Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

The pupils at the end of the tentacle widened as it looked at Dario, who was lying on the ground with his breathing gradually becoming weaker.

"It's the Ore Disease, right? The Originium that the monster just spat out must have infected him."

“For people on land, there is almost no treatment for this disease.

The possibility of recovery.”

Laurentina looked at the remaining Originium crystals in Dario's wound and explained his situation to Zuo Jian.

[That means.....Originium crystals will continue to form in his body?]

"That's about the situation. What's wrong? Do you have a solution?"

[Treatment and healing are impossible, but I can try to transform a small amount of flesh and blood into organ structures to replace the damaged organs.]

[After leaving the body, if Originium crystals are continuously generated in his body, they will become the nutrients needed for the continuous operation of this set of organs.]

[But the problem is that even if there is a very small amount of flesh and blood that becomes inert and does not spread after transforming into an organ, it will cause great pain when it establishes a connection with its original place.]

[In order to ensure that there is no rejection reaction at the connection, it needs to eat the original organs to obtain samples.]

[More importantly, his consciousness must persist. Otherwise, even if I suppress the activity of that part of flesh and blood, he may still be turned into a monster by this part.]

[Laurentina, what do you think?]

"What would happen to him if you didn't?"

[Based on the current vital signs, this Inquisitor's life will end in two hours, which is the limit of what the external organs can extend.]

[At the same time, the little inquisitor named Elini will lose a teacher forever.]

"What if I do it?"

[There are two situations. If successful, this set of organs can prolong his life. After suppressing the diffusion activity, if it only relies on the Originium continuously produced in the body as nutrients, it will be no different from a regular organ.]

[However, if he fails, he will not be able to bear it, and will be devoured by my flesh and blood, and eventually become a being similar to that guy Quintus.]

"Go ahead, Zuojian."

Laurentina lowered her head and looked into the latter's blue pupils.

"If he doesn't do it, he will definitely die, right? If he does it, there is at least a 50% chance that he can survive."

[If he fails, he will become a monster. I don’t think people like him would like this ending, even if it is to gamble on the probability of being saved.]

"No, I won't turn into a monster."

Laurentina shook her head and then put the long saw aside.

"The only ones who appear here are the Inquisitors who were saved and the Inquisitors who died as human beings."

Zuo Jian's pupils looked at Laurentina's determination, then turned to look at Dario, whose breathing was gradually getting weaker.

[You are so willful, Laurentina.]

[You're doing this so that I have to succeed.]

"Really?" Laurentina smiled.

"Whether it succeeds or not, at least I think this move is the right one."

Zuo Jian stopped talking and focused on shaping the flesh and blood, then passed it through the skin and into the interior of his body.

Dario.....really?

Answer me.

Are you going to collapse right here?

Do you feel like you have accomplished your mission?

Do you think you can choose to exit like this?

......

Someone is still depending on you, and your students still need a teacher.

Or do you think that's the end of it?

Why does the Inquisitor exist, or rather.

Why did you become an inquisitor?

Answer me, do you think your mission has come to an end?

Or.

Even if you face the risk of becoming a monster, you still have to stand up again and relight the lantern for the people behind you?

thump....

Plop.....

! ? !

Dario suddenly opened his eyes. A huge hole had opened above his head in the dim basement. Sunlight poured in, casting afterglow and dust on his body.

The pain in my arm was still coming, but I didn't seem to be in any great danger of death...

Who saved himself?

He turned around and found that his lantern had been placed next to him without him noticing.

The wick seemed to have been refueled and was now burning brightly.

(It’s so uncomfortable.....The weather has turned cold recently, and I caught a cold...My throat feels so uncomfortable...)

(Everyone remember to keep warm and don’t catch a cold... sad)

I can't stand it. This time I'm really fucked by the virus.

I feel numb. I slept all day after taking the medicine. I thought I would be able to recover my energy in the afternoon to continue writing.

As a result, this B virus caused tonsillitis, nasal congestion, fever, and finally weakness in my limbs, which made me faint...

(Shit...why don't I keep some notes?)

I really can't do it today, I'll go to bed early and make up for it tomorrow...

Everyone really needs to take care of their health, it's really bad to get sick in this season (sad)

Chapter 23, Transformation

"Ha ha....."

After taking off the Deep Sea Church's clothes and changing back into his familiar coat, Leko was leaning against the wall, breathing heavily.

His face flushed, and his limbs, which had not been exercised for a long time, felt extremely sore after the intense running.

The lungs are like a broken bellows.

Let out a low, heavy breathing sound.

However, even though his body felt extremely heavy, the intense pain and irritation in his lungs could not conceal the excitement in his eyes.

He lowered his head, pulled out a test tube of scarlet fluid from his pocket and placed it in front of his eyes.

Deep Sea Church? Is there any point in staying in such a place? What bishop, what future? Following those lunatics to study the future of one or two terrifying fish?

Do not make jokes!

This is not the only future I want!

What he needed was a groundbreaking discovery.

When he thought of the small world he had in the laboratory at Columbia, he remembered the merciless ridicule of the old man in the Rocken tank.

I also remembered the abominable woman who claimed to be the director of Rhine Life and her indifference to her own research institute.

Whenever he thought of this, he would swear in his heart, one day, one day!!

I want to make up for all the cold stares I have received by bringing research that can convince the world.

For this purpose, he even traveled far away from home to such a remote and haunted place, bringing his sophisticated equipment and all his belongings to accompany a group of psychopaths!

But now, he no longer needs either Haisi or the Deep Sea Church!

Because he has mastered the key to becoming a god!

This flesh and blood will be the beginning of a whole new stage of evolution and a new world!

He is the man standing at the starting point of evolution at this moment!

Colombia?

Thinking about it now, this was too narrow-minded.

Now he is ready to open up a brand new path!

“Haha…hahahahahaha!!!”

Leaning in the dark corner, Lei Ke seemed to ignore the water and dirt on the ground and sat down directly against the wall, while raising his head and laughing crazily.

"Wang."

"?"

Lei Ke turned his head and saw three stray dogs suddenly appearing in the aisle.

They stuck out their tongues and exhaled hot air continuously, while looking at Leko who was leaning against the wall.

"Get away, beast..."

He didn't know why, but being stared at by these Pelo beasts made him feel a chill unconsciously.

When he subconsciously wanted to get up and drive them away, the beasts suddenly pounced on him, and while Leco was unable to react, they snatched away the test tube filled with scarlet in his hand.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

Almost instantly, he reacted, roaring ferociously, and then he pounced on the scholar without any sign of aversion!

"Damn bastard! What the hell do you want to do to Him!!!"

The stray dog ​​leading the way and holding the test tube was knocked down. Leko used his hands and feet like a madman, attacking the fallen dog continuously.

Like a wild beast.

He didn't notice at all that the other two stray dogs didn't show any reaction that animals should have at this moment.

They just squatted there quietly, looking at him with their empty black pupils, watching him utter crazy words while punching and kicking his fellow creatures on the ground.

Just watch quietly until the air seems to freeze.

Until... when Leiko himself realized that the creepy gaze was quietly staring at him.

And...after he looked up, he suddenly heard a crawling sound at his feet.

........

............

[We dealt with one of them, and it looked like the individual named Leco. Didn't we find Amaya that we met before?]

Laurentina was walking on the street when she suddenly heard Zuo Jian's voice.

"How come it's so fast? Can you sense such a long distance?"

[I don’t know either, but after re-establishing the connection with the flesh and blood, the scope of derivation will be even wider.]

No, actually he knew.

The connection between flesh and blood, if not disturbed by other special circumstances, mostly depends on whether it remains active or not.

If you want to stay active, you must take in nutrients.

However, it was obvious that the flesh and blood that had been experimented on by the Deep Sea Church was completely different from the one that obtained nutrients from the Originium.

There is no need for it to retain the Originium at all, and it even spits it out directly as a means of long-range attack.

So, the question is, how does it get nutrients?

Originium has been ruled out, what about Kaiji?

No, that's even more impossible.

There is a part of Haisi in Laurentina's body.

But Zuo Jian could feel that the nutrition provided by that part was not even as good as Originium.