Starting with dissecting ghost stories

This discovery overturned Shen Xing's previous stereotypes about abnormal flesh and blood.

Previously, Shen Xing had always believed that the abnormal flesh and blood were not very aggressive.

It could only strengthen Shen Xing's own flesh and blood, absorbing his body's nutrients in a symbiotic way to strengthen and repair his flesh, blood, and internal organs. But now, the stiff little chick connected by blood threads in front of him was telling Shen Xing that the alien flesh and blood had other uses... [01-Wall] ... What other abilities do you have?

Why don't you just use this method to control me and make me hunt for you?

Is it because I can't do it? Or is it because I'm also abnormal?

Or have you tried this before and failed?

The initial "use" of abnormal flesh and blood was due to phase transition.

Previously, after Shen Xing completed the connection between all his muscles and abnormal flesh, his abnormal flesh underwent a phase change, allowing him to master the method of controlling abnormal flesh and his own muscles without a teacher, as if it were a memory engraved in his DNA.

When phase transitions were also involved in the blood vessels of all the organs, he also felt that this control ability became stronger.

The method of manipulating flesh and blood brought about by this phase transition misled Shen Xing, making him believe that the abnormal flesh and blood only had simple functions, such as enhancing himself and repairing his flesh and blood.

But now it seems that it might just be that [01-Wall] doesn't want to know.

What about strength? Has the chick's strength increased?

Shen Xing wasn't a zoologist, so he didn't know how chicks could generate the force to jump.

He looked at the chick in the box, and just as he attempted a normal human jump with his knees bent, he heard a crisp snapping sound. The chick's fragile leg bone had been forcibly broken by a force.

But this didn't seem to affect the chicks' movements at all.

Under Shen Xing's control, the chick used its thighs to propel itself forward, leaping straight into the edge of the cardboard box, almost jumping out. Keep in mind, other chicks can only jump less than halfway out of the box, and that's with flapping their wings.

The power of the Marked Chicken was definitely enhanced by the abnormal flesh and blood.

Moreover, Shen Xing could manipulate it to perform actions that defied the body's structure; he could even make the chick bend its wings to salute him. But clearly, under such manipulation, the chick's bones and internal organs would suffer devastating compression.

It is currently being kept alive by abnormal flesh and blood, so it is not dead yet. As soon as the abnormal flesh and blood are removed from its body, it will collapse, vomit blood, and die suddenly.

Controlling living beings is a delicate art... If you want the controlled person to survive, you have to be familiar with their body structure, otherwise, if the flesh and blood are separated from the body, the controlled person will either die or be maimed.

There's no shortcut to this; you just have to practice diligently.

Perhaps manipulating humans would be more convenient.

Because Shen Xing is also human, he is more familiar with and adapted to human methods of exertion and movement patterns.

Shen Xing took out his phone and glanced at the time; there were still three hours left until 5 p.m.

He retracted the abnormal flesh and blood of the bloodline "chicken" and the marked chick into his own body.

After the abnormal flesh was removed from its body, the chick lay limp inside the cardboard box, twitching continuously, with traces of blood spilling from its mouth, indicating that its internal organs were indeed damaged.

A small segment of the [02-Doll] has been separated and cultivated separately. I have also figured out another way to use the abnormal flesh and blood of the [01-Wall] derivative.

With the remaining time, Shen Xing decided to study the [03-Honeycomb], which had remained largely silent until now.

He opened the mooncake tin, lifted the medical gauze covering it, and revealed the black celluloids inside.

Just to be on the safe side, Shen Xing put on gloves and picked up the celluloid to examine it carefully.

The celluloids were not much different from before; they did not wriggle back to their nests, nor did they "die." Instead, they throbbed like a heart.

What is its energy source? [01-Wall] needs to eat abnormal things, [02-Doll] can eat normal flesh and blood in addition to abnormal flesh and blood to maintain its body's consumption.

However, [03-Honeycomb] has never actually "eaten" in the real sense.

He gently pinched the honeycomb-like growth. Although it was throbbing, the sensation in his palm was not the soft touch of flesh and blood, but rather like pinching a piece of coal.

Shen Xing took out a pair of tweezers from his toolbox.

He held the celluloid in his left hand and used tweezers to grasp the thin wall between two cavities in his right hand, then gently shook it.

It didn't shake.

Shen Xing used tweezers to clamp the thin wall and applied a little more force.

There was still no movement.

Its hardness seemed to exceed his expectations, so Shen Xing put down the tweezers and picked up a pair of needle-nose pliers instead.

He inserted the tip into the two holes, clamping the thin wall in the middle, and tightened the pliers by applying slight pressure with his fingers.

He gradually increased his strength, trying to pull it outwards, and then tried to twist it left and right.

It remained completely still.

With Shen Xing's strength, he could probably twist and cut even steel with a wall thicker than this thin using needle-nose pliers.

This outer shell, which looks like a black honeycomb and is used to protect itself, is much harder than one might imagine.

Shen Xing put the forceps back and switched to a different pair of tweezers, this time thinner and longer—microscopic tweezers commonly used in surgery. He gripped the cellulite and inserted the needle-like tweezers into one of the pores, slowly probing inwards. Just as the textured handles were about to touch the cellulite wall, Shen Xing finally felt the tip of the microscopic tweezers touch something soft. ...

"Buzz..."

A slight buzzing sound rang in Shen Xing's mind, and a sense of crisis rose in his heart.

Almost instinctively, he retracted the tweezers, tossed the honeycomb-like growth directly into the cardboard box containing the chicks with his left hand. "Clatter, clatter."

The once pure black honeycomb lesion began to sprout countless tiny white dots within its pores. Shen Xing quickly took half a step back, picked up the DV camera from his satchel, and aimed it at the honeycomb lesion in front of him.

On the DV camera screen, white noise began to flicker wildly, like the movement of [02-Puppet]... No, that's exactly the movement of the puppet.

At some point, the [02-Doll] that was originally sitting in the suitcase had moved to the passenger seat, sticking its head out and looking in Shen Xing's direction, giving the impression that it was about to run away at any moment.

And in Shen Xing's view, the true face of the honeycomb tumor was finally revealed...

Countless tiny, off-white dots emerged from the black holes, like ants, and began to crawl rapidly across the surface of the celluloid, seemingly searching for the "invaders."

They gathered in groups at the bottom of the honeycomb, which had shrunk into a spherical shape and expanded slightly. The white things supported the honeycomb and began to wriggle towards the chicks.

Soon, the white stuff detached from the hive and surged towards the chicks, like a pool of wriggling yellowish-white brain matter.

As those indescribable white worms flooded into the chick's brain, a buzzing sound began to erupt in Shen Xing's mind.

dangerous.

Almost instantly, a small dent appeared in the skin of Shen Xing's left hand, and the muscles beneath his skin twisted together like a piece of burlap.

The terrifying pain, which almost made Shen Xing faint, instantly dispelled the buzzing in his mind.

Pain… This newly discovered method of self-harm refreshed Shen Xing's understanding of pain, but the effect was also extremely significant… and very convenient. In Shen Xing's vision, the few chicks that were wrapped up quickly stopped moving. In just a few seconds, the white swarm of insects, which looked like brain matter, seemed to lose interest in the chicks and crawled back into the black honeycomb tumor.

So... the honeycomb-like growths were just a protective shell; the real culprit was the swarm of off-white insects inside. ... Instantly, a possibility surged into Shen Xing's mind.

These off-white, almost shapeless insects, each smaller than a louse, stand out against the black honeycomb.

Individually, they are similar in size to parasitic wasps, perhaps less than 1 millimeter in diameter. Considering the abilities Wang Xinran previously demonstrated... it can influence emotions and allow those influenced to share parts of each other's memories almost instantly.

Shen Xing initially thought it was just a more abstract concept of abnormal infection, but now it seems to be this kind of tiny abnormal parasitism. These individuals parasitize other people's brains and reproduce inside them.

The level of influence seen in Wang Xinran and Wang Lei, where the disease has already begun to build nests in the brain, indicates that it has already penetrated to a very deep degree.

Even when these tiny insects are photographed, they appear as tiny, almost imperceptible pixels. Even if there is noise, it is completely undetectable, which ironically becomes their perfect camouflage.

If this influence is indeed an abnormal parasitic phenomenon...

That means that the entire Anning Street, including the Fruit Street in the old town, can never be "restored".

Even Shen Yuan, and himself.

They slowly gnaw and reproduce inside the brain until they gnaw out a hole, then build a nest, break through the skull to expose the hive, and begin to spread their offspring.

Shen Xing frowned slightly.

This is troublesome... ...it seems to be getting quite serious.

Because the Ninth Detachment has already transported the largest swarm of worms to the provincial capital. Once the swarm spreads, will the Ninth Detachment be able to handle it?

If they are all insect swarms with a unified mindset, are there any individuals within them that resemble a "queen bee"?

Even if it does exist, it can only be inside the largest celluloid.

It's quite possible that there might already be an abnormal worm in my head.

No wonder [02-Doll] didn't want to eat this stuff anymore.

Try feeding the doll directly, just like with the [02-Doll] doll, and try to establish a connection?

Now, the small cellulite on Shen Xing's hand is practically an independent entity... It's no longer moving, perhaps because even without the worst-case scenario of a "queen bee," he still needs to raise an "adult" bee like a "queen bee" and then try to control it in order to drive the worms out of his and his sister's minds...

Shen Xing used the scalpel again to cut off a small piece of the detached blood vessel, held it with pointed tweezers, and slowly inserted it into the cellulite. Shen Xing released his grip, and the fleshy strand wriggled inside.

Soon, Shen Xing vaguely felt a sensation of being intensely devoured...