Chapter 321 Evil Curse
"..."
The team gathered around the remains, and it seemed that there were thorns growing out of their mandibles, piercing their tongues and fixing them into stiff specimens, unable to make sounds.
Even Kraft could not make any meaningful comment on this.
The restrictions on osteogenesis are completely lifted, and a large amount of calcium salts, woven protein fibers, and polysaccharides are mobilized here, building a spire in the body like steel and cement, breaking through the fragile skin.
The red layer attached to the bone surface looks like a very fine choroid when viewed up close. It is a temporary proliferation of capillaries that transports required substances. A large amount of calcium is delivered here and deposited.
This indicates that the reason for his collapse may not be excessive blood loss, but low calcium.
As calcium is rapidly deposited to form bone spurs, free calcium levels in the plasma decrease dramatically.
At first, there was a strange numbness and tingling in the fingers and face, which was insignificant compared to the other injuries on the body.
Later, weakness and dizziness in the limbs may be mistaken for signs of excessive physical exertion while running.
Until I was horrified to find that my limbs were out of control, epileptic seizure-like convulsions replaced normal activities, breathing became difficult, and the spasmed throat seemed to be pinched by invisible hands extending from the lungs.
Before he was completely suffocated, the cliff-like drop in blood calcium level had caused central neuron dysfunction. When he lost consciousness, in the chaos, he could only feel the pain growing under the skin that gradually faded away.
The calcium in the light blood was far from enough to support this amount of growth, so the other half of his bones showed obvious brittleness, with the surface covered with small holes and the interior so loose that it looked like it had been fermented.
Uncontrolled osteogenesis and osteolysis occur simultaneously, which is a symptom of some malignant bone cancers, but it is countless times faster.
Of course, he himself cannot see the second half of the process. This should be a kind of mercy of the physiological mechanism.
"From a medical point of view, it may not be too painful before he leaves." Losing the awareness that death is over in a short time, at least is not as scary as it seems.
For the sake of rigor, Kraft added, "Theoretically."
"Although I don't like them very much, this kind of meeting is still too bad." Brother Wading felt uncomfortable all over. Just looking at this scene, he felt like something was growing under his skin.
"I wouldn't wish this on anyone, except...I mean, even Theodore."
Green silently put the piece of fabric back into place, barely covering his frame, drew a ring on his chest, and whispered a short sentence that was probably a prayer.
He looked around and couldn't find the thing missing here, so he took off the double-wing ring amulet on his chest, tied a knot with the rope, and wrapped it around the spiked ribs.
"It will bless his soul. Go on, we should be careful."
The amulet pendant swings between the empty skeletons, and the contents originally filled in it are missing. Perhaps the thing that killed him took away this part.
The ground made of gravel and the emerging water meant that there were no footprints here, and it was impossible to deduce the way the creature moved and its size. But since it could carry away most of the weight of an adult, it must not be much smaller.
Following this line of thinking, they carefully checked the surroundings again and found several shallow pits. It seemed that they had endured a lot of weight, and the gravel was compacted and sunken.
Because it was too scattered and widely spaced, it was not noticed at first. Even if it was discovered, it was impossible to determine whether it was a trace of something, and it was difficult to deduce how it acted from its distribution and orientation.
Kraft, on the other hand, was thinking about other things.
Distortion of biological structures is common when people come into contact with abnormal conditions, but these are all based on close, zero, or even negative distance contact with the medium. And if contact has occurred, the thing that is chasing the killer will really be affected. Any chance of him making it that far?
The specificity of this kind of bone deformation is particularly obvious. It is not related to functionality as observed in the past, but is completely for the purpose of killing.
【This was designed】
Programs that are purposely chosen to be malicious, not very Deep Creature style. "A suggestion." Kraft suppressed his discomfort and quickly chased to the head of the team, "Don't underestimate what we encounter."
The priest could not understand how he could overestimate what he was about to encounter. What could be worse than a living lake.
"What do you mean?"
"I feel like it might be able to think. Anyway, be as careful as possible, as if we are fighting a smart devil who knows evil spells, rather than a powerful beast, understand?"
"There seems to be no reason to say no, and I will remember it," Green promised.
They were entering a stone jungle inhabited by some kind of intelligent creature, which obviously knew the place far better than outsiders.
In fact, the traces on the ground quickly disappeared. It seemed that its actions were not limited to the ground. Some scratch marks that were suspected to be fulcrums were found on the surface of the rock clusters, appearing at high, low, far and near places at the same time.
The team could only move forward blindly in the general direction. What really guided them was the posture of the rock.
The rising rock clusters became wider and taller, becoming an outward-sloping rock wall. Their posture was like ripples that were thrown high and solidified in the air. Since the arrival of a stone falling from the sky, these ripples have never calmed down. .
The monks hope that the professor can express some more extensive insights and analyze what kind of strange conditions formed this landform.
They were disappointed. Since making the suggestion, the professor has become taciturn and extremely serious.
The shrill human voice ripped away the last bit of luck.
Just stunned for a moment, Green quickly turned his head to identify the source of the overlapping sounds echoing between the rock walls, and after a moment's thought, he started running.
Without any further thought, the entire team was led by him and chased towards the source of the sound.
"Damn it!" Kraft wanted to stop this aggressive move, but when the guy who made the sound was still alive, he couldn't find a reason to stop it, so he could only grit his teeth and follow.
Especially that voice, although it was painful, it still sounded powerful and there was hope for survival.
The source of the sound was moving, and doing so undoubtedly revealed its location to whatever was chasing him, and also pointed the direction for the team.
After bypassing an unknown number of stone walls, they noticed a flashing light not far away. The other party obviously noticed them and immediately accelerated towards them.
The flames reflected a face of fear and panic. Yes, it was the face on the other boat in my impression.
His scabbard was empty, and his left arm was fixed to the side of his body in an extremely stiff posture, like a gear stuck in thorns that could not move mechanically. Every time he swayed as he ran, his expression of pain became more distorted.
Seeing that the "rescue" was from the church's team, the surprise of surviving the desperate situation temporarily suppressed the unbearable pain. The irrational conditioned reflex caused the body to squeeze out precious lung capacity to call for help.
As soon as Green noticed him, he stopped closest to the retreat, waiting for him to run over. He drew his sword out of its sheath, his eyes fixed on the darkness behind the person, waiting for that thing to appear.
The same syllable of "rescue" was repeated again, and the remaining half of the word was stuck with the body.
Kraft sensed something and caught up with him the moment he called for help and slowed down.
There are no fangs or teeth, no muscles and bones, just something invisible, as gentle as the breeze, delivering "waves" to the victims who see hope.
The expression of surprise twitched unnaturally, and the limbs suddenly became weak, as if they had suddenly become aware of themselves and joined in a fast-paced and unusually high-frequency dance—Craft called it a spasm.
Red spots swelled and raised as densely as pores. After a few seconds, the redness flooded every inch of the skin within the visible range.
My mental state has not been very good recently and I am taking sertraline. I hope I can get these things sorted out as soon as possible.