Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 160 This is Science
Ji Xing felt like he was going to die.

Countless monsters pounced on her one after another, and the huge body of the second-level monster slowly pressed down on her like a heavy mountain.

The Chinese soldiers around her had already fallen to the ground. She shouted desperately to wake them up, but received no response.

The gun in her hand had stopped firing bullets at some point, and the deafening sound of the gunfire made her sensitive eardrums even more uncomfortable.

She wanted to throw away the gun, but fear made her have no courage to draw the knife.

Her feet had been bound by the fungal blanket, and the huge force was nothing compared to this sticky, living substance.

It was like being trapped in a swamp. Even the simplest movement would consume a huge amount of her physical strength.

The grenades hanging on his chest collided with each other, making crisp sounds. For a moment, a thought flashed through Ji Xing's mind:
Rather than dying at the hands of these monsters, it is better to detonate a grenade and blow yourself up.

At least, that was a decent way to die.

Her fingers were very close to the pull ring of the grenade, but she seemed to be controlled by some invisible force and could not touch the grenade that was so close to her.

Perhaps, this was not what I meant?
Ji Xing gave up the idea of self-destruction, but as she watched the monster getting closer and closer, the despair in her heart had become so strong that she could no longer resist it.

This time I'm really going to die.

The revolving lantern kept flashing before her eyes. At this moment, she seemed to have returned to the days when she was still in the Basilica of the Holy Blood.

A strong, rusty smell of blood lingered around, making one feel nauseous.

The light in the hall was always dim, and she was always afraid whenever she was led into the hall and followed other Holy Bloods who had completed their training to pay homage to the Holy Father.

At that time, she didn't understand what was beneath the shadow.

Maybe until this moment, she still doesn't understand.

The memory of that place has long been blurred.

The only thing she remembered was constant fighting, fighting, and dying.

No, none of my colleagues or brothers and sisters have ever died in training.

After all, every Holy Blood person is a precious resource. Even the Holy Father would never want to see his children make unnecessary sacrifices.

But if that’s the case, where does the memory of death come from?
Perhaps, it was because it was the first time I saw the process of childbirth.

What should have been a hopeful process for the birth of new life turned out to be as horrible as the torture of hell.

The once high and mighty Holy Blood was struggling and roaring in the closed "prison", trying to give birth to the newborn monster under his swollen belly.

No one could help her. The intense pain from inside out had already worn away her sanity.

Anyone who rashly breaks in will become her target.
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She obviously didn't want to do that.

To end her suffering, she cut open her abdomen with her bare hands.

Amid the mess of internal organs, she found the newborn baby.

Blood splattered on the walls, and when the newborn baby let out its first cry, she finally gasped and fainted.

The indifferent medical student rushed into the room and skillfully sutured her belly. He stood there watching in a daze until someone pulled him away.

"What are you standing there for? The mountain city is just ahead!"

Ji Xing looked up in horror. The city shrouded in thick fog was looking down at her with indifference, as if it was about to swallow her up.

She took a step subconsciously, but in a trance, her heart suddenly stopped beating as if it was grasped by a big hand.

Fear overwhelmed her and she ran backwards desperately.

But when he heard his companions' screams and turned around, he saw a tragic scene he had never seen before.

The disintegrating body, the surging wind, the dust and fog, and the strange giant standing in the fog.
"boom--"

There was a loud bang.

Ji Xing detonated the grenade in front of him.

But her body seemed to withstand this round of explosion.

The numbness on her face made her movements slow for a moment, but when she tried to pull the second grenade, another explosion like thunder exploded in her ears.

"Snapped!"

Ji Xing suddenly opened his eyes.

And in front of her was a familiar face.

She didn't recognize the owner of this face, but she inexplicably felt that this was someone she could trust.

"woke up."

The owner of that face turned around and shouted, and then another face appeared in front of her.

This time, she remembered a name.

Chen Jian.

Ji Xing forced herself to sit up. Chen Jian reached out to help her and said:

"You were poisoned and were unconscious for six hours."

"We are lucky. Shen Yue got some sodium thiosulfate from somewhere and injected it into you all. There shouldn't be any problems at the moment."

"How about it, can you recognize us?"

".Can."

Ji Xing's voice was hoarse, Chen Jian breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said:

"Fortunately, you holy blood people have a fast metabolism and a high breathing rate. You get poisoned quickly, but the toxins are also excreted quickly."

"Otherwise, even the gods can't save you." "How is it, are you feeling better now?"

".Better..."

Ji Xing gradually recovered her memory. She felt as if her brain had been taken out and soaked in water for several hours. At this time, the water in her brain finally drained away.

After taking a few deep breaths, she spoke with lingering fear:
"The monsters in the Jinling Ruins are really strong. We were careless. Fortunately, you are all okay, otherwise we might all have died in there."

"To be honest, I never thought in my life that one day I would be saved by a few ordinary people."

"really."

Chen Jian nodded, and then said:

"We can't say we were careless, but we were still unprepared."

"We didn't expect the fungi here to produce hallucinogenic gases - or maybe it's not gases, but high concentrations of fungal spores."

"This thing can bypass our environmental monitoring system, so it was not discovered at first."

"But fortunately it's not difficult to prevent. Next time you go in, just get a simple filtering mask."

".Do you still dare to go in?"

Ji Xing looked at Chen Jian in astonishment, and the latter nodded and replied:

“We must go in.”

"I just confirmed with Shen Yue that the hallucinogenic effect should be caused by some fungus similar to the genus Cyperus. Although the effect looks bizarre, it is just that simple."

"The toxin in this thing is mainly from the cyperus halodendron, Xin Shenyue. Please explain it to me."

Hearing Chen Jian's call, Shen Yue, who was drinking water, turned around and said:

"I don't know how to explain it."

"But in short, this is a complex toxin. The neurotoxin part mainly causes the calcium channels to remain open, leading to the remodeling of the dendritic spine structure. The secondary effect leads to the overactivation of the glutamatergic system and the collapse of the mitochondrial membrane potential."

"In human terms, it can lead to mood disorders, hallucinations and decreased mobility."

"Happy people will become happier, angry people will become angrier, and fearful people will become more fearful."

"So in fact, if you are relatively emotionally stable, even if you are poisoned, at least in terms of 'hallucinations', the symptoms will be relatively mild."

"understood."

Ji Xing rubbed his still swollen head and said:

"As long as you have a strong will, you can overcome illusions - this is what I learned from the Basilica of the Holy Blood."

"You can pull it down."

Shen Yue shook his head disdainfully, and then said:

"This is not idealism, this is science."

"But to be honest, I'm curious about what you dreamed about when you were unconscious - you looked really scared."

"I am really scared to death."

Ji Xing said without hesitation:
"I dreamed about some things that happened in the Holy Blood Temple. Ask Xie Liu and Zeng Yi. They can't help but be afraid."

After he finished speaking, Chen Jian turned and looked at Zeng Yi.

The latter nodded immediately and did not deny it.

Chen Jian couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, and then said:

"You guys are really pitiful. I don't know what you went through there."

"But it doesn't matter. Some things will be fine if you tell them the truth. If you get caught again, think about what Shen Yue said and the scientific principles, and I think you will be much better."

"Okay, take a break and eat something."

"You have to recover as soon as possible. We have to organize a second round of reconnaissance."

"it is good."

Ji Xing nodded slowly, panted for a while, and suddenly asked:
"What about you? I mean, don't you have anything to fear?"

"If you are poisoned someday, will you also dream about the thing you fear the most?"

After she finished speaking, Chen Jian asked with some amusement:
"Are you trying to find out our background, or are you just curious?"

"Purely out of curiosity."

Ji Xing raised his hand and said:
"I swear on my life that I have no other intention."

".There's no need to be so serious, it's just a joke."

Chen Jian waved his hand and replied:
"We are afraid of many things. As long as they are our enemies, we will be afraid."

"Being in awe of the enemy is the most basic principle of combat."

".Understood."

Ji Xing didn't ask any more questions, but stood up, took the hot water handed to him by Zeng Yi and drank it all.

At this time, Chen Jian and his companions were busy again, organizing their equipment, cleaning the fungal mat on the cat car, and preparing for the second reconnaissance.

Watching their skillful and orderly movements, Ji Xing was even a little dazed.

The previous battle was clearly a matter of life and death, right?
But they were as calm as if they had just finished a picnic.

Do people like this really have fear in their hearts?

Fear of one's enemies
Maybe you're afraid they'll run away.
(End of this chapter)