shrimps on the coastal reefs. These are all very common things. .
The sea used to be famous for its richness, but now it is dead silent. The rocks beaten by the waves are bare and have nothing.
No, it can’t be said that there is nothing. There are also some sea monsters that are attracted here. They are spying on the rat people running on the islands and reefs.
The ocean is now only dangerous to the creatures on the ground.
But food is still a thorny issue.
During the frequent attacks by human fleets, the supplies of the Western Fleet have been fluctuating in an extremely unstable state, and those who are lucky enough to have finally overcome many obstacles to reach the Western Fleet have On the supply ship, food is not the most important thing. Food is not the most important thing to carry.
But various types of ammunition.
The ammunition supplied to the heavy equipment on the warship is undoubtedly more important.
The severe shortage of food caused the rat warriors to eat each other. These guys did not reject eating the same kind, but there was just one problem. Most of the ones who were eaten were those who were extremely weak.
And a weak guy often represents a situation, a disease.
In a very short period of time, a disease has spread rapidly among the Western fleets.
In fact, this is a rare situation. The rat people themselves have extremely high resistance to diseases and plagues. This comes from the selection that has been carried out since birth, and from the closed and chaotic environment in the underground city. Also derived from blood mushrooms.
General diseases and plagues are just insignificant things to the rat people.
Mushrooms often grow on the bodies of the elderly ratmen, but their final methods of death are still various murders and fights.
It's just that the disease spreading this time is a little different. It's not an ordinary disease, but an invasion from another creature.
On a small island, a skinny rat man with a big bulging belly was walking hard. Obviously, this is not a healthy state. You can also learn from this weird rat man. The unspeakable pain and struggle can be seen on people's faces.
However, his companions and other rat warriors around him stood by and watched this scene.
Principle from a distance, his eyes fell and fell tightly on the rat man who was struggling to cross.
It’s like waiting for a banquet to begin.
Finally, the rat man with a big bulging belly fell down and fell to the ground. He was dragged by the bulging belly and fell to the ground. His skinny arms were raised high. , with a touch of relief in his expression.
The rat people around them couldn't bear it anymore and quickly approached. The tall guy pushed away all the other guys around him and raised the short blade in his hand high.
In the expectant eyes of all the rat men, the short blade fell heavily and stabbed into the bulging belly of the rat man lying on the ground in front of him.
At this moment, it was like cutting open a pie full of fillings, and the contents began to pour out toward the outside world along the opening.
Densely packed are worms and ribbon-shaped worms. These things are entangled together and pour out from this opening toward the outside world.
The source of the plague that continues to spread among the Western Expeditionary Forces is a type of bug, a type of parasite.
Obviously, even though the rat people are indeed very resistant to disease and plague, they have nothing to do against this group of bugs that can squirm crazily in their own flesh and blood.
And the most terrifying thing is far more than that.
The guys surrounding the fallen rat-bellied man were prepared for such a scene, or in other words, they gathered around just for these bugs.
The tall rat man had the upper hand without a doubt.
Not polite at all, he grabbed a large amount of tangled worms and stuffed them into his mouth like eating noodles.
Chewing heavily, some unknown mucus overflowed uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth.
This is a very impactful picture.
These guys treat these sick ratmen as a kind of mobile food.
Soon after, the tall rat man had eaten and drank enough, and left with satisfaction. The other rat men who gathered around began to fight for each other. For these people who had stuffed their stomachs full of worms, they also The fight for the remaining remains of this sick and unfortunate man.
Soon after, all that was left of this unlucky rat man was a head that had been chewed and changed beyond recognition, and was casually abandoned on the ground. As for the other parts of the body, all of them had disappeared.
This habit of cannibalizing each other is obviously a bad habit, and it has pressed the accelerator button for the spread of this parasitic disease.
After all, it was not just the healthy rat warriors who were infected by the disease, but these hungry guys who took the initiative to come into contact with the disease.
On the head that had been chewed beyond recognition, a white worm poked its head out of the empty eye socket, twisting its body instinctively.
A hungry rat man noticed such a scene, grabbed it, and swallowed the white worm. Soon after, the hungry rat man began to feel some physical discomfort. feeling, and at the same time, he also became more hungry.
Obviously, this reincarnation will happen again soon.
This is one of the many problems Shengqi has to deal with.
The rat people are not ready to deal with a large-scale epidemic. These guys can't even suture wounds, let alone deal with such an epidemic.
And Sheng Qi was not prepared to deal with it. In fact, he only really learned about the existence of this strange disease yesterday.
The Big Claw priests greeted their commander-in-chief who looked a little embarrassed at this time.
Zheng Qiyao climbed out of the boat unsteadily.
Some unusual situations were reported, but Shengqi was obviously too busy at this time. He couldn't rest for a moment just after climbing out of the boat, and he started to deploy the rat warriors.
In order to cope with the possible counterattack of the island residents at any time, Sheng Qi must quickly complete the construction of defenses on the islands and reefs. They must build fortresses on small islands and reefs and dig underground tunnels and ravines on large islands and reefs. These things are obviously necessary. Sheng Qi went to coordinate.
Sheng Qi undoubtedly needs to pay attention to this matter. Although he does not like the warships tinkered by the Big Claw priests at all, he does have to admit that without these warships, in this ocean, The general is going to be in trouble.
Now is the time when it becomes difficult to move forward.
He must rely on these islands and reefs for support until the next batch of reinforcements arrive. He does not feel that he can truly rely on that small boat to cross the ocean. But things also need to be prepared with both hands.
While building defenses and waiting for follow-up reinforcements, Sheng Qi was also preparing to rescue a rat warship trapped in a vortex not far from the island.
In short, these are all things that need to be done, and they are all things that he needs to keep an eye on.
Perhaps it is because the guys under his command are too unreliable, so Sheng Qi has developed the habit of doing everything himself.
Comes from a compromise without any solution.
There is a different kind of sadness on the face of this young rat-man priest, who is recognized as the lucky one in the rat-man kingdom.
It was obvious that he, who was envied and hated by many ratmen, did not really have everything going his way.
I was even forced into the habit of doing things myself by various things.
However, even though it has been achieved to this extent, it seems that there is still something missing.
Sheng Qi seems to have ignored some abnormal situations.
A big-clawed priest behind him suddenly stopped. A certain part of his body made him feel extremely uncomfortable at this moment. His sharp claws carefully scratched his buttocks, and his face A happy expression appeared.
After doing all this, he found that he was far behind Sheng Qi not far away, so he quickly started to catch up.
Of course, as the commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Force, Sheng Qi certainly deserves his groveling. The most important thing is that the design and construction rights of the new weapons also fall on Sheng Qi.
Perhaps it was because the things tinkered by the Big Claw Priests were so deceptive that Sheng Qi took away the rights of these guys to build and experiment with new things. Of course he has this right. After all, he is the leader of the ore. Investors in Ling Church.
Although in the end it is still a question of whether it is reliable or unreliable. After all, Sheng Qi does not really understand those complicated mechanical structures, but at least he can directly reject those things that are very strange at first glance. Dropped, this is important.
The big-clawed priest who stuck to Sheng Qi began to spare no effort in promoting a piece of equipment that he said was extremely beautiful and superior. It was a terrifying, rotating blade, heretic killer. , the true weapon, designed by the Great Claw Priest, the Terror Spiral.
Well, this long list of things is indeed the name given by the Great Claw Priest to his own design.
When recounting this long list of names, the body of the big-clawed priest was trembling slightly, which was an indescribable excitement.
But the corner of Sheng Qi’s mouth was twitched hard.
Speed up the pace and stride towards the highest point of the island and reef.
Obviously, Sheng Qi was not very interested in this terrifying spiral, but the big-clawed priest was unaware of it and chased it away with small steps.
It can only be said that the love of the Big Claw Priests for their terrifying creations can indeed suppress a lot of things.
The Big Claw Priest ignored the increasingly intense itch behind him. At some point, a white band-shaped worm poked out of his butt. This was the source of the itch.
They were all chasing Sheng Qi, who was striding towards the top of the island with small steps. In the end, a terrifying expression appeared on the face of Sheng Qi, who was really unable to hold himself tight. , one kick knocked the big-clawed priest following behind him to the ground.
Obviously, if there was a choice, even if Sheng Qi was killed, Sheng Qi would not go to Wasteland City to find these freaks.
But it is undoubtedly a bit late to regret now.
He strode away with a sullen expression.
Behind him, the rat priest, who was confident and persevering in his own design, stopped awkwardly while rolling continuously, turned over and jumped up, but did not suffer any serious injuries.
Not taking these seriously, he felt that he would be able to make Commander Sheng Qi change his mind.
After all, he is the greatest Greatclaw Priest of all time.
Think so.
Well, there are indeed very few Big Claw priests who have such thoughts and ideas. This mentality should appear more among those orthodox rat priests.
However, it cannot be said that there is no such thing. After all, although the Rat Priest and the Big Claw Priest each have their own abnormalities, sometimes such abnormalities can also blend together.
There is no shortage of geeks.
The Big Claw Priest decided to produce a sample for Sheng Qi to see first. As for the source of the material, those stranded rat-man battleships would be a good choice.
At this time, the long worm behind his butt also disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
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Destiny seemed to have played a big joke on Sheng Qi.
Just when Sheng Qi finally managed to improve the defense of this island and reef, the parasitic disease also officially entered the full stage among the remaining ratmen of the Western Fleet. The outbreak stage.
In the newly excavated underground tunnels and pits, the rat warriors fell to the ground while wailing. Each of them had a big belly, was weak, skinny and bones, and their expressions were also due to the continuous torture. And become sluggish and lifeless.
In such a situation, it is obvious that the rat people have lost the ability to respond to human attacks.
At this time, most of the ratmen on this island had lost the ability to fight.
Faced with such a situation, Sheng Qi should be anxious. As the commander of the Western Fleet, he should think of a way to deal with such a situation.
But he probably can't do anything.
It’s not that he doesn’t care about these inferior guys in his hands, nor that he has the confidence to deal with possible attacks from humans, but it’s a more simple reason.
Sheng Qi also fell into the trap.
In this underground tunnel, he supported his body with the flag in his hand.
Although he did not lie on the ground and howl weakly like those ordinary rat warriors, his better physical fitness gave Sheng Qi a stronger resistance.
It also brings greater pain. It is difficult to describe what it feels like to be attacked by such a parasite, but just thinking about the countless writhing worms swirling in my stomach, just Thinking about such a picture is enough to make one's mind relax and accept most things calmly.
Sheng Qi did not wail loudly on the ground, but could still hold the flag and stand up despite the pain. This is enough to prove his tenacity.
But apart from standing up tremblingly, there was nothing else he could do.
(End of this chapter)