Chapter 670 Second Update

"Guards, this is not right."

Shao Yuan gasped in pain, his head seemed to split open, the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked a bit scary in the dim light. At first, it was a slight throbbing pain, like a stiff neck, or a headache after excessive concentration and tension. But the severe pain that developed from it was definitely not just an ordinary one.

"I suspect it's not just my problem, it's this ice cave..."

Shao Yuan smiled bitterly, full of worry. They had walked less than a hundred meters and they had a headache. Shao Yuan was very tolerant of pain, but this severe pain almost made him faint. It seems that after collecting the blue ice, if he wants to leave the ice cave, he may have to find the source of the problem and solve it. But apart from worry, Shao Yuan was not panicked. After all, the devil merchant's words before entering the ice cave, "The head will be like a smashed watermelon, red and green", have made the travelers suspect that in the ice cave, there will be some dangers of pollution/parasitism/affecting the brain.

Shao Yuan was worried that he hadn't noticed anything unusual along the way. What was secretly corroding his head? Was it the damp mist in the ice cave? Was it the broken ice dust from falling from a high altitude and hitting the safety helmet? Was it some kind of mental pollution? Or something else? Why did that thing prevent them from leaving the ice cave, and what was its ultimate purpose?

However, his headache was so severe that he could hardly think normally.

"You go back, I'll explore further."

An Xuefeng said in a deep voice, lowering his eyes. His face was extremely pale, and he could be called bloodless. He looked like he was enduring the pain very hard, and he spoke briefly, but in fact only An Xuefeng himself knew that his current body did not feel any pain.

This characteristic certainly has both advantages and disadvantages. This is the limit of Shao Yuan's pain tolerance, and it is probably closer to the limit of the human body at the same level of strength as him. Pain usually means that the body is being damaged, and severe pain usually means the limit. The human body's protection mechanism is here, and when the pain reaches the extreme, it will faint.

An Xuefeng knew that although he could not feel pain, his brain or body was very likely to be seriously polluted or damaged. Without the warning of pain, he would very likely die suddenly... But could his body really be considered a living person? Soaked in ice water and eroded by fog, An Xuefeng could already vaguely feel the stickiness on the surface of his body, as if it was covered with a thin layer of mud.

He also realized that his memory was fuzzy in some places and clear in others. These chaotic memories were like being turned over by a big hand, and they were not clear, but they also made An Xuefeng clearly know the specialness of this body. Therefore, he was more worried about Bingyi. Was Bingyi's mental and emotional abnormality also caused by the abnormality in the ice cave? After all, Bingyi could not feel pain, and there was no one around him to remind him, and now An Xuefeng could not contact him at all.

"This is too dangerous - hey, guards, be careful!"

Although he was very worried about Wei Xun, Shao Yuan knew that he would be a burden if he continued to hold on, and finally had to return to the tunnel entrance unwillingly. Just as he guessed, the closer he got to the tunnel, the less pain he felt. When he returned to where Betty and the others were, the pain in his head had eased a lot, and only the area near his temple was still throbbing. An Xuefeng had planned to return immediately after sending Shao Yuan back, but plans can never keep up with changes.

When they just returned to the tunnel entrance, they smelled a strong smell of blood, and at the same time, the smell of blood was mixed with a subtle, damp smell. It was like the smell of a jungle after rain, with dead tree trunks and fallen leaves soaked in rain. Betty started, and Roger Miranda and others were busy. This was the second "production", and it should have been more experienced than the first time, but in fact the atmosphere was more solemn. The safety helmets were gathered together, dim like candlelight, shining on Betty's high, bulging and trembling belly, which was actually emitting a layer of greasy light, as if it was covered with a thick layer of grease.

Tong Hege half-knelt beside him, but he held a knife in his hand. When Shao Yuan and his companions came back, they saw Tong Hege cutting, but he couldn't cut open Betty's belly. The blade would slip away every time. The anxious people who saw it were sweating profusely, but they didn't dare to speak, for fear of disturbing him.

"Wei Xun, give me the knife."

Sensing the return of Shao Yuan and 'Wei Xun', Tong Hege, with a solemn face, immediately said without raising his head. Human life was at stake, and An Xuefeng immediately gave him the killing knife without hesitation. With the killing knife of the madman in hand, Tong Hege finally cut open Betty's belly. Several thin and tough branches grew out of his wrist, which opened the incision like a hook, allowing him to cut layer by layer while injecting vitality into Betty's pale face. Tong Hege was a surgery by himself. In addition to needing others to help with lighting, others' intervention would be a hindrance. Taking advantage of this short time, Miranda quickly said: "Betty's 'fetus' died, and a cesarean section should be performed."

How could Betty's fetus die suddenly? An Xuefeng and Shao Yuan immediately thought of the severe headache just now, but Betty clearly did not leave the entrance, and Miranda Roger and the others did not see any other problems. Why did Betty suddenly have a problem? And it also caused the death of the insect pupa in her body? Could it be that the pain source they were "infected" with was more targeted at insects or abyss pollution?

"Huh!"

The smell of blood became stronger and stronger during the brainstorming. At this time, Tong Hege suddenly exhaled a long breath and took out a bloody insect pupa from Betty's cut stomach. It looked a little bigger than the previous pupa, and the blood could not cover up the pattern on the pupa shell. It seemed to be more fully developed than the previous pupa. There was also a short and thick brown flesh tube that looked like an umbilical cord connecting it and Betty, which looked like an umbilical cord.

Tong Hesinger used his knife to completely cut out the umbilical cord flesh tube, put the pupa aside and immediately began to sew Betty to stop the bleeding. From the operation until now, Betty has not made any sound like a groan of pain. Except for her body twitching from time to time, she is like a dead person, and her breathing is weak and seems to be non-existent. It is all thanks to the vitality given to her by Tong He Geshen. Roger has been Accompanying her, holding Betty's hand tightly and calling her name, but Betty only trembled her eyelashes and had no reaction other than that.

"What's going on? Why is this happening all of a sudden?'

After the pupa was taken out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Shao Yuan couldn't help but ask. An Xuefeng looked at the pupa. It was very different from the first pupa. The pupa shell seemed to be better developed. However, compared with the energetic wriggling of the previous pupa, this one was too quiet, motionless and without any life. Connected with Miranda's reference to the 'still fetus', it seems that it had died in Betty's belly before being cut out.

"Betty started having labor pains after you left and was sweating a lot."

Miranda and Lisa were both working on Tong Hege. Betty didn't bleed a lot. What they wiped was mainly the strange and greasy liquid on her body. Lisa raised her chin and said, "Roger noticed something was wrong when he was wiping her sweat." , Betty’s belly is not sweat, but this kind of thing——"

"It's like some kind of parasite that absorbs the energy of the chrysalis to grow, just like... Cordyceps sinensis, you know."

Tong Hege stitched up the wound, but his face was still extremely solemn: "It will absorb the energy of human flesh and blood... but it prefers insect chrysalis. I suspect Betty, no, I am afraid that there is this kind of parasite in each of us."

It's just that the parasites in the human body are still hiding, but compared to the human body, the energy contained in the chrysalis should be particularly suitable for it to absorb. Before the human body mutated, the parasite in Betty's abdomen grew rapidly with the help of pupae and was noticed by others. That's why Tong Hege urgently performed surgery on Betty, otherwise it would continue to absorb human flesh and blood.

Just as Tong Hege said, the dissected chrysalis was quickly becoming shriveled up, while the 'meat tube' was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye. It turned out to be not brown, but dark green. It only looked brown when it was stained with blood. The greasy liquid mixed with flesh and blood gathered in circles to form something in the shape of a fungus cap. In the blink of an eye, the flesh tube stood up against the mucus-like umbrella cap. It looked like a A very disgusting mushroom.

"We felt severe pain as we walked out—"

Shaoyuan immediately thought of this and said urgently. His forehead was buzzing with pain and he couldn't help scratching. Not only him, Miranda and others also started scratching their foreheads with some anxiety. An Xuefeng noticed this and frowned more and more. The mental communication still failed. An Xuefeng quickly drew a mark on the ice with a knife and warned Bingyi not to come here! This parasite comes with bad intentions. In this world, one thing attacks another. No matter how powerful Bingyi's demonic insect butterfly is, it will inevitably remain relatively restrained.

At the same time, An Xuefeng contacted Miao Fangfei through the spiritual heart Gu. After a few words in his mind, he concluded: "Miao Fangfei and the others have no physical abnormalities at the moment. We will go deeper into the ice cave through the tunnel immediately."

Whether there is something that can suppress the parasites deeper in the ice cave, or the activity of the parasites is reduced the deeper they go into the ice cave, they may not be able to stay outside anymore. Everyone else quickly realized the seriousness of the problem, but Roger was anxious and hesitant. Betty was so weak now, how could she pass through the tunnel that was so low that she could only crawl through it?

However, after discovering that Shao Yuan and others couldn't help but scratch the skin on their heads and faces - it looked like ordinary pimples. However, after scratching, a greasy white pulp squeezed out from inside, and very thin stipes vaguely grew out. When he saw that stipes began to appear on the gauze used to wipe Betty's mucus and blood, Roger's face suddenly changed, and he no longer hesitated. He just desperately begged to take Betty to the tunnel with him, and almost knelt down to Wei Xun and the others.

But even if An Xuefeng and others would not abandon their teammates, Betty, who was seriously injured, could not hold on after all.

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When Bingyi led the flame man and the dragon quickly to the depths of the ice cave, and when he was about to reach the entrance of the tunnel, he noticed the mark left by A Feng, and at the same time he saw the area not far ahead, which was densely packed and full of life. green.