In fact, not only the Semites, but also other indigenous tribes living on Death Mountain have such an ancient method handed down. When a strong warrior in the clan suffers from an incurable injury, the witch doctor in the clan will ask the elderly clansman to contribute and feed the wounded warrior with their flesh and blood. In the words of the witch doctor, it is a chance for soldiers to get the blessing of their ancestors from the flesh and blood of their compatriots, thus gaining a chance to be reborn.
But such a method is not a hundred-test, on the contrary, the success rate is very low. But there will always be one or two people who escaped the arms of death because of this ancient method, so it has been passed down.
Under Gunath's teaching, Atesa knew that it had nothing to do with the tribe's ancestors. It just uses the cells, genes and even fibers in the same kind of flesh and blood to repair its own injuries. In the turbulent age, even ordinary people's genes are different from those of the old age. Their cells are more active, and under the guidance of a strong will to survive, it is not impossible to swallow similar cells and genes to repair themselves.
At least, mutant beasts in the wilderness often use this method. Even, they are more used to evolve themselves.
It's just that even the same kind is fine. Not to mention cells or genes, even the most basic blood can produce rejection, so out of a hundred people using this method, only a few or three can survive.
But if the target is a superhuman, then the success rate of this method will be greatly improved. The more powerful the supernatural beings, the more aggressive their cell tissues are. This is the basic guarantee for them to survive in turbulent times and live better. For them, the flesh and blood of mutant beasts can even help them repair their injuries, let alone their own compatriots.
The difference is that if you use the flesh and blood of mutant beasts to repair yourself, you may be affected by the genes of different mutant beasts, thus forming different mutant organizations.
Now, Zero is unconscious and his injuries are getting worse. If even the supernatural being can't suppress his injury, then advanced medicine and technology are needed to heal him. But on Death Ridge, there were neither of these, so Atesa only thought of this method.
The black girl suddenly pulled out the military dagger from the side of Zero's leg, which startled Moni.
"What do you want to do?" Moni thought Atesa was trying to harm Zero, so the girl raised her pistol and aimed it at Atesa.
Her worries were not superfluous. During the dark days of living in Fury Reef City, Mo Ni had seen many cases of people who were useless being secretly executed by her own compatriots. And all of this is just to save resources as much as possible.
Atesa didn't even look at Moni's gun, she said, "Don't point the gun at me, I just want to save him."
The black girl quickly said all the methods she knew, and began to grope her calf with her hands, but it was Atesa who planned to feed Zero with her own flesh. Moni didn't think she was joking. When Atesa suddenly raised the dagger, Moni rushed forward and grabbed Atesa with her own hands.
"What are you doing?" Atesa said impatiently, the black girl didn't like her identity as an outsider. But firstly, Ling had saved her, and secondly, she had to rely on Ling to find and kill the murderer who destroyed the village. So, she decided to do it.
Mo Ni shook her head and said, "If you can save Zero with this method, then... use mine!"
Atesa was slightly surprised, Moni's little face was filled with fear and hesitation, but in the end it was replaced by firmness.
"Are you kidding me?" Atesa asked.
Mo Ni took the dagger from her hand and whispered: "I'm serious. You don't know what kind of world I lived in before. It was Zero who pulled me out of that world. He gave me a new life." Opportunity. I keep trying to give him something in return, but he keeps saying no. Now he shouldn't be able to say no, which is good."
Atesa did not expect that Mo Ni, who seemed young, had a mature tone like an adult at the moment.
"Is it okay to use the meat here?" Mo Ni pulled up her trousers, exposing her calves.
"Actually, you don't have to..."
"No!" Mo Ni interrupted Atesa, and said firmly: "I have been dragging Zero, and now I can finally do something for him. This is my price! Besides, you want revenge, don't you?" ? So it's best to let me do this!"
Mo Ni raised the dagger and was about to stab it. But Atesa pressed her hand, and the black girl said softly: "Let me come, so that you can avoid this pain."
After a while, Mo Ni let out a suppressed cry of pain from the small wetland.
When the setting sun was about to sink into the horizon, the thick radiation cloud cracked a winding opening, as if it had been cut by the sword of the god, letting the blood-like sunlight pour down.
The desperately red light made Zero's eyes feel uncomfortable. When he moved his fingers, the signal that usually arrived in a flash seemed to come from a distant place. After almost 1 second, it was received by Zero's brain.
For Zero, 1 second is already a long time.
Slowly, like a rusty machine moving again, he slowly opened his eyes.
Zero could feel that the injury on his back had healed. And when his physical strength was approaching, he still used the state of rampage to almost squeeze out all the energy in his cells. Before he fell into a coma, he had already faintly felt that his genes had a tendency to collapse. But now, his genes have stabilized, and there is an inexplicable vitality in his body.
It was this vitality that stabilized his genes that were on the verge of collapse.
He pressed his hands to the ground, propped himself up from the sand and sat up straight.
Behind Zero is the exit of Death Canyon, and below him is a downhill land. Not far away, he saw the Lamassen River reddened by the setting sun.
Seen from here, the straight-line distance should be about two thousand meters. But if you calculate the downhill, then pass through a dense forest, and then follow the river bank to reach the downstream, the distance will not be less than one hundred kilometers.
"you're awake?"
Atesa's voice came, and Zero looked towards the source of the sound. The black girl came back with a small animal. She threw the little beast to the ground, only to realize that it was a mutated rabbit. Atesa skillfully dismembered and skinned the big rabbit with the dagger she took from Rena. But she occasionally looked at Zero, but there was such a trace of fear.
The black girl couldn't forget how horrible it was when Zero ate the piece of flesh cut off Monnie's calf.
Zero, who was already in a coma, first trembled slightly when he touched the blood on his flesh. Then, Zero opened his eyes, but Atesa could swear that they were definitely not human eyes. More, like animal pupils.
In fact, Zero also ate the bloody piece of meat in a beastly way. Zero fell into a coma again after swallowing even a little bit of meat without wasting it, but Atesa will never forget the terrifying appearance of Zero's hair standing on end and muscle fibers all over his body moving as if alive .
Fortunately, Mo Ni had passed out before that, otherwise she would have been terrified.