The old man's emaciated face was extremely shriveled, like a dead tree that had lost its vitality and was full of cracks. The skin on his face exploded in the shape of fish scales, and many hard shells that looked like mutated cuticles appeared.
It can be seen from the cracks in the hard shell of the blasted cuticle that some kind of "plant" seems to be growing in its body, and the mutations on the surface of the skin are also because the branches and tentacles of those plants grow outwards, stiff Lift up the skin...
The eyes turned into a pair of blood-colored holes covered with weeds and dead branches, and the nasal cavity fell into a state of severe festering. The flesh and blood had rotted away without a trace, and most of the bones were self-dissolved, and the curve of the bridge of the nose could not be seen at all.
This is not a face that a human being should have.
"Could it be that my induction is wrong?" Chen Xian pulled out the blade from the old man's neck, stepped back almost instinctively, and distanced himself from him as fast as he could. How can a person's vital signs look like this?"
The vital signs of abnormal humanoid life forms are different from those of living humans. No matter how similar they are, some fundamental things cannot be changed or concealed, such as the most basic ones, the rhythm of breathing, the frequency of heartbeat, and even the blood flow rate that can be sensed at close range. … These are all important factors that distinguish a living person from an abnormal life.
Prior to this, Chen Xian had carefully sensed the old man when he was close to him, and he had also confirmed that the old man had normal human vital signs, not abnormal life, so he dared to directly slash at him...
"Hey... are you coming to grab the land of longevity with me..."
The old man laughed strangely, the fish scales and dead skin accumulated on his face were crowded together, looking like an enlarged version of a toad. When he grinned and smiled, Chen Xian also found that the teeth in his mouth It's all gone, and the tongue is gone, the mouth is empty like a bottomless black hole, and it can speak so clearly without a tongue... It really can't be regarded as a human being.
"Land of Eternal Life?"
Chen Xian noticed this key word, and couldn't help but look around for a while, only to find that there was a rune array with a diameter of about two meters under the old man's feet, and the position where he sat cross-legged just happened to be the center of the array. area, and it is very likely that it is the eye of the array!
But at this moment, Chen Xian suddenly discovered another thing, and he couldn't help turning his attention away from the formation on the ground, and turned his gaze to the pool not far away.
The smell of traditional Chinese medicine that wafted in the air before was actually emitted by this pool of water.
The pool was filled with viscous, oily black liquid. Chen Xian was very familiar with this strange black water, because he saw it in the underground cave during the mission operation of the Wushan Mental Hospital not long ago. After passing this kind of thing, and lying in a device similar to a nutrition cabin, it was soaked in these liquids for a long time.
"Why is there black water here..." Chen Xian's eyes widened, and the previous calm expression was no longer visible, replaced by a kind of extreme shock.
After the task in the mental hospital was over, Chen Xian also analyzed many doubts about the case, such as what the black water was, and combined with the clues found in the underground cave (or laboratory), Chen Xian probably analyzed that the The reason why black water is called nutrient solution by the behind-the-scenes organization of the mental hospital is because they are some kind of liquid that can provide human nutrition and have special functions, and judging from the pipes extending underground... the properties of those liquids should be very special.
According to Fatty Huo, there is a closed underground space deeper in the underground cave, where there is also a pool, and the pipes extending from the cave are interspersed in that pool, maybe they are used to extract the black water. facility.
As for whether those liquids are man-made, Chen Xian has not yet found the answer to this question.
Assuming that those liquids are man-made, then this disaster...will it be related to the behind-the-scenes organization
If those liquids are not man-made, then what is this pool of black water I see now? It can't be naturally formed like those nutrient solutions, can it? Or are they just similar in appearance and smell, but are actually two completely different things
Whether they are the same thing or not, Chen Xian can't come to a definite conclusion, but as far as the feeling alone is concerned, they should be exactly the same... Whether it's the state, the smell, or the color, the degree of reflection, etc., all these details There is almost no difference in comparison.
But if they are really the same thing, will this case be related to the last one? Something to do with the organization lurking behind the mental hospital
"Land of Eternal Life... belongs to me alone..." the old man said hoarsely, as if he had lost his sanity. When he spoke, Chen Xian felt nervous all over his body, "It belongs to me alone..."
Chen Xian didn't dare to think about it any more, and rushed forward again with the meat saw knife in his hand, aiming his head and face at the old man's throat.
This knife caused very limited damage to it, not even as good as the knife that sneaked up on it before.
The knife can't cut into the old man's throat at most two centimeters deep, and it will be very difficult to continue cutting afterwards, at least Chen Xian can't do it, because there are obstacles.
The old man seemed to be in a fighting state. He directly held the back of the meat saw knife with his hand, and slowly stood up from the ground. During this process, Chen Xian also found that something was wrong with it. is much more serious.
The old man's legs were covered by many fine and dense bamboo branches. Those bamboo branches were like some kind of parasites that were hard to get rid of. They were tightly entwined around his thighs. With a pungent bloody smell.
"Give it a go..." Chen Xian gritted his teeth and launched a third attack, and this time he also gave up his plan to attack the old man's neck and throat, instead he lowered the blade and pointed it straight at the old man's waist before provoking the tip Cut over.
This time, the meat saw cut into his flesh at least ten centimeters deep. After the skin of the abdominal cavity was cut open by the saw teeth, the internal organs that had already been corrupted rushed out, and they continued to flow out along the long and thin wound. It surged and flowed all over the ground, and the bloody smell in the cave became more and more pungent for a while.
Seeing that the attack was effective, Chen Xian didn't dare to think too much, and hurriedly took advantage of the victory to pursue it.
Under his steady attack frequency, the old man's waist continued to suffer heavy injuries. After the internal organs were gone, there was nothing else in the abdominal cavity, and only the orange-yellow oily liquid continuously flowed out. Perhaps it was the blood of this abnormal life.
Accompanied by the fine and rhythmic collision sound, the old man's waist gradually became the hardest hit area in the battle, and Chen Xian only fought around this place, "peeling" for him abruptly like peeling an apple. There was a layer of skin and flesh.
As Chen Xian's hand raised and lowered the knife, the old man's movements became bigger and bigger, and he even started walking towards Chen Xian. He didn't care about the changes in his body at all, and walked slowly to Chen Xian's side step by step. Just think about killing him.
"Are you conscious?" Chen Xian asked calmly, then bent down to avoid the fist that the old man swung, and continued to ask unhurriedly, "Are you still conscious?"
The old man didn't seem to hear what Chen Xian said, and he still attacked him on his own, and the speed of his attacks became faster and faster. Within half a minute of the two sides fighting, Chen Xian couldn't hold it anymore. "Perpetual motion machine" is an extremely weird and abnormal life.
At this time, the movements of both sides' shots and closing hands are very fast, and the nerve reaction speed is far faster than that of ordinary aliens. Even if the opponent's fist has reached ten centimeters in front of the eyes, both sides can still avoid the opponent's attack, and even appear to be Some are more than capable.
After fighting for several minutes, Chen Xian suddenly discovered that this old man had some similarities with himself, and the injuries on his limbs could be ignored, even if the flesh and blood on his waist were scraped off by Chen Xian, it was the same He could stand up straight with the help of his spine, constantly looking for opportunities to attack Chen Xian.
When Chen Xian found an opportunity to make the eighth cut, the old man also stopped all his movements in an instant, like a robot that had suddenly crashed, and started to stand in a daze without making a sound.
Chen Xian didn't care about this change, and was still trying his best to find an opportunity to take the initiative to attack, but at this moment, a piece of bamboo as thick as a thumb suddenly drilled out of the old man's abdominal cavity, and before Chen Xian had time to react, the piece of bamboo popped out. It rushed out like a spear, and directly pierced Chen Xian's heart.
"What the hell are you..." Chen Xian hurriedly backed away, pulling the bamboo piece away from himself, his right hand tightly covering the wound, his face a little ugly, "What is this pool of black water for... tell me… "
The old man grinned, and the eyeballs made of weeds and dead branches rolled around a few times, making a constant buzzing sound, which made one's hair stand on end.
"Eternal Life... This is mine... It's mine!"