The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 185: Stone Pile Monster, Anesthetic Medicine

"No, no, these are not stones, these are mutant fruits. Look, the fruits are so big."

"They are glowing, can't you see?"

Lao Ma shouted excitedly, then pushed Liang Yuan away and started digging desperately again.

Liang Yuan looked solemnly as he looked at the other people around him.

Everyone was working hard to dig these stone hills.

The stone hills here are as high as two meters and as low as half a meter.

Liang Yuan quickly walked to Cai Zhi, grabbed him, and shouted, "Brother Cai! Stop!"

Cai Zhi looked up, his face full of excitement. When he saw Liang Yuan, he immediately showed excitement.

"Liang Yuan! You've come just in time. Look, look, I found it. I found the mutant fruit. As long as I dig it out, I can awaken my mutant ability."

"By then, I will be able to protect everyone. I will be able to protect everyone just like you do. I will no longer be a burden to the team."

"Please let me dig it out and eat it. Then I can become a superpower."

He excitedly pushed Liang Yuan away, buried his head and started digging quickly.

Song Wen, Ding Yan, Yang Shenmin and Shi Haizhu also found other people.

However, those people were like crazy, they only knew how to dig stones and would not listen to their persuasion at all.

Several people's faces became uglier.

Get together again with each other.

Yang Shenmin said in a deep voice: "There is a problem, there must be a problem here."

Shi Haizhu asked curiously, "Why are we okay?"

Song Wen also said: "Is it because we have awakened?"

Liang Yuan looked around and said in a deep voice, "Let's take them out first and leave the stone forest to see what's going on."

Ding Yan immediately said, "Yes, everyone should lead people out separately."

This suggestion won everyone's unanimous agreement, and several people immediately split up and quickly began to pull people away.

But once the men who were digging the stones were pulled away, they began to struggle frantically.

He danced with joy and even clung to the stone tightly, not wanting to leave at all.

Fortunately, Liang Yuan and his companions are all people with special abilities, and their strength far exceeds that of ordinary people.

They were easily pulled down from the rocks and dragged into the grass outside the stone forest.

As soon as they left the stone forest, these people who were originally excited suddenly became listless.

An old man like Lao Ma was so tired that he rolled his eyes and fell asleep on the ground.

Liang Yuan looked solemnly at the stone forest and said, "There is indeed something wrong here. They have all been stimulated by some kind of power and their minds are only capable of digging stones."

"Could there be a monster under the stone?" Ding Yan held Cai Zhi down and couldn't help but ask.

On the other side, Song Wen tied up two or three people with vines and tied them to the ground, making it impossible for them to struggle.

After hearing what Ding Yan said, he couldn't help but ask, "What kind of monster needs them to dig stones?"

"Could it be that there is a monster trapped underground? Is it controlling everyone's minds and asking them to help it dig out the rocks?" Shi Haizhu suddenly had an idea.

What he said made sense, and everyone looked serious.

Liang Yuan said: "No matter what, let's get everyone out first, let's go."

They only pulled out seven or eight people this time, and there are still six or seven people inside.

Just as he was about to go in, a loud crash suddenly came from the stone forest.

Liang Yuan and others quickly turned their heads to look over.

I saw a conical stone mountain suddenly fall down.

Three owners nearby were dancing and shouting excitedly.

"Hahaha, we succeeded, we succeeded, we dug it out!"

"Quick, quick, eat and see what abilities you can awaken!"

"Don't grab it, don't grab it, I dug it out first."

Several people were scrambling and lying on the ground, trying desperately with their hands to grab something and stuffing it into their mouths.

The expressions of Liang Yuan and the other four changed slightly, and they looked at each other.

"I'll go over and take a look. You guys stay here, don't go over there." Liang Yuan said quickly.

"I'll go with you!"

"I am coming too!"

Almost instantly, Song Wen and Ding Yan spoke at the same time and took a step forward.

The two girls were stunned and then looked at each other.

Their eyes met, then shifted away and looked at Liang Yuan together.

Liang Yuan's heart skipped a beat, but his face remained calm as he said, "You don't have to go. It's dangerous inside and we don't know what the situation is. I'll go over and take a look."

"It would be inconvenient if there were too many people."

Having said this, he turned around quickly and carefully entered the stone forest.

In the stone forest, the sound of tinkling and knocking continued to be heard.

While the others were still digging hard, the three owners who had dug up the pile of rocks were scrambling for something.

Liang Yuan came closer and took a look, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

But he saw a big hole dug out on the ground, with bloody liquid flowing out of it.

The pile of stones lying aside was cone-shaped, with a stone-like shell on the outside, but the inside was not stone at all, but white soft meat!

It was these soft pieces of meat that several property owners were scrambling to grab!

They desperately used their hands to tear and snatch the soft meat, and one of them even opened his mouth to bite it.

A crunching sound was heard, and the soft flesh inside the stone pile squirmed, as if feeling the pain and secreting a large amount of liquid.

As these liquids were secreted, short tentacles also attached to the arms, thighs, backs and other parts of the people.

But they were unaware and were still desperately gnawing on the soft meat.

Liang Yuan clearly noticed that these short tentacles were attached to several people, and their blood was visibly sucked away by the short tentacles.

The bodies of these three people were becoming increasingly shriveled, but they were still unaware and were still biting the soft flesh.

It was as if the soft meat was some amazing delicacy that made them reluctant to open their mouths.

Liang Yuan's scalp tingled as he watched. He could not help but quickly stepped forward, grabbed two of them with both hands, and shouted in a low voice: "You are crazy!"

He pulled them both hard.

However, they didn't expect that they used too much force this time, and with a "whoosh" sound, the tentacles directly sucked and tore off large chunks of their flesh!

However, the two men didn't feel any pain at all and were still desperately stuffing the white soft meat into their mouths.

Liang Yuan was surprised. He put the two men down and immediately used his mental power to cast [Mental Shock], slamming into the mass of white soft flesh.

hum!
The white soft flesh was hit by the mental shock, and instantly the white soft flesh twitched, followed by juice spurting out.

boom!
With a dull thud, the hard pile of stones suddenly cracked open, and sticky liquid gushed out.

Those short tentacles suddenly became limp and could no longer absorb anything.

Liang Yuan quickly took a step back and looked carefully at the strange stone pile creature.

Now he was almost certain that this was definitely not a pile of stones, but a creature with a shell that looked like a pile of stones!
Liang Yuan couldn't tell what kind of creature it was for a moment. He didn't care about anything else and shouted quickly, "Retreat!"

He grabbed two people whose flesh was torn on their backs, kicked the remaining person, and quickly retreated.

He kept retreating from the rock forest and only then did he let the three people go.

Song Wen, Ding Yan and others quickly gathered around.

"Are you okay, Brother Liang?" Song Wen asked hurriedly.

Ding Yan has already started checking Liang Yuan's condition.

Liang Yuan waved his hand: "I'm fine, Song Wen, Doctor Yang, you go check on them first. I'll go in again. That pile of rocks is a bit strange. They're not ordinary rocks."

Yang Shenmin nodded immediately and quickly began to treat the three people, especially the two owners whose skin was torn and flesh was broken.

Liang Yuan stood up again and rushed towards the stone forest.

But this time, Ding Yan also followed.

Liang Yuan frowned slightly, and Ding Yan didn't wait for him to speak before saying, "Don't persuade me, I don't want to just stand by and watch."

Upon hearing this, Liang Yuan could only warn: "Be careful."

"Yeah." Ding Yan smiled.

The two of them rushed in again together.

Afterwards, Liang Yuan continued to use mental attacks, destroying several piles of stones in succession.

All the stone piles that were killed by his mental shock were directly cracked, revealing large areas of white flesh.

Liang Yuan pulled the remaining owners back, and only then did he have time to study these strange creatures that looked like piles of stones with Ding Yan.

"What on earth is this? Inside the stone-like shell, there is such chewy white meat." Ding Yan frowned.

Liang Yuan turned his head to look at the two people being treated by Yang Shenmin. He saw that they were still alive and were struggling to get up and continue digging.

He couldn't help but say, "It seems that the meat of this thing does not contain toxins. At least those two people ate several bites of it without getting poisoned."

"So, this thing can be eaten?" Ding Yan couldn't help but ask.

Liang Yuan nodded: "It should be possible, but I don't know what they feed on. These people have been in this stone forest for so long and have not been eaten. It is conceivable that they will not take the initiative to eat people."

"What about those tentacles? They seem to be able to suck blood."

"Those tentacles are what emerged later to attack the humans who dug them."

After the two of them analyzed it, Liang Yuan had already started stuffing all the meat into the inventory.

Since it can be eaten, we should not waste it. We should pack it up first.

Then the two of them came to one of the large pits that had been dug.

The dirt was piled up around the pit, and the grass was withering. In the underground pit, there was a pool of blood.

Liang Yuan said: "This thing can actually bleed."

Ding Yan found a stick and stirred it around, but couldn't find any roots or anything like that.

I couldn't help but say, "It shouldn't be a plant. I didn't find any roots or stems."

"I don't know how defensive this thing is, but at least its mental strength is very low."

"If it were a plant, Song Wen should have been able to sense it a long time ago."

Liang Yuan shook his head, then picked a pile of stones that had not been dug up and put his hands on it.

Then push hard!
The pile of rocks shook for a moment, but was not knocked over.

Ding Yan immediately joined him, and the two of them bombarded the pile of rocks with all their might.

Boom boom boom...

After dozens of hits, the pile of stones collapsed with a loud bang.

But it wasn't the stone shell that broke, but the bottom that was pushed down.

Liang Yuan was amazed and said, "The shell of this thing is very hard, but the root is very fragile. It was pushed down so easily."

Ding Yan looked at the cracked stone shells and couldn't help but ask, "Don't you think this would be very suitable for making shields?"

Liang Yuan couldn't help but blink when he heard this, and said, "You're right."

He couldn't help but think of a mutant named Sister Ya whom he met in Midu Garden.

The opponent's ability is [Solidity], which can impart supernatural powers to any object, forming a solid defensive property.

Its function is similar to Yang Shenmin's [Sharp] ability.

If that woman gave this stone shell the ability to be strong, wouldn't it be so hard that it would be indestructible?
"Collect them first, maybe they will be useful in the future."

Liang Yuan immediately put all the stone shells into the inventory.

Ding Yan helped from the side and said, "You said that the shells of these mutant creatures are so hard that even bullets can't break them. Even if the army is still there, do we humans still have a chance to turn things around?"

This question stumped Liang Yuan, and he couldn't help but think of the huge strange bird he saw on the roof last time.

How many horrible mutant monsters like that are there in the sky?

If humans could deal with these monsters, they would have taken action long ago.

Military rescue should have arrived long ago.

Now that it hasn’t appeared yet, isn’t that already the best answer?

Liang Yuan sighed and was not optimistic about the current situation of mankind.

"Let's just survive first. The rest is not something we can decide."

Upon hearing this, Ding Yan sighed and began to destroy the stone forest again, collecting a lot of stone shells.

It’s amazing that these stone shells look like rocks, hard and impact-resistant.

But it is very light in hand and not as heavy as a stone at all.

The entire stone shell, which is more than one person tall, weighs only about twenty pounds at most.

Even people who have not mutated or evolved can easily lift it with one hand.

This made Liang Yuan realize that this thing really had certain strategic material significance.

"I wonder what the density of this thing is. If it can float on water, can't it be made into a sturdy hull?"

This thing is much stronger than steel.

Liang Yuan thought to himself.

After leaving the stone forest area, return to Yang Shenmin and the others.

Everyone's emotions seemed to have stabilized a lot.

Lao Ma, Cai Zhi and others also regained consciousness, but they were still a little dazed for a while.

Liang Yuan found Yang Shenmin and asked about the situation.

"How are they doing now?"

Yang Shenmin said: "He has regained consciousness, but it seems that because he was too excited before, his overall mental state is very tired."

"What about the two injured ones?"

Speaking of the two people, Yang Shenmin suddenly became excited: "They are fine, just skin injuries. I found something amazing."

"The stone monsters in this stone forest have tentacles that contain a large amount of nerve anesthetic substances."

"The two men's skin and flesh were torn open, but they didn't feel any pain. Even when they were bleeding and I washed their wounds, they didn't cry out in pain."

Liang Yuan nodded: "I also observed this, what's wrong?"

Yang Shenmin said quickly: "These are natural anesthesiologists. If we can control them, when someone gets hurt in the future, we can alleviate a lot of pain for the patient when we treat him."

"It can even be very useful when a woman is giving birth."

"The invention of anesthetics is a great achievement in the entire medical field."

"Now that modern industry has collapsed, anesthetics have become a luxury."

"But if these organisms can replace anesthetics, it would be a great discovery."

Liang Yuan suddenly realized the importance of these monsters.

In the future flood and apocalypse, there will surely be huge casualties during the process of evolution and mutation.

If people could undergo painless surgery, or even die painlessly, it would be a huge blessing.

Thinking of this, Liang Yuan immediately said: "Well, let's catch a few and see if we can take them away."

Yang Shenmin nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we must take them away. These creatures are of great medicinal value."

Fortunately, the stone pile monster looks huge, but its shell is not heavy, but the meat inside is very heavy.

Liang Yuan's inventory did not have room for living creatures, so he temporarily let Shi Haizhu carry one and Yang Shenmin also carry one.

After a while, Cai Zhi, Lao Ma and others finally came to their senses.

"Liang...Liang Yuan!"

Cai Zhi saw Liang Yuan and shouted in a trembling voice.

Liang Yuan hurried over and asked, "Brother Cai, how are you?"

"I... I just saw a lot of mutant fruits. Have I awakened?" Cai Zhi asked immediately.

Liang Yuan shook his head and said, "Brother Cai, you have fallen into the trap of the mutant monster."

"These piles of stones seem to have the power to confuse you."

He explained what had just happened, and Cai Zhi's face turned pale.

At this time, Old Ma also recovered. When he heard the conversation between Liang Yuan and the others, his old face also became gloomy.

Finally, he said bitterly: "Sure enough, how can the mutant fruit be so easy to find."

Liang Yuan comforted him, "It all depends on luck, Lao Ma, don't lose heart, come back with me first, there will always be a chance to find the mutant fruit."

Yang Shenmin couldn't help but ask, "Have you seen Tang Ying? Isn't she with you?"

Hearing this, Old Ma looked around and said, "She has been with us before we entered the stone forest. Why is she not here?"

Yang Shenmin was a little anxious. According to Lu Dayou, Tang Ying was indeed with them.

Liang Yuan said, "Well, Ding Yan, you and Shi Haizhu will take everyone back to the raft first, and Dr. Yang, Song Wen and I will continue to look for them."

"This island is not big, it shouldn't be far away."

Ding Yan frowned and looked at Song Wen.

Song Wen lowered her head and didn't look at her.

Ding Yan thought about Song Wen's special abilities and felt that she was indeed more suitable to be here than her.

Finally, he nodded: "Okay, I'll be back as soon as I send the person back."

Shi Haizhu also hurriedly said: "Yes, I will rush back as soon as possible."

Liang Yuan shook his head and said, "Don't come back. Although the island is not large, the terrain is complex and there are many strange mutant creatures. It is hard to guard against them."

"You two don't have any mental skills, so it's best if you don't come over here."

"Don't worry, there are three of us here."

Ding Yan was helpless. For the first time, she felt that her empowered abilities still had too many shortcomings.

The two sides parted ways, Liang Yuan's mental power dispersed, and he began to take on the responsibility of exploring the way.

Yang Shenmin and Song Wen followed him and passed through the stone forest. More dense stone forests appeared ahead.

It seems that apart from the grass and trees in the surrounding area, the closer to the center, the more stone forests there are.

Those stone creatures stood on the ground, as if they were scattered all over the island.

Liang Yuan noticed that there were many dead bones lying on the ground in the stone forest here.

The bones were skin and bones, with the clothes still on.

There were even some snacks in the bag.

But the body was devoid of flesh and blood.

Seeing this scene, Liang Yuan, Yang Shenmin, and Song Wen all had slightly changed expressions.

Liang Yuan immediately thought of the monster in the stone pile that had used its short tentacles to suck human blood, and his expression darkened.

"These people may have been sucked dry by the Stonepile."

"Everyone, be careful. Let's avoid the stone forest."

Yang Shenmin and Song Wen nodded immediately, and the three of them avoided the stone forest and walked along the edge where there was lush vegetation.

Not long after, a roar was heard.

"Beast, get out of here!"

Immediately afterwards, a figure was seen jumping out from the bushes.

(End of this chapter)