Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

As the clothes on the belly of the floating corpse were cut open, Wu Liang carefully looked inside while keeping a distance.

However, the three fishermen subconsciously took a few steps back. It is impossible for them to not have a little curiosity in their hearts, but in the end, the fear of the unknown prevailed.

Under such circumstances, Wu Liang first saw some pink tubes that were intertwined.

intestines?

The first thing Wu Liang thought of was the intestines. This floating corpse had rotted so much that the flesh on his face had already begun to fall off, so naturally the flesh on his stomach would not be much better, so the intestines would naturally be exposed...

But this idea was quickly rejected by Wu Liang.

Although this pink tubular substance is similar in thickness and color to human intestines, don't forget that this is a severely decomposed corpse, and as one of the organs with the most bacteria in the human body, human beings usually die after death. The intestines and stomachs are the first to rot, so at this stage, it may be difficult to leave such intact and fresh intestines.

Also.

Although the appearance of the intestines should be pink under normal circumstances, in fact, in addition to the color of the tissue itself, it also has a lot to do with the blood vessels that shuttle through the tissue, and the blood of the dead body has long been coagulated, and the intestines, this body The floating corpse has been soaked in water for countless days, and based on this alone, it is absolutely impossible to keep such a vivid color!
What's more, how could the intestines of a dead body move?

But Wu Liang and the others saw with their own eyes something stirring under the clothing of this floating corpse!

"Dian Wei, open the hole wider."

In order to prevent any accidents, Wu Liang had already held the vajra umbrella in his hand, and then nodded to Dian Wei.

"Ah."

Dian Wei made a nasal sound, changed the direction of his wrist slightly, and cut a horizontal line on the clothes of the floating corpse, and then picked all the cloth pieces to the side with his hand halberd, so that the entire abdominal cavity of the floating corpse was completely presented in Wu In front of Liang.

Also this moment.

"Fuck?"

Wu Liang felt his scalp go numb for a moment, and even his back molars felt a little weak.

I saw that the entire abdominal cavity of this floating corpse was filled with such pink tubes. These tubes were densely packed and intricately crowded together, and the few exposed ends were still twisting slightly and slowly, forming a pair of tubes. A frightening picture that can be called the "ultimate welfare" for patients with trypophobia.

Wu Liang couldn't help but think of the "giant gnat" back then, but this picture is even more terrifying compared to the "giant gnat" at the beginning, because these pink tubes were born directly on a human corpse. Above, based on the "uncanny valley effect", things that are directly related to the human body will undoubtedly have a stronger impact on people.

"Young master, be careful..."

Dian Wei also pursed his lips unconsciously, completely looking as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

"Master, son, what are those things, are they all snakes?"

Seeing this scene, the three fishermen immediately took several steps back. One of them couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and finally asked with a trembling voice.

"do not know."

Wu Liang shook his head, his brows were already furrowed. …

These tubes should not look like snakes, because they don't have the scales on the snake's side, but judging from the way and degree of their twisting, they are more like molluscs like leeches or earthworms.

Speaking of which, this color is indeed somewhat similar to Earthworm.

Leeches, on the other hand, do have bloodthirsty habits and are quite interested in human blood.

But as far as Wu Liang knows, it seems that even in ancient times, there did not exist such sized leeches or earthworms...

So ponder for a moment.

Wu Liang turned to the three fishermen and asked: "I have lived here for many years and salvaged so many corpses. Your ancestors never mentioned anything like this, and have you never seen such a thing?"

"No."

The three fishermen shook their heads like rattles.

"That's weird."

Wu Liang thought to himself, "This era is not as convenient as later generations, so there is no problem of alien invasion. If this kind of thing is regarded as a normal creature in nature, it must be a native species, but if it is a native species species, how could these fishermen have never seen it?"

"Master, son, this thing grows on the corpse. Could it be an evil thing transformed by the corpse's deep resentment, just like the 'water monkey' that dragged the big dog into the water?"

A fisherman's face turned pale, but he still managed to speak out his guess.

When another fisherman heard these words, his face immediately wrinkled into a bitter gourd, and he said worriedly: "If so, there are 'water monkeys' in the Yellow River, and now there is such a kind of monkey that I don't know how to harm people." How can we continue to fish and live here, I'm afraid we can only find another way of life..."

"..."

Wu Liang didn't express any opinion on the fisherman's speculation, but just silently observed the strange things filled with the abdominal cavity of floating corpses.

Soon he discovered some other details.

The few exposed ends of those pink tubes should not be their heads, but their tails, because there are no suspected eyes, mouths, or gills on them.

And on their surface, Wu Liang also found a layer of extremely fine fluff-like things.

Wu Liang can be regarded as a knowledgeable person, but he can't think of any aquatic organisms that can grow such fluff, and these fluff don't seem to be in a static state...

"Wow!"

The vajra umbrella was opened immediately. In order to see more carefully, Wu Liang tried his best to protect most parts of his body with the vajra umbrella, and approached the floating corpse cautiously.

Seeing this, Dian Wei followed immediately, and also hid behind the vajra umbrella holding a halberd to guard against any possible unexpected changes.

When so close enough.

Wu Liang was finally sure that he had read correctly before, and that these "fluff" were indeed moving!

Those are some small tentacles with a diameter of only about 1 mm and a length of about 2 cm. The twisting amplitude and frequency of these small tentacles are obviously greater than those of the main body. Even if they have left the water, they seem to be under the current The drive is generally swaying.

"Damn, what the hell is this?"...

At this moment, Wu Liang was more and more confused.

Until now, except for the appearance, he still doesn't know anything about this creepy thing. Even the appearance has only seen part of it, and he hasn't seen its complete form.

Under such circumstances, it is definitely impossible to bury this thing in such a sloppy manner. He must find a way to separate it from the corpse and conduct more detailed observation and research.

"Big brothers, please go back and help me call a person named Yu Ji and a person named Zhen Mi."

Thinking so, Wu Liang raised his head and said to the three fishermen.

Yu Ji and Zhen Mi are the most knowledgeable people in the Huan army besides Wu Liang, and their knowledge in some aspects is still higher than that of Wu Liang. They may not know what Wu Liang doesn't know.

"okay!"

The three fishermen couldn't wait for their wish, so they responded quickly and ran away quickly.

"Dian Wei, you are fighting for me."

Wu Liang already had his own plan in mind, and immediately gave Dian Wei a word, then turned around and picked up the hoes used by a few fishermen to dig pits, and carefully stretched them towards the pink tubular object in the abdominal cavity of the floating corpse.

Soon the hoe was already in front of those pink tubes, and it only needed to move down a few centimeters to make contact with them.

At this time, Wu Liang deliberately paused.

He wanted to test whether these pink tubes were aggressive, so he deliberately shook the hoe a few times in the air, trying to attract the opponent's attention.

Sure enough, the pink tube had some reaction.

I saw that the "fluff" on its surface had changed its swaying direction, but they were not pointing at the hoe, but pointing in other directions separately as if avoiding the hoe.

"Not only didn't take the initiative to attack, but also tried to avoid it?"

Wu Liang concentrated.

This kind of reaction does not mean that this thing is not actively aggressive, it only means that he has no interest in hoes, and may even be a little disgusted. If it is changed to the same flesh and blood as the floating corpse, the situation may be different.

However, this also gave Wu Liang some confidence, so he could use the hoe to make further explorations.

So Wu Liang finally made the hoe continue to sink, inserted the iron shovel in front of the hoe into the gap between the pink tubes little by little, and then hooked one of them and slowly pulled it back.

During this process, the pink tube didn't react violently, just letting Wu Liang do whatever he wanted like a soft sausage.

Soon after.

Wu Liang finally separated a pink tube from the large group of tubes.

It's a pity that its other end buried in the abdominal cavity of the floating corpse did not come off because of this, as if it was fixed inside in some special way... Wu Liang suspected that it was its mouth, most likely it was like a leech or a lamprey The mouth is either firmly sucking on the floating corpse, or firmly biting on the floating corpse.

Judging from the parts that have been separated, this thing should be about half a meter long, with uniform thickness from top to bottom, and it should be a soft-bodied creature without a spine.

Besides.

The layer of "fluff" on the surface of this thing seems to be very sensitive, but its body is not so sensitive, otherwise it would definitely not be reacted by Wu Liang in such a way. , slugs or lampreys. …

Under such a test.

Wu Liang also became a little more courageous.

This time, he directly used the hoe to press down on the separated individual, and then used some strength to try to tear it off the floating corpse.

"hiss……"

There should be a layer of mucus unique to underwater creatures distributed on the surface of this thing. This attempt was unsuccessful, but some "fluff" on its surface was scraped off.

These "fluff" were separated from the main body, and immediately writhed like a severed earthworm, as if they finally felt the "pain".

However, the body of this thing is still indifferent, only the end of the tail shakes unconsciously.

"This……"

Wu Liang felt that he could try harder, and if he couldn't pull it off, he could cut off its main body for further research.

And right now.

"My lord, be careful of these little tentacles!"

For some reason, Dian Wei raised his halberd suddenly, and the halberd lightly knocked on Wu Liang's hoe handle.

"?"

Wu Liang couldn't help being a little puzzled, but he didn't question Dian Wei's actions, but looked carefully at the blade of the halberd in his hand.

It was only when he saw this that he realized it.

A small tentacle had climbed up along the handle of the hoe without knowing when, and Dian Wei's halberd had cut it into two sections with incomparable precision.

The little tentacles can actually climb along the pole?
If Dian Wei hadn't discovered it in time, God knows what would have happened once this inconspicuous little thing climbed onto his body. In short, it would definitely not be a good thing!
While Wu Liang was terrified by this discovery, he was also more curious about the things in front of him.

It seems that this small tentacle is not the tentacle in Wu Liang's cognition, and it may not even be part of the pink tube, because it obviously has the ability to act alone.

Be aware of the situation.

Wu Liang immediately took the hoe back, and took a close look at the small tentacle on the handle of the hoe that had been cut off by Dian Wei.

This little tentacle really has a head and a tail!

Although it is very small, Wu Liang can still distinguish its head and tail, especially its head, which has a mouth shaped like a bird's beak, which can be pierced in a closed manner and firmly clamped on other animals. things.

"..."

Realizing this, Wu Liang's scalp tingled again.

In this way, the "fluff" on the pink tubular body is probably all of this kind of thing, so there must be at least thousands of such little things on just one independent entity.

Just thinking about this scene makes Wu Liang feel uncomfortable all over his body. If the pink tubular object feels pain, it is equivalent to being tortured by thousands of ants at any time, which is simply unimaginable.

I just don't know what is the relationship between these "fluff" and the pink tube?
parasitic?

Symbiosis?

Or these "fluff" are actually the larvae of those pink tubes. After all, their shapes do seem to have a lot in common, and there are indeed some species in nature that have some similar self-sacrificing ways of raising babies.

As analyzed in this way.

"Son!"

A familiar voice came from a distance.

It was Yu Ji and Zhen Mi who came over, not only them, but also the other backbones of the Huan Army consciously followed over to check the situation.

Besides.

One of them followed.

This person was none other than the big dog rescued from the Yellow River by the Huan army. Although he still looked weak, he was able to walk independently.

When Wu Liang left just now, he had almost vomited up the dirty water in his stomach, and he had already recovered part of his mind.

After a while, he calmed down, and just in time he heard some fishermen from the same village go back to call for help, and said that they found a creepy thing that looked like insects, snakes, and snakes in the floating corpse, so he immediately tried to chase Looking over, it seemed that there was something important to explain to Wu Liang.