Fear of food

Chapter 65 I Used My Mother as an Experiment

Chen Qi looked in the direction the big pancake was pointing and saw tiny things wriggling in the golden retriever's vomit.

They looked like tiny insects, or perhaps like tiny, living grains of meat.

Chen Qi seemed to be deep in thought, recalling Sun Xuechao's words: Wild foods can help alleviate pollution, which is equivalent to fighting poison with poison.

Chen Qi turned his head and asked, "The dog must have been contaminated too, right?"

Big Pancake nodded: "Of course, Dog isn't a pica eater, so he can only eat weird food every day."

Speaking of this, he added with some concern, "Actually, my ability isn't tied to a dog, so I can use it with any other dog. But I've raised Dabing since it was a puppy, and we have the best chemistry. I'm really afraid that one day it will be controlled and suddenly betray me."

Chen Qi laughed and said, "If you don't want that day to come, then let it eat some of my wild food whenever it has time."

Big Pancake looked puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Chen Qi pointed to the active substances in the vomit and said, "These should be some of the pollutants in the dog's body."

At this point, he roughly understood what Sun Xuechao meant by "fighting poison with poison".

For ordinary people, pollutants are "poison," and wild foods, as sources of pollution, are also "poison." There must be some connection between the two.

Currently, apart from Chen Qi, it seems that no one else can digest wild food.

After eating wild food, they will vomit it up quickly, and they will also vomit some pollutants from their bodies along with it.

After hearing Chen Qi's explanation, Dabing, who had initially felt sorry for the dog's suffering, immediately changed his attitude and said:

"Biscuit, feed it some more wild food!"

Chen Qi nodded: "This time I'll try to achieve human-dog unity."

As he spoke, he quickly devoured the remaining fried chicken leg in his hand.

The next moment, he immediately felt a connection between himself and the golden retriever at his feet.

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, it was as if his consciousness had emerged from the top of his head, his vision swayed, and everything went black.

When I opened my eyes again, I found that my perspective had been compressed to a very low level, almost touching the ground.

Chen Qi turned his head and looked at his body. A sense of novelty he had never felt before arose in his heart: I've really become a dog!
Looking at myself next to the pancake, so thin I looked like a monkey, I felt a sense of familiarity mixed with strangeness.

His body stood there motionless, his eyes lifeless, like a wax figure.

Chen Qi stretched the dog's body, still not quite used to the feeling of being on all fours, and kept subconsciously trying to walk upright.

It took me quite a while to overcome this instinct.

He was also delighted to discover that after he possessed the dog's body, his food detection ability did not disappear, but was transferred to the dog along with it!
He could clearly sense the few pieces of wild food he had brought with him.

This is important because it makes his plan to use dogs to find high-quality wild food feasible!
"As expected of the power of idealism!"

"Suck, suck." The pancake waved its hand. "Biscuit, come and eat."

Chen Qigou's eyes revealed dissatisfaction as he glared at Dabing—did they really treat him like a dog?
Big Pancake chuckled and said, "Sorry, it's just a habit."

Chen Qi leaned over and took a look at the wild food he had brought, and found that even though he had possessed the dog's body, the food was still normal in his eyes.

There is no sign of spoilage.

He randomly picked a wild spring roll, took a bite, and surprisingly found it delicious, not bad at all!

However, after he swallowed the spring roll, an uncontrollable feeling of nausea hit him, and he rushed to the grass and vomited again.

"It seems my soul can accept wild food, but this dog's body can't." Having already vomited its stomach empty, all that came out this time was the spring roll it had just swallowed, and tiny, ant-sized active substances.

Chen Qi then took a bite of the remaining wild food, spitting it out after each bite. He vomited five times in total before no more active pollutants came out.

Has it been completely expelled, or is there deeper pollution that it can't expel? Chen Qi didn't know.

However, it's certain that the pollution on the dog's body has been reduced considerably, and at least for the time being, Dabing doesn't have to worry about being stabbed in the back by the Golden Retriever.

Chen Qigou's face showed a thoughtful expression.

"This method of fighting poison with poison should only alleviate the contamination of the strange food, and has no effect on the parasitic infestation of the Nightmare."

"However, pollution is a prerequisite for parasitism. For people who are in the process of parasitism, alleviating the degree of pollution means affecting the progress of parasitism."

Chen Qi guessed that Sun Xuechao was in the same situation because eating wild lychees slowed down the parasitic growth, allowing him to maintain his rationality for a longer period of time.

However, this method is ultimately only a temporary solution and cannot eliminate the pollution, which means that they will have to continue eating strange foods, and the pollution level will continue to worsen.

Chen Qi immediately thought of his mother.

"Mom wasn't completely parasitized. If we fed her wild food, would it help her regain her senses?"

Even if it's only temporary...

"And if one eats wild food for a long time, can one maintain a clear mind for a considerable period of time?"

Once this thought enters your mind, it's like a stubborn plaster that you can't get rid of.

However, most of these are just Chen Qi's guesses. How effective they will be in practice remains to be seen.

Not only Chen Qi, but Da Bing also discussed it after learning about the effects of wild foods:

"Biscuit, could you find me some more wild food? I want to go back and feed it to my dad."

"Yeah, and my mom should eat something too, along with my grandpa and grandma, my maternal grandparents, my uncles and aunts..."

He carefully counted the number of people on his fingers.

With a thought, Chen Qi's consciousness returned to himself.

“It’s not that easy,” Chen Qi shook his head. “They won’t eat. You’ll have to use force to feed them, and while they’re eating, it will attract people around them to protect their food, which is very dangerous.”

"It's alright against ordinary people, but it's much harder to feed them to parasites!"

Chen Qi thought for a moment and then said, "However, we can first select a target to use as an experimental subject. Our whole team will work together to feed one person first. If the effect is good, we can then apply it to more people."

Big Pancake excitedly said, "Okay, then I'll share this message in the group?"

"Okay." Chen Qi nodded.

When Dabing organized his thoughts and posted their findings to the "Jinghai Foraging Group," the group immediately erupted in excitement!
These people stayed in Jinghai City to save their families. Although Chen Qi's method is only a temporary solution, there was no other way to even treat the symptoms before.

Seeing the discussion in the group getting heated and everyone getting excited, Chen Qi had to step in and pour cold water on it.

Biscuit (Chen Qi): This method was actually first used on Brother Sun, but he didn't accept my advice to eat wild foods long-term, so it definitely has limitations.
Cookies: Even if they are useful, it's uncertain how long they will last, and whether they can be reused is also uncertain.

Biscuits: So I suggest we first select a test subject, feed it some wild food, and observe the situation.

Coffee: I think we should prioritize parasites as test subjects. Ordinary people are not very useful. Parasites can fuse with Nightmare Eaters and share some of their memories. After regaining their sanity, they might be able to provide us with more useful information.
Chasing the Wind: I'd definitely prioritize family-level parasites, since they're easier to find.
Cookie: Then my mom will do!

Cookie: But let's put that aside for now. I plan to go to Jinghai Medical College tonight first.
(End of this chapter)