Maybe it was because it was the first time I swallowed a hard object the size of a ping-pong ball.
Perhaps because what happens next will determine life or death,
Perhaps it is the sensory enhancement brought by the small meatballs,
Yi Chenyu could actually clearly feel the digestive reaction taking place in his stomach.
The embryo-like round surface of the crystal is constantly bubbling and decomposing under the erosion of stomach acid... The digested surface is transformed into nutrients and absorbed by the stomach.
Eventually, the diseased material in the crystal core is exposed.
A "green strip" between a roundworm and a root
It enters the intestines through the stomach, and is eventually broken down and absorbed by digestive enzymes, bile, etc. in the intestines, and flows into the blood circulation.
In an instant,
The blood all over Yi Chen's body showed fluorescent green.
The structure of the blood vessel wall is actually undergoing a "secondary growth" that is unique to plants, a kind of nested combination similar to the plant vascular bundles between blood vessels.
The whole process is extremely painful, as if the blood vessels are being torn apart from other body tissues.
It was far more severe than the pain from the previous penetration and extraction of the sole of the foot.
Just when my consciousness was about to be washed away by the pain,
The diseased essence mixed in the blood officially flowed into the depths of his brain, bringing his thoughts to a strange memory of the past.
This is an intermittent signal memory stored between plant cells.
With the help of Yi Chen's brain, it is integrated and processed, and finally put into the memory area for "personal experience".
You can experience the whole process of a tree from seed germination, seedling growth to trunk formation.
Experience the subtle feeling of the roots growing underground, sucking water from deep in the soil, and forming a symbiotic structure with the bacteria in the soil.
Feel the unique photosynthesis between plant cells and breathe the carbon dioxide in the air.
It undergoes phased transformations - primary growth and secondary growth, establishes a complete and sound plant system, and becomes a silent guardian of the cemetery.
Until it is finally infected by an unknown pathogen and transformed into a zombie through mimicry.
What Yi Chen himself didn't know was that in the process of reading this plant memory,
The real body in the operating room is undergoing strange changes.
Newly sprouted green stems grow between the pores and emerge along the cuffs, collars or waistbands.
The mouth, nostrils and ear canals all have creeping hyphae.
The boy with wide-open eyes was dyed green and kept scaling larger and smaller.
I don't know how long this situation lasted.
When the memory reading ends and thoughts return to reality,
"Did I survive?"
Yi Chen quickly checked his entire body, and did not find any bark or branch structures (they had long been retracted into the body)... His body was still the same as before, but he vaguely felt that his physical fitness seemed to have improved a little.
Mr. Wilbert, the manager of the cemetery, showed a satisfied smile.
"I knew you could do it."
He seemed to expect Yi Chen to survive
Serving pre-prepared, unprocessed vegetarian food,
When Yi Chen saw these vegetables,
It was as if he was a homeless man seeing delicious delicacies. He ate with relish without caring about his image and ate five or six kilograms of vegetarian food.
During eating,
The wounds caused by the previous fight with the zombies were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the villous sutures provided by the small flesh balls were also covered by new flesh.
Yi Chen muttered: "Something has happened to my body...
The manager explained, "Yes, you have perfectly accepted the "pathological characteristics" of the crystals. You need to figure out on your own what specific changes will happen to your body.
Once you become a full member of the organization, you will be able to search for this feature in detail."
Saying,
The manager took out a special metal business card from his pocket, which was entirely silver.
The G&D logo is printed on the back.
The word Seven-Day is printed on the front in a flowing, streamlined italic font, representing the current Seven Days Cemetery.
While handing over the card, he said:
“Since you have fulfilled the ‘requirement’, the little guy on your shoulder also belongs to you.
It should be noted that if someone asks about the origins of this little guy, you can choose to ignore it.
Just show this business card when necessary, it can save you a lot of trouble.
The world is sick,
Even healthy creatures will become suspicious by nature and travel alone to avoid trouble as much as possible."
"Thanks."
Just as Yi Chen took the card, Wilbert suddenly thought of an important question.
"I seem to have started to guide you to join the organization without even asking for your own will.
Let's start over... Do you want to be part of the organization
If you are not very willing or are reluctant to work, you can continue to work in the cemetery. You will receive a generous salary when the contract expires."
Yi Chen answered without any hesitation:
“I want to see the outside world.”
"very good.
Tomorrow at 12 noon, head to the east exit of the town.
Show your business card to the groom and he will take you to the area related to the organization."
As he spoke, the manager threw over a small linen bag filled with coins.
“These are your unpaid wages for the past few months and the special bonus for this incident.
Since your overalls were damaged in combat,
Before you leave, remember to visit the most upscale clothing store in the town of Yinston... Show your business card to the owner and she will make you a set of high-quality clothes that suit your status.
The organization has certain requirements for a person's dress and appearance.
Don't throw away the gentlemanly manners you learned in the orphanage... Elegant habits can effectively isolate the influence of disease on the mind. "
"I see. Um..."
Yi Chen looked at the silver-plated hand axe in his hand with some reluctance. The workmanship of this axe and the disease-curing effect brought by the silver were both quite good.
The manager waved his hand.
"Take this basic weapon made by the organization's craftsmen and the specially made long-lasting kerosene lamp with you. The journey to the organization will not be smooth sailing, so light sources and sharp weapons are essential."
"Thanks."
There was not much time left until the next morning.
After saying goodbye, Yi Chen returned to the cabin to sleep and rest.
Until the thin sunlight penetrates into the cemetery through the layers of mist and the narrow gaps between the branches and leaves.
The young man, with a kerosene lamp and a hatchet on his waist, bowed deeply to Cemetery No. 7 and left...
Corresponding.
The entrance to Cemetery No. 7.
The cemetery manager, Wilbert, looked at the young man's receding figure with his crow-like eyes, penetrating the buildings and trees in the cemetery, with the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.
It seemed that he was extremely reluctant to part with a certain 'item' that was taken away by the young man.
It is not the high-quality crystal taken from the corpse.
Instead, it is an important product in the cemetery, a small ball of flesh stuck to Yi Chen's shoulder.
“I don’t know if such an expensive investment is worth it.
The "mature conscious entity" in the nameless cemetery hasn't appeared for hundreds of years, right
It just so happened that a potential person who could kill zombies and accept crystals appeared at the same time.
Coincidence? Or some kind of synchronicity
Never mind... just treat it as a gamble."
During the conversation with Yi Chen yesterday, the manager deliberately did not elaborate on this little ball of flesh, but simply referred to it as a "pet" and a "cemetery product."
What Yi Chen didn't know was,
The division of cemeteries not only corresponds to the differences in corpse form, rule management, and tombstone types.
The order from 1 to 6 also has important significance.
As the serial numbers increase, the cycle of the cemetery producing the corresponding "products" will increase significantly, and the complexity and danger of the corpses buried therein will also increase step by step.
That is to say,
The most dangerous are those nameless and strange corpses buried in Cemetery No. 6, with no names and unknown origins.