Chapter 20 EL Protozoa
Seeing the monster's corpse falling heavily to the ground, everyone's heart that was originally hanging finally fell. Ye Su took a bayonet from his teammates and jumped onto the monster's bloody corpse, then stabbed the knife into the ball of red meat and stirred it hard.
"Are you okay?" Mo Shang Lijiang ran to Jiang Li's side as soon as possible, pulled his arm with a worried look on his face, checked around, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Jiang Li was not injured.
"He seems to be destroying the monster's brain... It seems that not only radiation, but the reason why these creatures become like this is actually because they are infected?" Rong Yu said in a low voice.
Jiang Li didn't say anything, he always stared at the other party's every move.
"Then...what is that!" At this moment, the fish against the current suddenly exclaimed in a low voice. A soft creature slowly wriggled and covered with blood and brain matter appeared on the shaky knife. The thing looked like a worm, but the surface was covered with fuzz. If you look closely, you will find that the slender fuzz is like barbs, which can be entrenched tightly in the organism's body.
At this time, the insect was wrapped around Ye Su's bayonet, and part of it remained in the monster's brain. At first glance, it looked like the large intestine being pulled out of the body. When the others present saw this, they frowned. Jiang Li roughly estimated that the size of the insect should be two meters or even longer! Could it be that this is the culprit that caused the monster's mutation?
On the other side, Ye Su raised his knife and pulled out the dagger at his waist, chopping the disgusting insect into two pieces. The half-soft body fell to the ground, struggled for more than ten seconds, and soon lost his anger.
"May I ask, is Captain Ye killing a parasite?" At this time, Jiang Li looked at a soldier standing near him and couldn't help asking. The soldier looked at him with some fatigue. After the battle just now, he didn't want to talk nonsense with the scavengers, but remembered that the young man had just joined the battle and did not just run around like others, so he couldn't help but feel good about him and patiently answered his doubts.
"Unlike the virus that infects zombies, this parasite is called Eternal life, that is, eternal life. Generally, we call it EL protozoa." Next, the soldiers' words also made Jiang Li and others realize that the crisis faced by this world is much more severe than they imagined at the beginning.
Any object that is alive and can move independently will be infected, among which animals are the most common.
After EL protozoa parasitizes in the host, it will not mutate the host in the short term, and will slowly erode the host's body after a period of time. This cycle is generally fifteen days or even longer, and when EL protozoa matures, it will completely occupy the host's body.
After being infected, EL protozoa can recombinate cells, causing the host's body shape to change, and some biological structures will also mutate or even fuse, such as the hard shell of a spider and the venom of a giant lizard...
What's even more difficult is that after the host body is attacked by a huge amount or even after being shot in the head, the EL protozoa will not die. If you are not careful, they will flow out of the host's neck or back and find a new host again. The more advanced protozoa will even undergo richer mutations.
However, these were heard from some other camps a long time ago. So far, they have not encountered more advanced variants, and the camp where the news was reported has long been destroyed, so the reliability of the news still needs to be investigated.
"This type of parasitic beast is quite rare. The last time it appeared was a few years ago. But no one could have imagined how two people appeared in the first safe zone at the same time. Is this a coincidence, or is the above operation really..." The soldier showed deep doubts in his eyes. After blurting out, he seemed to have thought of something and changed the subject in panic: "You go and check the situation of other injured people and don't run around. By the way, these two guns must be handed over. According to regulations, untrained scavengers cannot fight with guns without authorization."
"Okay." Jiang Li cooperated and handed over the weapon in his hand. Seeing that he seemed to have other plans, Magic Seven said nothing, and handed over the gun he picked up like him.
On the other side, wailing and sobs gradually sounded among the crowd. Looking at the wounded and corpses on the ground, a hint of sadness also appeared between Ye Su's eyebrows.
Aina staggered and climbed down from the advertising light box. If she hadn't helped her with her teammates, she would have almost fallen.
She slowly walked to the dead body of the player before, her hands trembling, completely losing the decisiveness and determination of the previous battle. Looking at the corpse on the ground, the expression on Aina's face became dazed. She still clearly remembers that five years ago, her fiancé died at the feet of the monster in order to save people...
Tears gradually blurred her vision. Aina thought that time would heal her inner pain. The beloved had been away for so long and not even a complete body was left. Sometimes, she almost forgot what the other person looked like.
However, when the same scene was staged in front of oneself again, the despair and fear at that time, the heart-wrenching pain when losing one's lover once again occupied his heart.
A pair of solid and rough palms gently placed on her shoulders. This familiar feeling made her recall the days of fighting with Han Fei again. She raised her head with tears in her eyes, but she was no longer the warm smile of the past, but another firm face.
"It's okay." Ye Su patted her on the shoulder, trying to say something, but he stopped talking.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I just didn't expect that there would be attacks in the safe area. Either the information was incorrect or something was hidden from the top." Aina adjusted her breathing, and the fragile and injured expression on her face disappeared in an instant.
"It should be an intelligence error." Ye Su said firmly: "I believe the superiors will not joke about everyone's lives."
"But haven't you heard anyone? The high-level organizations in the camp seem to be studying that behind everyone's back..."
"It's just a rumor. As soldiers, this is not what we should care about."
Aina wanted to refute it, but sighed and took back the words to her lips. She knew the other party's temper and temperament. Ye Su was good at everywhere, but sometimes she was too old-fashioned and had a stubborn personality.
She looked at Ye Su and said softly: "Your wound needs to be bandaged."
"I'll just deal with the minor injuries myself." Ye Su's face did not change much. He looked at the other people lying on the ground not far away and said to Aina: "You go and help first, and then count the number of casualties."
"Yes." The other party nodded, then turned around and left.
Looking at her leaving behind, the man's originally cold expression finally showed a touch: Five years ago, when the first generation of mutant beasts appeared, in that battle, his close friend, Aina's fiancé Han Fei, died in the hands of the monster in order to save him.
Now... even if he fights his life, he must protect Aina.
"Those things seem to have begun to evolve again." Ye Su frowned, covering the wound on his abdomen, and the dark red blood had already stained half of his legs. In the battle just now, he did not escape unscathed.
He understood that the difficulty of the next action was far beyond his previous estimate. However, Ye Su deeply understood the importance of this action, and the final hope of the camp was all in their team. Now, there is no way to go back.
"Sorry, your sacrifice is for the survival of more people."
Chapter completed!